spin

en-verb

spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past spun or (uncommon) span or (nonstandard) spinned, past participle spun or (nonstandard) spinned)

spins (present singular third-person)
spinning (participle present)
spun (past)
span (past uncommon)
spinned (nonstandard past)
spun (participle past)
spinned (nonstandard participle past)

From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.

(cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.

(cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.


split

split (third-person singular simple present splits, present participle splitting, simple past and past participle split)

splits (present singular third-person)
splitting (participle present)
split (participle past)
split (past)

Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form of Proto-West Germanic *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).
Compare Middle English ysplett (“split”, past participle of splatten (“to split”)), Old English speld (“splinter”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), Old Irish sliss (“splinter”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax sheaves”), Czech půl (“half”), Old Church Slavonic рас-плитати (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”).

cog

past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">splatten</i> (“to split”)

plah

divide along a more or less straight line

Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap.

(sports, especially baseball) For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another.


split

→ Irish: spliota

let the door hit you where the good Lord split you

He’s got a nasty split.

split-finger fastball
split-finger fastball

(baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.

(gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.


spread

en-noun

spread (countable and uncountable, plural spreads)

From Middle English spreden, from Old English sprǣdan (“to spread, expand”), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian spreede (“to spread”), West Frisian spriede (“to spread”), North Frisian spriedjen (“to spread”), Dutch spreiden (“to spread”), Low German spreden (“to spread”), German spreiten (“to spread, spread out”), Norwegian spre, spreie (“to spread, disseminate”), Swedish sprida (“to spread”), Latin spernō, spargō, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō), Persian سپردن (sepordan, “to deposit”), English spurn.

cog

College basketball games don't lack for gambling propositions—the moneyline, a straightforward wager on which team will win; the over-under gamble on the total number of points scored by both teams—but the most popular wager is the spread. The spread represents the predicted difference between the two teams in the final score of the game.

2015 April 10, John Paul Rollert, “Vegas Odds”, in Harper's Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Harper's Magazine Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-20:

(gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.


stick

en-noun

stick (countable and uncountable, plural sticks)

→ Catalan: estic

→ Italian: stick

→ Korean: 스틱 (seutik)

→ Portuguese: stique, estique

→ Sranan Tongo: tiki

From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”), from Old English sticca (“rod, twig”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stikke (“stick”), West Flemish stik (“stick”). Related to stigma.

der

better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick

better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick

it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

(sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically:

(baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.

Vaughn has to hit and keep hitting or this will be another year when the Mets don't have enough stick to win.

2002 May 19, Mike Lupica, “Just Need A Little Mo”, in New York Daily News:

Ability; specifically:
General hitting ability.

A shill is also called a stick, and the role of the shill or stick is to make the customer relax and feel at ease.

(slang, dated) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.)


stick

en-verb

stick (third-person singular simple present sticks, present participle sticking, simple past and past participle stuck or (archaic) sticked)

sticks (present singular third-person)
sticking (participle present)
stuck (participle past)
stuck (past)
sticked (archaic participle past)
sticked (archaic past)

From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-Germanic *stikōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).
See also the related Proto-Germanic *stikaną, whence West Frisian stekke, Low German steken, Dutch steken, German stechen; compare also Danish stikke, Swedish sticka.
Cognate with the first etymology (same PIE root, different paths through Germanic and Old English), to stitch, and to etiquette, via French étiquette – see there for further discussion.

inh

throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick

throw things at the wall and see what sticks

would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on

(intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.


stick

stick (indefinite nominative singular)
sticks (genitive indefinite singular)
sticket (definite nominative singular)
stickets (definite genitive singular)
stick (indefinite nominative plural)
sticks (genitive indefinite plural)
sticken (definite nominative plural)
stickens (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: tikki


stiff

en-noun

stiff (countable and uncountable, plural stiffs)

From Middle English stiff, stiffe, stif, from Old English stīf, from Proto-West Germanic *stīf, from Proto-Germanic *stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steypós.
See also West Frisian stiif, Dutch stijf, Norwegian Bokmål stiv, German steif; also Latin stīpes, stīpō, from which English stevedore.
The expected Modern English form would be /staɪf/; /stɪf/ is probably originally from compounds such as stiffly, where the vowel was shortened before a consonant cluster.

(blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.


strike

→ Danish: strike

→ Dutch: strike

→ French: strike

→ German: Strike

→ Italian: strike

→ Japanese: ストライク (sutoraiku)

→ Korean: 스트라이크 (seuteuraikeu)

→ Portuguese: strike

→ Russian: страйк (strajk)

→ Spanish: strike

→ Swedish: strike

→ Danish: strejke

→ Esperanto: striko

→ Hungarian: sztrájk

→ Japanese: ストライキ (sutoraiki)

desctree

→ German: Streik
→ Kashubian: sztrajk
→ Macedonian: штрајк (štrajk)
→ Serbo-Croatian: štrȁjk /штра̏јк
→ Slovak: štrajk

→ Polish: strajk
→ Belarusian: страйк (strajk)
→ Ukrainian: страйк (strajk)

→ Swedish: strejk

→ Welsh: streic

From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”).
Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.

der

It was then I knew I had made my third mistake. Yes, three strikes right across the plate, and as I hollered "Honey, please wait" she was gone.

1996, Lyle Lovett, “Her First Mistake”, in The Road to Ensenada:

(baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.

The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.

(cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.


strike

Unadapted borrowing from English strike.

(baseball) strike (the act of missing a swing at the ball)


strike

¡Tres strikes y estás fuera!


string

en-noun

string (countable and uncountable, plural strings)

Tok Pisin: string

→ Dutch: string

→ Finnish: stringit

→ French: string

→ German: String

desc

מחרוז//מַחְרֹזֶת

→ Hebrew: מחרוז /מַחְרֹזֶת (makhrózet) (semantic loan)

→ Japanese: ストリング (sutoringu)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: streng (semantic loan)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: streng (semantic loan)

→ Polish: stringi

→ Portuguese: estrém; string

→ Swedish: string

From Middle English string, streng, strynge, from Old English strenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand; to tighten”).
Cognate with Scots string (“string”), Dutch streng (“cord, strand”), Low German strenge (“strand, cord, rope”), German Strang (“strand, cord, rope”), Danish streng (“string”), Swedish sträng (“string, cord, wire”), Icelandic strengur (“string”), Latvian stringt (“to be tight, wither”), Latin stringō (“I tighten”), Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “halter”), Ancient Greek στραγγός (strangós, “tied together, entangled, twisted”).

cog

στραγγαλόομαι

弦

any similar long, thin and flexible object

弓弦

ゆづる, yuzuru, ゆみづる, yumizuru, ゆんづる, yunzuru

(billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

(historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

(billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.

(billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.


string

en-verb

string (third-person singular simple present strings, present participle stringing, simple past strung or (colloquial) stringed or strang, past participle strung or (colloquial) stringed)

strings (present singular third-person)
stringing (participle present)
strung (past)
stringed (colloquial past)
strang (past)
strung (participle past)
stringed (colloquial participle past)

From Middle English stryngen, strengen, from the noun (see above).

(intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.


sweep

sweep (third-person singular simple present sweeps, present participle sweeping, simple past and past participle swept)

sweeps (present singular third-person)
sweeping (participle present)
swept (participle past)
swept (past)

From Middle English swepen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaipijan (unattested in Old English), from Proto-Germanic *swaipijaną. Cognate with Early Modern West Frisian swiepe (“whip, cleanse, sweep”), from Old Frisian swēpa, suepa (“sweep”). More distantly related to Old Norse sveipa (whence Swedish svepa). See also swoop.

cog

(curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.


sweep

Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper

(cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.

(card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.

mökki

casino: act of capturing all face-up cards from the table


swing

en-verb

swing (third-person singular simple present swings, present participle swinging, simple past swung or (archaic or dialectal) swang, past participle swung or (archaic) swungen)

swings (present singular third-person)
swinging (participle present)
swung (past)
swang (archaic dialectal past)
swung (participle past)
swungen (archaic participle past)

From Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (compare Low German swingen, German schwingen, Dutch zwingen, Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *swenk-, *sweng- (compare Scottish Gaelic seang (“thin”)). Related to swink.

lyödä kierre

cricket: to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory

at church every time the doors swing open

(intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.

kiertyä

cricket: of a ball, to move sideways in its trajectory

(transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.


swing

en-noun

swing (countable and uncountable, plural swings)

what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.

kierre

sideways movement of a cricket ball as it flies through the air


tore

Borrowed from Spanish torre. Displaced moog.


torn

torn (indefinite nominative singular)
torns (genitive indefinite singular)
tornet (definite nominative singular)
tornets (definite genitive singular)
torn (indefinite nominative plural)
torns (genitive indefinite plural)
tornen (definite nominative plural)
tornens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German tōrn, tōren, from Old French tor, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), from a Mediterranean substrate loan.


throw

en-verb

throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw or (nonstandard) throwed, past participle thrown or (nonstandard) throwed or (nonstandard) threw)

throws (present singular third-person)
throwing (participle present)
threw (past)
throwed (nonstandard past)
thrown (participle past)
throwed (nonstandard participle past)
threw (nonstandard participle past)
throw (infinitive)

From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”).
Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe (“to push”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”).
Displaced warp as the word for hurling and was displaced by warp as the word for twisting.

hedh

to cause an object to move rapidly through the air

heitellä

repeatedly, continuously and/or indifferently

dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians

people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick

throw nickels around like manhole covers

throw oneself on someone's mercy not have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of

throw one's hotdog down someone's hallway

trust someone as far as one could throw them

(transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

Declarer threw his queen of spades on the high diamond. He then won the last three tricks with his ace, queen and nine of hearts behind East’s jack third.

1990 January 4, “Sharp coup overcomes trump split”, in The Washington Times:

I have a minor quibble with Gleason’s decision to throw Lefty Williams in Game Eight with the Series in the balance.

2009, Michael T. Lynch, Jr., It Ain’t So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond, →ISBN, page 63:

(baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).


shape

en-noun

shape (countable and uncountable, plural shapes)

From Middle English shap, schape, from Old English ġesceap (“shape, form, created being, creature, creation, dispensation, fate, condition, sex, gender, genitalia”), from Proto-West Germanic *ga- + *skap, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *skapą (“shape, nature, condition”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”).
The verb is from Middle English shapen, schapen, from Old English scieppan (“to shape, form, make, create, assign, arrange, destine, order, adjudge”), from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to create”), from the noun.
The noun is cognate with Middle Dutch schap (“form”), Middle High German geschaf (“creature”), Icelandic skap (“state, condition, temper, mood”). The verb is cognate with Dutch scheppen, German schaffen, Swedish skapa (“create, make”), Norwegian Bokmål skape (“create”). Doublet of -ship.

cog

A top cheater seldom ever uses shapes or loaded dice because they do not assure you of winning.

1961, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Gambling and Organized Crime: Hearings, page 76:


round

rounds (plural)
around (alternative)
ron (alternative)

From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.

раздаване

card games: moment from the deal until the players are finished with the cards

A stage, level, set of events in a game
(card games) The play after each deal.

A stage, level, set of events in a game
The play after each deal.


round

en-verb

round (third-person singular simple present rounds, present participle rounding, simple past and past participle rounded)

rounds (present singular third-person)
rounding (participle present)
rounded (participle past)
rounded (past)
around (alternative)
ron (alternative)

And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.

(transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.


bi

cục (classifier)
hòn (classifier)
viên (classifier)

Borrowed from French bille (“marble, ball”).

bi cái


cook

Sranan Tongo: kukru (via cook room)

Aukan: kukuu

Tok Pisin: kuk

→ Norman: couque

→ Portuguese: cuca

→ Thai: กุ๊ก (gúk)

→ Tokelauan: kuka

From Middle English cook, from Old English cōc (“a cook”), from Latin cocus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”).
Cognate with Low German kokk, Dutch kok, German Koch, Danish kok, Norwegian kokk, Swedish kock, Icelandic kokkur (“cook”). Also compare Proto-West Germanic *kokōn (“to cook”).

inh

Audio (UK) "to cook"

some speakers from Northern England and Ireland

cuck (most accents without the foot-strut split)

The original endgame was one file to the right (Kf1, Kb5 etc.). But there is a cook after 1. c6 dxc6 2. d6 cxd6 3. h4 gxh3 e.p. 4. gxh3 Ka4! 5. h4 b5. My version eliminates the cook.

