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diminish
English
Etymology
Formed under the influence of both diminue (from Old French diminuer, from Latin d?minuo) and minish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??m?n??/
Verb
diminish (third-person singular simple present diminishes, present participle diminishing, simple past and past participle diminished)
- (transitive) To make smaller.
- (intransitive) To become smaller.
- (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Ezekiel 29:15,[1]
- It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
- 1639, Ralph Robinson (translator), Utopia by Thomas More, London, Book 2, “Of their journying or travelling abroad,” p. 197,[2]
- […] this doth nothing diminish their opinion.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 4, lines 32-35,[3]
- O thou, that, with surpassing glory crowned,
- Lookest from thy sole dominion like the God
- Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars
- Hide their diminished heads; to thee I call,
- 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, London: André Deutsch, Chapter 3,
- In Seth’s presence Mr Biswas felt diminished. Everything about Seth was overpowering: his calm manner, his smooth grey hair, his ivory holder, his hard swollen forearms […]
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Ezekiel 29:15,[1]
- (intransitive) To taper.
- 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, London: J.M. Dent, 1904, Chapter 8, p. 120,[4]
- The chair and table legs diminished as they neared the ground, and were straight and square in all their corners.
- 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, London: J.M. Dent, 1904, Chapter 8, p. 120,[4]
- (intransitive) To disappear gradually.
- 1948, Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter, Penguin, 1971, Part Two, Chapter 2, 1, p. 77,[5]
- ‘Good evening, good evening,’ Father Rank called. His stride lengthened and he caught a foot in his soutane and stumbled as he went by. ‘A storm’s coming up,’ he said. ‘Got to hurry,’ and his ‘ho, ho, ho’ diminished mournfully along the railway track, bringing no comfort to anyone.
- 1948, Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter, Penguin, 1971, Part Two, Chapter 2, 1, p. 77,[5]
- (transitive) To take away; to subtract.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Deuteronomy 4:2,[6]
- Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Deuteronomy 4:2,[6]
Antonyms
- improve, repair, renovate
Derived terms
- diminishment
- law of diminishing returns
Related terms
- diminution
Translations
Anagrams
- minidish
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dope
English
Etymology
From Dutch doop (“thick dipping sauce”), from Dutch dopen (“to dip”), from Middle Dutch dopen, from Old Dutch *d?pen, from Frankish *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijan?.
Sense “narcotic drug” originally from viscous opium pastes, “insider information” perhaps from knowing which horse had been doped in a race. Related to English dip and German taufen.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [d??p]
- (US) IPA(key): [do?p]
- Rhymes: -??p
Noun
dope (countable and uncountable, plural dopes)
- (uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- (uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
- (uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
- (uncountable, slang) Any illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin. [from late 19th c.]
- (uncountable, slang) Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports. [from early 20th c.]
- Synonym: scoop
- (uncountable, fireams) Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
- (countable, slang) A stupid person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
- (US, Ohio) Dessert topping.
Derived terms
- dope fiend
- dope house
- dope man
- dope sheet
- dope slap/dope-slap
- dope story
- dopeless
Translations
Verb
dope (third-person singular simple present dopes, present participle doping, simple past and past participle doped)
- (transitive, slang) To affect with drugs.
- Synonym: administer
- (transitive) To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
- (transitive, electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
- (intransitive, now chiefly sports) To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sporting competitions.
- (slang, transitive, dated) To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
Derived terms
- dope up
Descendants
Translations
Adjective
dope (comparative doper, superlative dopest)
- (slang) Amazing.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:awesome
Translations
References
Anagrams
- deop, depo, op-ed, oped, p.o.'ed, p.o.ed, pedo, pedo-, pode, poed
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [do?p?]
Verb
dope
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dopen
French
Etymology
From English dope
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?p/
Noun
dope f (plural dopes)
- (informal) illicit drug, narcotic
Verb
dope
- first-person singular present indicative of doper
- third-person singular present indicative of doper
- first-person singular present subjunctive of doper
- third-person singular present subjunctive of doper
- second-person singular imperative of doper
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?do?.p?]
Verb
dope
- inflection of dopen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Ido
Etymology
From dop +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?do.pe/
Adverb
dope
- back, behind, aback
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dope/, [?d?o.pe]
Verb
dope
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dopar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dopar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dopar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of dopar.
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