"bawd" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /bɔːd/ [UK], /bɔd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bawd.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more bawd [comparative], most bawd [superlative]
enPR: bôd [US] Rhymes: -ɔːd Etymology: From Middle English bawde, baude, from Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”). Doublet of bold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bawde}} Middle English bawde, {{m|enm|baude}} baude, {{der|en|fro|baud||bold, lively, jolly, gay}} Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”), {{doublet|en|bold}} Doublet of bold Head templates: {{en-adj}} bawd (comparative more bawd, superlative most bawd)
  1. (obsolete) Joyous; riotously gay. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bawd-en-adj-Sp-Oy77f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 20 21 5 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 27 16 5 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 27 15 5 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: baud, baude

Noun [English]

IPA: /bɔːd/ [UK], /bɔd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bawd.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bawds [plural]
enPR: bôd [US] Rhymes: -ɔːd Etymology: From Middle English bawde, baude, from Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”). Doublet of bold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bawde}} Middle English bawde, {{m|enm|baude}} baude, {{der|en|fro|baud||bold, lively, jolly, gay}} Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”), {{doublet|en|bold}} Doublet of bold Head templates: {{en-noun}} bawd (plural bawds)
  1. (now archaic or historical) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer, a madame. Categories (topical): People, Sex
    Sense id: en-bawd-en-noun--WmAP5-a Disambiguation of People: 2 65 33 0 1 Disambiguation of Sex: 6 75 13 3 3
  2. (obsolete, by extension) A person who facilitates an immoral act, especially one of a sexual nature. Tags: broadly, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bawd-en-noun-6KLU3Mzj
  3. A lewd person.
    Sense id: en-bawd-en-noun-jz3DVeS6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pimp, baud, baude Derived forms: bawdship, cock-bawd, pitcher-bawd

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɔːd/ [UK], /bɔd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bawd.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bawds [present, singular, third-person], bawding [participle, present], bawded [participle, past], bawded [past]
enPR: bôd [US] Rhymes: -ɔːd Etymology: From Middle English bawde, baude, from Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”). Doublet of bold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bawde}} Middle English bawde, {{m|enm|baude}} baude, {{der|en|fro|baud||bold, lively, jolly, gay}} Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”), {{doublet|en|bold}} Doublet of bold Head templates: {{en-verb}} bawd (third-person singular simple present bawds, present participle bawding, simple past and past participle bawded)
  1. (archaic) To procure women for lewd purposes. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-bawd-en-verb-HR8rqN45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: baud, baude

Noun [Welsh]

IPA: /ˈbau̯d/ Forms: bodiau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bawd [mutation, mutation-radical], fawd [mutation, mutation-soft], mawd [mutation, mutation-nasal]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh mawd < Proto-Celtic *mā-to- < Proto-Indo-European *mē-. Compare Breton meud and Cornish meus. Etymology templates: {{m|cy|mawd}} mawd, {{cog|br|meud}} Breton meud, {{cog|kw|meus}} Cornish meus Head templates: {{cy-noun|mf|bodiau}} bawd m or f (plural bodiau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. thumb Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-bawd-cy-noun-Be7sLXCE
  2. big toe Tags: feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-bawd-cy-noun-1JjkvsFl Disambiguation of Anatomy: 2 67 18 3 7 3 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 0 51 4 10 21 15
  3. claw (of crab or lobster) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-bawd-cy-noun-fo8b~laf
  4. (in slate quarrying) a flaw or crack in the slate Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: crych, las, bachiad
    Sense id: en-bawd-cy-noun-Owoq2UfZ
  5. a bar projecting from rock face to which ropes are attached Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-bawd-cy-noun-CeUoVU~9
  6. (of a railway or tramway) points, turnouts Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-bawd-cy-noun-3mgQa0cE

Inflected forms

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