2003 June, Pal Benko, “Endgame Lab”, in Chess Life, volume 58, number 6, New Windsor, N.Y.: United States Chess Federation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49:

(chess) An unintended solution to a chess problem, considered to spoil the problem.


cushion

en-noun

cushion (countable and uncountable, plural cushions)

→ Cantonese: 咕𠱸 (ku1 seon2), 箍臣

→ Irish: cúisín

→ Japanese: クッション (kusshon)

→ Korean: 쿠션 (kusyeon)

→ Maori: kuihana

From Middle English quysshyn, from later Old French coissin (modern coussin), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) (with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”).

der

Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.


change

en-noun

change (countable and uncountable, plural changes)

→ Bulgarian: чейндж (čejndž)

→ Russian: чейндж (čejndž)

desc

→ Armenian: չեյնջ (čʻeynǰ), չենջ (čʻenǰ)

From Middle English changen, chaungen, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre (“exchange, barter”), from Gaulish cambion, *kambyom (“change”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos, *(s)kambos (“crooked”).
Cognate with Italian cambiare, Portuguese cambiar, Romanian schimba, Sicilian canciari, Spanish cambiar. Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced native Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change”) (whence English wend).
The noun is from Middle English change, chaunge, from Old French change, from the verb changier. See also exchange. Possibly related from the same source is Old English gombe.

der

sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts

the more things change, the more they stay the same

plus ça change(, plus c'est la même chose)


box

en-noun

box (plural boxes or (nonstandard, computing, humorous) boxen)

boxes (plural)
boxen (humorous nonstandard plural)

Tok Pisin: bokis

→ Afrikaans: boks

→ Bengali: বাক্স (bakśo)

→ Bulgarian: бокс (boks)

→ Crimean Tatar: boks

→ Danish: boks

→ Dutch: box m

→ Faroese: boks

→ French: box m

→ German: Box f

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: बकस m (bakas), बक्सा m (baksā)

Urdu: بکس m (baks, bakas)

→ Icelandic: box n

→ Indonesian: boks

→ Irish: bosca m

→ Italian: box m

→ Japanese: ボックス (bokkusu)

→ Korean: 박스 (bakseu)

→ Maori: pāka

→ Marwari: बकस (baks, bakas)

→ Nepali: बाकस (bākas)

→ Norman: bosc m

→ Norwegian: boks m

→ Pashto: بکس (baks)

→ Persian: باکس (bâks)

→ Polish: boks m

→ Portuguese: box m

→ Russian: бокс m (boks)

→ Scottish Gaelic: bogsa m, bocsa

→ Spanish: box m

→ Swedish: box c

→ Welsh: bocs

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
Ancient Greek -ις (-is)
Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.
Late Latin buxisbor.
Proto-West Germanic *buhsā
Old English box
Middle English box
English box
From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.
Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”).
The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen.

rasia

compartment or receptacle for receiving items

ramme

rectangular border around an image, text, etc.

ruutu

small area on a document for a tick mark

tofu

empty box displayed by some computer systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts

His [Rory Bremner's] brilliant story about having his box turned inside out by a delivery from Jeff Thomson – he contrasts it with Andrew Flintoff being hit in the box by Cardigan Connor. [David] Lloyd came up to Flintoff, and said, "Cardigan Connor? You consider it an honour to be hit by Cardigan. Do you remember Jeff Thomson? I was hit amidships by him, and it was not a glancing blow. I was wearing one of those old boxes – you know, the pink ones, like a soap dish. It ended up that everything that was supposed to be inside the box had come outside the box – through the air holes!"

2011, John Duncan, “Rory Bremner”, in Cricket Wonderful Cricket, London: John Blake Publishing, →ISBN:

Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.

(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.

護身 /护身

(cricket) hard protector for the genitals

(cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”)

As anyone who has ever maintained a baseball or softball diamond would agree, the pitcher's mound and batter's box present a special challenge. […] Batters dig in at the plate, disturbing the soil and making a hole that base runners must slide across when they approach the plate. To withstand the special stresses on these areas, only clay-based soils provide the necessary soil strength. […] [S]ome manufacturers have introduced clay-based soil products for pitcher's mounds and batter's boxes. These products include additives with special binding properties and are specifically designed to resist the stresses applied by the cleats of pitchers and batters.

2003, Jim Puhalla, Jeff Krans, Mike Goatley, “Soil”, in Baseball and Softball Fields: Design, Construction, Renovation, and Maintenance, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part I (Design and Construction), section 3.3c, page 64:

Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space

(baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.

[page 12] Field players wear shoes with short spikes, called cleats, on the soles. Box players wear court shoes, which have grooved rubber soles. […] [page 30] Field goalies have larger nets to protect than goalies in box lacrosse have. Box goalies wear more pads.

2003, John Crossingham, “The Essentials” and “Goaltending”, in Bobbie Kalman, editor, Lacrosse in Action (Sports in Action), New York, N.Y., St. Catharines, Ont.: Crabtree Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 12 and 30:

(lacrosse, informal) Short for box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).

Poised link-up play between [Michael] Essien and [Frank] Lampard set the Ghanaian midfielder free soon after but his left-footed shot from outside the box was too weak.

2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 – 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2017-12-16:


anchor

→ Chuukese: angko

From Middle English anker, from Old English ancor, ancra, from Latin ancora, from (or cognate with) Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). The modern form is a sixteenth-century modification after the Medieval Latin spelling anchora. Doublet of ancora and anker.

Phil Foden once again demonstrated his pedigree and will push for a start, while Leeds United's Kalvin Phillips will hope he has done enough to get a chance as a defensive midfield anchor if Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson fails to recover full fitness after groin surgery.

2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.

(cricket) A batter who remains in for a long time.


ball

en-noun

ball (countable and uncountable, plural balls)

→ Cantonese: 波 (bo¹)

→ Japanese: ボール (bōru)

→ Makah: ba·la

→ Yoruba: bọ́ọ̀lù

From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”) or Old Norse bǫllr (“a ball”), both from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“ball, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale.

ампыл

object, generally spherical, used for playing games

туп

ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile

cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey

(sports, countable) An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game

(baseball, countable) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.

bola

baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone

(cricket, countable) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.


clean

en-verb

clean (third-person singular simple present cleans, present participle cleaning, simple past and past participle cleaned)

cleans (present singular third-person)
cleaning (participle present)
cleaned (participle past)
cleaned (past)

From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”).

cog

(intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.

