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"babble":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to talk enthusiastically or excessively",
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": to utter meaningless or unintelligible sounds",
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": to make sounds as though babbling",
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": to utter in an incoherently or meaninglessly repetitious manner",
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": to reveal by talk that is too free",
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": to make meaningless sounds",
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": to talk foolishly",
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": to make the sound of a brook",
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": talk that is not clear",
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": the sound of a brook"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ba-b\u0259l",
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"\u02c8ba-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bumble",
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"chat",
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"chatter",
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"drivel",
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"drool",
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"gabble",
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"gibber",
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"jabber",
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"prattle",
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"sputter"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Pay no attention to her. She's just babbling .",
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"He'll babble on about sports all night if you let him.",
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"Her cousins were babbling in an unfamiliar dialect.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"But Fernandez was in the forest to prove something surprising: that these bat babies babble in many of the same ways humans do despite a wide evolutionary gap between us and them. \u2014 Mark Stratton, Scientific American , 3 Sep. 2021",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Alex Traub, New York Times , 28 May 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English babelen , probably of imitative origin",
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"first_known_use":[
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221722"
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},
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"babe":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": infant , baby",
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": girl , woman",
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": a person and especially a young woman who is sexually attractive",
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": a naive inexperienced person",
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": baby entry 1 sense 1"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0101b",
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"\u02c8b\u0101b"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abecedarian",
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"apprentice",
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"beginner",
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"colt",
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"cub",
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"fledgling",
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"freshman",
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"greenhorn",
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"neophyte",
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"newbie",
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"newcomer",
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"novice",
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"novitiate",
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"punk",
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"recruit",
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"rook",
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"rookie",
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"tenderfoot",
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"tyro",
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"virgin"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"old hand",
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"old-timer",
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"vet",
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"veteran"
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],
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"examples":[
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"although I worked with film for years, I'm just a babe as far as digital photography is concerned",
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"a babe in arms, too young even to crawl",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The birthday babe is about to discover their signature scent with this custom fragrance experience from Olfactory NYC. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 2 June 2022",
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"Extremely smart and eager to please his two-legged best friends, this brilliant babe would also enjoy learning new tricks to help keep his mind active. \u2014 The Republic, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Luma\u2019s a working mother, allowed only a nuzzle or two with her baby before the babe is given a rubber udder attached to a pail and Mom is back to be milked or mated with, incongruously set to the tunes of lo-fi contemporary pop ballads. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Each snuggly soft babe comes with a removable outfit, so your toddlers can mix and match while practicing their fine motor skills when dressing and undressing their dolls. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
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"Hey babe : As lawmakers sort through community requests in the pending capital budget, Laura Hancock provides a description of 14 social services requests from Cuyahoga County. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"The charming actor was turned into a Berghain-ready babe . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Lenny Kravitz has long been the babe of the red carpet ball. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"Described as a laidback meatball by those who have had the pleasure of getting to know Neron, this cute babe would do well in a home that is more on the calm side with pets that match his low-key energy. \u2014 The Republic, The Arizona Republic , 11 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, probably of imitative origin",
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"first_known_use":[
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194601"
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},
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"babel":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a city in Shinar where the building of a tower is held in Genesis to have been halted by the confusion of tongues",
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": a confusion of sounds or voices",
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": a scene of noise or confusion"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0259l",
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"\u02c8ba-"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bedlam",
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"circus",
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"madhouse",
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"scrum",
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"three-ring circus"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Hebrew B\u0101bhel , from Akkadian b\u0101b-ilu gate of god",
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"first_known_use":[
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193031"
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},
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"baby":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": an extremely young child",
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": infant",
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": an extremely young animal",
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": the youngest of a group",
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": one that is like a baby (as in behavior)",
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": something that is one's special responsibility, achievement, or interest",
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": girl , woman",
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": boy , man",
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": person , thing",
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": of, relating to, or being an extremely young child",
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": much smaller than the usual",
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": to tend to indulge with often excessive or inappropriate care and solicitude",
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": to use or treat with care",
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": a very young child",
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": a very young animal",
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": the youngest of a group",
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": a childish person",
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": young entry 1 sense 1",
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": very small",
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": to treat as a baby : to be too kind to",
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": an extremely young child",
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": infant",
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": an extremely young animal"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113",
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113",
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babe",
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"bambino",
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"child",
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"infant",
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"neonate",
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"newborn"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cocker",
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"coddle",
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"cosset",
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"dandle",
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"indulge",
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"mollycoddle",
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"nurse",
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"pamper",
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"spoil",
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"wet-nurse"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Was Tristan going to tell me if there wasn't a baby involved? \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
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"But this time, these shortages have been preceded by a two-year procession of rolling shortages \u2013 everything from toilet paper and sanitizer to computer chips and lumber to baby formula and now tampons \u2013 brought on by a once-in-a-century pandemic. \u2014 Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
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"There are beautiful high rises, there are pelicans, there is a cute baby that has no name. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
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"Abbott Nutrition has again halted production at the Michigan plant that helped drive a nationwide baby formula shortage after storms pummeled the region and caused widespread flooding. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
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"As the largest formula factory in the country, the Sturgis closure helped trigger the now ongoing baby formula shortage nationwide. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
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"There's a massive effort to fight the baby formula shortage across the country. \u2014 Fox News , 16 June 2022",
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"Less than two weeks after restarting production at its Sturgis plant, Abbott said it has once again been forced to halt baby formula production after thunderstorms flooded part of the facility. \u2014 Sasha Pezenik, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
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"But instead of baby formula or Sriracha, this time, the U.S. is running low on tampons. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"These are major changes, and returning to pre- baby athletic performance will take time. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
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"The rapper continued her surprise post- baby tour of Paris Fashion Week at the Balenciaga office in Paris Thursday. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 Oct. 2021",
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"Earlier this week, the mom of two made her first post- baby appearance strutting down the red carpet in a jaw-dropping look from Thierry Mugler. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
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"During a recent meditation session, the memory of a friend who had struggled with losing her post- baby weight came to Ross. \u2014 Lola Ogunnaike, Marie Claire , 17 May 2021",
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"Sevigny also shared how she's been adapting to parenthood, explaining how her pre- baby organization has gone out the window since bringing home her new addition. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 31 Aug. 2020",
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"Two more members of the group chimed in with tales of their own post- baby dental decline. \u2014 Rosie Colosi, The Atlantic , 28 July 2021",
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"The duo recently opened up about learning how to embrace their post- baby bodies and experiencing postpartum symptoms together. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com , 13 July 2021",
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"On Thursday, the Food Network star, 39, opened up about her post- baby body and getting back to feeling herself after welcoming her first child, Iris Marion, with husband Ryan Biegel last September. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 9 July 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In 2020, the duchess brought together 19 British brands and retailers to donate more than 10,000 new items to baby banks across the nation. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
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"My little boy gave me another four months to baby him and love him more than anything. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
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"Delta\u2019s cargo unit can ship a variety of live animals, ranging from insects to baby chicks to primates moving between wildlife preserves or zoos. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 6 May 2022",
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"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Seventeen , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Seventeen , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
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"Adjective",
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"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb",
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"1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221803"
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},
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"babyish":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": an extremely young child",
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": infant",
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": an extremely young animal",
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": the youngest of a group",
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": one that is like a baby (as in behavior)",
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": something that is one's special responsibility, achievement, or interest",
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": girl , woman",
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": boy , man",
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": person , thing",
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": of, relating to, or being an extremely young child",
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": much smaller than the usual",
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": to tend to indulge with often excessive or inappropriate care and solicitude",
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": to use or treat with care",
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": a very young child",
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": a very young animal",
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": the youngest of a group",
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": a childish person",
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": young entry 1 sense 1",
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": very small",
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": to treat as a baby : to be too kind to",
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": an extremely young child",
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": infant",
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": an extremely young animal"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113",
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113",
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babe",
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"bambino",
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"child",
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"infant",
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"neonate",
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"newborn"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cocker",
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"coddle",
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"cosset",
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"dandle",
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"indulge",
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"mollycoddle",
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"nurse",
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"pamper",
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"spoil",
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"wet-nurse"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Was Tristan going to tell me if there wasn't a baby involved? \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
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"But this time, these shortages have been preceded by a two-year procession of rolling shortages \u2013 everything from toilet paper and sanitizer to computer chips and lumber to baby formula and now tampons \u2013 brought on by a once-in-a-century pandemic. \u2014 Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
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"There are beautiful high rises, there are pelicans, there is a cute baby that has no name. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
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"Abbott Nutrition has again halted production at the Michigan plant that helped drive a nationwide baby formula shortage after storms pummeled the region and caused widespread flooding. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
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"As the largest formula factory in the country, the Sturgis closure helped trigger the now ongoing baby formula shortage nationwide. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
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"There's a massive effort to fight the baby formula shortage across the country. \u2014 Fox News , 16 June 2022",
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"Less than two weeks after restarting production at its Sturgis plant, Abbott said it has once again been forced to halt baby formula production after thunderstorms flooded part of the facility. \u2014 Sasha Pezenik, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
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"But instead of baby formula or Sriracha, this time, the U.S. is running low on tampons. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"These are major changes, and returning to pre- baby athletic performance will take time. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
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"The rapper continued her surprise post- baby tour of Paris Fashion Week at the Balenciaga office in Paris Thursday. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 Oct. 2021",
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"Earlier this week, the mom of two made her first post- baby appearance strutting down the red carpet in a jaw-dropping look from Thierry Mugler. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
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"During a recent meditation session, the memory of a friend who had struggled with losing her post- baby weight came to Ross. \u2014 Lola Ogunnaike, Marie Claire , 17 May 2021",
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"Sevigny also shared how she's been adapting to parenthood, explaining how her pre- baby organization has gone out the window since bringing home her new addition. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 31 Aug. 2020",
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"Two more members of the group chimed in with tales of their own post- baby dental decline. \u2014 Rosie Colosi, The Atlantic , 28 July 2021",
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"The duo recently opened up about learning how to embrace their post- baby bodies and experiencing postpartum symptoms together. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com , 13 July 2021",
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"On Thursday, the Food Network star, 39, opened up about her post- baby body and getting back to feeling herself after welcoming her first child, Iris Marion, with husband Ryan Biegel last September. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 9 July 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In 2020, the duchess brought together 19 British brands and retailers to donate more than 10,000 new items to baby banks across the nation. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
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"My little boy gave me another four months to baby him and love him more than anything. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
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"Delta\u2019s cargo unit can ship a variety of live animals, ranging from insects to baby chicks to primates moving between wildlife preserves or zoos. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 6 May 2022",
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"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Seventeen , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Seventeen , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb",
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"1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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": the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine",
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": the body considered as the wearer of clothes",
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": capacity for labor, effort, or endurance",
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": the back considered as the seat of one's awareness of duty or failings",
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": the back considered as an area of vulnerability",
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": the part of a lower animal (such as a quadruped ) corresponding to the human back",
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": spinal column",
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": spine sense 1c",
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": the side or surface opposite the front or face",
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": the rear part",
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": the farther or reverse side",
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": something at or on the back for support",
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": a place away from the front",
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": a position in some games (such as football or soccer) behind the front line of players",
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": a player in this position",
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": a swimming race in which swimmers use the backstroke",
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||
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": a show of contempt",
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||
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": the part of one's mind where thoughts and memories are stored to be drawn on",
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": without one's knowledge",
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||
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": behind",
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": to, toward, or at the rear",
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": in or into the past : backward in time",
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": ago",
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": to or at an angle off the vertical",
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": under restraint",
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": in a delayed or retarded condition",
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": in an inferior or secondary position",
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": behind a competitor in points or ranking",
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": to, toward, or in a place from which a person or thing came",
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||
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": to or toward a former state",
|
||
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": in return or reply",
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||
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": being at or in the back",
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||
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": distant from a central or main area",
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": articulated at or toward the back of the oral passage : formed deep within the mouth",
|
||
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": having returned or been returned",
|
||
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": being in arrears : overdue",
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": moving or operating backward : reverse",
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": not current",
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": constituting the final 9 holes of an 18-hole course",
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": to support by material or moral assistance",
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": substantiate",
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||
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": to assume financial responsibility for",
|
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": to provide musical accompaniment for",
|
||
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": to cause to go back (see back entry 2 sense 1a ) or in reverse",
|
||
|
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": to articulate (a speech sound) with the tongue farther back : to form deeper within the mouth",
|
||
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": to furnish with a rear part : to furnish with a back (see back entry 1 sense 2 )",
|
||
|
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": to be at the rear part of : to be at the back (see back entry 1 sense 2 ) of",
|
||
|
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": to move backward",
|
||
|
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": to shift counterclockwise \u2014 compare veer entry 1 sense 2",
|
||
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": to have the rear part facing in the direction of something",
|
||
|
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": to manage the sails of a ship so as to keep it clear of obstructions as it floats down with the current of a river or channel",
|
||
|
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": to take opposite positions alternately : shilly-shally",
|
||
|
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": to get into inadvertently",
|
||
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": the rear part of the human body from the neck to the end of the spine : the upper part of the body of an animal",
|
||
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": the part of something that is opposite or away from the front part",
|
||
|
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": a player in a team game who plays behind the forward line of players",
|
||
|
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": to, toward, or at the rear",
|
||
|
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": in or to a former time, state, or place",
|
||
|
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": under control",
|
||
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": in return or reply",
|
||
|
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": toward the back and then toward the front",
|
||
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": between two places or people",
|
||
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": located at the back",
|
||
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": far from a central or main area",
|
||
|
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": not yet paid : overdue",
|
||
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": published at an earlier time",
|
||
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": to give support or help to",
|
||
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": to move backward",
|
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": to stop arguing or fighting for something",
|
||
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": to back down",
|
||
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": to decide not to do something after agreeing to do it",
|
||
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": to move backward",
|
||
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": to block or become blocked",
|
||
|
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": to give help or support to",
|
||
|
|
": to make a copy of (as a computer file) to protect from being lost",
|
||
|
|
": the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine",
|
||
|
|
": the corresponding part of a lower animal (as a quadruped)",
|
||
|
|
": spinal column",
|
||
|
|
": the part of the upper surface of the tongue behind the front and lying opposite the soft palate when the tongue is at rest",
|
||
|
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": being overdue or in arrears",
|
||
|
|
": being retroactive especially as compensation",
|
||
|
|
"river 605 miles (974 kilometers) long in Nunavut, Canada, rising along the border with the Northwest Territories and flowing east-northeast into the Arctic Ocean"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bak",
|
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"\u02c8bak",
|
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"\u02c8bak",
|
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"\u02c8bak"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"rear",
|
||
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|
"reverse",
|
||
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"tail"
|
||
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|
],
|
||
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ago",
|
||
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"agone",
|
||
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"since",
|
||
|
|
"syne"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Or talk about how strengthening your glutes can help with power, or how mobility moves can help loosen a tight back . \u2014 Shauna Harrison, SELF , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bring blankets, pillows or chairs with a low back and enjoy outdoor movies on select nights. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"From educating them to giving them a pat on the back or perhaps just a little nudge, every thoughtful and personalized touchpoint adds to the moment of magic in building that connection. \u2014 Sagar Babber, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Officers found Liddell lying in the middle of the street with gunshot wounds her neck, back and arm. \u2014 Olivia Mitchell, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Say goodbye to odor and sweat with this fragrant, aluminum-free deodorant from Blu Atlas, backed with a 100% money- back guarantee. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The O\u2019Brein Reactor Combo Water Skis feature O\u2019Brien\u2019s dual-tunnel base design and have an aggressive taper from front to back . \u2014 Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Footage from a barbecue restaurant in Tangshan in northern Hebei province, time stamped 2:40 a.m. Friday, showed one of the men approaching a table where a party of four women were seated and placing his hand on a woman's back . \u2014 Zen Soo, ajc , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nick Nyein walked down Spring Street as the March for Our Lives L.A. drew to a close at City Hall Saturday, sweat dripping down his forehead, neck and back . \u2014 Rebecca Schneid, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"Princess Cruises and Holland America Line both brought back the mandate for some sailings in the region. \u2014 Nathan Diller, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Father\u2019s Day 100 presented by Hunt Brothers Pizza will be the fourth race of 11 on the ARCA Midwest Tour schedule and the third since the series was brought back to the famed Milwaukee Mile at State Fair Park in West Allis. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Chicago White Sox game in Detroit brought back some vivid memories of a similar incident in 1996. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"According to Pursell, motorcycle road trips have forged longstanding memories and relationships, some friendships of which go back over 15 years. \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"He was brought back on board with the help of another boat, police said. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For Thursday and Friday, temps will begin to go back to low 80s. \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The pair go way back , and there was no way Hilton would ever miss such a big day for her pop star friend. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The ties binding Russia\u2019s economy to the West, now coming undone, go back decades \u2014 sometimes more than a century. \u2014 Ivan Nechepurenko, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Thomas almost followed suit, stroking a putt from the back corner of the green that veered just left of the cup. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some Amazon shoppers have placed this area rug in their dining room, others rolled it out onto their back patios. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Two white Sanford men were arrested Tuesday after they were accused of breaking a Black teenager\u2019s car window with a rock and hitting the vehicle with a traffic cone, denting the back driver\u2019s side door. \u2014 Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"McDonald\u2019s has agreed to pay roughly $1.3 billion in fines and back taxes to settle a tax dispute in France. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"However, Vestager and her team took a massive reputational hit in 2020, when the General Court slapped down their 2016 decision to order Apple to pay $15 billion in Irish back taxes. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"By Wednesday, all of Yellowstone's visitors, at least 10,000 people, had been safely evacuated, except for a dozen back -country campers still making their way out on their own, Superintendent Cam Sholly said in an online news briefing. \u2014 Fox News , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Read on to find a good mattress for a good night's sleep\u2014zero joint pain or lower back pain included. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After a harrowing back -alley surgery, Anderton (played by Tom Cruise) reemerges into society with a new set of eyes. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The move came one day after Susan Arnold, chairwoman at The Walt Disney Company, stepped up to back Chapek. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Military officials and many politicians dispute any notion that the military would back a coup. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Now there is speculation that Colombia\u2019s many conservative sectors will join forces to back Hern\u00e1ndez and prevent a leftist from being elected president. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The same poll, released about three hours before the former president announced his endorsement of Britt, found that the survey of 630 likely voters in the runoff didn\u2019t put much stock in who Trump might back . \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Relations only normalized between Madrid and Rabat after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez took the unpopular decision at home to back Morocco's plan to keep Western Sahara under its control as an autonomous area. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, ajc , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Silicon Valley used to love to back entrepreneurs who had a previous failure. \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Furthermore, the lawsuit alleges that Hutchinson called several of the commissioners, who are appointed by the governor, to persuade them to back Ward, who was Bryant's recommendation for the promotion. \u2014 Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The experience of listening to an album as it was intended (front to back ) is inspiring for me. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 8 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215740"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back talk":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": impudent, insolent, or argumentative replies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backchat",
|
||
|
|
"cheek",
|
||
|
|
"impertinence",
|
||
|
|
"impudence",
|
||
|
|
"insolence",
|
||
|
|
"mouth",
|
||
|
|
"sass",
|
||
|
|
"sauce"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Don't give me any back talk !",
|
||
|
|
"his mother sent him to his room because of his constant back talk",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Watching Felton brings back talk of Duke Johnson following Hue Jackson around to meetings in 2017. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 31 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The audience\u2019s engagement with the play itself, a recent hit Off Broadway, was likewise palpable, with hoots and gasps and back talk that enhanced the comedy as well as the dramatic turns. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Flo from Alice This sassy Texas waitress wouldn\u2019t take any back talk or nonsense from the customers at the diner. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Southern Living , 5 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"And the Roborock won\u2019t give you any sassy back talk like Rosie. \u2014 Ann Lien, House Beautiful , 24 June 2019",
|
||
|
|
"After a week off, Gov. Ned Lamont is back talking about tolls, this time convening a meeting at the state Capitol to continue discussions ahead of a potential tolls vote this summer. \u2014 Russell Blair, courant.com , 21 June 2019",
|
||
|
|
"His message is always the same: No fouls, no bad conduct, and whatever happens, no back talk to the referees. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 29 June 2018",
|
||
|
|
"It will be broken down into two back-to- back talks , one with drama writers, and another with comedy writers. \u2014 refinery29.com , 6 June 2018",
|
||
|
|
"In back-to- back talks , Lundin made the case for FODMAPs, and Alaedini for an immune reaction. \u2014 Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS , 23 May 2018"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1832, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221337"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back-and-forth":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": discussion sense 1 , give-and-take",
|
||
|
|
": exchange sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": backward and forward",
|
||
|
|
": between two places or persons"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8f\u022frth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"barter",
|
||
|
|
"commutation",
|
||
|
|
"dicker",
|
||
|
|
"exchange",
|
||
|
|
"quid pro quo",
|
||
|
|
"swap",
|
||
|
|
"trade",
|
||
|
|
"trade-off",
|
||
|
|
"truck"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"The chair rocked back and forth .",
|
||
|
|
"The children were shuttled back and forth between school and home.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"So, Bill would go back and forth between those rooms. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Most Great Lakes cruises go back and forth between the U.S. and Canada, necessitating frequent customs screenings. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Next, special machines called Pistenbullys go back and forth across the ice field, creating grooves. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, Cnn; Video By Max Burnell, CNN , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Now, imagine a computer network where files are passed back and forth to and from a server or among different workstations. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rather than preparing to go back and forth with a prospective employer, do your homework first. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And this fight, this internal struggle and battle, this back and forth and tug-of-war, is the real fight. \u2014 Essence , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"On the ground in the eastern Donetsk region, fighters battled back and forth for control of villages and cities. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The two sisters drove back and forth between the school and the civic center while their cousin waited at the hospital. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 29 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"Noun",
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"1941, in the meaning defined above",
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"Adverb",
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"1613, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183613"
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"background":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": the scenery or ground behind something",
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": the part of a painting representing what lies behind objects in the foreground",
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": an image that displays on a computer screen underneath the various available icons and windows",
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": an inconspicuous position",
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": the conditions that form the setting within which something is experienced",
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": the circumstances or events antecedent to a phenomenon or development",
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": information essential to understanding of a problem or situation",
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": the total of a person's experience, knowledge, and education",
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": intrusive sound or radiation (see radiation sense 2b ) that interferes with received or recorded electronic signals",
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": a more or less steady level of noise above which the effect (such as radioactivity ) being measured by an apparatus (such as a Geiger counter ) is detected",
