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- Dictionaryopenwork/ˈəʊp(ə)nwəːk/
noun
- 1. ornamental work in cloth, metal, leather, or other material with regular patterns of openings and holes: "white openwork sandals"
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4. Openwork (or open-work) is any style of fabric that is made with holes included, such as crochet, lace doilies, or some forms of quilt. It's also used for metal structures that have holes, but I believe this is less common. It seems odd to hear it used for socks. Socks are usually knitted, and I don't see any reason to knit holes into socks.
I have heard the term "CFNM" being used in sexuality, does anybody know what the term means ? (Note: OP said "CNFM", but another user edited that to "CFNM".) Actually 'googling' didn't help at all.
@Shinto: "Commentate" may be a back-formation, but Merriam-Webster has it and says "First Known Use: 1794". Also (as you said yourself), "commentator" has a connotation beyond merely "someone who comments"; the dictionary gives "one who gives a commentary; especially: one who reports and discusses news on radio or television".
Mar 22, 2020 · OED: [1] 2.a. The use of words or expressions that are susceptible of a double signification, with a view to mislead; esp. the expression of a virtual falsehood in the form of a proposition which (in order to satisfy the speaker's conscience) is verbally true. [2] Culture: 7.a. Chiefly as a count noun.
Jul 8, 2013 · To define is to delineate a specific meaning of a word. To describe is to provide useful attributes of something represented by that word. For example, it is hard to define "god" but easy to define "car."
Jul 11, 2013 · 1. Grammatically, both by and as are acceptable in either of the examples given. But as mathematical statements, both examples have problems. In the first example, “The function f is defined by/as f=a+b+c ”, unless a, b, c all are previously-defined functions or constants, the arguments of f and its dependence on them is unclear, ie ...
Aug 14, 2014 · A little further afield, some define the doctrine of gnosticism, and its members, the Gnostics, as subscribing to the: belief that freedom derives solely from knowledge. Note that Gnosticism is variously defined, and this description is not even the most popular or common. However, as @JasperLocke points out, the more generic. Gnosiophile
American English: British English: Synched is more popular than synced for both American and British English, but the gap is closer in British English. I've seen both used in the computer industry. The common and my preferred way of abbreviating synchronous is sync, rather than synch, partly because it makes more sense to pronounce it as sink ...
Autological word. A word is autological or homological if it describes itself. The common term for this is a backronym, a back-formation acronym. Also known as recursive acronym / metacronym/ recursive initialism, this is a fun way to coin names for new programming languages and such.
I do not know about English usage, but coming from Latin there are some differences: inherent: to hang on something, adhere to s., stick to s., (lat. inhaerens)
