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take
[[English]]
ipa :/teɪk/[Anagrams]
- Kate, kate, keta, teak
[Etymology]
From Middle English taken (“to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”), from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from pre-Germanic *deh₁g- (“to touch”), possibly a phonetically altered form of Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch, take”) (see there for more). Gradually displaced Middle English nimen ("to take"; see nim), from Old English niman (“to take”). Cognate with Scots tak, Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (“to take”), Norwegian Bokmål ta (“to take”), Swedish ta (“to take”), Danish tage (“to take, seize”), Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp”), Dutch taken (“to take; grasp”), Middle Low German tacken (“to grasp”). Compare tackle. Unrelated to Lithuanian tèkti (“to receive, be granted”).
[Noun]
take (plural takes)
1.The or an act of taking.
2.1999, Report to Congress: Impacts of California Sea Lions and Pacific Harbor Seals on Salmonids and West Coast Ecosystems, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, page 32:
The 1994 Amendments address the incidental take of marine mammals in the course of commercial fishing, not the direct lethal take of pinnipeds for management purposes.
3.2009, Lissa Evans, Their Finest Hour and a Half, London […]: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 321:
'I saw you in Norfolk doing twenty-odd takes with that fisherman chap and it looked perfect in the rushes.'
4.Something that is taken; a haul.
1.Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
2.2018 November 26, Paul Krugman, “The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial”, in The New York Times[7], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-17:
Why would anyone go along with such things? Money is still the main answer: Almost all prominent climate deniers are on the fossil-fuel take.
He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
The mayor is on the take.
3.The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
What's your take on this issue, Fred?
Another unsolicited maths take: talking about quotients in terms of "equivalence classes" or cosets is really unnatural.
- 2008 November 19, Jenna Wortham, “So Long, and Thanks for All the Tips!”, in Wired[8], San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-06:
Should you crave a fix of my take on tech culture, get the urge to build a 3-D home cinema or want the skivvy on the latest internet memes or robo-romances, you can keep a close eye on me via Twitter or drop me a line at my new digs.
- 2018 May 10, Ben Mathis-Lilley, “Fox News Military Analyst Says John McCain Broke Under Torture and Gave Secrets to North Vietnamese”, in Slate[9], archived from the original on 2022-11-28:
I wrote Thursday morning that the Washington Post had printed a column that qualified as the worst take on the debate over whether Gina Haspel, who supported the torture of "War on Terror" detainees, should become CIA director. I was very wrong. This is the worst take:
- 2020 October 26, Sheldon Pearce, “Kendrick Lamar and the Mantle of Black Genius”, in The New Yorker[10], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-04:
Another of the victims, Michael Brown, was an aspiring rapper himself and a Lamar fan. Though Kendrick's controversial take on Brown's death is somewhat glossed over, the book is constantly putting into context how the rapper's art is a product of the same trauma and working in service to the Black communities that experienced that trauma.
- 2022 September 14, Sarah Lyon, “In a small space, do you really need a dining table?”, in The Washington Post[11], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 September 2022:
We turned to the experts to get their takes on whether you truly need a dining table in a small home. For some designers, having one is nonnegotiable; others have found ways around it. Read on to see what works best for you.An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
a new take on a traditional dish
- 2009, Tim Richardson, Great Gardens of America, London: Frances Lincoln Limited, →ISBN, page 87:
Whatever the provenance, the result is a delightfully novel take on a stalwart, often deadening Victorian feature.
- 2012, David Walliams, Camp David: The Autobiography, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 288:
The League of Gentlemen was all set in one town; The Fast Show did what it said on the tin, the sketches came thick and fast; Goodness Gracious Me was a brilliant take on British Asian culture.
- 2016 May 23, Brittany Spanos, “Celine Dion Delivers Powerful Queen Cover at Billboard Music Awards”, in Rolling Stone[12], New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-26:
As part of her acceptance speech for the Billboard Icon Award during the show, Dion showed off her well-honed Las Vegas showmanship during her take on the Queen classic and statement of endurance.(film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
It's a take.
Act seven, scene three, take two.(music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
did a double take and then a triple take
I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.
- 1991, William Shatner, [Ron Goulart], TekLords, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 48:
"When our client mentioned Dr. Chesterton, you did a take that was perceptible to one with my trained eye. Know the gent, amigo?"
- 2007, Laura McBride, Catch a Falling Starr: A Novel, New York, N.Y. […]: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 138:
Biddy did a 'take' and stared at Mandy speechless for a moment—then she fled back to the kitchen.
- 2013, Carsten Stroud, The Homecoming, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 301:
He's a stone-cold snake, Nick, but he's our stone—cold snake. Keep tugging on hanging threads and one day your pants will fall off." ¶ Nick did a take, grinning in spite of his miserable mood. "How, exactly, would that work?" ¶ Mavis shrugged, grinned right back at him.(medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.(rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).(printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- 1884, John Southward, chapter XXI, in Practical Printing: A Handbook of the Art of Typography, second edition, London: J. M. Powell & Son, page 197:
When the copy arrives, it is taken in hand by the printer, who first of all divides it into "takes" or short portions, distributing these among the various compositors. A take usually consists of a little more than a stickful of matter, but it varies sometimes, for if a new paragraph occurs it is not overlooked. These takes are carefully numbered, and a list is kept of the compositors who take the several pieces.
[References]
1. ^ 1970, Harry Shaw, Errors in English and ways to correct them, page 93: In the sentence, "He took and beat the horse unmercifully," took and should be omitted entirely.
[See also]
- Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
- intake
- outtake
- spit take
- taking, taking
- uptake
[Verb]
take (third-person singular simple present takes, present participle taking, simple past took, past participle taken or (archaic or Scotland) tane)
1.(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
Synonyms: confiscate, seize; see also Thesaurus:take
They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
I'll take that plate off the table.
2.1627, G[eorge] H[akewill], An Apologie of the Power and Prouidence of God in the Gouernment of the World. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Iohn Lichfield and William Turner, […], →OCLC, book IV, pages 402–403:
All theſe Ceremonies thus being performed; the Prince which ſucceeded taketh a torch, and firſt putteth to the fire himſelfe, and after him all the reſt of the company, and by and by as the fire was kindled out of the toppe of the higheſt turret, an Eagle was let fly to carry vp his ſoule into heaven, and ſo he was afterward reputed, and by the Romanes adored among the reſt of the Gods: […]
3.1637, Tho[mas] Heywood, Londini Speculum: Or, Londons Mirror, […], London: […] I[ohn] Okes […], →OCLC, signature B, verso:
That viſage miſ-becomes, thy Pipe / Caſt from thee, Warlike dame, / Take unto thee thy wonted Armes, / And keepe thy Cheekes in frame.
4.1963, Margery Allingham, “Meeting Point”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 232:
She took the policeman’s helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
5.1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 67:
We take, take, take until we can't take anymore. Maybe it's because our inner nature is not primarily one of giving, but of taking. Even these things we take that should balance our lives and give us rest do not. We make work out of them. We do them aggressively; always in control. Take.
1.(transitive) To seize or capture.
take the guards prisoner
take prisoners
After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
2.c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
Therefoꝛe cheere vp your mindes, pꝛapare to fight, / He that can take oꝛ ſlaughter Tamburlaine, / Shall rule the Pꝛouince of Albania.
3.1929 May–October, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 2, in A Farewell to Arms, 1st British edition, London: Jonathan Cape […], published 1929, →OCLC, book I, page 13:
The river ran behind us and the town had been captured very handsomely but the mountains beyond it could not be taken and I was very glad the Austrians seemed to want to come back to the town some time, if the war should end, because they did not bombard it to destroy it but only a little in a military way.
4.1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter III, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC, page 32:
The front line, ours and the Fascists', lay in positions of immense natural strength, which as a rule could only be approached from one side. Provided a few trenches have been dug, such places cannot be taken by infantry, except in overwhelming numbers.
5.(transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
took ten catfish in one afternoon
6.1839, Charles Darwin, chapter XII, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 248:
The horses appear to thrive well, yet they are small sized, and have lost so much strength, that they are unfit to be used in taking wild cattle with the lazo.
7.(transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
8.(transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
Billy took her pencil.
9.(transitive) To exact.
take a toll
take revenge
10.1849, Herman Melville, chapter XXII, in Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, […], →OCLC, page 92:
"Load away now, and take thy revenge, my fine fellow," said Samoa to himself. But not yet.
11.1913 November, Rabindranath Tagore, “The Problem of Evil”, in Sādhanā: The Realisation of Life, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 65:
It is only when we invoke the aid of pain for our self-gratification that she becomes evil and takes her vengeance for the insult done to her by hurling us into misery.
12.(transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
took the next two tricks
took Smith's rook(transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
Synonyms: garner, get, obtain, win; see also Thesaurus:receive
Antonym: give
took third place
took bribes
The camera takes 35mm film.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 35:31, column 1:
Moꝛeouer, yee ſhall take no ſatiſfaction foꝛ the life of a murderer, which is guiltie of death, but he ſhalbe ſurely put to death.
1.(transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
The store doesn't take checks.
She wouldn't take any money for her help.
Do you take plastic?
The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.
2.c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, Act III, scene iv, signature [E4], verso:
I take no mony, but good vvords, raile not if I tell true, if I do not reuenge. Farevvell.
3.1860 August–December, John Ruskin, “Essay I. The Roots of Honour.”, in “Unto This Last:” Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 95:
But I said that, so far as you employ it at all, bad work should be paid no less than good work; as a bad clergyman yet takes his tithes, a bad physician takes his fee, and a bad lawyer his costs.
4.(transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
take my advice
5.a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC, § 13, page 49:
Between theſe, thoſe ſeem to to beſt who taking material and uſeful hints, ſometimes from ſingle matters of Fact, carry them in their Minds to be judg'd of, by what they ſhall find in Hiſtory to confirm or reverſe theſe imperfect Obſervations; which may be eſtabliſh'd into Rules fit to be rely'd on, when they are juſtify'd by a ſufficient and wary Induction of Particulars.
6.(transitive) To receive into some relationship.
take a wife
The school only takes new students in the fall.
The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.
7.(transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
8.1831 June, J. Duncan, “Lodge against Simonton”, in Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, third edition, volume II, Philadelphia, P.A.: Kay & Brother, published 1880, page 442:
There was no intestacy, and they did not take under the will as heirs, but the widow and the children, under the residuary devise, take as tenants in common.
9.(transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.
She took the blame, in the public's eyes, although the debacle was more her husband's fault than her own.(transitive) To remove.
Synonyms: knock off, subduct; see also Thesaurus:remove
take two eggs from the carton
- a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “Sermon VI”, in Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume X, London: […] Charles Bathurst, […], published 1744, →OCLC, page 187:
And therefore, according to the tenor of ſuch a covenant, he has made no proviſion to ſecure his people in any ſuch temporalties, but took from them all right of war and reſiſtance.
- 1729, J[ohn] Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], tome I, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, part I (Of the Fossils that are Real and Natural: […]), page 5:
Nor can the Wooll be work'd, or made up, without being firſt greaſed or oiled: All which unctuous Matter muſt be taken forth again out of the Cloth before it can be worn.
- 1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review[1], volume I, number II, New York, N.Y., London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC, pages Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door! / Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" / Quoth the raven, "Nevermore.":
1.(transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
Synonyms: do in, terminate; see also Thesaurus:kill
The earthquake took many lives.
The plague took rich and poor alike.
Cancer took her life.
He took his life last night.
2.(transitive) To subtract.
Synonyms: take away; see also Thesaurus:subtract
Take one from three and you are left with two.(transitive) To have sex with.
Synonyms: have, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
- 1990, Pat Booth, Malibu, Crown Publishers, Inc., page 222:
Sometimes he would have her standing up by the side of the bed, not bothering to undress, merely undoing his fly and using her like a cheap envelope to receive his lust. At others he would take her on the floor of her clothes closet and then leave her, locked in for the rest of the night, awash with his sex, until her embarrassed maid freed her the next morning.
- 2002 September 16, INCESTOR, “STORY: "Horny Peeping Sister" (6/9) (mf, voy, family) 566710”, in alt.sex.stories[2] (Usenet):
I wonder what it would feel like to take two cocks at the same time.
- 1967 [1945], Georges Simenon, translated by Jean Stewart, Monsieur Monde Vanishes, New York, N.Y., London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 126:
He remembered her look of distress, her childish "Oh!" when he took her for the first time, clumsily, because he felt ashamed. And each time after that, each time they had sex together, though he tried to be as gentle as possible, he knew she was wearing the same expression, he avoided seeing her face, and thus it happened that instead of being a pleasure the sexual act became an ordeal.
- 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia of Existing Information: In 27 Excruciating Volumes, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 8:
Modern Amsterdam is among Europe's most progressive cities, leading in such fields as design, fisting, felching, civil engineering, fashion, five-ways, pony play, computer science, and transportation. Its stock exchange is the oldest in Europe, and lovely Anastasia takes six men at once while shitting into a crystal goblet during her live show on the Bloedstraat at 11:30 p.m. every Tuesday.
- 2014 July 3, Mock the Week, season 13, episode 4, Susan Calman (actor):
And the queen takes the bishop...this is turning out to be quite the royal wedding! [winks at the camera](transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
Synonym: beat
Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!
- 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter the Sixth”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC, page 111:
"I'll stop 'em'" cried Quilp, diving into the little counting-house and returning with a thick stick, "I'll stop 'em. Now my boys fight away. I'll fight you both, I'll take both of you, both together, both together!"
- 1878, William Black, “Fionaghal”, in Macleod of Dare. […], volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 57:
"What is cruel now was not cruel then," he said; "it was a way of fighting; it was what is called an ambush now—enticing your enemy, and then taking him at a disadvantage. And if you did not do that to him he would do it to you. And when a man is mad with anger or revenge, what does he care for anything?"(transitive) To grasp or grip.
Synonyms: grab, nim; see also Thesaurus:grasp
He took her hand in his.
- 1786, [William Beckford], translated by [Samuel Henley], An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], new edition, London: […] W. Clarke, […], published 1809, →OCLC, pages 119–120:
The young females ſeeing him approach in ſuch haste; and according to cuſtom, expecting a dance; inſtantly aſſembled in a circle, and took each other by the hand: but Gulchenrouz, coming up out of breath, fell down, at once, on the graſs.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Sick Room”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 142:
She sat half upright, supported on Henrietta's shoulder; and, taking her father's hand, she clasped it with her husband's.(transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
Take whichever bag you like.
She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
I'll take the blue plates.
I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
- 1661, Galilæus Galilæus Lyncæus [i.e., Galileo Galilei], “The Systeme of the World: In Four Dialogues. […]. The Second Dialogue.”, in Thomas Salusbury, transl., Mathematical Collections and Translations, tome I, 1st part, London: […] William Leybourne, →OCLC, page 168:
Salv. We can think no other, if we do but conſider the way he taketh to confute their aſſertion; the confutation of which confiſts in the demolition of buildings, and the toſſing of ſtones, living creatures and men themſelves up into the Air.
1.(transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
She took his side in every argument.
take a stand on the important issues
- 1882, Bret Harte, “[Found at Blazing Star]”, in Flip; and Found at Blazing Star, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 117:
Heeding the wise caution of his com rades, he took the habit of wearing the ring only at night. Wrapped in his blanket, he stealthily slipped the golden circlet over his little finger, and, as he averred, "slept all the better for it."(transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
Antonym: bring
She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
I'll take the plate with me.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], 10th edition, London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 2:
Perſonal offence I have given them none. The part they take againſt me is from zeal to the cauſe. It is well! It is perfectly well! I have to do homage to their juſtice.
1.(transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
The next bus will take you to Metz.
I took him for a ride
I took him down to London.
2.1925, Aldous Huxley, Along the Road: Notes and Essays of a Tourist, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, part I (Travel in General), page 16:
All I claim for the ten-horse-power Citroën is this: that it works. In a modest and unassuming way, not very rapidly, indeed, but steadily and reliably, it takes one about.
3.(transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
These stairs take you down to the basement.
Stone Street took us right past the store.