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": a somewhat steady level of radiation in the natural environment (as from cosmic rays)",
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": a level of computer processing at which the processor uses time not required for a primary task to work on an additional task \u2014 compare foreground entry 1",
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": with the understanding that information offered for publication will not be attributed to a specific source",
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": to provide with background",
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": to give less attention or emphasis to (something) : to place (something) in the background",
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": the scenery or ground that is behind a main figure or object",
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": a position that attracts little attention",
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": the total of a person's experience, knowledge, and education"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cc(g)rau\u0307nd",
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccgrau\u0307nd"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backdrop",
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"ground"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Objects in the foreground are drawn larger than those in the background .",
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"a photograph of a house with mountains in the background",
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"red letters printed on a white background",
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"An ethnic conflict that was simmering away in the background finally erupted into civil war.",
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"Let me provide you with some background on this problem.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The framework also broadens the type of domestic abusers who\u2019d be prohibited from buying guns, require more firearms sellers to conduct background checks and impose tougher penalties on gun traffickers. \u2014 Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
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"McConnell was instrumental in blocking previous attempts at gun control \u2013weapons bans, background checks, red flags for mental health cases, ammunition magazine restrictions, gun sale loopholes \u2013 when calls arose after previous mass shootings. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
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"The agreement includes enhanced background checks to subject gun buyers 21 and younger to scrutiny of their criminal and mental health records as juveniles. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 13 June 2022",
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"Weinman said the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police is in favor of having permits and requiring background checks. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 13 June 2022",
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"None of those made it into the bill; nor did universal background checks. \u2014 Alan Fram, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
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"Democrats would much rather ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, impose universal background checks, and take other stringent steps to limit access to guns. \u2014 Carl Hulse, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
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"There are few things more popular in public opinion surveys than universal background checks for gun purchases. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
|
||
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"Currently, background checks only look at a person after age 18. \u2014 Natalie Andrews, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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||
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"Spooner-Gomez prepares in-house marketing with fliers about the student and their dish then shares background on the meals with faculty. \u2014 Peggy Hernandez, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
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"Would background checks beyond those that already exist help? \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
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"As the name implies, the feature minimizes background noise that might otherwise be picked up through your device\u2019s microphone. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 23 May 2022",
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"As an example, Jacobs notes that on traditional sets, there is a hierarchy of who gets to eat first \u2014 cast, crew and finally background performers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
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"Bisschop was in charge of finalizing the film\u2019s look, and focused on making foreground elements detailed and background art hazier and unfocused, reflecting the ways memories function. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Spring smells the same every year, and that scent is sharpest when the season is new \u2014 before the smell grows familiar and is relegated to background noise. \u2014 Genevieve Fullan, Longreads , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The law mandates background checks for employees; requires adequate food, clothing and medical care for students; and says parents must be allowed access to their children at any time without prior notice. \u2014 Jim Salter, ajc , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"That includes director Jennifer Moeller, as well as assistant director Debbie Spafford, lead timer Esther Lee and background layout lead HeeJin Kim. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"Verb",
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"1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-001538"
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},
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"backing":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": something forming a back",
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": support , aid",
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||
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": the music that is played along with someone who is singing or playing the main tune : the music that accompanies the lead musician",
|
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": endorsement especially of a warrant by a magistrate",
|
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": the metal portion of a dental crown, bridge, or similar structure to which a porcelain or plastic tooth facing is attached"
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||
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ba-ki\u014b",
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"\u02c8bak-i\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abetment",
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"aid",
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"assist",
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"assistance",
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"boost",
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||
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"hand",
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"help",
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"helping hand",
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"leg up",
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"lift",
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"support"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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||
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"hindrance"
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],
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"examples":[
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"The tape has an adhesive backing .",
|
||
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"The project has received financial backing from several investors.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
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"Enough Republicans were also in a position to take the political leap required, and negotiators in both parties had the backing of their leadership to try to make something happen. \u2014 Carl Hulse, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"In other Democratic primary news, Hochul won the backing of the New York Times editorial board in the primary. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The company offers a professional side to what has traditionally been a mom-and-pop business, with marketing and branding resources and the backing of a national name. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Bass endorsed Kamlager, who also won the backing of other prominent House Democrats, including Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank. \u2014 Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The company, which Loi and his brother Tuan Kin started in 2007 and which went on to get the backing of Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, has five dairy farms in Malaysia and one in Australia. \u2014 Forbes Press Releases, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
||
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"To remain in office, Mr. Johnson needs to win the backing of a simple majority of the 359 Conservative lawmakers. \u2014 Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"To remain in office, Johnson needs to win the backing of a simple majority of the 359 Conservative lawmakers. \u2014 Boris Johnson, Fox News , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"To remain in office, Johnson needs to win the backing of a simple majority of the 359 Conservative lawmakers. \u2014 Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"1745, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
|
||
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224135"
|
||
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},
|
||
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"backslider":{
|
||
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"type":"verb",
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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"to lapse morally or in the practice of religion",
|
||
|
|
"to revert to a worse condition retrogress"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":"\u02c8bak-\u02ccsl\u012bd",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
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"Smokers who quit often backslide within a year.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"But the Cardinals look like a good bet to backslide . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Carlson, of course, has said next to nothing about the autocratic character of Orban\u2019s rule, which critics on both sides of the Atlantic cast as a cautionary tale of how democracies backslide . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Until proven otherwise, expect the Panthers\u2019 offense to backslide and struggle without McCaffrey as its workhorse. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But when that federal oversight ended, the plaintiffs said the department began to backslide . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Kreider worries wellness progress might backslide this summer. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Barring a new, completely unforeseen development, experts do not anticipate California will backslide to any degree similar to the state\u2019s previous three pandemic surges. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Pressure by the Trump administration got the Merkel government to beef up its military spending, but Berlin may backslide absent heavy-duty Biden administration urgings. \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 12 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
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"There were fears that Texas could backslide , particularly as new variants of the virus emerge. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2021"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":null,
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
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"backstab":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective,",
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"noun",
|
||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": betrayal (as by a verbal attack against one not present) especially by a false friend"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccsta-bi\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"betrayal",
|
||
|
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"business",
|
||
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
||
|
|
"double cross",
|
||
|
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"faithlessness",
|
||
|
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"falseness",
|
||
|
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"falsity",
|
||
|
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"infidelity",
|
||
|
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"perfidy",
|
||
|
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"sellout",
|
||
|
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"treachery",
|
||
|
|
"treason",
|
||
|
|
"two-timing",
|
||
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"allegiance",
|
||
|
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"devotion",
|
||
|
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"faithfulness",
|
||
|
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"fealty",
|
||
|
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"fidelity",
|
||
|
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"loyalty",
|
||
|
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"staunchness",
|
||
|
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"steadfastness"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
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"She was hurt by her former friend's backstabbing .",
|
||
|
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"a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Jack Dorsey accused of \u2018 backstabbing \u2019 his own Twitter board by helping Elon Musk as shareholders meet by Christiaan Hetzner (Some of these stories require a subscription to access. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nonetheless, life starts reshaping itself into something very much akin to where it was headed two decades earlier, proving that some behavioral currents (cattiness, backstabbing , etc.) run deeper than wokeness. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this look at backstabbing , fake friends and a party gone wrong. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There are tongue lashings, loud outbursts of indignation, trash talking and all sorts of backstabbing commentary. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Whereas that title is a podcast set in the 90s, and delves into corporate backstabbing and other excesses around the 1-900 boom of the era, this TV show coming to the streamer is set against the backdrop of a much more universal motif. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Her book is seamy, full of score-settling, gossip and backstabbing . \u2014 Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The qualitative shift in the series begins around the fourth episode, which steps up both the action and the military strategy while also stepping up the backstabbing and character reversals. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1855, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193543"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backstop":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": something at the back serving as a stop: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a screen or fence for keeping a ball from leaving the field of play",
|
||
|
|
": a stop (such as a pawl) that prevents a backward movement (as of a wheel)",
|
||
|
|
": a player (such as the catcher) positioned behind the batter",
|
||
|
|
": something or someone that provides dependable support or protection against failure or loss",
|
||
|
|
": support , bolster",
|
||
|
|
": to serve as a backstop to",
|
||
|
|
": to play the position of goalkeeper for",
|
||
|
|
": a fence behind the catcher to keep a baseball from rolling away"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccst\u00e4p",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccst\u00e4p"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abet",
|
||
|
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"aid",
|
||
|
|
"assist",
|
||
|
|
"back",
|
||
|
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"help",
|
||
|
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"prop (up)",
|
||
|
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"support"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"hinder"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
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"Noun",
|
||
|
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"The pitch got past the catcher and rolled all the way to the backstop .",
|
||
|
|
"kept some gold as a backstop in case the value of the local currency collapsed",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
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"the Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The ball caromed perfectly off the backstop , allowing Alfaro to recover it, spin and outrun Park on a dive at the plate. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"To stave off those concerns, Do Kwon, a South Korean developer who created TerraUSD, co-founded the Luna Foundation Guard, a nonprofit in part charged with building a mass of reserves to act as a confidence backstop . \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Heat had built a season around Bam the backstop . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Given there are no catchers on Baltimore\u2019s 40-man roster, Rutschman figures to be in consideration to be the Orioles\u2019 Opening Day backstop , though the service time implications might prevent that regardless. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One base, if a ball, pitched to the batter, or thrown by the pitcher from his position on the pitcher\u2019s plate to a base to catch a runner, goes into a stand or a bench, or over or through a field fence or backstop . \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Guardians backstop picked up his first hit and RBI of the season, snapping an 0-for-21 skid in the losing effort. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Padres were able to deal from depth with veterans Austin Nola and Jorge Alfaro already on the depth chart at backstop . \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Trading volumes in stocks and currency markets had slumped since the partial lockdown went into effect, and some small- and medium-sized banks in Shanghai almost halted business without an emergency backstop , people familiar with the matter said. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Now, some of the world\u2019s top investors are lining up to backstop his ambitions. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Following the example of cloud hosting platforms, SaaS platforms are beginning to benefit by adding secondary providers to backstop their primary services. \u2014 Venky Balasubramanian, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"New York State could put in the same model to encourage the formation of such funds to backstop franchise loans. \u2014 Peter Su, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And with shadow bank money still outside traditional regulatory control, the Fed has been on alert to backstop its issuers. \u2014 Lev Menand, Time , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In addition to all the protections of America\u2019s vast legal system that ensure privatizers don\u2019t get constantly robbed, in many privatization plans the government offers to backstop the private buyer against losses. \u2014 Robin Kaiser-schatzlein, The New Republic , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"McKay, whose father Ross played his lone NHL game for the Hartford Whalers in 1990-91 and helped backstop the Springfield Falcons to the Calder Cup that same season, was named after that Dryden, legendary Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In another positive sign, there has been no rush from banks to borrow via the Federal Reserve\u2019s standing repo facility, which the central bank established last year to backstop money markets. \u2014 Sam Goldfarb, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The most important is that not all people own a smartphone at all, much less multiple devices that can backstop each other if one is lost or stolen. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
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],
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"Noun",
|
||
|
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"1819, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210923"
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"backup":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": one that serves as a substitute or support",
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": musical accompaniment",
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": additional personnel who provide assistance",
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": an accumulation caused by a stoppage in the flow",
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": a copy of computer data (such as a file or the contents of a hard drive)",
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": the act or an instance of making a backup",
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": to accumulate in a congested state",
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": to move into a position behind (a teammate) in order to assist on a play",
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": hold back sense 1",
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": to make a copy of (a computer file or data) to protect against accidental loss or corruption",
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": to make copies of all the files on (a device)",
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": a person who takes the place of or supports another",
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": a situation in which the flow of something becomes blocked",
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": a copy of information stored on a computer"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p",
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bottleneck",
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"jam",
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"jam-up",
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"logjam",
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"snarl",
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"tailback",
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"tie-up"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
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"We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
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"We have an extra radio for backup .",
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"He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
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"She sang backup on his CD.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
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"And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
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||
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"Your shower is likely to work just fine, but the Simple Shower Gravity Shower Kit ($15) is an inexpensive, compact backup if your home loses its supply of clean tap water. \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"The Browns could help the 49ers, too, by sending Mayfield to San Francisco to be Trey Lance\u2019s backup . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"The incident caused Highway 101 traffic to backup during the morning rush hour with the closure of a northbound lane. \u2014 Brian J. Varela, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
|
||
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"After the 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic, Okey hit .237 with 13 total extra-base hits as the Bats\u2019 backup behind Beau Taylor. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The team excused its former starter, Baker Mayfield, from its off-season program as the front office seeks to trade him, and the current backup , the journeyman Jacoby Brissett, is not seen as a multiyear starter. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
|
||
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"Junior Lance Ware is set to return as Tshiebwe's primary backup . \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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||
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"While the year after saw a decrease of 28%, this year's numbers appear to be on their way back up . \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
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||
|
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"Press back up so forcefully that your body leaves the ground, jumping slightly to the right. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Meanwhile, nuclear radiation detectors are back up and running at the Chernobyl site for the first time since the war began, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said. \u2014 Dan Lamothe And Cate Cadell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Nuclear radiation detectors are back up and running at the Chernobyl site for the first time since the war began, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said. \u2014 Cate Cadell, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Previously contentious votes came back up for discussion. \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Mark Smucker, president and CEO, said on an earnings call that the company is working with the FDA to get the Lexington facility back up and running. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
|
||
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"Just after noon, his head dropped to the table, then jerked back up . \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Let\u2019s back up here and get a running start at this bedrock of Latter-day Saint belief. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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||
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"Noun",
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||
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"1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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||
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"Verb",
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||
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"1801, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
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||
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230015"
|
||
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},
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||
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"backwards":{
|
||
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"type":[
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||
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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||
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": toward the back or rear",
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||
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": with the back foremost",
|
||
|
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": in a reverse or contrary direction or way",
|
||
|
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": toward the past",
|
||
|
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": toward a worse state",
|
||
|
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": to make extreme efforts (as at concession)",
|
||
|
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": directed or turned toward the back",
|
||
|
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": done or executed backward",
|
||
|
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": diffident , shy",
|
||
|
|
": retarded in development",
|
||
|
|
": the part behind or past",
|
||
|
|
": toward the back",
|
||
|
|
": with the back first",
|
||
|
|
": opposite to the usual way",
|
||
|
|
": turned toward the back",
|
||
|
|
": done backward",
|
||
|
|
": not as advanced in learning and development as others"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-w\u0259rd",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-w\u0259rd"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"back",
|
||
|
|
"rearward",
|
||
|
|
"rearwards"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"rearward",
|
||
|
|
"retrograde"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"No organization today can afford to base its business or future on telling AIOps to look backward \u2014there are too many unexpected, unplanned for, and unknown issues. \u2014 Lisa Wolfe, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Formerly a key piece of the Nuggets before injuries and offensive game took a step backward . \u2014 Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But the second Leaders Debate last week, where the two men shouted over each other and ignored the younger female moderator, felt like a step backward to the 1950s. \u2014 Susan Harris Rimmer, CNN , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"News of Elderserve's indefinite closing came as a shock to some community members who see the loss as a step backward for the Russell neighborhood, which has recently experienced a dizzying amount of investments. \u2014 Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Central Florida has one of the tightest housing markets in the country and any reduction in funds to support our most vulnerable neighbors is a step backward for our community. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rather than moving forward beyond the Cold War, the alliance seems poised to take a step backward into a deep NATO-Russia freeze. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Lyman\u2019s bill would be a giant step backward for them. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On that score, this year represented something of a step backward after last year\u2019s watershed nominations, even as some noteworthy milestones were achieved. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Pat\u2019s in the Flats was a safe haven for the backward washouts to make their mark creatively. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Materials with strong certification requirements at the source need fiber-forward traceability, while materials currently considered low risk are more suitable to product- backward systems. \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In June, Xbox Live Gold members will get Aven Colony and Project Highrise: Architect\u2019s Edition, as well as Super Meat Boy and Raskulls via backward compatibility. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Much of the service\u2019s value is held up by Microsoft\u2019s strong support for backward compatibility, even for its third-party titles. \u2014 Gene Park, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Biles took three steps backward on her dismount after an otherwise solid routine. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 25 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The pelvis can rotate forward (anteriorly) or backward (posteriorly). \u2014 Jon-erik Kawamoto, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The reality is that there were multitudes of rough patches, stumbling blocks, backward steps and repositionings required to reach that success. \u2014 Vlad Rusz, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One thing that never changed during the three performances was AleXa\u2019s spectacular backward fall from the top of a staircase. \u2014 Fred Bronson, Billboard , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"When a claim is more general (e.g., a claim such as suppliers involved in making the garment treat their workers well), it can be ascertained through traceability data after it\u2019s been produced (product- backward ). \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Lead actor winner Adrien Brody bounded onstage, grabbed Berry \u2014 who was presenting the award \u2014 and bent her backward , delivering a deep smooch to the stunned actress. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There are 10 days in February where the date reads the same backward and forwards, but Tuesday\u2019s date is twice as nice. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Start with some light jogging, then perform some dynamic flexibility exercises, such as giant walking lunges and standing forward- backward and side-to-side leg swings. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Climate change isn\u2019t illusory, but certainly my drifting backward was. \u2014 John Crowley, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bo Nix spiked a snap backward , and it was ruled intentional grounding rather than a fumble. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Wave patterns are unpredictable, seawater corrodes metal generating machinery, and waves\u2019 energy is simultaneously dispersed across three dimensions (up-down, forward- backward and left-right). \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Each feint elicits a response, maybe a defensive parry or a hop backward . \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1610, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193331"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backwash":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a backward flow or movement (as of water or air) produced especially by a propelling force",
|
||
|
|
": the fluid that is moving backward",
|
||
|
|
": consequence , aftermath"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccw\u022fsh",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccw\u00e4sh"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
||
|
|
"aftermath",
|
||
|
|
"child",
|
||
|
|
"conclusion",
|
||
|
|
"consequence",
|
||
|
|
"corollary",
|
||
|
|
"development",
|
||
|
|
"effect",
|
||
|
|
"fate",
|
||
|
|
"fruit",
|
||
|
|
"issue",
|
||
|
|
"outcome",
|
||
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
||
|
|
"precipitate",
|
||
|
|
"product",
|
||
|
|
"result",
|
||
|
|
"resultant",
|
||
|
|
"sequel",
|
||
|
|
"sequence",
|
||
|
|
"upshot"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"antecedent",
|
||
|
|
"causation",
|
||
|
|
"cause",
|
||
|
|
"occasion",
|
||
|
|
"reason"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a general recession was the backwash of the crisis in the housing market",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Cleaning regularly is important because there will inevitably be some backwash in your rinsing apparatus after use, which can contain virus particles, bacteria, allergens or other irritants that were flushed from the nose, Lane said. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rarick said backwash from the waves hitting this stretch of coastline hardened with sandbags, tarps and boulders is also disrupting the famous surf breaks. \u2014 Sophie Cocke, ProPublica , 20 Oct. 2012",
|
||
|
|
"Watery with pebble- and fleck-size bits of squash and carrots that reminded me of sipping a toddler\u2019s backwash . \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Yet the bill carves out interest from muni debt from MAGI so that states and cities don\u2019t get caught in the backwash . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s not as if the Americans, who won 33 medals (and 16 golds) in Rio needed much rookie assistance to leave the world in their backwash again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Bidon is cycling lingo and the French word for water bottle, and the fans pleaded for one as a race souvenir, Covid-19 and backwash be damned. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel, who left everyone in their backwash at the Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, each could have a chance at six gold medals in Tokyo. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Retain their own then let the initial wave of big money spending wash over them before searching the backwash for good deals. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 17 Mar. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195131"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backwater":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": water backed up in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the tide",
|
||
|
|
": a body of water (such as an inlet or tributary) that is out of the main current of a larger body",
|
||
|
|
": an isolated or backward place or condition",
|
||
|
|
": an unpopular or unimportant field (as of study or business)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccw\u022f-t\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccw\u00e4-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backcountry",
|
||
|
|
"backland(s)",
|
||
|
|
"backwoods",
|
||
|
|
"bush",
|
||
|
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
|
"hinterland",
|
||
|
|
"outback",
|
||
|
|
"outlands",
|
||
|
|
"up-country"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The once sleepy backwater is now a thriving city.",
|
||
|
|
"a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The West has rallied to Ukraine\u2019s support, pumping billions of dollars in aid and weaponry into what had previously been something of a backwater on Europe\u2019s eastern fringe. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Encore casino \u2014 DeMaria\u2019s legacy \u2014 has transformed its longstanding reputation as a perpetually declining industrial backwater . \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Thousands of evacuations will be necessary, and backwater flooding along the Little Miami, Great Miami and Licking Rivers will results in major damage. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"If the virtuous cycle of technological development and population density is the underlying cause of economic growth, Europe should have remained a backwater . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After some searching, Berent landed an entry-level position at Sun Microsystems, in a backwater division reviewing contracts. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Taylor had first complained to the city as early as November 2020 regarding a backwater issue at the property, according to a letter from the City Attorney's Office. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The program will target 11 neighborhoods that have faced backups during severe storms, beginning with Aviation Sub and Victoria Park where 530 households are expected to be serviced with new backwater valves and sump pumps. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Once a sleepy industrial backwater (the adjacency to the railroad was an asset), the place has changed with the times. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 12 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1629, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224333"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backwoods":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun plural",
|
||
|
|
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": wooded or partly cleared areas far from cities",
|
||
|
|
": a remote or culturally backward area",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or suggesting backwoods",
|
||
|
|
": culturally backward or unsophisticated",
|
||
|
|
": wooded or partly cleared areas away from cities"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8wu\u0307dz",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8wu\u0307dz"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backcountry",
|
||
|
|
"backland(s)",
|
||
|
|
"backwater",
|
||
|
|
"bush",
|
||
|
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
|
"hinterland",
|
||
|
|
"outback",
|
||
|
|
"outlands",
|
||
|
|
"up-country"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction",
|
||
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"Maggie Rogers blew minds with her 2019 debut, showcasing a blend of backwoods Maryland folk and French club thump. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022",
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"When Chicago went up in flames in the Great Fire of 1871, the city\u2019s upper crust grabbed the family silver and boarded railroad trains to Lake Geneva, Wis., a backwoods town on a sparkling lake about 80 miles to the north. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
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"Vuori\u2019s performance apparel products span bright long-sleeve crews and durable ripstop pants that transition easily from trail to backwoods bar. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
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"The cooler will serve as your backwoods ceviche chilling station. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
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"These days, recipes often include some chemical leavening, butter and milk, turning the hearty backwoods fare into a more refined treat similar to Irish soda bread. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
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"Jewel had endured a tumultuous childhood in the backwoods of Alaska and had immersed herself in the subject of mental health over the ensuing years. \u2014 Katherine Sayre, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty run afoul of the locals while on a canoe trip in the backwoods of Georgia in this still-shocking 1972 survival thriller directed by John Boorman. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Nestled in the verdant backwoods of the Chattahoochee National Forest, this drive really comes alive in October, when fall colors are at their peak. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 26 Aug. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Frances Quinlan Quinlan had planned to celebrate her 34th birthday in a backwoods cabin this week, before a Friday show in Ohio. \u2014 Megan Spurrell, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 6 May 2020",
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"The potholes are worth it, however, for the great weekend of backwoods hiking and exploring . \u2014 Stef Schrader, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2020",
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"With a freestanding design, premium lightweight aluminum poles, and two entry doors, this backwoods house packs in serious features for the money. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 7 Apr. 2020",
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"Clustered among pine forests and sunny prairies along scenic backwoods roads 20 miles south of town, Perkins Tank and JD Dam Lake comprise a water-centric tour of the Kaibab National Forest\u2019s southern sector. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 5 July 2019",
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"The Curse of Buckout Road Witches burning at the stake, backwoods albino killers and a modern day stalker prove to be more than urban legends on this New York state byway. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Sep. 2019",
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"The weekend gets going on Friday with music from Gator Nate, the lovable backwoods yahoo and role model for many a UF pledge. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Aug. 2019",
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"The customizable routes offer dozens of options ranging from easy strolls just steps from town to long-distance backwoods excursions. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 21 June 2019",
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"Forty years later, a backwoods hunter from Kentucky who grew up in a log cabin won the presidency, in part by mythologizing his own origins on the frontier in terms of the natural aristocracy of the common man. \u2014 Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books , 7 Feb. 2019"
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"Noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction",
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"1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Adjective",
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"1784, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214501"
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},
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"backyard":{
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"type":"noun",
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"definitions":[