(kevyesti) harjata

(intransitive) to brush lightly in front of a curling rock


base

en-noun

base (countable and uncountable, plural bases)

acid

antonym(s) of “chemical compound that will neutralize an alkali”

From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis and bass.

أَسَاس

something from which other things extend

(baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.

ба́за

baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety


base

Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).


base

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

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base

Borrowed from Spanish base (“basis”). The baseball definition is from English base, but pronounced the same as the Spanish word.

(baseball) base (one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety)


cover

cover (countable and uncountable, plural covers)

→ Hijazi Arabic: كَڤَر (kavar)

→ Portuguese: cover

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Old Latin com
Latin cum
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Latin operiō
Latin cooperiō
Old French covrirbor.
Middle English coveren
English cover
From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“I cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“I close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)).
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir (“to cover”).

cumhdach

A cloth or similar material used to protect underlying items from dust, sunlight, insects etc. when not being used.

(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.

(cricket) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.


cover

en-verb

cover (third-person singular simple present covers, present participle covering, simple past and past participle covered)

covers (present singular third-person)
covering (participle present)
covered (participle past)
covered (past)

→ German: covern

→ Danish: lave en cover

In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered.

(chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).


decline

decline (third-person singular simple present declines, present participle declining, simple past and past participle declined)

declines (present singular third-person)
declining (participle present)
declined (participle past)
declined (past)
decline (infinitive)

From Middle English declinen, and ultimately Latin declīnō (“to bend, turn aside, deflect, inflect, decline”, from de (“down”) + clīnō (“I bend, I incline”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean). The senses arrived from two separate pathways in Middle English:
* The grammatical sense came from Old English declīnian, which was borrowed directly from the Latin etymon.
* All senses except the grammatical sense were derived from those of Old French decliner. Old French itself borrowed the verb from Latin.

der

The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain.

(American football, Canadian football) To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.

refuser

American football or Canadian football: reject a penalty against an opposing team


effect

nl-noun

effect n (plural effecten, diminutive effectje n)

effecten (plural)
effectje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: effek

→ Indonesian: efek

From Middle Dutch effect, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus. The sense ‘(equitable) security’ borrowed from German Effekt or French effet.


distribution

en-noun

distribution (countable and uncountable, plural distributions)

distributions (plural)
distribucion (alternative)

From Old French, from Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to' (from tribus).

The declarer had 3-6-2-2 distribution.

(card games) The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is divided between the players.

jakauma

card games: way in which the cards are divided

vaihe

steam engines: step in the working cycle


deep

en-adj

deep (comparative deeper or more deep, superlative deepest or most deep)

deeper (comparative)
more deep (comparative)
deepest (superlative)
most deep (superlative)
deepe (alternative)

shallow

antonym(s) of “in extent in a direction away from the observer”

shallow

antonym(s) of “thick in a vertical direction”

light

antonym(s) of “of a color, dark and highly saturated”

From Middle English depe, deep, dep, deop, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-nós, from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Low German deep (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Norwegian Bokmål dyp (“deep”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish djup (“deep”), Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”).

inh

He is fielding at deep mid wicket.

She hit a ball into deep center field.

(of distance or position; also figurative) Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

(cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.

Our defensive live is too deep. We need to move further up the field.

She returns serve from a very deep position.

(sports such as soccer, American football, tennis) Positioned back, or downfield, towards one's own goal, or towards or behind one's baseline or similar reference point.


deep

en-noun

deep (countable and uncountable, plural deeps)

Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.

(cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.

pellter

(cricket) a fielding position near the boundary


end

beginning

antonym(s) of “final point of something”

→ Japanese: エンド

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos, from *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”).
See also Dutch einde, German Ende, Norwegian ende, Swedish ände; also Old Irish ét (“end, point”), Latin antiae (“forelock”), Albanian anë (“side”), Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposite”), Sanskrit अन्त्य (antya, “last”). More at and and anti-.
The verb is from Middle English enden, endien, from Old English endian (“to end, to make an end of, complete, finish, abolish, destroy, come to an end, die”), from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to finish, end”), denominative from *andijaz.

der

snitches get stitches and end up in ditches

The Pavillion End

(cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.

Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven […].

1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC:

(American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.

(curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.


flat

From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt.
The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective.
The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

inh

He would slip in his six-ace flats, shaved dice that were made to bring up sevens. He'd throw them just long enough to get well, and then replace them with legitimate cubes.

2005, Fred Cicetti, Local Angles: The Big News in Small Towns, page 78:

(gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.


vole

en-verb

vole (third-person singular simple present voles, present participle voling, simple past and past participle voled)

voles (present singular third-person)
voling (participle present)
voled (participle past)
voled (past)

no lad shall chuck, or lady vole, But some excising Courtier will have toll.

1717, Alexander Pope, “The Fourth Satire of Dr. John Donne”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], →OCLC:

(archaic, card games, intransitive) To win all the tricks by a vole.


beaver

en-noun

beaver (countable and uncountable, plural beavers or (senses 1 and 4) beaver)

beavers (plural)
beaver (plural)
Beaver (alternative)

From Middle English bever, from Old English befer, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”).
Cognate with West Frisian bever, Dutch bever, French bièvre, German Biber, dialectal Swedish bjur. Non-Germanic cognates include Welsh befer, Latin fiber, Lithuanian bẽbras, Russian бобр (bobr), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬭𐬀 (bauura), and Sanskrit बभ्रु (bábhru, “mongoose; ichneumon”).
Slang use to refer to a woman evolved from use to refer to pubic hair, which evolved from use to refer to beards, which evolved from use to refer to the furry animal or its fur.

cog

(countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.


beaver

en-verb

beaver (third-person singular simple present beavers, present participle beavering, simple past and past participle beavered)

beavers (present singular third-person)
beavering (participle present)
beavered (participle past)
beavered (past)

(backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.


wildcat

wildcats (plural)
wild-cat (alternative)
wild cat (alternative)

From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild + cat. Cognate with Middle Low German wiltkatte, German Wildkatze, Swedish vildkatt.
Its adjectival senses were originally American and derived from the "wildcat banks" of Michigan, following its elevation to statehood in 1837. Two laws—one easing the requirements for establishing a new bank and another occasioned by the Panic of 1837 that removed the need for payment in specie—led to the creation and collapse of around 50 banks within two years. The term is apocryphally derived from a wildcat supposedly featured on the currency printed by one of these banks, but more probably derived from the remote locations "where the wildcats roamed" chosen by these banks to avoid oversight and minimize redemption of notes.

