"Sharing food, cooking skills, conversation and good company. These are the very alities that we found in evidence in Glasgow’s growing community garden movement." Deirdre Shaw is Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research, University of Glasgow.
blessing Some 30 plus English translations say that Isaac "... finished blessing ..." Jacob. (Genesis 37:30). That is a verbal use. blessing is not restricted to being a noun as the entry still suggests.
The word prognoses is also the third person singular and present indicative of prognose from which you obtain a prognosis. The equivalent from prognosticate would be prognosticates that sounds very clumsy.
There were no frosts this year, where I live. Normally there are many nights and some days when there are frosts. The word frosts is the plural of the noun (a) frost.
Foxes and badgers live in earths. The earths of the electrical equipment in homes are sometimes removed during home improvements. Earths are the plural of the noun earth.
The word impunes is the third person singular or present indicative of the verb impune, 'to attribute the blame to ...'. The English examples agree with this meaning.
In my experience, in British English usage, the word impune is a verb that means 'to attribute the blame to ...'. I do not remember ever hearing the adjectival use here that has almost the opposite meaning. The examples above, as of 26/2/14 agree with that.
A sow's is the possessive of the noun sow, female pig. There is a regional variant of the idiom 'He made a dog's ear of it', that substitutes sow for dog. He made a sow's ear of it.'
The word set is also the past and presumably also the past participle of the verb set. So the word upset is also the past and presumably also the past participle of the verb upset.
1. try-ons may be attempts to gain approval for activities that may usually be forbidden. A teenager is likely to have a try-on or two with his or her parents.
A try-on may be an attempt to gain approval for something by doing something that may usually be forbidden. A teenager is likely to have try-ons with his or her parents. That was a clever try-on but it did not work!
I learned that round "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and many other rounds at school and since.
This definition is now included in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition, above:"Music A composition for two or more voices in which each voice enters at a different time with the same melody."
A cashback is now usually used as a marketing device, as the comments show. Earlier, at least in the UK and before cash machines worked well, supermarkets promoted it to allow customers to take cash from their own bank account when they paid using a debit card. The customer might then spend that cash in the store. Also, at that time a customer might need come to the store and buy goods mainly to obtain the cash.
The verb to splinter has the inflection splinters. 'He' or 'she' splinters something, so is transitive, but 'it' splinters itself or something else, so may be intransitive or transitive.
The examples are nearly all of the plural of the noun, but the examples of the verb include one of a company that splinters.
This is the plural of the noun potmark. There may be potmarks on buildings after small arms fire.
There were pockmarks on the skin of people who survived smallpox.
The word potmarks is also third person singular of the verb potmark. This would refer to the process of potmarking which could be by shooting at a wall and leaving dents.
The parallel noun and verb pockmark refers to the pocks of smallpox. The noun and verb pockmark and is also used for pits in metal and other substances that remind of a pock.
As in some of the examples, 'scrutinies' is the plural of the noun 'scrutiny'. In the UK, in local government there are 'scrutiny committees' who task is to conduct 'scrutinies'.
Those committees work by scrutinising policies and how they are working, or should work, in a similar way to 'select committees' in UK Central Government.
A local authority scrutiny committee can require witnesses who are public servants to attend and give evidence.
An 'oftcumden' is a person who has come from 'oft', far away, and probably speaks with a different accent. In some communities in the North of England, a person may still be an 'oftcumden' after living there many years.
An 'oftcumden' is a person who has 'come from 'oft'. An outsider. In some communities in the North of England, a person might still be an 'oftcumden' after living there many years.
There is also a verb 'to varicose', with the inflections 'varicoses', 'varicosing' and 'varicosed'. It refers to the process by which healthy veins become 'varicose' veins.
There are several words that combine with 'favor' in American English that are spelled 'favour' in British English. Although several of both versions appear in Wordnik, at the time of this entry neither 'favor' nor some of the others 'unfavorable' 'unfavourable' are cross-referenced.
The spellchecker on this facility appears to 'favour' the British English version!
As in many of the examples, 'togethers' usually only occurs as the plural of the compound noun 'get-together'. They might have a 'get-together' to celebrate, and students and families may have many 'get-togethers'. Wordnik lists both.
There is a noun 'gruelling' with the plural 'gruellings'. If the police interrogate someone intensely we may say that they gave him a 'gruelling'. If that happens more than once they are 'gruellings'.
In the UK a 'divan' is usually a normal height single bed on castors, without a headboard or foot board. There may be drawers in the section under the mattress.
Both of my divans have a sprung mattress and the base is also sprung but not to the same standard. One can sleep fairly comfortably on the base and so allow someone else to use the mattress.
Noun: 'gozunder' 'gozunders'. A 'gozunder' is a 'potty', 'chamber', 'chamberpot' that goes (or went) under the bed, because it 'goes under'. We all had a 'gozunder' in the days to pass urine when the toilet, lavatory, rest room ... was not in the house.
I still have a 'gozunder' that has lost its handle. It lives in a cupboard because it will not 'go under' my 'divan'. In the UK a 'divan' is not a sofa, it is a normal height single bed on castors, without a headboard or foot board.
