morpheme_key: boodle

morpheme: boodle

morpheme_head: boodle

affix_form: -boodle-

meaning_definition: a large amount of money | loot | stolen goods

example_words_list_1: boodle, boodles

example_words_corpus: boodler | boodlers

categorical_group_list: Money, Quantity, Noun

etymology: From Dutch boedel 'property, estate', from Middle Dutch boetel, from Old French botel 'bundle, package'


morpheme_key: boogie

morpheme: boogie

morpheme_head: boogie

affix_form: -boogie-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: to dance | to move rhythmically

example_words_list_1: boogie, boogying, boogied

example_words_corpus: boogied | boogies | boogieman | boogieing | boogieboard | boogieboards

categorical_group_list: Motion, Music

etymology: Likely derived from the verb 'boogie' meaning to dance, possibly influenced by 'boogie-woogie' (a piano style) or African roots, popularized in the 1940s-50s.

ancestor_etymon_language: African American Vernacular English

attestation: both


morpheme_key: book

morpheme: book

morpheme_head: book

affix_form: -book-

meaning_definition: written work | volume | collection of pages

example_words_list_1: bookcase, booklet, bookworm

example_words_corpus: books | booky | booked | booker | rebook | unbook

categorical_group_list: Object, Information, Media

etymology: Proto-Germanic *bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōgos, from *bʰeh₂- 'beech' (referring to runes carved on beech wood)

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic

etymological_family: Germanic

register: neutral


morpheme_key: booker

morpheme: booker

morpheme_head: booker

affix_form: -booker-

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: one who books | person who records

example_words_list_1: booker, bookkeeper, booking, booked, books

categorical_group_list: Agent, Occupation

etymology: From English 'book' + agentive suffix '-er'

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: boom

morpheme: boom

morpheme_head: boom

affix_form: boom

meaning_definition: To shout loudly | To exclaim forcefully | To make a thunderous sound

example_words_list_1: booms | boomy | boomer | kaboom | boomed | boomlet

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: boon

morpheme: boon

morpheme_head: boon

affix_form: -boon-

meaning_definition: benefit | blessing | favor

example_words_list_1: boon

example_words_corpus: boons | boonless

categorical_group_list: Positivity, Benefit

etymology: Old French boon 'a good thing, benefit'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical


morpheme_key: boor

morpheme: boor

morpheme_head: boor

affix_form: -boor-

meaning_definition: clumsy | rude | unrefined

example_words_list_1: boorish, boorishly

example_words_corpus: boors | boorish | boorishly | unboorish | boorishness

categorical_group_list: Personality, Social behavior

etymology: Middle English 'boor' (peasant, rustic)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: boost

morpheme: boost

morpheme_head: boost

affix_form: -boost-

meaning_definition: to push | to thrust | to increase | to strengthen

example_words_list_1: boost, booster, boosting

example_words_corpus: boosts | booster | boosted | deboost | upboost | boosters

categorical_group_list: Augmentation, Motion, Strength

etymology: Middle French 'bouster' (to push, thrust)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: boot

morpheme: boot

morpheme_head: boot

affix_form: -boot-

meaning_definition: footwear | to kick

example_words_list_1: boot, booting, booted

example_words_corpus: boots | reboot | booted | booter | unboot | bootleg

categorical_group_list: Object, Action

etymology: Middle English 'bote' (footwear) or 'boot' (kick)


morpheme_key: booth

morpheme: booth

morpheme_head: booth

affix_form: -booth-

meaning_definition: stall | compartment | small enclosure

example_words_list_1: booth, boothman

example_words_corpus: booths | boothman | Boothian | boothlike | boothmate | telebooth

categorical_group_list: Space, Structure

etymology: Middle English booth (stall, lodging)


morpheme_key: booty

morpheme: booty

morpheme_head: booty

affix_form: booty

meaning_definition: stolen goods | illegally acquired items | spoils of theft

example_words_list_1: bootyholes

example_words_corpus: bootyholes

etymology: Derived from Old English 'bōt', originally meaning compensation, later extended to mean stolen goods.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

register: archaic


morpheme_key: booze

morpheme: booze

morpheme_head: booze

affix_form: -booze-

meaning_definition: alcoholic beverage | alcohol

example_words_list_1: booze

example_words_corpus: boozer | boozed | boozes | boozers | boozefest | boozehead

categorical_group_list: Substance, Liquid

etymology: Origin uncertain, possibly from Scottish 'boose' or Dutch 'boos' (drunk), first attested in the 19th century.


morpheme_key: border

morpheme: border

morpheme_head: border

affix_form: -border-

meaning_definition: edge | boundary | limit | margin

example_words_list_1: borderline, borderland, borderless

example_words_corpus: borders | bordered | borderer | emborder | deborder | bordering

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Boundary

etymology: Old French bordure 'edge, margin'


morpheme_key: boreo

morpheme: boreo

morpheme_head: boreo

affix_form: boreo-

allomorphs: borea

affix_type: prefix

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: north | northern

example_words_list_1: boreoarctic | boreotropic | boreonemoral | boreotropics | boreotropical

categorical_group_list: Direction, Geography

etymology: Greek boreas 'north wind'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: born

morpheme: born

morpheme_head: born

affix_form: -born-

sense_label: brought forth

meaning_definition: brought forth | existing from birth | originating from

example_words_list_1: born, newborn, unborn, well-born

example_words_corpus: reborn | reborns | newborns | stillborn

categorical_group_list: Existence, Origin, Vitality

etymology: Old English 'boren', past participle of 'beran' 'to bear'


morpheme_key: borne

morpheme: borne

morpheme_head: borne

affix_form: -borne-

sense_label: carried

meaning_definition: carried | supported | endured

example_words_list_1: airborne, widespread, newborn, ill-borne

example_words_corpus: inborne | seaborne | skyborne | shipborne | foodborne | windborne

categorical_group_list: Movement, Support, Endurance

etymology: Old English boren, past participle of beran 'to carry'


morpheme_key: borough

morpheme: borough

morpheme_head: borough

affix_form: -borough

sense_label: town

meaning_definition: town | fortified place

example_words_list_1: Maryborough | headboroughs | boroughholder | boroughmasters | boroughholders

categorical_group_list: Location, Settlement

etymology: Old English -burh 'fortified place, stronghold'

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: borrow

morpheme: borrow

morpheme_head: borrow

affix_form: -borrow-

meaning_definition: to take with intent to return | to use temporarily

example_words_list_1: borrow, borrower, borrowing

example_words_corpus: borrows | borrower | borrowed | reborrow | inborrow | borrowee

categorical_group_list: Action, Exchange, Possession

etymology: Old English borhian 'to pledge, to make a bond'


morpheme_key: bosco

morpheme: bosco

morpheme_head: bosco

affix_form: -bosco-

allomorphs: bosc

meaning_definition: wood | grove | forest

example_words_list_1: boscage

categorical_group_list: Nature, Vegetation

etymology: Latin 'boscus' (wood, grove)

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: bosom

morpheme: bosom

morpheme_head: bosom

affix_form: -bosom-

meaning_definition: breast | chest | bosom | innermost part

example_words_list_1: bosom

example_words_corpus: bosoms | bosomy | embosom | unbosom | bosomed | embosoms

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Core concept

etymology: Old English 'bōsm'


morpheme_key: boss

morpheme: boss

morpheme_head: boss

affix_form: -boss-

meaning_definition: boss | chief | master | leader

example_words_list_1: boss, bossy, bossiness

example_words_corpus: bossy | emboss | bosses | bosser | bossed | deboss

categorical_group_list: Hierarchy, Authority

etymology: Dutch 'baas' (master, chief)


morpheme_key: boston

morpheme: boston

morpheme_head: boston

affix_form: -boston-

meaning_definition: Boston (city in Massachusetts)

example_words_list_1: Bostonian, Boston Celtics, Boston Common

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Geographic Origin

etymology: Named after Boston, Lincolnshire, England, which was named after St. Botolph's town.


morpheme_key: bot

morpheme: bot

morpheme_head: bot

affix_form: -bot

affix_type: suffix

meaning_definition: automated software | robot | computer program

example_words_list_1: bots | mobot | botty | botfly | botnet | fembot

categorical_group_list: Agent, Technology

etymology: shortening of 'robot'


morpheme_key: botan

morpheme: botan

morpheme_head: botan

affix_form: botan-

sense_label: plant

meaning_definition: plant | a plant organism

example_words_list_1: botanic | botanist | botanology | botany | botanica | ethnobotany

categorical_group_list: Nature, Biology

etymology: βοτάνη | βότανον (botánē | bótanon) | βοτανικός | Greek botanē : a plant boskein : to feed

register: scientific

source: Cognatarium | Wiktionary


morpheme_key: botch

morpheme: botch

morpheme_head: botch

affix_form: -botch-

meaning_definition: to fail | to ruin | to mess up

example_words_list_1: botch, botcher, botchy

example_words_corpus: botchy | botched | botches | botcher | botching | botchers

categorical_group_list: Failure, Error

etymology: From Old French 'botchier' meaning 'to patch up' or 'to mend', originally referring to the work of a botcher (a butcher or one who mends leather).


morpheme_key: bother

morpheme: bother

morpheme_head: bother

affix_form: -bother-

meaning_definition: to annoy | to disturb | to cause trouble

example_words_list_1: bother, bothersome, bothered

example_words_corpus: bothers | bothered | botherer | bebother | bothering | botherers

categorical_group_list: Disturbance, Annoyance

etymology: Middle English botheren, of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German or Dutch botteren 'to beat, thump'


morpheme_key: botry

morpheme: botry

morpheme_head: botry

affix_form: botry-

meaning_definition: aggregate | collection | grape grouping

example_words_list_1: botrytis | botryoidal | botryomycosis

example_words_list_2: botrytis | botryoidal | botryomycosis

categorical_group_list: Botany, Shape

etymology: Greek botrys 'cluster of grapes'

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: bottle

morpheme: bottle

morpheme_head: bottle

affix_form: -bottle-

meaning_definition: container | vessel

example_words_list_1: bottleneck, bottling, bottler

example_words_corpus: bottled | bottler | bottlers | unbottle | rebottle | embottle

categorical_group_list: Container, Object

etymology: Old French botel/bouteille

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: bottom

morpheme: bottom

morpheme_head: bottom

affix_form: bottom-

sense_label: bottom

meaning_definition: bottom

example_words_list_1: bell-bottom, bellbottom, flat-bottom, rock-bottom, round-bottom, bottomless

example_words_corpus: bottoms | bottomy | bottomry | bottomed | bottomer | bottoming

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Position, Degree

etymology: Old English bōttum (bottom, base)


morpheme_key: botulism

morpheme: botulism

morpheme_head: botulism

affix_form: -botulism-

meaning_definition: botulism (poisoning) | toxin from Clostridium botulinum

example_words_list_1: botulism

example_words_corpus: botulisms | antibotulism

categorical_group_list: Disease, Biology, Toxicity

etymology: Named after the bacterium Clostridium botulinum


morpheme_key: bou

morpheme: bou

morpheme_head: bou

affix_form: -bou-

meaning_definition: cow, ox, milk

example_words_list_1: beef, boor, bovine, bucinator muscle

example_words_list_2: beef, boor, bovine, bucinator muscle

categorical_group_list: Animals, Agriculture

etymology: Latin 'bos' (genitive 'bovis') meaning 'cow, ox'


morpheme_key: boucher

morpheme: boucher

morpheme_head: boucher

affix_form: -boucher-

meaning_definition: butcher | slaughterer | one who kills

example_words_list_1: boucher, boucherie, bouchery

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Violence, Food preparation

etymology: From Old French 'bouchier' (butcher), derived from 'boucher' (to butcher), ultimately from Frankish or Old High German roots related to 'bucca' (cheek/jowl) or 'buccula' (little cheek), referring to the cheek of the animal being slaughtered.

