| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To develop or cultivate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To work, operate or activate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To utilize or exploit. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To distribute or dispense. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To furnish, convey or deliver. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To arrange, prepare, dispose, organize or straighten. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To match, fit, edit or accommodate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Present participle conjugation of the verb harness.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (harness) |
1. Put a harness; "harness the horse".[Wordnet]. 2. Exploit the power of; "harness natural forces and resources".[Wordnet]. 3. Control and direct with or as if by reins.[Wordnet]. 4. Keep in check.[Wordnet]. 5. Keep in check; "rule one's temper".[Wordnet]. 6. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.[Websters]. 7. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.[Websters]. 8. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.[Websters]. 9. To creep.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Base verb from the following inflections: harnessing, harnessed, harnesses, harnesser, harnessers, harnessingly and harnessedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Harnessing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Putting on armor or furniture for draught.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of harness. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: HARNESSING | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Harnessing Ruin | 6 | Harnessing Ruin | 6 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bourguignon | garnir (harnessing). Additional references: Bourguignon, France, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | dominar (to dominate, to govern, to restrain, dominate, control), controlando (containing, regulating, supervising, harnessing, managing), canalizar (to canalize, canalize, channel, channelling, harnessing), arrear (bridle, harness, gear, harnessing), aproveitarando (harnessing). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 利用 (make use of, exploit, to take advantage of, to use, to utilize), 槅 (a semicircular wooden collar at the end of the shafts of a large carriage, a yoke for harnessing animals, screen, shelf). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 槅 (a semicircular wooden collar at the end of the shafts of a large carriage, a yoke for harnessing animals, screen, shelf). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corse | fruttu (report, interest, production, exploit, ratio), sfruttà (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, capitalize on), scruccunà (exploit, fly, to fly, steal, extort), accuncià (arrange, to arrange, prepare, to prepare, adapt), arranghjà (distribute, furnish, harnessing, home decorating, match), caccià (exploit, extinguish, pull, shoot, to extinguish), accumudà (prepare, to prepare, arrange, to arrange, activate), cultivà (exploit, cultivate, to cultivate, grow, to utilize), caccià suchju (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, capitalize on), metti i furniméinti a u c (harnessing). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsi | fruttu (report, interest, production, exploit, ratio), sfruttà (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, capitalize on), scruccunà (exploit, fly, to fly, steal, extort), accuncià (arrange, to arrange, prepare, to prepare, adapt), arranghjà (distribute, furnish, harnessing, home decorating, match), caccià (exploit, extinguish, pull, shoot, to extinguish), accumudà (prepare, to prepare, arrange, to arrange, activate), cultivà (exploit, cultivate, to cultivate, grow, to utilize), caccià suchju (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, capitalize on), metti i furniméinti a u c (harnessing). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsican | fruttu (report, interest, production, exploit, ratio), sfruttà (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, capitalize on), scruccunà (exploit, fly, to fly, steal, extort), accuncià (arrange, to arrange, prepare, to prepare, adapt), arranghjà (distribute, furnish, harnessing, home decorating, match), caccià (exploit, extinguish, pull, shoot, to extinguish), accumudà (prepare, to prepare, arrange, to arrange, activate), cultivà (exploit, cultivate, to cultivate, grow, to utilize), caccià suchju (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, capitalize on), metti i furniméinti a u c (harnessing). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corso | fruttu (report, interest, production, exploit, ratio), sfruttà (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, capitalize on), scruccunà (exploit, fly, to fly, steal, extort), accuncià (arrange, to arrange, prepare, to prepare, adapt), arranghjà (distribute, furnish, harnessing, home decorating, match), caccià (exploit, extinguish, pull, shoot, to extinguish), accumudà (prepare, to prepare, arrange, to arrange, activate), cultivà (exploit, cultivate, to cultivate, grow, to utilize), caccià suchju (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, capitalize on), metti i furniméinti a u c (harnessing). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsu | fruttu (report, interest, production, exploit, ratio), sfruttà (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, capitalize on), scruccunà (exploit, fly, to fly, steal, extort), accuncià (arrange, to arrange, prepare, to prepare, adapt), arranghjà (distribute, furnish, harnessing, home decorating, match), caccià (exploit, extinguish, pull, shoot, to extinguish), accumudà (prepare, to prepare, arrange, to arrange, activate), cultivà (exploit, cultivate, to cultivate, grow, to utilize), caccià suchju (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, capitalize on), metti i furniméinti a u c (harnessing). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | anschirrend (harnessing). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | harnachement (harness, harnessing, trappings, gear, harness trappings), attelage (coupling, hitch, team, coupler, harnessing), aménagement (arrangement, conversion, harnessing, layout, appointments), en armant (harnessing), harnais (harness, gear, harnesses, headgear, restraining harness), harnacher (harness, harnessing), exploiter (exploit, utilize, to utilize, harness, mine), canalisation (canalization, duct, pipeline, feeder, main), aménager (harness, prepare, arrange, convert, develop). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | harnachement (harness, harnessing, trappings, gear, harness trappings), attelage (coupling, hitch, team, coupler, harnessing), aménagement (arrangement, conversion, harnessing, layout, appointments), en armant (harnessing), harnais (harness, gear, harnesses, headgear, restraining harness), harnacher (harness, harnessing), exploiter (exploit, utilize, to utilize, harness, mine), canalisation (canalization, duct, pipeline, feeder, main), aménager (harness, prepare, arrange, convert, develop). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | anschirrend (harnessing). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gullah | haa'ness (harness, harnessed, harnesses, harnessing). Additional references: Gullah, United States, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | רסון (bridling, curb, harnessing, restraint), הרתמה (harnessing), רתימה (harnessing), רתום (fastened, harnessed, harnessing, hitched, hitching), אסרה (harnessing of horse). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | anschirrend (harnessing). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | anschirrend (harnessing). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | kihasználás (exploitation, harnessing, profiting, utilization). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | bardatura (harness, caparison, trappings, frontal, gear). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | רסון (bridling, curb, harnessing, restraint), הרתמה (harnessing), רתימה (harnessing), רתום (fastened, harnessed, harnessing, hitched, hitching), אסרה (harnessing of horse). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 馬具を付け (harnessing). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | kihasználás (exploitation, harnessing, profiting, utilization). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Norwegian | Å utnytting (harnessing). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Patois of Drucourt | faire valer (exploit, to utilize, utilize, operate, open). Additional references: Patois of Drucourt, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | Podwieszanie (harnessing). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | Podwieszanie (harnessing). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | Podwieszanie (harnessing). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | dominar (dominate, control, govern, rule, to dominate), controlando (containing, regulating, supervising, harnessing, managing), canalizar (canalize, channel, to canalize, piper, channelling), arrear (harness, bridle, gear, harnessing), aproveitarando (harnessing). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | movilización (mobilization, call up, harnessing), enjaezar (harness, caparison, gear, harnessing), captación (captation, uptake, adsorption, capture, catchment), arreo (harnessing, spur on, trapping, drive a herd, gear). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, harnessing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “harnessing” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | arnessinghay (harnessing). Additional references: Pig Latin, harnessing. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | aartiisa (harnessing). Additional references: Terran B, harnessing. (volunteer) | |||
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| Language | Period | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | ||
| Old French | 900 - 1400 | restreindre (squeeze, accelerate, to accelerate, insist, tighten), apareillier (equip, to equip, get dressed, fit out, accouter). Additional references: Old French, harnessing. (volunteer) | ||
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