In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
collides
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collide
• Cedillos
Source: Wiktionary
Col*lide", v. i. Etym: [L. collidere, collisum; col- + laedere to strike. See Lesion.]
Definition: To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided. Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate. Tyndall. No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. Carlyle.
Col*lide", v. t.
Definition: To strike or dash against. [Obs.] Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.