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: bouffant

morpheme: bouffant

morpheme_head: bouffant

affix_form: -bouffant-

meaning_definition: puffed | swollen | voluminous

example_words_list_1: bouffant

example_words_corpus: bouffants | bouffanty

categorical_group_list: Shape, Texture, Appearance

etymology: French 'bouffant', from 'bouffer' 'to puff out'


morpheme_key: bough

morpheme: bough

morpheme_head: bough

affix_form: -bough-

meaning_definition: branch | limb of a tree

example_words_list_1: bough

example_words_corpus: boughs | boughy | boughed

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: Old English būg (bow, bend, or branch)


morpheme_key: bought

morpheme: bought

morpheme_head: bought

affix_form: -bought-

meaning_definition: acquired | purchased | obtained via payment

example_words_list_1: bought

example_words_corpus: boughts | boughten | unbought | overbought | shopbought | storebought

categorical_group_list: Acquisition, Commerce

etymology: Old English bycgan


morpheme_key: bouillabaisse

morpheme: bouillabaisse

morpheme_head: bouillabaisse

affix_form: -bouillabaisse-

meaning_definition: fish stew | Provencal soup

example_words_list_1: ['bouillabaisse']

example_words_corpus: bouillabaisses

categorical_group_list: Food, Culinary

etymology: Provençal 'bolhi' (to boil) + 'abaissar' (to lower)


morpheme_key: boulder

morpheme: boulder

morpheme_head: boulder

affix_form: -boulder-

meaning_definition: large rock | stone

example_words_list_1: boulder, bouldery, boulderite

example_words_corpus: boulders | bouldery | boulderer | boulderers | boulderlike | boulderless

categorical_group_list: Nature, Earth, Physical Object

etymology: Middle English 'boulder', related to 'boll' (lump/ball)


morpheme_key: boulevard

morpheme: boulevard

morpheme_head: boulevard

affix_form: -boulevard-

meaning_definition: wide street | thoroughfare

example_words_list_1: ['boulevard']

example_words_corpus: boulevards | boulevardlike

categorical_group_list: Location, Infrastructure

etymology: French 'boulevard' (originally a bulwark/rampart)


morpheme_key: boun

morpheme: boun

morpheme_head: boun

affix_form: boun-

meaning_definition: good

example_words_list_1: bountiful, bounty

example_words_list_2: bountiful, bounty

example_words_corpus: bouns

categorical_group_list: Positive, Abundance

etymology: Old French 'bon' (good)


morpheme_key: bounce

morpheme: bounce

morpheme_head: bounce

affix_form: -bounce-

meaning_definition: to spring back | to rebound | to move up and down

example_words_list_1: bouncing, bounced, bouncy

example_words_corpus: bouncer | bounced | bouncers | debounce | bounceth | debounced

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physicality

etymology: Middle English bouncen, from Old French bons (good/stout)


morpheme_key: bound

morpheme: bound

morpheme_head: bound

affix_form: -bound-

sense_label: tied

meaning_definition: tied | connected | fastened | limited

example_words_list_1: rebound, unbound, binding, rebound

example_words_corpus: bounds | bounded | inbound | bounder | bounden | upbound

categorical_group_list: Connection, Limitation, Attachment

etymology: Old English bunden, past participle of binden 'to bind'


morpheme_key: bounty

morpheme: bounty

morpheme_head: bounty

affix_form: -bounty-

meaning_definition: reward | prize | payment for capture

example_words_list_1: bountiful, bounties, unbountied

example_words_corpus: Bountygate | bountyless

categorical_group_list: Reward, Value, Transaction

etymology: Old French 'bonte' (goodness/generosity)


morpheme_key: bouquet

morpheme: bouquet

morpheme_head: bouquet

affix_form: -bouquet-

meaning_definition: a bunch | an arrangement | a cluster

example_words_list_1: bouquet

example_words_corpus: bouquets | bouquetlike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Collection

etymology: French bouquet 'a small bundle'


morpheme_key: bourbon

morpheme: bourbon

morpheme_head: bourbon

affix_form: -bourbon-

meaning_definition: a type of whiskey distilled primarily from corn

example_words_list_1: bourbon

example_words_corpus: bourbons | bourbonic | Bourbonic | Bourbonist | Bourbonism

categorical_group_list: Beverage, Substance

etymology: from Bourbon County, Kentucky, where the spirit was first aged and popularized in the late 18th century


morpheme_key: bourgeois

morpheme: bourgeois

morpheme_head: bourgeois

affix_form: -bourgeois-

meaning_definition: middle class | pertaining to the bourgeoisie

example_words_list_1: bourgeoisie, bourgeois, bourgeoisism

example_words_corpus: bourgeoise | bourgeoises | unbourgeois | bourgeoised | nonbourgeois | bourgeoising

categorical_group_list: Social Class, Socioeconomic Status

etymology: Old French 'borgeois' from 'bourg' (town)


morpheme_key: bourgeoisie

morpheme: bourgeoisie

morpheme_head: bourgeoisie

affix_form: -bourgeoisie-

meaning_definition: middle class | property-owning class

example_words_list_1: bourgeois, bourgeoisify, bourgeoisification, petit-bourgeoisie

example_words_corpus: bourgeoisies | narcobourgeoisie

categorical_group_list: Social Class, Socioeconomics

etymology: Old French 'borgeis' (dweller in a borough/town)


morpheme_key: bourn

morpheme: bourn

morpheme_head: bourn

affix_form: -bourn-

meaning_definition: boundary | limit | small stream

example_words_list_1: bourn, bourne

example_words_corpus: bourns | bournless

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Nature

etymology: Old English bùrn "stream" or bourn "boundary"


morpheme_key: bourse

morpheme: bourse

morpheme_head: bourse

affix_form: -bourse-

meaning_definition: exchange | stock market | purse

example_words_list_1: bourse

example_words_corpus: bourses

categorical_group_list: Finance, Commerce

etymology: Frankish *burse (purse/pouch)


morpheme_key: bous

morpheme: bous

morpheme_head: bous

affix_form: -bous

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: amorphous, atrophy, asexual

categorical_group_list: Negation, Morphology, Greek Loanword

etymology: Greek a- (alpha privative) + bous 'ox' (referring to the absence of horns)


morpheme_key: bout

morpheme: bout

morpheme_head: bout

affix_form: -bout-

meaning_definition: end | extremity | point | tip

example_words_list_1: bout, outbout

example_words_corpus: bouts | boutfit | boutfits | interbout

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Action

etymology: Old French 'bout' (end, extremity, or point)


morpheme_key: boutique

morpheme: boutique

morpheme_head: boutique

affix_form: -boutique-

meaning_definition: small | specialized | shop

example_words_list_1: boutique

example_words_corpus: boutiques | boutiquey | boutiquelike

categorical_group_list: Commerce, Place

etymology: French 'boutique' (shop)


morpheme_key: bov

morpheme: bov

morpheme_head: bov

affix_form: bov-

sense_label: cow

meaning_definition: cow | ox | milk

example_words_list_1: beef | boor | bovine | bucinator muscle

example_words_list_2: beef | boor | bovine | bucinator muscle

categorical_group_list: Animals, Livestock

etymology: Latin 'bos' (genitive 'bovis') meaning 'cow, ox'


morpheme_key: bovine

morpheme: bovine

morpheme_head: bovine

affix_form: -bovine-

meaning_definition: of or relating to cattle or oxen

example_words_list_1: bovine, bovinity

example_words_corpus: bovines | bovinely | nonbovine | antibovine

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: Latin bovinus, from bovus 'ox'


morpheme_key: bow

morpheme: bow

morpheme_head: bow

affix_form: -bow-

meaning_definition: to bend | curve | arc

example_words_list_1: elbow, bowline, bowsprit

example_words_corpus: bows | elbow | bower | bowed | oxbow | embow

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape, Physical action

etymology: Old English 'bugan' 'to bend'


morpheme_key: bowdler

morpheme: bowdler

morpheme_head: bowdler

affix_form: -bowdler-

meaning_definition: to remove offensive or objectionable material

example_words_list_1: bowdlerize, bowdlerization

example_words_corpus: bowdlerize | bowdlerise | Bowdlerise | bowdlerism | bowdlerizes | bowdlerised

categorical_group_list: Censorship, Modification

etymology: derived from Thomas Bowdler, who published a sanitized version of Shakespeare's plays


morpheme_key: bowel

morpheme: bowel

morpheme_head: bowel

affix_form: -bowel-

meaning_definition: intestine | gut

example_words_list_1: bowel

example_words_corpus: bowels | embowel | unbowel | disbowel | unbowels | nonbowel

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Old English 'bōwl'


morpheme_key: bower

morpheme: bower

morpheme_head: bower

affix_form: -bower-

meaning_definition: shelter | leafy enclosure | shady place

example_words_list_1: bower

example_words_corpus: imbowers | overbowering

categorical_group_list: Nature, Shelter

etymology: Old English 'bur' 'dwelling, house'


morpheme_key: bowes

morpheme: bowes

morpheme_head: bowes

affix_form: -bowes-

example_words_list_1: amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetry, atheist

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Core concept

etymology: Greek prefix a- (before a vowel) or an- (before a consonant) meaning 'not' or 'without'


morpheme_key: bowl

morpheme: bowl

morpheme_head: bowl

affix_form: -bowl-

meaning_definition: a deep, round container | a hollow depression

example_words_list_1: bowl, bowlful, fishbowl

example_words_corpus: bowls | bowler | bowled | embowl | bowling | bowlful

categorical_group_list: Container, Shape

etymology: Old English 'bolla' (hollow object, bowl)


morpheme_key: bowline

morpheme: bowline

morpheme_head: bowline

affix_form: -bowline-

meaning_definition: a type of knot | a loop at the end of a rope

example_words_list_1: ['bowline']

example_words_corpus: bowlines

categorical_group_list: Nautical, Knot

etymology: From Middle English 'bowline', referring to a rope used to fasten the bow of a sail to the yard.


morpheme_key: box

morpheme: box

morpheme_head: box

affix_form: -box-

meaning_definition: container | receptacle

example_words_list_1: toolbox, mailbox, shoebox

example_words_corpus: abox | boxy | boxer | boxen | boxed | boxes

categorical_group_list: Object, Container

etymology: Middle English boxe


morpheme_key: boy

morpheme: boy

morpheme_head: boy

affix_form: -boy-

meaning_definition: male child | young male

example_words_list_1: boyish, boyhood, schoolboy

example_words_corpus: boys | boyz | boysy | unboy | boyly | cowboy

categorical_group_list: Human, Age, Gender

etymology: Old English 'bōy' (boy, servant), of unknown origin, possibly from Old French 'boi' (boy, servant) or a Germanic root related to 'bōwan' (to dwell)


morpheme_key: boycott

morpheme: boycott

morpheme_head: boycott

affix_form: -boycott-

meaning_definition: refuse to engage with | protest by withdrawal

example_words_list_1: boycott, boycotting, boycotted

example_words_corpus: boycotts | boycotted | boycotter | boycottee | boycotting | boycotters

categorical_group_list: Action, Protest, Social movement

etymology: Eponymous; named after Captain Charles Boycott


morpheme_key: boyer

morpheme: boyer

morpheme_head: boyer

affix_form: -boyer-

meaning_definition: boy | young man | youth

example_words_list_1: boyer, boyhood, boyish

categorical_group_list: Person, Age, Gender

etymology: From Old French 'boiel' or 'bueil', diminutive of 'bois' (wood) or related to 'belle' (beautiful), originally referring to a young man or lover.


morpheme_key: bra

morpheme: bra

morpheme_head: bra

affix_form: bra

meaning_definition: a women's undergarment for breast support | a shortened form of brassiere | a type of supportive undergarment

example_words_list_1: brami | braless | handbra | demibra | unbraed | bralette

etymology: Clipping of French 'brassière', a term for a supportive undergarment.

