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101spin — I. /spɪn / (say spin) verb (spun or, Archaic, span, spun, spinning) –verb (t) 1. to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibres. 2. to form (any material) into thread. 3 …
102tedious — /ˈtidiəs / (say teedeeuhs) adjective 1. marked by tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey. 2. prolix so as to cause weariness, as a speaker. {Middle English, from Late Latin taediōsus} –tediously, adverb –tediousness, noun …
103hysteresis — by David B. Clarke Although it is most frequently as sociated with physical systems, Baudrillard has characterised contemporary society in terms of hysteresis the process whereby something continues to develop by inertia (A, 115). Coined by… …
104tedious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ too long, slow, or dull. DERIVATIVES tediously adverb tediousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin taedium tedium , from taedere be weary of …
105tediousness — tedious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ too long, slow, or dull. DERIVATIVES tediously adverb tediousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin taedium tedium , from taedere be weary of …
106tedious — [tē′dē əs; ] occas. [ tē′jəs] adj. [ME < LL taediosus] full of tedium; long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring tediously adv. tediousness n …
107wear — wear1 [wer] vt. wore, worn, wearing [ME weren < OE werian, akin to ON verja, Goth wasjan, to clothe < IE base * wes , to clothe > Sans vastra , L vestis, clothing, vestire, to clothe] 1. a) to have on the body or carry on the person… …
108hold — 1. v. & n. v. (past and past part. held) 1 tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands or arms). b (also refl.) keep or sustain (a thing, oneself, one s head, etc.) in a particular position (hold it to the light; held himself erect). c grasp so as… …
109megillah — noun (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account he insisted on giving us the whole megillah • Topics: ↑Yiddish • Hypernyms: ↑report, ↑account …
110prolong — v.tr. 1 extend (an action, condition, etc.) in time or space. 2 lengthen the pronunciation of (a syllable etc.). 3 (as prolonged adj.) lengthy, esp. tediously so. Derivatives: prolongation n. prolongedly adv. prolonger n. Etymology: ME f. OF… …