4.1884, James Anthony Froude, Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834–1881 […], volume I, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 188:
Our old wooden Battersea bridge takes me over the river; in ten minutes' swift trotting I am fairly away from the monster and its bricks.
5.(transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
She took the steps two or three at a time.
He took the curve / corner too fast.
The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.
6.(transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
7.1796, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “To a Young Ass, It's Mother Being Tethered Near It”, in Poems on Various Subjects, London: […] G[eorge] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinsons, and J[oseph] Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 93:
And fain would take thee with me, in the Dell / Of Peace and mild Equality to dwell, / Where Toil ſhall call the charmer Health his Bride, / And Laughter tickle Plenty's ribleſs ſide!
8.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 25:
Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.
9.1937 September 21, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “Queer Lodgings”, in The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, 3rd edition, London: Unwin Books, George Allen & Unwin, published 1966 (1970 printing), →ISBN, page 108:
'You had better wait here,' said the wizard to the dwarves; 'and when I call or whistle begin to come after me — you will see the way I go — but only in pairs, mind, about five minutes between each pair of you. Bombur is fattest and will do for two, he had better come alone and last. Come on Mr. Baggins! There is a gate somewhere round this way.' And with that he went off along the hedge taking the frightened hobbit with him.
10.(reflexive) To go.
11.2007, Edwin B. Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, New York, N.Y.: BlueBridge, published 2008, →ISBN, page 59:
In a rare example of clemency Pope John assured him of a pardon, perhaps on the grounds that the innocent monk had merely been the victim of Louis's overbearing ambitions. Nicholas then took himself to Avignon where in August 1330 he formally renounced his claim to the papacy.(transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
take the ferry
I took a plane.
He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.(transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
He took a full-page ad in the Times.
- 1873, Charles Reade, chapter IV, in A Simpleton: A Story of the Day […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 113:
- 1880, [Benjamin Disraeli], chapter IX, in Endymion […], volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 95:
We understand that His Royal Highness Prince Florestan, who has been for some little time in this country, has taken the mansion in Carlton Gardens, recently occupied by the Marquis of Katterfelto. The mansion is undergoing very considerable repairs, but it is calculated that it will be completed in time for the reception of His Royal Highness by the end of the autumn; His Royal Highness has taken the extensive moors of Dinniewhiskie for the coming season.
1.(transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
They took two magazines.
I used to take The Sunday Times.(transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
take two of these and call me in the morning
take the blue pill
I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
- 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 73:
Frankly, he tells me, he's really disappointed in my attitude. He hopes ah'm not taking drugs, scrutinising my face as if he can tell.(transitive) To consume (food or drink).
The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
- 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 48:
To such men as Mr. Hellyer, who every night take much strong drink, and on no occasion whatever take any exercise, sixty is the grand climacteric. He was a year ago just fifty-nine. Alas! he has not even reached his grand climacteric. Already he is gone. He was cut off by pneumonia, or apoplexy, last Christmas.
- 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Major Major Major Major”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 89:
He was conscious that other officers tried to avoid eating at the same time, and everyone was gready relieved when he stopped coming there altogether and began taking his meals in his trailer.(transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
take sun-baths
take a shower
She made the decision to take chemotherapy.(transitive) To experience or feel.
She takes pride in her work.
I take offence at that.
to take a dislike
to take pleasure in his opponent's death
- 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, “The Authors life.”, in A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC, stanza 37, page 214:
Man taketh paine, God giueth gaine, / Man doth his best, God doth the rest, / Man well intendes, God foizon sendes, / else want he shall.
- 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], “Humours”, in The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC, page 117:
Taking great ioy / If you will daine his faculties imploy / But in the mean’st ingenious quality.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 18:
Thinks I to myself, "Sol, you're run off your course again. This is some rich city man's summer 'cottage' and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning." So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.(transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
took a pay cut
take a joke
If you're in an abusive relationship, don't just sit and take it; you can get help.
The hull took a lot of punishment before it broke.
I can take the noise, but I can't take the smell.
That truck bed will only take two tons.
- 2022 September 11, Drachinifel, 56:34 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 213 (Part 1)[3], YouTube, archived from the original on 2022-09-12:
[…] and, kind of the ultimate example of the plans for the R-class was to refit them with huge bulges, almost monitor-style bulges, to be able to take multiple air-dropped torpedo attacks, but also to just, literally, slap on four inches of deck armor.(transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
The ship took a direct hit and was destroyed.
Her career took a hit.
- 1894, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, “His Last Bivouac”, in Perlycross: A Tale of the Western Hills, London: Sampson Low, Marston, & Company […], →OCLC, page 429:
This gap had been caused by the sweep of tempest that went up the valley at the climax of the storm. The wall, being low, had taken little harm; but the great west gable of the Abbey had been smitten, and swung on its back, as a trap-door swings upon its hinges.(transitive) To participate in.
She took a vacation to France but spent the whole time feeling miserable that her husband couldn't be there with her.
Aren't you supposed to take your math final today?
Despite my misgivings, I decided to take a meeting with the Russian lawyer.(transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
He had to take it apart to fix it.
She took down her opponent in two minutes.
- 2011, Thomas M. Bloch, Many Happy Returns: The Story of Henry Bloch, America's Tax Man, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 86:
In 1961, they lined up a lawyer and an underwriter to take the company public. And they retained an accounting firm to produce audited financial statements.(transitive) To regard in a specified way.
He took the news badly.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361:
Not unnaturally, "Auntie" took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago.(transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
took the decision to close its last remaining outlet
took a dim view of city officials(transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
Don't take my comments as an insult.
if she took my meaning
- 1853 January, The American Journal of Science and Arts, volume 15, number 43, →ISSN, page 125:
The author explained the theory of Dove, which, if we took him correctly, was, that the lustre of bodies and particularly the metallic lustre arose from the light coming from the one stratum of the superficial particles of bodies interfering on the eye with the light coming from other and deeper strata,—the regular symmetrical arrangement of the particles in these bodies producing effects somewhat analogous to that of mother-of-pearl
- 2022 October 29, Felix Bazalgette, “’It was more than a pub’ – the story of five boozers forced to call last orders”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-05:
More than a third of the new flats will be a mix of council rent and "affordable" rent – definitions vary but often this is taken to mean that their cost won't exceed 80% of the normal market rate.(transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
take her word for it
take him at his word
- 1702, N[icholas] Rowe, Tamerlane. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 36:
Ax. Oh! name the mighty Ranſom, task my Power, / Let there be Danger, Difficulty, Death, / T' enhance the Price. / Baj. I take thee at thy word, / Bring me the Tartar’s Head.(transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
I took him to be a person of honor.
He was often taken to be a man of means.
Do you take me for a fool?
Do you take me to be stupid?
Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father.
- c. 1552 (date written), Nicholas Udall, [Ralph Roister Doister], [London]: [s.n.], published 1566?; republished as Edward Arber, editor, Roister Doister. […] (English Reprints), London: Muir & Paterson, […], 24 July 1869, →OCLC, pages 51–52:
For (as I heare ſay) ſuche your conditions are, / To ye be worthie fauour of no liuing man, / To be abhorred of euery honeſt man. / To be taken for a woman enclined to vice.
- 1873, Anthony Trollope, “[Queensland.] Gold.”, in Australia and New Zealand. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 80:
When we were ashore we had to walk a couple of miles through the forest in search of the village in which we were to sleep, a place called Tiaro, and when we found it, about two in the morning, the first innkeeper whom we knocked up, a German, took us for bushrangers and would not let us in.
- 1950, E[wdin] Basil Redlich, The Early Traditions of Genesis, London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., page 108:
The dimensions of the ark, if we take a cubit to be equal to 1½ feet, are 450 × 75 × 45 feet. It is to be built in three stories and to contain rooms or nests for Noah's family and the animals.(transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
take it from her comments she won't be there.
I'm not sure what moral to take from that story.
- 1671, John Tillotson, “Phil[ippians] iij. 8.”, in Sermons Preach’d upon Several Occasions, London: […] A[nne] M[axwell] for Sa[muel] Gellibrand, […], →OCLC, page 196:
And the firm belief of a future Judgment, which ſhall render to every man according to his deeds, if it be well conſider'd, is to a reaſonable nature the moſt forcible motive of all other to a good life; becauſe it is taken frmo the conſideration of the greateſt and moſt laſting happineſs and miſery that Humane nature is capable of.(transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
"As I Lay Dying" takes its title from Book XI of Homer's "Odyssey"
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC, page 55:
The benign or milder Species takes its Originall from a bilious hot ſerum: the other is commonly ſaid to proceed from Aduſtion in the Bloud, with a mixture of Choler or ſalt Phlegm.(transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
took a chill
to take cold(transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).(transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
took her fancy
took her attention
- 1839, Thomas Moore, The Epicurean: A Tale, London: John Macrone, page 33:
I know not why, but there was a something in those half-seen features,—a charm in the very shadow that hung over their imagined beauty,—which took my fancy more than all the out-shining loveliness of her companions.(transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
cloth that takes dye well
paper that takes ink
the leather that takes a certain kind of polish(transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- 1972, Anne Sinai, Israel & the Arabs: Prelude to the Jewish State, New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, Inc., →ISBN, pages 107–108:
The British brought the ship into Haifa harbor. The ship was taking seawater in 4 places, and the passengers had been without fresh water for the last few days of their voyage, with several ill from drinking seawater.(transitive) To require.
It takes a while to get used to the smell.
Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down.
Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.
- 1921 January 15, Millard's Review of the Far East, volume XV, number 7, →OCLC, page 357:
If the summary of the Tientsin society as accurate, a famine population of.more than 14,000,000 is already bad enough. If it takes five dollars to keep one of them alive, the task of relieving the whole population affected will require nearly $80,000,000.
- 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 13, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, part 2, page 145:
I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work.
- 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 36:
It took an effort to restrain himself, and in a level voice to reassure earnest young Mark in his David Ogilvy-clone outfit that even the most red-faced colonels in England were unlikely to be upset by his banal formulation.
- 2009, Rachel Hagger-Holt, Sarah Hagger-Holt, Living It Out, Norwich, Norfolk: Canterbury Press, →ISBN, page 82:
While it takes courage to come out, the acceptance of parents and other family members can really help the person coming out to accept themselves.
- 2013 August 31, “Code blue”, in The Economist[5], London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-27:
TIME was it took a war to close a financial exchange. Now all it needs is a glitch in technology. On August 26th trading on Eurex, the main German derivatives exchange, opened as usual; 20 minutes later it shut down for about an hour.(transitive) To proceed to fill.
He took a seat in the front row.(transitive) To fill, require, or use up (time or space).
Hunting that whale takes most of his free time.
His collection takes a lot of space.(transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
The trip will take about ten minutes.
- 1940, Zane Grey, chapter 12, in 30,000 on the Hoof, Roslyn, N.Y.: Walter J. Black, →OCLC, page 193:
"Barbara, what I have to confess will amaze and grieve you," began Lucinda, with grave tenderness. "But it is best for your happiness, for the future that I see can be yours. And surely best for all of us Huetts. It has taken me years—years to come to this decision—to break one aspect of our happy home life here for a possible fuller and better one."(transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
He took that opportunity to leave France.
- 2000, Cameron Judd, The Overmountain Men: A Novel, Nashville, T.N.: Cumberland House, →ISBN, page 166:
When that happened, he almost gave up the idea of asking what he had come to ask. But then the opportunity arose, and he took it, then waited breathlessly for her answer.
- 2001, Stephen White, The Program, Waterville, M.E.: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 365:
He took the pause to allow himself time to begin to catalog all the surfaces he may have touched during the scuffle.(transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
take a walk
take action/steps/measures to fight drug abuse
take a trip
take aim
take the tempo slowly
The kick is taken from where the foul occurred.
Pirès ran in to take the kick.
The throw-in is taken from the point where the ball crossed the touch-line.
- 1724, [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunate Mistress; […] [Roxana], London: […] E. Applebee, […], published 1740, →OCLC, page 94:
We had ſome very agreeable Converſations upon this Subject; and once he told me, with a kind of more than ordinary Concern upon his Thoughts, that he was greatly beholden to me for taking this hazardous and diffiult[sic] Journey; for that I had kept him Honeſt; […]
- 1853, Dante [Alighieri], “Canto XX”, in C[harles] B[agot] Cayley, transl., Dante’s Divine Comedy. The Purgatory: Translated in the Original Ternary Rhyme, volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 146, lines 73–75:
Unarmed he issues, and with but the spear / That Judas jousted with, he takes an aim, / Which through the chest of Florence drives it sheer.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, “The Young King”, in A House of Pomegranates, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine & Co […], →OCLC, page 12:
At last they reached a little bay, and began to take soundings.(transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
1.(transitive) To assume (a form).
took the form of a duck
took shape
a god taking the likeness of a bird
2.(transitive) To perform (a role).
take the part of the villain/hero
3.(transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
take office
take the throne
4.2013 August 10, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist[6], London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-27:
Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.(transitive) To bind oneself by.
he took the oath of office last night
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC, page 106:
On this, they withdrew to a tenisground in the neighbourhood of Berſailles, as the moſt convenient place they could find, and, after renewing their ſeſſion, took an oath never to ſeparate from each other, under any circumſtance whatever, death excepted, until they had eſtabliſhed a conſtitution.(transitive) To go into, through, or along.
go down two blocks and take the next left
take the path of least resistance
- 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act III, scene v, page 45:
Theſ. This way the Stag tooke.
- 1945 January 13, Herr Meets Hare, spoken by Bugs Bunny:
I knew I should have taken the left toin at Albuquerque.
- 2001, Salman Rushdie, chapter 6, in Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 69:
After getting out of Beloved Ali's cab he'd picked up a copy of the News and the Post, then had taken an erratic route home, walking fast, as if trying to escape something....Ellen DeGeneres, posters proclaimed, was coming soon to the Beacon Theatre.
1.(transitive) To go or move into.
the witness took the stand
the next team took the field(transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
take cover/shelter/refuge(transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
take her pulse / temperature / blood pressure
take a census
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), pages 23–24:
He firſt took my Altitude by a Quadrant, and then with Rule and Compaſſes, deſcribed the Dimenſions and Out-lines of my whole Body, all which he enter'd upon Paper, and in ſix days brought my Clothes very ill made, and quite out of ſhape, by happening to miſtake a Figure in the Calculation.(transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
He took a mental inventory of his supplies.
She took careful notes.
- 1924 May 24 – July 12, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “A Marriage Has Been Arranged”, in Bill the Conqueror: His Invasion of England in the Springtime, 10th edition, London: Methuen & Co. […], published 1931, →OCLC, § 2, page 6:
The days when he was plain George Pyke, humble clerk in a solicitor’s office, and used to thrill at the soft voice of Lucy Maynard as she took the order for his frugal lunch at the Holborn Viaduct Cabin, had long since faded from his memory.(transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
She took a video of their encounter.
Could you take a picture of us?
The police took his fingerprints.(transitive, dated) To make a picture, photograph, etc. of (a person, scene, etc.).
The photographer will take you sitting down.
to take a group/scene(transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
took me for ten grand(transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
As a child, she took ballet.
Next semester, I plan to take math, physics, literature, and art history.(transitive) To deal with.
take matters as they arise(transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then […] etc.(transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
He'll probably take this one.(transitive) To accept as an input to a relation.
1.(transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
This verb takes the dative; that verb takes the genitive.
2.(transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
The function takes two arguments, an array of size n and an integer k.(intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. He just takes and takes; he never gives.(intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “II. Century. [Experiments in Consort, Touching Sounds; and First Touching the Nullity and Entity of Sounds.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], paragraph 119, page 40, →OCLC:
And ſo likewiſe Flame percuſſing the Aire ſtrongly, (as when Flame ſuddenly taketh, and openeth,) giueth a Noiſe; So, Great Flames, whiles the one implelleth the other, giue a bellowing Sound.
1.(of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
the dye didn't take
Boiling pasta with a bit of the sauce in the water will help the sauce "take."
2.(of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
not all grafts take
I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't take.
