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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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machine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin m?china (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek ??????? (m?khan??), cognate with Attic Greek ?????? (m?khan?, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical.
Displaced native Old English searu.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /m???in/
- Rhymes: -i?n
Noun
machine (plural machines)
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- (computing) A computer.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- The whole machine of government, civil and religious, ought never to bear upon the people with a weight so oppressive
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- I am apt to think, that the changing of the Trojan fleet into water-nymphs, which is the most violent machine in the whole Æneid{{..}}
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- 1902, The Friend
- A machine politician cannot see why the straight ticket (as be and his clique of party bosses prepare it) should not be voted by every citizen belonging to that party.
- 2006, Jerry F. Hough, Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-blue State Alignment, Algora Publishing ?ISBN, page 37
- In essence, therefore, the right-fork strategy of the Democrats meant an alliance of the South with the political machines built on the non-Protestant immigrants in key Northeastern states.
- 2013, Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli, The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, fourth edition, SIU Press ?ISBN, page 126
- He was thrust into a political maelstrom for which he was ill-prepared, and yet he was, most notably, the Chicago machine's political savior.
- 1902, The Friend
- (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- (obsolete) A bathing machine.
- 1823, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 512:
- One Machine only was provided for Bathers, the Limitted smoothness of the sands not extending widely enough to admit another.
- 1823, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 512:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:machine
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: masin
- ? Hindustani: ???? (ma??n) / ????? (ma??n)
- ? Irish: meaisín
- ? Japanese: ??? (mashin)
- ? Maori: m?hini
- ? Swahili: mashine
Translations
References
- machine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
machine (third-person singular simple present machines, present participle machining, simple past and past participle machined)
- to make by machinery.
- to shape or finish by machinery.
Derived terms
- machinist
Translations
Further reading
- machine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- machine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Eichman
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin m?china, from Doric Greek ??????? (m?khan??).
Alternative forms
- machien (archaic or colloquial)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m???in?/
- Hyphenation: ma?chi?ne
- Rhymes: -in?
Noun
machine f (plural machines, diminutive machientje n or machinetje n)
- machine (mechanical or electrical device)
Derived terms
- machinaal
- machineren
- naaimachine
- nietmachine
- schrijfmachine
- tunnelboormachine
- vliegmachine
- wasmachine
Related terms
- machinatie
- machinist
- mechaniek
- mechanisch
Descendants
- Afrikaans: masjien
- ? Malay: mesin
- Indonesian: mesin
- ? Sundanese: ?????? (mesin)
French
Etymology
From Middle French machine, borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from Doric Ancient Greek ??????? (m?khan??).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.?in/
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
- machine, device (clarification of this definition is needed)
- (slang) machine (a person who is very efficient)
Derived terms
Related terms
- machinal
- machination
- machiner
- machinisme
- machiniste
- mécanique
- mécanisme
Descendants
Further reading
- “machine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- chemina
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin machina.
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
- machine; device
Descendants
- French: machine (see there for further descendants)
- ? English: machine (see there for further descendants)
References
- “machine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (machine, supplement)
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