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gain
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English gayn, gain, gein (“profit, advantage”), from Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagn?, *gagan? (“gain, profit", literally "return”), from Proto-Germanic *gagana (“back, against, in return”), a reduplication of Proto-Germanic *ga- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with Icelandic gagn (“gain, advantage, use”), Swedish gagn (“benefit, profit”), Danish gavn (“gain, profit, success”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (gageigan, “to gain, profit”), Old Norse gegn (“ready”), dialectal Swedish gen (“useful, noteful”), Latin cum (“with”); see gain-, again, against. Compare also Middle English gaynen, geinen (“to be of use, profit, avail”), Icelandic and Swedish gagna (“to avail, help”), Danish gavne (“to benefit”).
The Middle English word was reinforced by Middle French gain (“gain, profit, advancement, cultivation”), from Old French gaaing, gaaigne, gaigne, a noun derivative of gaaignier (“to till, earn, win”), from Frankish *waidanjan (“to pasture, graze, hunt for food”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waiþiz, *waiþ?, *waiþij? (“pasture, field, hunting ground”); compare Old High German weid?n, weidan?n (“to hunt, forage for food”) (Modern German Weide (“pasture”)), Old Norse veiða (“to catch, hunt”), Old English w?þan (“to hunt, chase, pursue”). Related to wathe, wide.
Verb
gain (third-person singular simple present gains, present participle gaining, simple past and past participle gained)
- (transitive) To acquire possession of.
- Looks like you've gained a new friend.
- (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
- The sick man gains daily.
- (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
- to gain a battle; to gain a case at law
- (transitive) To increase.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
- I'm gaining (on you).
- gain ground
- (transitive) To reach.
- to gain the top of a mountain
- 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel:
- Ernest laughed harshly and savagely when he had gained the street.
- To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- to gratify the queen, and gain the court
- (intransitive) To put on weight.
- I've been gaining.
- (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
gain (countable and uncountable, plural gains)
- The act of gaining; acquisition.
- 1855, Alfred Tennyson, Maude
- the lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain
- 1855, Alfred Tennyson, Maude
- What is gained.
- (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- 1987, John Borwick, Sound recording practice (page 238)
- There follows the high and low-frequency replay equalization, which normally involves two adjustments with a further control allowing the replay gain to be set.
- 1987, John Borwick, Sound recording practice (page 238)
Antonyms
- loss
Derived terms
- autogain
- gainful
- gainsome
- gain-ground (game)
Translations
Etymology 2
From dialectal English gen, gin, short for again, agen (“against”); also Middle English gain, gayn, gein, ?æn (“against”), from Old English g?an, ge?n (“against”). More at against.
Preposition
gain
- (obsolete) Against.
Derived terms
- gainful
Etymology 3
From Middle English gayn, gein, geyn (“straight, direct, short, fit, good”), from Old Norse gegn (“straight, direct, short, ready, serviceable, kindly”), from gegn (“opposite, against”, adverb) (whence gagna (“to go against, meet, suit, be meet”)); see below at gain. Adverb from Middle English gayn, gayne (“fitly, quickly”), from the adjective.
Adjective
gain (comparative more gain, superlative most gain)
- (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
- the gainest way
- (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
- (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
- (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
Translations
Derived terms
- gainly
- gainsome
Adverb
gain (comparative more gain, superlative most gain)
- (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
- (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
- (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
- gain quiet (= fairly/pretty quiet)
Etymology 4
Compare Welsh gan (“a mortise”).