3.1884, S[tephen] B[leecker] Luce, Aaron Ward, Text-book of Seamanship. […], New York, N.Y.: D. Van Nostrand, page 179:
The cradles are supported under their centres by shores, on which the keel takes. The ends of the cradles are hinged, and can drop down clear when the boat is being hoisted or lowered.
4.(of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
5.2009, Sheldon Russell, The Yard Dog, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 210:
At the depot, Hook climbed out, slamming the door twice before the latch took. A train idled on the main track, the engine hissing as it waited for the crew change. From the windows, passengers watched on at the world outside.
6.(possibly dated) To win acceptance, favor or favorable reception; to charm people.
7.1716, [Joseph Addison], “Prologue”, in The Drummer; […], second edition (play), London: […] Jacob Tonſon […], published 1741, unnumbered page:
Each Wit may praiſe it, for his own dear Sake, / And hint He writ it, if the Thing ſhowd take.
8.1967, Richard Martin Stern, The Kessler Legacy, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 103:
Here was only cruelty and pain; where was the loving side of Christianity? "When I was young," I said, "I was vaccinated with religion, but the vaccination didn't take."(intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
They took ill within 3 hours.
She took sick with the flu.(intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
- 1881, Jessie Fothergill, chapter IX, in Kith and Kin: A Novel, volume II, London: Robert Bentley and Son, page 259:
'Photographs never do give anything but a pale imitation, you know, but the likenesses, as likenesses, are good. She "takes well" as they say, and those were done lately.'(intransitive, dialectal, proscribed)[1] An intensifier.
- 1843, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Mayflower; Or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters Among the Descendants of the Pilgrims, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 34:
I don't know but she would, but just then poor Sukey came in, and looked so frightened and scarey—Sukey is a pretty gal, and looks so trembling and delicate, that it's kinder a shame to plague her, and so I took and come away for that time.
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, page 100:
Speed-the-Plough lurched round on his elbow and regarded him indifferently. "Moighty foin, that be! D'ye call that Doctrin'? He bean't al'ays, or I shoon't be scrapin' my heels wi' nothin' to do, and what's warse, nothin' to eat. Why, look heer. Luck 's luck, and bad luck's the con-trary. Varmer Bollop, t'other day, has's rick burnt down. Next night his gran'ry's burnt. What do he tak' and go and do? He takes, and goes, and hangs unsel', and turns us out o' 'ploy. God warn't above the Devil then, I thinks, or I can't make out the reckonin'."
- 1875, Arthur Sketchley, Mrs. Brown at the Crystal Palace, London: George Routledge and Sons, page 100:
As made Queen 'Lizzybeth swear like blazes, and ketched poor old Dizzy sich a smack o' the face, as sent 'im up in a corner a-wimperin' with 'is 'ankercher to 'is nose, as made Gladstin give a grin, tho' he took good care to keep out of old Betsey's way, as glared at 'im; and then took and turned on me and says, "Let me give you a turn, for you're a-layin' on your back too much."
- 1943, Max Brand [pseudonym; Frederick Schiller Faust], Silvertip's Trap, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, page 30:
I took and beat the devil out of him. I got him against the wall, and the back of his head bumped the wall just when my fist hit his chin, and he went out like a light, and that's how he come to have that big cut on his chin, like you was talking about.
- 1985, Darcy O'Brien, Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers, New York, N.Y., Scarborough, Ont.: New American Library, page 34:
[…] I went and kicked the door in and took care of some other people. Then I took and went back to the hotel—" ¶ "The hotel where you live, right? The Gilbert Hotel?" ¶ "Right. I took and went back to the hotel, took a shower, went out and talked to a police officer—" ¶ "A police officer. Sheriff's deputy? LAPD? What's his name?" ¶ "Can't recall. Jim. Charlie, could be."(transitive, obsolete) To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxij:[19], folio xxxi, verso:
Jeſus perceaved there wylynes ãd ſayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypocrytes: lett me ſe the tribute money. And they toke hym a peny.(transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
He took me a blow on the head.(archaic) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
- 1677, William Penn, A Collection of the Works of William Penn: […], volume I, London: […] J. Sowle, […], published 1726, page 60:
Now about a Year ſince, R. B. and B. F. took that City in the Way from Frederickſtadt to Amſterdam, and gave them a Viſit: In which they informed them ſomewhat of Friend's Principles, and recommended the Teſtimony of TRUTH to them, as both a nearer and more certain Thing than the utmoſt of De Labadie's Doctrine. They left them tender and loving.
- 1793, John Whitehead, The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A. […], Dublin: […] John Jones, […], published 1805, page 441:
But it seems that he did not attend to this circumstance at present; for in May, he set out again for Epworth, and took Manchester in his way, to see his friend Mr. Clayton, who had now left Oxford.(obsolete, rare) To portray in a painting.
- a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “To The Pious Memory of the Accomplish'd Young Lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew, […]”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 216:
Beauty alone could beauty take ſo right: / Her dreſs, her ſhape, her matchleſs grace, / Were all obferv'd, as well as heavenly face.Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/tʰɪk̚⁵/[Classifier]
take
1.(Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for attempts.
一take過／一take过 [Cantonese] ― jat1 tik1 gwo3 [Jyutping] ― in one attempt
[Etymology]
From English take.
[Noun]
take
1.(Hong Kong Cantonese, film) take; attempts of recording or filming at one time (Classifier: 個／个 c)
[Verb]
take (Hong Kong Cantonese)
1.to consume (drugs)
2.企硬！take嘢衰硬！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZvEs8ePnLE
kei5 ngaang6! tik1 je5 seoi1 ngaang6! [Jyutping]
Stand firm! Taking drugs certainly causes one to make grave mistakes!
3.(film) to film, to record a scene
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
take
1.Rōmaji transcription of たけ
[[Marshallese]]
ipa :[tˠɑɡe][Etymology]
Borrowed from English turkey, named after Turkey, from Middle English Turkye, from French Turquie, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Persian ترک (tork), from Middle Persian twlk' (Turk), from an Old Turkic autonym, Türk or Türük.
[Noun]
take
1.a turkey
[References]
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
[[Mauritian Creole]]
ipa :/take/[Etymology]
From French taquet.
[Noun]
take
1.power switch.
[[Middle English]]
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
take (present tense tek, past tense tok, past participle teke, passive infinitive takast, present participle takande, imperative tak)
1.Alternative form of taka
[[Pilagá]]
[References]
- 2001, Alejandra Vidal, quoted in Subordination in Native South-American Languages
[Verb]
take
1.want
se-take — I want
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take out
[[English]]
ipa :-aʊt[Anagrams]
- outtake
[Noun]
take out
1.Misspelling of takeout.
[Verb]
take out (third-person singular simple present takes out, present participle taking out, simple past took out, past participle taken out)
1.To remove.
2.1913, 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 10:
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.
3.1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Liverpool Street layout remodelled”, in Modern Railways, page 222:
At the same time, three sets of obsolete angle point protectors (used for slip connections), which were considered unsatisfactory, were taken out and several redundant connections removed.
4.2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in The Guardian[1]:
In France, 27% of voters are currently backing the Front National, a party determined to take the country out of the Paris accord, which it sees as “a communist project”.
5.To escort someone on a date.
Let me take you out for dinner.
6.(idiomatic) To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate.
7.2007, Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter (fiction), →ISBN:
I don't know if he's close by. He's unarmed, though. He lost his gun when I took him out.
8.2011, Steven Wood, The Dragon Girl: the Beginning (fiction), page 110:
I tore right through it and took him to the ground and knocked him out cold, "Ralph, oh your going to pay for that." he said and he started fighting me which he was good but not good enough and I took him out in no time.
9.2015, Sean Rodman, Tap Out (fiction), page 56:
"Heard a rumor you took out Mr. Hassel." He mimes a punch.
10.(slang, idiomatic) To kill or destroy.
The soldiers were instructed to take out the enemy base by any means necessary.
11.2003, Jeff Kaye, Two Faces Have I (fiction), page 414:
Anyway, one of the snipers took him out.
12.2008 July 14, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, The Dark Knight, spoken by Happy (William Smillie), Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Legendary Pictures:
Boss told me when the guy was done, I should take him out.
13.2011, Brett Spencer, Two Standing (fiction), page 84:
Before he could get a shot off, Wilder took him out with two shots to the chest, just as Roderick took out the third shooter.
14.2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 27:00 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?[2], archived from the original on 3 November 2022:
The Johnston emerges from a smokescreen to find the Haruna at close range. So of course it shoots up the battleship's superstructure whilst ducking back into the smoke as Kongō tries to take it out using its main battery.
15.(colloquial) To win a sporting event, competition, premiership, etc.
16.(transitive) To obtain by application by a legal or other official process.
take out a loan; take out medical insurance; take out a membership; take out a patent
17.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian[3]:
Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members.
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/[Alternative forms]
- premiss
- præmise, præmiss (archaic)
[Anagrams]
- empires, emprise, epimers, imprese, permies, premies, spireme
[Etymology]
From Middle English premise, premisse, from Old French premisse, from Medieval Latin premissa (“set before”) (premissa propositio (“the proposition set before”)), feminine past participle of Latin praemittere (“to send or put before”), from prae- (“before”) + mittere (“to send”).The sense "a piece of real estate" arose from the misinterpretation of the word by property owners while reading title deeds where the word was used with the legal sense.
[Noun]
premise (plural premises)
1.A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
2.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
The premises observed,
Thy will by my performance shall be served.
3.(logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
4.1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC:
While the premises stand firm, 'tis impossible to shake the conclusion.
5.(usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
6.(usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
trespass on another’s premises
7.1899 September 27, The Daily Review (Peterborough, Ont., Canada), volume 37, number 72, page 1a:
On the premises is a beautiful lawn, well stocked with flowering shrubs; hard and soft water.
8.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
9.(authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
10.2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC[1]:
In 1949, the simple premise of discovering ordinary people who have hidden, extraordinary talents came to prominence in the UK with Opportunity Knocks, which started out as a nationwide touring radio show, before moving onto TV in 1956.
[References]
- “premise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
[Verb]
premise (third-person singular simple present premises, present participle premising, simple past and past participle premised)
1.To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
2.To make a premise.
3.To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
4.1712 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, February 2, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 291; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.
The spelling has been modernized.
5.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
Having premised thus much, we will now detain those who like our bill of fare no longer from their diet, and shall proceed directly to serve up the first course of our history for their entertainment.
6.To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
7.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
the premised flames of the last day
8.1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia
if venesection can be previously performed, even to but few ounces, the effect of the opium is much more certain; and still more so, if there be time to premise a brisk cathartic, or even an emetic
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- -spermie, esprime, imprese, permise, spremei
[Verb]
premise
1.third-person singular past historic of premettere
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doubleheader
[[English]]
[Noun]
doubleheader (plural doubleheaders)
1.Alternative form of double-header
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bled
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈblɛd/[Etymology 1]
See bleed.
[Etymology 2]
From French bled, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد (bilād).
[[Bavarian]]
ipa :/ˈb̥leːd̥/[Adjective]
bled (comparative bleder, superlative åm bledstn)
1.stupid, silly, dopey, dim-witted
2.awkward, unflattering, unfavourable
[Etymology]
From Middle High German blode, from Old High German blōdi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaz, *blauþaz (“weak, soft, timid”). Cognates include German blöd, Dutch blood, English blate, bloat, Old Norse blauðr.
[Synonyms]
- deppert
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈblɛt][Adjective]
bled
1.short masculine singular of bledý
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/blɛt/[Etymology 1]
Related to blad.
[Etymology 2]
Borrowed from French bled.
[[French]]
ipa :/blɛd/[Etymology]
Borrowed from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد (bilād).
[Further reading]
- “bled”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
bled m (plural bleds)
1.(informal, somewhat derogatory) village, Podunk, backwater
2.1974, Bertrand Blier, Les Valseuses, spoken by Pierrot (Patrick Dewaere):
D’abord j’en ai marre de ce bled! Bled de merde! France de merde!
First of all, I'm sick of this village! Shithole village! Shithole France!
3.2017, “Homicide”, in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Indépendant:
Je ferais pas d’efforts d’intégration si ce bled ne m’aime pas
I won’t make any effort in order to be part of the community if this village doesn’t like me.
4.(informal, at times derogatory) the old country, typically in North Africa.
5.Les raisons pour lesquelles les Mbenguistes aiment revenir au bled pour se marier
C’est donc parce qu’ils sont amoureux du raccourci et de la facilité que ces messieurs vont chercher l’âme sœur au bled.
It's because they are in love with shortcuts and facility that these gentlemen go look for their soulmates in the bled
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
bled
1.Alternative form of blede
[[Old English]]
ipa :/bleːd/[Alternative forms]
- blǣd
[Etymology]
From Proto-Germanic *blēduz, *blōdiz (“blossom, sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Related to blōwan (“to bloom, blossom”).
[Noun]
blēd f
1.a shoot, branch
2.foliage, leaves; a leaf
3.a flower, blossom; a bloom
4.fruit; a fruit
5.a harvest, crop; yield, produce
[Synonyms]
- ofett
[[Old Frisian]]
[Etymology]
From Proto-West Germanic *blad.
[Noun]
bled n
1.leaf
[[Old Irish]]
ipa :[bʲlʲeð][Etymology]
From Proto-Celtic *bledyos.
[Further reading]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[Mutation]
[Noun]
bled f
1.sea-monster
2.whale
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/blêːd/[Adjective]
blȇd (Cyrillic spelling бле̑д, definite blȇdī, comparative blȅđī)
1.pale, pallid
[Alternative forms]
- blijȇd (Ijekavian)
[Etymology]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědъ.
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/bléːt/[Adjective]
blẹ̑d (comparative bȍlj blẹ̑d or bledȇjši, superlative nȁjbolj blẹ̑d or nȁjbledȇjši)
1.pale (light in color)
2.(of human skin) pale (having a pallor)
3.pale; faint; dull; indistinct
[Etymology]
From Proto-Slavic *blědъ.
[Further reading]
- “bled”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
[[Volapük]]
[Noun]
bled (nominative plural bleds)
1.sheet (of paper)
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bleed
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbliːd/[Anagrams]
- Bedel, Lebed, bedel, beled, debel
[Etymology]
From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”). CognatesCognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).
[Noun]
bleed (countable and uncountable, plural bleeds)
1.An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
2.(aviation, usually in the plural) A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing.
When taking off at high altitude or at near-maximum weight, the bleeds have to be turned off temporarily, as they decrease engine power somewhat.
3.
4. (printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).
5.(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
6.The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
7.(uncountable, roleplaying games) The phenomenon of in-character feelings affecting a player's feelings or actions outside of the game.
[References]
- “bleed”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “bleed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
[Verb]
bleed (third-person singular simple present bleeds, present participle bleeding, simple past and past participle bled)
1.(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.
2.(transitive) To let or draw blood from.
3.1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred:
"What did they die of?" I asked.
"Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died."
"He bled and purged babies?"
"They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they ... they died anyway."
4.(transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
5.(transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
The company was bleeding talent.
6.(intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
Ink traps counteract bleeding.
7.(transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
8.(transitive) To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose.
At low engine speeds, valves open to bleed some of the highly-compressed air from the later compressor stages, helping to prevent engine surging.
High-pressure air bled from the APU is used to spin up the engines and run the APU generator and hydraulic pump, and can also be used to pressurise the cabin if necessary.
9.(obsolete, transitive) To bleed on; to make bloody.
10.(intransitive, copulative, figurative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.
11.To lose sap, gum, or juice.
A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
12.To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
13.1713, Alexander Pope, “Windsor-Forest. […]”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC:
For me the balm shall bleed.
14.(phonology, transitive, of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
Labialization bleeds palatalization.
Antonym: feed
15.
16. (publishing, advertising, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) extend to the edge of the page, without leaving any margin.
17.1998, Macmillan Dictionary of Marketing and Advertising, page 35:
Full-page and double-page colour advertisements in the Sunday colour magazines usually bleed off the page' (or are 'bled to the margin'), […]
18.2004, Dorothy A. Bowles, Diane L. Borden, Creative Editing, page 361:
Too, bleeding beyond margins provides editors with several picas of space for more layout.
19.(finance, intransitive) To lose money.
Most of the sectors are bleeding, particularly the resources sector.
