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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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mast
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mäst, IPA(key): /m??st/
- (US, Canada, Northern England) IPA(key): /mæst/
- Homophone: massed (/mæst/)
- Rhymes: -??st, -æst
- Rhymes: -æst
Etymology 1
From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”). Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin m?lus, Russian ????? (móst, “bridge”), Irish adhmad.
Noun
mast (plural masts)
- (nautical, communication) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires. [from 9th c.]
- (naval) A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command. [from 17th c.]
Hyponyms
- (tall, slim post to support the sails on a ship): foremast, mainmast, mizzenmast, topmast
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mast (third-person singular simple present masts, present participle masting, simple past and past participle masted)
- To supply and fit a mast to (a ship). [from 16th c.]
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”), mæsten (“to fatten, feed”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat.
Noun
mast (plural masts)
- The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals. [from 10th c.]
- c. 1609, George Chapman, Homer, Prince of Poets [translation of Odyssey]:
- She shut them straight in sties, and gave them meat: / Oak-mast, and beech, and cornel fruit, they eat,
- 1715, Robert South, "A Sermon upon Prov. i.32", Twelve sermons preached at several times, and upon several occasions, page 73:
- they feed and grovel like Swine under an Oak, filling themselves with the Mast, but never so much as looking up
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, page 162:
- He […] would begin to pick up the seed-cases or mast, squeeze each one with his fingers to see if it were fertile, and drop it if it were not.
- c. 1609, George Chapman, Homer, Prince of Poets [translation of Odyssey]:
Derived terms
- mastless
Translations
Verb
mast (third-person singular simple present masts, present participle masting, simple past and past participle masted)
- (of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.
- (agriculture, forestry, ecology, of a population of plants) To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
Etymology 3
From French masse, with -t probably after Etymology 1, above.
Noun
mast (plural masts)
- (obsolete, billiards) A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball. [18th–19th c.]
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 74:
- Godfrey thus conquered, pretended to lose his temper, curs'd his own ill luck, swore that the table had a cast, and that the balls did not run true, changed his mast, and with great warmth challenged his enemy to double his sum.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 74:
Related terms
- mast cell
Anagrams
- AMTs, ASTM, ATMs, MTAs, Mats, Stam, amts, mats, stam, tams
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech mast, from Proto-Slavic *mast?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mast]
- Hyphenation: mast
- Rhymes: -ast
Noun
mast f
- ointment
Declension
Derived terms
- masti?ka f
Related terms
- mastit
- mastný
- mastnota
Further reading
- mast in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- mast in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?st/
- Hyphenation: mast
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch mast, from Old Dutch *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.
Noun
mast m (plural masten, diminutive mastje n)
- mast (pole on a ship, to which sails can be rigged)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: mas
- ? Japanese: ???
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch mast.
Noun
mast m (plural masten, diminutive mastje n)
- mast, fodder for pigs or other animals made up of acorns and beechnuts.
Anagrams
- stam, tams
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?s?t/
Etymology
From either Middle Low German mast or German Mast.
Noun
mast (genitive masti, partitive masti)
- mast
- (card games) suit
- (poker) flush
Declension
Compounds
- mastirida
Descendants
- ? Ingrian: masti
Middle English
Adjective
mast
- Alternative form of mased
Middle French
Etymology
Old French mast
Noun
mast m (plural masts)
- mast (structure found on watercraft)
Descendants
- French: mât
Northern Kurdish
Noun
mast m
- yoghurt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German mast (“mast”).
Noun
mast f or m (definite singular masta or masten, indefinite plural master, definite plural mastene)
- mast
Synonyms
- stang
Derived terms
- fokkemast
- stormast
- radiomast
- lysmast
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- masa, maset
Verb
mast
- past participle of mase
References
- “mast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- master (non-standard since 2012)
Etymology
From Middle Low German mast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?st/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
mast f (definite singular masta, indefinite plural master, definite plural mastene)
- mast
References
- “mast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *mast?.
Noun
mast f
- ointment
Declension
Related terms
- mazati
- mastný
- mastnost
Descendants
- Czech: mast
Further reading
- “mast”, in Vokabulá? webový: webové hnízdo pramen? k poznání historické ?eštiny [online]?[1], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk ?eský AV ?R, 2006–2020
Old French
Alternative forms
- maste
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *mast.
Noun
mast m (oblique plural maz or matz, nominative singular maz or matz, nominative plural mast)
- mast (structure found on watercraft)
Descendants
- Middle French: mast
- French: mât
- Norman: mât
- ? Spanish: maste
- ? Spanish: mástel (spelling influenced by árbol)
- ? Spanish: mástil
- ? Spanish: mástel (spelling influenced by árbol)
- ? Old Portuguese: masto, maste
- Portuguese: mastro, (archaic) masto
- ? Portuguese: mastaréu
- Portuguese: mastro, (archaic) masto
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- m?st
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maist, *maistaz. Cognates include Old English m?st and Old Saxon m?st.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma?st/
Adjective
m?st
- superlative degree of gr?t
Adverb
m?st
- most
Descendants
- Saterland Frisian: maast
- West Frisian: meast
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 28
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *mast? (Russian ????? (mast?), Polish ma??). Compare mazati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mâ?st/
Noun
m?st f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- grease
- ointment
- fat
- lard
- schmaltz
Declension
References
- “mast” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German mast, from Old Saxon *mast, from Proto-West Germanic *mast.
Noun
mast c
- mast, tall slim structure
Declension
Anagrams
- Mats, mats, samt, stam
Zazaki
Noun
mast n
- yoghurt (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)
Synonyms
- most
- mhost
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