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: brace

morpheme: brace

morpheme_head: brace

affix_form: -brace-

allomorphs: brac

meaning_definition: supporting part

example_words_list_1: brace (all senses), bracelet, bracer, bracero, embrace

example_words_corpus: bracer | braces | braced | embrace | unbrace | bracers

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physicality

etymology: Latin bracchium 'arm, forearm'


morpheme_key: brachi

morpheme: brachi

morpheme_head: brachi

affix_form: brachi-

allomorphs: brach | brachio

sense_label: arm

meaning_definition: arm

example_words_list_1: brachial, brachiation, brachium

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: bracchium | βραχίων (brakhíōn)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Latin from Greek

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: brachy

morpheme: brachy

morpheme_head: brachy

affix_form: brachy-

sense_label: short

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: denoting brevity | referring to the abbreviated segment of the arm | or the upper arm region | applied in its primary sense or to signify the arm | conveying 'short' or, less frequently, 'small'

example_words_list_1: brachycephalic | brachycardia | amphibrach | brachistochrone | brachycephaly | brachydactyly | brachyury | dibrach | tribrach | brachycranial | brachydactylic | brachylogy | brachypterous | brachyuran

example_words_list_2: brachycardia | amphibrach | brachistochrone | brachycephaly | brachydactyly | brachyury | dibrach | tribrach | brachycephalic | brachycranial | brachydactylic | brachylogy | brachypterous | brachyuran

example_words_corpus: brachylogy | brachydome | brachydomes | brachyblast | brachyodont | brachyfacial

categorical_group_list: Attribute adder | Descriptives | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: brach

etymology: Greek βραχύς (brakhús) | short | little | shallow | βραχύς (brakhús) | Greek bradys : slow | Greek brachys : short

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: bracket

morpheme: bracket

morpheme_head: bracket

affix_form: -bracket-

meaning_definition: enclosure | support | brace

example_words_list_1: bracket, bracketing, brackets

example_words_corpus: brackety | bracketry | unbracket | bracketing | unbrackets | bracketers

categorical_group_list: Structure, Containment

etymology: Latin 'bracchium' meaning 'arm' or 'forearm', referring to the curved shape resembling an arm or the supporting structure of a bracket.


morpheme_key: bract

morpheme: bract

morpheme_head: bract

affix_form: -bract-

meaning_definition: leaf-like structure | scale-like leaf

example_words_list_1: bracteate, bracteolar, bracteole

example_words_corpus: bracts | bracted | bractlet | bractlets | bractless | bractiform

categorical_group_list: Botany, Anatomy

etymology: Latin bractea "small plate, thin sheet of metal"


morpheme_key: brady

morpheme: brady

morpheme_head: brady

affix_form: brady-

allomorphs: bradys

sense_label: slow

meaning_definition: sluggish | delayed

example_words_list_1: bradycardia | bradysuria | bradytelic | bradykinin | bradylogia

example_words_corpus: bradypnea | bradytroph | bradyseism | bradylalia | bradyzoite | bradypnoea

categorical_group_list: Descriptives

etymology: Greek βραδύς (bradús) | slow | βραδύς (bradús) | βράδος (brádos)


morpheme_key: brag

morpheme: brag

morpheme_head: brag

affix_form: -brag-

meaning_definition: to boast | to gloat | to express excessive pride

example_words_list_1: brag, bragging, braggart

example_words_corpus: brags | braggy | bragger | bragged | outbrag | braggie

categorical_group_list: Communication, Emotion, Social behavior

etymology: Middle English braggen; origin uncertain, possibly related to 'brag' (to boast) or imitative.


morpheme_key: braggadocio

morpheme: braggadocio

morpheme_head: braggadocio

affix_form: -braggadocio-

meaning_definition: boastfulness | arrogance | bragging

example_words_list_1: braggadocious

categorical_group_list: Personality, Behavior

etymology: Spanish braggadocio (from bravado/brag)

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: braggart

morpheme: braggart

morpheme_head: braggart

affix_form: -braggart-

meaning_definition: one who boasts | boastful person

example_words_list_1: braggart

example_words_corpus: braggarts | braggartry | braggartly | braggartism

categorical_group_list: Agent, Personality trait

etymology: Middle English braggart, from brag (to boast)


morpheme_key: braid

morpheme: braid

morpheme_head: braid

affix_form: -braid-

meaning_definition: intertwine | weave | plait

example_words_list_1: braided, braiding, braidwork

example_words_corpus: abraid | upbraid | abraids | braided | unbraid | braider

categorical_group_list: Physical action, Texture

etymology: Middle English 'brede' or 'braid'


morpheme_key: braille

morpheme: braille

morpheme_head: braille

affix_form: -braille-

meaning_definition: tactile writing system | raised dots

example_words_list_1: braille

example_words_corpus: brailler | brailles | braillers | nonbraille

categorical_group_list: Communication, Writing, Sensory

etymology: Proper name of Louis Braille


morpheme_key: brain

morpheme: brain

morpheme_head: brain

affix_form: -brain-

meaning_definition: the soft substance enclosed in the skull of vertebrates | the intellectual faculty

example_words_list_1: brainless, brainwave, brainstem

example_words_corpus: brainy | brains | brained | debrain | brainer | brainal

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Cognition

etymology: Old English 'brægen'


morpheme_key: braise

morpheme: braise

morpheme_head: braise

affix_form: -braise-

meaning_definition: to fry | to cook | to sear

example_words_list_1: braise, braised

example_words_corpus: braises | braised | braiser | braisers

categorical_group_list: Cooking, Action

etymology: Middle French braire 'to fry'


morpheme_key: brake

morpheme: brake

morpheme_head: brake

affix_form: -brake-

meaning_definition: to stop | to slow | to interrupt

example_words_list_1: brake, braking, braked

example_words_corpus: braked | unbrake | airbrake | brakeman | unbraked | unbrakes

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action, Obstruction

etymology: Middle English breken, from Old English brecan 'to break'


morpheme_key: bran

morpheme: bran

morpheme_head: bran

affix_form: -bran-

meaning_definition: branch | division | offshoot

example_words_list_1: branch, branching, branchlet, branchy, branchless

example_words_corpus: brans | branny | branmeal | branlike | brantail | brantails

categorical_group_list: Botany, Structure, Division

etymology: From Old English 'branc' (branch, bough), from Proto-Germanic '*branxaz', related to 'branch' and 'branching'.


morpheme_key: branch

morpheme: branch

morpheme_head: branch

affix_form: -branch-

sense_label: gill

meaning_definition: gill

example_words_list_1: branchiopneustic, branchiopod, nudibranch, branchiopodan, branchiopodous

example_words_corpus: branchy | branched | brancher | debranch | branching | subbranch

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: βράγχιον (bránkhion)


affix_form: -branch

sense_label: has gills of type {prev}

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: has gills of type {prev}

example_words_list_1: nudibranch

example_words_list_2: nudibranch

categorical_group_list: Attribute adder

ancestor_etymon: branch

etymology: Latin branchia 'gills' (from Greek branchia)


morpheme_key: branchi

morpheme: branchi

morpheme_head: branchi

affix_form: branchi-

meaning_definition: respiratory organ in aquatic animals | respiratory organs in aquatic animals

example_words_list_1: branchiopneustic | branchiopod | nudibranch | branchiopodan | branchiopodous | abranchiate | branchiae | Elasmobranchii | tetrabranchiate

etymology: βράγχιον (bránkhion) | Greek branchia : gills


morpheme_key: branchio

morpheme: branchio

morpheme_head: branchio

affix_form: branchio-

example_words_list_1: branchiopneustic | branchiopod | nudibranch | branchiopodan | branchiopodous

example_words_list_2: branchiopneustic, branchiopod, nudibranch, branchiopodan, branchiopodous

example_words_corpus: branchioma | branchiomas | Branchiopoda | branchiomere | branchiogenic | branchiomeric


morpheme_key: brand

morpheme: brand

morpheme_head: brand

affix_form: -brand-

meaning_definition: scorch with heat | blunt weapon | distinctive symbol | identifier | emblem

example_words_list_1: brand-new, brandish, brandy, branding iron

example_words_list_2: brand (all senses), brandish, brandling, brand-new, brandy, firebrand

example_words_corpus: brands | rebrand | branded | brander | cobrand | debrand

categorical_group_list: Fire, Weaponry, Marking

etymology: Middle English Old English brand, brond : flame, torch, sword


morpheme_key: brandt

morpheme: brandt

morpheme_head: brandt

affix_form: -brandt-

meaning_definition: brand | battle | war

example_words_list_1: brand, brandish, brandy, branding iron

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Combat, Fire

etymology: From Old English 'brand' meaning 'sword' or 'flame', derived from Proto-Germanic '*brandaz'.


morpheme_key: brandy

morpheme: brandy

morpheme_head: brandy

affix_form: brandy

meaning_definition: a distilled alcoholic beverage made from wine or fermented fruit | a type of spirit | a strong liquor

example_words_list_1: brandyless | brandylike

example_words_corpus: brandyless | brandylike

etymology: Derived from Dutch 'brandewijn', meaning 'burnt wine' (from 'branden' to burn + 'wijn' wine).

etymological_family: Dutch


morpheme_key: braque

morpheme: braque

morpheme_head: braque

affix_form: -braque-

meaning_definition: dog

example_words_list_1: braque, basset, beagle, bloodhound

categorical_group_list: Animal, Canine

etymology: Latin canis, canis 'dog'


morpheme_key: brash

morpheme: brash

morpheme_head: brash

affix_form: -brash-

meaning_definition: impudent | reckless | blunt

example_words_list_1: brash

example_words_corpus: brashy | brashly | brashness | stonebrash | brashnesses

etymology: Middle English brash (meaning 'brittle' or 'broken'), likely related to 'brash' (noisy/impudent)


morpheme_key: brass

morpheme: brass

morpheme_head: brass

affix_form: -brass-

meaning_definition: limb | appendage

example_words_list_1: brassard, brassiere

example_words_list_2: brassard, brassiere

example_words_corpus: brassy | brassie | brasses | brassen | brassies | brassily

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old French brassiere 'arm band', from bras 'arm'


morpheme_key: brasserie

morpheme: brasserie

morpheme_head: brasserie

affix_form: -brasserie-

meaning_definition: brewery | bar | restaurant

example_words_list_1: brasserie, brasseries

categorical_group_list: Food and Drink, Establishment

etymology: French brasserie, from brasser 'to brew'


morpheme_key: brat

morpheme: brat

morpheme_head: brat

affix_form: -brat-

meaning_definition: edible flesh from animals

example_words_list_1: bratwurst, sauerbraten

example_words_list_2: bratwurst, sauerbraten

example_words_corpus: brats | bratty | fanbrat | bratling | brattily | brattish

categorical_group_list: Food, Animal products

etymology: OHG brato : meat

ancestor_etymon_language: Old High German


morpheme_key: bratwurst

morpheme: bratwurst

morpheme_head: bratwurst

affix_form: -bratwurst-

meaning_definition: bratwurst

example_words_list_1: bratwurst

example_words_corpus: bratwursts

categorical_group_list: Food, Meat

etymology: From Middle High German brâtwürst, from brâwen 'to roast' + Würst 'sausage'.