John Audubon
bobcat
wildcat
wildcat (disambiguation)
wildcat cartridge

(American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.


badger

From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard. Displaced earlier brock, from Old English brocc.

inh

(slang, cricket) A person who is very fond of cricket.


rabbit

en-noun

rabbit (countable and uncountable, plural rabbits)

From Middle English rabet, rabette, from Anglo-Latin rabettus, from dialectal Old French rabotte, probably a diminutive of Middle Dutch or West Flemish robbe (“rabbit, seal”), of uncertain origin; possibly some imitative verb, maybe robben, rubben (“to rub”) is used here to allude to a characteristic of the animal. See rub.
Related forms include Middle French rabouillet (“baby rabbit”) and in French rabot (“plane”)), coming via Walloon Old French (reflected nowadays as Walloon robète (“rabbit”)), from Middle Dutch robbe ("rabbit; seal"; whence Modern Dutch rob (“seal", also "rabbit”)); also Middle Low German robbe, rubbe (“rabbit”), and the later German Low German Rubbe, Robb (“seal”), West Frisian robbe (“seal”), Saterland Frisian Rubbe (“seal”), North Frisian rob (“seal”), borrowed into German Robbe (“seal”).
Meant "young rabbit" until the 19th c., when it came to replace the original general term coney, owing to the latter's resemblance to and use as a euphemism for cunny, "vulva" (compare ass and donkey).

onomatopoeic

imitative

gl

"rabbit; seal"; whence Modern Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">rob</i> (“seal", also "rabbit”)

(cricket) A very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.

Glenn McGrath dismissed Michael Atherton a record 19 times; hence Atherton is McGrath's rabbit.

(cricket) A batsman who is frequently dismissed by the same bowler (said to be that player's rabbit).


plate

→ Maori: pereti

→ Hindi: प्लेट (pleṭ)

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato.
(foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".

der

There was a close play at the plate.


plate

en-verb

plate (third-person singular simple present plates, present participle plating, simple past and past participle plated)

plates (present singular third-person)
plating (participle present)
plated (participle past)
plated (past)

From Middle English platen, from Old English platian and Old French plater, both ultimately from Latin plata (see above).

The single plated the runner from second base.


heart

en-noun

heart (countable and uncountable, plural hearts)

hearts (plural)
hart (alternative)
harte (alternative)
hearte (alternative)

Torres Strait Creole: at

→ Bengali: হার্ট (harṭ)

→ Cantonese: heart

→ Cebuano: Heart

→ Irish: hart

→ Japanese: ハート (hāto); ハツ (hatsu) (from hearts)

→ Korean: 하트 (hateu)

→ Tagalog: Heart

PIE word
 *ḱḗr
From Middle English herte, from Old English heorte (“heart”), from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd (“heart”). Doublet of cardia; see also core.
Most of the modern figurative senses (such as passion or compassion, spirit, inmost feelings, especially love, affection, and courage) were present in Old English. However, the meaning “center” dates from the early 14th century.
The verb sense “to love” is from the 1977 I ❤ NY advertising campaign.

the way to a man's heart is through his stomach

(card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.


ir

es-verb

ir (first-person singular present voy, first-person singular preterite fui, past participle ido)

voy (first-person present singular)
fui (first-person preterite singular)
ido (participle past)
ir (infinitive)
yendo (gerund)
ido (masculine participle past singular)
ida (feminine participle past singular)
idos (masculine participle past plural)
idas (feminine participle past plural)
voy (first-person indicative present singular)
vas (indicative present second-person singular)
va (indicative present singular third-person)
vamos (first-person indicative plural present)
vais (indicative plural present second-person)
van (indicative plural present third-person)
iba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ibas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
iba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
íbamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ibais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
iban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fui (first-person indicative preterite singular)
fuiste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fue (indicative preterite singular third-person)
fuimos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fuisteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
fueron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
iré (first-person future indicative singular)
irás (future indicative second-person singular)
irá (future indicative singular third-person)
iremos (first-person future indicative plural)
iréis (future indicative plural second-person)
irán (future indicative plural third-person)
iría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
irías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
iría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
iríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
iríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
irían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
vaya (first-person present singular subjunctive)
vayas (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
vayás (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
vaya (present singular subjunctive third-person)
vayamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vayáis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
vayan (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fuera (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fueras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fuera (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fuéramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fuerais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fueran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fuese (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
fueses (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
fuese (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
fuésemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
fueseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
fuesen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
fuere (first-person future singular subjunctive)
fueres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
fuere (future singular subjunctive third-person)
fuéremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
fuereis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
fueren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
ve (imperative informal second-person singular)
andá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
vaya (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
vaya (imperative singular third-person)
vamos (first-person imperative plural)
vayamos (first-person imperative plural)
id (imperative plural second-person)
vayan (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
vayan (imperative plural third-person)
vayas (imperative negative second-person singular)
vaya (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
vaya (imperative negative singular third-person)
vayamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
vayáis (imperative negative plural second-person)
vayan (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
vayan (imperative negative plural third-person)
irme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
irte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
irle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
irse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
irnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
iros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
irles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
irse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
irme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
irte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
irlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
irla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
irse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
irnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
iros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
irlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
irlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
irse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
yéndome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
yéndote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
yéndole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
yéndose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
yéndonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
yéndoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
yéndoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
yéndose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
yéndome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
yéndote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
yéndolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
yéndola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
yéndose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
yéndonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
yéndoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
yéndolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
yéndolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
yéndose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
veme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
vete (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
vele (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
venos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
veles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
veme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
vete (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
velo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
vela (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
venos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
velos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
velas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
andame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
andate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
andale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
andanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
andales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
andame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
andate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
andalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
andala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
andanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
andalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
andalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
váyame (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
váyale (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
váyase (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
váyanos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
váyales (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
váyame (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
váyalo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
váyala (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
váyase (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
váyanos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
váyalos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
váyalas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
vámoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
vayámoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
vámosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
vayámosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
vámonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
vayámonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
vámoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
vayámoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
vámosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
vayámosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
vámoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
vayámoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
vámoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
vayámoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
vámosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
vayámosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
vámonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
vayámonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
vámoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
vayámoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
vámoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
vayámoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
vámoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
vayámoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
idme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
idle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
idnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
idos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
iros (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
idles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
idme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
idlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
idla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
idnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
idos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
iros (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
idlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
idlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
váyanme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
váyanle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
váyannos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
váyanles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
váyanse (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
váyanme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
váyanlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
váyanla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
váyannos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
váyanlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
váyanlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
váyanse (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
irse (infinitive)
yéndose (gerund)
ido (masculine participle past singular)
ida (feminine participle past singular)
idos (masculine participle past plural)
idas (feminine participle past plural)
irme (first-person infinitive singular)
irte (infinitive second-person singular)
irse (infinitive singular third-person)
irnos (first-person infinitive plural)
iros (infinitive plural second-person)
irse (infinitive plural third-person)
yéndome (first-person gerund singular)
yéndote (gerund second-person singular)
yéndose (gerund singular third-person)
yéndonos (first-person gerund plural)
yéndoos (gerund plural second-person)
yéndose (gerund plural third-person)
me voy (first-person indicative present singular)
te vas (indicative present second-person singular)
se va (indicative present singular third-person)
nos vamos (first-person indicative plural present)
os vais (indicative plural present second-person)
se van (indicative plural present third-person)
me iba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
te ibas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
se iba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nos íbamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
os ibais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
se iban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
me fui (first-person indicative preterite singular)
te fuiste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
se fue (indicative preterite singular third-person)
nos fuimos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
os fuisteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
se fueron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
me iré (first-person future indicative singular)
te irás (future indicative second-person singular)
se irá (future indicative singular third-person)
nos iremos (first-person future indicative plural)
os iréis (future indicative plural second-person)
se irán (future indicative plural third-person)
me iría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
te irías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
se iría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
nos iríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
os iríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
se irían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
me vaya (first-person present singular subjunctive)
te vayas (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
te vayás (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
se vaya (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nos vayamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
os vayáis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
se vayan (plural present subjunctive third-person)
me fuera (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
te fueras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
se fuera (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nos fuéramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
os fuerais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
se fueran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
me fuese (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
te fueses (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
se fuese (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
nos fuésemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
os fueseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
se fuesen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
me fuere (first-person future singular subjunctive)
te fueres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
se fuere (future singular subjunctive third-person)
nos fuéremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
os fuereis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
se fueren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
vete (imperative informal second-person singular)
andate (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
váyase (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
váyase (imperative singular third-person)
vámonos (first-person imperative plural)
vayámonos (first-person imperative plural)
idos (imperative plural second-person)
iros (imperative plural second-person)
váyanse (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
váyanse (imperative plural third-person)
te vayas (imperative negative second-person singular)
se vaya (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
se vaya (imperative negative singular third-person)
nos vayamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
os vayáis (imperative negative plural second-person)
se vayan (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
se vayan (imperative negative plural third-person)