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"an area at the rear of a house",
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"a nearby area neighborhood",
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"located or occurring in a backyard",
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"lacking professional training amateur",
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||
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"an area in the back of a house"
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],
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"pronounciation":"\u02c8bak-\u02c8y\u00e4rd",
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"synonyms":[
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"environs",
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"neighborhood",
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"purlieus",
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"vicinage",
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"vicinity"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"amateur",
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"avocational",
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"jackleg",
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"nonprofessional",
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"Sunday"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"We spent the evening relaxing in the backyard .",
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"shocked to learn that the wind farm would be right in our own backyard",
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"Adjective",
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"an orchid that is a favorite with backyard horticulturists",
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"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
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"Speaking of Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital, Rhode Island is lucky to have several world-class hospitals with terrific doctors and nurses right in our own backyard -- often overshadowed by the medical centers in Boston and New York. \u2014 Dan Mcgowan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The biggest concern in Beijing, and what could ignite a new round of Chinese preparedness, is its perpetual paranoia combined with overweening ambition to be considered a major power, especially in its own backyard . \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 24 May 2022",
|
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"The Post's extensive reporting, published in a sophisticated interactive series, found numerous problems and failures in political systems and security before, during and after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in the newspaper's own backyard . \u2014 CBS News , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But there is also a dash of political calculation an almost symbiotic relationship, with each finding a useful foil in their own backyard , someone on whom to focus their fire and to use to polish their own brand. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
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"Getty Images Throw a great bonfire bash with family at the beach, park, or even in your own backyard . \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
|
||
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|
"Since drive-in movie theaters are hard to come by, set up an outdoor screening in your own backyard . \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"The answer to high prices and economic vulnerability is in our own backyard . \u2014 Bill Hagerty, National Review , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The city of Fort Lauderdale is offering dive and snorkeling classes in which students can learn to dive and explore the pristine blue coral reefs in their own backyard . \u2014 Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
|
||
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|
"He was attracted to the backyard view of the buttress, which looks more like a lush hillside than a strategy to keep landslides at bay. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Adirondack chairs are a backyard classic thanks to their sturdy, comfortable structure and pleasing design. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
||
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"The building includes a backyard flagstone patio and is minutes from the Smithsonian National Zoo. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Fulton County investigators say Lanz\u2019s Acworth home shares a backyard fence with the Hicks home. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Lanz\u2019s home on Delphinium Boulevard shares a backyard fence with the couple\u2019s home. \u2014 Jennifer Peebles, ajc , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In a warming world, demand for refrigeration systems may rise as owners of small ice rinks \u2014 especially backyard versions that have traditionally relied on naturally freezing temperatures \u2014 struggle to keep the ice intact. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"There was a glance behind a backyard fence, one darted across the road at night and the back seat commentary to top them all, a father and son who went fishing and spotted the zebras on their trip back. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Variety 600079592 Living in Colorado Springs with a backyard view of Pikes Peak, Julia and Bobby Gillis aren't easily wowed by spectacular scenery. \u2014 Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 20 July 2021"
|
||
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||
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"history_and_etymology":null,
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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||
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"1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
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"Adjective",
|
||
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|
"1719, in the meaning defined above"
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||
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
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|
},
|
||
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|
"bad":{
|
||
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"type":"adjective",
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||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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|
"failing to reach an acceptable standard poor",
|
||
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"unfavorable",
|
||
|
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"not fresh spoiled",
|
||
|
|
"not sound dilapidated",
|
||
|
|
"morally objectionable evil",
|
||
|
|
"mischievous , disobedient",
|
||
|
|
"inadequate or unsuited to a purpose",
|
||
|
|
"disagreeable , unpleasant",
|
||
|
|
"injurious , harmful",
|
||
|
|
"serious , severe",
|
||
|
|
"incorrect , faulty",
|
||
|
|
"suffering pain or distress",
|
||
|
|
"unhealthy , diseased",
|
||
|
|
"sorrowful , sorry",
|
||
|
|
"invalid , void",
|
||
|
|
"not able to be collected",
|
||
|
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"good , great",
|
||
|
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"tough , mean",
|
||
|
|
"fairly or acceptably good",
|
||
|
|
"quite good or impressive",
|
||
|
|
"something that is bad",
|
||
|
|
"an evil or unhappy state",
|
||
|
|
"fault sense 2",
|
||
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|
"badly",
|
||
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"not good poor",
|
||
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|
"not favorable",
|
||
|
|
"not fresh or sound",
|
||
|
|
"not good or right evil",
|
||
|
|
"not behaving properly",
|
||
|
|
"not enough",
|
||
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
||
|
|
"harmful",
|
||
|
|
"serious sense 2 , severe",
|
||
|
|
"not correct",
|
||
|
|
"not cheerful or calm",
|
||
|
|
"not healthy",
|
||
|
|
"sorry sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"not skillful",
|
||
|
|
"not valid void",
|
||
|
|
"not covered by sufficient funds"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8bad",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bastard",
|
||
|
|
"bush",
|
||
|
|
"bush-league",
|
||
|
|
"crummy",
|
||
|
|
"crumby",
|
||
|
|
"deficient",
|
||
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
||
|
|
"ill",
|
||
|
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
|
"lame",
|
||
|
|
"lousy",
|
||
|
|
"off",
|
||
|
|
"paltry",
|
||
|
|
"poor",
|
||
|
|
"punk",
|
||
|
|
"sour",
|
||
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
||
|
|
"subpar",
|
||
|
|
"substandard",
|
||
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
||
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
||
|
|
"wack",
|
||
|
|
"wanting",
|
||
|
|
"wretched",
|
||
|
|
"wrong"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"evil",
|
||
|
|
"evildoing",
|
||
|
|
"ill",
|
||
|
|
"immorality",
|
||
|
|
"iniquity",
|
||
|
|
"sin",
|
||
|
|
"villainy",
|
||
|
|
"wrong"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Committee hearings on the bill featured testimony from expert witnesses who said rats, mold, cockroaches, bad plumbing and other squalid conditions all contribute to the onset of asthma and other illnesses, especially in children. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In Dominion, which opened last weekend to No.1, a Therizinosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus rex team up to kill the ultimate bad dino, a Giganotosaurus. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Leaving the theater when the credits start rolling would be a bad idea. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Exercising to maximal activity is not comfortable and can even be nauseating; doing so on a full stomach is a bad idea. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But for people at home to necessarily say that Dustin Johnson is now a bad person, that\u2019s not fair. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There are some who argue in bad faith that any criticism or boycott of Israel or the settlements is antisemitic. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Preparing my diet to say all right, maybe the one meal's bad , but the rest of the day is really good. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And also, if these are suicides, how does that affect the idea that a good person with a gun can stop a bad person with a gun? \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Up until this point, the show had led viewers to believe that the big bad was Doomsday, the beast who famously killed Superman in the comics. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And yet, no, Savathun is not the big bad of the entire Destiny franchise. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Wanda and Captain Marvel, the only other female Avenger to helm her own property so far, are the two members of the team who could have defeated the big bad of the last two Avengers films, Thanos. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The accidental bumps and sorrys and quiet my bads create a low hum as the group finds its rhythm behind Jaydon. \u2014 Adam Harris, The Atlantic , 29 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"And the true halfway point of Mr. Robot would\u2019ve come sometime during S3, which ends by finally putting Elliot in direct odds with big bads White Rose and the Dark Army. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Some good news to buffer the bad Andreas Athanasiou will practice with the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday, and could be in the lineup this trip. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 25 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Our big bads in the Hawkins federal lab seem to be ramping up to factor heavily into this modern theme. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 31 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Domestic Goods \u2014 and Bads Robin Thicke and model girlfriend April Love Geary are expecting a baby. \u2026 \u2014 Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com , 19 Aug. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"The parents of the Oxford school shooting suspect have reached their limit with the prosecutor and are asking a judge to sanction her for allegedly ignoring their requests to stop bad -mouthing them and calling them liars. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Fed\u2019s bad -tasting medicine may slow it down eventually, but the medicine takes some time to work. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Drake got this man down bad after responding to a troll\u2019s comment about his son Adonis\u2026. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"According to the Times, in 2018 Barbara Ledeen, a Republican Senate aide who had reportedly developed Groundswell\u2019s enemies list with Ginni Thomas, participated in a plot to oust McMaster by secretly taping him bad -mouthing Trump. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Although these scenarios correlate with a better global GDP for roughly the next 20 years, things go bad afterward, with the GDP reduced by up to 3 percent for the ensuing 60 years (with no predictions for what happens after that). \u2014 K.e.d Coan, Ars Technica , 28 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Then, the chief of staff began ignoring the aide\u2019s phone calls, lying about meetings being canceled, and bad -mouthing her to Sims, according to the complaint. \u2014 Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"People might also experience fever, chills, peeing a lot or feeling the urge to pee a lot, burning while peeing, nausea, vomiting, pus in the urine, and cloudy, bad -smelling urine. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Avoid disclosing information about current workplace conflicts, a family situation leading to seeking new employment, or bad -mouthing a current supervisor. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c",
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"1575, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bad-mouth":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to criticize severely"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bad-\u02ccmau\u0307th",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccmau\u0307t\u035fh"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"belittle",
|
||
|
|
"cry down",
|
||
|
|
"decry",
|
||
|
|
"denigrate",
|
||
|
|
"deprecate",
|
||
|
|
"depreciate",
|
||
|
|
"derogate",
|
||
|
|
"diminish",
|
||
|
|
"dis",
|
||
|
|
"diss",
|
||
|
|
"discount",
|
||
|
|
"dismiss",
|
||
|
|
"disparage",
|
||
|
|
"kiss off",
|
||
|
|
"minimize",
|
||
|
|
"play down",
|
||
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
||
|
|
"put down",
|
||
|
|
"run down",
|
||
|
|
"talk down",
|
||
|
|
"trash",
|
||
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
||
|
|
"vilipend",
|
||
|
|
"write off"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acclaim",
|
||
|
|
"applaud",
|
||
|
|
"exalt",
|
||
|
|
"extol",
|
||
|
|
"extoll",
|
||
|
|
"glorify",
|
||
|
|
"laud",
|
||
|
|
"magnify",
|
||
|
|
"praise"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1941, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170857"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baddy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"noun",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"a bad person or thing",
|
||
|
|
"an opponent of the hero (as in fiction or motion pictures)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ba-d\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beast",
|
||
|
|
"brute",
|
||
|
|
"caitiff",
|
||
|
|
"devil",
|
||
|
|
"evildoer",
|
||
|
|
"fiend",
|
||
|
|
"heavy",
|
||
|
|
"hound",
|
||
|
|
"knave",
|
||
|
|
"meanie",
|
||
|
|
"meany",
|
||
|
|
"miscreant",
|
||
|
|
"monster",
|
||
|
|
"nazi",
|
||
|
|
"no-good",
|
||
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
||
|
|
"rascal",
|
||
|
|
"reprobate",
|
||
|
|
"rogue",
|
||
|
|
"savage",
|
||
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"scalawag",
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"scallywag",
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"scamp",
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"scapegrace",
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"scoundrel",
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"varlet",
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"villain",
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"wretch"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"His efforts pay off, nominally Michael Morbius doesn\u2019t want to be a baddie , though his ungodly urges keep pulling him in that direction. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 31 Mar. 2022",
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|
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"Hillary is still a baddie with an eye for fashion, but unlike Fresh Prince's spoiled princess, this gal's got ambitions that involve more than just shopping. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
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"The girls\u2019 defenses aren\u2019t much slicker; in one episode, a humble oboe plays a key role in defeating a baddie . \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"Wraith, whose real name could probably double for that of a DC baddie , has an intriguing, hulking woodenness that makes sense in context. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Jan. 2022",
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|
"Maguire\u2019s Spidey, who goes back quite some time with Dafoe\u2019s insane baddie , is a wise sort who talks the teenager out of killing in cold blood, though the Goblin sticks a very sharp object into the helping hero for his efforts. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 19 Dec. 2021",
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"Only Gadot briefly gets to cut loose as a vamping baddie . \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"But Bond discovers that the main baddie this time is a mysterious figure named Safin (Rami Malek), who has a connection to Swann, a sweet island lair and a vengeful agenda. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"Later, fulfilling the standard brief of a Bond baddie , Safin will occupy an island lair and hatch plans to dominate the planet. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":null,
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"first_known_use":[
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"1872, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
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},
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"badinage":{
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||
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": playful repartee : banter"
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||
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccba-d\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4zh"
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||
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backchat",
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"banter",
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"chaff",
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||
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"give-and-take",
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"jesting",
|
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"joshing",
|
||
|
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"persiflage",
|
||
|
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"raillery",
|
||
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"repartee"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the sophisticated badinage of the characters in plays by Oscar Wilde",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The banality of Ruben Santiago-Hudson\u2019s adapted script suggests satire, yet the film is fairly humorless, despite the musicians\u2019 profane badinage . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 1 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The result is a system that favors cable-ready wisecracks and viral badinage over substantive policy discussions. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 31 July 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Ironic hyperbole was a form of badinage that came easily to Smith. \u2014 Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Review of Books , 14 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"And the fact that this is where supporters have ended up after mere hours of social media badinage tells you just how weak the defense is. \u2014 Megan Mcardle, Alaska Dispatch News , 11 July 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Too often there\u2019s an emotional monotony to this production, which flattens the narrative into a rather stale bedroom farce with barbed marital badinage and cliche clinches. \u2014 Karen D'souza, The Mercury News , 3 Feb. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Scientists have begun decoding the complex badinage between cactuses and pollinating bats. \u2014 Natalie Angier, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The hosts of Morning Joe, which debuted in 2007 and more or less dominated the cable-news chatter machine ever since, have long been known for their highly flirtatious office-spouse badinage , squabbling and then making up. \u2014 Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com , 4 May 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The hosts of Morning Joe, which debuted in 2007 and more or less dominated the cable-news chatter machine ever since, have long been known for their highly flirtatious office-spouse badinage , squabbling and then making up. \u2014 Emily Jane Fox, The Hive , 4 May 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, \"foolishness, stupidity,\" from badiner \"to banter, jest, play the fool\" (verbal derivative of badin \"silly, foolish,\" as noun, \"fool, simpleton,\" borrowed from Occitan, from badar \"to have the mouth wide open, gape\"\u2014going back to Vulgar Latin *bat\u0101re , perhaps of imitative origin\u2014+ -in , adjective suffix) + -age -age ",
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"circa 1658, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190809"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"badly":{
|
||
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"type":"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"in a bad manner",
|
||
|
|
"to a great or intense degree",
|
||
|
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"strongly in need of (something or someone)",
|
||
|
|
"fairly or acceptably well",
|
||
|
|
"to have an unfavorable or low opinion of (someone or something)",
|
||
|
|
"in a bad manner",
|
||
|
|
"very much"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8bad-l\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bad",
|
||
|
|
"deficiently",
|
||
|
|
"inadequately",
|
||
|
|
"lousily",
|
||
|
|
"poorly",
|
||
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
||
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
||
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acceptably",
|
||
|
|
"adequately",
|
||
|
|
"all right",
|
||
|
|
"fine",
|
||
|
|
"good",
|
||
|
|
"nicely",
|
||
|
|
"OK",
|
||
|
|
"okay",
|
||
|
|
"palatably",
|
||
|
|
"passably",
|
||
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
||
|
|
"so-so",
|
||
|
|
"tolerably",
|
||
|
|
"well"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"He played badly but I played even worse .",
|
||
|
|
"The failure reflects badly on the administration.",
|
||
|
|
"She wanted the job badly .",
|
||
|
|
"I'm badly in need of a vacation.",
|
||
|
|
"His fingers were badly frozen.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The tweet included a crime scene photo of the aftermath of the crash, with two badly damaged vehicles visible in the foreground. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"If the affected nerve isn\u2019t badly damaged, a person can typically recover within weeks, per the NLM. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Responding to a burglary alarm 4 25 a.m. June 2, police arrived to find the back door to Kay Jewelers badly damaged, but not breached. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"By the time the fire was fully contained six days later, 20 homes, many with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean, had burned to the ground, and 11 others were badly damaged. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"However, his reputation is badly damaged in many far-right circles. \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"All three items were badly damaged, the officials said. \u2014 Lindsey Bever, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Ten-year-old Ashraful's home in Sylhet was badly damaged by the flooding. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the town square, residents filled water bottles at a tank, since pipes remained badly damaged. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 31 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":null,
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"badness":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": failing to reach an acceptable standard : poor",
|
||
|
|
": unfavorable",
|
||
|
|
": not fresh : spoiled",
|
||
|
|
": not sound : dilapidated",
|
||
|
|
": morally objectionable : evil",
|
||
|
|
": mischievous , disobedient",
|
||
|
|
": inadequate or unsuited to a purpose",
|
||
|
|
": disagreeable , unpleasant",
|
||
|
|
": injurious , harmful",
|
||
|
|
": serious , severe",
|
||
|
|
": incorrect , faulty",
|
||
|
|
": suffering pain or distress",
|
||
|
|
": unhealthy , diseased",
|
||
|
|
": sorrowful , sorry",
|
||
|
|
": invalid , void",
|
||
|
|
": not able to be collected",
|
||
|
|
": good , great",
|
||
|
|
": tough , mean",
|
||
|
|
": fairly or acceptably good",
|
||
|
|
": quite good or impressive",
|
||
|
|
": something that is bad",
|
||
|
|
": an evil or unhappy state",
|
||
|
|
": fault sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": badly",
|
||
|
|
": not good : poor",
|
||
|
|
": not favorable",
|
||
|
|
": not fresh or sound",
|
||
|
|
": not good or right : evil",
|
||
|
|
": not behaving properly",
|
||
|
|
": not enough",
|
||
|
|
": unpleasant",
|
||
|
|
": harmful",
|
||
|
|
": serious sense 2 , severe",
|
||
|
|
": not correct",
|
||
|
|
": not cheerful or calm",
|
||
|
|
": not healthy",
|
||
|
|
": sorry sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": not skillful",
|
||
|
|
": not valid : void",
|
||
|
|
": not covered by sufficient funds"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bad",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bad"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bastard",
|
||
|
|
"bush",
|
||
|
|
"bush-league",
|
||
|
|
"crummy",
|
||
|
|
"crumby",
|
||
|
|
"deficient",
|
||
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
||
|
|
"ill",
|
||
|
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
|
"lame",
|
||
|
|
"lousy",
|
||
|
|
"off",
|
||
|
|
"paltry",
|
||
|
|
"poor",
|
||
|
|
"punk",
|
||
|
|
"sour",
|
||
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
||
|
|
"subpar",
|
||
|
|
"substandard",
|
||
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
||
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
||
|
|
"wack",
|
||
|
|
"wanting",
|
||
|
|
"wretched",
|
||
|
|
"wrong"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"evil",
|
||
|
|
"evildoing",
|
||
|
|
"ill",
|
||
|
|
"immorality",
|
||
|
|
"iniquity",
|
||
|
|
"sin",
|
||
|
|
"villainy",
|
||
|
|
"wrong"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Committee hearings on the bill featured testimony from expert witnesses who said rats, mold, cockroaches, bad plumbing and other squalid conditions all contribute to the onset of asthma and other illnesses, especially in children. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In Dominion, which opened last weekend to No.1, a Therizinosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus rex team up to kill the ultimate bad dino, a Giganotosaurus. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Leaving the theater when the credits start rolling would be a bad idea. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Exercising to maximal activity is not comfortable and can even be nauseating; doing so on a full stomach is a bad idea. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But for people at home to necessarily say that Dustin Johnson is now a bad person, that\u2019s not fair. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There are some who argue in bad faith that any criticism or boycott of Israel or the settlements is antisemitic. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Preparing my diet to say all right, maybe the one meal's bad , but the rest of the day is really good. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And also, if these are suicides, how does that affect the idea that a good person with a gun can stop a bad person with a gun? \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Up until this point, the show had led viewers to believe that the big bad was Doomsday, the beast who famously killed Superman in the comics. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And yet, no, Savathun is not the big bad of the entire Destiny franchise. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Wanda and Captain Marvel, the only other female Avenger to helm her own property so far, are the two members of the team who could have defeated the big bad of the last two Avengers films, Thanos. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The accidental bumps and sorrys and quiet my bads create a low hum as the group finds its rhythm behind Jaydon. \u2014 Adam Harris, The Atlantic , 29 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"And the true halfway point of Mr. Robot would\u2019ve come sometime during S3, which ends by finally putting Elliot in direct odds with big bads White Rose and the Dark Army. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Some good news to buffer the bad : Andreas Athanasiou will practice with the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday, and could be in the lineup this trip. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 25 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Our big bads in the Hawkins federal lab seem to be ramping up to factor heavily into this modern theme. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 31 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Domestic Goods \u2014 and Bads : Robin Thicke and model girlfriend April Love Geary are expecting a baby. \u2026 \u2014 Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com , 19 Aug. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"The parents of the Oxford school shooting suspect have reached their limit with the prosecutor and are asking a judge to sanction her for allegedly ignoring their requests to stop bad -mouthing them and calling them liars. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Fed\u2019s bad -tasting medicine may slow it down eventually, but the medicine takes some time to work. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Drake got this man down bad after responding to a troll\u2019s comment about his son Adonis\u2026. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"According to the Times, in 2018 Barbara Ledeen, a Republican Senate aide who had reportedly developed Groundswell\u2019s enemies list with Ginni Thomas, participated in a plot to oust McMaster by secretly taping him bad -mouthing Trump. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Although these scenarios correlate with a better global GDP for roughly the next 20 years, things go bad afterward, with the GDP reduced by up to 3 percent for the ensuing 60 years (with no predictions for what happens after that). \u2014 K.e.d Coan, Ars Technica , 28 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Then, the chief of staff began ignoring the aide\u2019s phone calls, lying about meetings being canceled, and bad -mouthing her to Sims, according to the complaint. \u2014 Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"People might also experience fever, chills, peeing a lot or feeling the urge to pee a lot, burning while peeing, nausea, vomiting, pus in the urine, and cloudy, bad -smelling urine. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Avoid disclosing information about current workplace conflicts, a family situation leading to seeking new employment, or bad -mouthing a current supervisor. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c",
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"1575, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221145"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bag":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"noun",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"a usually flexible container that may be closed for holding, storing, or carrying something such as",
|
||
|
|
"purse",
|
||
|
|
"handbag",
|
||
|
|
"a bag for game",
|
||
|
|
"suitcase",
|
||
|
|
"something resembling a bag such as",
|
||
|
|
"a pouched or pendulous bodily part or organ",
|
||
|
|
"udder",
|
||
|
|
"a puffy or sagging protuberance of flabby skin",
|
||
|
|
"a puffed-out sag or bulge in cloth",
|
||
|
|
"a square white stuffed canvas bag used to mark a base in baseball",
|
||
|
|
"the amount contained in a bag",
|
||
|
|
"a quantity of game taken",
|
||
|
|
"the maximum legal quantity of game",
|
||
|
|
"an assortment or collection especially of nonmaterial things",
|
||
|
|
"an unattractive woman",
|
||
|
|
"something one likes or does regularly or well",
|
||
|
|
"one's characteristic way of doing things",
|
||
|
|
"sure , certain",
|
||
|
|
"assured of a successful conclusion sewn up",
|
||
|
|
"drunk sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"to swell out bulge",
|
||
|
|
"to hang loosely",
|
||
|
|
"to cause to swell",
|
||
|
|
"to put into a bag",
|
||
|
|
"to take (animals) as game",
|
||
|
|
"to get possession of especially by strategy or stealth",
|
||
|
|
"capture , seize",
|
||
|
|
"to shoot down destroy",
|
||
|
|
"to achieve in or as if in competition win",
|
||
|
|
"to give up, forgo, or abandon especially for something more desirable or attainable",
|
||
|
|
"to dismiss (someone) from a job or position fire , sack",
|
||
|
|
"to ventilate the lungs of (a patient) using a hand-squeezed bag attached to a face mask",
|
||
|
|
"bachelor of agriculture",
|
||
|
|
"a container made of flexible material (as paper or plastic)",
|
||
|
|
"purse entry 1 sense 1 , handbag",
|
||
|
|
"suitcase",
|
||
|
|
"to swell out",
|
||
|
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"to put into a bag",
|
||
|
|
"to kill or capture in hunting",
|
||
|
|
"a pouched or pendulous bodily part or organ",
|
||
|
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"udder",
|
||
|
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"a puffy or sagging protuberance of flabby skin",
|
||
|
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"to ventilate the lungs of (a patient) using a hand-squeezed bag attached to a face mask"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":"\u02c8bag",
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"poke",
|
||
|
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"pouch",
|
||
|
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"sack"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"balloon",
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|
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"beetle",
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||
|
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"belly",
|
||
|
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"billow",
|
||
|
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"bulge",
|
||
|
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"bunch",
|
||
|
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"jut",
|
||
|
|
"overhang",
|
||
|
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"poke",
|
||
|
|
"pooch",
|
||
|
|
"pouch",
|
||
|
|
"pout",
|
||
|
|
"project",
|
||
|
|
"protrude",
|
||
|
|
"stand out",
|
||
|
|
"start",
|
||
|
|
"stick out",
|
||
|
|
"swell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
||
|
|
"One of the members decided to open the bag and discovered the newborn\u2019s body wrapped in pieces of clothing. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The sixth inning got off to a sluggish start for the Sox when Gavin Lux hit a grounder to first but beat Sousa to the bag for an infield hit. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Alleyne, who beat the throw to the bag , collided with Huber and both fell to the dirt. \u2014 Tim Schwartz, Baltimore Sun , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"He was replaced by a pinch-runner after taking a hard turn around first base on a single before stopping and returning gingerly to the bag . \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This is a quick and easy, convenient solution to post-shave irritation; they can be stored in a pocket or a bag , thrown in the glove-box, kept on your vanity, or even in your desk at work. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Easily packed into a purse, a pocket or a gym bag , Le Mirage is chic yet discreet and is perfect for eating in public as Le Mirage is only 5mg, packing in the low-dosage benefits into one delicious piece of candy! \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On Wednesday, the Sox had a chance to turn a double play but Story had an unusual angle to the bag . \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Freeman still managed to get back to the bag before Walker made it down the line. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Dagne Dover\u2019s Indi bag easily clips onto strollers and even has a mini changing mat. \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Inside the stadium, a fan with a choice seat behind home plate waited until the ninth inning to bag his head. \u2014 Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Inside the stadium, a fan with a choice seat behind home plate waited until the ninth inning to bag his head. \u2014 Patricia Gallagher Newberry, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Last week Kylie Jenner made the glass bag the focal point of her look for a press day for the new Kardashian reality show. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While the show\u2019s critical success has helped bag big name guest stars, the creative team isn\u2019t concerning themselves with living up to any hype. \u2014 Katcy Stephan, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The candy giant has released a Late Night Taco Truck jelly beans bag as part of its 2022 Easter collection, with a taste meant to meant to capture the experience of snacking on the favorite Mexican delight. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For those looking to bag peaks, Texas has those, too. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Jovelji\u0107 came off the bench to bag the only goal in the team\u2019s last win and also found the back of the net as a substitute Saturday, only to have the goal denied on an offside call. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bail":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a container used to remove water from a boat",
|
||
|
|
": to clear (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side",
|
||
|
|
": to clear water from by dipping and throwing",
|
||
|
|
": bail out sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": the temporary release of a prisoner in exchange for security (see security sense 2a ) given for the prisoner's appearance at a later hearing",
|
||
|
|
": security given for the release of a prisoner on bail",
|
||
|
|
": one who provides bail",
|
||
|
|
": to temporarily release (a prisoner) in exchange for security (see security sense 2a ) given for appearance at a later hearing : to release under bail (see bail entry 3 sense 1 )",
|
||
|
|
": to procure the release of by giving bail (see bail entry 3 sense 2 )",
|
||
|
|
": to help from a predicament",
|
||
|
|
": a U-shaped strip used to support something (such as the cover of a wagon or the canopy of a small boat)",
|
||
|
|
": a hinged bar for holding paper against the platen of a typewriter",
|
||
|
|
": a usually arched handle (as of a kettle or pail)",
|
||
|
|
": to deliver (personal property) in trust to another for a special purpose and for a limited period",
|
||
|
|
": a device for confining or separating animals",
|
||
|
|
": to dip and throw out water (as from a boat)",
|
||
|
|
": to jump out of an airplane",
|
||
|
|
": money given to free a prisoner until his or her trial",
|
||
|
|
": to get the release of (a prisoner) by giving money as a guarantee of the prisoner's return for trial",
|
||
|
|
": the temporary release of a prisoner in exchange for security given for the prisoner's appearance at a later hearing",
|
||
|
|
": the security given for a prisoner's release",
|
||
|
|
": the amount or terms of the security",
|
||
|
|
": one who provides bail and is liable for the released prisoner's appearance",
|
||
|
|
": to flee the jurisdiction while released on bail",
|
||
|
|
": to be released on bail",
|
||
|
|
": to release on bail",
|
||
|
|
": to obtain the release of by giving bail",
|
||
|
|
": to place (personal property) under a bailment"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bail out",
|
||
|
|
"begone",
|
||
|
|
"book",
|
||
|
|
"bug off",
|
||
|
|
"bug out",
|
||
|
|
"bugger off",
|
||
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
||
|
|
"clear off",
|
||
|
|
"clear out",
|
||
|
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
|
"depart",
|
||
|
|
"dig out",
|
||
|
|
"exit",
|
||
|
|
"get",
|
||
|
|
"get off",
|
||
|
|
"go",
|
||
|
|
"go off",
|
||
|
|
"move",
|
||
|
|
"pack (up ",
|
||
|
|
"part",
|
||
|
|
"peel off",
|
||
|
|
"pike (out ",
|
||
|
|
"pull out",
|
||
|
|
"push off",
|
||
|
|
"push on",
|
||
|
|
"quit",
|
||
|
|
"run along",
|
||
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
||
|
|
"scarper",
|
||
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
||
|
|
"step (along)",
|
||
|
|
"take off",
|
||
|
|
"vamoose",
|
||
|
|
"walk out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arrive",
|
||
|
|
"come",
|
||
|
|
"show up",
|
||
|
|
"turn up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1768, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (4)",
|
||
|
|
"1844, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195439"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bairn":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": child"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bern"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bambino",
|
||
|
|
"bud",
|
||
|
|
"chap",
|
||
|
|
"chick",
|
||
|
|
"child",
|
||
|
|
"cub",
|
||
|
|
"juvenile",
|
||
|
|
"kid",
|
||
|
|
"kiddie",
|
||
|
|
"kiddy",
|
||
|
|
"kiddo",
|
||
|
|
"moppet",
|
||
|
|
"sprat",
|
||
|
|
"sprout",
|
||
|
|
"squirt",
|
||
|
|
"whelp",
|
||
|
|
"youngling",
|
||
|
|
"youngster",
|
||
|
|
"youth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adult",
|
||
|
|
"grown-up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"at the Scottish festival there were traditional contests of strength and endurance, Celtic fiddlers, and groups of bairns performing Highland flings"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English bern, barn , from Old English bearn & Old Norse barn ; akin to Old High German barn child",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200704"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bait":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks",
|
||
|
|
": to try to make angry with criticism or insults",
|
||
|
|
": tease",
|
||
|
|
": to harass (a chained animal, such as a bear) with dogs usually for sport",
|
||
|
|
": to attack by biting and tearing",
|
||
|
|
": to furnish with bait (see bait entry 2 )",
|
||
|
|
": entice , lure",
|
||
|
|
": to give food and drink to (an animal) especially on the road",
|
||
|
|
": to stop for food and rest when traveling",
|
||
|
|
": something (such as food) used in luring especially to a hook or trap",
|
||
|
|
": a poisonous material placed where it will be eaten by harmful or objectionable animals",
|
||
|
|
": lure , temptation",
|
||
|
|
": something that is used to attract fish or animals so they can be caught",
|
||
|
|
": to put something (as food) on or in to attract and catch fish or animals",
|
||
|
|
": to torment by mean or unjust attacks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
|
"haze",
|
||
|
|
"heckle",
|
||
|
|
"needle",
|
||
|
|
"ride",
|
||
|
|
"taunt",
|
||
|
|
"tease"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"decoy",
|
||
|
|
"lure"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"baiting hooks with live worms",
|
||
|
|
"The interviewer kept baiting the politician by asking him whether he was lying.",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"cheese used for bait in mousetraps",
|
||
|
|
"Wait until the fish takes the bait .",
|
||
|
|
