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plunder
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1632 during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War. Borrowed from German plündern (“to loot”), from Middle High German, from Middle Low German plunderen. Cognate with Dutch plunderen, West Frisian plonderje, Saterland Frisian plunnerje. Probably denominal from a word for “household goods, clothes, bedding”; compare Middle Dutch plunder, German Plunder (“stuff”), Dutch and West Frisian plunje (“clothes”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: pl?n'd?(r), IPA(key): /?pl?nd?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
Verb
plunder (third-person singular simple present plunders, present participle plundering, simple past and past participle plundered)
- (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- (transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.
- (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
- (transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
- (transitive) To take unexpectedly.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
- The Serb teed up Steve Davis, who crossed low for Graziano Pellè to plunder his fifth league goal of the campaign.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
plunder (uncountable)
- An instance of plundering.
- The loot attained by plundering.
- See Thesaurus:booty
- (slang, dated) Baggage; luggage.
- 1880, The Peterson Magazine (volumes 77-78, page 215)
- […] till a long-legged boy brought him out of his revery, by an offer to carry his “plunder,” in whatsoever direction he might desire to direct his steps.
- 1880, The Peterson Magazine (volumes 77-78, page 215)
See also
- manubial
Translations
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch plunder, further etymology unknown.
Alternative forms
- plonder (obsolete)
Noun
plunder c (plural plunders, diminutive plundertje n)
- One's property, (collective) possessions
- Synonyms: have (en goed), huisraad
- Notably furniture and other (mainly small) home inventory
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
plunder
- first-person singular present indicative of plunderen
- imperative of plunderen
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tease
English
Alternative forms
- teaze (dated)
Etymology
From Middle English tesen, from Old English t?san (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?z, IPA(key): /ti?z/
- Homophones: teas, tees
- Rhymes: -i?z
Verb
tease (third-person singular simple present teases, present participle teasing, simple past and past participle teased)
- To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
- To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- To back-comb.
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately.
- 2008, Lich King, "Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast ", Toxic Zombie Onslaught
- 2008, Lich King, "Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast ", Toxic Zombie Onslaught
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
- Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing.
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
Usage notes
- Tease, in the sense of "make fun of," can refer to cruel statements but also affectionate or harmless ones, which may be taken in good humour by the recipient. By contrast, taunt only refers to cruel statements, as does mock unless qualified (e.g. gently mock).
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
tease (plural teases)
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- Synonyms: cock tease, cocktease, cockteaser, prickteaser
Translations
Anagrams
- Seeta, setae, setæ
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