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brackish
English
Etymology
From Scottish brack (from Dutch brak (“brackish”)) +? -ish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?æk??/
Adjective
brackish (comparative more brackish, superlative most brackish)
- (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- ...by a low cour?e and too long ?porting with the briny Ocean it ta?ts bracki?h and in?alubrious...
- 1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4.
- On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Random House.
- The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Repulsive (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- brackishly
- brackishness
Translations
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standing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?stænd??/
Etymology 1
From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standan? (“to stand”), equivalent to stand +? -ing.
Verb
standing
- present participle of stand
- 1991, Backdraft
- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
- 1991, Backdraft
Adjective
standing (not comparable)
- Erect, not cut down.
- Performed from an erect position.
- standing ovation
- Remaining in force or status.
- standing committee
- Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
- standing water
- Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
- a standing colour
- Not movable; fixed.
- a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
- the standing rigging of a ship
Antonyms
- (stagnant): moving, working (committees)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand +? -ing.
Noun
standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)
- Position or reputation in society or a profession.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]
- The males constantly test their standing, looking to move up in the hierarchy.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]
- Duration.
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- I will provide you and your fellows of a good standing to see his entry
- I think in deep mire, where there is no standing.;
- (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
- (Britain) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
- 1992, P. D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:
- "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."
- 2000, Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor, page 149:
- "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing, and waste."
- 1992, P. D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:
- (law) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
- (Britain, slang, obsolete) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.
- Synonym: pitch
Derived terms
- class standing
- hard standing
- good standing
Translations
References
- (market trader's pitch): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Cebuano
Etymology
From English standing.
Noun
standing
- in bato lata; an instance where the can is standing upright and, still in play, after being hit and pushed out of its ring
Faroese
Etymology
standa (“to stand”) +? -ing
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?stant??k]
Noun
standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)
- erection
Declension
Synonyms
- reðurstøða
French
Etymology
From English standing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??.di?/
Noun
standing m (plural standings)
- standing, status
- Level of quality or comfort, especially about real estate
- appartement de grand standing
Further reading
- “standing” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?tandin/, [es?t?ãn?.d??n]
Noun
standing m (plural standings)
- status, standing, class
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