Word of the Day — Archive Page #280
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January 1, 2019
83% 18% #66 votesWhat does belay mean?
- belay(verb)
- something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured
December 31, 2018
84% 16% #71 votesWhat does foliaceous mean?
- foliaceous(adj)
- of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant
December 29, 2018
63% 37% #36 votesWhat does travail mean?
- parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed(noun)
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
December 28, 2018
65% 35% #56 votesWhat does stillness mean?
- hush, stillness, still(noun)
- (poetic) tranquil silence
December 27, 2018
70% 30% #110 votesWhat does foregather mean?
- meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather(verb)
- collect in one place
December 26, 2018
82% 18% #86 votesWhat does weasel word mean?
- weasel word(noun)
- an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion
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