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Kneeled is the past tense of kneel, a verb which means to bend the knees and rest upon them. Kneeling is often a position employed when praying or abasing oneself before another. Knelt is also the past tense of kneel, it is a form that gained prominence in the 19th …
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Training wheels are a set of small wheels on a pair of brackets which are attached parallel to the rear wheel of a bicycle to help a child balance the bike, while learning how to ride. It is a a term used in the United States, Canada and Australia. Stabilisers …
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Teen is an abbreviation of teenager, an adolescent between the ages of thirteen and nineteen, so-called because all of these ages end in the suffix -teen. Tween is a combination of teen and between, it describes the ages of older children who are not yet teens. Generally, the ages ten …
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Stand alone is an idiom meaning one who is unequaled or without peer, notice that the verb form is two separate words. Standalone means an device or object that may operate independently from another system or object. Standalone may also function as an adjective, describing an independent object or device. …
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A car park is an area where a car or truck or motorcycle may be left, for a time, off-street. A car park is usually a paved area, the spaces are clearly marked with white or sometimes yellow paint. A driver is expected to occupy only one space. Car park …
Resolve may be used as a noun to describe a firm intention. Resolve may be used as a verb to mean (1) to decide a course of action as an individual or in an assembly by formal vote (2) to break into separate elements and analyze (3) to bring to …
Jealousy is (1) the unhappy feeling of being replaced in someone’s affections (2) the suspicion that the object of your affection has been unfaithful in your relationship (3) the fierce or watchful guarding of one’s rights (4) a feeling of discontented longing for someone else’s possessions or accomplishments. Jealous is …
Disabuse means to convince someone of the inaccuracy of a belief or notion. Disabuse is a transitive verb, it is used with an object. The first known use of disabuse was 1611. Misuse means to use something in an incorrect fashion or for the wrong purpose. Misuse also means to …
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Though similar in sound, the prefixes hyper- and hypo- have opposite meanings. Hyper- is a word prefix that means more than normal, overly, above and beyond, to excess. In medicine, hyper- refers to a condition which is abnormally excess. Hyper- comes from the Greek, huper, which means over, beyond. Informally, …
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Therefore means for this reason, thus, or consequently. It is an adverb, often used as a conjunctive adverb or sentence connector. Rarely, therefore is used as a noun to mean an inference. Therefor is an archaic form meaning for that object or purpose, in exchange for this or that or …