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: braun

morpheme: braun

morpheme_head: braun

affix_form: -braun-

meaning_definition: brown

example_words_list_1: brown, brownish, brownie

example_words_corpus: braunite | braunites

categorical_group_list: Color

etymology: Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from PIE *bhrūnos

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: brave

morpheme: brave

morpheme_head: brave

affix_form: -brave-

allomorphs: brav

meaning_definition: valiant | courageous | splendid | bold

example_words_list_1: bravery, bravely, braver

example_words_corpus: braves | braved | braven | bravely | embrave | unbrave

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Character Trait

etymology: Old French 'brave' (valiant, splendid)


morpheme_key: bravura

morpheme: bravura

morpheme_head: bravura

affix_form: -bravura-

meaning_definition: bravado | showy skill | virtuosity

example_words_list_1: bravura, bravura performance, display of bravura

categorical_group_list: Skill, Performance, Excellence

etymology: Italian bravura (skill, mastery)

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: brawl

morpheme: brawl

morpheme_head: brawl

affix_form: -brawl-

meaning_definition: a violent fight | a noisy quarrel

example_words_list_1: brawl, brawling, brawler

example_words_corpus: brawls | brawly | brawler | brawled | brawlers | brawling

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Action

etymology: imitative of the sounds of fighting


morpheme_key: brawn

morpheme: brawn

morpheme_head: brawn

affix_form: -brawn-

meaning_definition: physical strength | muscular power

example_words_list_1: brawn

example_words_corpus: brawny | brawns | brawner | brawners | brawnily | brawniness

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Strength

etymology: Middle English 'brawn', from Old French 'braon' 'flesh, muscle'


morpheme_key: bray

morpheme: bray

morpheme_head: bray

affix_form: -bray-

meaning_definition: to make a loud, harsh cry | sound of a donkey

example_words_list_1: bray

example_words_corpus: brays | brayer | brayed | outbray | brayings | outbrays

categorical_group_list: Sound, Animal behavior

etymology: imitative of the sound


morpheme_key: braze

morpheme: braze

morpheme_head: braze

affix_form: -braze-

meaning_definition: to coat with brass | to alloy with copper and zinc

example_words_list_1: brazed

example_words_corpus: brazer | brazed | brazes | brazers

categorical_group_list: Material, Action

etymology: From 'brass' (Middle English 'brasse')


morpheme_key: brazen

morpheme: brazen

morpheme_head: brazen

affix_form: -brazen-

meaning_definition: made of | containing | characterized by

example_words_list_1: brazenly, brazenness

categorical_group_list: Material, Quality

etymology: Old English bræsen, from bræs 'brass'


morpheme_key: brazier

morpheme: brazier

morpheme_head: brazier

affix_form: -brazier-

meaning_definition: large metal container for burning fuel | hearth

example_words_list_1: brazier

example_words_corpus: braziers | brazierlike

categorical_group_list: Object, Fire, Container

etymology: Middle French 'brasier' from 'braise' (live coal)


morpheme_key: breach

morpheme: breach

morpheme_head: breach

affix_form: -breach-

meaning_definition: break | rupture | gap | violation

example_words_list_1: breach, breach of contract, breach of promise, breach of trust, breach of warranty, breach of the peace, breach of duty, breach of faith, breach of confidence, breach of obligation

example_words_corpus: breachy | breaches | breached | breacher | breaching | prebreach

categorical_group_list: Disruption, Physicality, Violation

etymology: Old French breche 'gap, break'


morpheme_key: bread

morpheme: bread

morpheme_head: bread

affix_form: -bread-

meaning_definition: food made of flour and water | baked dough

example_words_list_1: bread, breadcrumb, breadstick

example_words_corpus: breads | bready | breaded | breaden | breader | breadbox

categorical_group_list: Food, Sustenance

etymology: Old English brēad 'slice, piece, morsel'


morpheme_key: breadth

morpheme: breadth

morpheme_head: breadth

affix_form: -breadth-

meaning_definition: distance from side to side | width | extent

example_words_list_1: ['breadth']

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Measurement

etymology: Old English brædnes, from bræd 'broad'


morpheme_key: break

morpheme: break

morpheme_head: break

affix_form: -break-

meaning_definition: cause something to fracture or split apart | disrupt or interrupt continuity | terminate a relationship or agreement

example_words_list_1: break | breakable | breakage | breakaway | breakdown | breaker | break-even | breakfast | breakfront | break-in | breakneck | breakout | breakthrough | breakup | breakwater | outbreak | unbreakable | brake | breach

example_words_corpus: breaky | upbreak | breaker | breakup | tobreak | unbreak

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Old English brecan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- 'to break'


morpheme_key: breast

morpheme: breast

morpheme_head: breast

affix_form: breast

meaning_definition: The physical chest area | The figurative center of emotions and feelings | The innermost thoughts and heart

example_words_list_1: abreast | breasts | breasty | breasted | unbreast | breastie

etymology: Derived from Old English 'brōst' meaning chest or breast.


morpheme_key: breath

morpheme: breath

morpheme_head: breath

affix_form: -breath-

meaning_definition: respiration | air | life

example_words_list_1: breathless, breathing, breathalyzer

example_words_corpus: breaths | breathy | breathed | breathly | breathily | dogbreath

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Nature, Physicality

etymology: Old English bræth 'breath, respiration'


morpheme_key: breech

morpheme: breech

morpheme_head: breech

affix_form: -breech-

meaning_definition: back part | rear | opening

example_words_list_1: breach, breech, breechcloth, breechblock

example_words_corpus: unbreech | breeching | nonbreech | breechings | breechless | breechcloth

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Position, Physical state

etymology: Middle English breche, from Old English bryce 'a break, fracture'


morpheme_key: breed

morpheme: breed

morpheme_head: breed

affix_form: -breed-

meaning_definition: to produce offspring | type of animal | lineage

example_words_list_1: breeding, breeder, breedable

example_words_corpus: breeds | breedy | upbreed | breeder | inbreed | breeded

categorical_group_list: Biology, Lineage, Creation

etymology: Old English brēdan "to bring forth, breed, produce"


morpheme_key: breeze

morpheme: breeze

morpheme_head: breeze

affix_form: -breeze-

meaning_definition: light wind | gentle air

example_words_list_1: breeze

example_words_corpus: breezed | breezen | breezeway

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Motion

etymology: Middle English 'brese', related to Old English 'brēas'


morpheme_key: brest

morpheme: brest

morpheme_head: brest

affix_form: -brest-

meaning_definition: breast | chest

example_words_list_1: breastplate, breastbone, breastfeed, breaststroke

example_words_corpus: brests

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: From Old English 'brēost', meaning breast or chest, from Proto-Germanic '*brēstaz'.


morpheme_key: breton

morpheme: breton

morpheme_head: breton

affix_form: -breton-

meaning_definition: Breton | of Brittany | from Brittany

example_words_list_1: Breton

example_words_corpus: Bretonian

categorical_group_list: Proper noun, Locative, Ethnonym

etymology: From the name of the region Brittany (Breton: Breizh)

ancestor_etymon_language: Brittonic


morpheme_key: brett

morpheme: brett

morpheme_head: brett

affix_form: -brett-

meaning_definition: board | table | plank

example_words_list_1: brettspiel, brettspielerei

categorical_group_list: Object, Furniture, Material

etymology: Old English 'bret' meaning board, plank, or table


morpheme_key: brev

morpheme: brev

morpheme_head: brev

affix_form: brev-

sense_label: brief

bound_free_or_root: stem

meaning_definition: brief | short in duration | relating to 2/2 time with the half-note as the beat

example_words_list_1: brevity, abbreviate, breve

ancestor_etymon: bri

etymology: brevis | breviare | OItalian brigare : to contend | to struggle briga : strife | quarrel


morpheme_key: brevet

morpheme: brevet

morpheme_head: brevet

affix_form: -brevet-

meaning_definition: shortened | abbreviated | summary

example_words_list_1: breviary, brevity, abridge, abbreviate, brief

example_words_corpus: brevets | brevetcy | breveted | breveting | brevetted | unbreveted

categorical_group_list: Reduction, Information

etymology: French 'brevet' (patent, warrant, or brief summary)


morpheme_key: brevity

morpheme: brevity

morpheme_head: brevity

affix_form: -brevity-

meaning_definition: shortness | conciseness | briefness

example_words_list_1: brevity, brief, breviloquent, abbreviate, abbreviature

example_words_corpus: brevities

categorical_group_list: Size, Duration, Quality

etymology: Latin brevis 'short'


morpheme_key: brew

morpheme: brew

morpheme_head: brew

affix_form: -brew-

meaning_definition: to boil | to prepare a drink | to concoct

example_words_list_1: brew, brewer, brewery, brewing

example_words_corpus: brews | brewed | rebrew | brewery | brewing | brewpub

categorical_group_list: Action, Preparation, Liquid

etymology: Old English brēwan 'to boil, decoct'


morpheme_key: bri

morpheme: bri

morpheme_head: bri

affix_form: bri-

meaning_definition: concise | compact

example_words_list_1: abridge | brief

example_words_list_2: abridge | brief

categorical_group_list: Size, Duration

etymology: Latin brevis 'short, brief'


morpheme_key: briar

morpheme: briar

morpheme_head: briar

affix_form: -briar-

meaning_definition: brier | bramble | thorny shrub

example_words_list_1: briar, briarwood

example_words_corpus: briars | briarwood | briarwoods

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: Old English brer 'brier, bramble'


morpheme_key: bribe

morpheme: bribe

morpheme_head: bribe

affix_form: -bribe-

meaning_definition: to give money or a gift to influence someone's behavior

example_words_list_1: bribe, bribed, bribing, bribery

categorical_group_list: Corruption, Transaction, Influence

etymology: from Latin 'bribare' meaning 'to give a gratuity', possibly from Old French 'bribe' meaning 'a morsel of food'


morpheme_key: brick

morpheme: brick

morpheme_head: brick

affix_form: -brick-

meaning_definition: block of baked clay | solid mass | building material

example_words_list_1: brickwork, bricklayer, bricklayer

example_words_corpus: bricks | bricky | brickie | bricker | unbrick | rebrick

categorical_group_list: Material, Construction

etymology: Old English brēc


morpheme_key: bride

morpheme: bride

morpheme_head: bride

affix_form: -bride-

meaning_definition: woman | female | spouse

example_words_list_1: bride, bridegroom, bridzilla

example_words_corpus: brides | brided | bridely | bridebed | bridegift | brideless

categorical_group_list: Human, Kinship, Social Role

etymology: Old English brȳd


morpheme_key: bridge

morpheme: bridge

morpheme_head: bridge

affix_form: -bridge-

meaning_definition: connection | link | span

example_words_list_1: bridge, bridgework, footbridge

example_words_corpus: bridges | bridged | bridger | bridgey | bridgers | unbridged

categorical_group_list: Connection, Structure

etymology: Old English brycg


morpheme_key: brief

morpheme: brief

morpheme_head: brief

affix_form: -brief-

meaning_definition: short | concise | fleeting

example_words_list_1: brief, briefing, brevity

example_words_corpus: briefs | briefly | briefer | debrief | briefed | rebrief

categorical_group_list: Duration, Size

etymology: Old French bref 'short, concise'


morpheme_key: brig

morpheme: brig

morpheme_head: brig

affix_form: -brig-

meaning_definition: two-masted warship | vessel for detaining captives | gang of thieves

example_words_list_1: brig, brigade, brigadier, brigand, brigantine

example_words_corpus: brigs

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Group, Military

etymology: From Latin 'brigantia' (high, lofty) or 'brigare' (to plunder), likely via Old French 'brigand' and 'brigade'. The core semantic link is 'high' (status/height) evolving into 'robber' (one who operates from high ground or is elevated in status) and 'military unit' (organized group).


morpheme_key: brigade

morpheme: brigade

morpheme_head: brigade

affix_form: -brigade-

meaning_definition: group | unit | formation

example_words_list_1: brigade

example_words_corpus: brigades | brigaded | brigader | brigaders | unbrigaded | subbrigade

categorical_group_list: Collective, Military

etymology: Italian brigata (company, troop)


morpheme_key: brigand

morpheme: brigand

morpheme_head: brigand

affix_form: -brigand-

meaning_definition: robber | bandit | outlaw

example_words_list_1: brigand

example_words_corpus: brigands | brigandish | brigandism | brigandess | brigandisms

categorical_group_list: Person, Criminal

etymology: Old French 'brigand' from 'brigand' (mercenary/robber)


morpheme_key: bright

morpheme: bright

morpheme_head: bright

affix_form: -bright-

meaning_definition: shining | luminous | radiant | intelligent

example_words_list_1: brighten, brightness, brightly

example_words_corpus: brights | brightly | brighten | unbright | brightens | eyebright

categorical_group_list: Light, Perception, Intelligence

etymology: Old English beorht 'bright, shining'


morpheme_key: brill

morpheme: brill

morpheme_head: brill

affix_form: -brill-

allomorphs: brilli

meaning_definition: bright | shining | sparkling

example_words_list_1: brilliant, brilliancy

example_words_corpus: brills

categorical_group_list: Light, Appearance

etymology: Latin 'brillans' (present participle of 'brillere' meaning 'to shine')


morpheme_key: brim

morpheme: brim

morpheme_head: brim

affix_form: -brim-

meaning_definition: edge | border | margin

example_words_list_1: brim, brimful, brimstone

example_words_corpus: brims | abrim | brimful | brimmed | brimmer | brimming

categorical_group_list: Boundary, Physical space

etymology: Old English 'brim' (surface of the sea, margin, edge)


morpheme_key: brindle

morpheme: brindle

morpheme_head: brindle

affix_form: -brindle-

meaning_definition: streaked | spotted | variegated

example_words_list_1: brindle

example_words_corpus: brindled | brindles

categorical_group_list: Appearance, Pattern

etymology: Middle English brindle (streaked, spotted)


morpheme_key: brine

morpheme: brine

morpheme_head: brine

affix_form: -brine-

meaning_definition: salt water | salty liquid

example_words_list_1: brine, briny

example_words_corpus: brined | brines | briner | debrine | embrine | briners

categorical_group_list: Nature, Liquid, Salinity

etymology: Old English brīne 'sea, brine'


morpheme_key: bring

morpheme: bring

morpheme_head: bring

affix_form: -bring-

meaning_definition: to carry or accompany to a place | to cause to come

example_words_list_1: bring, bringing, brings

example_words_corpus: brings | bringer | upbring | bringed | inbring | bringing

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *bringaną (to bring, cause to come), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to carry, bear). Cognates include Old English beran, Old High German brinnan, and Gothic briggan.