[[East Central German]]
[Adjective]
bleed
1.(Erzgebirgisch) stupid, dim-witted
[Etymology]
From Middle High German blode, from Old High German blōdi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaz, *blauþaz (“weak, soft, timid”). Cognate with German blöd.
[References]
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:
[[Plautdietsch]]
[Adjective]
bleed
1.shy, coy
2.modest
3.withdrawn
4.timid, reticent, reluctant
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risk
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪsk/[Alternative forms]
- risque (archaic)
[Anagrams]
- Kris, irks, kirs, kris, riks
[Etymology]
From earlier risque, from Middle French risque, from Old Italian risco (“risk”) (modern Italian rischio) and rischiare (“to run into danger”). Displaced native Old English pleoh (“risk”) and plēon (“to risk”).speculation on earlier rootsMost dictionaries consider the etymology of these Italian terms uncertain, but some suggest they perhaps come from Vulgar Latin *resecum (“that which cuts, rock, crag”) (> Medieval Latin resicu), from Latin resecō (“cut off, loose, curtail”, verb), in the sense of that which is a danger to boating or shipping; or from Ancient Greek ῥιζικόν (rhizikón, “root, radical, hazard”).A few dictionaries express more certainty. Collins says the Italian risco comes from Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “cliff”) due to the hazards of sailing along rocky coasts. The American Heritage says it probably comes from Byzantine Greek ῥιζικό, ριζικό (rhizikó, rizikó, “sustenance obtained by a soldier through his own initiative, fortune”), from Arabic رِزْق (rizq, “sustenance, that which God allots”), from Classical Syriac ܪܘܙܝܩܐ ,ܪܙܩܐ (rezqā, rōzīqā, “daily ration”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (rōčig), from Middle Persian [script needed] (rōč, “day”), from Old Persian [script needed] (*raučah-), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.Cognate with Spanish riesgo, Portuguese risco
[Further reading]
-
- Risk in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- “risk”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- risk in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- “risk”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- risk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
risk (countable and uncountable, plural risks)
1.(uncountable) The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
There is risk of being brutalized, arrested, imprisoned and tortured, all because I want you to know the truth about this matter.
2.1994, S. I. Bhuiyan, On-farm Reservoir Systems for Rainfed Ricelands[1], page 36:
What crop(s) to plant, how much area to devote to each crop, and how much risk to take with respect to rainfall during the season are some of the decisions that must be made.
3.2006, Trever Ramsey on BBC News website, Exercise 'cuts skin cancer risk' read at [2] on 14 May 2006
4.2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.
Taking regular exercise, coupled with a healthy diet, reduced the risk of several types of cancer.
5.2012 January, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 60:
Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
6.(uncountable) The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
7.2004 April 23, “American Families at Risk”, in The American Prospect[3]:
Will they find the prospect of greater risk a cause for concern, rather than a gift from the right?
8.2012 December 12, “Hekia Parata will not appeal Salisbury decision”, in Manawatu Standard:
The decision was also unlawful in disregarding the prospect of greater risk of sexual or physical abuse to girls at a co-educational residential school
9.2006, R. Packer, The Politics of BSE[4], page 196:
SEAC acknowledged that their recommendation was a somewhat uneasy compromise between the desire to protect the public from a small chance of a big risk and the desire not to ruin an industry, probably unnecessarily.
10.(uncountable, economics, business and engineering) The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
11.2002, Decisioneering Inc website, What is risk? read at [5] on 14 May 2006
If there is a 25% chance of running over schedule, costing you a $100 out of your own pocket, that might be a risk you are willing to take. But if you have a 5% chance of running overschedule, knowing that there is a $10,000 penalty, you might be less willing to take that risk.
12.(countable) A possible adverse event or outcome.
Synonyms: danger, peril, hazard
1.(insurance) A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 7, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
the imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves(countable) A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
That man is going to be a big risk once he's out of prison.
Those stairs are a major risk.
- 2006, BBC News website, Farmers warned over skin cancer read at [6] on 14 May 2006
There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk.
1.(banking, finance) A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
A good credit rating indicates the customer is a desirable risk.
2.(finance) A financial product (typically an investment).
Subprime mortgages are poor risks; especially for a pension scheme.
3.(insurance) An entity insured by an insurer.
[See also]
- roll the dice, take a chance
[Verb]
risk (third-person singular simple present risks, present participle risking, simple past and past participle risked)
1.(transitive) To incur risk of (an unwanted or negative outcome).
2.2006, Transportation Alternatives website, Rail delays as thieves cut power read at [7] on 14 May 2006
These people are putting themselves in danger by physically being on or near to the railway lines and risking serious injury.
3.(transitive) To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing.
4.2006, BBC Sport website, Beckham wary over Rooney comeback read at [8] on 14 May 2006
England captain David Beckham has warned Wayne Rooney not to risk his long-term future by rushing his return from injury.
5.(transitive) To incur risk as a result of (doing something).
6.1999, BBC News website, Volunteer of the Month: Andrew Hay McConnell read at [9] on 14 May 2006
After coming to New York, I decided to risk cycling again.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈrɪsk][Further reading]
- risk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- risk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- risk in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
[Noun]
risk m inan
1.(informal) risk
[[Swedish]]
ipa :-ɪsk[Anagrams]
- kris, riks-, skri
[Etymology]
Borrowed from French risque.
[Noun]
risk c
1.risk
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/risc/[Etymology]
From French risque. Doublet of riziko.
[Noun]
risk (definite accusative riski, plural riskler)
1.risk (all senses)
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embrace
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛmˈbɹeɪs/[Etymology]
Bartolomeo Cesi, Two Men in Florence Kissing (1600),[n 1] a drawing depicting two men embracing (sense 1)The verb is derived from Middle English embracen (“to clasp in one's arms, embrace; to reach out eagerly for, welcome; to enfold, entwine; to ensnare, entangle; to twist, wrap around; to gird, put on; to lace; to be in or put into bonds; to put a shield on the arm; to grasp (a shield or spear); to acquire, take hold of; to receive; to undertake; to affect, influence; to incite; to unlawfully influence a jury; to surround; to conceal, cover; to shelter; to protect; to comfort; to comprehend, understand”) [and other forms],[1] from Old French embracer, embracier (“to kiss”) (modern French embrasser (“to kiss; (dated) to embrace, hug”)), from Late Latin *imbracchiāre, from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’)) + bracchium (“arm”). The English word is analysable as em- + brace.[2][3]The noun is derived from the verb.[4]
[Further reading]
- embrace (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Notes]
1. ^ From the collection of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
[Noun]
embrace (plural embraces)
1.An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
2.c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Iuliet. […] (Second Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, […], published 1599, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
[E]yes, looke your laſt, / Armes take your laſt embrace: and lips, O you / The doores of breath, ſeale with a righteous kiſſe / A dateleſſe bargain to ingroſſing death: [...]
3.c. 1613–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Scornful Lady, a Comedy”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 1], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 72, column 1:
That Gentleman I mean to make the model of my Fortunes, and in his chaſt imbraces keep alive the memory of my loſt lovely Loveleſe: he is ſomewhat like him too.
4.1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XIII, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC, pages 269–270:
[A] long and affectionate embrace supplied the place of language in bidding each other adieu; [...]
5.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXIX, page 60:
[…] And tears are on the mother’s face,
As parting with a long embrace
She enters other realms of love; […]
6.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 15:
[A] delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
7.(figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
8.1882, Bret Harte, “[Flip: A California Romance] Chapter II”, in Flip; and Found at Blazing Star, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 44:
When he reached the ridge the outlying fog crept across the summit, caught him in its embrace, and wrapped him from her gaze.
9.1896, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Evil-looking Boatmen”, in The Island of Doctor Moreau (Heinemann’s Colonial Library of Popular Fiction; 52), London: William Heinemann, →OCLC; republished as The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Possibility, New York, N.Y.: Stone & Kimball, 1896, →OCLC, page 48:
We were now within the embrace of a broad bay flanked on either hand by a low promontory.
10.(figuratively) Full acceptance (of something).
11.1932, William Faulkner, chapter 19, in Light in August, [New York, N.Y.]: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, →OCLC; republished London: Chatto & Windus, 1933, →OCLC, pages 424–425:
And it was the white blood which sent him to the minister, which rising in him for the last and final time, sent him against all reason and all reality, into the embrace of a chimera, a blind faith in something read in a printed Book.
12.1965, Muriel Spark, “The Passionate Pilgrims”, in The Mandelbaum Gate, London: Macmillan, →OCLC; The Mandelbaum Gate (A Borzoi Book), 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965, →OCLC, part 2, pages 293–294:
It then occurred to Barbara, and recurred more strongly after she had learned of Ricky's marriage and her sale of the school in England, her eager embrace of Islam, and the total handing over of her lot to Joe Ramdez, that there had been no secret state of mind in Ricky.
13.(figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
14.1913 November, Rabindranath Tagore, “The Relation of the Individual to the Universe”, in Sādhanā: The Realisation of Life, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 8:
In India men are enjoined to be fully awake to the fact that they are in the closest relation to things around them, body and soul, and that they are to hail the morning sun, the flowing water, the fruitful earth, as the manifestation of the same living truth which holds them in its embrace.
[References]
1. ^ “embrācen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
2. ^ “embrace, v.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891; “embrace, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
3. ^ Compare “† embrace, v.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891; “embrace, v.3”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891; “† embrace, v.4”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891.
4. ^ “embrace, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891; “embrace, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[Verb]
embrace (third-person singular simple present embraces, present participle embracing, simple past and past participle embraced)
1.(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
Synonyms: fall on someone's neck; see also Thesaurus:embrace
2.1576, Iohannes Caius [i.e., John Caius], “Dogges of a Course Kind Seruing for Many Necessary Uses, Called in Latine Canes Rustici, and First of the Shepherds Dogge, Called in Latine Canis Pastoralis”, in Abraham Fleming, transl., Of Englishe Dogges, the Diuersities, the Names, the Natures, and the Properties. […], imprinted at London: By [John Charlewood for] Rychard Johnes, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed by A. Bradley, […], 1880, →OCLC, page 31:
There was no faynting faith in that Dogge, which when his Master by a mischaunce in hunting stumbled and fell toppling downe a deepe dytche beyng vnable to recouer of himselfe, the Dogge signifying his masters mishappe, reskue came, and he was hayled up by a rope, whom the Dogge seeying almost drawne up to the edge of the dytche, cheerefully saluted, leaping and skipping vpon his master as though he would haue imbraced hym, beying glad of his presence, whose longer absence he was lothe to lacke.
3.c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
I will imbrace him with a ſouldiour's arme, / That he ſhall ſhrinke vnder my curteſie, [...]
4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 20:1, column 1:
And after the vprore was ceaſed, Paul called vnto him the diſciples, and imbraced them, & departed, for to go into Macedonia.
5.1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], chapter VI, in The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book I, page 14:
[...] Love, though not wholly blind, as Poets wrong him, yet having but one eye, as being born an Archer aiming, and that eye not the quickeſt in this dark region here below, which is not Loves proper ſphere, partly out of the ſimplicity, and credulity which is native to him, often deceiv'd, imbraces and comforts him with theſe obvious and ſuborned ſtriplings, as if they were his Mothers own Sons, for ſo he thinks them, while they ſuttly keep themſelves moſt on his blind ſide.
6.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, lines 772–774:
Theſe lulld by Nightingales imbraceing ſlept, / And on thir naked limbs the flourie roof / Showrd Roſes, which the Morn, repair'd.
7.1686, [formerly attributed to Augustine of Hippo], “The Accusation of Man, and the Commendation and Praise of the Divine Mercy”, in [John Floyd], transl., The Meditations, Soliloquia, and Manual of the Glorious Doctor St. Augustine. Translated into English, London: Printed for Matthew Turner […], →OCLC, page 6:
Thou doſt reduce me when I err; thou ſtayeſt for me when I am dull; thou imbraceſt me when I return; thou teacheſt me when I am ignorant; [...]
8.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 54:
She clapped her hands and laughed, and tried to touch his head; but being too little, laughed again, and stood on tiptoe to embrace him. Then she began to drag him, in her childish eagerness, towards the door; and he, nothing loth to go, accompanied her.
9.1982, Lawrence Durrell, “Tu Duc Revisited”, in Constance: Or Solitary Practices: A Novel, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, 1982, →ISBN, page 261:
There was no ambiguity in her relief and enthusiasm; she went up to him in a somewhat irresolute fashion, as if about to put out her hand; but they embraced instead, and stood for a moment yoked thus, absurdly relieved and delighted by the other’s presence.
10.1990, J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee, chapter 1, in Age of Iron, London: Secker and Warburg, →ISBN, page 5; republished London: Penguin Books, 2015, →ISBN:
We embrace to be embraced. We embrace our children to be folded in the arms of the future, to pass ourselves beyond death, to be transported. That is how it was when I embraced you, always.
11.(transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
I wholeheartedly embrace the new legislation.
12.1557, unknown, “The Louer Refused of His Loue Imbraceth Death”, in Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey et al., edited by Edward Arber, Tottel’s Miscellany. Songes and Sonettes […] (English Reprints; 24), London: [Edward Arber]; Muir & Paterson, printers, […], published 15 August 1870, →OCLC, page 168:
The louer refused of his loue imbraceth death. [poem title]
13.c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
I take it your owne buſineſſe cals on you, / And you embrace the occaſion to depart.
14.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:13, column 1:
Theſe all died in faith, not hauing received the promiſes, but hauing ſeene them a farre off, and were perſwaded of them, and embraced them, and confeſſed that they were ſtrangers and pilgrims on the earth.
15.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas, […], 1928, →OCLC, page 164:
Let Ignorance a little while now muſe / On what is ſaid, and let him not refuſe / Good counſel to imbrace, leſt he remain / Still Ignorant of what's the chiefeſt gain.
16.a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: Printed by W. B. for A[ugustus] and J[ohn] Churchill […], published 1706, →OCLC, §34, page 105:
[I]f a Man can be perſuaded and fully aſſur'd of any thing for a Truth, without having examin'd, what is there that he may not imbrace for Truth; and if he has given himſelf up to believe a Lye, what means is there left to recover one who can be aſſur'd without examining.
17.1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XIII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 227:
Thou hast shown me the means of revenge, and be assured I will embrace them.
18.1953, James Baldwin, “Elizabeth’s Prayer”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (A Laurel Book), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published December 1985, →ISBN, part 2 (The Prayers of the Saints), page 186:
Then she thought how, now, she would embrace again the faith she had abandoned, and walk again in the light from which, with Richard, she had so far fled.
19.(transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo.
Synonym: accept
20.c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
What I haue done my ſafety vrg'd me to: / And I embrace this fortune patiently, / Since not to be auoided it fals on me.
21.2020 April 22, Paul Stephen, “COVID-19: meet the railway heroes”, in Rail, page 40:
Faced with the most significant public health crisis in a century, the population has largely embraced the strict but essential government instructions on social distancing that have been carefully designed to protect lives and to curb the spread of COVID-19.
22.(transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
Synonyms: entwine, surround
23.1642, John Denham, “Coopers Hill”, in Poems and Translations, with the Sophy. […], 4th edition, Printed by T. W. for H[enry] Herringman and sold by Jacob Tonson […], and Thomas Bennet […], published 1703, →OCLC, page 14:
Low at his foot a ſpacious Plain is plac't, / Between the Mountain and the Stream embrac't: / Which ſhade and ſhelter from the Hill derives, / While the kind River Wealth and Beauty gives; [...]
24.1937, Robert Byron, “Gumbad-i-Kabus (200 ft.), April 24th”, in The Road to Oxiana, London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, part V, page 228:
But it was not this that conveyed the size of the steppe so much as the multiplicity of these nomadic encampments, cropping up wherever the eye rested, yet invariably separate by a mile or two from their neighbours. There were hundreds of them, and the sight, therefore, seemed to embrace hundreds of miles.
25.(transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
Natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
26.1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 73, lines 59–60:
Not that my ſong, in ſuch a ſcanty ſpace, / So large a Subject fully can embrace: [...]
27.1961, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter VIII, in Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 59:
The Man from Mars sat down again when Jill left. He did not pick up the picture book they had given him but simply waited in a fashion which may be described as "patient" only because human language does not embrace Martian attitudes.