"a wide selection of lures and baits",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Thanks to social media, everyday people are thrust into the role of performers, putting themselves forward at all times, hoping to bait the algorithms and, in turn, your eyes. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"China\u2019s intelligence services have also used the pilgrimage to bait Uighurs in safe European jurisdictions. \u2014 Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Following footprints to better bait Phishing attacks have doubled from early 2020. \u2014 Ravi Sen, The Conversation , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As Curry ignored Porter\u2019s efforts to bait him, Curry\u2019s teammates had a sense of what was to come. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the past, various governments have tried to use the allure of fast cash to bait pilots to switch sides during a conflict\u2014a tempting offer for pilots who don\u2019t make much money, and may not agree with their government\u2019s policies. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Euphoria has always been refreshing in its depiction of teenage life; even the more outrageous story lines don\u2019t feel specifically designed to bait us. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On Tuesday afternoon, an emo festival designed to bait millennials around the world materialized of thin air. \u2014 Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cybercriminals are always waiting for the next big lure to bait their traps. \u2014 Lee Mathews, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The goal: Flies will smell the bait and fly into the bottle to get to it. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bait to buy the bundle is the exclusive content offered on the respective platforms. \u2014 Wayne Lonstein, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gordon could be trade bait again at the deadline and the team can afford to take its time on Nix. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While an earlier draft of the bill banned the use of drones for aerial surveillance, the latest version allows it and only bans using drones to transport fishing gear like lines and bait . \u2014 Abe Musselman, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Down at the end of the spit, tourists cast bait near the ferry terminal while sipping beers. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"An additional felony poaching charge has been filed against the prominent Utah hunting guide who was prosecuted earlier this month for illegally using bait to help Donald Trump Jr. kill a black bear in Carbon County in 2018. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The hyper-seasonal nature of marina work\u2014kayak rentals, a bait and tackle shop, moving boats to and from neighboring Watch Hill\u2014left an open window in wintertime. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The flies will be attracted by the bait , but won't be able to escape because the soap breaks the surface tension of the water, trapping the flies. \u2014 Becky Krystal, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200048"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baiter":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks",
|
||
|
|
": to try to make angry with criticism or insults",
|
||
|
|
": tease",
|
||
|
|
": to harass (a chained animal, such as a bear) with dogs usually for sport",
|
||
|
|
": to attack by biting and tearing",
|
||
|
|
": to furnish with bait (see bait entry 2 )",
|
||
|
|
": entice , lure",
|
||
|
|
": to give food and drink to (an animal) especially on the road",
|
||
|
|
": to stop for food and rest when traveling",
|
||
|
|
": something (such as food) used in luring especially to a hook or trap",
|
||
|
|
": a poisonous material placed where it will be eaten by harmful or objectionable animals",
|
||
|
|
": lure , temptation",
|
||
|
|
": something that is used to attract fish or animals so they can be caught",
|
||
|
|
": to put something (as food) on or in to attract and catch fish or animals",
|
||
|
|
": to torment by mean or unjust attacks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
|
"haze",
|
||
|
|
"heckle",
|
||
|
|
"needle",
|
||
|
|
"ride",
|
||
|
|
"taunt",
|
||
|
|
"tease"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"decoy",
|
||
|
|
"lure"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"baiting hooks with live worms",
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"The interviewer kept baiting the politician by asking him whether he was lying.",
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"Noun",
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"cheese used for bait in mousetraps",
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"Wait until the fish takes the bait .",
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"a wide selection of lures and baits",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Thanks to social media, everyday people are thrust into the role of performers, putting themselves forward at all times, hoping to bait the algorithms and, in turn, your eyes. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"China\u2019s intelligence services have also used the pilgrimage to bait Uighurs in safe European jurisdictions. \u2014 Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"Following footprints to better bait Phishing attacks have doubled from early 2020. \u2014 Ravi Sen, The Conversation , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"As Curry ignored Porter\u2019s efforts to bait him, Curry\u2019s teammates had a sense of what was to come. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"In the past, various governments have tried to use the allure of fast cash to bait pilots to switch sides during a conflict\u2014a tempting offer for pilots who don\u2019t make much money, and may not agree with their government\u2019s policies. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"Euphoria has always been refreshing in its depiction of teenage life; even the more outrageous story lines don\u2019t feel specifically designed to bait us. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"On Tuesday afternoon, an emo festival designed to bait millennials around the world materialized of thin air. \u2014 Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"Cybercriminals are always waiting for the next big lure to bait their traps. \u2014 Lee Mathews, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The goal: Flies will smell the bait and fly into the bottle to get to it. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
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"The bait to buy the bundle is the exclusive content offered on the respective platforms. \u2014 Wayne Lonstein, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"Gordon could be trade bait again at the deadline and the team can afford to take its time on Nix. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 2 June 2022",
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"While an earlier draft of the bill banned the use of drones for aerial surveillance, the latest version allows it and only bans using drones to transport fishing gear like lines and bait . \u2014 Abe Musselman, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
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"Down at the end of the spit, tourists cast bait near the ferry terminal while sipping beers. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
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"An additional felony poaching charge has been filed against the prominent Utah hunting guide who was prosecuted earlier this month for illegally using bait to help Donald Trump Jr. kill a black bear in Carbon County in 2018. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
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"The hyper-seasonal nature of marina work\u2014kayak rentals, a bait and tackle shop, moving boats to and from neighboring Watch Hill\u2014left an open window in wintertime. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
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"The flies will be attracted by the bait , but won't be able to escape because the soap breaks the surface tension of the water, trapping the flies. \u2014 Becky Krystal, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Verb",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
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"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200303"
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},
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"balance":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": physical equilibrium",
|
||
|
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": the ability to retain one's balance",
|
||
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": stability produced by even distribution of weight on each side of the vertical axis",
|
||
|
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": equipoise between contrasting, opposing, or interacting elements",
|
||
|
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": equality between the totals of the two sides of an account",
|
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": an aesthetically pleasing integration of elements",
|
||
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": the juxtaposition in writing of syntactically parallel (see parallel entry 1 sense 3c ) constructions containing similar or contrasting ideas (such as \"to err is human; to forgive, divine\")",
|
||
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": an amount in excess especially on the credit side of an account",
|
||
|
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": weight or force of one side in excess of another",
|
||
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": something left over : remainder",
|
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": mental and emotional steadiness",
|
||
|
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": an instrument for weighing: such as",
|
||
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": a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends",
|
||
|
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": a device that uses the elasticity of a spiral spring for measuring weight or force",
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||
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": a means of judging or deciding",
|
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": a counterbalancing weight, force, or influence",
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": an oscillating wheel operating with a hairspring to regulate the movement of a timepiece",
|
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": with the fate or outcome about to be determined",
|
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": with all things considered",
|
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": to poise or arrange in or as if in balance",
|
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": to bring into harmony or proportion",
|
||
|
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": to bring to a state or position of balance (see balance entry 1 sense 2 )",
|
||
|
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": to compute the difference between the debits and credits of (an account)",
|
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|
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": to pay the amount due on : settle",
|
||
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": to arrange so that one set of elements exactly equals another",
|
||
|
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": to complete (a chemical equation) so that the same number of atoms and electric charges of each kind appears on each side",
|
||
|
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": counterbalance , offset",
|
||
|
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": to equal or equalize in weight, number, or proportion",
|
||
|
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": to weigh in or as if in a balance (see balance entry 1 sense 6 )",
|
||
|
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": to become balanced or established in balance",
|
||
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": to be an equal counterbalance",
|
||
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": waver sense 1",
|
||
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": a steady position or condition",
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||
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": something left over : remainder",
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": an instrument for weighing",
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": a state in which things occur in equal or proper amounts",
|
||
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": the amount of money in a bank account",
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": an amount of money still owed",
|
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": to make or keep steady : keep from falling",
|
||
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": to make the two sides of (an account) add up to the same total",
|
||
|
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": to be or make equal in weight, number, or amount",
|
||
|
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": an instrument for weighing",
|
||
|
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": mental and emotional steadiness",
|
||
|
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": the relation in physiology between the intake of a particular substance and its excretion",
|
||
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"\u2014 see nitrogen balance , water balance",
|
||
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": the maintenance (as in laboratory cultures) of a population at about the same condition and level"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ba-l\u0259n(t)s",
|
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"\u02c8ba-l\u0259ns",
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||
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|
"\u02c8bal-\u0259n(t)s"
|
||
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"counterpoise",
|
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"equilibration",
|
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"equilibrium",
|
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"equipoise",
|
||
|
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"poise",
|
||
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"stasis"
|
||
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
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"equalize",
|
||
|
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"equate",
|
||
|
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"even",
|
||
|
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"level"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Four straight points from Jaylen Brown \u2014 slashing layup, steal, and an off- balance layup on the break \u2014 put the Celtics up 90-86. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In a scramble, the puck dribbled harmlessly toward the side of the Wings\u2019 goal, Yzerman hooked an off- balance Lindros to the ice, Vernon tapped the puck lightly behind the goal and Konstantinov touched it against the boards as the horn sounded. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Missouri's Supreme Court put them on probation, with suspension of their law licenses hanging in the balance . \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With one out, Shaw hit an infield single, but Smith\u2019s off- balance throw to first allowed Alleyne to score from second, giving the Terps a 5-4 lead. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, Baltimore Sun , 5 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Fried used a mix of pitches that kept the Rockies off balance . \u2014 Mike Cranston, ajc , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Your goal is to support the natural cycle to keep your garden in balance . \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Now, amid a 40-year-high inflation rate that is pushing up gas and food prices, the economy is increasingly hanging in the balance . \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Our pitcher, Noffsinger, did a very good job to keep them off balance . \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Lauren Ho masterfully captures the internal struggle many women go through when trying to balance work life, familial and societal expectations, and their own happiness. \u2014 Mary Cadden, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The administration had taken a cautious approach, trying to balance Biden\u2019s ambitious climate agenda with his pledge to restore the integrity of federal agencies and his promises to stand up for American manufacturing. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His struggle is to balance his desire to create new music against the rigors of traveling and performing. \u2014 Eric Fuller, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Clinicians debate each case, trying to balance between advocating for their sickest patients and those who might be most likely to benefit. \u2014 Angus Chen, STAT , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Alvarez will star as Evan, a gay high school English teacher in Austin, TX, and his fellow teachers trying to balance the competing demands of the students and their parents in a world where the rules seem to change every day. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna have spent months trying to balance COVID protection against potential side effects by testing their vaccines in different dosages and varying the number of doses. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Israel is bracing for one of the biggest waves of non-Jewish refugees in its history, as incoming Ukrainians force the country to balance its historic desire to help people fleeing war with its responsibility as a haven for Jews. \u2014 Dov Lieber, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Counselors often wrestle with how to balance students\u2019 desire for confidentiality with the need to keep families informed about their children\u2019s well-being. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1588, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a(1)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211039"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balanced":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"being in a state of balance having different parts or elements properly or effectively arranged, proportioned, regulated, considered, etc.",
|
||
|
|
"having the physiologically active elements mutually counteracting",
|
||
|
|
"furnishing all needed nutrients in the amount, form, and proportions needed to support healthy growth and productivity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ba-l\u0259n(t)st",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
||
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"lucid",
|
||
|
|
"normal",
|
||
|
|
"right",
|
||
|
|
"sane",
|
||
|
|
"stable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"brainsick",
|
||
|
|
"crazed",
|
||
|
|
"crazy",
|
||
|
|
"demented",
|
||
|
|
"deranged",
|
||
|
|
"insane",
|
||
|
|
"lunatic",
|
||
|
|
"mad",
|
||
|
|
"maniacal",
|
||
|
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
|
"mental",
|
||
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
||
|
|
"unsound"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Liechtenstein is known for its excellent business environment with a tradition of a balanced state budget. \u2014 Lgt Bank Contributor, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bad news is the balanced budget is partially driven by a staff shortage, which is delaying work at a time when the city is grappling with an aging fire truck. \u2014 Blake Nelsonstaff Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Are there long term downsides to running a balanced budget? \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On 28 occasions by his count, Mr. Hatch introduced a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In his early years in the Senate, Hatch was seen as a right-wing brawler, fighting for a balanced -budget amendment and laws undermining labor unions. \u2014 Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In 2013, the comptroller's office required the town to submit weekly spending requests to him for approval and worked with them to develop a balanced budget. \u2014 Maya Brown, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The failure of the Assembly and the mayor to pass a balanced budget and the continuation of the bond program shows out of control and reckless policies. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"City Council has until March 31 to turn into the state a balanced budget. \u2014 cleveland , 16 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":null,
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1611, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bald":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": lacking a natural or usual covering (as of hair, vegetation, or nap )",
|
||
|
|
": having little or no tread",
|
||
|
|
": marked with white",
|
||
|
|
": lacking adornment or amplification",
|
||
|
|
": undisguised , palpable",
|
||
|
|
": to make bald",
|
||
|
|
": to become bald",
|
||
|
|
": lacking a natural covering (as of hair)",
|
||
|
|
": lacking extra details or exaggeration",
|
||
|
|
": lacking all or a significant part of the hair on the head or sometimes on other parts of the body"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fld",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fld",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fld"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bare",
|
||
|
|
"denuded",
|
||
|
|
"exposed",
|
||
|
|
"naked",
|
||
|
|
"open",
|
||
|
|
"peeled",
|
||
|
|
"stripped",
|
||
|
|
"uncovered"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"covered"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Which is why Brown will be on the beach at Sand Hollow Reservoir on Saturday, swim cap covering his bald head, ready to literally test his limits. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"However, his joke about her bald head (no matter what Bill Maher\u2019s vapid takes on the matter are) has had media analysts and consumers restating the first amendment as a pledge of allegiance to the protection of free speech. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"During the Oscars, Smith walked on stage and slapped Rock after the comedian joked about Smith's wife Jada Pinkett-Smith's bald head. \u2014 Rasha Ali, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some are worried that people could see Smith as having every right to get physical, given that Rock made a joke about the particularly sensitive topic of Pinkett Smith\u2019s bald head. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The standup sets wound up being where Rock broke his silence about the 94th annual Academy Awards, where he was slapped by Will Smith after cracking a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith's bald head (Jada, 50, has alopecia). \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In his joke more than two decades earlier, Smith targeted Williams, likely also without knowing the story behind the musician\u2019s bald head. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"During the 2022 Oscars ceremony on Sunday night, held at L.A.\u2019s Dolby Theatre, Smith walked onstage and slapped Rock after the presenter joked about Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s bald head. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Academy Awards ceremony for making a crack about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s bald head (a result of her suffering from alopecia) . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Young and old greeted him like a rock star\u2014a short, balding rock star. \u2014 Andrew Ferguson, The Atlantic , 7 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"There was chubby Roger Ebert, often the meaner of the two, with his barbed complaints about his partner\u2019s latest opinions, and there was the tall, balding Gene Siskel, the gentler and kinder one, more likely to throw up his hands in exasperation. \u2014 Dipti S. Barot, Longreads , 26 Nov. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Posters of Tsai, a smiling, bespectacled woman, and Han, a slim, balding , rather bland-looking man, were everywhere. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Rings of smoke from his Cuban cigar circled Luis Tiant\u2019s balding head like a halo. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 29 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Dantzman is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds, with short, gray hair, balding on the top of his head and a gray beard. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 18 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Young and old greeted him like a rock star\u2014a short, balding rock star. \u2014 Andrew Ferguson, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Irwin is 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds, with balding gray hair and blue eyes. \u2014 Alejandro Serrano, SFChronicle.com , 19 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"With her tires balding and her transmission on the fritz, Katrina Whitaker needed a new car. \u2014 Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal , 14 Feb. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183043"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balderdash":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": nonsense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fl-d\u0259r-\u02ccdash"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"applesauce",
|
||
|
|
"baloney",
|
||
|
|
"boloney",
|
||
|
|
"beans",
|
||
|
|
"bilge",
|
||
|
|
"blah",
|
||
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
||
|
|
"blarney",
|
||
|
|
"blather",
|
||
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
||
|
|
"blither",
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"bosh",
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||
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"bull",
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"bunk",
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|
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"bunkum",
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|
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"buncombe",
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|
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"claptrap",
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||
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"codswallop",
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"crapola",
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||
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"crock",
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||
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"drivel",
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||
|
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"drool",
|
||
|
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"fiddle",
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||
|
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"fiddle-faddle",
|
||
|
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"fiddlesticks",
|
||
|
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"flannel",
|
||
|
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"flapdoodle",
|
||
|
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"folderol",
|
||
|
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"falderal",
|
||
|
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"folly",
|
||
|
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"foolishness",
|
||
|
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"fudge",
|
||
|
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"garbage",
|
||
|
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"guff",
|
||
|
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"hogwash",
|
||
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
||
|
|
"hokum",
|
||
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
||
|
|
"hooey",
|
||
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
||
|
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
||
|
|
"jazz",
|
||
|
|
"malarkey",
|
||
|
|
"malarky",
|
||
|
|
"moonshine",
|
||
|
|
"muck",
|
||
|
|
"nerts",
|
||
|
|
"nonsense",
|
||
|
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
|
"piffle",
|
||
|
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"poppycock",
|
||
|
|
"punk",
|
||
|
|
"rot",
|
||
|
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"rubbish",
|
||
|
|
"senselessness",
|
||
|
|
"silliness",
|
||
|
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"slush",
|
||
|
|
"stupidity",
|
||
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
||
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
||
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
||
|
|
"tosh",
|
||
|
|
"trash",
|
||
|
|
"trumpery",
|
||
|
|
"twaddle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a combat veteran himself, he could not believe the balderdash he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Sorry to say, that is unmitigated balderdash and completely misleading. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The popular myth of important artists being neglected in their lifetimes is for the most part balderdash . \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 19 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The Hill, however, was a happy home for this balderdash , thanks to the famously lax editorial standards that suffuse the paper\u2019s operations. \u2014 Libby Watson, The New Republic , 27 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said Johnson\u2019s contention that Britain could continue to breeze along with its current free-trade arrangement with Europe after a no-deal departure was balderdash . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Then there\u2019s Donald Glover, king of all media, who takes on the role of Lando, Han\u2019s old frenemy, and offers a take on the character that suggests so much of his effortless cool is bluster and balderdash . \u2014 Todd Vanderwerff, Vox , 15 May 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The question is not whether these claims are balderdash . \u2014 David A. Graham, The Atlantic , 22 Oct. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1674, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192703"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baleful":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": deadly or pernicious in influence",
|
||
|
|
": foreboding or threatening evil"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101l-f\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dire",
|
||
|
|
"direful",
|
||
|
|
"doomy",
|
||
|
|
"foreboding",
|
||
|
|
"ill",
|
||
|
|
"ill-boding",
|
||
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
||
|
|
"menacing",
|
||
|
|
"minatory",
|
||
|
|
"ominous",
|
||
|
|
"portentous",
|
||
|
|
"sinister",
|
||
|
|
"threatening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unthreatening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the baleful effects of water pollution",
|
||
|
|
"a dark, baleful sky portending a tornado",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Most people know Muna for their hook-laden, vibe-inducing electro-pop singles \u2014 so when the trio dropped a baleful country song earlier this week, fans were certainly shocked. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With his invasion of Ukraine floundering and his economy teetering, Putin doubled down Wednesday \u2014 turning his baleful glare on Russians who are against the invasion or who sympathize with the West. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Saint Russia would stand against this baleful homogenization. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This baleful development has led to a flourishing cybersecurity industry. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Durham\u2019s probe is a righteous effort to get to the bottom of a matter that deranged American politics for two solid years, though it has been derided or ignored by the corporate press, with baleful consequences. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, even wrote to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei complaining of the show\u2019s baleful influence. \u2014 Omid Khazani And Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"This year\u2019s climate summit in Glasgow has been an embarrassing flop for the green brigades, with one baleful exception. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 7 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Quinones cuts the baleful trafficking news with stories about innovative rehab programs, drug courts and addicts who get clean. \u2014 Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English balefull \"(of humans or animals) bent upon mischief or destruction, malevolent, (of things) pernicious,\" also \"wretched, miserable,\" going back to Old English bealluful \"full of evil, sinful,\" from bealu bale entry 1 + -ful -ful entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190744"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balk":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to refuse abruptly",
|
||
|
|
": to stop short and refuse to proceed",
|
||
|
|
": to commit a balk (see balk entry 2 sense 1 )",
|
||
|
|
": to check or stop by or as if by an obstacle : block",
|
||
|
|
": to pass over or by",
|
||
|
|
": an occurrence in which a pitcher stops suddenly or makes an illegal movement after starting to throw a pitch",
|
||
|
|
": failure of a competitor to complete a motion (such as a jump, vault, or dive)",
|
||
|
|
": the space behind the balkline on a billiard table",
|
||
|
|
": any of the outside divisions made by the balklines",
|
||
|
|
": hindrance , check",
|
||
|
|
": beam , rafter",
|
||
|
|
": a ridge of land left unplowed as a dividing line or through carelessness",
|
||
|
|
": to stop short and refuse to go",
|
||
|
|
": to refuse to do something often suddenly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fk",
|
||
|
|
"sometimes",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"baffle",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"checkmate",
|
||
|
|
"discomfit",
|
||
|
|
"foil",
|
||
|
|
"frustrate",
|
||
|
|
"thwart"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bar",
|
||
|
|
"block",
|
||
|
|
"chain",
|
||
|
|
"clog",
|
||
|
|
"cramp",
|
||
|
|
"crimp",
|
||
|
|
"deterrent",
|
||
|
|
"drag",
|
||
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
||
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
||
|
|
"fetter",
|
||
|
|
"handicap",
|
||
|
|
"hindrance",
|
||
|
|
"holdback",
|
||
|
|
"hurdle",
|
||
|
|
"impediment",
|
||
|
|
"inhibition",
|
||
|
|
"interference",
|
||
|
|
"let",
|
||
|
|
"manacle",
|
||
|
|
"obstacle",
|
||
|
|
"obstruction",
|
||
|
|
"shackles",
|
||
|
|
"stop",
|
||
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
||
|
|
"trammel"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The horse balked and would not jump the fence.",
|
||
|
|
"The runner on third base tried to make the pitcher balk .",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"the extravagant centerpiece proved to be a balk to the flow of conversation",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Many people still balk at keeping sensitive data and files in the cloud. \u2014 Scott Kramer, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Others simply balk at the higher monthly mortgage payments. \u2014 Fortune , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"How much can resorts charge before people balk at paying for uphill access? \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Though hold-outs still balk at the thought of a man in rosy hues, pink doesn\u2019t care. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The ethereum price and other major cryptocurrencies have also fallen sharply as bullish investors balk at the prospect of rising interest rates and a slow down in pandemic-era stimulus measures. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"However, the provision of a qualifying offer may narrow the market for Rodriguez, as some teams balk at sacrificing a draft pick in order to sign a free agent. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The fight over the spending bill is just one underway on Capitol Hill as Republicans balk at Democratic efforts to raise the country\u2019s debt ceiling ahead of an Oct. 18 deadline. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One question many people are asking is what will happen if the Delta variant from India builds itself up while millions of Americans balk at getting vaccinated. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Later in the inning, Brett Boen hit a two-RBI single and Beyer scored on a balk to make it 11-1. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Payton led off the inning with a single, then advanced to second on a balk by SEMO pitcher Jason Rackers. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cameron LaLiberte pinch-ran for him and advanced to second on a balk . \u2014 Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The left-hander got off to a shaky start with a leadoff walk and a balk in the first that helped the Rangers take a 1-0 lead. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Chron , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Tanner Smith scored on a balk and Josh Kasevich hit a two-run home run to make it 3-0. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The teams square off again at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Big East Tournament in Mason, Ohio. Erik Stock hit an RBI double in the first inning for UConn, and T.C. Simmons scored on a balk in the third to make it 2-0. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 22 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Wainwright committed just the fourth balk of his career in 333 starts. \u2014 Steve Overbey, Star Tribune , 9 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Sanmartin allowed six hits and two walks with a wild pitch and a balk . \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 1 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194051"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balky":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": refusing or likely to refuse to proceed, act, or function as directed or expected",
|
||
|
|
": likely to stop or refuse to go"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022f-k\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"sometimes",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022f-k\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contrary",
|
||
|
|
"contumacious",
|
||
|
|
"defiant",
|
||
|
|
"disobedient",
|
||
|
|
"froward",
|
||
|
|
"incompliant",
|
||
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
||
|
|
"intractable",
|
||
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
||
|
|
"rebel",
|
||
|
|
"rebellious",
|
||
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
||
|
|
"recusant",
|
||
|
|
"refractory",
|
||
|
|
"restive",
|
||
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
||
|
|
"unruly",
|
||
|
|
"untoward",
|
||
|
|
"wayward",
|
||
|
|
"willful",
|
||
|
|
"wilful"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"amenable",
|
||
|
|
"biddable",
|
||
|
|
"compliant",
|
||
|
|
"conformable",
|
||
|
|
"docile",
|
||
|
|
"obedient",
|
||
|
|
"ruly",
|
||
|
|
"submissive",
|
||
|
|
"tractable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a balky toddler who only seemed to know the word \u201cno\u201d when told to do something",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"For Boston, Marcus Smart has had a balky ankle, Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5, though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For Boston, Marcus Smart\u2019s ankle has been balky , Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5 though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For Boston, Marcus Smart\u2019s ankle has been balky , Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5 though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The process at City Hall to select a developer has been balky out of the gate and has a tight timeline that, realistically, must be completed by the fall. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bench dumbbell fly has never been one of my favorite exercises for my clients, especially for those with balky shoulders. \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Matsuyama, the first Japanese man to win a major championship, is hoping a balky neck that has been bothering him for a few weeks is good enough on Thursday to give him a legitimate chance of winning the Masters again. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Unfortunately, the existing programs are balky and anything but customer-friendly. \u2014 Frederick Hess, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There is no magical moment, just a gradual, balky transition to a more relaxed state of vigilance that, depending on new variants and possible surges, could be temporary. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1831, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183845"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ball":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"biographical name ()",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a round or roundish body or mass: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a spherical or ovoid body used in a game or sport",
|
||
|
|
": earth , globe",
|
||
|
|
": a spherical or conical projectile",
|
||
|
|
": projectiles used in firearms",
|
||
|
|
": a roundish protuberant anatomical structure (as near the tip of a human finger or toe or at the base of a thumb)",
|
||
|
|
": the part of the sole of the human foot between the toes and arch on which the main weight of the body rests in normal walking",
|
||
|
|
": testis",
|
||
|
|
": nonsense",
|
||
|
|
": nerve sense 3",
|
||
|
|
": a game in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or struck",
|
||
|
|
": quality of play in such a game",
|
||
|
|
": a pitch not swung at by the batter that fails to pass through the strike zone",
|
||
|
|
": a hit or thrown ball in various games",
|
||
|
|
": competent , knowledgeable , alert",
|
||
|
|
": of ability or competence",
|
||
|
|
": to form or gather into a ball",
|
||
|
|
": to have sexual intercourse with",
|
||
|
|
": to form or gather into a ball",
|
||
|
|
": to engage in sexual intercourse",
|
||
|
|
": to play basketball",
|
||
|
|
": a large formal gathering for social dancing",
|
||
|
|
": a very pleasant experience : a good time",
|
||
|
|
": something round or roundish",
|
||
|
|
": a round or roundish object used in a game or sport",
|
||
|
|
": a game or sport (as baseball) played with a ball",
|
||
|
|
": a solid usually round shot for a gun",
|
||
|
|
": the rounded bulge at the base of the thumb or big toe",
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": a pitched baseball that is not hit and is not a strike",
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": to make or come together into a ball",
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": a large formal party for dancing",
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": a good time",
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": a round or roundish body or mass: as",
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||
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": a roundish protuberant part of the body: as",
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": the rounded eminence by which the base of the thumb is continuous with the palm of the hand",
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": the rounded broad part of the sole of the human foot between toes and arch and on which the main weight of the body first rests in normal walking",
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": the padded rounded underside of a human finger or toe near the tip",
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": eyeball",
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": testis",
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": a large pill (as one used in veterinary medicine) : bolus",
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": to give a medicinal ball to (as a horse)",
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"John died 1381 English priest and social agitator",
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"Lucille (D\u00e9sir\u00e9e) 1911\u20131989 American actress and comedienne"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"\u02c8b\u022fl",
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"\u02c8b\u022fl",
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"\u02c8b\u022fl",
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||
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"\u02c8b\u022fl"
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||
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],
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"synonyms":[
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||
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"globe",
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||
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"orb",
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||
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"sphere"
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||
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"agglomerate",
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"roll",
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"round",
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"wad"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"I stood up quickly and balled my hands into fists.",
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"He balled the letter in his hands and threw it in the trash."