* Forms containing /b/ such as voy (“I go”) or iba (“I used to go”) are inherited from Latin vādere (“to go”).
* Forms beginning with /f/ such as fui (“I went”) are inherited from Latin esse (“to be”).
* Other forms are inherited from Latin īre (“to go”).

ir a por

to go get, to fetch; to go for, to come for

ir en serio

to get serious, to be serious; to mean it

Juan estaba seguro de su mano, así que decidió ir con todo.

Juan was confident in his hand, so he decided to go all in.

Si no estás seguro de tu baraja, es mejor no ir en esta ronda.

If you're not confident about your deck, it's better not to play this round


castle

→ Tongan: kāsolo

From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, village, castle”), borrowed from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”), diminutive of Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”). Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and château.
Parallel borrowings (from Late Latin or Old French) are Scots castel, castell (“castle”), West Frisian kastiel (“castle”), Dutch kasteel (“castle”), German Kastell (“castle”), Danish kastel (“citadel”), Swedish kastell (“citadel”), Icelandic kastali (“castle”), Welsh castell.
The Middle English word was reinforced by Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French castel, itself from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”) (compare modern French château from Old French chastel). If Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”) is from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“hut, shed”), Latin casa (“cottage, hut”) is related. Possibly related also to Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌸𐌾𐍉 (hēþjō, “chamber”), Old English heaþor (“restraint, confinement, enclosure, prison”). See also casino, cassock.

cog

(chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.

(shogi) A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.

Nay, he was quite an adept, and was very effective as a change bowler, for in no time he demolished the castle of any batsman.

1966, Gurdeep Singh, Cricket in Northern India, page 59:


castle

en-verb

castle (third-person singular simple present castles, present participle castling, simple past and past participle castled)

castles (present singular third-person)
castling (participle present)
castled (participle past)
castled (past)

He [i.e., the king] may change (or Castle) with this Rooke, that is, he may goe two draughts at once towards this Rooke... causing the Rooke to stand next to him on either side.

1656, Gioachino Greco, translated by Francis Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, Being the Study of Biochimo, page 8:

No. 24. ¶ If your adversary make a false move, castle improperly, &c., you must take notice of such irregularity before you move, or even touch a piece, or you are no longer allowed to inflict any penalties.

1835, William Lewis, Chess for Beginners, Ch. 5, p. 24:

(usually intransitive, chess) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.

(usually intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.

And the 23-year-old brought the crowd to their feet when he castled Gayle's stumps, signalling the direction of the pavilion to his friend for good measure.

2009, “Lightning Bolt Blows Over Gayle”, in BBC Sport:

He bowled Vinay with a full, straight ball that castled off stump and then dished up a yorker that RP Singh backed away to and sent onto his stumps.

2011, Firdose Moonda, “A Day for Missed Hat-tricks”, in ESPNcricinfo:

(cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.


pawn

From Middle English pown, from Anglo-Norman poun, paun (“footman”), from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived fom Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.

(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.


checkmate

From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).

der

Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta)

(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.


checkmate

en-verb

checkmate (third-person singular simple present checkmates, present participle checkmating, simple past and past participle checkmated)

checkmates (present singular third-person)
checkmating (participle present)
checkmated (participle past)
checkmated (past)

der

Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta)

My opponent checkmated me in four moves!

(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.


dark

en-adj

dark (comparative darker, superlative darkest)

darker (comparative)
darkest (superlative)

From Middle English derk, from Old English deorc, from Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dim, dull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“dull, dirty”).

donker

having an absolute or relative lack of light

the darkest hour is just before the dawn

The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph.

1831, Benjamin Disraeli, The Young Duke — a moral tale though gay

(gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.


dead

en-adj

dead (not generally comparable, comparative deader, superlative deadest)

deader (comparative)
deadest (superlative)

From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.

