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dart
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??t/
- (General American) enPR: därt, IPA(key): /d??t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Etymology 1
From Middle English dart, from Old French dart, dard (“dart”), from Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *dar?þu (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *dar?þuz (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *d??- (“to sharpen”); compare Old High German tart (“javelin, dart”), Old English daroþ, dearod (“javelin, spear, dart”), Swedish dart (“dart, dagger”), Icelandic darraður, darr, dör (“dart, spear”).
Noun
dart (plural darts)
- A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin
- 1769, Oxford Standard Text, King James Bible, 2 Samuel, xviii, 14,
- Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
- 1769, Oxford Standard Text, King James Bible, 2 Samuel, xviii, 14,
- Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
- (sometimes figuratively) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
- 1830, Hannah More, Sensibility, The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1, page 38,
- The artful inquiry, whose venom?d dart / Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart.
- 1830, Hannah More, Sensibility, The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1, page 38,
- A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
- (military) A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
- 1988, Michigan Aviation (volumes 21-25, page 62)
- Fighter aircraft also use restricted areas for target shooting at darts towed 1500 feet behind another aircraft.
- 1988, Michigan Aviation (volumes 21-25, page 62)
- (Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme.
- 1947, Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, 1970, page 79,
- Trucking?s my dart too.
- 1947, Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, 1970, page 79,
- A sudden or fast movement.
- (sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment.
- A fish, the dace.
- (Australia, Canada, colloquial) A cigarette.
- 2017, April 18, Craig Little, The Guardian, Hawthorn are not the only ones finding that things can get worse
- The Tigers will also face Jesse Hogan, still smarting from missing a couple of games but not life inside the AFL bubble, where you can’t even light up a dart at a music festival without someone filming it and sending it to the six o’clock news.
- 2017, April 18, Craig Little, The Guardian, Hawthorn are not the only ones finding that things can get worse
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English darten, from the noun (see above).
Verb
dart (third-person singular simple present darts, present participle darting, simple past and past participle darted)
- (transitive) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
- (transitive) To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
- The sun darts forth his beams.
- (transitive) To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart
- (intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
- The flying man darted eastward.
- (intransitive) To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
Derived terms
- dartle
- darter
Translations
References
- dart in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- 'tard, -tard, ADRT, Art.D., DTRA, drat, tard, trad
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English dart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?rt/
- Hyphenation: dart
- Rhymes: -?rt
Noun
dart m (plural darts, diminutive dartje n)
- dart
- Synonym: dartpijl
Derived terms
- darten
- dartpijl
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French dart, dard, from Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *dar?þu, from Proto-Germanic *dar?þuz.
Alternative forms
- darte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dart/
Noun
dart (plural dartes)
- A hand-thrown spear or missile; a javelin.
- (figuratively) Assailing; a hostile act.
Descendants
- English: dart
- ? Dutch: dart
- Scots: dart, dairt; dard
References
- “dart, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-29.
Etymology 2
Formed from the noun.
Verb
dart
- Alternative form of darten
Middle French
Alternative forms
- dard, dar
Etymology
Old French, see below
Noun
dart m (plural dars)
- weapon similar to a javelin
Descendants
- French: dard
- ? Italian: dardo
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English dart.
Noun
dart m (definite singular darten, indefinite plural darter, definite plural dartene)
- a throwing dart
References
- “dart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English dart.
Noun
dart m (definite singular darten, indefinite plural dartar, definite plural dartane)
- a throwing dart
References
- “dart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Alternative forms
- dard, dar
Etymology
From Medieval Latin dardus (“spear”).
Noun
dart m (oblique plural darz or dartz, nominative singular darz or dartz, nominative plural dart)
- spear, javelin
Descendants
- Middle French: dart, dard, dar
- French: dard
- ? Italian: dardo
- French: dard
- Walloon: darde
- ? Middle English: dart, darte
- English: dart
- ? Dutch: dart
- Scots: dart, dairt; dard
- English: dart
Palauan
Etymology
From Pre-Palauan *ðaðut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?atus, from Proto-Austronesian *?atus.
Numeral
dart
- hundred
Pennsylvania German
Alternative forms
- dort
- datt
Etymology
Compare German dort, da.
Adverb
dart
- there
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse darr, from Proto-Germanic *dar?þuz.
Noun
dart c
- darts (the game where the competitors throw small arrows against a circular target)
- (rare) dart (one of the small arrows in the game of darts)
Synonyms
- pilkastning (1)
- pil (2)
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travel
English
Alternative forms
- travail (obsolete)
- travell (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English travelen (“to make a laborious journey, travel”) from Middle Scots travailen (“to toil, work, travel”), alteration of Middle English travaillen (“to toil, work”), from Old French travailler (“to trouble, suffer, be worn out”). See travail.
Displaced native Middle English faren (“to travel, fare”) (from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”)), Middle English lithen (“to go, travel”) (from Old English l?þan (“to go, travel”)), Middle English feren (“to go, travel”) (from Old English f?ran (“to go, travel”)), Middle English ?ewalken, iwalken (“to walk about, travel”) (from Old English ?ewealcan (“to go, traverse”)), Middle English swinken (“to work, travel”) (from Old English swincan (“to labour, work at”)). More at fare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?æv?l/
- Rhymes: -æv?l
Verb
travel (third-person singular simple present travels, present participle travelling or (US) traveling, simple past and past participle travelled or (US) traveled)
- (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
- (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit
- (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- (transitive) To force to journey.
- (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hooker to this entry?)
Conjugation
Synonyms
- fare, journey, reyse
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
travel (countable and uncountable, plural travels)
- The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
- (in the plural) A series of journeys.
- (in the plural) An account of one's travels.
- The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
Usage notes
- Used attributively to describe things that have been created or modified for use during a journey.
Synonyms
- (act of travelling): journey, passage, tour, trip, voyage
- (activity or traffic along a route or through a given point): traffic
- (working motion of a piece of machinery): stroke, movement, progression
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- travel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- travel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- travel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- retval, varlet
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.
Adjective
travel (neuter singular travelt, definite singular and plural travle, comparative travlere, indefinite superlative travlest, definite superlative travleste)
- busy
References
- “travel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.
Adjective
travel (neuter singular travelt, definite singular and plural travle, comparative travlare, indefinite superlative travlast, definite superlative travlaste)
- busy
References
- “travel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From traväl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?træ????/
Noun
travel
- A jumble of tracks, footprints.
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