inroads
plural of inroad
The beginnings of progress; penetration of a problem; initial steps.
• Almost always plural.
• Ardoins, Dorians, donairs, ordains, ranoids, sad-iron, sadiron, sardoin
Source: Wiktionary
In"road`, n.
Definition: The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment. The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroads of the enemy. Clarendon. With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal throne. Milton.
Syn.
– Invasion; incursion; irruption. See Invasion.
In*road", v.t [imp. & p. p. Inroaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Inroading.]
Definition: To make an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.] The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