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||
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun (1)",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb",
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"1577, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
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"Noun (2)",
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"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203717"
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||
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},
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||
|
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"ballad":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
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||
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"adjective",
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||
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a narrative composition in rhythmic verse suitable for singing",
|
||
|
|
": an art song accompanying a traditional ballad",
|
||
|
|
": a simple song : air",
|
||
|
|
": a popular song",
|
||
|
|
": a slow romantic or sentimental song",
|
||
|
|
": a short poem suitable for singing that tells a story in simple language",
|
||
|
|
": a simple song",
|
||
|
|
": a slow usually romantic song"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-l\u0259d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-l\u0259d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ditty",
|
||
|
|
"jingle",
|
||
|
|
"lay",
|
||
|
|
"lyric",
|
||
|
|
"song",
|
||
|
|
"vocal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a ballad about King Arthur",
|
||
|
|
"a haunting ballad about lost love and loneliness",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
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"Nelly and Kelly Rowland could turn infidelity into a chart-topping ballad . \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"And the closing title track, a lovely ballad about blocking out the noise and surrendering to love, ends the record on a hopeful and uplifting note. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rather than belting out a ballad for Mother Nature, though, the 52-year-old singer and songwriter tended to the Earth \u2014 quite literally. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"There\u2019s nothing like a good Gloria Trevi pop ballad that allows her powerful vocals to shine. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Or warp a traditional Cuban ballad known as a bolero using an obscure Soulja Boy sample? \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There was a video of the boys rolling the tractor across a dusty concrete backyard as Bumaryam ran in and out of the shot, all of it soundtracked by a sentimental ballad . \u2014 John Beck, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The first track, a ballad , was originally recorded when Selena was 13, Quintanilla said. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The trio \u2014 Solo Tres \u2014 sings a heartsick Mexican ballad of love and loss. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English balade ballade, song, from Middle French, from Old Occitan balada dance, song sung while dancing, from balar to dance, from Late Latin ballare ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213150"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"ballistic":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": extremely and usually suddenly excited, upset, or angry : wild",
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to the science of the motion of projectiles in flight",
|
||
|
|
": being or characterized by repeated bouncing",
|
||
|
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": behaving like a projectile",
|
||
|
|
": capable of resisting or stopping bullets or other projectiles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8li-stik"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"angered",
|
||
|
|
"angry",
|
||
|
|
"apoplectic",
|
||
|
|
"cheesed off",
|
||
|
|
"choleric",
|
||
|
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"enraged",
|
||
|
|
"foaming",
|
||
|
|
"fuming",
|
||
|
|
"furious",
|
||
|
|
"hopping",
|
||
|
|
"horn-mad",
|
||
|
|
"hot",
|
||
|
|
"incensed",
|
||
|
|
"indignant",
|
||
|
|
"inflamed",
|
||
|
|
"enflamed",
|
||
|
|
"infuriate",
|
||
|
|
"infuriated",
|
||
|
|
"irate",
|
||
|
|
"ireful",
|
||
|
|
"livid",
|
||
|
|
"mad",
|
||
|
|
"outraged",
|
||
|
|
"rabid",
|
||
|
|
"rankled",
|
||
|
|
"riled",
|
||
|
|
"riley",
|
||
|
|
"roiled",
|
||
|
|
"shirty",
|
||
|
|
"sore",
|
||
|
|
"steamed up",
|
||
|
|
"steaming",
|
||
|
|
"teed off",
|
||
|
|
"ticked",
|
||
|
|
"wrathful",
|
||
|
|
"wroth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"angerless",
|
||
|
|
"delighted",
|
||
|
|
"pleased"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she went ballistic when she discovered her sister using her nail polish",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The whump-whump-whump of artillery is punctuated by the scream of tactical ballistic missiles, and the salvos of rocket artillery make a distinctive pattering of successive concussions. \u2014 Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The research is relevant to a wide range of applications involving supersonic flow, including ballistic missiles, wind turbines, underwater vehicles\u2014and of course, a rocket launcher. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"North Korea has conducted a flurry of missile launches this year, from hypersonic weapons to tests of its largest intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) for the first time in nearly five years. \u2014 Fox News , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Even without any big ships, however, the Ukrainian navy has fought a successful campaign with its Neptunes and missile-armed TB-2 drones\u2014and with big assists from army anti-tank missile teams, army ballistic -missile batteries and air force fighters. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The activity includes a full-range intercontinental ballistic -missile launch in March that showed again that Pyongyang possesses a weapon that can reach the U.S. mainland. \u2014 Timothy W. Martin, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Iran also refused to abide by limits on its ballistic -missile activities. \u2014 John Yoo, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In 2000, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright went to Pyongyang to offer a deal\u2014some sanctions relief and humanitarian aid in exchange for limits on its ambitious ballistic -missile program. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The attack started with cruise- and ballistic -missile strikes against targets across the 784-mile-long country, from the border with Romania all the way to the country\u2019s long border with Russia. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 25 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin ballisticus \"relating to the motion of projectiles in flight,\" from Latin ballista ballista + New Latin -icus -ic entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1764, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-180030"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balloon":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a nonporous bag of light material that can be inflated especially with air or gas: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a bag that is filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air so as to rise and float in the atmosphere and that usually carries a suspended load (such as a gondola with passengers)",
|
||
|
|
": an inflatable bag (as of rubber or plastic) usually used as a toy or for decoration",
|
||
|
|
": a small bag that can be inflated (as in a bodily cavity) with air or gas",
|
||
|
|
": the outline enclosing words spoken or thought by a figure especially in a cartoon",
|
||
|
|
": to fail completely to impress or amuse other people",
|
||
|
|
": relating to, resembling, or suggesting a balloon",
|
||
|
|
": having or being a final installment that is much larger than preceding ones in a term or installment note",
|
||
|
|
": to swell or puff out : expand",
|
||
|
|
": to ascend or travel in or as if in a balloon",
|
||
|
|
": to increase rapidly",
|
||
|
|
": inflate , increase",
|
||
|
|
": a bag that rises and floats above the ground when filled with heated air or with a gas that is lighter than air",
|
||
|
|
": a toy or decoration consisting of a rubber bag that can be blown up with air or gas",
|
||
|
|
": an outline containing words spoken or thought by a character (as in a cartoon)",
|
||
|
|
": to swell or puff out",
|
||
|
|
": a nonporous bag of tough light material that can be inflated (as in a bodily cavity) with air or gas",
|
||
|
|
": to inflate or distend like a balloon",
|
||
|
|
": to swell or puff out",
|
||
|
|
": being or having a final installment that is much larger than preceding ones in an installment or term loan"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fcn",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fcn",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fcn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accelerate",
|
||
|
|
"accumulate",
|
||
|
|
"appreciate",
|
||
|
|
"boom",
|
||
|
|
"build up",
|
||
|
|
"burgeon",
|
||
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
||
|
|
"climb",
|
||
|
|
"enlarge",
|
||
|
|
"escalate",
|
||
|
|
"expand",
|
||
|
|
"gain",
|
||
|
|
"increase",
|
||
|
|
"mount",
|
||
|
|
"multiply",
|
||
|
|
"mushroom",
|
||
|
|
"proliferate",
|
||
|
|
"rise",
|
||
|
|
"roll up",
|
||
|
|
"snowball",
|
||
|
|
"spread",
|
||
|
|
"swell",
|
||
|
|
"wax"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contract",
|
||
|
|
"decrease",
|
||
|
|
"diminish",
|
||
|
|
"dwindle",
|
||
|
|
"lessen",
|
||
|
|
"recede",
|
||
|
|
"wane"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"I blew up a balloon but then it burst.",
|
||
|
|
"brightly colored balloons and other party decorations",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Their credit card debt ballooned to more than $5,000.",
|
||
|
|
"the ballooning costs of education",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Each becomes something unrecognizable through her process: a dress within a dress, suited perhaps for a cartoon villain, or separates digitally fused into a balloon -like jumpsuit. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Senior Vice-President of `Knowledge' at Google Alan Eustace begins a secret project to be carried 41 kilometers into the stratosphere by a giant stadium-sized balloon , in an effort to promote science and space exploration. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In angioplasty, a blockage in one of the heart arteries is opened by a balloon . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"At one point in the ad, Hall is seen sitting on a bench with her 2-year-old son Moses, who stays fascinated by a yellow balloon while smiling next to Mom. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"While his peers among the ultrarich enjoy crocodile breeding, dating pop stars, or traveling by hot-air balloon , the cofounder of Microsoft has devoted his spare time to book collecting and games of bridge. \u2014 Reid Singer, Outside Online , 24 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Now, even as case rates start to balloon again, the window of opportunity to adopt COVID vaccine mandates may have closed, said Hemi Tewarson, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Historians disagreed exactly how long the payments had lasted, how much had been paid each year or how the loans had caused Haiti\u2019s debt burden to balloon . \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While in Canada, Princess Charlotte has fun with the balloon display at a children's party for military families. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Such releases have been banned in a handful of states and cities, according to the anti- balloon release organization called Balloons Blow. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The Broncos were initially expected to fetch at least $3 billion, but that price tag could balloon close to $5 billion. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His pitch count would balloon with walks and long at-bats. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Aduhelm has faced widespread criticism since its approval in June, in part because concerns that its price would balloon Medicare drug spending if millions of patients start taking it. \u2014 Joseph Walker, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Its official death toll as of Thursday was 62 deaths, but experts say the real figure could be far higher and is likely to balloon . \u2014 Eric Cheung And Will Ripley, CNN , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"An estimated 3 million to 6 million Americans have it, and studies show that the number will balloon to 12.1 million by 2030 as the population gets older. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Top Shot market has cooled down since, even as the total NFT market has continued to balloon , but the total value of Top Shot NFTs still sits at an estimated $740 million. \u2014 Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times , 16 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The reduced staff size has led caseloads to balloon . \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"So what begins as a few hundreds of dollars of past-due rent can quickly balloon to thousands of dollars in debt, advocates with the Utah Housing Coalition say. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1783, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1784, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214027"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ballpark":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a park or stadium in which ball games (such as baseball) are played",
|
||
|
|
": a range (as of prices or views) within which comparison or compromise is possible",
|
||
|
|
": approximately correct",
|
||
|
|
": approximately correct : roughly estimated",
|
||
|
|
": to estimate (something) roughly or casually : to give a ballpark estimate of (something, such as a number or price)",
|
||
|
|
": a park in which baseball games are played"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fl-\u02ccp\u00e4rk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fl-\u02ccp\u00e4rk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"approximate",
|
||
|
|
"approximative",
|
||
|
|
"imprecise",
|
||
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
||
|
|
"inexact",
|
||
|
|
"loose",
|
||
|
|
"squishy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accurate",
|
||
|
|
"dead",
|
||
|
|
"dead-on",
|
||
|
|
"exact",
|
||
|
|
"precise",
|
||
|
|
"ultraprecise",
|
||
|
|
"veracious"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"hit a home run out of the ballpark",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
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"We don't know exactly how many people live in this city, but a ballpark figure would be about two million.",
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"I suspect that the ballpark costs we were quoted for the kitchen renovation will turn out to be too low.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Louisville baseball team has called Jim Patterson Stadium home since 2005 and boasts a record of 466-132 in the ballpark . \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
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"Together, that\u2019s about 35 fewer runs; there have been 48 fewer runs scored at Camden Yards in the ballpark \u2019s first 24 games of 2022 than its first 24 of 2021. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 1 June 2022",
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"That, according to the developers, resulted in cost overruns, delays in the ballpark \u2019s construction and, ultimately, the termination of the developers. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
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"And yet another trend also continued, one that stands in contrast to the Diamondbacks\u2019 struggles in this ballpark . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
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"His celebrity status among fellow Angels fans skyrocketed in the wake of the no-hitter, with many of them citing his presence in the ballpark as a good luck charm. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
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"Their ages are actually in the ballpark , but this is the opposite of typecasting. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
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||
|
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"Mostly in the ballpark with Neal going No. 7 to the New York Giants. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 29 Apr. 2022",
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||
|
|
"Tuesday, Poway\u2019s Ryan Kroepel kept the Knights in the ballpark in a 4-2 San Marcos win. \u2014 John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"An easy way to do this is create an Excel spreadsheet to track your spending or go back though your bank and credit card statements from the past year to get a ballpark idea of your monthly spending. \u2014 Ashira Prossack, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Astros share their spring training complex and ballpark with the Washington Nationals. \u2014 Chron , 5 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Of course, the idea is to keep growing your art over time, but having a ballpark figure for those initial pieces keeps your search more focused. \u2014 Shivani Vora, refinery29.com , 30 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
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"And after two starts in this strange, empty- ballpark , virtual-fan season, Berrios still has much to prove. \u2014 Star Tribune , 31 July 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Adjective",
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"1960, in the meaning defined above",
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"Verb",
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"1973, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214838"
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},
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"balm":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":[
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": a balsamic (see balsamic sense 1 ) resin",
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": one from small tropical evergreen trees (genus Commiphora of the family Burseraceae)",
|
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|
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": an aromatic preparation (such as a healing ointment)",
|
||
|
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": any of several aromatic plants of the mint family",
|
||
|
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": lemon balm",
|
||
|
|
": a spicy aromatic odor",
|
||
|
|
": a soothing restorative agency",
|
||
|
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": a greasy substance used for healing or protecting the skin",
|
||
|
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": a balsamic resin",
|
||
|
|
": one from small tropical evergreen trees (genus Commiphora of the family Burseraceae)",
|
||
|
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": an aromatic preparation (as a healing ointment)",
|
||
|
|
": a soothing restorative agency"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4(l)m",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4m",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4lm",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4(l)m,"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aroma",
|
||
|
|
"attar",
|
||
|
|
"otto",
|
||
|
|
"bouquet",
|
||
|
|
"fragrance",
|
||
|
|
"fragrancy",
|
||
|
|
"incense",
|
||
|
|
"perfume",
|
||
|
|
"redolence",
|
||
|
|
"scent",
|
||
|
|
"spice"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fetor",
|
||
|
|
"malodor",
|
||
|
|
"reek",
|
||
|
|
"stench",
|
||
|
|
"stink"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Art can be a balm to the soul.",
|
||
|
|
"She shows that laughter is a balm for difficult times.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Skin Protection Sunscreen and lip balm should be at the top of your packing list. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"WearSPF offers six products \u2013 sunscreen spray, sunscreen sport stick, mineral sunscreen, essential sunscreen, lip balm and after-sun cleanser \u2013 that are designed with golfers in mind. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Psychologist Drake points out that the pandemic sent droves of us to the arts as a kind of soothing balm \u2014owing in large part to the ability to view, share, and participate in it for free via the glorious and terrible internet. \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Somehow - for me - this works like some kind of balm . \u2014 Riza Cruz, ELLE , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This inventive gel-like formula delivers the pigment of a lipstick with the softness and easy application of a balm , thanks to a core made with skincare ingredients. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Weleda Skin Food Lip Butter Give those lips a butter-soft balm to soothe, hydrate, and nourish from the inside out. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Stuart, like the actor who portrays him, opened himself to Christ, and both men\u2019s sincerity, humility, and devotion radiate from Father Stu, a stirring depiction of faith\u2019s journey that will be spiritual balm for many of those who see it. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Next, prep the skin with an emollient like a face oil or a balm that\u2019s silky and doesn\u2019t absorb right away to avoid tugging your skin. \u2014 ELLE , 8 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English basme, baume , from Anglo-French, from Latin balsamum balsam",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215641"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balminess":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"having the qualities of balm soothing",
|
||
|
|
"mild , temperate",
|
||
|
|
"crazy , foolish",
|
||
|
|
"warm, calm, and pleasant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u00e4-m\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"barmy",
|
||
|
|
"bats",
|
||
|
|
"batty",
|
||
|
|
"bedlam",
|
||
|
|
"bonkers",
|
||
|
|
"brainsick",
|
||
|
|
"bughouse",
|
||
|
|
"certifiable",
|
||
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
||
|
|
"cracked",
|
||
|
|
"crackers",
|
||
|
|
"crackpot",
|
||
|
|
"cranky",
|
||
|
|
"crazed",
|
||
|
|
"crazy",
|
||
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
||
|
|
"daffy",
|
||
|
|
"daft",
|
||
|
|
"demented",
|
||
|
|
"deranged",
|
||
|
|
"fruity",
|
||
|
|
"gaga",
|
||
|
|
"haywire",
|
||
|
|
"insane",
|
||
|
|
"kooky",
|
||
|
|
"kookie",
|
||
|
|
"loco",
|
||
|
|
"loony",
|
||
|
|
"looney",
|
||
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
||
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
||
|
|
"lunatic",
|
||
|
|
"mad",
|
||
|
|
"maniacal",
|
||
|
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
|
"mental",
|
||
|
|
"meshuga",
|
||
|
|
"meshugge",
|
||
|
|
"meshugah",
|
||
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
||
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
||
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
|
"nutty",
|
||
|
|
"psycho",
|
||
|
|
"psychotic",
|
||
|
|
"scatty",
|
||
|
|
"screwy",
|
||
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
||
|
|
"unhinged",
|
||
|
|
"unsound",
|
||
|
|
"wacko",
|
||
|
|
"whacko",
|
||
|
|
"wacky",
|
||
|
|
"whacky",
|
||
|
|
"wud"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balanced",
|
||
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"sane",
|
||
|
|
"sound",
|
||
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a completely balmy but harmless old man who talked intently to plants and believed they answered back",
|
||
|
|
"a pleasant, balmy breeze was all that stirred the wildflowers growing near the shore",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Even the simple gesture of moving dinner outdoors on a balmy evening can feel picnicky, which is to say, nice. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The comparably balmy temperatures, which reached around 10 degrees Fahrenheit, arrived courtesy of a history-making atmospheric river \u2014 a plume of concentrated moisture that flows through the sky. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The outrage from lawmakers subsided when balmy temperatures returned. \u2014 Dallas News , 22 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"With its natural beauty, seclusion and year-round balmy climate, the luxury community has attracted the likes of the late pop superstar Prince, who once owned a nearby mansion, as well as vacationers and investors worldwide. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sunny skies and balmy breezes provided the perfect backdrop for opening weekend at Dolphin Cove Family Aquatic Center in Carpentersville. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The shade from Raleigh\u2019s majestic oak trees reminds me of the bountiful palms throughout my Caribbean \u2014 During the balmy summer months, that leafy covering is precious. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As always, the event began each night at dusk and went all night until down, with nightly temperatures dipping as low as a balmy 70 degrees over the weekend. \u2014 Graham Berry, Billboard , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These styles will cover your toes in canvas, crochet, or leather, while their straps, cutouts, and open weaves while allowing the rest of your foot to be exposed to the balmy summer air. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 11 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see balm ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balmy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having the qualities of balm : soothing",
|
||
|
|
": mild , temperate",
|
||
|
|
": crazy , foolish",
|
||
|
|
": warm, calm, and pleasant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4-m\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4l-m\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4-m\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4l-m\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"barmy",
|
||
|
|
"bats",
|
||
|
|
"batty",
|
||
|
|
"bedlam",
|
||
|
|
"bonkers",
|
||
|
|
"brainsick",
|
||
|
|
"bughouse",
|
||
|
|
"certifiable",
|
||
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
||
|
|
"cracked",
|
||
|
|
"crackers",
|
||
|
|
"crackpot",
|
||
|
|
"cranky",
|
||
|
|
"crazed",
|
||
|
|
"crazy",
|
||
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
||
|
|
"daffy",
|
||
|
|
"daft",
|
||
|
|
"demented",
|
||
|
|
"deranged",
|
||
|
|
"fruity",
|
||
|
|
"gaga",
|
||
|
|
"haywire",
|
||
|
|
"insane",
|
||
|
|
"kooky",
|
||
|
|
"kookie",
|
||
|
|
"loco",
|
||
|
|
"loony",
|
||
|
|
"looney",
|
||
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
||
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
||
|
|
"lunatic",
|
||
|
|
"mad",
|
||
|
|
"maniacal",
|
||
|
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
|
"mental",
|
||
|
|
"meshuga",
|
||
|
|
"meshugge",
|
||
|
|
"meshugah",
|
||
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
||
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
||
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
|
"nutty",
|
||
|
|
"psycho",
|
||
|
|
"psychotic",
|
||
|
|
"scatty",
|
||
|
|
"screwy",
|
||
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
||
|
|
"unhinged",
|
||
|
|
"unsound",
|
||
|
|
"wacko",
|
||
|
|
"whacko",
|
||
|
|
"wacky",
|
||
|
|
"whacky",
|
||
|
|
"wud"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balanced",
|
||
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"sane",
|
||
|
|
"sound",
|
||
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a completely balmy but harmless old man who talked intently to plants and believed they answered back",
|
||
|
|
"a pleasant, balmy breeze was all that stirred the wildflowers growing near the shore",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Even the simple gesture of moving dinner outdoors on a balmy evening can feel picnicky, which is to say, nice. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The comparably balmy temperatures, which reached around 10 degrees Fahrenheit, arrived courtesy of a history-making atmospheric river \u2014 a plume of concentrated moisture that flows through the sky. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The outrage from lawmakers subsided when balmy temperatures returned. \u2014 Dallas News , 22 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"With its natural beauty, seclusion and year-round balmy climate, the luxury community has attracted the likes of the late pop superstar Prince, who once owned a nearby mansion, as well as vacationers and investors worldwide. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sunny skies and balmy breezes provided the perfect backdrop for opening weekend at Dolphin Cove Family Aquatic Center in Carpentersville. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The shade from Raleigh\u2019s majestic oak trees reminds me of the bountiful palms throughout my Caribbean \u2014 During the balmy summer months, that leafy covering is precious. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As always, the event began each night at dusk and went all night until down, with nightly temperatures dipping as low as a balmy 70 degrees over the weekend. \u2014 Graham Berry, Billboard , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These styles will cover your toes in canvas, crochet, or leather, while their straps, cutouts, and open weaves while allowing the rest of your foot to be exposed to the balmy summer air. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 11 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see balm ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212850"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baloney":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork",
|
||
|
|
": a sausage made (as of turkey) to resemble bologna",
|
||
|
|
": pretentious nonsense : bunkum"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-n\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-n\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"applesauce",
|
||
|
|
"balderdash",
|
||
|
|
"beans",
|
||
|
|
"bilge",
|
||
|
|
"blah",
|
||
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
||
|
|
"blarney",
|
||
|
|
"blather",
|
||
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
||
|
|
"blither",
|
||
|
|
"bosh",
|
||
|
|
"bull",
|
||
|
|
"bunk",
|
||
|
|
"bunkum",
|
||
|
|
"buncombe",
|
||
|
|
"claptrap",
|
||
|
|
"codswallop",
|
||
|
|
"crapola",
|
||
|
|
"crock",
|
||
|
|
"drivel",
|
||
|
|
"drool",
|
||
|
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
||
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
||
|
|
"flannel",
|
||
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
||
|
|
"folderol",
|
||
|
|
"falderal",
|
||
|
|
"folly",
|
||
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"foolishness",
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"fudge",
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"garbage",
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"guff",
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"hogwash",
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"hokeypokey",
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"hokum",
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"hoodoo",
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"hooey",
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"horsefeathers",
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"humbug",
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"humbuggery",
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"jazz",
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"malarkey",
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"malarky",
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"moonshine",
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||
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"muck",
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||
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"nerts",
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||
|
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"nonsense",
|
||
|
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"nuts",
|
||
|
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"piffle",
|
||
|
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"poppycock",
|
||
|
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"punk",
|
||
|
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"rot",
|
||
|
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"rubbish",
|
||
|
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"senselessness",
|
||
|
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"silliness",
|
||
|
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"slush",
|
||
|
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"stupidity",
|
||
|
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"taradiddle",
|
||
|
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"tarradiddle",
|
||
|
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"tommyrot",
|
||
|
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"tosh",
|
||
|
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"trash",
|
||
|
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"trumpery",
|
||
|
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"twaddle"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
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||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"Noun (2)",
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||
|
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"1922, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191442"
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||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"bamboozlement":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
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||
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"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": to deceive by underhanded methods : dupe , hoodwink",
|
||
|
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": to confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or completely"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"bam-\u02c8b\u00fc-z\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beguile",
|
||
|
|
"bluff",
|
||
|
|
"buffalo",
|
||
|
|
"burn",
|
||
|
|
"catch",
|
||
|
|
"con",
|
||
|
|
"cozen",
|
||
|
|
"deceive",
|
||
|
|
"delude",
|
||
|
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
|
"fake out",
|
||
|
|
"fool",
|
||
|
|
"gaff",
|
||
|
|
"gammon",
|
||
|
|
"gull",
|
||
|
|
"have",
|
||
|
|
"have on",
|
||
|
|
"hoax",
|
||
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
||
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
||
|
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
|
"juggle",
|
||
|
|
"misguide",
|
||
|
|
"misinform",
|
||
|
|
"mislead",
|
||
|
|
"snooker",
|
||
|
|
"snow",
|
||
|
|
"spoof",
|
||
|
|
"string along",
|
||
|
|
"suck in",
|
||
|
|
"sucker",
|
||
|
|
"take in",
|
||
|
|
"trick"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"undeceive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert",
|
||
|
|
"she's completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Watch as The Colonel attempts to bamboozle audiences and the media by replacing his golden goose with an impersonator. \u2014 Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And school districts have the right to formally challenge property owners who might be trying to bamboozle the boards of revision. \u2014 cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Variant mutations that would totally bamboozle antibodies can\u2019t always fool T cells, which means a lot more of them will be fairly Omicron-proof, Gralinski told me. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Even if my body retained a perfect memory of my vaccines\u2019 contents, these changes might still bamboozle it. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The virus, too, will keep changing, and could one day bamboozle even bodies whose immune safeguards remain intact. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 6 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The point is not to confuse or bamboozle people, but to eventually find a way to think that makes more sense and is a little less murky. \u2014 Stephon Alexander, Wired , 31 Aug. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223823"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"banal":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite",
|
||
|
|
": of a common or ordinary kind"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8nal",
|
||
|
|
"ba-",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8n\u00e4l",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0101-\u02c8nal",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-n\u1d4al",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8nal",
|
||
|
|
"ba-",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8n\u0227l; b\u0101-\u02c8nal; \u02c8b\u0101n-\u1d4al"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"flat",
|
||
|
|
"insipid",
|
||
|
|
"milk-and-water",
|
||
|
|
"namby-pamby",
|
||
|
|
"watery",
|
||
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The more banal , the more commonplace, the more predictable, the triter, the staler, the dumber, the better. \u2014 Don DeLillo , Mao II , 1991",
|
||
|
|
"The instructor's script is banal , relying heavily on images of waves on a beach or clouds in the sky. \u2014 Maxine Kumin , \"Wintering Over,\" 1979 , in In Deep , 1987",
|
||
|
|
"\u2026 it seemed to me that computers have been used in ways that are salutary, in ways that are dangerous, banal and cruel, and in ways that seem harmless if a little silly. \u2014 Tracy Kidder , The Soul of a New Machine , 1981",
|
||
|
|
"He made some banal remarks about the weather.",
|
||
|
|
"The writing was banal but the story was good.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Part of the film\u2019s charm is in how seemingly banal moments take on a more tender feel. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 26 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"One effect of the book's tongue-in-cheek format is a chilling realization that the villains in The Playbook are extraordinarily banal . \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The film\u2019s peculiar emphasis on that clip asserts a distinction between the ordinary and the extraordinary, the banal and the sublime that emerges in the dramatization of the explorers\u2019 adventure. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Without exception, the works showcased in the Decentral Art Pavilion were banal , tasteless and pointlessly surreal. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"People are going into performance reviews, brainstorming sessions and the office with all kinds of grief, swinging between the banal and the crushing. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The rest of Joanna\u2019s coworkers are tormentors, banal ones, with several actors making the strange choice to somewhat underplay their roles, allowing scenes to sag while Bayer vamps. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Even when the subject is banal , his line is unexpected, diverted from clich\u00e9 by incident\u2014the peculiar crumpling of a sail, or the irregular break of a ripple. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The interrogation outside Winner\u2019s house, led by Simpson\u2019s Agent Garrick, comes across as both banal and calculated; no doubt the technique would seem less effective with a less garrulous target. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French, \"pertaining to a feudal lord's right to extract usage fees for mills, ovens, etc., within his jurisdiction, available for general use, ordinary, commonplace, trite,\" going back to Old French bannel \"subject to a feudal lord's jurisdiction, of seigneurial authority,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin bann\u0101lis, ban\u0101lis \"ordered by a ban, invested with public authority,\" from bannus, bannum \"order given by a public authority, authority, jurisdiction\" (borrowed from Old Low Franconian *banna- \"call to arms by a lord\") + Latin -\u0101lis -al entry 1 \u2014 more at ban entry 2 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1825, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201806"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"band":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": something that confines or constricts while allowing a degree of movement",
|
||
|
|
": something that binds or restrains legally, morally, or spiritually",
|
||
|
|
": a strip serving to join or hold things together: such as",
|
||
|
|
": belt sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": a cord or strip across the back of a book to which the sections are sewn",
|
||
|
|
": a thin flat encircling strip: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a close-fitting strip that confines material at the waist, neck, or cuff of clothing",
|
||
|
|
": a strip of cloth used to protect a newborn baby's navel",
|
||
|
|
": a ring of elastic",
|
||
|
|
": a strip (as of living tissue or rock) or a stripe (as on an animal) differentiable (as by color, texture, or structure) from the adjacent material or area",
|
||
|
|
": a more or less well-defined range of wavelengths, frequencies, or energies",
|
||
|
|
": range sense 7a",
|
||
|
|
": a narrow strip serving chiefly as decoration: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a narrow strip of material applied as trimming to an article of dress",
|
||
|
|
": a pair of strips hanging at the front of the neck as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress",
|
||
|
|
": a ring without raised portions",
|
||
|
|
": track sense 2e(3)",
|
||
|
|
": to affix a band to or tie up with a band",
|
||
|
|
": to finish or decorate with a band",
|
||
|
|
": to gather together : unite",
|
||
|
|
": to unite for a common purpose",
|
||
|
|
": a group of persons, animals, or things",
|
||
|
|
": a group of musicians organized for ensemble playing",
|
||
|
|
": a strip of material that holds together or goes around something else",
|
||
|
|
": a strip of something that is different from what it goes around or across",
|
||
|
|
": a range of frequencies (as of radio waves)",
|
||
|
|
": to put a strip of material on or around : tie together with a band",
|
||
|
|
": to unite in a group",
|
||
|
|
": a group of persons or animals",
|
||
|
|
": a group of musicians performing together",
|
||
|
|
": a thin flat encircling strip especially for binding: as",
|
||
|
|
": a strip of cloth used to protect a newborn baby's navel",
|
||
|
|
": a thin flat strip of metal that encircles a tooth",
|
||
|
|
": a strip separated by some characteristic color or texture or considered apart from what is adjacent: as",
|
||
|
|
": a stripe, streak, or other elongated mark on an animal",
|
||
|
|