A 'gozunder' is useful when one feels sick, wants to throw up. Especially as one ages, it is also useful when someone else is using the bathroom, wash room, ...
gripe Babies can have a 'gripeing pain' when they have 'gripe'. 'Gripeing' in this use is an adjective but it is also a present participle of the verb 'to gripe'.
The verb 'to statement' has the inflections 'statements', statementing' which is in Wordnik, and 'statemented'. It refers to the process in the UK and probably beyond whereby a school is required to prepare a statement of special educational need (SEN) when appropriate.
I would like to know how best to describe these units as a kind of phrase. They are not noun or verb phrases, nor do they sound like prepositional phrases.
We may talk of 'addictive (behavior, behaviour'); dependent (behavior, behaviour'); dysfunctional (behavior, behaviour'); family (behavior, behaviour'); group (behavior, behaviour') ...
'Unforgiveness' is the form that I hear on Christian radio in the UK and use myself. I do not remember hearing 'unforgivingness' though that would seem to have a similar meaning.
I like this word with the meanings that I give it, below.
I find 'nouse' useful and use it to encourage people and to find out more of their strengths.
If you suggest that someone uses their 'nouse' to do something difficult you imply that they have sufficient of whatever that would take.
That affirms strengths in that person of which you, or even they, may not yet be aware.
The people that I use 'nouse' with usually seem to grasp sufficient of what I mean. That is probably from the contexts in which I use it.
The full significance of what you have asked them to do may dawn on you when they demonstrate unexpected skills, or on them, perhaps as they achieve something later.
My meanings use it as a singular noun. 'Common sense, your wits. "What it takes."' I also accept and commend the Urban dictionary's (www.urbandictionary.com) offering of 'practical skills', because practical skills also require good understanding.
My original post was an implied question to which you have collectively given an answer that is 'no', thank you.
"In as much as the word includes the ideas of the 'processes and results of' being pleasing to the eye, it also seems to have a use as a singular noun. 'She is elegant!'"
Is it not also a present participle of the verb 'to ticket'? If the police were "ticketing speeders on Lauderdale" Road (see @hawkstv opposite), that sounds to me more like a verbal use than a noun.
It is important to distinguish the 2 verbs 'lie/lies/lying/lay/lain' which is about position and 'lie/lies/lying/lied' which is about telling what is untrue.
It is also 3rd person singular of the verb 'to joke'. Do not worry about what he says 'he jokes!'. OED does not appear to have an entry 'jokes', though it uses the word on the page about 'joke'.
In the Olympics and similar events we say that they have 'a heat' or 'heats' to decide who will compete in the finals. This use of 'heat' as a noun does not appear in OED!
People are so consumed with the bargains that they want to sell or buy that the noun forms dominate on the 'Web'. However the process of bargaining continues in large parts of the globe where she bargains (using bargains as a verb) every time she goes to market.
An MS Word 'all research sites' search of 'balances' gives examples of this as a plural only noun, and a website of the name. From the examples on this page there seems to be just this very old one: '"lots of metal objects such as balances, iron plates, handles ...”' Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Lower Agora Report 2.
It appears to be a word that, though still probably well known from science education in schools, does not feature much in conversation and literature.
In the UK 'to skive' is more often (not attending, being absent, malingering or bunking off) from work or school. These ideas are in the examples but not in the definitions.
A midwife might say to a colleague 'I had two quickenings today.' She would mean that two of her ante-natal patients had reported feeling the first movements of their unborn babies. This often happens about 20 weeks into the pregnancy.
Comments by ghibbs
GHibbs commented on the word asperand
The BBC offered this definition for asperand : https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/elephants-trunk-the-story-of-the-sign 15/1/18. It is the @ that we use in e-mail addresses.
January 15, 2018
GHibbs commented on the word alities
"Sharing food, cooking skills, conversation and good company. These are the very alities that we found in evidence in Glasgow’s growing community garden movement." Deirdre Shaw is Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research, University of Glasgow.
December 15, 2016
GHibbs commented on the word blessing
blessing Some 30 plus English translations say that Isaac "... finished blessing ..." Jacob. (Genesis 37:30). That is a verbal use. blessing is not restricted to being a noun as the entry still suggests.
December 8, 2016
GHibbs commented on the word prognoses
The word prognoses is also the third person singular and present indicative of prognose from which you obtain a prognosis. The equivalent from prognosticate would be prognosticates that sounds very clumsy.
March 24, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word prognosing
The word prognosing is the present participle of prognose from which you obtain a prognosis. The equivalent from prognosticate would be prognosticating that sounds very clumsy.
March 24, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word prognosed
The word prognosed is the past and past participle of prognose from which you obtain a prognosis. The equivalent from prognosticate would be prognosticated that sounds very clumsy.
March 24, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word frosts
There were no frosts this year, where I live. Normally there are many nights and some days when there are frosts. The word frosts is the plural of the noun (a) frost.