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: brink

morpheme: brink

morpheme_head: brink

affix_form: -brink-

meaning_definition: edge | margin | verge

example_words_list_1: brink

example_words_corpus: brinks | brinksman | brinkless | brinkmanship | brinkmanships

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Boundary

etymology: Middle English brink (edge, margin)


morpheme_key: brisk

morpheme: brisk

morpheme_head: brisk

affix_form: -brisk-

meaning_definition: lively | active | brisk

example_words_list_1: brisk, briskly, briskness

example_words_corpus: brisky | brisks | briskly | brisked | brisken | brisking

categorical_group_list: Speed, Vitality, Temperature

etymology: Middle English brisk (active, lively)


morpheme_key: brisket

morpheme: brisket

morpheme_head: brisket

affix_form: -brisket-

meaning_definition: part of the beef brisket | cut of meat

example_words_list_1: ['brisket']

example_words_corpus: briskets

categorical_group_list: Food, Meat

etymology: Middle English 'brisket', possibly related to 'brisk' (lively/active)


morpheme_key: bristol

morpheme: bristol

morpheme_head: bristol

affix_form: -bristol-

meaning_definition: Bristol

example_words_list_1: Bristol, Bristolian, Bristolianism

example_words_corpus: bristols | Bristolian

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Toponym

etymology: Proper noun derived from the city of Bristol in England, historically known for its bridge over the River Avon.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: britain

morpheme: britain

morpheme_head: britain

affix_form: -britain-

meaning_definition: Great Britain | United Kingdom

example_words_list_1: British, Briton, Britannia

example_words_corpus: Brexit | Brexiter | regrexit

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Geography

etymology: From Latin 'Britannia', referring to the island of Britain, likely derived from the Celtic name 'Pretani' or 'Bretani' for the inhabitants.


morpheme_key: brittle

morpheme: brittle

morpheme_head: brittle

affix_form: -brittle-

meaning_definition: easily broken | fragile | brittle

example_words_list_1: brittle, brittleness

example_words_corpus: brittles | embrittle | brittlely | embrittled | embrittles | nonbrittle

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property, Fragility

etymology: Middle English britel, from Old English brytel


morpheme_key: broach

morpheme: broach

morpheme_head: broach

affix_form: broach

meaning_definition: to open | to create an opening | to pierce

example_words_list_1: abroach | broached | broaches | broacher | broaching | broachers

etymology: From Old English 'brācian', meaning 'to pierce or open'.


morpheme_key: broad

morpheme: broad

morpheme_head: broad

affix_form: -broad-

sense_label: wide

meaning_definition: wide | extensive | large in area

example_words_list_1: broaden, broadband, widespread

example_words_corpus: abroad | broads | broaden | broadly | broadest | broadens

categorical_group_list: Size, Dimension, Scope

etymology: Old English brād 'wide, large'


morpheme_key: broadway

morpheme: broadway

morpheme_head: broadway

affix_form: -broadway-

meaning_definition: theatrical | musical | performance

example_words_list_1: broadway, broadway-style

categorical_group_list: Entertainment, Proper Noun

etymology: Proper noun referring to Broadway, New York


morpheme_key: broc

morpheme: broc

morpheme_head: broc

affix_form: broc

allomorphs: broch

sense_label: brocade-like fabric

meaning_definition: fabric resembling brocade | interlaced | surface patterned

example_words_list_1: brocade, brocatelle, broccoli, broché, brochette, brochure, brocket

categorical_group_list: Textile, Material, Texture

etymology: From French broche 'brocade', from Old French brochier 'to weave', of Germanic origin


affix_form: broc-

sense_label: rain, wet

meaning_definition: precipitation | dampness

example_words_list_1: embrocation, embrocate

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: ἐμβροχή (embrokhḗ)


morpheme_key: brocade

morpheme: brocade

morpheme_head: brocade

affix_form: -brocade-

meaning_definition: richly patterned fabric | heavy woven fabric

example_words_list_1: brocade

example_words_corpus: brocaded | brocades | unbrocaded | brocadelike

categorical_group_list: Material, Textile

etymology: Italian 'broccato', from 'broccare' 'to embroider'


morpheme_key: broccoli

morpheme: broccoli

morpheme_head: broccoli

affix_form: -broccoli-

meaning_definition: broccoli | green vegetable

example_words_list_1: broccoli

example_words_corpus: broccolilike

categorical_group_list: Food, Plant

etymology: Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo 'sprout, bud', from brocco 'point, spike', from Frankish *brokko or similar Germanic source


morpheme_key: brochure

morpheme: brochure

morpheme_head: brochure

affix_form: -brochure-

meaning_definition: a small booklet or pamphlet | printed information

example_words_list_1: brochure

example_words_corpus: brochures | brochureware

categorical_group_list: Communication, Print media

etymology: French brochure, from brocher 'to stitch' (from Vulgar Latin *bricare)


morpheme_key: brogue

morpheme: brogue

morpheme_head: brogue

affix_form: -brogue-

meaning_definition: accent | dialect | pronunciation

example_words_list_1: brogue

example_words_corpus: brogues | brogued | broguey

categorical_group_list: Speech, Sound, Identity

etymology: Irish 'brugh' (bad/rough pronunciation)

ancestor_etymon_language: Irish


morpheme_key: broil

morpheme: broil

morpheme_head: broil

affix_form: -broil-

meaning_definition: to cook by exposing to direct heat | to roast | to burn intensely

example_words_list_1: broil, broiling, broiled

example_words_corpus: broils | broiler | broiled | broiling | broilers | broileth

categorical_group_list: Cooking, Heat, Destruction

etymology: Middle English broilen, from Old French broilier


morpheme_key: broke

morpheme: broke

morpheme_head: broke

affix_form: -broke-

meaning_definition: fractured | separated | broken into pieces

example_words_list_1: broken, breakup, bankrupt, bankrupted, bankruptcy

example_words_corpus: broken | Broken | broker | broket | broked | brokes

categorical_group_list: Fracture, Disruption, Separation

etymology: Old English bræc, past participle of brecan 'to break'


morpheme_key: broken

morpheme: broken

morpheme_head: broken

affix_form: broken-

meaning_definition: broken

example_words_list_1: broken-backed, broken-down, broken-field, broken_in, brokenhearted

categorical_group_list: Disruption, Damage, Fragmentation

etymology: Old English bræcan 'to break'


morpheme_key: bromo

morpheme: brom(o)

morpheme_head: brom

affix_form: brom-

allomorphs: brom(o)

sense_label: bromine

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: chemical element bromine

example_words_list_1: bromine, bromic, bromate

example_words_corpus: bromofos | bromoform | bromopnea | bromosugar | bromopride | bromoderma

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Odor

ancestor_etymon: βρῶμος  OED

etymology: combining form of bromine n., < Greek βρῶμος stink OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: broma

morpheme: broma

morpheme_head: broma

affix_form: broma-

allomorphs: bromo

meaning_definition: food

example_words_list_1: bromatium, bromateccrisis, bromatherapy, bromatology, bromography

categorical_group_list: Nutrition, Biology

etymology: βρῶμα (brôma)


morpheme_key: bromide

morpheme: bromide

morpheme_head: bromide

affix_form: -bromide-

meaning_definition: bromide (chemical compound)

example_words_list_1: bromide, brominated, bromides

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Elements

etymology: Greek bromos 'stench'


morpheme_key: bromine

morpheme: bromine

morpheme_head: bromine

affix_form: -bromine-

meaning_definition: bromine (chemical element)

example_words_list_1: bromine, brominated, bromic

example_words_corpus: bromines | dibromine | nonbromine

etymology: Greek bromos "stench"


morpheme_key: bronch

morpheme: bronch

morpheme_head: bronch

affix_form: bronch-

allomorphs: bronch(i) | broncho | bronchus

meaning_definition: airway | pharyngeal area | pulmonary organ | bronchial passage

example_words_list_1: bronchia | bronchial | bronchiole | bronchion | bronchitis | bronchomalacia | bronchopneumonia | bronchus | bronchoscope | bronchoscopic | bronchospasm | tracheobronchomalacia

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Respiratory system

etymology: βρόγχος (brónkhos) | βρόγχια (brónkhia) | Greek bronchos : windpipe


morpheme_key: bronchi

morpheme: bronchi

morpheme_head: bronchi

affix_form: bronchi-

sense_label: windpipe, throat, lung

meaning_definition: windpipe, throat, lung

example_words_list_1: bronchia, bronchial, bronchiole, bronchion, bronchitis, bronchomalacia, bronchopneumonia, bronchus, bronchoscope, bronchoscopic, bronchospasm

etymology: βρόγχος (brónkhos), βρόγχια (brónkhia)


morpheme_key: bronchio

morpheme: bronchio

morpheme_head: bronchio

affix_form: bronchio-

meaning_definition: airway | pharynx | pulmonary organ | bronchial tubes

example_words_list_1: bronchiole, bronchiectasis

example_words_corpus: bronchioalveolar

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Respiratory

ancestor_etymon: βρόγχια  OED

etymology: βρόγχος (brónkhos) | βρόγχια (brónkhia) | combining form of bronchia n ... < Greek βρόγχια (neuter plural) the ramifications of the windpipe OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED


morpheme_key: bronco

morpheme: bronco

morpheme_head: bronco

affix_form: -bronco-

meaning_definition: wild | untamed | unbroke

example_words_list_1: bronco

example_words_corpus: broncos | broncobuster | broncobusters

categorical_group_list: Nature, Animal, Motion

etymology: Spanish 'brinco' 'jump, leap'


morpheme_key: bront

morpheme: bront

morpheme_head: bront

affix_form: bront-

allomorphs: bronto

sense_label: thunder

meaning_definition: a deep, rumbling sound from the sky | the explosive noise of a storm

example_words_list_1: brontology | brontophobia | Brontosaurus | Brontes | bronteum | brontosaur | brontothere

categorical_group_list: Nature, Sound, Weather

etymology: Greek brontē "thunder"


morpheme_key: bronto

morpheme: bronto

morpheme_head: bronto

affix_form: bronto

sense_label: thunder. Used for large animals.

meaning_definition: denoting thunder; also used to signify large animals | thunderstorm(s)

example_words_list_1: brontosaurus

example_words_corpus: brontology | brontobyte | brontoscopy | brontobytes | brontomancy | brontophobia

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: βροντή (brontḗ) | βροντή  OED

etymology: comb. form of Greek βροντή thunder OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek  OED

pronunciation: /brɒntoʊ/

source: Wikipedia | MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: bronx

morpheme: bronx

morpheme_head: bronx

affix_form: -bronx-

meaning_definition: Bronx (borough of New York City)

example_words_list_1: Bronx, Bronx-born, Bronx-style

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Geographic

etymology: Named after Jonas Bronck, a 17th-century Swedish/Danish settler in the area.