Noun
gain (plural gains)
- (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
Anagrams
- Agin, Agni, Angi, Gina, NGIA, Nagi, Ngai, a- -ing, ag'in, agin, gina, inga
Basque
Noun
gain
- summit
French
Etymology
From Middle French gain, from Old French gaaing, from the verb gaaignier (“to earn, gain, seize, conquer by force”), from Frankish *waidanjan (“to graze, forage, hunt”), from Proto-Germanic *waiþ? (“a hunt, pasture, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh?- (“to seek, crave, hunt”). Cognate with Old High German weidan?n (“to hunt, chase”), German Weide (“pasture, pasturage”). Compare also related Old French gain (“harvest time, revival”), from Frankish *waida (“income, food, fodder”) (whence French regain), from the same Germanic source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
Noun
gain m (plural gains)
- (usually in the plural) winnings, earnings, takings
- (finance) gain, yield
Derived terms
- gain de cause
- gain du temps
Further reading
- “gain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French gagner (“to gain”), compare Haitian Creole gen.
Verb
gain
- to have
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gegn.
Adjective
gain
- Alternative form of gayn (“direct, fast, good, helpful”)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse gagn.
Noun
gain
- Alternative form of gayn (“gain, reward, advantage”)
Etymology 3
From Old Norse gegna.
Verb
gain
- Alternative form of gaynen
Etymology 4
From Old English ?e?n, gæ?n, from Proto-Germanic *gagin; also influenced by Old Norse gegn, from the same Proto-Germanic form. Doublet of gayn (“direct, fast, good, helpful”).
Alternative forms
- gayn, gein, ?æn, ?ein, ?ean, gayne, gen, gan, gaine, geyn
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?n/, /?e?n/, /j?i?n/, /je?n/
Preposition
gain
- against, next to, touching
- (figuratively) against, opposed to, counter to, opposing (usually used in religious and spiritual contexts)
- towards, to, nearing
- (rare) on, on top of
- (rare) facing, pointed towards
Descendants
- English: gain (obsolete)
- Scots: gain, gin
References
- “y??n, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
Adverb
gain
- back (to), returning (to)
References
- “y??n, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
Middle French
Etymology
Old French gaaing.
Noun
gain m (plural gains)
- income (financial)
Descendants
- French: gain
References
- gain on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ai?n/
Adjective
gain
- Soft mutation of cain.
Mutation
gain From the web:
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bag
English
Etymology
From Middle English bagge, borrowed from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”), related to Old Norse b?ggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *b?ak- (compare Welsh baich (“load, bundle”), Ancient Greek ???????? (bástagma, “load”)).
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?g, IPA(key): /?bæ?/
- (Southern England, Australia) IPA(key): /?bæ??/
- (US, some dialects) IPA(key): /?b??/
- (US, Upper Midwest) IPA(key): /?be??/,
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
bag (plural bags)
- A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) poke, sack, tote
- Hyponym: bindle
- (informal) A handbag
- Synonyms: handbag, (US) purse
- A suitcase.
- A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
- (slang) One’s preference.
- Synonyms: cup of tea, thing; see also Thesaurus:predilection
- (derogatory) An ugly woman.
- Synonyms: dog, hag
- (LGBT, slang, US, derogatory) A fellow gay man.
- (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- (baseball) First, second, or third base.
- (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
- (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
- Synonym: multiset
- A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
- (now historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 54:
- [H]e had once lost his bag, and a considerable quantity of hair, which had been cut off by some rascal in his passage through Ludgate, during the lord mayor's procession.
- 1774, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 1 December:
- He had on a suit of Manchester velvet, Lined with white satten, a Bag, lace Ruffles, and a very handsome sword which the King had given to him.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 54:
- The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
- (slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
- (Britain) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
- (chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
- (slang) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
- (MLE, slang) £1000, a grand.
- (informal) A large number or amount.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Korean: ? (baek)
- Norwegian: bag
Translations
Verb
bag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged)
- To put into a bag.
- to take with oneself, to assume into one’s score
- (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
- (slang, MLE) To end the being at large of someone, to deprive of somone’s corporeal freedom in the course of a criminal procedure.
- Synonym: nick
- (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
- a bee bagged with his honeyed venom
- (transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
- (transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine.
- 1985, Sol S. Zimmerman, Joan Holter Gildea, Critical Care Pediatrics (page 205)
- The patient was bagged for a urine analysis and stat electrolytes were drawn.