28.(transitive, obsolete, rare) To fasten on, as armour.
29.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 26, page 194:
VVho ſeeing him from far ſo fierce to pricke, / His warlike armes about him gan embrace, / And in the reſt his ready ſpeare did ſticke; [...]
30.(transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To accept (someone) as a friend; to accept (someone's) help gladly.
31.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], page 25, column 1:
He bears himſelfe more proudlier, / Euen to my perſon, then I thought he would / When firſt I did embrace him.
32.(transitive, law, figuratively, obsolete) To attempt to influence (a court, jury, etc.) corruptly; to practise embracery.
33.1769, William Blackstone, “Of Offences against Public Justice”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book IV (Of Public Wrongs), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, paragraph 18, page 140:
The puniſhment for the perſon embracing is by fine and impriſonment; and, for the juror ſo embraced, if it be by taking money, the puniſhment is (by divers ſtatutes of the reign of Edward III) perpetual infamy, impriſonment for a year, and forfeiture of the tenfold value.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
embrace
1.inflection of embrazar:
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular imperative
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narrative
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnæɹətɪv/[Adjective]
narrative (comparative more narrative, superlative most narrative)
1.Telling a story.
2.Overly talkative; garrulous.
3.1715–1720, Homer, [Alexander] Pope, transl., “(please specify the book of the Iliad or chapter quoted from)”, in The Iliad of Homer, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
But wise through time, and narrative with age.
4.Of or relating to narration.
the narrative thrust of a film
5.2004 January 10, Galen Strawson, “Review: Making Stories by Jerome Bruner”, in The Guardian[1]:
There is a deep divide in our species. On one side, the narrators: those who are indeed intensely narrative, self-storying, Homeric, in their sense of life and self, whether they look to the past or the future.
[Anagrams]
- veratrina
[Etymology]
Borrowed from Middle French narratif.
[Noun]
narrative (countable and uncountable, plural narratives)
1.The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
2.That which is narrated.
3.A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
changing, controlling the narrative
4.2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)[2]:
Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.
5.2017 May 30, Francisco Navas, quoting Alexandra Bell, “'It feels important': the counter-narrative artist challenging how news is reported”, in The Guardian[3]:
[Alexandra] Bell challenges the dominant coverage of Brown’s killing with the aim of introducing “a perspective and a narrative which is probably how a lot of people from these communities saw it go down”.
6.2023 November 10, Chris McGreal, “‘It’s like a fire in the world’: how the Israeli ‘kidnapped’ posters set off a phenomenon and a backlash”, in The Guardian[4], →ISSN:
The posters quickly became embroiled in the interminable battle over narrative in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
7.(creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.
The plot is full of holes, but the narrative is extremely compelling.
8.2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet[5], volume 7, →DOI, page 175:
The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.
[References]
- “narrative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- narrative in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- “narrative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
narrative
1.feminine singular of narratif
[[Italian]]
ipa :/nar.raˈti.ve/[Adjective]
narrative f pl
1.feminine plural of narrativo
[Anagrams]
- antiverrà, arrivante, interrava, rientrava, verrinata
[Noun]
narrative f pl
1.plural of narrativa
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plateau
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈplætəʊ/[Etymology]
Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see plate. Doublet of platter.
[Further reading]
- plateau on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
plateau (plural plateaus or plateaux)
1.A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
2.A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. (of a varying quantity)
3.2008 May 28, Tara Parker-Pope, “Hint of Hope as Child Obesity Rate Hits Plateau”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
Childhood obesity, rising for more than two decades, appears to have hit a plateau, a potentially significant milestone in the battle against excessive weight gain among children.
4.(dated) An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
5.(sports, broadcasting) A notable level of attainment or achievement.
6.(drug slang) Any of several distinct, dose-dependent stages of a dextromethorphan trip.
[Verb]
plateau (third-person singular simple present plateaus, present participle plateauing, simple past and past participle plateaued)
1.(intransitive) (of a varying quantity) To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off.
[[Danish]]
[Etymology]
Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see English plate.
[Noun]
plateau n (singular definite plateauet, plural indefinite plateauer)
1.plateau (level expanse of land)
Synonym: højslette
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/plaːˈtoː/[Etymology]
Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see English plate.
[Noun]
plateau n (plural plateaus, diminutive plateautje n)
1.plateau (level expanse of land)
Synonym: hoogvlakte
2.plateau (comparatively stable level)
3.plateau (tray) (Southern)
[[French]]
ipa :/pla.to/[Anagrams]
- épaulât
[Etymology]
From plat + -eau.
[Further reading]
- “plateau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
plateau m (plural plateaux)
1.flat area
2.tray
3.(geography) plateau
4.stage (in theatre); set (of television broadcast)
5.(cycling) chainring
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Plateau
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
Plateau
1.A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Jos.
2.A surname
[[German]]
[Etymology]
Borrowed from French plateau.
[Further reading]
- “Plateau” in Duden online
[Noun]
Plateau n (strong, genitive Plateaus, plural Plateaus)
1.plateau
[Synonyms]
- (geography): Hochebene, Hochfläche
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mutual
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmjuːt͡ʃuəl/[Adjective]
mutual (comparative more mutual, superlative most mutual)
1.Having the same relationship, each to each other.
They were mutual enemies.
2.Collective, done or held in common.
Mutual insurance.
3.Reciprocal.
They had mutual fear of each other.
4.Possessed in common.
They had been introduced by a mutual friend.
5.1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808, page 216:
On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]
6.(Relating to a company, insurance or financial institution) Owned by the members.
[Alternative forms]
- mut. (abbreviation)
- mutuall (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
- umlaut
[Etymology]
Borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus.
[Noun]
mutual (plural mutuals)
1.A mutual fund.
2.(business, finance, insurance) A mutual organization.
3.(Internet) Either of a pair of people who follow each other's social media accounts.
Synonym: moot
[Synonyms]
- (done or held in common): shared; see also Thesaurus:joint
- (reciprocal): reciprocative; see also Thesaurus:reciprocal
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
mutual m or n (feminine singular mutuală, masculine plural mutuali, feminine and neuter plural mutuale)
1.reciprocal
[Etymology]
Borrowed from French mutuel. By surface analysis, mutuu + -al.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/muˈtwal/[Adjective]
mutual m or f (masculine and feminine plural mutuales)
1.mutual
Synonym: mutuo
[Further reading]
- “mutual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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sink
[[English]]
ipa :/sɪŋk/[Anagrams]
- -kins, inks, k'ins, kins, skin
[Antonyms]
- (antonym(s) of “graph theory”): source
[Etymology]
From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.
[Noun]
English Wikipedia has an article on:sinkWikipedia a bathroom sink (basin for holding water)sink (plural sinks)
1.
2. A basin used for holding water for washing.
3.2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:
Roy: The work was fiiine. There was nothing wrong with the work. But they caught him... He pissed in the sink.
Jen: Oh. Oh!
Roy: Yeah...
Jen: Which sink?
Roy: All the sinks. Yeah, he basically went on a pee parade around the house.
Jen: Oh God, I have to fire him.
4.A drain for carrying off wastewater.
5.(geology) A sinkhole.
6.A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
7.A heat sink.
8.A place that absorbs resources or energy.
9.(ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
10.(uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
An excessive sink rate at touchdown can cause the aircraft's landing gear to collapse.
1.(baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink.(computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events; an event sink.(graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.(graph theory) A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.A depression in a stereotype plate.(theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.(mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.(game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.
Antonym: faucet
[References]
- Honey, I sunk the boat, The Grammarphobia Blog
[Related terms]
- countersink
- everything but the kitchen sink
[Synonyms]
- (descend into a liquid, etc): descend, founder, go down
- (submerge): dip, dunk, submerge
- (cause (ship, etc) to sink):
- (push (something) into):
- (basin): basin, washbasin; see also washbasin for washing fixtures without water supply
[Verb]
sink (third-person singular simple present sinks, present participle sinking, simple past sank or sunk, past participle sunk or sunken)
1.
2. (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
1.(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
A stone sinks in water. The sun gradually sank in the west.
2.(transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
An iceberg sank the Titanic. British battleships sank the Bismarck.
3.(transitive) To push (something) into something.
4.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 11:
Before installing the new surfacing material, sink any protruding nails.
The joint will hold tighter if you sink a wood screw through both boards. The dog sank its teeth into the delivery man's leg.
5.(transitive) To make by digging or delving.
to sink a well in the ground
6.(transitive, snooker, pool, billiards, golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
7.2008, Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel:
My sister beats me at pool in public a second time. I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.(heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
1.(intransitive, figuratively, of the heart or spirit) To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
2.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XX, page 34:
But open converse is there none,
So much the vital spirits sink
To see the vacant chair, and think,
‘How good! how kind! and he is gone.’
3.1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
I tried, but I could not wake him. This caused me a great fear, and I looked around terrified. Then indeed, my heart sank within me. Beside the bed, as if he had stepped out of the mist, or rather as if the mist had turned into his figure, for it had entirely disappeared, stood a tall, thin man, all in black.
4.1915, Thornton W. Burgess, chapter XIX, in The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company:
Peter's heart sank. "Don't you think it is dreadful?" he asked.
5.(transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
to sink one's reputation
6.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
And if I have a conscience, let it sink me
7.1700, Nicholas Rowe, The Ambitious Stepmother, act II, scene ii:
Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power / Has sunk thy father more than all his years.
8.(intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
9.2013 April 24, Steve Henschel, Niagara This Week:
Who would sink so low as to steal change from veterans?(transitive, slang, archaic) To conceal and appropriate.
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels:
If you are sent with ready money to buy anything at a shop, and happen at that time to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on your master's account.(transitive, slang, archaic) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
- 1849 December 15, Frederick William Robertson, Sermon 14, “The Principle of Spiritual Harvest”:
I say not always dishonorable qualifications, but a certain flexibility of disposition; a certain courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths, and adapt ourselves to the prejudices of the minds of others […] (transitive, slang) To drink (especially something alcoholic).
- 2021, Barbara Copperthwaite, The Girl in the Missing Poster:
[…] just thought she was wrecked from all the Diamond White ciders she'd been sinking – I'd even bought her a couple of Blastaways, which in hindsight was a mistake.(transitive, slang) To pay absolutely.
- 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian[1]:
for 13 of his 15 years in charge, Burrell sank more money into the farm than he received in revenues, and the estate was £1.5m overdrawn.
I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project.(transitive, slang, archaic) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
to sink the national debt(intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke.
- 1721, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry:
then keep an even steady Fire under them, not too fierce at first, lest you scorch them; and let not the Fire sink or slacken, but rather increase till the Hops be near dry'd(intransitive, archaic) To die.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:die
- 1865 June 17, C. C. Richards, M.D., &c., “Report of a Case of Multiple Fatty Tumours”, in The Lancet, volume 85, number 2181, London: George Fall, page 650:
However, before the entire mass was detached, a copious oozing of blood took place, when the patient lost from a pint to a pint and a half; and which, doubtless, so lowered him that he never rallied, but sank in about an hour and a half after the operation was completed.
- 1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 174:
[…] as September drew towards its close, and reports came from Munich that Gömbös was sinking fast, the Right in their turn were credited by the Prager Presse and by certain foreign journalists, who drew their inspiration from the same sources, with sensational designs.(intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
- a. 1746, Joseph Addison, The Tragedy of Cato, act I, scene i:
The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him: / Through wind and waves, and storms he works his way
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :/səŋk/[Etymology 1]
From Dutch zinken, from Middle Dutch sinken, from Old Dutch *sincan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
[Etymology 2]
From Dutch zink, from German Zink.
[[Azerbaijani]]
ipa :/siŋk/[Etymology]
Borrowed from German Zink, probably via Russian цинк (cink).
[Noun]
sink (definite accusative sinki, plural sinklər)
1.zinc
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
Borrowed from German Schinken.
[Noun]
sink (genitive singi, partitive sinki)
1.ham
[References]
- sink in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
[[Faroese]]
ipa :/sɪŋ̊k/[Etymology]
From German Zink.
[Noun]
sink n (genitive singular sinks, uncountable)
1.(metal) zinc
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :-ɪŋ̊k[Anagrams]
- skin
[Etymology]
Borrowed from German Zink.
[Noun]
sink n (genitive singular sinks, no plural)
1.zinc (chemical element)
[[Louisiana Creole]]
ipa :/sɛ̃k/[Etymology]
Inherited from French cinq (“five”).
[Numeral]
sink
1.five
[[Maltese]]
ipa :/sɪnk/[Etymology]
Borrowed from English sink.
[Noun]
sink m (plural sinkijiet)
1.sink
Synonym: mejjilla
[[Mauritian Creole]]
[Numeral]
sink
1.Alternative spelling of senk
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Noun]
sink m or n (definite singular sinken or sinket) (uncountable)
1.zinc (chemical element, symbol Zn)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/sɪŋk/[Etymology]
From German Zink.
[Noun]
sink m or n (definite singular sinken or sinket) (uncountable)
1.zinc (chemical element, symbol Zn)
[References]
- “sink” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[West Frisian]]
[Verb]
sink
1.first-person singular present of sinke
2.imperative of sinke
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TaN
52643
forthe
[[English]]
[Adverb]
forthe (not comparable)
1.Obsolete spelling of forth.
2.1475, Book of Courtesy:
Go not forthe as a dombe freke.
[Anagrams]
- fother, therof
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52644
be
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Abbreviation of English Belarusian
[Symbol]
be
1.(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Belarusian.
[[English]]
ipa :/biː/[Anagrams]
- EB, Eb
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English been (“to be”). further etymology of be and its conjugated formsThe various forms have three separate origins, which were mixed together at various times in the history of English.
- The forms beginning with b- come from Old English bēon (“to be, become”), from Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be, exist, come to be, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”), from the root *bʰuH-. In particular:
- Now-dialectal use of been as an infinitive of be is either from Middle English been (“to be”) or an extension of the past participle.
- Now-obsolete use of been as a plural present tense (meaning "are") is from Middle English been, be (present plural of been (“to be”), with the -n leveled in from the past and subjunctive; compare competing forms aren/are).
- Use of been as a past participle is from Middle English been, ybeen, from Old English ġebēon.The forms beginning with w- come from the aforementioned Old English bēon, which shared its past tense with the verb wesan, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to reside”).The remaining forms (am, are, is) are also from Old English wesan (“to be”), from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti, from the root *h₁es-.
[Etymology 2]
A variant of by which goes back to Middle English be (variant of Middle English bi).
[Etymology 3]
Borrowed from Russian бэ (bɛ).
[References]
1. ^ Goold Brown (1851) “Of Verbs”, in The Grammar of English Grammars, […], New York, N.Y.: […] Samuel S. & William Wood, […], page 357.
2. ^ [William Tyndale, transl.] (1526) The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany]: [Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Romans xiij:[1], folio ccxiij, recto: “The powers that be / are ordeyned off God.”
3. ^ The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Genesis 42:31–32, column 2.: “We are true men; we are no ſpies. We be twelue brethren […]”
4. ^ William Shakespeare (c. 1599–1602) “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 277, column 2: “I thinke it be thine indeed: for thou lieſt in’t.”
5.↑ 5.0 5.1 Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BE”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
[[Albanian]]
ipa :[bɛ][Etymology]
From Proto-Albanian *bẹðə < *baidā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoydʰ-eh₂ < *bʰeydʰ- (“to persuade”).[1] Compare Old English bād (“pledge, expectation”), Proto-Slavic *bě̄dà, Ancient Greek πείθω (peíthō), Latin foedus.
[Noun]
be f (plural be, definite beja, definite plural betë)
1.oath
2.vow, swearing
[References]
1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 236
[[Balinese]]
[Romanization]
be
1.Romanization of ᬩᬾ
[[Basque]]
ipa :/be/[Noun]
be inan
1.The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
[[Blagar]]
ipa :/be/[Noun]
be
1.pig
[References]
- A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
- Stokhof (1975)
[[Catalan]]
ipa :[ˈbe][Etymology 2]
Onomatopoeic from the sound of a lamb.