March 18, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word earths
Foxes and badgers live in earths. The earths of the electrical equipment in homes are sometimes removed during home improvements. Earths are the plural of the noun earth.
March 17, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word impunes
The word impunes is the third person singular or present indicative of the verb impune, 'to attribute the blame to ...'. The English examples agree with this meaning.
February 26, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word impuned
The word impuned is the past or past participle of the verb impune, 'to attribute the blame to ...'. The examples agree with this meaning.
February 26, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word impune
In my experience, in British English usage, the word impune is a verb that means 'to attribute the blame to ...'. I do not remember ever hearing the adjectival use here that has almost the opposite meaning. The examples above, as of 26/2/14 agree with that.
February 26, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word impuning
The word impuning is the present participle of the verb impune, 'to attribute the blame to ...'. The examples agree with this meaning.
February 26, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word hog's
I would expect to describe the hair or tail of a hog as a hog's hair or tail.
February 1, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word sow's
A sow's is the possessive of the noun sow, female pig. There is a regional variant of the idiom 'He made a dog's ear of it', that substitutes sow for dog. He made a sow's ear of it.'
February 1, 2014
GHibbs commented on the word upset
The word set is also the past and presumably also the past participle of the verb set. So the word upset is also the past and presumably also the past participle of the verb upset.
December 14, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word upset
As with the word set, upset} is also the past and presumably also the past participle of the verb of which it is part [upset.
December 14, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word set
The word set is also the past and presumably also the past participle of the verb set.
December 14, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word rendezvous
It appears that with this irregular verb rendezvous also functions as the third person singular and present indicative.
December 10, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word fly-weight
A fly-weight is also a flyweight, a category in boxing.
September 14, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word larks
larks'>skylarks">larks is also the plural of the noun lark, a bird. They are also skylark skylarks.
September 11, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word sickled
Of a blood cell that has changed from being round to the shape of a sickle. In sickle-cell disease red cells become sickled.
August 10, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word try-ons
1. try-ons may be attempts to gain approval for activities that may usually be forbidden. A teenager is likely to have a try-on or two with his or her parents.
2. They might want to try the fit of several garments and have a try-on or many try-ons.
August 5, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word try-on
A try-on may be an attempt to gain approval for something by doing something that may usually be forbidden. A teenager is likely to have try-ons with his or her parents. That was a clever try-on but it did not work!
August 5, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word round
trueseed's comment below (3/2/08) is just fine.
I learned that round "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and many other rounds at school and since.
July 17, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word round
'To come round' is to recover consciousness.
'To bring round' is to attempt to cause a person to return to consciousness. An anesthetist/anesthesiologist/anaesthetist might do that.
'round' does not seem to appear in the entry as of 17/7/13.
July 17, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word butty
A butty is also a narrow boat with no engine. They may attach several butties behind a working narrow boat. They used them in the UK, for carrying such things as coal, stones, newsprint (paper for the newspaper industry).
January 3, 2013
GHibbs commented on the word discipling
'Discipling' is the present participle of the verb disciple.
November 6, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word discipled
'Discipled' is the past participle of the verb disciple.
November 6, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word disciples
'Disciples' is also part of the verb disciple.
November 6, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word curtainings
A curtaining is a cloth (fabric, material) from which to make curtains. 'Curtainings' is the plural of that noun.
November 2, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word conveyanced
Conveyanced is the past participle of the verb 'to conveyance'. The lawyer conveyanced my house.
October 31, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word cashback
A cashback is now usually used as a marketing device, as the comments show. Earlier, at least in the UK and before cash machines worked well, supermarkets promoted it to allow customers to take cash from their own bank account when they paid using a debit card. The customer might then spend that cash in the store. Also, at that time a customer might need come to the store and buy goods mainly to obtain the cash.
July 1, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word cashbacks
As in the examples, cashbacks is the plural of the noun cashback that has become a common procedure for marketing.
July 1, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word sunblinds
The word sunblinds is plural of the noun sunblind, as in the examples.
June 26, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word staffing
staffing is also the present participle of the verb to staff.
June 24, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word spreads
spreads is also a transitive and intransitive inflection of the verb to spread, as in the examples on this page.
June 24, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word splinters
The verb to splinter has the inflection splinters. 'He' or 'she' splinters something, so is transitive, but 'it' splinters itself or something else, so may be intransitive or transitive.
The examples are nearly all of the plural of the noun, but the examples of the verb include one of a company that splinters.
June 24, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word slides
Also part of the verb slide.
June 23, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word slaves
slaves is also part of the verb slave, that is often used in the form slave away, slaves away.
June 23, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word sizes
sizes is also part of the verbs size. To size means see what the size is, or to apply the substance size to ...
June 23, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word potmarks
This is the plural of the noun potmark. There may be potmarks on buildings after small arms fire.
There were pockmarks on the skin of people who survived smallpox.
The word potmarks is also third person singular of the verb potmark. This would refer to the process of potmarking which could be by shooting at a wall and leaving dents.
June 22, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word potmark
There is a noun and a verb potmark which might refer to the results of shooting at a wall, taking potshots with small arms.
