"glob" meaning in English

See glob in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡlɑb/ [US], /ɡlɒb/ [UK] Audio: en-us-glob.ogg Forms: globs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑb, -ɒb Etymology: Possibly a blend of blob + gob, or a clipping of globule. An element of sound symbolism is clearly involved: compare such phonetically and semantically similar words as glop, gop, lob, blob, lump, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.) In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|blob|gob|nocap=1}} blend of blob + gob, {{clipping|en|globule|nocap=1}} clipping of globule, {{der|en|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{en-noun}} glob (plural globs)
  1. A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance. Translations (Translations): mazacote [masculine] (Spanish), masacote [Latin-America, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-glob-en-noun-faR9bysO Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 29 32 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 35 10 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 25 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 13 27 9 28 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 11 29 10 29 7 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 41 33 26 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 65 35
  2. (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.
    Sense id: en-glob-en-noun-c8lL96hD Categories (other): Biology, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 29 32 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 35 10 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 13 27 9 28 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 11 29 10 29 7 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 41 33 26 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: globby, oh my glob
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡlɑb/ [US], /ɡlɒb/ [UK] Audio: en-us-glob.ogg Forms: globs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑb, -ɒb Etymology: Originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; clipping of global. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|global|nocap=1}} clipping of global Head templates: {{en-noun}} glob (plural globs)
  1. (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression; such a pattern.
    Sense id: en-glob-en-noun-LsYygF5t Categories (other): Programming, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 35 10 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 13 27 9 28 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 11 29 10 29 7 1 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɡlɑb/ [US], /ɡlɒb/ [UK] Audio: en-us-glob.ogg Forms: globs [present, singular, third-person], globbing [participle, present], globbed [participle, past], globbed [past]
Rhymes: -ɑb, -ɒb Etymology: Possibly a blend of blob + gob, or a clipping of globule. An element of sound symbolism is clearly involved: compare such phonetically and semantically similar words as glop, gop, lob, blob, lump, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.) In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|blob|gob|nocap=1}} blend of blob + gob, {{clipping|en|globule|nocap=1}} clipping of globule, {{der|en|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{en-verb}} glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)
  1. To stick in globs or lumps.
    Sense id: en-glob-en-verb-jcDoVnB1 Categories (other): English blends, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 29 32 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 11 29 10 29 7 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 41 33 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɡlɑb/ [US], /ɡlɒb/ [UK] Audio: en-us-glob.ogg Forms: globs [present, singular, third-person], globbing [participle, present], globbed [participle, past], globbed [past]
Rhymes: -ɑb, -ɒb Etymology: Originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; clipping of global. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|global|nocap=1}} clipping of global Head templates: {{en-verb}} glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)
  1. (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.
    Sense id: en-glob-en-verb-rvT0qfqn Categories (other): Programming, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 35 10 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 13 27 9 28 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 11 29 10 29 7 1 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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