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apply

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English aplien, applien, from Old French applier, (French appliquer), from Latin applic? (join, fix, or attach to); from ad + plic? (fold, twist together). See applicant, ply.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??pla?/
  • Rhymes: -a?
  • Hyphenation: ap?ply

Verb

apply (third-person singular simple present applies, present participle applying, simple past and past participle applied)

  1. (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
  2. (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
    Synonyms: appropriate, devote, use
  3. (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
  4. (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention
    Synonyms: attach, incline
  5. (transitive) To to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
  6. (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
  7. (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
  8. (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
    • She was no less skillful in applying his humours.
  9. (obsolete) To visit.
Related terms
Descendants
  • ? Cebuano: aplay
Translations

Etymology 2

apple +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æp(?)li/

Adjective

apply (comparative more apply, superlative most apply)

  1. Alternative spelling of appley

References

  • apply in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • lappy

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earring

English

Etymology

From Middle English erering, from Old English ?arhring (ear-ring), equivalent to ear +? ring. Cognate with West Frisian earring (earring), Dutch oorring (earring), German Ohrring (earring), Swedish örring (earring).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?????/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??????/
  • Rhymes: -?????
  • Hyphenation: ear?ring

Noun

earring (plural earrings)

  1. A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

Translations

See also

  • earing

Anagrams

  • Garnier, Granier, angrier, grainer, rangier, rearing

West Frisian

Etymology

From ear +? ring.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /????r??/

Noun

earring c (plural earringen, diminutive earrinkje)

  1. earring

Further reading

  • “earring”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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