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goad
English
Etymology
From Middle English gode, from Old English g?d (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaid? (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *??ey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit ??????? (hinvati), ?????? (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), ???? (heti, “missile, projectile”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?d/
- Rhymes: -??d
Noun
goad (plural goads)
- A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
- (figuratively) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.
Translations
Verb
goad (third-person singular simple present goads, present participle goading, simple past and past participle goaded)
- To prod with a goad.
- To encourage or stimulate.
- To incite or provoke.
Translations
See also
- goat
Anagrams
- Goda, dago, doga
Scots
Etymology
From Old English god, of Germanic origin.
Noun
goad (plural goads)
- God
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refresh
English
Etymology
From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- +? fresh.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?i?f???/
- (US) IPA(key): /???f???/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
refresh (third-person singular simple present refreshes, present participle refreshing, simple past and past participle refreshed)
- (transitive) To renew or revitalize.
- Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
- (intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
- To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
- (intransitive, colloquial, dated) To take refreshment; to eat or drink.
- 1972, Vermont History (volume 40, page 268)
- We got within two miles of there, and stopped in the woods out of sight, where we refreshed with some brandy, and gave the two boys very large portions.
- 1972, Vermont History (volume 40, page 268)
Translations
- (transitive) To renew or revitalize.
- Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
Noun
refresh (plural refreshes)
- The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
- (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
- The process of modernizing something.
- 2013, Mark Phythian, Understanding the Intelligence Cycle (page 43)
- Experiences such as the Al Qaeda threat have provided a taste of how the landscape may have changed very fundamentally. Do these changes spell the end of the Cycle as a useful concept, or does it just need a refresh?
- 2013, Mark Phythian, Understanding the Intelligence Cycle (page 43)
Translations
Anagrams
- fresher
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