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tile
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English tile, tyle, tigel, ti?el, te?ele, from Old English tie?le, ti?le, ti?ele (“tile; brick”), from Proto-Germanic *tigul? (“tile”), from Latin t?gula. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tichel (“tile”), West Frisian teil, tegel, tichel (“tile”), Dutch tichel, tegel (“tile”), German Ziegel (“brick; tile”), Danish tegl (“brick”), Swedish tegel (“brick; tile”), Icelandic tigl (“tile; brick”). Doublet of tegula.
Noun
tile (plural tiles)
- A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
- (computing) A rectangular graphic.
- Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
- (dated, informal) A stiff hat.
- 1865, Charles Dickens, Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions, Chapter III
- Tile - Tile, a Hat.
- 1911, Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard, "Any Old Iron", British Music Hall song
- Dressed in style, brand-new tile, And your father's old green tie on.
- 1865, Charles Dickens, Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions, Chapter III
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Bengali: ???? (?ali)
- ? Japanese: ??? (tairu)
- ? Korean: ?? (tail)
- ? Nepali: ???? (??il)
- ? Oriya: ????? (?ail)
- ? Welsh: teils
Translations
Verb
tile (third-person singular simple present tiles, present participle tiling, simple past and past participle tiled)
- (transitive) To cover with tiles.
- (graphical user interface) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
- (computing theory) To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
- (freemasonry) To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
Derived terms
- tiler
Translations
Etymology 2
See tiler (“doorkeeper at a Masonic lodge”).
Alternative forms
- tyle
Verb
tile (third-person singular simple present tiles, present participle tiling, simple past and past participle tiled)
- To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
See also
- Tile Hill
Anagrams
- -lite, IELT, Tiel, lite, teil, tiel
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
tile m (genitive singular tile, nominative plural tilí)
- (nautical, literary) board, plank (of boat)
- (nautical)
- sheets
- poop
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "tile" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “tile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tile” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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distribute
English
Etymology
From Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere (“to divide, distribute”), from dis- (“apart”) + tribuere (“to give, impart”); see tribute.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??st??bju?t/, /?d?st??bju?t/
- (General American) enPR: d?-str?b?yo?ot, IPA(key): /d??st??bjut/
- Rhymes: -?bju?t, -?st??bju?t
- Hyphenation: dis?trib?ute
Verb
distribute (third-person singular simple present distributes, present participle distributing, simple past and past participle distributed)
- (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
- (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.
- (transitive) To deliver or pass out.
- (transitive) To scatter or spread.
- (transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).
- (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.
- (intransitive, mathematics) To be distributive.
- (printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
- (printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
- (logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
- 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
- A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.
- 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
Synonyms
- (to divide into portions and dispense): allot, dispend, parcel out; see also Thesaurus:distribute
- (to deliver or pass out): courier
- (to scatter or spread): disperse, sparble, strew; see also Thesaurus:disperse
- (to classify or separate into categories): categorize, sort; see also Thesaurus:classify
Translations
Derived terms
Further reading
- distribute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- distribute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- turbidites
Latin
Etymology
From distrib?tus, participle of distribu? (“distribute, apportion”)
Adverb
distrib?t? (comparative distrib?tius, superlative distrib?tissim?)
- orderly, methodically
Related terms
- distribu?
- distrib?ti?
- distrib?tus
References
- distribute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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