The present participle potmarking is more frequently used than the other inflections, and there are many examples in that entry.
The other inflections are potmarks, potmarked.
The parallel noun and verb pockmark refers to the pocks of smallpox. The noun and verb pockmark and is also used for pits in metal and other substances that remind of a pock.
June 22, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word seeds
Although, from the examples, mainly used as a noun, the word 'seeds' is also part of the verb 'to seed'. 'A farmer seeds his fields with good seed'.
June 21, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word scrutinies
As in some of the examples, 'scrutinies' is the plural of the noun 'scrutiny'. In the UK, in local government there are 'scrutiny committees' who task is to conduct 'scrutinies'.
Those committees work by scrutinising policies and how they are working, or should work, in a similar way to 'select committees' in UK Central Government.
A local authority scrutiny committee can require witnesses who are public servants to attend and give evidence.
June 20, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word savouries
The noun 'savouries' is the plural of the noun 'savoury' which is the preferred version in the UK of 'savory, savories' in North America.
June 18, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word pools
The word 'pools' is also part of the verb 'to pool. 'Water pools in low places on that road'.
June 15, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word oft
'Also, in the Yorkshire dialect 'oft' means 'far away'.
June 9, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word oftcumden
An 'oftcumden' is a person who has come from 'oft', far away, and probably speaks with a different accent. In some communities in the North of England, a person may still be an 'oftcumden' after living there many years.
June 9, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word oftcumden
An 'oftcumden' is a person who has 'come from 'oft'. An outsider. In some communities in the North of England, a person might still be an 'oftcumden' after living there many years.
June 9, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word varicose
There is also a verb 'to varicose', with the inflections 'varicoses', 'varicosing' and 'varicosed'. It refers to the process by which healthy veins become 'varicose' veins.
June 8, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word knicker
'knicker' is the adjectival form of 'knickers'. We used to replace 'knicker elastic'.
June 8, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word favor
There are several words that combine with 'favor' in American English that are spelled 'favour' in British English. Although several of both versions appear in Wordnik, at the time of this entry neither 'favor' nor some of the others 'unfavorable' 'unfavourable' are cross-referenced.
The spellchecker on this facility appears to 'favour' the British English version!
June 6, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word togethers
As in many of the examples, 'togethers' usually only occurs as the plural of the compound noun 'get-together'. They might have a 'get-together' to celebrate, and students and families may have many 'get-togethers'. Wordnik lists both.
June 6, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word gruelling
There is a noun 'gruelling' with the plural 'gruellings'. If the police interrogate someone intensely we may say that they gave him a 'gruelling'. If that happens more than once they are 'gruellings'.
June 5, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word divan
In the UK a 'divan' is usually a normal height single bed on castors, without a headboard or foot board. There may be drawers in the section under the mattress.
Both of my divans have a sprung mattress and the base is also sprung but not to the same standard. One can sleep fairly comfortably on the base and so allow someone else to use the mattress.
June 5, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word gozunder
Noun: 'gozunder' 'gozunders'. A 'gozunder' is a 'potty', 'chamber', 'chamberpot' that goes (or went) under the bed, because it 'goes under'. We all had a 'gozunder' in the days to pass urine when the toilet, lavatory, rest room ... was not in the house.
I still have a 'gozunder' that has lost its handle. It lives in a cupboard because it will not 'go under' my 'divan'. In the UK a 'divan' is not a sofa, it is a normal height single bed on castors, without a headboard or foot board.
A 'gozunder' is useful when one feels sick, wants to throw up. Especially as one ages, it is also useful when someone else is using the bathroom, wash room, ...
June 5, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word galls
The word 'galls' is also the plural of the noun 'gall' as clearly recognised in the examples and photos.
June 4, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word focusses
Presumably, 'focusses' is also the plural of the noun 'focus'. However, 'focal lengths' would usually be used.
June 4, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word crystalizing
There is the parallel verb 'crystalise' which is listed, but with the present participle 'crystalising' that is currently not listed here.
June 3, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word gripeing
gripe Babies can have a 'gripeing pain' when they have 'gripe'. 'Gripeing' in this use is an adjective but it is also a present participle of the verb 'to gripe'.
June 1, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word gripe
Babies can have a 'gripeing' pain when they have 'gripe', a singular noun.
June 1, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word statement
The verb 'to statement' has the inflections 'statements', statementing' which is in Wordnik, and 'statemented'. It refers to the process in the UK and probably beyond whereby a school is required to prepare a statement of special educational need (SEN) when appropriate.
May 28, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word latrine
At children's camps in the 1940's when we had to dig our own trenches, and more recently they referred to them as lats.
May 22, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word prizes
Part of the verbs 'to prize'.
March 25, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word bans
Also, as a verb 'he or she bans ...'. 'They have a regulation, it bans ...'.
March 19, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word wipes
Part of the verb 'to wipe'.
March 15, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word shoes
The blacksmith shoes the horses. For the verb 'to shoe'.
March 12, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word shelters
He, she or it shelters ...
