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dinghy

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d??(?)i/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?d??.i/
    • Rhymes: -??i
  • Rhymes: -???i

Etymology

From Bengali ?????? (?i?ga).

Noun

dinghy (plural dinghies)

  1. (nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
  2. (nautical) An inflatable rubber life raft.
Synonyms
  • tender

Translations

Derived terms

  • sailing dinghy
  • dinghy towing

Verb

dinghy (third-person singular simple present dinghies, present participle dinghying, simple past and past participle dinghied)

  1. (intransitive) To travel by dinghy.

Anagrams

  • hyding

French

Noun

dinghy m (plural dinghys)

  1. (nautical) dinghy

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pray

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English preien, from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French preier, proier, (French prier), from Late Latin *prec?re, from Latin prec?r?, present active infinitive of precor, from prex, precis (a prayer, a request), from Proto-Indo-European *pre?- (to ask, woo). Cognate via Indo-European of Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Confer deprecate, imprecate, precarious.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pr?, IPA(key): /p?e?/
  • Rhymes: -e?
  • Homophone: prey

Verb

pray (third-person singular simple present prays, present participle praying, simple past and past participle prayed)

  1. (religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
  2. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
  3. (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
  4. To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
  5. (obsolete) To implore, to entreat, to request.
Derived terms
  • prayer
  • pray in aid
  • pray to the porcelain god
  • prithee
Related terms
  • precarious
Translations

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of I pray you, I pray thee, whence also prithee.

Adverb

pray (not comparable)

  1. (archaic or formal) Please; used to make a polite request
    • 1816, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume 1 Chapter 8
      "Pray, Mr. Knightley," said Emma, who had been smiling to herself through a great part of this speech, "how do you know that Mr. Martin did not speak yesterday?"
    • 1841, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, Chapter 10
      Pray don’t ask me why, pray don’t be sorry, pray don’t be vexed with me!
    • 1845, Frederick Marryat, The Mission, Chapter XXI
      Well, Major, pray tell us your adventures, for you have frightened us dreadfully.
    • 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
      Thank you. I am sorry to have interrupted you. Pray continue your most interesting statement.
  2. Alternative form of pray tell (I ask you (insincerely))
    • 2013, Martina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic? (in The Guardian, 20 September 2013)[1]
      He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?

Middle English

Verb

pray

  1. Alternative form of preie

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