": one transverse to the long axis of the body",
|
||
|
|
": a line or streak of differentiated cells",
|
||
|
|
": one of the alternating dark and light segments of skeletal muscle fibers",
|
||
|
|
": band cell",
|
||
|
|
": a strip of abnormal tissue either congenital or acquired",
|
||
|
|
": a strip of connective tissue that causes obstruction of the bowel"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8band",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8band",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8band"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"circle",
|
||
|
|
"eye",
|
||
|
|
"hoop",
|
||
|
|
"loop",
|
||
|
|
"ring",
|
||
|
|
"round"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"begird",
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"engird",
|
||
|
|
"engirdle",
|
||
|
|
"enwind",
|
||
|
|
"gird",
|
||
|
|
"girdle",
|
||
|
|
"girt",
|
||
|
|
"girth",
|
||
|
|
"wrap"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"banded the waist of the dress with a speckled belt",
|
||
|
|
"banded the newspapers together for delivery"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171922"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"band (together)":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to form a group in order to do or achieve something"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222011"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandbox":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a usually cylindrical box of cardboard or thin wood for holding light articles of attire",
|
||
|
|
": a structure (such as a baseball park) having relatively small interior dimensions",
|
||
|
|
": exquisitely neat, clean, or ordered as if just taken from a bandbox"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban(d)-\u02ccb\u00e4ks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
||
|
|
"crisp",
|
||
|
|
"groomed",
|
||
|
|
"kempt",
|
||
|
|
"neat",
|
||
|
|
"orderly",
|
||
|
|
"picked up",
|
||
|
|
"prim",
|
||
|
|
"shipshape",
|
||
|
|
"smug",
|
||
|
|
"snug",
|
||
|
|
"tidied",
|
||
|
|
"tidy",
|
||
|
|
"trig",
|
||
|
|
"trim",
|
||
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
||
|
|
"well-groomed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"disheveled",
|
||
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
||
|
|
"disordered",
|
||
|
|
"disorderly",
|
||
|
|
"messy",
|
||
|
|
"mussed",
|
||
|
|
"mussy",
|
||
|
|
"sloven",
|
||
|
|
"slovenly",
|
||
|
|
"unkempt",
|
||
|
|
"untidy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"a small bandbox bed-and-breakfast decorated with taste and charm",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The game was held in Benet\u2019s Alumni Gym, a bandbox that dates to the 1950s. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The changes certainly won\u2019t turn PK Park into a bandbox but the extreme edge for pitchers, particularly in the early spring, will be lessened. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This state\u2019s first-ever regular season Major League Baseball game is set for Thursday, but with just a week to go workers were still assembling the ballpark, an 8,000-seat bandbox carved out of the world\u2019s most famous cornfield. \u2014 Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Oregon and Central Connecticut State turned pitcher-friendly PK Park into a bandbox to start NCAA regional play. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The new park is far from the bandbox Rosenblatt was. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 19 June 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The Lake Placid arena was an 8,000-seat bandbox shaped like a cockfighting amphitheater. \u2014 Gerald Eskenazi, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The bad news for any team hankering to take swings in that bandbox is, well, [gestures at the section about Verlander and Cole and Greinke]. \u2014 Jon Tayler, SI.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"When Radford played at Charleston Southern during Green\u2019s junior year, the bandbox of a gym was packed with students, including a group of football players in the front row who were talented hecklers. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Adjective",
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||
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"1708, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200227"
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||
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},
|
||
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"banderole":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": a long narrow forked flag or streamer",
|
||
|
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": a long scroll bearing an inscription or a device"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dl"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"banner",
|
||
|
|
"colors",
|
||
|
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"ensign",
|
||
|
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"flag",
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|
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"guidon",
|
||
|
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"jack",
|
||
|
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"pendant",
|
||
|
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"pendent",
|
||
|
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"pennant",
|
||
|
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"pennon",
|
||
|
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"standard",
|
||
|
|
"streamer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
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"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"earlier banaroll, bandrol, bannerall, borrowed from Middle French banderolle (16th century), bannerolle (15th century), probably borrowed from Italian banderuola (or an equivalent in Upper Italian), diminutive of bandiera \"banner, pennant,\" borrowed from Old Occitan, from banda \"troop, band entry 3 \" (or its source, Late Latin bandum \"flag, standard\") + -iera -er entry 2 ",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223026"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bang":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
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||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to strike sharply : bump",
|
||
|
|
": to knock, hit, or thrust vigorously often with a sharp noise",
|
||
|
|
": to have sexual intercourse with",
|
||
|
|
": to strike with a sharp noise or thump",
|
||
|
|
": to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive noise or series of such noises",
|
||
|
|
": to play a sport (such as basketball) in a very aggressive and forceful manner",
|
||
|
|
": a resounding blow",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden loud noise",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden striking effect",
|
||
|
|
": a quick burst of energy",
|
||
|
|
": thrill",
|
||
|
|
": an act of copulation",
|
||
|
|
": a sexual partner",
|
||
|
|
": exclamation point",
|
||
|
|
": value received from outlay or effort",
|
||
|
|
": right , directly",
|
||
|
|
": the front section of a person's hair when it is cut short and worn over the forehead",
|
||
|
|
": to cut (hair) short and squarely across",
|
||
|
|
": to beat, strike, or shut with a loud noise",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden loud noise",
|
||
|
|
": a hard hit or blow",
|
||
|
|
": thrill entry 2 sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": hair cut short across the forehead"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014b",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"bump",
|
||
|
|
"collide",
|
||
|
|
"crash",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
||
|
|
"impact",
|
||
|
|
"impinge",
|
||
|
|
"knock",
|
||
|
|
"ram",
|
||
|
|
"slam",
|
||
|
|
"smash",
|
||
|
|
"strike",
|
||
|
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
|
"thud"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"biff",
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bop",
|
||
|
|
"box",
|
||
|
|
"buffet",
|
||
|
|
"bust",
|
||
|
|
"chop",
|
||
|
|
"clap",
|
||
|
|
"clip",
|
||
|
|
"clout",
|
||
|
|
"crack",
|
||
|
|
"cuff",
|
||
|
|
"dab",
|
||
|
|
"douse",
|
||
|
|
"fillip",
|
||
|
|
"hack",
|
||
|
|
"haymaker",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
||
|
|
"hook",
|
||
|
|
"knock",
|
||
|
|
"larrup",
|
||
|
|
"lash",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
|
"pick",
|
||
|
|
"plump",
|
||
|
|
"poke",
|
||
|
|
"pound",
|
||
|
|
"punch",
|
||
|
|
"rap",
|
||
|
|
"slam",
|
||
|
|
"slap",
|
||
|
|
"slug",
|
||
|
|
"smack",
|
||
|
|
"smash",
|
||
|
|
"sock",
|
||
|
|
"spank",
|
||
|
|
"stinger",
|
||
|
|
"stripe",
|
||
|
|
"stroke",
|
||
|
|
"swat",
|
||
|
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"thud",
|
||
|
|
"thump",
|
||
|
|
"thwack",
|
||
|
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
|
"welt",
|
||
|
|
"whack",
|
||
|
|
"wham",
|
||
|
|
"whop",
|
||
|
|
"whap"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"The show began bang on time.",
|
||
|
|
"the reform movement was just beginning when it bang ran into opposition"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"1828, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1874, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1874, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-032512"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bang-bang":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"having a sudden, forceful, or attention-grabbing effect punchy",
|
||
|
|
"executed or happening so quickly as to make judgment (as by an umpire or referee) difficult",
|
||
|
|
"characterized by violent or fast-paced action"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ba\u014b-\u02ccba\u014b",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blood-and-guts",
|
||
|
|
"convulsive",
|
||
|
|
"cyclonic",
|
||
|
|
"explosive",
|
||
|
|
"ferocious",
|
||
|
|
"fierce",
|
||
|
|
"furious",
|
||
|
|
"hammer-and-tongs",
|
||
|
|
"hot",
|
||
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
||
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
||
|
|
"paroxysmal",
|
||
|
|
"rabid",
|
||
|
|
"rough",
|
||
|
|
"stormy",
|
||
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
||
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
||
|
|
"turbulent",
|
||
|
|
"violent",
|
||
|
|
"volcanic"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"nonviolent",
|
||
|
|
"peaceable",
|
||
|
|
"peaceful"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":null,
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bang-up":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": first-rate",
|
||
|
|
": to cause extensive damage to"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014b-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"A-OK",
|
||
|
|
"A1",
|
||
|
|
"awesome",
|
||
|
|
"banner",
|
||
|
|
"beautiful",
|
||
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
||
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
||
|
|
"boffo",
|
||
|
|
"bonny",
|
||
|
|
"bonnie",
|
||
|
|
"boss",
|
||
|
|
"brag",
|
||
|
|
"brave",
|
||
|
|
"bully",
|
||
|
|
"bumper",
|
||
|
|
"capital",
|
||
|
|
"choice",
|
||
|
|
"classic",
|
||
|
|
"cool",
|
||
|
|
"corking",
|
||
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
||
|
|
"cracking",
|
||
|
|
"dandy",
|
||
|
|
"divine",
|
||
|
|
"dope",
|
||
|
|
"down",
|
||
|
|
"dynamite",
|
||
|
|
"excellent",
|
||
|
|
"fab",
|
||
|
|
"fabulous",
|
||
|
|
"famous",
|
||
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
||
|
|
"fantastic",
|
||
|
|
"fine",
|
||
|
|
"first-class",
|
||
|
|
"first-rate",
|
||
|
|
"first-string",
|
||
|
|
"five-star",
|
||
|
|
"four-star",
|
||
|
|
"frontline",
|
||
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
||
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
||
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
||
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
||
|
|
"gone",
|
||
|
|
"grand",
|
||
|
|
"great",
|
||
|
|
"groovy",
|
||
|
|
"heavenly",
|
||
|
|
"high-class",
|
||
|
|
"hot",
|
||
|
|
"hype",
|
||
|
|
"immense",
|
||
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
||
|
|
"keen",
|
||
|
|
"lovely",
|
||
|
|
"marvelous",
|
||
|
|
"marvellous",
|
||
|
|
"mean",
|
||
|
|
"neat",
|
||
|
|
"nifty",
|
||
|
|
"noble",
|
||
|
|
"number one",
|
||
|
|
"No. 1",
|
||
|
|
"numero uno",
|
||
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
||
|
|
"par excellence",
|
||
|
|
"peachy",
|
||
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
||
|
|
"phat",
|
||
|
|
"prime",
|
||
|
|
"primo",
|
||
|
|
"prize",
|
||
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
||
|
|
"quality",
|
||
|
|
"radical",
|
||
|
|
"righteous",
|
||
|
|
"sensational",
|
||
|
|
"slick",
|
||
|
|
"splendid",
|
||
|
|
"stellar",
|
||
|
|
"sterling",
|
||
|
|
"superb",
|
||
|
|
"superior",
|
||
|
|
"superlative",
|
||
|
|
"supernal",
|
||
|
|
"swell",
|
||
|
|
"terrific",
|
||
|
|
"tip-top",
|
||
|
|
"top",
|
||
|
|
"top-notch",
|
||
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
||
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
||
|
|
"topflight",
|
||
|
|
"topping",
|
||
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
||
|
|
"wizard",
|
||
|
|
"wonderful"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
|
"awful",
|
||
|
|
"execrable",
|
||
|
|
"lousy",
|
||
|
|
"pathetic",
|
||
|
|
"poor",
|
||
|
|
"rotten",
|
||
|
|
"terrible",
|
||
|
|
"vile",
|
||
|
|
"wretched"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1810, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1886, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185127"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"banish":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"verb",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"to require by authority to leave a country",
|
||
|
|
"to drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance",
|
||
|
|
"to clear away dispel",
|
||
|
|
"to force to leave a country",
|
||
|
|
"to cause to go away"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ba-nish",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deport",
|
||
|
|
"displace",
|
||
|
|
"exile",
|
||
|
|
"expatriate",
|
||
|
|
"relegate",
|
||
|
|
"transport"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"He was banished for life.",
|
||
|
|
"The dictator banished anyone who opposed him.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The chairman had to apologize and banish both of his daughters from management positions at the company. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The story began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On May 3, the tribal council voted nearly unanimously to banish the Lakota Language Consortium \u2014 along with its co-founder Wilhelm Meya and its head linguist, Jan Ullrich \u2014 from setting foot on the reservation. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One is taught, too, how to discover a witch and how to banish her. \u2014 Robert Shackleton, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This intense wash-off treatment uses a combination of physical and chemical exfoliators to banish blackheads, unclog pores, and reveal glowing skin. \u2014 ELLE , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The retinol centered formula has been created to diminish fine lines and wrinkles, banish newly forming age spots and moisturize the skin to create a smooth, soft surface. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This article handpicked the best face washes for blackheads in 2022, recommended by dermatologists, scientists, and consumers to banish blackheads once and for all. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Humanity has long sought to literally and metaphorically banish darkness. \u2014 Suzannah Showler, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 3 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English banysshen \"to condemn by proclamation to leave a country, exile, outlaw, expel, drive away,\" borrowed from Anglo-French baniss-, stem of banir \"to proclaim, (of a king or noble) summon by a call to arms, condemn by proclamation to leave a country, exclude\" (also continental Old French), going back to a Gallo-Romance adaptation of Old Low Franconian *bannjan, verbal derivative of *banna- \"summon to arms by a lord\" \u2014 more at ban entry 2 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"banishment":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to require by authority to leave a country",
|
||
|
|
": to drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance",
|
||
|
|
": to clear away : dispel",
|
||
|
|
": to force to leave a country",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to go away"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-nish",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-nish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deport",
|
||
|
|
"displace",
|
||
|
|
"exile",
|
||
|
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"expatriate",
|
||
|
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"relegate",
|
||
|
|
"transport"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"He was banished for life.",
|
||
|
|
"The dictator banished anyone who opposed him.",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The chairman had to apologize and banish both of his daughters from management positions at the company. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The story began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On May 3, the tribal council voted nearly unanimously to banish the Lakota Language Consortium \u2014 along with its co-founder Wilhelm Meya and its head linguist, Jan Ullrich \u2014 from setting foot on the reservation. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One is taught, too, how to discover a witch and how to banish her. \u2014 Robert Shackleton, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This intense wash-off treatment uses a combination of physical and chemical exfoliators to banish blackheads, unclog pores, and reveal glowing skin. \u2014 ELLE , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The retinol centered formula has been created to diminish fine lines and wrinkles, banish newly forming age spots and moisturize the skin to create a smooth, soft surface. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This article handpicked the best face washes for blackheads in 2022, recommended by dermatologists, scientists, and consumers to banish blackheads once and for all. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Humanity has long sought to literally and metaphorically banish darkness. \u2014 Suzannah Showler, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 3 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English banysshen \"to condemn by proclamation to leave a country, exile, outlaw, expel, drive away,\" borrowed from Anglo-French baniss-, stem of banir \"to proclaim, (of a king or noble) summon by a call to arms, condemn by proclamation to leave a country, exclude\" (also continental Old French), going back to a Gallo-Romance adaptation of Old Low Franconian *bannjan, verbal derivative of *banna- \"summon to arms by a lord\" \u2014 more at ban entry 2 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203949"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bank":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a piled-up mass of cloud or fog",
|
||
|
|
": an undersea elevation rising especially from the continental shelf",
|
||
|
|
": the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea or forming the edge of a cut or hollow",
|
||
|
|
": a steep slope (as of a hill)",
|
||
|
|
": the lateral inward tilt of a surface along a curve",
|
||
|
|
": the lateral inward tilt of a vehicle (such as an airplane) when turning",
|
||
|
|
": a protective or cushioning rim or piece",
|
||
|
|
": to build a raised border of earth around : to raise a bank (see bank entry 1 sense 2 ) about",
|
||
|
|
": to restrict the flow of air to (a fire) especially by piling ash around or over the burning embers",
|
||
|
|
": to build (a curve) with the roadbed or track inclined laterally upward from the inside edge",
|
||
|
|
": to heap or pile in a bank",
|
||
|
|
": to drive (a ball) into a cushion",
|
||
|
|
": to bounce (a ball or shot) off a surface (such as a backboard) into or toward a goal",
|
||
|
|
": to form or group in a tier",
|
||
|
|
": to rise in or form a bank",
|
||
|
|
": to incline an airplane laterally",
|
||
|
|
": to incline laterally",
|
||
|
|
": to follow a curve or incline",
|
||
|
|
": an establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds",
|
||
|
|
": the table, counter, or place of business of a money changer",
|
||
|
|
": a person conducting a gambling house or game",
|
||
|
|
": dealer",
|
||
|
|
": a supply of something held in reserve: such as",
|
||
|
|
": the fund of supplies (such as money, chips, or pieces) held by the banker (see banker entry 1 sense 2 ) or dealer",
|
||
|
|
": a fund of pieces (such as dominoes) from which the players draw",
|
||
|
|
": a place where something is held available",
|
||
|
|
": a depot for the collection and storage of a biological product",
|
||
|
|
": to manage a bank",
|
||
|
|
": to deposit money or have an account in a bank (see bank entry 3 sense 1a )",
|
||
|
|
": to deposit or store in a bank",
|
||
|
|
": to depend or rely on",
|
||
|
|
": a group or series of objects arranged together in a row or a tier",
|
||
|
|
": such as",
|
||
|
|
": a set of elevators",
|
||
|
|
": a row or tier of telephones",
|
||
|
|
": one of the horizontal and usually secondary or lower divisions of a headline",
|
||
|
|
": a mound or ridge especially of earth",
|
||
|
|
": the side of a hill",
|
||
|
|
": the higher ground at the edge of a river, lake, or sea",
|
||
|
|
": something shaped like a mound",
|
||
|
|
": an undersea elevation : shoal",
|
||
|
|
": to build (a curve) in a road or track with a slope upward from the inside edge",
|
||
|
|
": to heap up in a mound or pile",
|
||
|
|
": to raise a pile or mound around",
|
||
|
|
": to tilt to one side when turning",
|
||
|
|
": a business where people deposit and withdraw their money and borrow money",
|
||
|
|
": a small closed container in which money may be saved",
|
||
|
|
": a storage place for a reserve supply",
|
||
|
|
": to have an account in a bank",
|
||
|
|
": to deposit in a bank",
|
||
|
|
": a group or series of objects arranged together in a row",
|
||
|
|
": a place where something is held available",
|
||
|
|
": a depot for the collection and storage of a biological product of human origin for medical use",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 see blood bank",
|
||
|
|
": an organization for the custody, loan, or exchange of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds",
|
||
|
|
": a banking facility that is a separate but dependent part of a chartered bank",
|
||
|
|
": a facility that performs some banking functions and is separate from a main office",
|
||
|
|
": a national bank that is chartered for a limited time to operate an insolvent bank until it is sold",
|
||
|
|
": a national bank that establishes monetary and fiscal policy and controls the money supply and interest rate",
|
||
|
|
": a bank other than the payor bank that is handling for collection a negotiable instrument or a promise or order to pay money",
|
||
|
|
": a bank organized chiefly to handle the everyday financial transactions of businesses (as through deposit accounts and commercial loans)",
|
||
|
|
": an association (as a credit union) owned by and offering banking services for its members",
|
||
|
|
": savings and loan association",
|
||
|
|
": the first bank to take a negotiable instrument or promise or order to pay money unless the instrument, promise, or order is presented for immediate payment over the counter",
|
||
|
|
": a land bank that is under federal charter and regulated by the Farm Credit Administration",
|
||
|
|
": one of 12 central banks set up under the Federal Reserve Act to hold reserves for and extend credit to affiliated banks in their respective districts",
|
||
|
|
": a bank other than the depositary or payor bank to which a negotiable instrument or promise or order to pay is transferred in the course of collection",
|
||
|
|
": a bank that provides financing for land development and farm mortgages especially by issuing stock \u2014 see also federal land bank in this entry",
|
||
|
|
": a trust that holds land for purposes of preservation or conservation",
|
||
|
|
": a bank operating under federal charter and supervision",
|
||
|
|
": a financial organization (as a branch of an out-of-state bank) that either accepts demand deposits or makes commercial loans",
|
||
|
|
": a bank that is the drawee of a draft",
|
||
|
|
": a bank other than a payor bank that presents a negotiable instrument or promise or order to pay money",
|
||
|
|
": a bank organized to hold depositors' funds in interest-bearing accounts and to make long-term investments (as in home mortgage loans)",
|
||
|
|
": a bank operating under state charter and law"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014bk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014bk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014bk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014bk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bar",
|
||
|
|
"drift",
|
||
|
|
"mound"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hill",
|
||
|
|
"mound"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1738, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184101"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"banner":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a piece of cloth attached by one edge to a staff and used by a leader (such as a monarch or feudal lord) as a standard (see standard entry 1 sense 1 )",
|
||
|
|
": flag entry 2 sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": an ensign displaying a distinctive or symbolic device or legend (see legend sense 2a )",
|
||
|
|
": one presented as an award of honor or distinction",
|
||
|
|
": a headline in large type running across a newspaper page",
|
||
|
|
": a strip of cloth on which a sign is painted",
|
||
|
|
": a name, slogan, or goal associated with a particular group or ideology",
|
||
|
|
": an advertisement graphic (see graphic entry 2 sense 2b ) that runs usually across the top of a World Wide Web page",
|
||
|
|
": the upper, large, often lobed petal of a papilionaceous flower (as of a pea or bean plant) : standard sense 8a , vexillum sense 3",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 compare keel sense 2b , wing sense 2e(2)",
|
||
|
|
": to furnish with a banner",
|
||
|
|
": to print (a news story) under a headline in large type usually on the front page",
|
||
|
|
": prominent in support of a political party",
|
||
|
|
": distinguished from all others especially in excellence",
|
||
|
|
": flag entry 1",
|
||
|
|
": a piece of cloth with a design, a picture, or some writing on it"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-n\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-n\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"banderole",
|
||
|
|
"banderol",
|
||
|
|
"colors",
|
||
|
|
"ensign",
|
||
|
|
"flag",
|
||
|
|
"guidon",
|
||
|
|
"jack",
|
||
|
|
"pendant",
|
||
|
|
"pendent",
|
||
|
|
"pennant",
|
||
|
|
"pennon",
|
||
|
|
"standard",
|
||
|
|
"streamer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"A-OK",
|
||
|
|
"A1",
|
||
|
|
"awesome",
|
||
|
|
"bang-up",
|
||
|
|
"beautiful",
|
||
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
||
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
||
|
|
"boffo",
|
||
|
|
"bonny",
|
||
|
|
"bonnie",
|
||
|
|
"boss",
|
||
|
|
"brag",
|
||
|
|
"brave",
|
||
|
|
"bully",
|
||
|
|
"bumper",
|
||
|
|
"capital",
|
||
|
|
"choice",
|
||
|
|
"classic",
|
||
|
|
"cool",
|
||
|
|
"corking",
|
||
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
||
|
|
"cracking",
|
||
|
|
"dandy",
|
||
|
|
"divine",
|
||
|
|
"dope",
|
||
|
|
"down",
|
||
|
|
"dynamite",
|
||
|
|
"excellent",
|
||
|
|
"fab",
|
||
|
|
"fabulous",
|
||
|
|
"famous",
|
||
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
||
|
|
"fantastic",
|
||
|
|
"fine",
|
||
|
|
"first-class",
|
||
|
|
"first-rate",
|
||
|
|
"first-string",
|
||
|
|
"five-star",
|
||
|
|
"four-star",
|
||
|
|
"frontline",
|
||
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
||
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
||
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
||
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
||
|
|
"gone",
|
||
|
|
"grand",
|
||
|
|
"great",
|
||
|
|
"groovy",
|
||
|
|
"heavenly",
|
||
|
|
"high-class",
|
||
|
|
"hot",
|
||
|
|
"hype",
|
||
|
|
"immense",
|
||
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
||
|
|
"keen",
|
||
|
|
"lovely",
|
||
|
|
"marvelous",
|
||
|
|
"marvellous",
|
||
|
|
"mean",
|
||
|
|
"neat",
|
||
|
|
"nifty",
|
||
|
|
"noble",
|
||
|
|
"number one",
|
||
|
|
"No. 1",
|
||
|
|
"numero uno",
|
||
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
||
|
|
"par excellence",
|
||
|
|
"peachy",
|
||
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
||
|
|
"phat",
|
||
|
|
"prime",
|
||
|
|
"primo",
|
||
|
|
"prize",
|
||
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
||
|
|
"quality",
|
||
|
|
"radical",
|
||
|
|
"righteous",
|
||
|
|
"sensational",
|
||
|
|
"slick",
|
||
|
|
"splendid",
|
||
|
|
"stellar",
|
||
|
|
"sterling",
|
||
|
|
"superb",
|
||
|
|
"superior",
|
||
|
|
"superlative",
|
||
|
|
"supernal",
|
||
|
|
"swell",
|
||
|
|
"terrific",
|
||
|
|
"tip-top",
|
||
|
|
"top",
|
||
|
|
"top-notch",
|
||
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
||
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
||
|
|
"topflight",
|
||
|
|
"topping",
|
||
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
||
|
|
"wizard",
|
||
|
|
"wonderful"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"A banner was hung over the street advertising the local theater production.",
|
||
|
|
"Banners were carried by members of each group marching in the parade.",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"It was a banner year for the sales department.",
|
||
|
|
"The team had a banner season last year.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Sherman Barrois executive produces under her Folding Chair Productions banner , which has an overall deal at WBTV. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Glazer is producing through her Starrpix banner alongside Rabinowitz, Range Media Partners co-founder Susie Fox, and FilmNation\u2019s president of production Ashley Fox. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The 24-year-old phenom, who came over from the Williams team this season, is no stranger to Mercedes, having been a junior driver under its banner a few years back. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Feig, 59, will also produce the film under his Feigco Entertainment banner alongside Laura Fischer, while Jessica Sharzer \u2014 who also wrote the first movie \u2014 will pen the script, according to Deadline. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Veith wrote the pilot and executive produced alongside Antosca under his banner Eat the Cat along with Alex Hedlund. \u2014 Dana Feldman, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bossy had his number 22 retired on March 3, 1992, and his banner now hangs in UBS Arena. \u2014 CBS News , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Biden, of course, still has one big card to play: The thing that unified his party between 2017 and 2021, and drew independents to his banner , was opposition to Donald Trump. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In addition to Jordan, Elizabeth Raposo is producing via their Outlier Society banner , meanwhile Smith and Westbrook Studios Co-President, Head of Motion Pictures, Jon Mone will produce the project alongside Ryan Shimazaki for Westbrook Studios. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Thue noted that a licensing subcommittee had already voted in favor of granting The Pearl its license \u2014 and the commission decided that walk-in traffic and social media were an acceptable substitute for a sign or banner out front. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Lawrence will executive produce under his Doozer Productions banner along with Jeff Ingold. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 13 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Back at Harry\u2019s, half a dozen Proud Boys marched with a white Black Lives Matter banner down 11th Street toward the churning crowd. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Yes, there will be ads in the apps, and banner ads as well, but in a briefing, Google declined to state what type of companies will be advertising on the platform or to even cite product categories. \u2014 Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY , 31 Aug. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Suspects surface: Why not the nearest neighbor, Trump sign bannering his yard, who once groped Jacy and hopes to buy Lincoln\u2019s property? \u2014 Mameve Medwed, BostonGlobe.com , 25 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Before a cheering crowd of Cuban-Americans in Miami last June, Trump bannered his harder line on Cuba. \u2014 Anthony Faiola, Washington Post , 11 May 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Class 6A state champion Pope banners the top 10 after defeating No. \u2014 Craig Sager Jr., ajc , 6 June 2017",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Investment banking still holds appeal, especially after a banner fourth quarter. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2020",
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"The \u201970s weren\u2019t exactly banner days for newsroom diversity. \u2014 Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"Verb",
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"1807, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Adjective",
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"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184220"
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},
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"banning":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":[
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"city in southern California east-southeast of Riverside population 29,603"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ba-ni\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202853"
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},
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"banquet":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a sumptuous feast",
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": an elaborate and often ceremonious meal for numerous people often in honor of a person",
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||
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": a meal held in recognition of some occasion or achievement",
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||
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": to partake of a banquet",
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": to treat with a banquet : feast",
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": a formal dinner for many people usually to celebrate a special event"
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],
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||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ba\u014b-kw\u0259t",
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"\u02c8ban-",
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|
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"also",
|
||
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"\u02c8ba\u014b-kw\u0259t"
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||
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],
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||
|
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"synonyms":[
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"dinner",
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"feast",
|
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|
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"feed",
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||
|
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"regale",
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||
|
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"spread"
|
||
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
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"dine",
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"feast",
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"junket",
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"regale"
|
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],
|
||
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
||
|
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"They held a banquet in his honor.",
|
||
|
|
"prepared a celebratory banquet for the graduating class",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"banqueted the returning troops at the military base",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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||
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|
"Taylor talked to more than 200 people about her first year in office and answered numerous questions during the 37th annual Lunch With The Mayor Monday at the new CAP Catering banquet hall in downtown Waukegan. \u2014 Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Several players missing because of track and lacrosse banquet . \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Several restaurants, shops, a golf course, and banquet rooms are on-site, and all of it is filled with the charms of old Palm Beach. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"More than 700 Republicans packed a Howell banquet hall for the Livingston County Republican Party debate, which lasted about two hours. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Friday's banquet was held in the wooden-floored Shell Lake Arts Center, which also typically houses the local prom. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"The inaugural Avon High Athletic Hall of Fame banquet is slated for Wednesday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. at the Golf Club of Avon, 160 Country Club Road. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"The 2022 Biennale, or at least its central exhibition, is a feast of the eyes: a giant, high-spirited banquet of looking and scrutinizing. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The stage is bare but for a few pieces of furniture: a couple of armchairs that appear to be the only seating in Macbeth\u2019s castle, and a long table for the banquet scene. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
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"However, the annual mushers banquet in Anchorage won\u2019t happen as usual on the Thursday before the race. \u2014 Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Our state government agency generally has an annual awards banquet off-site in December. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Roy and others who work for the chamber and Visit Sitka were at Centennial Hall Sunday cleaning up from the chamber awards banquet the night before, and were stunned when the messages started coming in. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Feb. 2020"
|
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],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1500, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213942"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"bantam":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"geographical name",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of numerous small domestic fowls that are often miniatures of members of the standard breeds",
|
||
|
|
": a person of diminutive stature and often combative disposition",
|
||
|
|
": small , diminutive",
|
||
|
|
": pertly combative",
|
||
|
|
": a miniature breed of domestic chicken often raised for exhibiting in shows",
|
||
|
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"former town of Indonesia in the northwestern corner of Java; once capital of the Sultanate of Bantam"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-t\u0259m",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-t\u0259m",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-t\u0259m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"diminutive",
|
||
|
|
"dinky",
|
||
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
||
|
|
"fine",
|
||
|
|
"half-pint",
|
||
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
||
|
|
"little",
|
||
|
|
"pint-size",
|
||
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
||
|
|
"pocket",
|
||
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
||
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
||
|
|
"puny",
|
||
|
|
"pygmy",
|
||
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
||
|
|
"slight",
|
||
|
|
"small",
|
||
|
|
"smallish",
|
||
|
|
"subnormal",
|
||
|
|
"toylike",
|
||
|
|
"undersized",
|
||
|
|
"undersize"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"big",
|
||
|
|
"biggish",
|
||
|
|
"considerable",
|
||
|
|
"goodly",
|
||
|
|
"grand",
|
||
|
|
"great",
|
||
|
|
"handsome",
|
||
|
|
"husky",
|
||
|
|
"king-size",
|
||
|
|
"king-sized",
|
||
|
|
"large",
|
||
|
|
"largish",
|
||
|
|
"outsize",
|
||
|
|
"outsized",
|
||
|
|
"overscale",
|
||
|
|
"overscaled",
|
||
|
|
"oversize",
|
||
|
|
"oversized",
|
||
|
|
"sizable",
|
||
|
|
"sizeable",
|
||
|
|
"substantial",
|
||
|
|
"tidy",
|
||
|
|
"whacking",
|
||
|
|
"whopping"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"a bantam comedian who is known to fellow performers for his oversize ego",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"They were inextricably linked through sports, even if their two-year age gap meant Smith, now 26, was just a pewee when McLain was a bantam . \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Wearing the flashy, sporty clothes of a barroom bantam (Alice Tavener did the costumes), Mr. Battiste finds the cancerous, painful insecurity within Walter\u2019s strutting exhibitionism. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 1 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Perlini was teammates with Wings forward Dylan Larkin on the Belle Tire bantam team that won a national championship in 2011. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 28 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"These bantam stars were considered unlikely to host many close-in planets \u2014 worlds that orbit near enough to their suns to receive sufficient energy to sustain life. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"And for decades, one bantam -sized tailor has outfitted more than his share of hulking hockey stars. Giovanni Vacca, 86, stands about 5-foot-5 and sports a black suit, V-neck sweater and dress shirt. \u2014 Salim Valji, New York Times , 10 June 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Times are 9 to 10:30 a.m. for mites (8 and under) and squirts (10 and under) and 10:30 a.m. to noon for peewees (12 and under) and bantams (17 and under). \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Years before, Meade had played for Monte with the Chicago Blues at the bantam level. \u2014 Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com , 26 June 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Eventually, ispace aims to set up a robotic lunar transportation service and use its bantam rovers to identify and help exploit the resources available on Earth's nearest neighbor, such as water ice. \u2014 Mike Wall, Space.com , 26 Sep. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Tipping the scales at a bantam weight of only 1.14 pounds, and less than a foot long, even the gram-conscious minimalists have to take notice. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 9 Sep. 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211024"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"banter":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner",