March 12, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word behavior
Please help me. There are many different kinds of behavior, behaviour' the spell-checker prefers the UK version!.
I would like to know how best to describe these units as a kind of phrase. They are not noun or verb phrases, nor do they sound like prepositional phrases.
We may talk of 'addictive (behavior, behaviour'); dependent (behavior, behaviour'); dysfunctional (behavior, behaviour'); family (behavior, behaviour'); group (behavior, behaviour') ...
Thank you.
February 27, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word spends
Also 3rd person singular of the verb to spend.
February 16, 2012
GHibbs commented on the word were
The 'modal' uses "as if it were a ..., if it were ..." are the ones that I have in mind.
Thank you#discuss'>I would be interested to know how the word 'modal' fits into what is said above.
The 'modal' uses "as if it were a ..., if it were ..." are the ones that I have in mind.
Thank you
December 9, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word weathers
The first example that is listed uses 'weathers' as a plural only noun. "... crews will be ready to respond to any incident in all kind of weathers". 'Weathers' are kinds of 'weather' (singular only noun).
"“Weathers mad depressing can't even go outside” @ShoobyyDoo" The tweets miss out the apostrophe which if it were there would be 'weather's' meaning 'the weather is'. '>'Weathers' (above) is only listed as "v. third-person singular simple present indicative form of weather"
The first example that is listed uses 'weathers' as a plural only noun. "... crews will be ready to respond to any incident in all kind of weathers". 'Weathers' are kinds of 'weather' (singular only noun).
"“Weathers mad depressing can't even go outside” @ShoobyyDoo" The tweets miss out the apostrophe which if it were there would be 'weather's' meaning 'the weather is'.
December 7, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word wears
Has someone confused it with the plural of the noun 'ware' which sounds the same 'wares'?
For me 'wear' as a noun is singular only, and having looked the definitions given for wear as a noun I see no place for a singular and plural version.
Perhaps someone could give a good example. I looked at over 1000 examples here, but with the exception of the name of a fragrance they were all verbs.'>Really! A noun plural 'wears' that is the plural of 'wear'?
Has someone confused it with the plural of the noun 'ware' which sounds the same 'wares'?
For me 'wear' as a noun is singular only, and having looked the definitions given for wear as a noun I see no place for a singular and plural version.
Perhaps someone could give a good example. I looked at over 1000 examples here, but with the exception of the name of a fragrance they were all verbs.
December 7, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word waters
The term refers to amniotic fluid in which the foetus floats. The amniotic fluid, the 'waters', are released when the amniotic sack starts to leak.
Usually, if it has not already started, labour will start fairly soon after the 'waters' break, and the baby be born.
Occasionally, the 'waters' might break before the baby is mature enough to survive, but with excellent care a healthy child sometimes survives that problem.'>The 'waters' that 'break' before a baby is born is a plural only noun. 'I suddenly felt wet and realised that my waters had broken this morning'.
The term refers to amniotic fluid in which the foetus floats. The amniotic fluid, the 'waters', are released when the amniotic sack starts to leak.
Usually, if it has not already started, labour will start fairly soon after the 'waters' break, and the baby be born.
Occasionally, the 'waters' might break before the baby is mature enough to survive, but with excellent care a healthy child sometimes survives that problem.
December 6, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word videotapes
It must also be the 3rd person singular of the verb 'to videotape ...'
December 3, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word video
In British English, or what I have heard and seen, we almost exclusively use the verb 'video; videos; videoing; videoed'. It does appear in other dictionaries, even to the exclusion of the 'videotape ...' version.
December 3, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word unforgiveness
'Unforgiveness' is the form that I hear on Christian radio in the UK and use myself. I do not remember hearing 'unforgivingness' though that would seem to have a similar meaning.
November 25, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word uncovered
Also past and past participle of the verb 'to uncover'.
November 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word uncoupled
Also past and perfect of the verb 'to uncouple'.
November 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word unchained
Also the past tense, or past participle of the verb 'to unchain'.
November 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word tricks
Also 3rd person singular of the verb 'to trick'.
November 21, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word treats
Also 3rd person singular of the verb 'to treat'.
November 21, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word opportunity
'Opportunity cost' is an adjectival use.
November 14, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word nouse
I like this word with the meanings that I give it, below.
I find 'nouse' useful and use it to encourage people and to find out more of their strengths.
If you suggest that someone uses their 'nouse' to do something difficult you imply that they have sufficient of whatever that would take.
That affirms strengths in that person of which you, or even they, may not yet be aware.
The people that I use 'nouse' with usually seem to grasp sufficient of what I mean. That is probably from the contexts in which I use it.
The full significance of what you have asked them to do may dawn on you when they demonstrate unexpected skills, or on them, perhaps as they achieve something later.
My meanings use it as a singular noun. 'Common sense, your wits. "What it takes."' I also accept and commend the Urban dictionary's (www.urbandictionary.com) offering of 'practical skills', because practical skills also require good understanding.
November 14, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word niche
As an adjective, they talk of a 'niche market for ...'