[Further reading]
- “be” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
[[Dorasque]]
[Noun]
be
1.(Changuena, Chumulu, Gualaca) night
[References]
- Alphonse Louis Pinart, Vocabulario Castellano-dorasque, Dialectos Chumulu, Gualaca Y Changuina (1890)
[[East Central German]]
[Etymology]
From Old High German bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi. Compare German bei.
[Further reading]
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 21:
[Preposition]
be
1.(Erzgebirgisch) at; with; by; near; (close) to
[[Eastern Geshiza]]
[Noun]
be
1.Flood.
[References]
- Honkalaso, Sami. 2019. A Grammar of Eastern Geshiza: A Culturally Anchored Description. University of Helsinki: PhD dissertation.
[Verb]
be (1b)
1.To flood, overflow.
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :[ˈbe][Etymology]
Onomatopoeic.
[Interjection]
be
1.The characteristic cry of a sheep.
[[Faroese]]
[Noun]
be n (genitive singular bes, plural be)
1.The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
[See also]
- (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø
[[Guerrero Amuzgo]]
[Adjective]
be
1.red
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈbɛ][Adverb]
be (comparative beljebb, superlative legbeljebb)
1.in (towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room)
Antonym: ki
[Anagrams]
- eb
[Further reading]
- (adverb: “in”): be 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
- (interjection-like adverb: “how…!”; a dated, poetic synonym of de): be 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
- be in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
[[Iau]]
[Further reading]
Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages
[Noun]
be
1.fire
[[Ido]]
ipa :/be/[Etymology]
From b + -e.
[Noun]
be (plural be-i)
1.The name of the Latin script letter B/b.
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :/ˈbe/[Etymology]
From Dutch bee.
[Further reading]
- “be” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
[Noun]
bé
1.The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
[Synonyms]
- bi (Standard Malay)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈbe/[Further reading]
- be in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
[Noun]
be f (invariable)
1.(regional, obsolete) Alternative form of bi
[References]
1. ^ be in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
be
1.The hiragana syllable べ (be) or the katakana syllable ベ (be) in Hepburn romanization.
[[Karajá]]
[Noun]
be
1.water
[References]
- David Lee Fortune, Gramática Karajá: um Estudo Preliminar em Forma Transformacional
[[Latin]]
ipa :/beː/[Noun]
bē f (indeclinable)
1.The name of the letter B.
[References]
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."
[[Lithuanian]]
ipa :[bʲɛ][Antonyms]
- su
[Etymology]
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *beź, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰe (instrumental particle) + *-ǵʰs (“out”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bez(ъ) (“without”); see there for more cognates.[1]
[Preposition]
be (with genitive)
1.(shows absence of something) without
2.besides; but, except
[References]
1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “be”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 84
[[Malagasy]]
[Adjective]
be
1.big; great
Antonym: kely
2.many; numerous
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
be
1.Nonstandard spelling of bē.
2.Nonstandard spelling of bê̄.
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
From Old English bēon.
[Etymology 2]
From Old English bēo.
[Etymology 3]
From Old English bēo, bēom, first-person singular of bēon, from Proto-Germanic *biumi, first-person singular of *beuną.
[Etymology 4]
From Old English bēo, singular subjunctive of bēon.
[Etymology 5]
From Old English bēo, 2nd-person singular imperative of bēon, from Proto-Germanic *beu, 2nd-person singular imperative of *beuną.
[Etymology 6]
Old English bēoþ (with the -þ replaced with an -n levelled in from the past and subjunctive, then lost), present plural of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *biunþi, third-person present plural of *beuną (“to be, become”).
[[Mòcheno]]
[Etymology]
From Middle High German wec, from Old High German weg, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz (“way, path”). Cognate with German Weg, English way.
[Noun]
be m
1.path, way
[References]
- “be” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
From Old Norse biðja.
[References]
- “be” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “be” in The Ordnett Dictionary
[Synonyms]
- bede
[Verb]
be (imperative be, present tense ber, passive bes, simple past ba or bad, past participle bedt, present participle beende)
1.to pray
2.to ask something of someone
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/beː/[Alternative forms]
- beda
- bede
[Etymology]
From Old Norse biðja. Akin to English bid.
[References]
- “be” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “be” in The Ordnett Dictionary
[Verb]
be (present tense ber, past tense bad, supine bede or bedd or bedt, past participle beden or bedd, present participle bedande, imperative be)
1.to pray
2.to ask something of someone
[[Occitan]]
[Noun]
be f (plural bes)
1.bee (the letter b)
[[Old English]]
ipa :/be/[Etymology]
From Proto-Germanic *bi.
[Preposition]
be
1.about (concerning)
2.late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Hū be mete? hū swīðe lyst þē þæs?
How about food? How much dost thou desire that?
3.late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Iċ wāt eall be þām.
I know all about that.
4.by, in various senses:
1.near or next to
2.not later than
3.based on, according tofor, in the account of
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St.Alban, Martyr"
Eall swa þa unriht-wisan deman þe heora domas awendað, æfre be þam sceattum na be soðfæstnysse and habbað æfre to cepe heora soðfæstnysse, and swa hi sylfe syllað wið sceattum...
So likewise those unrighteous judges who pervert their judgments, always for gain, and not for justice, and always offer their justice for sale, and thus sell themselves for the sake of money,...
[See also]
- be-
- bī
[[Old Irish]]
[Alternative forms]
- (2nd sg. pres. subj.): ba
[Verb]
be
1.second-person singular present subjunctive of is
2.first/second-person singular future of is
[[Phalura]]
ipa :/be/[Etymology]
From Sanskrit वयम् (vayam, “we”).
[Pronoun]
be (personal, Perso-Arabic spelling بےۡ)
1.we (1pl nom)
[References]
- Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “be”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
[[Polish]]
ipa :/bɛ/[Etymology 1]
From the phonetic pronunciation of the letter B/b.
[Etymology 2]
Onomatopoeic.
[Further reading]
- be in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- be in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
Onomatopoeic.
[Interjection]
be
1.baa (sound made by sheep or goats)
[[Savi]]
[Etymology]
From Sanskrit वयम् (vayam).
[Pronoun]
be
1.we; first-person plural personal pronoun
[References]
- Nina Knobloch (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan[3], Stockholm University
[[Scots]]
ipa :[bi(ː)][Etymology 1]
From Middle English been, from Old English bēon. The various forms have different further etymologies:
- The b- forms derive from Proto-Germanic *beuną.
- All other forms derive from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesanąCognates include English be.
[Etymology 2]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[References]
1. ^ “be, v..” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
2. ^ “by, prep., adv., conj..” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
[[Serili]]
[Noun]
be
1.water
[References]
- Roger Blench, The Enggano (in notes)
- ABVD (as 'bɛ)
- ASJP (as bE, representing bɛ)
[[Slovene]]
ipa :[beː][Etymology]
Probably from the German name of the letter B (pronounced [beː]).
[Noun]
bẹ̑ m inan
1.The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
[Synonyms]
- b
[[Sotho]]
[Adjective]
be
1.bad
[Etymology]
From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈbe/[Etymology 2]
Echoic.
[Further reading]
- “be”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[[Sumerian]]
[Romanization]
be
1.Romanization of 𒁁 (be)
[[Swedish]]
ipa :-eː[Alternative forms]
- bedja (archaic)
[Etymology]
From older bedja, from Old Swedish biþia, from Old Norse biðja, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Cognate with Danish bede, Icelandic biðja, English bid, Dutch bidden, German bitten.
[References]
- be in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- be in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- be in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
[Synonyms]
- bedja (dated for prayer, archaic for other senses)
[Verb]
be (present ber, preterite bad, supine bett, imperative be)
1.to ask for, request someone else to do something
Han bad om ett glas vatten ― He asked for a glass of water
Jag vill be om en tjänst ― I want to ask you a favor
Han bad honom lämna rummet ― He asked him to leave the room
2.to pray
De satt i kyrkan och bad ― They sat in church, praying
3.to beg, to plead with someone for help or for a favor
Hjälp mig! Jag ber dig! ― Help me! I beg of you!
[[Tagalog]]
ipa :/ˈbe/[Etymology]
Borrowed from Spanish be, the Spanish name of the letter B/b. Ultimately from Latin bē. Doublet of bi.
[Further reading]
- “be”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
[Noun]
be (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ) (historical)
1.the name of the Latin-script letter B/b, in the Abecedario
Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) bi, (in the Abakada alphabet) ba
[[Tarao]]
[Alternative forms]
- beh
[Noun]
be
1.bean, beans
[References]
- Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar (in Tarao)
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/be/[Etymology 3]
From Ottoman Turkish به (be).
[[Tzotzil]]
ipa :/ɓɛ/[Noun]
be
1.road, path, way
[References]
- Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
[[Tày]]
ipa :[ɓɛ˧˧][Derived terms]
- pác be
[Etymology]
Cognate with Lao ແບ (bǣ) or ເບ (bē), Tai Dam ꪵꪚ, Zhuang mbe, Saek แบ๋, Thai แบ (bɛɛ).
[References]
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][5][6] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày][7] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[ʔɓɛ˧˧][Etymology 1]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 2]
Borrowed from French beige.
[Etymology 3]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 4]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 5]
Onomatopoeic
[References]
"be" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
[[West Makian]]
ipa :/be/[Noun]
be
1.water
[References]
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[8], Pacific linguistics
[[Yola]]
[References]
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867
[[Zia]]
[Noun]
be
1.mouth
[[Zou]]
ipa :/be˧˩/[Noun]
bè
1.bean
[References]
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40
[[Zulu]]
ipa :/ɓe/[Etymology]
From -ba (“to be”).
[References]
C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ɓe”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓe”
[Verb]
-be
1.(auxiliary) forms continuous tenses [+participial]
Ngesonto elilandelayo ngizobe ngisebenza kakhulu.
Next week I will be working a lot.
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɝk.foɹs/[Alternative forms]
- work force
[Etymology]
From work + force.
[Noun]
English Wikipedia has an article on:workforceWikipedia workforce (plural workforces)
1.All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
2.2020 December 2, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Success of major projects hinges on fixing skills crisis”, in Rail, page 8:
The rail sector's ageing workforce (28% of workers are over 50 years old) means that about 15,000 people could retire from the industry by 2025.
3.The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
[Synonyms]
- manpower
- jobforce
- labour force
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unrealized
[[English]]
[Adjective]
unrealized (not comparable)
1.Not realized; possible to obtain or achieve, yet not obtained or achieved.
The architect's unrealized dream was to design the tallest building in the world.
2.1980 April 12, Gia Berkman, “The Right to Be a Parent”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
Some women in our group have gone through or are now facing custody battles. For others, it is a constant but as yet unrealized threat.
[Alternative forms]
- unrealised
[Anagrams]
- neuralized
[Etymology]
un- + realized
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deemed
[[English]]
ipa :/diːmd/[Adjective]
deemed (not comparable)
1.An accreditation awarded to higher educational institutions in India.
[Synonyms]
- deemed to be
[Verb]
deemed
1.simple past and past participle of deem
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deem
[[English]]
ipa :/diːm/[Anagrams]
- Mede, deme, meed
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English dẹ̄men (“to judge; to criticize, condemn; to impose a penalty on, sentence; to direct, order; to believe, think, deem”), from Old English dēman (“to decide, decree, deem”),[1] from Proto-West Germanic *dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put”). The word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål dømme (“to judge”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Norwegian Nynorsk døma (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”). It is also related to doom.[2]
[Etymology 2]
From Middle English deme, from the verb (see above).
[References]
1. ^ “dẹ̄men, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.
2. ^ “deem”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[[Dutch]]
[Alternative forms]
- deim
[Noun]
deem m (plural demen, diminutive deemke n)
1.(Brabant) dumb person
Maa ziet gij da dan ni, 't ligt veur ave neus, gij sen deem!
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
[References]
- [1]
[Synonyms]
- sukkel
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
deem
1.(reintegrationist norm) inflection of dar:
1.third-person plural present subjunctive
2.third-person plural imperative
[[Luxembourgish]]
ipa :/deːm/[Determiner]
deem m or n (unstressed dem)
1.dative of deen
2.dative of dat
[Etymology]
From Old High German themu, demu, from Proto-Germanic *þammai.
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈde.ẽj̃/[Verb]
deem
1.inflection of dar:
1.third-person plural present subjunctive
2.third-person plural imperative
[[Scots]]
ipa :/dim/[Etymology]
Scots form of English dame.
[Noun]
deem (plural deems)
1.woman, dame
2.maid (especially a kitchen maid)
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stink
[[English]]
ipa :/stɪŋk/[Adjective]
stink (comparative more stink, superlative most stink)
1.(slang, New Zealand) Bad; inferior; worthless.
The concert was stink. / That was a stink concert.
2.(Caribbean, Guyana, Jamaica) Bad-smelling, stinky.[1]
3.2013, Stabroek News, 19 February 2013, cited by Deborah Jan Osman Backer in a speech delivered in the National Assembly during the Budget Debate, 2013,[1]
Everyone is up in arms but it smells stink because it smells of racism…
4.2014 May 26, Taureef Mohammed, “Imam recounts 55-day Venezuelan horror”, in Trinidad and Tobago Guardian:
Spending hours in a “stink" morgue, being called “Taliban”, thinking of getting shot in the head by officers—memories of Venezuela that have left Hamza Mohammed, imam of the Montrose mosque, still trembling today.
5.2016, Kei Miller, Augustown, New York: Pantheon, Chapter 1, p. 5,
[…] what Ma Taffy smells on this early afternoon makes her sit up straight. She smells it high and ripe and stink on the air, like a bright green jackfruit in season being pulled to the rocky ground below.
[Anagrams]
- knits, sinkt, skint, snikt, tinks
[Etymology]
From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”).
[Noun]
stink (plural stinks)
1.A strong bad smell.
2.(informal) A complaint or objection.
If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.
[References]
1. ^ Lise Winer (editor), Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On Historical Principles, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008, p. 854
[Synonyms]
- (have a strong bad smell): pong, reek
- (be greatly inferior): suck, blow (both slightly vulgar)
- (give an impression of dishonesty or untruth): be fishy
- (strong bad smell): fetor, odour/odor, pong, reek, smell, stench
- (informal: complaint or objection):
- (slang: chemistry):
[Verb]
stink (third-person singular simple present stinks, present participle stinking, simple past stank or stunk, past participle stunk)
1.(intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.
2.(intransitive, stative, informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.
3.1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 24:
They gave me Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen. I thought it was going to stink, but it didn't. It was a very good book.
4.2003, Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 19:
My French stinks, Langdon thought, but my zodiac iconography is pretty good. Taurus was always the bull. Astrology was a symbolic constant all over the world.
5.2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:
Improve your golf swing by taking your mate to the driving range. If you're good, you can show off and give her some tips. If you stink, play it for laughs.
6.(intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
Something stinks about the politician's excuses.
7.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot.
8.(transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
[[Afrikaans]]
[Etymology]
From Dutch stinken, from Middle Dutch stinken, from Old Dutch stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną.
[Verb]
stink (present stink, present participle stinkende, past participle gestink)
1.to stink
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/stɪŋk/[Anagrams]
- snikt
[Verb]
stink
1.inflection of stinken:
1.first-person singular present indicative
2.imperative
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
stink
1.Alternative form of stynk
[[Swedish]]
[Verb]
stink
1.imperative of stinka
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stink bug
[[English]]
[Noun]
stink bug (plural stink bugs)
1.Alternative spelling of stinkbug
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face
[[English]]
ipa :/feɪs/[Anagrams]
- CAFE, cafe, café, ecaf
[Antonyms]
- (antonym(s) of “baby face”): heel
[Etymology]
From Middle English face, from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“form, appearance”). Doublet of facies.Displaced native Middle English onlete (“face, countenance, appearance”), anleth (“face”), from Old English anwlite, andwlita, compare German Antlitz; Old English ansīen (“face”), Middle English neb (“face, nose”) (from Old English nebb), Middle English ler, leor, leer (“face, cheek, countenance”) (from Old English hlēor), and non-native Middle English vis (“face, appearance, look”) (from Old French vis) and Middle English chere (“face”) from Old French chere.