(to have) gone to one's final resting place

(not comparable, baseball, slang, 1800s) Tagged out.


list

sh-noun

lȋst m (Cyrillic spelling ли̑ст, diminutive lìstić)

lȋst (canonical masculine)
ли̑ст (Cyrillic)
lìstić (diminutive)
lȋst (nominative singular)
lȉstovi (nominative plural)
lista (genitive singular)
lȉstōvā (genitive plural)
listu (dative singular)
listovima (dative plural)
list (accusative singular)
listove (accusative plural)
listu (singular vocative)
listovi (plural vocative)
listu (locative singular)
listovima (locative plural)
listom (instrumental singular)
listovima (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *listъ (“leaf”).


low

en-adj

low (comparative lower, superlative lowest)

lower (comparative)
lowest (superlative)

From Middle English lowe, lohe, lāh, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).
Cognate with Scots laich (“low”), Low German leeg (“low, feeble, bad”), Danish lav (“low”), Icelandic lágur (“low”), West Frisian leech (“low”), North Frisian leeg, liig (“low”), Dutch laag (“low”), obsolete German läg (“low”). More at lie.

laag

in a position comparatively close to the ground

слаб

lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak

could eat the arse out of a low flying duck

could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck

could eat the crutch from a low flying duck

mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails

mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails

the pitch (or: the ball) was low

Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.

(baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.

a low card

(card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.


low

(card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.


long

en-adj

long (comparative longer or more long, superlative longest or most long)

longer (comparative)
more long (comparative)
longest (superlative)
most long (superlative)

low

antonym(s) of “having much distance from one point to another”

From Middle English long, lang, from Old English long, lang (“long, tall, lasting”), from Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”).
Cognate with Scots lang (“long”), North Frisian long, lung (“long”), Saterland Frisian loang (“long”), Norwegian, West Frisian, Dutch and German lang (“long”), Swedish lång (“long”), Icelandic langur (“long”), Portuguese longo (“long”), Spanish luengo (“long”), French long, Latin longus (“long”), Russian дли́нный (dlínnyj), до́лго (dólgo), Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha, “long”).
The word exceptionally retains the Old English darkening of -a- before nasals. Though there are other such examples in Middle and Modern English (e.g. bond, song, throng, wrong), the o-form may have been reinforced by Old French long, from Latin longus, from the same Indo-European word. Doublet of lungo and lunge.

ау

he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon

the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long

(cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).

(gambling) Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.


short

short (comparative shorter, superlative shortest)

shorter (comparative)
shortest (superlative)

tall

antonym(s) of “having a small distance between ends or edges”

tall

antonym(s) of “of a person, of comparatively little height”

long

antonym(s) of “cricket, of a fielder or fielding position, relatively close to the batsman”

long

antonym(s) of “financial position expecting falling value”

From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
Cognates
Cognate with shirt, skirt, curt, Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. Doublet of curt. More at shirt.

(cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.

(cricket, of a ball) bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.

(gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.


short

(cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.


short

→ Cantonese: short

→ Italian: short

→ Japanese: ショート (shōto)

→ Mandarin: 秀逗 (xiùdou)

→ Hakka: 秀逗 (sió-tò)

→ Maltese: xort

Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.


wide

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English wid, wyd, from Old English wīd (“wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far”), from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate, divide”), a dissimilated univerbation from *dwi- (“apart, asunder, in two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”).
Cognate with Scots wyd, wid (“of great extent; vast”), West Frisian wiid (“broad; wide”), Dutch wijd (“wide; large; broad”), German weit (“far; wide; broad”), Danish vid (“wide”), Swedish vid (“wide”), Icelandic víður (“wide”), Latin dīvidō (“separate, sunder”), Latin vītō (“avoid, shun”). Related to widow.

compound

(cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score


high

en-adj

high (comparative higher, superlative highest)

higher (comparative)
highest (superlative)
hi (alternative)

Sranan Tongo: hei

From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to elevate, height”). Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Saterland Frisian hooch (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Dutch hoog (“high”), Low German hoog (“high”), German hoch (“high”), Swedish hög (“high”), Norwegian høy (“high”), Icelandic hár (“high”), Lithuanian kaukas (“bump, boil, sore”).

der

the pitch (or: the ball) was high

Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:

(baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.

I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush.

9-high straight = 98765 unsuited

Royal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush

(card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

(poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.

North's hand was high. East was in trouble.

Cutler pushed forward the two necessary white chips. No one's hand was high, and Loomis made a slight winning.

1894, Harper's Magazine, volume 88, page 910:

(of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.


high

(card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.

mātāmua

(card games) highest card dealt or drawn


life

en-noun

life (usually uncountable, plural lives)

death

antonym(s) of “the state that precedes death”

From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with Scots life, leif (“life”), North Frisian liff (“life, limb, person, livelihood”), West Frisian liif (“belly, abdomen”), Dutch lijf (“body”) and leven (“life”), Low German Lief (“body; life-force; waist”), German Leib (“body; womb”) and Leben (“life”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish liv (“life; waist”), Icelandic líf (“life”). Related to belive.
The sense "biography" is likely a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīta (“biography; hagiography”).

semantic loan

живо́т m (živót) (archaic, poetic, now means "belly")

ህይወት

the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being

existence

essence of manifestation and foundation of being

Borda sent a hot liner to G. Kugler, who made a nifty pick-up, but threw wild at first, giving the batter a life.

1915 June 24, Philadelphians on the Diamond, in The New York Lumber Trade Journal, volume 59, page 42

But shortstop Tenney, on what should have been the game's last out, gave a First Team batter a life on first, when he let a ground ball slip between his legs.

(baseball, softball, cricket) A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of a misplay by a member of the fielding team.


house

en-noun

house (countable and uncountable, plural houses or (dialectal) housen or (chiefly humorous) hice)

houses (plural)
housen (dialectal plural)
hice (humorous plural)
howse (alternative)

Chinese Pidgin English: houso

Nigerian Pidgin: haus

Tok Pisin: haus

Sranan Tongo: oso
→ Dutch: osso

→ Cantonese: house (hau¹ si²)

→ Japanese: ハウス (hausu)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.?
Proto-Germanic *hūsą
Proto-West Germanic *hūs
Old English hūs
Middle English hous
English house
From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (compare Scots hoose, West Frisian hûs, Dutch huis, German Haus, German Low German Huus, Danish hus, Faroese hús, Icelandic hús, Norwegian Bokmål hus, Norwegian Nynorsk hus and Swedish hus), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kews-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English meson, measoun (“house”), borrowed from Old French maison (“house”). More at hose. The uncommon plural form housen is from Middle English husen, housen. (The Old English nominative plural was simply hūs.)

huis

debating chamber for government politicians

a house divided against itself cannot stand

it takes a heap of living to make a house a home

it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home

it takes a lot of living to make a house a home

the call is coming from inside the house

use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house

(chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.

(curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.

(American football, slang, with “the”) The end zone.


tail

Sranan Tongo: tere

From Middle English tail, tayl, teil, from Old English tæġl (“tail”), from Proto-West Germanic *tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą (“hair, fiber; hair of a tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (“hair of the tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to tear, fray, shred”). Cognate with Scots tail (“tail”), Saterland Frisian Tail (“tail, end”), West Frisian teil (“tail”), Dutch teil (“tail, haulm, blade”), Low German Tagel (“twisted scourge, whip of thongs and ropes; end of a rope”), German Zagel (“tail”), dialectal Danish tavl (“hair of the tail”), Swedish tagel (“hair of the tail, horsehair”), Norwegian tagl (“tail”), Icelandic tagl (“tail, horsetail, ponytail”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl, “hair”). In some senses, apparently by a generalization of the usual opposition between head and tail.

hali

of cattle, in addition to reptiles, amphibians, and basically all animals that do not fall into the other categories; also used for inanimate objects and figuratively

have the world by the tail on a downhill pull

the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it

trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail

(cricket) The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.


sharp

en-adj

sharp (comparative sharper, superlative sharpest)

sharper (comparative)
sharpest (superlative)

bland

antonym(s) of “having an intense and acrid flavour”

From Middle English scharp, from Old English sċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *skarp, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Cognate with West Frisian skerp, Low German scharp, Dutch scherp, German scharf, Danish skarp. Compare Irish cearb (“keen; cutting”), Latin acerbus (“tart, bitter”), Tocharian B kärpye (“rough”), Latvian skârbs (“sharp, rough”), Russian щерба (ščerba, “notch”), Polish szczerba (“gap, dent, jag, chip, nick, notch”), Albanian harb (“rudeness”). More at shear.

better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

Time and time again, the amateur player has lost the opportunity to make the really best move because he felt bound to follow some chess "rule" he had learned, rather than to make the sharp move which was indicated by the position.

1963, Max Euwe, Chess Master Vs. Chess Amateur, page xviii:

In such situations most chess players choose the obvious and logical way: they go in for sharp play. However, not everyone is a natural attacking player[…]

1975, Luděk Pachman, Decisive Games in Chess History, page 64:


rough

From Middle English rough, roughe, roȝe, row, rou, ru, ruȝ, ruh, from Old English rūg, rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz.
Cognate with Scots ruch, rouch (“rough”), Saterland Frisian ruuch, rouch (“rough”), West Frisian rûch (“rough”), Low German ruuch (“rough”), Dutch ruig (“rough”), German rau(h) (“rough”), Danish ru (“uneven on the surface, "rough", "rugged"”).

cog

(cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.


live

en-adj

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

more live (comparative)
most live (superlative)

As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.

2005, Alison M. Pendergast, Play Winning Poker in No Time, page 57:

(card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.


pull

en-verb

pull (third-person singular simple present pulls, present participle pulling, simple past and past participle pulled)

pulls (present singular third-person)
pulling (participle present)
pulled (participle past)
pulled (past)

push

antonym(s) of “apply force to (something) so it comes towards one”

-ʊl (accents with foot–goose merger or full–fool merger)

Verb from Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian (“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to West Frisian pûlje (“to shell, husk”), Middle Dutch pullen (“to drink”), Middle Dutch polen (“to peel, strip”), Low German pulen (“to pick, pluck, pull, tear, strip off husks”), Icelandic púla (“to work hard, beat”).
Noun from Middle English pul, pull, pulle, from the verb pullen (“to pull”).

cog

it's not the whistle that pulls the train

pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

Never pull a straight fast ball to leg.

1888, Robert Henry Lyttelton, Cricket, Chapter 2:

(cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)


pull

en-noun

pull (countable and uncountable, plural pulls)

button

antonym(s) of “device meant to be pulled”

The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket.

1887, R. A. Proctor, Longman's Magazine:

(cricket) A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.


push

en-verb

push (third-person singular simple present pushes, present participle pushing, simple past and past participle pushed)

pushes (present singular third-person)
pushing (participle present)
pushed (participle past)
pushed (past)
push (infinitive)

From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.

(chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.

(snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).

työntää

snooker: to strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time


push

en-noun

push (countable and uncountable, plural pushes)


count

From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“I compute”). In this sense, displaced native Old English tellan, whence Modern English tell. Doublet of compute.

der

He has a 3–2 count with the bases loaded.

(baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.


dust

en-verb

dust (third-person singular simple present dusts, present participle dusting, simple past and past participle dusted)

dusts (present singular third-person)
dusting (participle present)
dusted (participle past)
dusted (past)

From Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust, dried earth reduced to powder; other dry material reduced to powder”), from the fusion of Proto-Germanic *dustą (“dust”) and *dunstą (“mist, dust, evaporation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”).
Cognate with Scots dust, dist (“dust”), Dutch duist (“pollen, dust”) and dons (“down, fuzz”), German Dust (“dust”) and Dunst (“haze”), Swedish dust (“dust”), Icelandic dust (“dust”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”). Also related to Swedish dun (“down, fluff”), Icelandic dúnn (“down, fluff”). See down.

der

(transitive, baseball) To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.


stone

en-noun

stone (countable and uncountable, plural stones or (UK colloquial, as unit of weight) stone)

stones (plural)
stone (UK colloquial plural)

Sranan Tongo: ston

→ Esperanto: ŝtono

From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”).
See also West Frisian stien, Saterland Frisian Steen, Dutch steen, German Stein, Danish and Swedish sten, Norwegian stein; also Russian стена́ (stená, “wall”), Ancient Greek στία (stía, “pebble”), στέαρ (stéar, “tallow”), Albanian shtëng (“hardened or pressed matter”), Sanskrit स्त्यायते (styāyate, “it hardens”)). Doublet of stein.

cog

(curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.