morpheme_key: bronze

morpheme: bronze

morpheme_head: bronze

affix_form: -bronze-

meaning_definition: bronze | a hard yellow alloy of copper and tin

example_words_list_1: bronze, bronzed, bronzework

example_words_corpus: bronzen | bronzed | bronzer | bronzes | bronzey | bronzers

categorical_group_list: Material, Color

etymology: Latin aeratum 'bronze', from aes 'copper, bronze'


morpheme_key: brooch

morpheme: brooch

morpheme_head: brooch

affix_form: -brooch-

meaning_definition: ornamental pin | fastener for clothing

example_words_list_1: brooch, brooches

example_words_corpus: brooches | brooched | brooching | broochlike

categorical_group_list: Object, Ornament, Clothing

etymology: Middle English broche (a small piece, fragment)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: brood

morpheme: brood

morpheme_head: brood

affix_form: -brood-

meaning_definition: to hatch eggs | to incubate | to brood over | to dwell on

example_words_list_1: brood, brooding, broody

example_words_corpus: abrood | broody | broods | brooded | brooder | brooding

categorical_group_list: Biological process, Emotion

etymology: Middle English broden 'to hatch eggs'


morpheme_key: brook

morpheme: brook

morpheme_head: brook

affix_form: -brook-

allomorphs: brooke

meaning_definition: small stream | rivulet

example_words_list_1: brook, brookside, brooklet

example_words_corpus: abrook | brooks | abrooks | brooked | brookie | brookes

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water

etymology: Old English brōc

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: brookfield

morpheme: brookfield

morpheme_head: brookfield

affix_form: -brookfield-

meaning_definition: a small stream

example_words_list_1: brook, brooklet, brookside

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water, Geography

etymology: From Old English 'brōc' meaning stream or brook.


morpheme_key: broom

morpheme: broom

morpheme_head: broom

affix_form: -broom-

meaning_definition: cleaning tool | brush

example_words_list_1: broom, broomstick, broomcorn

example_words_corpus: brooms | broomy | broomed | brooming | broomball | broomlike

categorical_group_list: Tool, Household object

etymology: Old English 'brōom' (birch, broom plant)


morpheme_key: bros

morpheme: bros

morpheme_head: bros

affix_form: -bros-

meaning_definition: brother | sibling

example_words_list_1: brotherhood, brothers

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Person

etymology: Old English brōðor


morpheme_key: broth

morpheme: broth

morpheme_head: broth

affix_form: -broth-

meaning_definition: liquid | soup | decoction

example_words_list_1: broth

example_words_corpus: broths | brothy | hellbroth | clambroth | brothlike | brothiness

categorical_group_list: Food, Liquid

etymology: Old English brōth


morpheme_key: brother

morpheme: brother

morpheme_head: brother

affix_form: -brother-

meaning_definition: male sibling

example_words_corpus: brothers | brotherly | brotherji | brotherman | brotherred | godbrother

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Human relation

etymology: Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr


morpheme_key: brought

morpheme: brought

morpheme_head: brought

affix_form: -brought-

meaning_definition: carry | convey | transport

example_words_list_1: bring, brings, bringing

example_words_corpus: broughten | unbrought | broughtest

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Old English beran 'to carry, bear', from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bher- 'to carry'


morpheme_key: brouhaha

morpheme: brouhaha

morpheme_head: brouhaha

affix_form: -brouhaha-

meaning_definition: uproar | commotion | noisy confusion

example_words_list_1: brouhaha

categorical_group_list: Chaos, Sound, Social interaction


morpheme_key: brow

morpheme: brow

morpheme_head: brow

affix_form: -brow-

meaning_definition: eyebrow | forehead | brow

example_words_list_1: eyebrow, browbeat

example_words_corpus: brows | browed | eyebrow | unibrow | lowbrow | midbrow

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Proto-Germanic *brūwą


morpheme_key: brown

morpheme: brown

morpheme_head: brown

affix_form: -brown

sense_label: having the color of burnt earth or chocolate

example_words_list_1: blackish-brown, buff-brown, caramel_brown, chestnut-brown, chocolate-brown, chukker-brown, dark-brown, golden-brown, gray-brown, grayish-brown, greenish-brown, grey-brown, greyish-brown, hazel-brown, mummy-brown, nutbrown, olive-brown, orange-brown, purple-brown, purplish-brown, red-brown, reddish-brown, rust-brown, rusty-brown, snuff-brown, tawny-brown, yellow-brown, brown-green, brown-haired, brown-purple

example_words_corpus: browns | browny | Brownie | embrown | browned | brownly

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical property

etymology: Old English brūn


morpheme_key: browning

morpheme: browning

morpheme_head: browning

affix_form: -browning-

meaning_definition: to turn brown | becoming brown

example_words_list_1: browning, browning process, browning reaction

example_words_corpus: Browningian

categorical_group_list: Color, Change of state

etymology: From the adjective 'brown' + the suffix '-ing'


morpheme_key: brownish

morpheme: brownish

morpheme_head: brownish

affix_form: brownish-

meaning_definition: having the quality of brown | resembling brown

example_words_list_1: brownish, brownishness

categorical_group_list: Color, Appearance


morpheme_key: browse

morpheme: browse

morpheme_head: browse

affix_form: -browse-

meaning_definition: to scan | to look through | to examine casually

example_words_list_1: browse, browsing, browsed

example_words_corpus: browser | browsed | browses | browsers | browseable | overbrowse

categorical_group_list: Perception, Action

etymology: Middle English 'browesen' (to bud, to sprout)


morpheme_key: bruin

morpheme: bruin

morpheme_head: bruin

affix_form: -bruin-

meaning_definition: brown

example_words_list_1: bruin

categorical_group_list: Color, Animal

etymology: Dutch 'bruin'

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: bruise

morpheme: bruise

morpheme_head: bruise

affix_form: -bruise-

meaning_definition: to injure (the body) without breaking the skin | to cause to feel pain or distress

example_words_list_1: bruise, bruised, bruising

example_words_corpus: bruised | bruises | bruiser | bruisers | tobruise | bruisest

categorical_group_list: Injury, Physical state

etymology: Middle English bruisen, from Old French bruise


morpheme_key: brunch

morpheme: brunch

morpheme_head: brunch

affix_form: -brunch-

meaning_definition: a meal eaten in the late morning | a combination of breakfast and lunch

example_words_list_1: ['brunch']

categorical_group_list: Food, Time

etymology: portmanteau of breakfast and lunch


morpheme_key: brunette

morpheme: brunette

morpheme_head: brunette

affix_form: brunette

meaning_definition: a person, typically female, with dark hair and often dark features | a term describing someone with brown or black hair and olive or dark skin | a descriptor for individuals with predominantly dark pigmentation

example_words_list_1: brunettes | brunetteness

example_words_corpus: brunettes | brunetteness

etymology: From French 'brun' meaning 'brown', via Latin 'brunus' (dark-haired)

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: brush

morpheme: brush

morpheme_head: brush

affix_form: -brush-

meaning_definition: to clean | to sweep | tool for applying substance

example_words_list_1: brushwork, paintbrush, brushing

example_words_corpus: brushy | brushed | brushes | brusher | brushing | airbrush

categorical_group_list: Action, Tool, Cleaning

etymology: Middle English bruschen, related to Old English brūcan 'to use'


morpheme_key: brusque

morpheme: brusque

morpheme_head: brusque

affix_form: -brusque-

meaning_definition: abrupt | blunt | short | curt

example_words_list_1: brusque

example_words_corpus: brusquely | brusqueness

categorical_group_list: Manner, Communication, Speed

etymology: French brusque 'sudden, abrupt'


morpheme_key: brussels

morpheme: brussels

morpheme_head: brussels

affix_form: -brussels-

meaning_definition: Brussels

example_words_list_1: Brussels sprouts, Brussels lace, Brussels Griffon

example_words_corpus: brusselization

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, City

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'Brugge' (bridge) + 's' (of), referring to the city of Brussels, Belgium.


morpheme_key: brute

morpheme: brute

morpheme_head: brute

affix_form: -brute-

allomorphs: brut

meaning_definition: dull | stupid | beast-like | unfeeling

example_words_list_1: brutality, brute, brutish

example_words_corpus: brutes | bruted | imbrute | brutely | unbrute | imbruted

categorical_group_list: Animacy, Physicality

etymology: Latin brutus "dull, stupid, beast-like"

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: brya

morpheme: brya

morpheme_head: bry

affix_form: brya-

allomorphs: brya | bryo

meaning_definition: moss, mossy

example_words_list_1: bryanthus, bryony, bryophyte, bryophytic, bryozoan

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: Greek bryon 'moss'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: bryn

morpheme: bryn

morpheme_head: bryn

affix_form: -bryn-

meaning_definition: hill | mound

example_words_list_1: Bryn, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Glas

categorical_group_list: Topography, Nature

etymology: Welsh 'brîn' or Brythonic roots

ancestor_etymon_language: Welsh


morpheme_key: bubble

morpheme: bubble

morpheme_head: bubble

affix_form: -bubble-

meaning_definition: a small pocket of gas | sphere | to form spheres

example_words_list_1: bubble, bubbling, bubblegum, bubblewrap

example_words_corpus: bubbler | bubbles | bubbled | abubble | bubblers | bubbleth

categorical_group_list: Physical state, Shape, Fluid dynamics

etymology: Middle English bubbelen 'to boil, bubble'


morpheme_key: bucc

morpheme: bucc

morpheme_head: bucco

affix_form: bucc-

allomorphs: bucc

sense_label: cheek

meaning_definition: cheek | mouth | cavity

example_words_list_1: buccal, buccilingual, buccolingual

example_words_list_2: buccal, buccilingual, buccolingual

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: bucca


morpheme_key: buccaneer

morpheme: buccaneer

morpheme_head: buccaneer

affix_form: -buccaneer-

meaning_definition: pirate | sea robber

example_words_list_1: buccaneering, buccaneerism

example_words_corpus: buccaneers | buccaneered | buccaneering | buccaneerish | buccaneerings

categorical_group_list: Person, Occupation

etymology: From French boucanier, from boucan (smoked meat), referring to pirates who smoked meat on the islands.


morpheme_key: bucharest

morpheme: bucharest

morpheme_head: bucharest

affix_form: -bucharest-

meaning_definition: Bucharest (capital of Romania)

example_words_list_1: Bucharest, Bucharestian

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Geographical Entity, Capital City

etymology: From Romanian 'București', possibly derived from 'bucurie' (joy) or the name of a founder, Bucur.

ancestor_etymon_language: Romanian


morpheme_key: buck

morpheme: buck

morpheme_head: buck

affix_form: -buck-

meaning_definition: to rise up | to jump | to leap

example_words_list_1: buckle, buckler, buckram

example_words_corpus: bucks | buckle | bucked | bucker | roebuck | sawbuck

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action, Physical movement

etymology: Old English 'buccan' meaning 'to rise, jump, leap'


morpheme_key: bucket

morpheme: bucket

morpheme_head: bucket

affix_form: -bucket-

meaning_definition: container | receptacle | collection

example_words_list_1: bucket, bucketful, bucketlist

categorical_group_list: Container, Object

etymology: Middle English 'buket', diminutive of 'boke' (Old French 'buquet')


morpheme_key: buckle

morpheme: buckle

morpheme_head: buckle

affix_form: -buckle-

meaning_definition: fasten | clasp | strap

example_words_list_1: buckle, buckled, buckling

example_words_corpus: turnbuckle | turnbuckles

categorical_group_list: Fastening, Physical object

etymology: Middle French 'boucle' (clasp, loop)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: bucky

morpheme: bucky

morpheme_head: bucky

affix_form: -bucky-

meaning_definition: a small, agile, or nimble person or animal | a mischievous or playful spirit

example_words_list_1: bucky, buckaroo, buckskin, bucktooth

example_words_corpus: Stucky

categorical_group_list: Animals, Spirit, Agility, Informal

etymology: Middle English bucke 'young deer', from Old English bucca 'he-goat'; later extended to mean a lively or spirited person.


morpheme_key: bud

morpheme: bud

morpheme_head: bud

affix_form: -bud-

meaning_definition: small | new | growth | sprout

example_words_list_1: bud, budding, budded

example_words_corpus: abud | buddy | rebud | buddo | debud | redbud

categorical_group_list: Nature, Growth, Vitality

etymology: Old English budde 'bud, blossom'


morpheme_key: budapest

morpheme: budapest

morpheme_head: budapest

affix_form: -budapest-

meaning_definition: Budapest

example_words_list_1: Budapestian, Budapestianism

example_words_corpus: Budapester | Budapestian

etymology: From Hungarian Budapest, literally 'Buda' (the western bank of the Danube) + 'pest' (the eastern bank, from Slavic 'pešć' meaning 'lime kiln' or 'dry stone').

ancestor_etymon_language: Hungarian


morpheme_key: budd

morpheme: budd

morpheme_head: budd

affix_form: -budd-

meaning_definition: buddha | enlightened one | awakened one

example_words_list_1: Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhahood, Bodhisattva

categorical_group_list: Religion, Enlightenment, Buddhism, Person

etymology: From Sanskrit 'buddha' (past participle of 'budh' meaning 'to awaken, know, understand'), via Pali and Buddhist terminology.