- 1985, Sol S. Zimmerman, Joan Holter Gildea, Critical Care Pediatrics (page 205)
- to expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.
- To hang like an empty bag.
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 3,[1]
- [...] he was dressed in a badly fitting white drill suit, with trousers bagging concertina-like over clumsy black boots.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Eleven, p. 125,[2]
- And this uniform did not even fit me so well. But what is a little bagging on the waist and tightness under the arm when you are a gallant member of the British Royal Air Force?
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 3,[1]
- (nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Warner. (Alb. Eng.) to this entry?)
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.
- to show particular puffy emotion
- (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
- (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- -gab-, ABG, AGB, BGA, GAB, GBA, Gab, gab, gab-
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French bague.
Noun
bag
- ring
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- bagu
Etymology
Either of substratum origin or from a Vulgar Latin *beg?, from Late Latin b?g?, from Latin b?ga. Less likely from Greek ???? (vázo, “put in, set on”). May have originally referred to putting animals under a yoke. Compare Romanian b?ga, bag.
Verb
bag (past participle bãgatã or bãgate)
- I put, place, apply.
Related terms
- bãgari / bãgare
- bãgat
- nibãgat
See also
- pun
Breton
Etymology
Probably tied to Old French bac (“flat boat”), itself of obscure origin.
Noun
bag f
- boat
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bak n (“back”), from Proto-Germanic *bak?, cognate with Norwegian bak, Swedish bak, English back. The preposition is a shortening of Old Norse á bak (“on the back of”), compare English back from aback, from Old English onbæc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba???/, [?b?æ?j], [?b?æ?], (as a preposition or adverb always) IPA(key): [?b?æ?]
Noun
bag c (singular definite bagen, plural indefinite bage)
- (anatomy) behind, bottom, butt, buttocks
- seat (part of clothing)
Inflection
Synonyms
- (behind): bagdel, ende, røv (informal)
- (seat): buksebag
Preposition
bag
- behind
Adverb
bag
- behind
Etymology 2
From the verb to bake
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba???/, [?b?æ?j], [?b?æ?]
Noun
bag n (singular definite baget, plural indefinite bage)
- (rare) pastry
- Synonym: bagværk
Inflection
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba???/, [?b?æ?j], [?b?æ?]
Verb
bag
- imperative of bage
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French bague (“ring”).
Noun
bag
- ring
Meriam
Noun
bag
- cheek
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- bagg
Etymology
Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæ?/
Noun
bag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bager, definite plural bagene)
- A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack.
- (on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.
References
- “bag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- bagg
Etymology
Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi. Doublet of bagge.
Noun
bag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bagar, definite plural bagane)
- A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack.
- (on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.
References
- “bag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- b?ch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”) Cognate to Old English b?ag
Noun
b?g m
- a ring
Inflection
Rohingya
Etymology
From Magadhi Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit ??????? (vy?ghra).
Noun
bag
- tiger
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ba?]
Verb
bag
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of b?ga
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.
Noun
bag c
- A kind of large bag; a duffel bag
Declension
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From Meriam bag.
Noun
bag
- (anatomy, eastern dialect) cheek
Synonyms
- masa (western dialect)
Turkmen
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
bag (definite accusative bagy, plural baglar)
- garden
Welsh
Etymology
From English bag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?/
Noun
bag m (plural bagiau)
- bag
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bag”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pa?k?/
- Tone numbers: bag8
- Hyphenation: bag
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Proto-Tai *bra:kD?”)
Verb
bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ? or ? or ???? or ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ??? or ???? or ???? or ??? or ?, old orthography bag)
- to chop; to split
- (of lightning) to strike
- to dive; to swoop down
- to divide
- to cut across
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ?, old orthography bag)
- mental illness
Adjective
bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ?, old orthography bag)
- crazy; mad; insane
- Synonym: vangh
Descendants
- mabag
Verb
bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ?, old orthography bag)
- to become crazy; to go mad; to go nuts
- Synonym: vangh
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