November 13, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word excises
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to excise'. 'He excises lesions that could become cancerous.'
November 8, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word eternity
A common adjectival use 'an eternity ring.'
November 7, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word elegant
My original post was an implied question to which you have collectively given an answer that is 'no', thank you.
"In as much as the word includes the ideas of the 'processes and results of' being pleasing to the eye, it also seems to have a use as a singular noun. 'She is elegant!'"
November 6, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word tidal
It sounds as though it might also be used as a singular noun. 'That river is tidal for many miles.'
October 31, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word ticketing
Is it not also a present participle of the verb 'to ticket'? If the police were "ticketing speeders on Lauderdale" Road (see @hawkstv opposite), that sounds to me more like a verbal use than a noun.
October 31, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word thither
It is also used as a pronoun, as in some of the examples on this page. 'They described the mountain and went thither.'
October 31, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word taught
Also, as an adjective. 'They had to study on their own, but had a taught class each week.'
October 27, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word swings
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to swing'. 'She swings on the garden swing every day in the holidays.'
October 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word surprises
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to surprise'. 'He always surprises his mother with the originality of his work.'
October 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word studded
Also, simple past of the verb 'to stud'. 'They studded the belts in time for the parade.'
October 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word stores
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to store'. 'He even stores his food supplies in the bath.'
October 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word sticks
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to stick'. 'You could see if the paper sticks to that surface.'
October 18, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word stares
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to stare'. 'She stares at me and I don't like it.'
October 17, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word smear
My adjectival use: 'They often use a smear campaign to discredit a politician.'
October 10, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word smarting
Also, present participle of the verb 'to smart'. 'My knee was smarting after I fell off my bike.'
October 9, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word slated
Probably because when I first went to school we had slates on which to write, 'to slate' someone was to write their name on a slate for wrongdoing.
'Slated' implied public recognition that you had done something wrong that they would write on the slate for all to see.
October 9, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word sips
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to sip'. 'He should sip all his drinks until his mouth heals.'
October 8, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word sighting
Also, present participle of the verb 'to sight'. 'They were sighting the object when there was an explosion.'
October 7, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word shut
It is also the past of the verb 'to shut'. 'The door shut behind me before I could ...'
October 7, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word shrugs
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to shrug'. 'When she shrugs her shoulders like that I take it that she is not interested.'
October 7, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word shrinks
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to shrink'. 'If the wool shrinks in the hot water, you will not be able to wear that jumper again.'
October 6, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word schedules
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to schedule'. 'They will schedule the meetings soon.'
September 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word saws
Add, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to saw'. 'He usually saws the wood for the fire.'
September 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word rushes
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to rush'. 'They must rush her to hospital.'
September 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word run
In IT they talk about 'run time', the time when the program is operating, running. That could happen at run time.'
September 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word reuses
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to reuse'. 'You must reuse those bags.'
September 18, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word requests
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to request'. 'He always requests music.'
September 18, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word pumps
Also, the 3rd person singular of the verb 'to pump'. 'The heart pumps the blood around the body.'
September 16, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word plowing
Also, present participle of the verb 'to plow (to plough)'.
September 15, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word plastered
Also, the simple past or past participle of the verb 'to plaster'. 'They plastered the walls last week.'
September 15, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word notes
Also 3rd person singular of the verb 'to note'.
September 13, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word nails
Also 3rd person singular of the verb 'to nail'. 'As he nails the notice to the fence he will ...'
September 13, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word murders
Also 3rd person singular of the verb 'to murder'.
September 13, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word mentions
It is also the plural of the noun 'a mention'. 'The soldier had another mention in a despatch. He has now had 3 mentions.'
'A mention in a despatch' implies an unusually good report in the UK armed forces.
September 12, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word mates
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to mate'.
September 12, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lies
It is important to distinguish the 2 verbs 'lie/lies/lying/lay/lain' which is about position and 'lie/lies/lying/lied' which is about telling what is untrue.
September 8, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word knows
Really? "All persons, singular and plural, present form of know."
'I knows, you knows, ... we knows. you knows, they knows?' I know of no use for any of those.
September 7, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word knits
As a plural only noun. Knitted clothes. 'When the weather gets cold we get out our knits.'
September 7, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word judges
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to judge'. 'He judges' cases of fraud.
September 7, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word jokes
It is also 3rd person singular of the verb 'to joke'. Do not worry about what he says 'he jokes!'. OED does not appear to have an entry 'jokes', though it uses the word on the page about 'joke'.
September 7, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word heats
In the Olympics and similar events we say that they have 'a heat' or 'heats' to decide who will compete in the finals. This use of 'heat' as a noun does not appear in OED!
September 5, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word guards
It is also the 3rd person singular of the verb 'to guard'.
September 5, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word growls
It is also 3rd person singular of of the verb 'to growl'.
September 5, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word glues
It is the 3rd person singular of the verb 'to glue'.
September 4, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word floods
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to flood'.
September 4, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word facing
My adjectival use: 'The sometimes call the facing board the fascia.'