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: buddha

morpheme: buddha

morpheme_head: buddha

affix_form: -buddha-

meaning_definition: awakened | enlightened | one who has attained nirvana

example_words_list_1: buddhism, buddhology, buddhas

example_words_corpus: buddhas | Buddhahood | buddhahead | Buddhaness | buddhaheads

categorical_group_list: Spirituality, Religion, Enlightenment

etymology: Sanskrit budh "to awaken"

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: buddhism

morpheme: buddhism

morpheme_head: buddhism

affix_form: -buddhism-

meaning_definition: awakened | enlightened

example_words_list_1: buddhism

categorical_group_list: Religion, Philosophy

etymology: Sanskrit buddhism (derived from Buddha)


morpheme_key: buddhist

morpheme: buddhist

morpheme_head: buddhist

affix_form: -buddhist-

meaning_definition: Buddhist | related to Buddhism

example_words_list_1: buddhism, buddhistic

etymology: Sanskrit buddhi "enlightenment" + suffix -ista


morpheme_key: buddy

morpheme: buddy

morpheme_head: buddy

affix_form: -buddy-

meaning_definition: friend | companion | associate

example_words_list_1: buddy system, buddy cop, buddy film, buddy comedy

example_words_corpus: fuckbuddy | buddyhood | buttbuddy | blowbuddy | cyberbuddy | trollbuddy

categorical_group_list: Social, Kinship

etymology: Middle English 'budde', possibly related to 'brother'


morpheme_key: budget

morpheme: budget

morpheme_head: budget

affix_form: -budget-

meaning_definition: financial plan | allocation of resources | limited amount

example_words_list_1: budgetary, budgeting, budgeted

example_words_corpus: budgets | budgeted | budgeter | budgeting | budgetary | budgeteer

categorical_group_list: Finance, Resource Management

etymology: Old French 'bougette' meaning 'little bag'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: budgie

morpheme: budgie

morpheme_head: budgie

affix_form: -budgie-

meaning_definition: small parakeet

example_words_list_1: budgie

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Bird

etymology: diminutive of 'budgerigar'

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: buff

morpheme: buff

morpheme_head: buff

affix_form: -buff-

sense_label: puff

meaning_definition: brief burst of air | sudden strong wind | inhalation/exhalation

example_words_list_1: buffet, buffoonery, buffeting

example_words_corpus: buffs | buffy | rebuff | buffed | buffly | debuff

categorical_group_list: Motion, Impact, Air

etymology: Italian buffare : a gust, a puff probably echoic

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: buffalo

morpheme: buffalo

morpheme_head: buffalo

affix_form: -buffalo-

meaning_definition: large herbivorous mammal | bison

example_words_list_1: buffalo

example_words_corpus: buffaloes | buffaloed | buffaloing | buffalopox | antibuffalo | buffaloburger

categorical_group_list: Animals, Fauna

etymology: Middle English buffalo, from Old French buffle, from Italian buffalo


morpheme_key: buffer

morpheme: buffer

morpheme_head: buffer

affix_form: -buffer-

meaning_definition: intermediate zone | protective barrier | cushion

example_words_list_1: buffer, buffering, buffered

example_words_corpus: buffers | buffered | rebuffer | buffering | prebuffer | rebuffers

categorical_group_list: Protection, Separation, Intermediate

etymology: Middle French 'bouffre' (a cushion or padding)


morpheme_key: buffet

morpheme: buffet

morpheme_head: buffet

affix_form: -buffet-

meaning_definition: a meal consisting of several dishes | to strike or buffet

example_words_list_1: buffet

example_words_corpus: buffets | buffeter | buffeting | autobuffet | autobuffets

categorical_group_list: Food, Action

etymology: French buffet 'sideboard, cupboard'


morpheme_key: buffoon

morpheme: buffoon

morpheme_head: buffoon

affix_form: -buffoon-

meaning_definition: fool | jester | ridiculous person

example_words_list_1: buffoonery, buffoonish

example_words_corpus: buffoons | buffoonly | buffoonery | buffoonish | buffoonism | buffoonlike

categorical_group_list: Person, Behavior, Comedy

etymology: Old French 'buffon' (jester, clown)

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: bug

morpheme: bug

morpheme_head: bug

affix_form: -bug-

meaning_definition: small insect | technical error | to annoy

example_words_list_1: bug, buggy, bugging

example_words_corpus: bugs | debug | bugger | bedbug | humbug | mudbug

categorical_group_list: Biology, Error

etymology: Middle English bugge 'specter, scarecrow'


morpheme_key: bugaboo

morpheme: bugaboo

morpheme_head: bugaboo

affix_form: -bugaboo-

meaning_definition: bogeyman | nightmare | object of fear

example_words_list_1: bugaboo

categorical_group_list: Fear, Phantasm

etymology: From Dutch boegeman, literally 'boat-man' or 'figure in the prow', referring to a phantom seen in the fog or mist.


morpheme_key: buggy

morpheme: buggy

morpheme_head: buggy

affix_form: -buggy-

meaning_definition: full of | characterized by

example_words_list_1: buggy, buggy-whip, buggy-pool

example_words_corpus: unbuggy | blitzbuggy

categorical_group_list: Adjective, Quality, State

etymology: Derived from the suffix -y (from Old English -ig), attached to the noun 'bug' to form an adjective meaning 'full of bugs' or 'prone to bugs'.


morpheme_key: bugle

morpheme: bugle

morpheme_head: bugle

affix_form: -bugle-

meaning_definition: brass instrument | loud sound

example_words_list_1: bugle

example_words_corpus: bugler | buglet | bugles | bugled | buglers | buglest

categorical_group_list: Music, Sound

etymology: Middle French 'bugle' or 'buclier'


morpheme_key: build

morpheme: build

morpheme_head: build

affix_form: -build-

meaning_definition: construct | create | assemble

example_words_list_1: build, builder, building, rebuild

example_words_corpus: builds | rebuild | builder | buildup | builded | inbuild

categorical_group_list: Construction, Creation, Action

etymology: From Old English byldan, from Proto-Germanic *buildaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- 'to blow, become'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: built

morpheme: built

morpheme_head: built

affix_form: -built-

sense_label: constructed

meaning_definition: constructed | made | formed

example_words_list_1: rebuilt, well-built, multi-built

example_words_corpus: ybuilt | builts | unbuilt | asbuilt | prebuilt | asbuilts

categorical_group_list: Creation, Structure

etymology: Old English 'byldan' 'to build'


morpheme_key: bulb

morpheme: bulb

morpheme_head: bulb

affix_form: bulb-

sense_label: bulbous

meaning_definition: bulbous

example_words_list_1: bulbiform, bulbiparous, bulboartrial, bulborrhexis, bulbous, bulbule

example_words_corpus: bulbs | bulby | bulbar | bulbed | rebulb | bulbous

categorical_group_list: Shape, Biology

etymology: bulbus


morpheme_key: bulgaria

morpheme: bulgaria

morpheme_head: bulgaria

affix_form: -bulgaria-

meaning_definition: Bulgaria | Bulgarian

example_words_list_1: Bulgarian, Bulgari

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location

etymology: From Latin 'Bulgaria', named after the Bulgars, a Turkic nomadic people; ultimately from Proto-Turkic 'bulga' (mixed, scattered).


morpheme_key: bulge

morpheme: bulge

morpheme_head: bulge

affix_form: -bulge-

meaning_definition: to swell | protrusion | outward curve

example_words_list_1: bulging, bulged, bulges

example_words_corpus: bulger | bulges | bulged | abulge | bulgers | outbulge

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physicality

etymology: Middle English bulgen 'to swell'


morpheme_key: bull

morpheme: bull

morpheme_head: bull

affix_form: -bull-

sense_label: bubble

meaning_definition: a hollow, rounded swelling | a narrow-necked vessel | to reach boiling point | to rise in bubbles | to heat until vapor forms

example_words_list_1: bullectomy | bulliferous | ebullient | ebullism | bouillabaise | bouillon | bullion | bully (canned beef)

example_words_corpus: bulls | bullet | bulled | bulles | buller | bulldog

categorical_group_list: Motion, Liquid, Physical state

etymology: Latin bulla 'bubble, knob, button'


morpheme_key: bullet

morpheme: bullet

morpheme_head: bullet

affix_form: -bullet-

meaning_definition: small round object | projectile | point

example_words_list_1: bullet, bulletproof, bulleted

example_words_corpus: bulletized | bulletizes | bulletholes | bulletizing

categorical_group_list: Object, Shape, Projectile

etymology: French 'boulette' (diminutive of 'boule' meaning ball)


morpheme_key: bullion

morpheme: bullion

morpheme_head: bullion

affix_form: -bullion-

meaning_definition: gold | silver | precious metal | bulk metal

example_words_list_1: bullion

example_words_corpus: bullions | bullionist | bullionism | bullionists | bullionless | bullionaire

categorical_group_list: Material, Value, Metal

etymology: Middle French 'bouillon' (a boiling, or metal melted in a crucible)


morpheme_key: bully

morpheme: bully

morpheme_head: bully

affix_form: -bully-

meaning_definition: to intimidate | to intimidate through strength | person who uses strength to harm others

example_words_list_1: bully, bullying, bullied

example_words_corpus: bullying | nonbully | bullydom | bullyman | bullyish | crybully

categorical_group_list: Aggression, Social behavior

etymology: Middle English bulien 'to trouble, harass', of unknown origin, perhaps from Old Norse bula 'to roar, bellow'


morpheme_key: bum

morpheme: bum

morpheme_head: bum

affix_form: -bum-

meaning_definition: bottom | lower part | underside

example_words_list_1: bummer, bums, bummed

example_words_corpus: bums | bummy | bumble | bummer | bummed | bumder

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Position, Body parts

etymology: From Old English 'bum' (buttocks, rear), of uncertain origin, possibly related to 'bumble' or onomatopoeic.