[Further reading]
- MathWorld article on geometrical faces
- Faces in programming
- JavaServer Faces
- Category:face on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
[Noun]
face (plural faces)
1.(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
That girl has a pretty face.
The monkey pressed its face against the railings.
2.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
3.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’
4.(informal or slang)
1.One's facial expression.
Why the sad face?
2.(in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
Children! Stop making faces at each other!
3.(informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
4.1966 November, “Classified Opportunity Mart: Stamp Collecting [advertisement]”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 189, number 5, page 229:
MAKE Money-wholesale U.S. stamps—buy mint stamps below face. Be a dealer. Send $1.00 for two giant catalogs, refunded first order. Von Stein, Bernardsville, N.J.
5.1995 January 18, Ed Jackson, “Re: US sheets -- Sell for how much?”, in rec.collecting.stamps[1] (Usenet):
With certain exceptions for valuable stamps, dealers and many collectors are only willing to offer a percentage of face (80-90%). So instead, Lloyd took the sheets to work and posted a message asking if anyone wanted to buy sheets of old U.S. stamps at face.
6.2005 March 16, Cliff, “Re: This sounds like a newbie question....”, in rec.collecting.coins[2] (Usenet):
Talking about buying below face, I've bought a lot of rolled coins at below face. I'm not going to pay face just to drag them to the bank and deposit them.
7.(professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback.
8.(slang) The mouth.
Shut your face!
He's always stuffing his face with chips.
9.(slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face.(figurative)
1.Public image; outward appearance.
Our chairman is the face of this company.
He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.
2.2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, “The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’”, in The Guardian[3], →ISSN:
As the film points out, the actor became known as “the face of Aids”.
3.Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.
lose face
save face
4.Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.
5.a. 1694, John Tillotson, Preface to The Works
This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations.
6.An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
This is a face of her that we have not seen before.
Poverty is the ugly face of capitalism.
7.(figurative) Presence; sight; front.
to fly in the face of danger
to speak before the face of God
8.1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:
The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
9.
10. (metonymically) A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.
It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.
He better not show his face around here no more.
Coordinate term: ass (see ass § Usage notes)
11.(informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
He owned several local businesses and was a face around town.
12.1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Inside the Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York Magazine[4]:
Vincent was the very best dancer in Bay Ridge—the ultimate Face.The frontal aspect of something.
1.The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
The face of the cliff loomed above them.
2.2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 17:16 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN)[5], archived from the original on 4 December 2022:
Then, the torpedo bombers arrived, but, unlike those that had dealt Hornet such a heavy blow, these split their attention between Enterprise, South Dakota, Portland, and the rather-bewildered destroyer USS Smith, which got a damaged Kate and its torpedo to the face for its trouble.The directed force of something.
They turned the boat into the face of the storm.Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road.
They climbed the north face of the mountain.
She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:6:
But there went vp a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
- 1812–1818, Lord Byron, “Canto LXVIII”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, (please specify the stanza number):
Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:
Captain Anderson: He has the secrets from the beacon. He has an army of geth at his command. And he won't stop until he's wiped humanity from the face of the galaxy!(geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.(cricket) The front surface of a bat.(golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.(heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.(card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).(video games, TCGs, uncountable) The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.
When playing aggro decks, hit face whenever you can; it's not worth spending your resources to try to control the board.(mechanics) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face(mining) The exposed surface of the mineral deposit where it is being mined. Also the exposed end surface of a tunnel where digging may still be in progress.(typography) A typeface.
- 1982 August 28, Mark McHarry, “A Minor Delight”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 12:
For the typophiles reading this, the book is attractively designed. It is set in Classic Aldine, a handsome face akin to the more popular Palatino. The designer's work is unfortunately marred by indifferent printing.A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 6:25:
The Lord make his face shine vpon thee, and be gracious vnto thee:
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 7:22:
My face will I turne also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it and defile it.
[References]
- face on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[See also]
- Face on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Face (geometry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Face (hieroglyph) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Face (mining) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Face (sociological concept) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Synonyms]
- (part of head): dial, mug, mush, phiz (obsolete), phizog (obsolete), punim, visage, pan
- (facial expression): countenance, expression, facial expression, look, visage, see also Thesaurus:facial expression and Thesaurus:countenance
- (the front or outer surface): foreside
- (public image): image, public image, reputation
- (of a polyhedron): facet (different specialised meaning in mathematical use), surface (not in mathematical use)
- (slang: mouth): cakehole, gob, piehole, trap, see also Thesaurus:mouth
- (slang: wrestling): good guy, hero
- (position oneself/itself towards):
- (have its front closest to):
- (deal with): confront, deal with
[Verb]
face (third-person singular simple present faces, present participle facing, simple past and past participle faced)
1.(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
Face the sun.
2.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
3.(transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
Turn the chair so it faces the table.
4.1670, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 72:
He gain'd alſo with his Forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland,
5.(transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
6.1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!
7.(transitive, retail) To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.
I've put out the stock and broken down the boxes, it's just facing left to do.
8.(transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
We are facing an uncertain future.
9.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do.
10.(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
I'm going to have to face this sooner or later.
11.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
I'll face / This tempest, and deserve the name of king.
12.2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, 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 […].
13.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
14.2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:
Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.
15.(intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
The seats in the carriage faced backwards.
16.(transitive) To have as an opponent.
Real Madrid face Juventus in the quarter-finals.
17.2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
And a further boost to England's qualification prospects came after the final whistle when Wales recorded a 2-1 home win over group rivals Montenegro, who Capello's men face in their final qualifier.
18.(intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
Willoughby comes in to bowl, and it's Hobson facing.
19.(transitive, obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.
20.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, [Act IV, scene iii], page 224, column 2:
Face not mee: thou haſt brau'd manie men, braue not me; I will neither bee fac'd nor brau'd.
21.(transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
a building faced with marble
22.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 7:
These upper walls seem mainly to have been formed, not of sun- or fire-baked bricks, as at Gournia or Palaikastro, but of clay or rubble, coated with plaster or faced with gypsum slabs.
23.(transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress
24.To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
25.
26. (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
Hyponym: spotface
27.(transitive, retail) To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.
In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.
[[Afar]]
ipa :/faˈħe/[References]
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “face”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[6], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 280
[Verb]
facé (causative facisé)
1.(intransitive) boil
2.(intransitive) ferment
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/fei̯[Alternative forms]
- 飛士／飞士, 飛屎／飞屎
[Etymology]
From English face.
[Noun]
face
1.(Hong Kong Cantonese) face (reputation; dignity)
[References]
- English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈfɑse/[Alternative forms]
- Face
[Proper noun]
face (informal)
1.Clipping of Facebook.
[[French]]
ipa :/fas/[Anagrams]
- café
[Etymology]
Inherited from Middle French and Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).
[Further reading]
- “face”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
face f (plural faces)
1.(anatomy) face
2.surface, side
3.(geometry) face
4.head (of a coin)
[[Friulian]]
[Etymology]
From Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).
[Noun]
face f (plural facis)
1.face
[[Interlingua]]
[Verb]
face
1.present of facer
2.imperative of facer
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈfa.t͡ʃe/[Etymology 1]
Learned borrowing from Latin facem (“torch, firebrand”).
[Etymology 2]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
face
1.ablative singular of fax
[Verb]
face
1.second-person singular present imperative active of faciō
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈfaːs(ə)/[Etymology 1]
Borrowed from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Classical Latin faciēs.
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
- fache (northern)
[Etymology]
From Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).
[Noun]
face oblique singular, f (oblique plural faces, nominative singular face, nominative plural faces)
1.(anatomy) face
2.c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face.
3.c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
Li rois regarda li deus freres
A cors bien fais, a faces cleres
The king looked at the two brothers
With their well-built bodies and clear faces
4.1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 148 of this essay:
Les signes subsequens est face enflée […]
the symptoms are the following: swollen face […]
[Synonyms]
- vis (more common)
- visage
- volt
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈfa.si/[Etymology]
From Old Galician-Portuguese façe, faz, from Latin faciēs.
[Noun]
face f (plural faces)
1.(anatomy, geometry) face
Synonyms: cara, rosto
2.(anatomy) the cheek
Synonym: bochecha
[References]
- “façe” in Dicionario de dicionarios do galego medieval.
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/ˈfat͡ʃe/[Etymology]
Inherited from Latin facere. The original past participle fapt (< Latin factus) has been replaced by an analogical form. An alternative third-person simple perfect, fece (< Latin fēcit) was also found in some dialects.[1] The sense of “to cost” is likely a loan translation of Greek κάνω (káno).
[References]
- face in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
1. ^ https://archive.org/details/grundrissderroma00gruoft
[Verb]
a face (third-person singular present face, past participle făcut) 3rd conj.
1.(transitive) to do, act
Fă ce vrei. ― Do what you want.
Azi am făcut niște treburi obositoare.
Today I did some tiring things.
Ce faci când ajungi acasă?
What do you do when you get home?
2.(transitive) to make (construct, build, prepare, create, transform)
Mama face mâncare. ― Mother is making food.
Aici o să se facă niște case noi.
Some new homes will be built here.
În fiecare săptămână îmi fac programul.
Every week I am making my schedule.
3.(transitive) to cause someone to do something
A făcut ușa să nu mai scârțâie.
He made the door stop creaking.
O să te fac să-ți pese. ― I’ll make you care.
Când am văzut asta, m-a făcut să pufnesc în râs.
When I saw this, it made me burst out laughing.
4.(transitive) to make (render a certain way, turn into)
Covorul face mersul în casă mai silențios.
The carpet makes walking in the house less noisy.
Camera asta o s-o facem sufragerie.
We’ll make this room into a living room.
5.(transitive, potentially childish) give birth to someone
Mama l-a făcut la 28 de ani.
His mother had him at 28.
6.(transitive) to develop a disease or certain physical features
7.(transitive, colloquial) call names
8.(transitive) to cover a certain distance
9.(transitive, informal) to become a certain age
10.(transitive) to turn one’s path to a certain direction
11.(intransitive) to cost
12.(impersonal, uncommon) to be advantageous, worth it to do something
13.(intransitive) to imitate or pretend to be something else, mockingly, deceitfully or humorously [+ pe (object)]
14.(reflexive) to pretend
15.(reflexive) to become or turn into
16.(reflexive) to become (adopt a career or path in life)
17.(reflexive, idiomatic, colloquial) to acquire, get hold of something on short notice
18.(reflexive, colloquial, chiefly imperative, somewhat rude) to come over immediately, get over here
19.(reflexive, with ce in direct or indirect questions) to deal with a situation
20.(reflexive) Introduces a narrative of a vision or a dream.
21.(reflexive, with dative, of feelings or sensations) to arise, get hold of somebody
22.(reflexive, impersonal) to get (become, change state)
Se face târziu. ― It’s getting late.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈfaθe/[Verb]
face
1.third-person singular present indicative of facer
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nationalist
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/[Adjective]
nationalist (comparative more nationalist, superlative most nationalist)
1.Of or relating to nationalism.
[Antonyms]
- globalist, antinational (India)
- globalist
[Etymology]
national + -ist
[Noun]
nationalist (plural nationalists)
1.An advocate of nationalism.
You are either a globalist or a nationalist; one cannot be both.
[References]
- “nationalist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- nationalist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "nationalist" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 213.
- “nationalist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
nationalist c (singular definite nationalisten, plural indefinite nationalister)
1.nationalist
[References]
- “nationalist” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[Dutch]]
[Noun]
nationalist m or f (plural nationalisten, diminutive nationalistje n)
1.nationalist
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/natɧʊnaˈlɪst/[Etymology]
national- + -ist
[Noun]
nationalist c
1.nationalist
[References]
- nationalist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- nationalist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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face off
[[English]]
[Noun]
face off (plural face offs)
1.(sports, chiefly ice hockey) The starting point in a match of ice hockey, where two players face each other to snatch the puck.
2.(literal or figurative) A face-to-face confrontation, especially a bitter one.
[References]
- face off at The Free Dictionary
[Verb]
face off (third-person singular simple present faces off, present participle facing off, simple past and past participle faced off)
1.(intransitive) To confront (each other).
2.2009 February 22, Ruaridh Nicoll, “Behind the demise”, in The Observer:
When Bank of Scotland and RBS faced off in that epic battle for NatWest ...
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfeɪsˌɑf/[Alternative forms]
- faceoff, face off
[Etymology]
1889, face + off.
[Noun]
face-off (plural face-offs)
1.A confrontation or argument between two people or groups
It's unclear which side will win the latest face-off between the President and Congress.
2.2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.
3.(ice hockey) The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee
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hush
[[English]]
ipa :/hʌʃ/[Anagrams]
- Huhs
[Etymology]
From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht.
[Noun]
hush (uncountable)
1.A silence, especially after some noise
2.1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: Printed for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza LXXXVI:
It is the hush of night.
3.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC:
And there fell a hush upon the gods when they saw that Māna rested, and there was silence on Pegāna save for the drumming of Skarl.
4.A mining method using water
[Verb]
hush (third-person singular simple present hushes, present participle hushing, simple past and past participle hushed)
1.(intransitive) To become quiet.
2.(transitive) To make quiet.
3.(transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
4.1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 11:
VVilt thou then / Huſh my Cares thus, and ſhelter me vvith Love?
5.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XIX, page 32:
And hush’d my deepest grief of all.
6.(transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.
[[Jamaican Creole]]
ipa :/hʌʃ/[Etymology]
From English hush.
[Interjection]
hush
1.there, there (calm somebody)
Georgie, mi sorry fi 'ear seh yuh mooma dead. Hush. Doan cry.
George, I'm sorry your mom died. There, there. Don't cry.
2.2017, Kelly Daviot, “Hush yah, Shaneke, such is life”, in The Jamaica Gleaner[1] (in English):
“Hush yah, Shaneke, such is life. […] ”
There, there, Shaneke. Such is life. […]
[Verb]
hush
1.be quiet
Chile, hush yu mouth!
Child, be quiet!
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hush money
[[English]]
[Noun]
hush money (uncountable)
1.A bribe to maintain secrecy (to prevent bad publicity or to prevent the discovery of a crime).
The scandal was even greater when it was announced that hush money had been paid to keep the faulty products unannounced.
2.1854, James A. Maitland, chapter XXIX, in The Cabin Boy's Story[1], Garrett & Co., page 297:
He holds, I am given to understand, a small official appointment in the colony. If it were known that he had received hush money, he would be ruined.
3.2023 April 4, Michael Rothfeld, “Private or Political? Charges Over Hush Money Hinge on Payment’s Purpose”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
Is paying hush money a crime? In most cases, the answer is no. Hush-money agreements, otherwise known as nondisclosure agreements, have long been used by companies and private individuals to avoid litigation and keep embarrassing information confidential.
4.2024 April 21, Michael Rothfeld, “Tracing the Trail of Hush-Money Deals That Led to Trump’s Prosecution”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
Lawyers defending Mr. Trump, who denies he had sex with her, will likely argue that his employees were responsible for the paper trail that falsely described the reimbursement of the hush money as legal fees for Mr. Cohen.
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falsify
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ/[Etymology]
From French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre, present active infinitive of falsificō (“make false, corrupt, counterfeit, falsify”), from Latin falsificus, from falsus (“false”), corresponding to false + -ify.
[Verb]
falsify (third-person singular simple present falsifies, present participle falsifying, simple past and past participle falsified)
1.(transitive) To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect.
to falsify a record or document
2.1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything as they list, to please or displease any man.
3.(transitive) To misrepresent.
4.(transitive) To prove to be false.
5.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
By how much better than my word I am, / By so much shall I falsify men's hope.
6.a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “Section VIII. Against Atheism and Infidelity.”, in The Evidences of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], published 1730, →OCLC, subsection VI, page 66:
Hovv much greater confirmation of his faith vvould he have received, had he ſeen our Saviour's prophecy ſtand good in the deſtruction of the temple, and the diſſolution of the Jevviſh œconomy, vvhen Jevvs and Pagans united all their endeavours under Julian the Apoſtate, to baffle and falſify the prediction?
7.(transitive) To counterfeit; to forge.
to falsify money
8.(transitive, accounting) To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.