September 3, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word exchanges
The 3rd person singular of the verb 'to exchange'. 'He, she, it exchanges.'
September 2, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word estimates
The 3rd person singular of the verb 'to estimate': 'he or she estimates.'
September 2, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word escapes
From the verb 'to escape' 3rd person singular 'he, she, it escapes.'
September 2, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word drips
3rd person singular of the verb to drip 'the tap drips'.
August 31, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word dissolves
Surely this is a verb 'it (sugar, salt) dissolves in water'?
August 31, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word combs
3rd person singular and present indicative of the verb 'to comb' isn't it? Oxford English Dictionary does not seem to mention it either!
August 28, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word claps
It is also 3rd person singular of the verb 'to clap'.
August 28, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word chokes
What about the verb?
August 28, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word chases
What about the verbal use?
August 28, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word builds
In August I said 'Builds is a verb not a noun. '
Thank you Bilby for your example of builds as a noun.
I would better have said 'builds is more usually a verb than a noun'.
August 27, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word blessing
'The Pope (will be, was, is) blessing the people' are verbal uses.
August 27, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word bargains
People are so consumed with the bargains that they want to sell or buy that the noun forms dominate on the 'Web'. However the process of bargaining continues in large parts of the globe where she bargains (using bargains as a verb) every time she goes to market.
August 27, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word balances
An MS Word 'all research sites' search of 'balances' gives examples of this as a plural only noun, and a website of the name. From the examples on this page there seems to be just this very old one: '"lots of metal objects such as balances, iron plates, handles ...”' Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Lower Agora Report 2.
It appears to be a word that, though still probably well known from science education in schools, does not feature much in conversation and literature.
August 27, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word arrests
It is also part of the verb 'to arrest'.
August 26, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word answers
There are examples of the use as a verb in the examples.
August 26, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word alarms
My use as a verb: 'The noise of the fireworks alarms the children and the animals.'
August 26, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word toning
My adjectival use: 'Have you done any muscle toning exercises?'
August 25, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word teaming
I notice that the Oxford English Dictionary only recognises a noun use of this word. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/198377?redirectedFrom=teaming#eid
August 25, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word stiffening
My adjectival use: 'They were getting chilled in the stiffening wind.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word stewarding
My adjectival use: 'Are you on the stewarding team?'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word squabbling
My adjectival use: 'Take those squabbling children for a swim.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word spluttering
My adjectival use: 'You need to cut the wick of the spluttering candle.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word slackening
My adjectival use: 'You need to wait for the slackening tide.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word skive
In the UK 'to skive' is more often (not attending, being absent, malingering or bunking off) from work or school. These ideas are in the examples but not in the definitions.
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word sickling
My adjectival use: 'She had a sickling episode and they called the emergency ambulance.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word shrivelling
My adjectival use: 'The shrivelling trees will soon die.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word scouting
My adjectival use: 'He enjoys the scouting activities.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word roving
My adjectival use: 'They used a roving microphone.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word rocketing
My adjectival use: 'They were terrified by the rocketing prices.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word reviving
My adjectival use: 'You need to keep clear of a reviving lion!'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word replicating
My adjectival use: 'You may need a self-replicating system.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word repelling
My adjectival use: 'A magnet has a magnetic and repelling force.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word remitting
My adjectival use: 'The remitting customer must pay the fee.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word redeeming
My adjectival use: 'He is a nuisance but his redeeming feature is that he makes us laugh.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word recycling
My adjectival use: 'The council provides recycling bags.'
August 24, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word quickenings
A midwife might say to a colleague 'I had two quickenings today.' She would mean that two of her ante-natal patients had reported feeling the first movements of their unborn babies. This often happens about 20 weeks into the pregnancy.
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word purring
My adjectival use: 'He loves the sound of his purring engine.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word programming
My adjectival use: 'That would be a computer programming language.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word processing
My adjectival use: 'I don't use a food processing machine.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word preaching
My adjectival use: 'Every preacher has a preaching style.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word posing
My adjectival use: 'The rain fell on the posing bride.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word ponding
My use of 'ponding' as a noun: 'Ponding on a flat roof may cause the roof to fail.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word plumbing
My adjectival use: 'I need some plumbing work done.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word pillaging
I associate pillaging with looting (stealing from shops and other places that have already been damaged) , setting on fire and destroying.
