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bike
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?k/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [b??k]
- Rhymes: -a?k
Etymology 1
From bicycle, by shortening, and possibly alteration. Attested from 1882.
One explanation for the pronunciation is that bicycle is parsed to bi(cy)c(le). An alternative explanation is that bicycle is shortened to bic(ycle), and the terminal [s] is converted to a [k] because there is an underlying underspecified [k]/[s] sound, which is softened to [s] in bicycle but retained as [k] in bike; compare the letter ‘c’ (used for [k]/[s]).
Noun
bike (plural bikes)
- Clipping of bicycle.
- Clipping of motorbike.
- (slang, derogatory) Ellipsis of village bike
- Synonyms: slapper, slag
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Italian: bike f
- ? Norman: bike f
Translations
See also
- trike
Further reading
- bike on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Verb
bike (third-person singular simple present bikes, present participle biking, simple past and past participle biked)
- To ride a bike.
- To travel by bike.
- (transitive) To transport by bicycle
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bike, byke (“a nest of wild bees or wasps", also "honeycomb”). Of Unknown origin. Perhaps a back-formation of Middle English *bykere (“beekeeper”), from Old English b?ocere (“beekeeper”); or from Old English *b?c a byform of Old English b?c (“belly; vessel; container”). Compare also Old Norse bý (“bee”).
Noun
bike (plural bikes)
- (Scotland, Northern England) A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 107:
- he stood for a minute talking to them about their job of gathering cones, and telling them a story about a tree he'd once climbed which had a wasp's byke in it unbeknown to him.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 107:
- (chiefly Scotland, by extension, collective) A crowd of people.
Anagrams
- Beki, kibe
Basque
Etymology
From Latin pix.
Noun
bike inan
- pitch
Farefare
Etymology
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bí.ké/
Verb
bike
- shake, move
- Mam yet? m yõk? la foote, z? s?m da bike
- I'm going to take a photo, keep still, and do not move
- Mam yet? m yõk? la foote, z? s?m da bike
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English bike.
Noun
bike f (invariable)
- motorbike, motorcycle
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English bike.
Noun
bike f (plural bikes)
- (Jersey) bicycle
Derived terms
Northern Kurdish
Verb
bike
- third-person singular future of kirin
Slovene
Noun
bike
- accusative plural of bik
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safe
English
Etymology
From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh?- (“whole, every”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?f, IPA(key): /se?f/
- Rhymes: -e?f
- Hyphenation: safe
Adjective
safe (comparative safer or more safe, superlative safest or most safe)
- Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
- Free from risk.
- Synonyms: riskless, harmless
- Antonyms: harmful, dangerous
- Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
- (baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.
- Properly secured.
- Synonym: secure
- Hyponyms: binary-safe, fail-safe, thread-safe, type-safe
- (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
- (Britain, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- Synonyms: wicked, cool; see also Thesaurus:awesome
- (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
- Synonyms: easy-going, merciful, tolerant, lenient
- Antonyms: strict, harsh, intolerant
- Reliable; trusty.
- Synonym: trustworthy
- Cautious.
- (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
Antonyms
- unsafe
Translations
Noun
safe (plural safes)
- A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
- (slang) A condom.
- 1999, Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, Delta (1999), ?ISBN, page 328:
- She'd better have an arsenal of Trojans in her purse just in case he wasn't carrying a safe in his back pocket.
- 1999, Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, Delta (1999), ?ISBN, page 328:
- (dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
- (dated, colloquial) A safety bicycle.
Synonyms
- (box for storing valuables): coffer, lockbox, strongbox
- (condom): see also Thesaurus:condom.
Hyponyms
- failsafe
Translations
Verb
safe (third-person singular simple present safes, present participle safing, simple past and past participle safed)
- (transitive) To make something safe.
Derived terms
Related terms
- better safe than sorry
- Coolgardie safe
See also
- save
- safety
References
- safe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- safe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- safe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- safe at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- EFAs, FAEs, faes
Hausa
Adverb
s?fe
- in the morning
Middle English
Adjective
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Preposition
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Conjunction
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Portuguese
Verb
safe
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of safar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of safar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of safar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of safar
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