9.1833, Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States:
It will allow the account to stand, with liberty to the plaintiff to surcharge and falsify it
10.1912, Peyton Boyle, The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit District Courts of the United States:
The chancery rules governing proceedings to surcharge and falsify accounts are applicable only where an account has been stated between the parties, or where something equivalent thereto has been done.
11.(transitive, obsolete) To baffle or escape.
12.a. 1680, Samuel Butler, Fragments of an intended second part of the foregoing satire:
For disputants (as swordsmen use to fence / With blunted foyles) engage with blunted sense; / And as th' are wont to falsify a blow, / Use nothing else to pass upon a foe […]
13.(transitive, obsolete) To violate; to break by falsehood.
to falsify one's faith or word
14.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC:
he would not falsify his promise to Philanax
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shore
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃɔː/[Anagrams]
- hoers, H-O-R-S-E, shoer, H.O.R.S.E., hoser, horse, RSeOH, Rohes, rohes, HORSE, shero, heros, Horse
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear.Cognate with Middle Dutch scorre (“land washed by the sea”), Middle Low German schor (“shore, coast, headland”), Middle High German schorre ("rocky crag, high rocky shore"; > German Schorre, Schorren (“towering rock, crag”)), and Limburgish sjaor (“riverbank”). Maybe connected with Norwegian Bokmål skjær.
[Etymology 2]
From Late Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) [and other forms],[2] from Middle Dutch schore, schare (“a prop, a stay”) (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compare Old Norse skorða (“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown.[3]
[Etymology 3]
A boat on dry land which has been shored up (etymology 3) to keep it upright.From Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms],[4][5] from Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) (see etymology 2) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs);[6] compare Middle Dutch schooren (“to prop up, support”) and Middle Low German schore (“to shovel; to sweep”).
[Etymology 4]
See shear.
[Etymology 5]
Originally, common-shore
[Etymology 6]
Perhaps a variant of score or sure, equivalent to assure.
[Further reading]
- “shore”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
[References]
1. ^ “shore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
2. ^ “shōre, n.(3)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
3. ^ “shore, n.3”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “shore2, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
4. ^ “shōren, v.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
5. ^ Compare “shore, v.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “shore2, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
6. ^ “-en, suf.(3)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
7. ^ “shore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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tepid
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɛpɪd/[Adjective]
tepid (comparative tepider, superlative tepidest)
1.Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
Synonym: lukewarm
I'm drinking a cup of tepid water.
2.Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness; lukewarm.
Synonyms: uninterested, lukewarm
He gave me a tepid response to the proposal.
3.2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera[1]:
The erratic behaviour of Hariri now is largely explained by the fact that his best days may be behind him, given his long absences from the country for security reasons, his declining Saudi business interests, some local challenges to his tepid leadership in recent municipal elections, and his decline in stature in the eyes of his Saudi backers.
[Anagrams]
- DIPTe
[Etymology]
Borrowed from Latin tepidus. Cognate with Sanskrit tap-, Proto-Slavic *teplъ.
[Synonyms]
- See also Thesaurus:warm
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Brent
[[English]]
ipa :/bɹɛnt/[Etymology]
English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from Old English brant (“steep”), referring to hills. Compare Brents.
[Proper noun]
Brent (countable and uncountable, plural Brents)
1.A habitational surname from Old English.
2.A male given name transferred from the surname, of 20th century and later usage.
3.A placename
1.A small river in Greater London, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Thames at Brentford.
2.A London borough in Greater London, England, United Kingdom, created in 1965 from the merger of the boroughs of Wembley and Willesden.
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brent
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛnt[Adjective]
brent (comparative more brent, superlative most brent)
1.Alternative form of brant
[Noun]
brent (plural brents)
1.Alternative form of brant
[Verb]
brent
1.Obsolete spelling of burnt.
2.1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book XIV, Chapter vi, leaf 324v
/ whan the fende felte hym soo charged / he shoke of syr Percyual / and he wente in to the water cryenge and roryng makyng grete sorowe / and it semed vnto hym that the water brente /
"When the fiend felt him so charged he shook off Sir Percivale, and he went into the water crying and roaring, making great sorrow, and it seemed unto him that the water brent."
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Verb]
brent
1.past participle of brenne
2.past participle common of brenne
3.past participle neuter of brenne
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
brent
1.indefinite neuter singular past participle of brenna
[[Old Norse]]
[Participle]
brent
1.strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of brendr
[Verb]
brent
1.supine of brenna
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circle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɜɹkəl/[Anagrams]
- cleric
[Etymology]
From Middle English circle, cercle, from Old French cercle and Latin circulus, diminutive of Latin circus (“circle, circus”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring”), related to Old English hring (“ring”). Compare also Old English ċircul (“circle, zodiac”), which came from the same Latin source.
[Noun]
A (geometrical) circleA group of people forming a circlecircle (plural circles)
1.(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
Synonyms: (not in mathematical use) coil, (not in mathematical use) ring, (not in mathematical use) loop
The set of all points (x, y) such that (x − 1)2 + y2 = r2 is a circle of radius r around the point (1, 0).
2.A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.
Synonyms: disc, (in mathematical and general use) disk, (not in mathematical use; UK & Commonwealth only) round
3.Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.
Children, please join hands and form a circle.
1.Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
Cut a circle out of that sheet of metal.
2.A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
The crank moves in a circle.A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
Synonyms: bunch, gang, group
inner circle
circle of friends
literary circle
- 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, 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:
As his name gradually became known, the circle of his acquaintance widened.
- 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, […], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
- 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles.The orbit of an astronomical body.(cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.(Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.(South Africa, Philippines, India) A traffic circle or roundabout.
- 2011, Charles E. Webb, Downfall and Freedom, page 120:
He arrived at the lakefront and drove around the circle where the amusement park and beach used to be when he was a kid […](obsolete) Compass; circuit; enclosure.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
in the circle of this forest(astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain.(logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
- 1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter XVIII, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Vanity of Dogmatizing […] (Series III: Philosophy; 6), New York, N.Y.: For the Facsimile Text Society by Columbia University Press, 1931, →OCLC, page 171:
That heavy Bodies deſcend by gravity, is no better an account then we might expect from a Ruſtick: and again; that Gravity is a quality whereby an heavy body deſcends, is an impertinent Circle, and teacheth nothing.Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
- 1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC; reprinted Menston, Yorkshire: The Scolar Press, 1970, →OCLC, (please specify the GB page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Has he given the lie, / In circle, or oblique, or semicircle.A territorial division or district.
The ten Circles of the Holy Roman Empire were those principalities or provinces which had seats in the German Diet.(in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
After working all night, she had circles under her eyes.
[Verb]
circle (third-person singular simple present circles, present participle circling, simple past and past participle circled)
1.(transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
The wolves circled the herd of deer.
2.1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
Other planets circle other suns.
3.(transitive) To surround.
A high fence circles the enclosure.
4.1699, William Dampier, Voyages and Descriptions:
Their heads are circled with a short turban.
5.1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Dungeon:
So he lies, circled with evil.
6.(transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
Circle the jobs that you are interested in applying for.
7.(intransitive) To travel in circles.
Vultures circled overhead.
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Shawn
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃɔːn/[Anagrams]
- Hawns, hwans
[Etymology]
A variant of Sean, from Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Sean, Shaun, Shane, and Giovanni as a male name. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena as a female name.
[Proper noun]
Shawn
1.(chiefly US) Alternative form of Shaun, a unisex given name.
2.1984, Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine, Bantam Books, published 1987, →ISBN, page 169:
Two weeks later Dot and her girl, who was finally named Shawn, like most girls born that year, came back to work at the scales.
3.1996, Tobias Wolff, The Night in Question: Stories, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 141:
Or take Sean, S-E-A-N. Been spelled like that for about five hundred years. But not them, they've gotta spell it S-H-A-W-N. Like they have a right to that name in the first place.
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Fanning
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
Fanning (plural Fannings)
1.A surname.
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rigged
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪɡd/[Adjective]
rigged (comparative more rigged, superlative most rigged)
1.(figurative) Pre-arranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.
There was a vicious rumour that the final was rigged, as the defense seemed useless.
2.2012 July 3, “Rigged Rates, Rigged Markets”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
If these rates are rigged, markets are rigged — against bank customers, like everyday borrowers, and against parties on the other side of a bank’s derivatives deals, like pension funds.
3.2016 November 7, Jonathan Watts, “Nicaragua president re-elected in landslide amid claims of rigged vote”, in The Guardian[2]:
Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega has been re-elected by a landslide in an election described by the opposition as the most rigged contest in the four decades since the Sandinista leader first came to power.
4.2019 August 25, Greg Weiner, “The Shallow Cynicism of ‘Everything Is Rigged’”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
The contemporary scandal, it is often said, is not that criminal corruption occurs but rather that the political system is legally rigged. It supposedly takes the form of campaign contributions that, Mr. Sanders says, enable corporations to “literally buy elections.”
5.(nautical, typically not comparable) Having the rigging up.
We were ready to embark upon our journey now the vessel was rigged.
[Anagrams]
- Digger, digger
[Etymology]
From rig + -ed.
[Verb]
rigged
1.simple past and past participle of rig
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rig
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪɡ/[Anagrams]
- G.R.I., GRI, IrG
[Etymology 1]
From Early Modern English rygge, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian rigge (“to bind up; wrap around; rig; equip”), Swedish dialectal rigga (“to rig a horse”), Faroese rigga (“to rig; to equip and fit; to make s.th. function”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rik- (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rign-, *reyg- (“to bind”); or related to Old English *wrīhan, wrīohan, wrēohan, wrēon (“to bind; wrap up; cover”). See also wry (“to cover; clothe; dress; hide”).
[Etymology 2]
See ridge.
[Etymology 3]
Compare wriggle.
[Etymology 4]
From ring (“algebraic structure”), omitting the letter n to suggest the lack of negatives. Compare rng (“structure like a ring but lacking a multiplicative identity”).
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
From Greek ρήγας (rígas),[1] cognate with the also borrowed Romanian rigă. Ultimately from Latin rex, thus forming a doublet of regj.
[Noun]
rig m (plural riga)
1.(rare, card games) king in a pack of playing cards
Synonyms: mbret, kerr
[References]
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1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rig”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rigash”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈʁiˀ][Etymology 1]
From Old Norse ríkr (“rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of *rīks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.
[Etymology 2]
From English rig.
[Etymology 3]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Old Irish]]
ipa :/ˈr͈ʲiɣ/[Mutation]
[Verb]
·rig
1.first-person singular future conjunct of téit
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felony
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɛ.lə.ni/[Alternative forms]
- fellonie
[Etymology]
From Middle English felony, felonie, from Old French felonie (“evil, immoral deed”), from felon (“evildoer”). Ultimately of Proto-Germanic origin. More at felon.
[Noun]
felony (plural felonies)English Wikipedia has an article on:felonyWikipedia
1.(law, criminology, US, historical in UK) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.
Coordinate term: misdemeanor
2.2024 May 30, The Editorial Board, “Donald Trump, Felon”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
Many experts have also expressed skepticism about the significance of this case and its legal underpinnings, which employed an unusual legal theory to seek a felony charge for what is more commonly a misdemeanor, and Mr. Trump will undoubtedly seek an appeal.
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jurist
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹ.ɪst/[Etymology]
From Middle French juriste.
[Noun]
jurist (plural jurists)
1.(law) An expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence.
2.(US, Canada, law) A judge.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/jurist/[Etymology]
From Medieval Latin iurista, from iūs (“law”) + -ista (“-ist”).
[Noun]
jurist c (singular definite juristen, plural indefinite jurister)
1.lawyer
2.jurist
[[Dutch]]
[Noun]
jurist m (plural juristen, diminutive juristje n)
1.lawyer, jurist
[[Indonesian]]
[Etymology]
Unadapted borrowing from Dutch jurist.
[Further reading]
- “jurist” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
[Noun]
jurist
1.(law) legal expert
Synonym: ahli hukum
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
From Medieval Latin jurista.
[Noun]
jurist m (definite singular juristen, indefinite plural jurister, definite plural juristene)
1.a lawyer
[References]
- “jurist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
From Medieval Latin jurista.
[Noun]
jurist m (definite singular juristen, indefinite plural juristar, definite plural juristane)
1.a lawyer
[References]
- “jurist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/ʒuˈrist/[Etymology]
Borrowed from French juriste, Medieval Latin jurista.
[Noun]
jurist m (plural juriști, feminine equivalent juristă)
1.jurist
2.(dated) a law student
[References]
- jurist in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
[See also]
- avocat
- judecător
[Synonyms]
- legist (dated)
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
juridik + -ist
[Noun]
jurist c
1.a jurist, a legal expert, someone who specializes in law
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life-or-death
[[English]]
[Adjective]
life-or-death (not comparable)
1.Of critical importance to the survival of a living organism.
Good camoflouge is life or death for many animals in the wild.
2.Having death as a possible or even likely outcome; perilous.
Ascending Mount Everest can be life or death for an inexperienced climber.
3.Of critical importance to the success of a particular endeavor.
Obtaining financing was a life-or-death matter for the research.
[Alternative forms]
- life-and-death
- life or death
[See also]
- matter of life and death
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tout
[[English]]
ipa :/taʊt/[Etymology 1]
From a dialectal form of toot (“to stick out; project; peer out; peep”), itself from Middle English toten, totien, from Old English tōtian (“to peep out; look; pry; spectate”). Merged with Middle English touten (“to jut out, protrude, gaze upon, observe, peer”), from Old English *tūtian, related to Old English tȳtan (“to stand out, be conspicuous, shine”). Compare Icelandic túta (“a teat-like prominence”), tútna (“to be blown up”).
[Etymology 2]
Probably from French tout (“all”).
[[French]]
ipa :/tu/[Adverb]
tout m (feminine toute or tout, feminine plural toutes or tout)
1.all
2.totally; completely
3.(tout + adjective + que + subjunctive clause) however; no matter how
4.1886, Ernest Legouvé, Soixante ans de souvenirs:
« Oh ! disait-il, il faut le reconnaître, tout romantique qu’il soit, il y a quelque chose dans ce Lamartine… »
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[Determiner]
tout (feminine toute, masculine plural tous, feminine plural toutes)
1.all
[Etymology]
Inherited from Middle French tout, from Old French tot, from Vulgar Latin tōttus, alteration (likely via expressive gemination) of Latin tōtus. Compare Catalan tot, Italian tutto, Portuguese todo, Romanian tot, Spanish todo.
[Further reading]
- “tout”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
tout m (plural touts)
1.whole, entirety, total
le tout ― everything, all of it
[Pronoun]
tout (plural tous)
1.everything
[[Haitian Creole]]
ipa :/tut/[Adjective]
tout
1.all
[Adverb]
tout
1.all
2.every
[Etymology]
From French tout (“all”).
[[Middle French]]
[Adjective]
tout m (feminine singular toute, masculine plural tous, feminine plural toutes)
1.all; all of
toute la nuit
all (of the) night
[Adverb]
tout (feminine singular toute, masculine plural tous, feminine plural toutes)
1.all (intensifier)
2.1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 45:
Et moult y avoit de gens tout autour pour regarder la iustice de la damoiselle
And there were many people all around to watch the justice afforded to the lady
3.completely; totally; entirely
[Etymology]
From Old French tot.
[[Norman]]
[Adjective]
tout m
1.(Jersey, Guernsey) all
[Adverb]
tout
1.(Jersey, Guernsey) all
[Etymology]
From Old French tot, from Latin tōtus.
[[Scots]]
[Noun]
tout (plural touts)
1.A fit of sulking; a pet.
2.A sudden illness.
[Verb]
tout
1.(intransitive) To pout.
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entail
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛnˈteɪl/[Alternative forms]
- intail (archaic)
[Anagrams]
- Latine, Ta-lien, Talien
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English entaillen, from Old French entaillier, entailler (“to notch”, literally “to cut in”); from prefix en- + tailler (“to cut”), from Late Latin taliare, from Latin talea. Compare late Latin feudum talliatum (“a fee entailed, i.e., curtailed or limited”).
[Etymology 2]
From Middle English entaille (“carving”), from Old French entaille (“incision”), from the verb entailler. See above.
[References]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “entail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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