Word of the Day: Spin

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Oct 11, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Spin

spin / spin

verb

1. to twist some material into thread or yarn

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff tospin.

George Herbert, 1593-1633

2. to create a thread by putting forth from the body a viscous material, as a spider

We have to believe that everything has a cause, as the spider spins its web in order to catch flies.

Georg C. Lichtenberg, 1742-1799

3. to cause to twirl

When you spin a globe and point to a city and actually go to that city, you build an allowance of missed opportunities on the back end.

from ‘How Did You Get This Number’ by Sloane Crosley, 1978-

4. to twirl

Only the spinning top and the moving bicycle do not fall over.

Anna Brackett, 1836-1911

5. to fabricate a story

I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money.

Jack Kerouac, 1922-1969

6. to have the sensation of whirling

There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin.

James Baldwin, 1924-1987

noun

1. an act of twirling

Interestingly, each skater gets pretty much the same amount of time in the air every time he or she jumps, so the number of spins is really about how quickly and effectively the skater can reduce the moment of inertia.

Robby Berman,?-

‘Figure Skating Physics for Normal Humans.’ bigthink.com/robby-berman/figure-skating-physics-for-normal-humans

2. the quickly revolving motion of a top

When you are stuck in a spiral, to change the aspects of the spin you only need to change direction.

Christine Baldwin, 1946-

3. a quick trip in an automobile or on a bicycle

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930

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Word of the Day: Animal

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Oct 10, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Animal

an-i-mal / a-nə-məl

noun

1. any of the members of kingdom Animalia, which have sensory and nervous systems, gather food and can move on their own

Man is the only animal that blushes – or needs to.

Mark Twain, 1835-1924

2. living things besides humans and plants

Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.

Anatole France, 1844-1924

3. a mammal

If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are.

Nigerian Proverb

4. someone with a lack of restraint

If you want to be a party animal, you have to learn to live in the jungle.

Kelly LeBrock, 1960-

5. a thing

Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals.

Frank Stallone, 1950-

adjective

1. of or relating to living things in kingdom Animalia, usually excepting humans

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

Thomas Szasz, 1920-2012

2. relating to the physical nature of humans

The entire history of humanity is marked by a single inexorable movement – fromanimal instinct toward rational thought, from inborn behavior toward acquired knowledge.

Philipp Meyer, 1974-

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Word of the Day: Produce

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Oct 9, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Produce

pro-duce / prə-ˈdüs (v), ˈprō-(ˌ)düs (n)

verb

1. to cause to exist

Fine words do not produce food.

Nigerian Proverb

2. to exhibit or bring to notice

It is wrong for man to say that he is certain of the objective truth of any proposition unless he can produce evidence which logically justifies that certainty.

Thomas Huxley, 1825-1895

3. to make

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Ralph Nader, 1934-

4. to present to the public, typically through funding

Of course it’s a big risk to be producing and directing a play one has written.

Winter Miller, 1973-

5. to create

Love has produced some heroes but many idiots too.

Danish Proverb

6. to yield or supply

Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.

Henry Rollins, 1961-

7. to birth

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who producethem; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

Aristotle, 384 BC-322 BC

noun

1. fresh fruits, vegetables and other types of agricultural products

Ripe bananas are the mark of a good produce section. A good produce section is the mark of a superior grocery store.

Stanley Tucci, 1960-

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Word of the Day: Repent and Repentance

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Oct 8, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Repent and Repentance

repent

re-pent / ri-ˈpent

verb

1. to turn from sin and better oneself

To grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another.

Frederick William Robertson, 1816-1853

2. to feel regretful or contrite over past actions

To spend the night in anger is better than to spend it repenting.

Senegalese Proverb

repentance

re-pen-tance / ri-ˈpen-tᵊn(t)s

noun

1. the act of regretting past wrongs and turning from sin

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Traditional Proverb

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Poem

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Oct 7, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Poem

po-em / ˈpō-əm

noun

1. a composition typically written in verse which may or may not rhyme

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

from ‘Trees’ by Joyce Kilmer, 1886-1918

2. something suggestive of a composition in verse

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

from ‘Trees’ by Joyce Kilmer, 1886-1918

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.