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word pickpocketing
My adjectival use: 'They caught the pickpocketing students.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word persisting
My adjectival use: 'Rather than saying 'the persisting people' they would say, 'the persistent people'.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word persecuting
My adjectival use: 'Currently there are too many persecuting groups.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word perishing
My adjectival use: 'There was a perishing wind.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word performing
My adjectival use: 'They have courses in the performing arts.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word parking
My adjectival use: 'If you have a car you need a parking place.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word pacifying
My adjectival use: 'A continually pacifying parent may need to learn how to discipline.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word overseeing
My adjectival use: 'The overseeing officer is responsible.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word overloading
My use of 'overloading' as a noun: 'You have to watch for overloading.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word oppressing
My adjectival use: 'You might say that they fought 'their oppressing rulers', but 'their oppressive rulers' would be better.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word oozing
My adjectival use: 'The nurse treated the oozing wound.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word ogling
My adjectival use: 'The students laughed at their ogling friend.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word observing
My adjectival use: 'Although you could say 'the observing person' you might mean the 'observant person', the one who notices.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word nitpicking
My adjectival use: 'They are such a nitpicking group!'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word netting
My adjectival use: 'They put a netting cover over the fruit.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word mumbling
My adjectival use: 'They were annoyed by the mumbling speakers.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word mounting
My two adjectival uses: 'The mounting anger led to fighting.' 'The mounting debt is causing huge problems.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word mooring
My adjectival use: 'Hand me the mooring rope.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word moaning
My adjectival use: 'Would you rescue the moaning man?'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word misbehaving
My adjectival use: 'Send the misbehaving children to the head teacher.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word ministering
My adjectival use: 'The Bible says that the Holy Spirit is a ministering spirit.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word messaging
My adjectival use: 'There is a messaging programme on this phone.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word maturing
My adjectival use: 'The room was full of maturing cheese.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word masquerading
My adjectival use: 'He did not recognise the masquerading guests.'
August 23, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word dwelling
My adjectival use: 'Although unusual, it is a dwelling house.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word duplicating
My adjectival use: 'They may use a duplicating machine or a printer.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word droning
My adjectival use: 'Droning planes annoy me.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word dribbling
My adjectival use: 'These dribbling dogs make such a mess.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word draining
My adjectival use: 'The draining flood water went onto the road.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word drafting
My adjectival use: 'They used to use drafting paper, now they use drafting software.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word doubling
My adjectival use: 'A frequently doubling system could grow exponentially.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word dithering
My adjectival use: 'The dithering man fell.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word dissenting
My adjectival use: 'You will need to learn how to work with dissenting students.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word disquieting
My adjectival use: 'Having burglars is a disquieting experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word disparaging
My adjectival use: 'He makes disparaging remarks.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word disconcerting
My adjectival use: 'The attack by the dog was a disconcerting experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lynching
My adjectival use: 'The lynching mob killed hundreds of people.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lumbering
My adjectival use: 'The load was falling off the lumbering cart.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word looming
My adjectival use: 'They had not studied for the looming exams.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word loading
My adjectival use: 'You need to load in the loading bay.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word listing
My alternative adjectival use: 'The listing ship will soon sink.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lining
My adjectival use: 'You will need to use lining paper.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word liberating
My adjectival use: 'That was a liberating experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lengthening
My adjectival use: 'There are muscle lengthening exercises.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word launching
My adjectival use: 'They will use a launching pad.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lashing
My adjectival use: 'The lashing rain soaked us through.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word alright
My sentence: 'Would you check to see that the lagging walkers are alright?' where 'alright' means: safe, comfortable, ok, ...
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word labelling
My adjectival use: 'Do you have a labelling machine?'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word juddering
My adjectival use: 'The juddering bus was most uncomfortable.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word jeering
My adjectival use: 'Get him away from the jeering crowd.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word isolating
My adjectival use: 'Becoming deaf is an isolating experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word irritating
My adjectival use: 'Would you stop that irritating noise?'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word ionising
My adjectival use of ionising: 'X-rays are a form of ionising radiation.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word intruding
My adjectival use: 'I must ask all the intruding people to go out now.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word intriguing
My adjectival use: 'It is an intriguing story.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word intimidating
My adjectival use: 'They tried to make it an intimidating experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word intervening
My adjectival use: 'Much could happen in the intervening time.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word intensifying
My adjectival use: 'They are not ready for the intensifying demands of the work.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word instructing
My adjectival use: 'The instructing company will pay the fees.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word inspiring
My adjectival uses: 'That was an inspiring event. She is an inspiring person.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word initiating
My adjectival use: 'We will ask the initiating group to follow up.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word infuriating
My adjectival use: 'He is such an infuriating person.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word inducing
My adjectival use: 'If the baby does not come soon they will try inducing.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word igniting
My adjectival use: 'You must keep away from an igniting firework.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word hoarding
My adjectival use: 'You could use hoarding posters to advertise it.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word heartening
My adjectival use: 'That would be heartening news.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word haunting
My adjectival use: 'They love a haunting tune.'
My use as a noun: 'They reported a haunting.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word hauling
My adjectival use: 'Rather than hauling company they say haulage company.'
My example as a singular noun: 'Their main work is hauling or haulage.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word hatching
My adjectival use: 'You must not help a hatching bird escape from its egg.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word hammering
My adjectival use: 'The hammering sound disturbed his sleep.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word halting
My adjectival use: 'His halting speech was evidence of his stroke.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word hallucinating
My adjectival use: 'They took the hallucinating child to hospital.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word gusting
My adjectival use: 'The gusting wind made it diffucult to walk.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word gratifying
My adjectival use: 'He made some gratifying remarks.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word gnawing
My adjectival use: 'It was a gnawing pain in his foot.'
August 22, 2011
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