|
||
|
|
": delude",
|
||
|
|
": challenge",
|
||
|
|
": to speak or act playfully or wittily",
|
||
|
|
": good-natured and usually witty and animated joking",
|
||
|
|
": good-natured teasing and joking",
|
||
|
|
": to tease or joke with in a friendly way"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-t\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-t\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chaff",
|
||
|
|
"fool",
|
||
|
|
"fun",
|
||
|
|
"gag",
|
||
|
|
"jape",
|
||
|
|
"jest",
|
||
|
|
"jive",
|
||
|
|
"joke",
|
||
|
|
"jolly",
|
||
|
|
"josh",
|
||
|
|
"kid",
|
||
|
|
"quip",
|
||
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
||
|
|
"yuk",
|
||
|
|
"yuck"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backchat",
|
||
|
|
"badinage",
|
||
|
|
"chaff",
|
||
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
||
|
|
"jesting",
|
||
|
|
"joshing",
|
||
|
|
"persiflage",
|
||
|
|
"raillery",
|
||
|
|
"repartee"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"I enjoyed hearing their good-natured banter .",
|
||
|
|
"members of the Algonquin Round Table were known for their brilliant and witty banter",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Anyone who has worked in professional spaces knows that casual spaces/times (e.g. banter at the beginning of a call, break room talk, training class/conference downtime, etc.) are anything but inconsequential. \u2014 Dana Brownlee, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Allyson Kaye Daniel is an elegant and welcome presence as Abigail Adams, who periodically materializes to banter with, and sometimes instruct, her husband. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The decision came just after Jackson Reffitt's political disagreements and banter over text with his father escalated after the election in 2020. \u2014 Katelyn Polantz, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Team building can happen anywhere your team can interact with one another and banter about anything other than work. \u2014 James Mayo, Rolling Stone , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The four cutters \u2014 three men and one woman \u2014 banter with one another and their clients, talking on topics ranging from the advisability of keeping a land line telephone to why some people remain unvaccinated. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"During the stage banter between sets, BTS mostly stuck to English. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"As the episode ends, Clint and Kate banter about Kate's codename. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The episode also provides another nice showcase for fun back-and-forth between Clint and Kate, who banter their way through the escape and subsequent chase then struggle to communicate when Clint loses his hearing aid. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Vulture , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"What subjects does Ortiz cover with his in-game banter ? \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"When Vanya is alone with Astrov (Brandon Mendez Homer), their banter has a locker-room vibe. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Antonoff applies this sort of discernment to everything Bleachers-related: the group\u2019s album-cover typeface, its Instagram color palette, its between-songs banter . \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His between-song banter included bits about leaner, smaller Huntsville gigs. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"She's also had flirty banter with another 1D member, Niall Horan, which led fans to actually ship the pair as a couple. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This is equal parts romance, adventure and mystery, sprinkled with fun banter and that delicious second-chance romance angst. \u2014 Ali Hazelwood, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For more than a week now, Live With Kelly and Ryan fans have been missing Kelly Ripa\u2019s banter with Ryan Seacrest. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In a video uploaded to YouTube by a concert attendee, Arroyo is seen having some banter with frontman Eddie Vedder before the whole band helps him get started on the drumbeat. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 13 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1653, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1660, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191216"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baptism":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a Christian sacrament marked by ritual use of water and admitting the recipient to the Christian community",
|
||
|
|
": a non-Christian rite using water for ritual purification",
|
||
|
|
": purification by or submergence in Spirit",
|
||
|
|
": an act, experience, or ordeal by which one is purified, sanctified, initiated, or named",
|
||
|
|
": the act or ceremony of baptizing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bap-\u02ccti-z\u0259m",
|
||
|
|
"especially Southern",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bap-\u02ccti-z\u0259m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"inaugural",
|
||
|
|
"inauguration",
|
||
|
|
"induction",
|
||
|
|
"initiation",
|
||
|
|
"installation",
|
||
|
|
"installment",
|
||
|
|
"instalment",
|
||
|
|
"investiture",
|
||
|
|
"investment"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"There were over 100 baptisms at our church last year.",
|
||
|
|
"He received the sacrament of baptism as an infant.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The trailer sees the detective examining the crime scene, juxtaposed with scenes of a baptism and life in small-town Utah. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Her tenure has been something of a baptism by fire, as TIAA participants worry about their retirement savings amid ballooning inflation and a sputtering stock market. \u2014 Fortune , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The diocese has created a website for anyone who believes their baptism was invalid. \u2014 Natacha Larnaud, CBS News , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On Sunday, as people milled about between services, a family group gathered in the church\u2019s nave for a baptism . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Earlier this month, The Post caught up with three of them during a lull in the fighting, and spoke to them about their baptism by fire. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"During Lent, believers remember and honor the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert after his baptism , during which he was tempted by Satan. \u2014 Deirdre Reilly, Fox News , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But when Eve doesn't show up to her baptism , Villanelle can't stand it anymore. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"One word caught the ear of a young priest a few years ago when his father shared a video of his 1990 baptism at a suburban Detroit church. \u2014 Ed White, Detroit Free Press , 22 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English baptisme ",
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
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],
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||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224350"
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||
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},
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||
|
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"baptize":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
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||
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"noun",
|
||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to administer baptism (see baptism sense 1 ) to",
|
||
|
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": to purify or cleanse spiritually especially by a purging (see purge entry 1 sense 1 ) experience or ordeal",
|
||
|
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": initiate",
|
||
|
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": to give a name to (as at baptism) : christen",
|
||
|
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": to administer baptism",
|
||
|
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": to dip in water or sprinkle water on as a part of the ceremony of receiving into the Christian church",
|
||
|
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": to give a name to as in the ceremony of baptism : christen"
|
||
|
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"bap-\u02c8t\u012bz",
|
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"\u02c8bap-\u02cct\u012bz",
|
||
|
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"especially Southern",
|
||
|
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"or",
|
||
|
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"bap-\u02c8t\u012bz",
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||
|
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"\u02c8bap-\u02cct\u012bz"
|
||
|
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],
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"synonyms":[
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||
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"call",
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"christen",
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"clepe",
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|
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"denominate",
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||
|
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"designate",
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||
|
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"dub",
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||
|
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"entitle",
|
||
|
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"label",
|
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|
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"name",
|
||
|
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"nominate",
|
||
|
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"style",
|
||
|
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"term",
|
||
|
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"title"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"The priest baptized the baby.",
|
||
|
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"She was baptized at the age of 20.",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Janak reassured him that God recognized the family\u2019s intention to baptize the boy. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Karen and Michael Hidde watched the flight nurse baptize their baby, sprinkling water on him from a small shell. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Only priests could baptize , ordain, perform the sacrament of the Eucharist and give last rites. \u2014 Lisa Bitel, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Fans are dissecting the hallucination\u2014which saw Nate impregnate Cassie and then watch as a pool-side Cal Jacobs, his father, proceeded to erotically baptize her. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"James reacted by putting his fingers in Max\u2019s water and splashing him as if to baptize him into James\u2019s unique religion of belligerent assholery. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 30 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children. \u2014 al , 28 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children. \u2014 al , 28 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children. \u2014 al , 28 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French baptiser , from Late Latin baptizare , from Greek baptizein to dip, baptize, from baptein to dip, dye; akin to Old Norse kvefja to quench",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203321"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bar":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
||
|
|
"abbreviation ()",
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"combining form",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"preposition",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)",
|
||
|
|
": a solid piece or block of material that is longer than it is wide",
|
||
|
|
": a usually rigid piece (as of wood or metal) longer than it is wide that is used as a handle or support",
|
||
|
|
": a handrail used by ballet dancers to maintain balance while exercising",
|
||
|
|
": something that obstructs or prevents passage, progress, or action: such as",
|
||
|
|
": the destruction of an action (see action sense 5 ) or claim",
|
||
|
|
": a plea or objection that effects such destruction",
|
||
|
|
": an intangible or nonphysical impediment",
|
||
|
|
": a submerged or partly submerged bank (as of sand) along a shore or in a river often obstructing navigation",
|
||
|
|
": the railing in a courtroom that encloses the place about the judge where prisoners are stationed or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases",
|
||
|
|
": court , tribunal",
|
||
|
|
": a particular system of courts",
|
||
|
|
": an authority or tribunal that hands down judgment",
|
||
|
|
": the barrier in the English Inns of Court that formerly separated the seats of the benchers or readers (see reader sense 2 ) from the body of the hall occupied by the students",
|
||
|
|
": the whole body of barristers or lawyers qualified to practice in the courts of any jurisdiction",
|
||
|
|
": the profession of barrister or lawyer",
|
||
|
|
": the test that a person must pass in order to become eligible to work as a lawyer",
|
||
|
|
": a straight stripe, band, or line much longer than it is wide: such as",
|
||
|
|
": one of two or more horizontal stripes on a heraldic shield",
|
||
|
|
": a metal or embroidered strip worn on a usually military uniform especially to indicate rank (as of a company officer) or service (see service entry 1 sense 6b )",
|
||
|
|
": a counter at which food or especially alcoholic beverages are served",
|
||
|
|
": a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks and sometimes food are served : barroom",
|
||
|
|
": shop sense 2b",
|
||
|
|
": a vertical line across the musical staff before the initial measure accent (see accent entry 1 sense 5 )",
|
||
|
|
": measure",
|
||
|
|
": a lace and embroidery joining covered with buttonhole stitch for connecting various parts of the pattern in needlepoint lace and cutwork",
|
||
|
|
": standard",
|
||
|
|
": a strip along the edge of a computer window that contains commonly used options or icons",
|
||
|
|
": in jail",
|
||
|
|
": to fasten with a long, narrow piece of wood, metal, or other material : to fasten with a bar (see bar entry 1 sense 1a )",
|
||
|
|
": to place bars across to prevent ingress or egress",
|
||
|
|
": to mark with straight stripes, bands, or lines that are much longer than they are wide : to mark with bars (see bar entry 1 sense 4 ) : stripe",
|
||
|
|
": to confine or shut in by or as if by bars (see bar entry 1 sense 1a )",
|
||
|
|
": to set aside : to not take into consideration : rule out",
|
||
|
|
": to keep out : exclude",
|
||
|
|
": to put forth legal objection to (something, such as a claim or action)",
|
||
|
|
": to prevent (a party) from bringing a claim or action",
|
||
|
|
": prevent , forbid",
|
||
|
|
": except",
|
||
|
|
": a unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals",
|
||
|
|
"barometer; barometric",
|
||
|
|
"barrel",
|
||
|
|
"Baruch",
|
||
|
|
"bachelor of architecture",
|
||
|
|
"Browning automatic rifle",
|
||
|
|
": weight : pressure",
|
||
|
|
": a usually slender rigid piece (as of wood or metal) that has a specific use (as for a lever or barrier)",
|
||
|
|
": a rectangular solid piece or block of something",
|
||
|
|
": a counter on which alcoholic drinks are served",
|
||
|
|
": a place of business for the sale of alcoholic drinks",
|
||
|
|
": a part of a place of business where a particular food or drink is served",
|
||
|
|
": something that blocks the way",
|
||
|
|
": a submerged or partly submerged bank along a shore or in a river",
|
||
|
|
": a court of law",
|
||
|
|
": the profession of law",
|
||
|
|
": a straight stripe, band, or line longer than it is wide",
|
||
|
|
": a vertical line across a musical staff marking equal measures of time",
|
||
|
|
": measure entry 1 sense 6",
|
||
|
|
": to fasten with a bar",
|
||
|
|
": to block off",
|
||
|
|
": to shut out",
|
||
|
|
": with the exception of",
|
||
|
|
": a piece of metal that connects parts of a removable partial denture",
|
||
|
|
": the part of the wall of a horse's hoof that is bent inward toward the frog at the heel on each side and that extends toward the center of the sole",
|
||
|
|
": a straight stripe, band, or line much longer than it is wide: as",
|
||
|
|
": a transverse ridge on the roof of a horse's mouth",
|
||
|
|
": the space in front of the molar teeth of a horse in which the bit is placed",
|
||
|
|
": to cut free and ligate (a vein in a horse's leg) above and below the site of a projected operative procedure",
|
||
|
|
": a unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals or to one million dynes per square centimeter or to 0.9869 atmosphere",
|
||
|
|
"barometer; barometric",
|
||
|
|
": the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases \u2014 compare bench sense 1 , dock , jury box , stand",
|
||
|
|
": court , tribunal",
|
||
|
|
": the whole body of lawyers",
|
||
|
|
": those qualified to practice in the courts of a particular jurisdiction",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 compare bench sense 3b",
|
||
|
|
": the profession or occupation of lawyer",
|
||
|
|
": bar examination",
|
||
|
|
": something that prevents admission, progress, or action: as",
|
||
|
|
": an intangible impediment, obstacle, or barrier",
|
||
|
|
": the permanent preclusion of a claim or action especially due to the loss of a previous suit based on the same cause of action and between the same parties",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 compare collateral estoppel at estoppel sense 2a , merger sense 4 , res judicata sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": before the court",
|
||
|
|
": in the legal profession",
|
||
|
|
": to keep out : exclude",
|
||
|
|
": to prevent from doing or accomplishing (something)",
|
||
|
|
": preclude : as",
|
||
|
|
": to act as a bar to (as a claim or action)",
|
||
|
|
": to prevent (a party) from bringing a claim or action",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 see also estop \u2014 compare merge sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"billet",
|
||
|
|
"rod"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"band",
|
||
|
|
"streak",
|
||
|
|
"stripe"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Preposition",
|
||
|
|
"1723, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1910, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173726"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barb":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck",
|
||
|
|
"a sharp projection extending backward (as from the point of an arrow or fishhook) and preventing easy extraction",
|
||
|
|
"a sharp projection with its point similarly oblique to something else",
|
||
|
|
"a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment",
|
||
|
|
"barbel entry 2",
|
||
|
|
"any of the side branches of the shaft of a feather \u2014 see feather illustration",
|
||
|
|
"a plant hair or bristle ending in a hook",
|
||
|
|
"to furnish with a barb",
|
||
|
|
"any of a northern African breed of horses that are noted for speed and endurance",
|
||
|
|
"barbiturate",
|
||
|
|
"a sharp point that sticks out and backward (as from the tip of an arrow or fishhook)",
|
||
|
|
"barbiturate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u00e4rb",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"affront",
|
||
|
|
"brickbat",
|
||
|
|
"cut",
|
||
|
|
"dart",
|
||
|
|
"dig",
|
||
|
|
"dis",
|
||
|
|
"diss",
|
||
|
|
"epithet",
|
||
|
|
"gird",
|
||
|
|
"indignity",
|
||
|
|
"insult",
|
||
|
|
"name",
|
||
|
|
"offense",
|
||
|
|
"offence",
|
||
|
|
"outrage",
|
||
|
|
"personality",
|
||
|
|
"poke",
|
||
|
|
"put-down",
|
||
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
||
|
|
"slap",
|
||
|
|
"slight",
|
||
|
|
"slur"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1759, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1610, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1955, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162635"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbarous":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
||
|
|
"lacking culture or refinement philistine",
|
||
|
|
"characterized by the occurrence of barbarisms",
|
||
|
|
"mercilessly harsh or cruel",
|
||
|
|
"not civilized",
|
||
|
|
"cruel sense 2 , harsh",
|
||
|
|
"very offensive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u00e4r-b(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
|
"barbaric",
|
||
|
|
"brutal",
|
||
|
|
"brute",
|
||
|
|
"butcherly",
|
||
|
|
"cruel",
|
||
|
|
"fiendish",
|
||
|
|
"heartless",
|
||
|
|
"inhuman",
|
||
|
|
"inhumane",
|
||
|
|
"sadistic",
|
||
|
|
"savage",
|
||
|
|
"truculent",
|
||
|
|
"vicious",
|
||
|
|
"wanton"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"benign",
|
||
|
|
"benignant",
|
||
|
|
"compassionate",
|
||
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
||
|
|
"humane",
|
||
|
|
"kind",
|
||
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
||
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
||
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the barbarous treatment of the native peoples of the New World by those bent on conquest at any cost",
|
||
|
|
"an aunt who abhors barbarous behavior such as eating with your fingers",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The resonance and immediacy of these barbarous 19th-century events are testament to Zhang\u2019s storytelling powers, and should stand as a warning to all of us. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The pontiff reiterated his condemnation of war as barbarous and sacrilegious. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nevertheless, this is where Democratic extremism has taken the party, and this foolhardy vote tonight will do Americans the favor of exposing exactly how committed national Democrats are to this barbarous position. \u2014 Alexandra Desanctis, National Review , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"From Santiago to Sydney and Sacramento, from Tokyo and Taipei to Tel Aviv, protesters have raged at Vladimir Putin for his barbarous campaign to conquer Ukraine. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Iconic images of the accused being burned alive were deployed in the propaganda wars that cast the Black struggle, depending on the teller, as either barbarous or suffused with its own fearsome justice. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"People dismiss gold as a barbarous relic and governments de-emphasize its importance as a relic. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The savagery of the Korean War, however, didn\u2019t stop the United States from fighting another barbarous ground war in Asia that had little connection to its vital interests. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, The New Republic , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Though scarcely remembered now, the 2014 massacre of thousands of members of the Yazidi religion by ISIS, on Mount Sinjar, in Iraq, remains one of the most barbarous acts of genocide of recent years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Latin barbarus , from Greek barbaros foreign, ignorant",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bare":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering",
|
||
|
|
"lacking clothing",
|
||
|
|
"bareheaded",
|
||
|
|
"lacking any tool or weapon",
|
||
|
|
"open to view exposed",
|
||
|
|
"unfurnished or scantily supplied",
|
||
|
|
"destitute",
|
||
|
|
"having nothing left over or added",
|
||
|
|
"mere",
|
||
|
|
"devoid of amplification or adornment",
|
||
|
|
"worthless",
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"to make or lay (something) bare (see bare entry 1 ) uncover",
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"having no covering naked",
|
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"empty entry 1 sense 1",
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||
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"having nothing left over or added mere",
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"bald sense 2",
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"uncover sense 2"
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],
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"pronounciation":"\u02c8ber",
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"synonyms":[
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"mere",
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"very"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disclose",
|
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"discover",
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"divulge",
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||
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"expose",
|
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|
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"let on (about)",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell",
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"unbosom",
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"uncloak",
|
||
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"uncover",
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"unmask",
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"unveil"
|
||
|
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],
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||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Low-income communities, already using the bare minimum, have been hit the hardest. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Businesses are back to worrying about staying open with a bare minimum of manpower. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"State funding provides the bare minimum based on student enrollment. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cortes is 5-foot-11, playing a position at which 6 feet is typically considered the bare minimum by modern scouts. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At the bare minimum, contribute to your 401(k) up to your employer match, and try to put a little bit into liquid savings each month. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But experts at Harvard University and elsewhere recommend three to four hourly air changes as the bare minimum. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Finkenauer's campaign offered the bare minimum of signatures needed from different counties, leaving herself almost no margin for error. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, ajc , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The inspection itself should take several hours at a bare minimum, or even a full day for larger properties and estates. \u2014 Ryan Serhant, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
|
||
|
|
"For those willing to bare even more skin, crop tops are everywhere this year. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Kriegman and Steinberg had experience getting subjects to bare uncomfortably intimate details of their personal lives on camera. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With the approach of summer and warmer weather, hordes of mosquitoes are just waiting for Hoosiers to bare a bit of skin. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The first track of the album\u2019s second disc is thoughtfully framed as a therapy session in which Kendrick lays himself bare over gentle guitar chords and choir refrains. \u2014 Ej Panaligan, Billboard , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The urge to get out there, to scream feral, to bare our souls and claw at the universe is totally understandable. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Chelsea Handler has never been afraid to bare it all \u2014 and her 47th birthday is no different! \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Vanity Fair Afterparty dares to bare in a plunging M\u00f4not gown with hip cutouts. \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Now, new research lays bare the brutal impact on their counterparts in public health. \u2014 Azma Hasina Mulundika, STAT , 20 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barefaced":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having the face uncovered:",
|
||
|
|
": having no whiskers : beardless",
|
||
|
|
": wearing no mask",
|
||
|
|
": open , unconcealed",
|
||
|
|
": having or showing a lack of scruples"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u02c8f\u0101st"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"apparent",
|
||
|
|
"bald",
|
||
|
|
"bald-faced",
|
||
|
|
"bright-line",
|
||
|
|
"broad",
|
||
|
|
"clear",
|
||
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
||
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
||
|
|
"decided",
|
||
|
|
"distinct",
|
||
|
|
"evident",
|
||
|
|
"lucid",
|
||
|
|
"luculent",
|
||
|
|
"luminous",
|
||
|
|
"manifest",
|
||
|
|
"nonambiguous",
|
||
|
|
"obvious",
|
||
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
||
|
|
"palpable",
|
||
|
|
"patent",
|
||
|
|
"pellucid",
|
||
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
||
|
|
"plain",
|
||
|
|
"ringing",
|
||
|
|
"straightforward",
|
||
|
|
"transparent",
|
||
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
||
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
||
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
||
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
||
|
|
"clouded",
|
||
|
|
"cryptic",
|
||
|
|
"dark",
|
||
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
||
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
||
|
|
"equivocal",
|
||
|
|
"indistinct",
|
||
|
|
"mysterious",
|
||
|
|
"nonobvious",
|
||
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
||
|
|
"obscure",
|
||
|
|
"unapparent",
|
||
|
|
"unclarified",
|
||
|
|
"unclear"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a barefaced challenge for a fight",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In one clip from PBS NewsHour, a barefaced Pence could be seen elbow-bumping and chatting with multiple people inside the clinic. \u2014 Allyson Chiu, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"That act of barefaced deception drew Argentina level. \u2014 CNN , 4 Apr. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"However, the Heitkamps were not taking this barefaced truth sitting down. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 16 Mar. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The production also favors a barefaced and bare-chested homoeroticism. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 29 Sep. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"How does a man whose first true introduction into the American consciousness was a barefaced lie about the crowd size at the president\u2019s inauguration become the surprise guest at this year\u2019s Emmy Awards, only to make a joke about said lie? \u2014 Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root , 18 Sep. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"For followers fluent in Portuguese that means confessional videos where a barefaced Trindade provides comic reviews of her favorite products, outlines her favorite outfits, and takes trips to the tattoo parlor to add more body ink. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 30 Aug. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Teigen said, displaying her barefaced skin with blemishes on her nose, chin and forehead. \u2014 Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com , 1 Aug. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185025"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bareness":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering",
|
||
|
|
": lacking clothing",
|
||
|
|
": bareheaded",
|
||
|
|
": lacking any tool or weapon",
|
||
|
|
": open to view : exposed",
|
||
|
|
": unfurnished or scantily supplied",
|
||
|
|
": destitute",
|
||
|
|
": having nothing left over or added",
|
||
|
|
": mere",
|
||
|
|
": devoid of amplification or adornment",
|
||
|
|
": worthless",
|
||
|
|
": to make or lay (something) bare (see bare entry 1 ) : uncover",
|
||
|
|
": having no covering : naked",
|
||
|
|
": empty entry 1 sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": having nothing left over or added : mere",
|
||
|
|
": bald sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": uncover sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"mere",
|
||
|
|
"very"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"disclose",
|
||
|
|
"discover",
|
||
|
|
"divulge",
|
||
|
|
"expose",
|
||
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
||
|
|
"reveal",
|
||
|
|
"spill",
|
||
|
|
"tell",
|
||
|
|
"unbosom",
|
||
|
|
"uncloak",
|
||
|
|
"uncover",
|
||
|
|
"unmask",
|
||
|
|
"unveil"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Low-income communities, already using the bare minimum, have been hit the hardest. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Businesses are back to worrying about staying open with a bare minimum of manpower. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"State funding provides the bare minimum based on student enrollment. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cortes is 5-foot-11, playing a position at which 6 feet is typically considered the bare minimum by modern scouts. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At the bare minimum, contribute to your 401(k) up to your employer match, and try to put a little bit into liquid savings each month. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But experts at Harvard University and elsewhere recommend three to four hourly air changes as the bare minimum. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Finkenauer's campaign offered the bare minimum of signatures needed from different counties, leaving herself almost no margin for error. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, ajc , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The inspection itself should take several hours at a bare minimum, or even a full day for larger properties and estates. \u2014 Ryan Serhant, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"For those willing to bare even more skin, crop tops are everywhere this year. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Kriegman and Steinberg had experience getting subjects to bare uncomfortably intimate details of their personal lives on camera. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With the approach of summer and warmer weather, hordes of mosquitoes are just waiting for Hoosiers to bare a bit of skin. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The first track of the album\u2019s second disc is thoughtfully framed as a therapy session in which Kendrick lays himself bare over gentle guitar chords and choir refrains. \u2014 Ej Panaligan, Billboard , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The urge to get out there, to scream feral, to bare our souls and claw at the universe is totally understandable. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Chelsea Handler has never been afraid to bare it all \u2014 and her 47th birthday is no different! \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Vanity Fair Afterparty: dares to bare in a plunging M\u00f4not gown with hip cutouts. \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Now, new research lays bare the brutal impact on their counterparts in public health. \u2014 Azma Hasina Mulundika, STAT , 20 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192543"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barf":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun,",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": vomit",
|
||
|
|
": vomit entry 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4rf",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4rf"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"gag",
|
||
|
|
"heave",
|
||
|
|
"hurl",
|
||
|
|
"puke",
|
||
|
|
"retch",
|
||
|
|
"spew",
|
||
|
|
"spit up",
|
||
|
|
"throw up",
|
||
|
|
"upchuck",
|
||
|
|
"vomit"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The movie was so disgusting that it made me want to barf .",
|
||
|
|
"the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In February, when asked to describe how college admissions was going so far this year, one affluent white parent in Los Angeles sent me a text with three emoji faces: one was sad, one was blue-faced and shivering, and one looked ready to barf . \u2014 Nicole Laporte, Town & Country , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Mike has to barf at the violent movie, and Jacob owns him for it. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 30 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1956, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225136"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bargain-basement":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of inferior quality or worth",
|
||
|
|
": markedly inexpensive",
|
||
|
|
": a section of a store (such as the basement) where merchandise is sold at reduced prices"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u0259n-\u02c8b\u0101s-m\u0259nt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"affordable",
|
||
|
|
"budget",
|
||
|
|
"cheap",
|
||
|
|
"cheapie",
|
||
|
|
"cheapo",
|
||
|
|
"chintzy",
|
||
|
|
"cut-price",
|
||
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
||
|
|
"dime-store",
|
||
|
|
"dirt cheap",
|
||
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
||
|
|
"inexpensive",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"low-end",
|
||
|
|
"popular",
|
||
|
|
"reasonable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"costly",
|
||
|
|
"dear",
|
||
|
|
"deluxe",
|
||
|
|
"expensive",
|
||
|
|
"high",
|
||
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
||
|
|
"precious",
|
||
|
|
"premium",
|
||
|
|
"pricey",
|
||
|
|
"pricy",
|
||
|
|
"spendy",
|
||
|
|
"valuable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"And there have been some willing purchasers -- especially at the bargain basement prices for Russian product. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The retailer, which sold designer clothing at bargain basement prices, is reopening in spring 2023 at its former location near the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Several teams would quickly try to sign him as a bargain basement free agent. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That would be kind of ironic, but the market doesn\u2019t care, the U.K. can be in the bargain basement but it can just as easily get lobbed into the dumpster by a U.S. crash. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The City of Albuquerque\u2019s entire operating budget for 2021 is $711,000,000, less than half of the amount needed to build bargain basement units years in the future. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The 4-4 Chiefs could also use some help, and Beckham can now be rented for the rest of the season for a bargain basement price. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In a regulatory filing to the Indian stock exchange on Thursday, the value of the sale was put at a bargain basement 28.5 million Indian rupees, or about $386,110. \u2014 Kevin Rozario, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Previously unwanted players such as Davis, McDowell, McKinley and LeCounte also come at bargain basement prices that enable a team to extend big-money players such as Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb and Denzel Ward. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Aug. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"Adjective",
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"1914, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
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"Noun",
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"1899, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185010"
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},
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"barge":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": any of various boats: such as",
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": a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing",
|
||
|
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": a large motorboat supplied to the flag officer of a flagship",
|
||
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": a roomy pleasure boat",
|
||
|
|
": a boat of state elegantly furnished and decorated",
|
||
|
|
": to carry by barge",
|
||
|
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": to move ponderously or clumsily",
|
||
|
|
": to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously",
|
||
|
|
": a broad boat with a flat bottom used chiefly in harbors and on rivers and canals",
|
||
|
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": to move or push in a fast and often rude way"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8b\u00e4rj",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4rj"
|
||
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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|
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"clump",
|
||
|
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"flog",
|
||
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"flounder",
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"galumph",
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||
|
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"lumber",
|
||
|
|
"lump",
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||
|
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"plod",
|
||
|
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"pound",
|
||
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"scuff",
|
||
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"scuffle",
|
||
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"shamble",
|
||
|
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"shuffle",
|
||
|
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"slog",
|
||
|
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"slough",
|
||
|
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"stamp",
|
||
|
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"stomp",
|
||
|
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"stumble",
|
||
|
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"stump",
|
||
|
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"tramp",
|
||
|
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"tromp",
|
||
|
