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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)
- (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
- (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- Synonyms: appropriate, devote, use
- (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
- (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention
- Synonyms: attach, incline
- (transitive) To to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
- (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
- (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
- (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
- She was no less skillful in applying his humours.
- (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- earring
Further reading
- “earring”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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