morpheme_key: bumble

morpheme: bumble

morpheme_head: bumble

affix_form: -bumble-

meaning_definition: to make a low continuous humming sound | to move in a confused or awkward manner

example_words_list_1: bumble, bumblebee, bumbling

example_words_corpus: bumbler | bumbles | bumblers | bumblebee | bumblebees

categorical_group_list: Sound, Motion

etymology: imitative of the sound made by bees


morpheme_key: bump

morpheme: bump

morpheme_head: bump

affix_form: -bump-

meaning_definition: a small swelling | to strike | to increase

example_words_list_1: bump, bumpy, bumper, bumping

example_words_corpus: bumpy | bumps | bumper | bumped | bebump | bumpee

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Motion, Change

etymology: Middle English bumpen 'to swell'


morpheme_key: bumptious

morpheme: bumptious

morpheme_head: bumptious

affix_form: -bumptious-

meaning_definition: overconfident and loud | self-important | ostentatious

example_words_list_1: bumptiously, bumptiousness

example_words_corpus: bumptiously | bumptiousness | overbumptious

categorical_group_list: Personality, Attitude

etymology: Probably origin unknown or dialectal; possibly related to 'bumpt' (to push) or 'bum' (to move with a bumping motion)


morpheme_key: bun

morpheme: bun

morpheme_head: bun

affix_form: -bun-

sense_label: bun

meaning_definition: bun | ball | sphere

example_words_list_1: bun, bubble, bulla

example_words_corpus: buns | bunny | bunned | rockbun | bunless | bunhead

categorical_group_list: Shape, Object, Latin origin

etymology: Latin 'bunus' meaning 'good' or 'fine', often associated with 'bonus' or 'bulla' (ball, knob)


morpheme_key: bunch

morpheme: bunch

morpheme_head: bunch

affix_form: -bunch-

meaning_definition: a cluster | a group | a collection

example_words_list_1: bunch, bunches, bunched, bunching

example_words_corpus: bunchy | bunched | buncher | unbunch | bunching | bunchers

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Collection

etymology: Middle English bunch, likely related to 'bump'


morpheme_key: bundle

morpheme: bundle

morpheme_head: bundle

affix_form: -bundle-

meaning_definition: collection | group | cluster

example_words_list_1: bundle, bundling, bundled

example_words_corpus: bundler | bundles | bundled | bundlers | unbundle | bibundle

etymology: Old English 'bundel' (a bundle, a cluster)


morpheme_key: bungle

morpheme: bungle

morpheme_head: bungle

affix_form: -bungle-

meaning_definition: to fail | to blunder | to act clumsily

example_words_list_1: bungle, bungler, bungling

example_words_corpus: bungles | bungler | bungled | bunglers

categorical_group_list: Failure, Error, Clumsiness

etymology: From Dutch 'bongelen' or 'bongelen' meaning 'to bungle' or 'to blunder', possibly related to 'bong' (a bung or stopper) implying a clumsy action.


morpheme_key: bunion

morpheme: bunion

morpheme_head: bunion

affix_form: -bunion-

meaning_definition: a bony bump that develops on the joint at the base of the big toe

example_words_list_1: ['bunion']

example_words_corpus: bunions | bunioned | bunionectomy

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Medical condition

etymology: From bun (a lump or protuberance) + -ion (noun suffix), first recorded in the 18th century


morpheme_key: bunk

morpheme: bunk

morpheme_head: bunk

affix_form: -bunk-

allomorphs: bunkum

meaning_definition: bunker | shelter | fortified position

example_words_list_1: bunker, bunkers, bunkerized

example_words_corpus: bunks | debunk | bunked | bunkie | bunking | debunks

categorical_group_list: Military, Structure, Shelter

etymology: From Dutch 'bunker' meaning 'bin' or 'hopper', later 'fortified enclosure'.


morpheme_key: bunny

morpheme: bunny

morpheme_head: bunny

affix_form: -bunny-

meaning_definition: young rabbit | hare

example_words_list_1: bunny rabbit, bunny hop, bunny ears

example_words_corpus: bunnykind

categorical_group_list: Animals, Fauna

etymology: From Old English 'bunny' (diminutive of 'bun' or related to 'bunne'), ultimately from Middle Dutch 'bunne' or Old French 'bounne', referring to a young rabbit or hare.


morpheme_key: bunt

morpheme: bunt

morpheme_head: bunt

affix_form: -bunt-

meaning_definition: to hit or strike lightly or softly

example_words_list_1: bunt, bunting, unbunt

example_words_corpus: bunts | bunter | bunted | bunting | bunters | buntline

categorical_group_list: Action, Contact, Sports

etymology: Middle English bunte, from Old French bouter 'to push, strike'


morpheme_key: bunyan

morpheme: bunyan

morpheme_head: bunyan

affix_form: -bunyan-

meaning_definition: large tree | giant | person of great stature

example_words_list_1: bunyan

example_words_corpus: Bunyanesque

categorical_group_list: Size, Person, Folklore

etymology: From the name of the American folk hero Paul Bunyan, known for his immense size and strength, often associated with giant trees.


morpheme_key: buoy

morpheme: buoy

morpheme_head: buoy

affix_form: -buoy-

meaning_definition: to stay afloat | to support by keeping from sinking

example_words_list_1: buoy, buoyancy, buoyant

example_words_list_2: buoy, buoyancy, buoyant

example_words_corpus: buoys | buoyed | buoyage | buoyant | buoying | buoyancy

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical state

etymology: Middle English


morpheme_key: burch

morpheme: burch

morpheme_head: burch

affix_form: -burch-

meaning_definition: fort | stronghold | fortress

example_words_list_1: borough, burgh, Edinburgh, Norwich

categorical_group_list: Location, Defense, Architecture

etymology: Old English 'burh' meaning fortified place or town


morpheme_key: burden

morpheme: burden

morpheme_head: burden

affix_form: -burden-

meaning_definition: a heavy load | a weight | a hardship

example_words_list_1: burden, burdensome, overburden

example_words_corpus: burdens | unburden | burdened | burdener | emburden | disburden

categorical_group_list: Weight, Difficulty, Responsibility

etymology: Old English byrden 'load, weight'


morpheme_key: bureau

morpheme: bureau

morpheme_head: bureau

affix_form: -bureau-

meaning_definition: office | desk | department

example_words_list_1: bureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureau

example_words_corpus: bureausis | telebureau | bureaugamy | bureaucracy | multibureau | bureaugamous

categorical_group_list: Administration, Physical Object

etymology: Old French 'bureau' (desk, cloth covering a desk)


morpheme_key: bureaux

morpheme: bureaux

morpheme_head: bureaux

affix_form: -bureaux-

meaning_definition: office | desk | bureau

example_words_list_1: bureau, bureaucracy, bureaucrat

categorical_group_list: Location, Administration

etymology: Old French burel 'coarse woolen cloth', from Medieval Latin byrrhus 'burlap', from Greek byrsos 'skin, hide'


morpheme_key: burg

morpheme: burg

morpheme_head: burg

affix_form: -burg-

sense_label: fortified town, town

meaning_definition: a fortified settlement | a populated area

example_words_list_1: borough | bourg | bourgeois | burg | burgess | burgher | burglar | burgomaster | burgrave | Hamburg | Pittsburgh | Strasbourg

example_words_corpus: burgs | burgish | Petersburg | Martinsburg | Millersburg | Catlettsburg

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Frank burg or OHG burg : town, fortified place

ancestor_etymon_language: Frankish


morpheme_key: burgeon

morpheme: burgeon

morpheme_head: burgeon

affix_form: -burgeon-

meaning_definition: to grow | to flourish | to expand

example_words_list_1: burgeoning

example_words_corpus: burgeons | burgeoned | burgeoning | burgeoneth | burgeonest | burgeonings

categorical_group_list: Growth, Expansion

etymology: Old French bourgeon "bud, sprout"


morpheme_key: burger

morpheme: burger

morpheme_head: burger

affix_form: -burger

allomorphs: -burger

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: a sandwich featuring the ingredient indicated by the preceding component

example_words_list_1: beefburger | cheeseburger | fishburger

example_words_list_2: beefburger, cheeseburger, fishburger

example_words_corpus: soyburger | lamburger | elkburger | eggburger | nutburger | rooburger

categorical_group_list: Food, Culinary

ancestor_etymon: hamburger  OED

etymology: etymology taken from 'hamburger': orig. U.S OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Modern English OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: burgess

morpheme: burgess

morpheme_head: burgess

affix_form: -burgess-

meaning_definition: town dweller | citizen of a borough

example_words_list_1: burgess

categorical_group_list: People, Settlement

etymology: Old English burgere 'citizen, inhabitant of a borough'


morpheme_key: burgh

morpheme: burgh

morpheme_head: burgh

affix_form: -burgh

meaning_definition: fortified town | borough

example_words_list_1: burghs | burgher | burghal | burghers | burgherly | burghbote

categorical_group_list: Location, Settlement

etymology: Old English -burh 'fortified place'


morpheme_key: burgle

morpheme: burgle

morpheme_head: burgle

affix_form: -burgle-

meaning_definition: to steal | to pilfer

example_words_list_1: ['burgle', 'burgled', 'burgling']

categorical_group_list: Action, Theft

etymology: derived from burglar (16th century)


morpheme_key: burgomaster

morpheme: burgomaster

morpheme_head: burgomaster

affix_form: -burgomaster-

meaning_definition: mayor | magistrate | administrator of a town

example_words_list_1: burgomaster, burgomasters

categorical_group_list: Governance, Leadership, Administration

etymology: Middle Dutch burgemeester (burgemeester: burg 'town' + meester 'master')

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: burl

morpheme: burl

morpheme_head: burl

affix_form: -burl-

meaning_definition: a humorous remark

example_words_list_1: burlesque

example_words_list_2: burlesque

example_words_corpus: burly | burled | burler | burling | burlers | burlwood

categorical_group_list: Humor, Mockery

ancestor_etymon: burl

etymology: French burlesque, from Italian burla 'mockery'


morpheme_key: burlesque

morpheme: burlesque

morpheme_head: burlesque

affix_form: -burlesque-

meaning_definition: caricature | parody | grotesque | comedic

example_words_corpus: burlesques | burlesqued | burlesquer | burlesquers | burlesquely | neoburlesque

categorical_group_list: Performance, Satire, Comedy

etymology: Italian burlesco 'buffoonish, jesting'


morpheme_key: burma

morpheme: burma

morpheme_head: burma

affix_form: -burma-

meaning_definition: Burma | Myanmar

example_words_list_1: Burma, Burmese, Upper Burma, Lower Burma

example_words_corpus: Burman

categorical_group_list: Geography, Country Name, Proper Noun

etymology: From Burmese 'Myanma' (မြန်မာ), referring to the country now officially known as Myanmar.

ancestor_etymon_language: Burmese


morpheme_key: burmese

morpheme: burmese

morpheme_head: burmese

affix_form: -burmese-

meaning_definition: of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) | a native or inhabitant of Burma

example_words_list_1: burmese

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Ethnonym, Location

etymology: From Burma, the former name of Myanmar


morpheme_key: burn

morpheme: burn

morpheme_head: burn

affix_form: burn

allomorphs: burne

meaning_definition: To cause something to catch fire | To produce heat through combustion | To char or scorch a surface

example_words_list_1: burnt | burns | aburn | burny | burned | burner

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: burnet

morpheme: burnet

morpheme_head: burnet

affix_form: -burnet-

meaning_definition: burnet (a type of herb)

example_words_list_1: burnet, greater burnet, salad burnet

example_words_corpus: burnets

categorical_group_list: Botany, Plant name

etymology: From Old French burnete, from Latin brunneta, from Greek bronte 'thunder' (referring to the plant's rustling leaves or medicinal properties).


morpheme_key: burnish

morpheme: burnish

morpheme_head: burnish

affix_form: -burnish-

meaning_definition: to polish | to brighten | to make shiny

example_words_list_1: burnish, burnished, burnishing

example_words_corpus: burnisht | burnisher | burnished | burnishes | reburnish | burnishing

categorical_group_list: Action, Light, Surface modification

etymology: Old French burniss- 'to polish'


morpheme_key: burr

morpheme: burr

morpheme_head: burr

affix_form: -burr-

meaning_definition: thorn | prick | sting

example_words_list_1: bur, burr, burr-like

example_words_corpus: deburr | deburrs | burrhead | burrfish | burrless | burrheads

categorical_group_list: Botany, Pain, Sharpness

etymology: Old English 'byrth' meaning 'thorn' or 'prickle'


morpheme_key: burro

morpheme: burro

morpheme_head: burro

affix_form: -burro-

meaning_definition: donkey

example_words_list_1: burro, burros

categorical_group_list: Animal, Mammal, Equine

etymology: Latin 'burricus' (little beast of burden), possibly from Iberian or Basque origins


morpheme_key: burrow

morpheme: burrow

morpheme_head: burrow

affix_form: -burrow-

meaning_definition: to dig a hole | to live in a hole | to go underground

example_words_list_1: burrowing, burrower

example_words_corpus: burrowers | unburrows | burrowings | nonburrowing

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical space

etymology: Old English 'burere' (digger) or 'byre' (dwelling)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English