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rig
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?g, IPA(key): /???/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Early Modern English rygge, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian rigge (“to bind up; wrap around; rig; equip”), Swedish dialectal rigga (“to rig a horse”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rik- (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rign-, *reyg- (“to bind”); or related to Old English *wr?han, wr?ohan, wr?ohan, wr?on (“to bind; wrap up; cover”). See also wry (“to cover; clothe; dress; hide”).
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- (US) A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (slang, computing) A computer case, often modified for looks.
- 2004, Radford Castro, Let Me Play: Stories of Gaming and Emulation (page 104)
- When I saw a special version of Quake running on Voodoo hardware, I knew I would be forking out quite a bit of money on my gaming rig.
- 2004, Radford Castro, Let Me Play: Stories of Gaming and Emulation (page 104)
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
Translations
Verb
rig (third-person singular simple present rigs, present participle rigging, simple past and past participle rigged)
- (transitive) To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
Translations
Etymology 2
See ridge.
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
Etymology 3
Compare wriggle.
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (obsolete) A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine
- Let none condemn them for rigs, because thus hoiting with boys, seeing the simplicity of their age was a patent to privilege any innocent pastime, and few more years will make them blush themselves into better manners
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine
- A promiscuous woman.
- 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
- However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
- 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
- (obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
- 1782, William Cowper, The Diverting History of John Gilpin
- He little dreamt when he set out / Of running such a rig.
- 1782, William Cowper, The Diverting History of John Gilpin
- (obsolete) A blast of wind.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- that uncertain season before the rigs of old Michaelmas were yet well composed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
Verb
rig (third-person singular simple present rigs, present participle rigging, simple past and past participle rigged)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
- 1616, George Chapman, The Hymn to Hermes, in The Whole Works of Homer (tr.),
- Rigging and rifling all ways, and no noise / Made with thy soft feet, where it all destroys.
- 1616, George Chapman, The Hymn to Hermes, in The Whole Works of Homer (tr.),
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:harlotize
Etymology 4
From ring (“algebraic structure”), omitting the letter n to suggest the lack of negatives. Compare structure like a ring but lacking a multiplicative identity.
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- 2004, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 39, ACM Press, page 81,
- The set of natural numbers N with the usual operations of addition and multiplication is a rig, but not a ring. The set of integers Z is a ring. For a rig/ring (R,0,+,1,?), the set of polynomials R[x] on a generator x with the usual operations of addition and multiplication is also a rig/ring.
- 2004, Jerzy Marcinkowski (editor), Computer Science Logic: 18th International Workshop, CSL 2004, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 3210, page 17,
- It follows that for each object A its endomorphisms EndC(A) = C(A,A) has the structure of what is now called a rig, that is to say a (commutative) ring without negatives.
- 2004, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 39, ACM Press, page 81,
Synonyms
- (algebraic structure like a ring but without additive inverses): semiring
Anagrams
- G.R.I., GRI, IrG
Albanian
Etymology
From Greek ????? (rígas), cognate with the also borrowed Romanian rig?. Ultimately from Latin rex, thus forming a doublet of regj.
Noun
rig m (indefinite plural riga)
- (rare, card games) king in a pack of playing cards
- Synonyms: mbret, kerr
Derived terms
- rigash
Related terms
- regj
References
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ríkr (“rich”), from Proto-Germanic *r?kijaz, a derivative of *r?ks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *r?xs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??i?]
- Rhymes: -i??
Adjective
rig (neuter rigt, plural and definite singular attributive rige, comparative rigere, superlative (predicative) rigest, superlative (attributive) rigeste)
- rich (having wealth), wealthy, affluent
- exuberant, luxuriant
Inflection
Etymology 2
From English rig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?????]
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
rig c (singular definite riggen, plural indefinite rigge)
- rig (the arrangement of masts etc., the special apparatus used for drilling oil wells)
Inflection
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?????]
Verb
rig
- imperative of rigge
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??i?/
Verb
·rig
- first-person singular future conjunct of téit
Mutation
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suit
English
Etymology
From Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for sec?ta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. See also the doublet suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s(j)u?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /s(j)ut/
- Rhymes: -u?t
- Homophone: soot (in some dialects)
Noun
suit (plural suits)
- A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
- (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
- (derogatory, slang, metonymically) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
- A full set of armour.
- (law) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
- (obsolete): The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
- Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
- 1725, Alexander Pope, Odyssey (original by Homer)
- Rebate your loves, each rival suit suspend,
Till this funereal web my labors end.
- Rebate your loves, each rival suit suspend,
- 1725, Alexander Pope, Odyssey (original by Homer)
- (obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
- The full set of sails required for a ship.
- (card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.
- 1785, William Cowper, The Task
- To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort
Her mingled suits and sequences.
- To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort
- 1785, William Cowper, The Task
- (obsolete) Regular order; succession.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Vicissitude of Things
- Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again.
- (archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
- (archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- suite
Translations
See also
References
- suit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
suit (third-person singular simple present suits, present participle suiting, simple past and past participle suited)
- (transitive) To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
- (said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item, transitive) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
- (transitive) To be appropriate or apt for.
- c. 1700, Matthew Prior, epistle to Dr. Sherlock
- Raise her notes to that sublime degree / Which suits song of piety and thee.
- c. 1700, Matthew Prior, epistle to Dr. Sherlock
- (most commonly used in the passive form, intransitive) To dress; to clothe.
- To please; to make content; to fit one's taste.
- (intransitive) To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with)
- Synonyms: agree, match, answer
Derived terms
- suited and booted
- suit up
- suit yourself
- unsuited
Translations
Anagrams
- ITUs, Situ, TUIs, Tsui, UTIs, iust, situ, tuis, utis
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?i/
- Rhymes: -?i
- Homophone: suis
Verb
suit
- third-person singular present indicative of suivre
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?su.it/, [?s?u?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?su.it/, [?su?it?]
Verb
suit
- third-person singular present active indicative of su?
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English suit.
Noun
suit m (plural suits)
- (Jersey) suit (of clothes)
Synonyms
- fa
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