| dislodge Apr 17th 2013, 01:09 | | | | Line 11: | Line 11: | | | {{en-verb|dislodg|ing}} | | {{en-verb|dislodg|ing}} | | | | | | | − | # To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied. | + | # {{transitive}} To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied. | | | #*'''1898''', {{w|J. Meade Falkner}}, {{w|Moonfleet}} Chapter 4 | | #*'''1898''', {{w|J. Meade Falkner}}, {{w|Moonfleet}} Chapter 4 | | | #*:Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to '''dislodge''' the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness. | | #*:Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to '''dislodge''' the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness. | | − | # To move or go from a dwelling or former position. | + | # {{intransitive}} To move or go from a dwelling or former position. | | − | # {{figurative}} To force out of a secure or settled position. | + | #* Milton | | | + | #*: Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round / Lodge and '''dislodge''' by turns. | | | + | # {{transitive|figurative}} To force out of a secure or settled position. | | | #* {{quote-news|year=2012|date=November 7|author=Matt Bai|title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/us/politics/in-president-obamas-second-term-familiar-challenges.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | | #* {{quote-news|year=2012|date=November 7|author=Matt Bai|title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/us/politics/in-president-obamas-second-term-familiar-challenges.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | | | |passage=The country's first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last '''dislodge''' the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.}} | | |passage=The country's first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last '''dislodge''' the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.}} |
Latest revision as of 01:09, 17 April 2013 [edit] English [edit] Etymology From Old French desloger, cognates include French déloger. [edit] Pronunciation dislodge (third-person singular simple present dislodges, present participle dislodging, simple past and past participle dislodged) - (transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to dislodge the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness.
- (intransitive) To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
- Milton
- Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round / Lodge and dislodge by turns.
- (transitive, figuratively) To force out of a secure or settled position.
- 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, "Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds", New York Times:
- The country's first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.
[edit] Translations To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied  |  |