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"trudge"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"breeze",
|
||
|
|
"coast",
|
||
|
|
"glide",
|
||
|
|
"slide",
|
||
|
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"waltz",
|
||
|
|
"whisk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom.",
|
||
|
|
"She barged through the door without even knocking.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Check out the numerous shops and restaurants around Middletown until the show begins sometime after 9 p.m. Fireworks are set off from a barge in the river, giving plenty of viewing angles to enjoy the display. \u2014 Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In Europe, customers might scramble to reverse the usual east-west movement of oil using rail, truck and river barge . \u2014 CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The boat and barge are at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale for inspection and repairs, the Coast Guard said in a statement Sunday. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Working from a barge topped with a crane, divers felt their way through murky water to determine the condition of the ship's wreckage, which was an unidentified hazard on navigation charts before being identified as Clotilda in 2019. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Crews will be inspecting the underside of the bridge from a barge on the Columbia River May 16-20. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Solaris \u2014 the name of this barge of barges \u2014 has been linked to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, whose name now appears on European Union and British sanctions lists. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The funds would cover the purchase of the fireworks, the rental of a barge to launch them from and the cost of securing the necessary permits, Dryden added. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Forest Preserve District of Will County will host a webinar on barge and maritime operations along Illinois waterways at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Dorfman spends a lot of time setting up the story\u2019s underlying tensions at a dinner party that eventually erupts into violence, right before three masked men barge into the house and start tormenting the guests. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After the door opens, a group of officers barge in, yelling commands. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The tugboat and barge that ran aground in Deerfield Beach and Boca Raton, respectively, Thursday night have been removed, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, and the beaches have fully reopened. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Two-Face's whole role is to barge into scenes with a machine gun. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"However, the music quickly shifts away from nostalgia and morphs into something new as the Martinez Brothers \u2014 the DJ duo from the Bronx \u2014 barge in with sudden flashes of sudden hi-def house. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The door seemed open for Djokovic to barge through and set a seemingly unassailable mark for major wins, right as his fiercest rivals seemed to be fading. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There\u2019s another Alaska Logistics barge that\u2019s stuck near Georgetown, far up the Kuskokwim River. \u2014 Greg Kim, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Britney had a fear that her family would barge in and take everything. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1649, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214953"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barmy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective (1)",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"full of froth or ferment",
|
||
|
|
"balmy sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u00e4r-m\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balmy",
|
||
|
|
"bats",
|
||
|
|
"batty",
|
||
|
|
"bedlam",
|
||
|
|
"bonkers",
|
||
|
|
"brainsick",
|
||
|
|
"bughouse",
|
||
|
|
"certifiable",
|
||
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
||
|
|
"cracked",
|
||
|
|
"crackers",
|
||
|
|
"crackpot",
|
||
|
|
"cranky",
|
||
|
|
"crazed",
|
||
|
|
"crazy",
|
||
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
||
|
|
"daffy",
|
||
|
|
"daft",
|
||
|
|
"demented",
|
||
|
|
"deranged",
|
||
|
|
"fruity",
|
||
|
|
"gaga",
|
||
|
|
"haywire",
|
||
|
|
"insane",
|
||
|
|
"kooky",
|
||
|
|
"kookie",
|
||
|
|
"loco",
|
||
|
|
"loony",
|
||
|
|
"looney",
|
||
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
||
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
||
|
|
"lunatic",
|
||
|
|
"mad",
|
||
|
|
"maniacal",
|
||
|
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
|
"mental",
|
||
|
|
"meshuga",
|
||
|
|
"meshugge",
|
||
|
|
"meshugah",
|
||
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
||
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
||
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
|
"nutty",
|
||
|
|
"psycho",
|
||
|
|
"psychotic",
|
||
|
|
"scatty",
|
||
|
|
"screwy",
|
||
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
||
|
|
"unhinged",
|
||
|
|
"unsound",
|
||
|
|
"wacko",
|
||
|
|
"whacko",
|
||
|
|
"wacky",
|
||
|
|
"whacky",
|
||
|
|
"wud"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balanced",
|
||
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"sane",
|
||
|
|
"sound",
|
||
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective (2)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective (1)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1872, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barometer":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an instrument for determining the pressure of the atmosphere and hence for assisting in forecasting weather and for determining altitude (see altitude sense 1a )",
|
||
|
|
": something that indicates fluctuations (as in public opinion)",
|
||
|
|
": standard , test",
|
||
|
|
": an instrument that measures air pressure and is used to forecast changes in the weather"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bar",
|
||
|
|
"benchmark",
|
||
|
|
"criterion",
|
||
|
|
"gold standard",
|
||
|
|
"grade",
|
||
|
|
"mark",
|
||
|
|
"measure",
|
||
|
|
"metric",
|
||
|
|
"par",
|
||
|
|
"standard",
|
||
|
|
"touchstone",
|
||
|
|
"yardstick"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a legendary Broadway flop that has subsequently become the barometer by which failure in the theater is judged",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index\u2014which is the preferred inflation barometer for the Federal Reserve\u2014released Tuesday confirms that prices are growing at the fastest rate in four decades. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At the same time, the traditional ways of gauging success, such as ratings and box office, are fading in importance as Wall Street looks to subscriber growth as the ultimate barometer of a media giant\u2019s relevance. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These days, the Seine\u2019s high-tech barometer often flashes in green \u2014 a sign that the river is allowing species to breathe again. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"These days, the Seine\u2019s high-tech barometer often flashes in green - a sign that the river is allowing species to breathe again. \u2014 Rick Noack, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"If there\u2019s any hesitance to declare the Red Sox BACK, all caps, it\u2019s that the three-game sweep over the weekend came against those inept Orioles, who aren\u2019t exactly the ideal barometer for measuring success. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"As the developer explains, the app uses the barometer inside Android phones to measure changes to the pressure level. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 7 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"If Meyer Shank Racing has taken the team-wide strides that Sunday\u2019s 7th and 8th-place finishes in the Indianapolis 500 might suggest, then this coming Sunday\u2019s Detroit Grand Prix may be the proper barometer to confirm it. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Using Spotify as a barometer , Sony\u2019s weekly share of the platform\u2019s worldwide top 100 tracks ticked up only slightly to 36.1%, but its part of Spotify\u2019s worldwide top ten jumped nearly 10% to 48.5%, up from 39% the previous fiscal year. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 25 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195144"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baron":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one of a class of tenants holding his rights and title by military or other honorable service directly from a feudal superior (such as a king)",
|
||
|
|
": a lord of the realm : noble , peer",
|
||
|
|
": a member of the lowest grade of the peerage in Great Britain",
|
||
|
|
": a nobleman on the continent of Europe of varying rank",
|
||
|
|
": a member of the lowest order of nobility in Japan",
|
||
|
|
": a joint of meat consisting of two sirloins or loins and legs not cut apart at the backbone",
|
||
|
|
": a man who possesses great power or influence in some field of activity",
|
||
|
|
": a man who is a member of the lowest rank of British nobility"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"captain",
|
||
|
|
"czar",
|
||
|
|
"tsar",
|
||
|
|
"tzar",
|
||
|
|
"king",
|
||
|
|
"lion",
|
||
|
|
"lord",
|
||
|
|
"magnate",
|
||
|
|
"mogul",
|
||
|
|
"monarch",
|
||
|
|
"Napoleon",
|
||
|
|
"prince",
|
||
|
|
"tycoon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The infamous climax of that story recapitulated the depraved ambitions of a would-be rubber baron who conscripts Indigenous villagers to drag a ship through a steep jungle denuded for that purpose. \u2014 Kristen Millares Young, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The century-old Rae Room, holding the marble sarcophagi of a lumber baron and his scandalous second wife, is closed to the public 364 days of the year, opened only on Memorial Day. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Pugh is playing Princess Irulan, the daughter of the emperor, while Butler is Feyd-Rautha, the cunning nephew of the baron who heads House Harkonnen and who is being groomed to rule Arrakis. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The book\u2019s other plot has to do with a struggle between two Arizona frontier towns over which will be the county seat, and the machinations of a ruthless cattle baron who wants to crush the small landowners and run them off. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New York Review of Books , 12 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"In Europe, officials have managed to seize luxury yachts owned by several Russian billionaires with close ties to Putin\u2019s regime, including oil baron Igor Sechin and mining magnate Alisher Usmanov. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"My goal was to spend as much time as possible with the reigning baron of Russia\u2019s tech sector, and to try out Yandex\u2019s new products firsthand. \u2014 Paul Starobin, Wired , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The revised story focused on a mad press baron who attempts to start a war between China and Britain to improve his media ratings. \u2014 Michael Posner, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nebraskans selected Pillen, a University of Nebraska regent and veterinarian, over Herbster, a political newcomer and bull-semen baron who faced several allegations of groping. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 11 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German baro freeman",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174445"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baronial":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to a baron or the baronage",
|
||
|
|
": stately , ample",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or suitable for a baron"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"august",
|
||
|
|
"epic",
|
||
|
|
"gallant",
|
||
|
|
"glorious",
|
||
|
|
"grand",
|
||
|
|
"grandiose",
|
||
|
|
"heroic",
|
||
|
|
"heroical",
|
||
|
|
"Homeric",
|
||
|
|
"imperial",
|
||
|
|
"imposing",
|
||
|
|
"magnific",
|
||
|
|
"magnificent",
|
||
|
|
"majestic",
|
||
|
|
"massive",
|
||
|
|
"monumental",
|
||
|
|
"noble",
|
||
|
|
"proud",
|
||
|
|
"regal",
|
||
|
|
"royal",
|
||
|
|
"splendid",
|
||
|
|
"stately"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"humble",
|
||
|
|
"unheroic",
|
||
|
|
"unimposing",
|
||
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a baronial mansion with dozens of spacious, luxurious rooms",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The home, with about 160 feet of lake frontage, sits directly across the water from the Wrigley estate, a string of grand homes and baronial boathouses. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
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"The family that had once owned land on a baronial scale now needed charity to eat. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
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"And the optional 23-inch alloy wheels only add to the SUV\u2019s baronial presence. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"The high-ceiling bedrooms feature baronial fireplaces, inlaid wood floors and ornate wall panels. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"Hyman appears grubbing and silly in these lines, and reduced to just another child-sized charge in Jackson\u2019s baronial manor\u2014another mouth to feed. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 23 July 2021",
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"The main house, anchored by a baronial great room, leads guests to the Lookout Room and adjoining family room and dining room, all with stunning views of crashing waves and sea. \u2014 Regina Cole, Forbes , 16 May 2021",
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"While the job comes with a spacious Westminster apartment, a baronial weekend home, Chequers, and an annual decorating budget of 30,000 pounds ($41,600), the government does not pay for food or household staff. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 May 2021",
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"An elderly person of means passes, and the will is read in the study of his baronial home. \u2014 Star Tribune , 2 May 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"1726, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"baroque":{
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"adverb",
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"definitions":[
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": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension",
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": characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance",
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": irregularly shaped",
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": the baroque style or the period in which it flourished"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u014dk",
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"ba-",
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"-\u02c8r\u00e4k",
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"-\u02c8r\u022fk"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"devilish",
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"excessive",
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"exorbitant",
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"extravagant",
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"extreme",
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"fancy",
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"immoderate",
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"inordinate",
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"insane",
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"intolerable",
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"lavish",
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"overdue",
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"overextravagant",
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"overmuch",
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"overweening",
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"plethoric",
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"steep",
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"stiff",
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"towering",
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"unconscionable",
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"undue",
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"unmerciful"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"middling",
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"moderate",
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"modest",
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"reasonable",
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"temperate"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"a somewhat baroque writing style",
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"a book filled with baroque descriptions",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"His grim rhythm is disrupted by the Riddler (Paul Dano), conceived here as a serial killer in the style of Kevin Spacey\u2019s character from Se7en, who starts knocking off the city\u2019s leaders, inflicting increasingly baroque torments along the way. \u2014 Ross Douthat, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Succession has become an exercise in increasingly baroque ways to make nothing happen, and the cruel, rotted misery of that status quo is just as key to Succession\u2019s satire as its bleak depiction of wealth and the idiocy of those in power. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
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"As the controversy continued, Zak\u2019s theories became increasingly baroque . \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
|
||
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"Exploring what happened to Epstein does spiral quickly into these conspiracy theories that become very baroque and slightly ridiculous. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 2 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Padilla speaks in the highly baroque language of the academy \u2014 a style that can seem so deliberate as to function as a kind of protective armor. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In 2021, the largest brood of cicadas in the United States, appropriately named Brood X, will awake from a 17-year sleep and burrow out of the cold earth, ushering in a new season of baroque bug horrors. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 30 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
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"This exclusive first look at the Giraffe costume from The Masked Singer's upcoming fourth season reveals a very baroque figure, complete with a wig and heels. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 3 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
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"The Trinchero tasting room has a baroque library vibe. \u2014 Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com , 17 Jan. 2018",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"This baroque -style palace home to more than 1,400 rooms took more than 60 years to build, interrupted by the Great Northern War that brought the Swedish Empire to an end. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His version, a baroque drama that reimagines not only the tragedy of the Peterson family but also the filming of de Lestrade\u2019s documentary, depicts the transfigurative process by which facts are stacked and elevated to narrative. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Fanjul intentionally contrasted a mix of dance styles including breaking and krump with the traditional baroque orchestra to critique the way society views those art forms based on class. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Those very same lawns are now studies in baroque excess. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hudgens's bag also hails from the Fendace collection, and mixes iconic elements\u2014Fendi's F print, Versace's gilded baroque signature\u2014from both Italian brands. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Frank\u2019s late father, Mathieu, favored music that fit the ancient tower: baroque . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Scott\u2019s plan was to balance the baroque opulence of his fall runway with a nod to DeBose\u2019s love for a glamorous Old Hollywood gown. \u2014 Vogue , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Mizuki\u2019s Prive Collection one-of-a-kind double finger pearl and diamond ring with golden baroque South Sea pearl and pave white diamonds is a thoroughly modern take on a pearl ring and is completely comfortable to wear. \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 2 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1852, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193811"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barrel":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter",
|
||
|
|
": the amount contained in a barrel",
|
||
|
|
": the amount (such as 31 gallons of fermented beverage or 42 gallons of petroleum) fixed for a certain commodity used as a unit of measure",
|
||
|
|
": a great quantity",
|
||
|
|
": a drum or cylindrical part: such as",
|
||
|
|
": the discharging tube of a gun",
|
||
|
|
": the part of a fountain pen or of a pencil containing the ink or lead",
|
||
|
|
": a cylindrical or tapering housing containing the optical components of a photographic-lens system and the iris diaphragm",
|
||
|
|
": the fuel outlet from the carburetor on a gasoline engine",
|
||
|
|
": the flat, cylindrical metal box that encloses the mainspring of a timepiece",
|
||
|
|
": the trunk of a quadruped",
|
||
|
|
": asking for or granting no credit",
|
||
|
|
": at a disadvantage : in an awkward position",
|
||
|
|
": to put or pack in a barrel",
|
||
|
|
": to move at a high speed or without hesitation",
|
||
|
|
": a round container often with curved sides that is longer than it is wide and has flat ends",
|
||
|
|
": the amount contained in a full barrel",
|
||
|
|
": something shaped like a cylinder",
|
||
|
|
": to move at a high speed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abundance",
|
||
|
|
"basketful",
|
||
|
|
"boatload",
|
||
|
|
"bucket",
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
|
"bundle",
|
||
|
|
"bushel",
|
||
|
|
"carload",
|
||
|
|
"chunk",
|
||
|
|
"deal",
|
||
|
|
"dozen",
|
||
|
|
"fistful",
|
||
|
|
"gobs",
|
||
|
|
"good deal",
|
||
|
|
"heap",
|
||
|
|
"hundred",
|
||
|
|
"lashings",
|
||
|
|
"lashins",
|
||
|
|
"loads",
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"mass",
|
||
|
|
"mess",
|
||
|
|
"mountain",
|
||
|
|
"much",
|
||
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
||
|
|
"myriad",
|
||
|
|
"oodles",
|
||
|
|
"pack",
|
||
|
|
"passel",
|
||
|
|
"peck",
|
||
|
|
"pile",
|
||
|
|
"plateful",
|
||
|
|
"plenitude",
|
||
|
|
"plentitude",
|
||
|
|
"plenty",
|
||
|
|
"pot",
|
||
|
|
"potful",
|
||
|
|
"profusion",
|
||
|
|
"quantity",
|
||
|
|
"raft",
|
||
|
|
"reams",
|
||
|
|
"scads",
|
||
|
|
"sheaf",
|
||
|
|
"shipload",
|
||
|
|
"sight",
|
||
|
|
"slew",
|
||
|
|
"spate",
|
||
|
|
"stack",
|
||
|
|
"store",
|
||
|
|
"ton",
|
||
|
|
"truckload",
|
||
|
|
"volume",
|
||
|
|
"wad",
|
||
|
|
"wealth",
|
||
|
|
"yard"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"blast",
|
||
|
|
"blaze",
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bolt",
|
||
|
|
"bomb",
|
||
|
|
"bowl",
|
||
|
|
"breeze",
|
||
|
|
"bundle",
|
||
|
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
|
"buzz",
|
||
|
|
"cannonball",
|
||
|
|
"careen",
|
||
|
|
"career",
|
||
|
|
"chase",
|
||
|
|
"course",
|
||
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
||
|
|
"dash",
|
||
|
|
"drive",
|
||
|
|
"fly",
|
||
|
|
"hare",
|
||
|
|
"hasten",
|
||
|
|
"hie",
|
||
|
|
"highball",
|
||
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
||
|
|
"hump",
|
||
|
|
"hurl",
|
||
|
|
"hurry",
|
||
|
|
"hurtle",
|
||
|
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
|
"jet",
|
||
|
|
"jump",
|
||
|
|
"motor",
|
||
|
|
"nip",
|
||
|
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
|
"race",
|
||
|
|
"ram",
|
||
|
|
"rip",
|
||
|
|
"rocket",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"rush",
|
||
|
|
"rustle",
|
||
|
|
"scoot",
|
||
|
|
"scurry",
|
||
|
|
"scuttle",
|
||
|
|
"shoot",
|
||
|
|
"speed",
|
||
|
|
"step",
|
||
|
|
"tear",
|
||
|
|
"travel",
|
||
|
|
"trot",
|
||
|
|
"whirl",
|
||
|
|
"whisk",
|
||
|
|
"zip",
|
||
|
|
"zoom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, edged down 6.4% to $112.11 a barrel . \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Christensen explained that barrel -aging requires the natural shifts in temperature that occur with the changing of the seasons, without heating and air conditioning interrupting the process. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Brent crude, the international standard, gained 62 cents to $122.89 a barrel . \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"India has also been trying to negotiate deeper price cuts on Russian oil, aiming for deals as low as $70 a barrel . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"During the trial, prosecutors posited that Crampton Brophy had replaced the gun\u2019s barrel and then discarded it to throw off investigators. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The benchmark for global oil prices, Brent crude, averaged at $102.23 a barrel during the first quarter \u2013 67% higher than during the same period last year, according to the Associated Press. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The barrel angled skyward before firing only two shots, sending dirt and leaves into the air. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These estimates are derived on the basis of the assumption that India\u2019s crude oil basket remains at $105 a barrel . \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Billions of dollars\u2019 worth of televisions, furniture and other goods from the port are shipped onto trucks that barrel along the 710 and are then loaded onto trains headed to the rest of the country. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Trump would have entered a second term as US-China relations barrel toward greater confrontation. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz , 7 Nov. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The craft beer revolution turned the tall cousin of cannabis into a breakout ingredient, infusing your brew with flavors and aromas that range from stone fruit to barrel oak. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The Rays simply couldn\u2019t barrel up Detmers, who mixed a fastball averaging 92 mph with a looping curveball, a changeup and a slider. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At its current pace, the world would barrel past that limit in the coming decades and set off increasingly deadly and irreversible calamities, scientists say. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Six years later, Pepsi would barrel ahead with another wacky soda-in-games collaboration, though this too was a Japan-only push. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There, relying largely on ambush tactics, Ukrainian forces have slowed the Russian campaign to encircle and capture the capital, even as Russian troops barrel across the south. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Membership also provides discounts on drinks, early access to barrel picks, and invitations to member-only events, among other perks. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 30 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174044"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barren":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": not reproducing: such as",
|
||
|
|
": incapable of producing offspring",
|
||
|
|
": not yet or not recently pregnant",
|
||
|
|
": habitually failing to fruit",
|
||
|
|
": not productive: such as",
|
||
|
|
": producing little or no vegetation : desolate",
|
||
|
|
": producing inferior crops",
|
||
|
|
": unproductive of results or gain : fruitless",
|
||
|
|
": devoid , lacking",
|
||
|
|
": lacking interest or charm",
|
||
|
|
": lacking inspiration or ideas",
|
||
|
|
": an extent of usually level land having an inferior growth of trees or little vegetation",
|
||
|
|
": a tract of barren land",
|
||
|
|
": unable to produce seed, fruit, or young",
|
||
|
|
": growing only poor or few plants",
|
||
|
|
": incapable of producing offspring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bar-\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bony",
|
||
|
|
"boney",
|
||
|
|
"dead",
|
||
|
|
"desolate",
|
||
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
||
|
|
"impoverished",
|
||
|
|
"infertile",
|
||
|
|
"poor",
|
||
|
|
"stark",
|
||
|
|
"unfertile",
|
||
|
|
"unproductive",
|
||
|
|
"waste"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"desert",
|
||
|
|
"desolation",
|
||
|
|
"heath",
|
||
|
|
"no-man's-land",
|
||
|
|
"waste",
|
||
|
|
"wasteland"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Few creatures can thrive on these barren mountaintops.",
|
||
|
|
"The book was good, but I found the barren lives of the characters depressing.",
|
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"Noun",
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"lived out in the barrens where it was impossible to grow anything",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"In the future, Ferl would like to continue studying how life might take hold in otherwise barren extraterrestrial soils. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
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"The drier climate created a more barren habitat, which may have created environmental pressures on Discokeryx xiezhi's ability to survive -- hence the intense fighting over females. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 2 June 2022",
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"Buubble, also known as The Five Million Star Hotel, is situated amongst the pines, a rarity in typically barren Iceland. \u2014 Katie Lockhart, House Beautiful , 1 June 2022",
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"Our mission was to hammer the RS 3 both on the track and on a road course through the barren -but-beautiful desert highways on either edge of California and Nevada. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
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"The slow-revealing and vividly sorrowful two-hander boasts superb acting against the backdrop of the alluringly barren American heartland. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
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"Less than an hour after new pandemic restrictions were announced, panic buying ensued and grocery shelves became barren , just like everywhere else in the world. \u2014 Leslie Nguyen-okwu, Quartz , 11 June 2021",
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"Just 16 days after that, the New York Times ran a photo of him, his wife and his 2-year-old son sitting on a barren mattress in their garage. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
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"The story follows a journalist who travels to the barren archipelago of Stockholm, where food is scarce, military powers are at the doorsteps, and locals believe in an evil legend. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 16 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Adjective",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Noun",
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"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173619"
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},
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"barrier":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": something material that blocks or is intended to block passage",
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": a natural formation or structure that prevents or hinders movement or action",
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": a medieval war game in which combatants fight on foot with a fence or railing between them",
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": something immaterial that impedes or separates : obstacle",
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": something (as a fence) that blocks the way",
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": something that keeps apart or makes progress difficult",
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": a material object or set of objects that separates, demarcates, or serves as a barricade \u2014 see blood-brain barrier , placental barrier",
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": a contraceptive device (such as a condom or cervical cap ) that prevents sperm from entering the uterus",
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": a factor that tends to restrict the free movement, mingling, or interbreeding of individuals or populations"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259r",
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"\u02c8ba-r\u0113-",
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"\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259r",
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"\u02c8bar-\u0113-\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barricade",
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"fence",
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"hedge",
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"wall"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Regulations are hardly a barrier to rolling out autonomous trucks. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
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"And the resource officer can be another barrier if the threat is coming from outside the school. \u2014 Fox News , 15 June 2022",
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"Broadway prices are astronomical and that is another barrier to entry as well. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 June 2022",
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"Organizers say that detail was included in the charter so there is no barrier for participation. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
|
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"That will be a barrier to selling the business later if the experience clause cannot be satisfied. \u2014 Robin Gagnon, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
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"There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
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"There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility. \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 6 June 2022",
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"The complexity inherent in the scholarship and financial aid process is actually a huge barrier to students applying to college and their families, said Stephanie Owen, an assistant professor at Colby College who studies the economics of education. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 5 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English barrere , from Anglo-French, from barre bar",
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"first_known_use":[
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212232"
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},
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"barring":{
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"type":[
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"preposition"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": excluding by exception : excepting",
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": aside from the possibility of"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-i\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"apart from",
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"aside from",
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"bar",
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"beside",
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"besides",
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"but",
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"except",
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"excepting",
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"except for",
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"excluding",
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"exclusive of",
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"other than",
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"outside",
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"outside of",
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"save",
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"saving"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"No one, barring the magician himself, knows how the trick is done.",
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"we'll be there, barring rain or some other unexpected problem"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203534"
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},
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"base":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"adjective ()",
|
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"adverb",
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"noun",
|
||
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"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation",
|
||
|
|
": that part of a bodily organ by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism",
|
||
|
|
": the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate architectural feature",
|
||
|
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": the lower part of a complete architectural design (as of a monument)",
|
||
|
|
": a side or face (see face entry 1 sense 5a(5) ) of a geometrical figure from which an altitude (see altitude sense 1c(1) ) can be constructed",
|
||
|
|
": a side or face on which the figure stands",
|
||
|
|
": the length of a base",
|
||
|
|
": a main ingredient",
|
||
|
|
": a supporting or carrying ingredient (as of a medicine)",
|
||
|
|
": a first or bottom layer of something on which other elements are added",
|
||
|
|
": the fundamental part of something : groundwork , basis",
|
||
|
|
": something (as a group of people) that reliably provides support (such as for a business or political candidate)",
|
||
|
|
": the economic factors on which all legal, social, and political relations are formed",
|
||
|
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": the starting point or line for an action or undertaking",
|
||
|
|
": a baseline in surveying",
|
||
|
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": a center or area of operations",
|
||
|
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": such as",
|
||
|
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": a permanent military installation",
|
||
|
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": the place from which a military force draws supplies",
|
||
|
|
": a place where military operations begin",
|
||
|
|
": root sense 6",
|
||
|
|
": a number (such as 5 in 5 6.44 or 5 7 ) that is raised to a power (see power entry 1 sense 5a )",
|
||
|
|
": the number that when raised to a power equal to the logarithm of a number yields the number itself",
|
||
|
|
": a number equal to the number of units in a given digit's place (see place entry 1 sense 8 ) that for a given system of writing numbers is required to give the numeral 1 in the next higher place",
|
||
|
|
": such a system of writing numbers using an indicated base",
|
||
|
|
": a number that is multiplied by a rate or of which a percentage or fraction is calculated",
|
||
|
|
": any one of the four stations at the corners of a baseball or softball infield",
|
||
|
|
": the starting place or goal",
|
||
|
|
": a point to be considered",
|
||
|
|
": any of various typically water-soluble and bitter tasting compounds that in solution have a pH greater than 7, are capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt, and are molecules or ions able to take up a proton from an acid or able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid",
|
||
|
|
": any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil",
|
||
|
|
": a price level at which a security (see security sense 3 ) previously declining in price resists further decline",
|
||
|
|
": the lower part of a heraldic field (see field entry 1 sense 3c )",
|
||
|
|
": the part of a transformational grammar that consists of rules and a lexicon and generates the deep structures of a language",
|
||
|
|
": an electrode that modulates the current flowing through a bipolar junction transistor according to the voltage applied to the electrode",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 compare gate entry 1 sense 5b",
|
||
|
|
": to do or include everything that needs to be done or included : to fulfill all requirements or necessities",
|
||
|
|
": wrong , mistaken",
|
||
|
|
": unawares",
|
||
|
|
": to mention every subject that needs to be considered",
|
||
|
|
": to do or include everything that needs to be done or included : to fulfill all requirements or necessities",
|
||
|
|
": to find a foundation or basis for : to find a base (see base entry 1 sense 3a ) for",
|
||
|
|
": to make, form, or serve as a base for",
|
||
|
|
": lacking or indicating the lack of higher qualities of mind or spirit : ignoble",
|
||
|
|
": lacking higher values : degrading",
|
||
|
|
": being of comparatively low value and having relatively inferior properties (such as lack of resistance to corrosion)",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 compare noble entry 1",
|
||
|
|
": containing a larger than usual proportion of base metals",
|
||
|
|
": resembling a villein : servile",
|
||
|
|
": held by villenage",
|
||
|
|
": of little height",
|
||
|
|
": baseborn",
|
||
|
|
": low in place or position",
|
||
|
|
": bass",
|
||
|
|
": constituting or serving as a base",
|
||
|
|
": of the simplest or most basic design or form : having the form of something before upgrades or customization",
|
||
|
|
": a thing or a part on which something rests : bottom , foundation",
|
||
|
|
": a starting place or goal in various games",
|
||
|
|
": any of the four stations a runner in baseball must touch in order to score",
|
||
|
|
": the main place or starting place of an action or operation",
|
||
|
|
": a place where a military force keeps its supplies or from which it starts its operations",
|
||
|
|
": a line or surface of a geometric figure upon which an altitude is or is thought to be constructed",
|
||
|
|
": the main substance in a mixture",
|
||
|
|
": a number with reference to which a system of numbers is constructed",
|
||
|
|
": a chemical substance (as lime or ammonia) that reacts with an acid to form a salt and turns red litmus paper blue",
|
||
|
|
": to use as a main place of operation or action",
|
||
|
|
": to make or form from a starting point",
|
||
|
|
": of low value and not very good in some ways",
|
||
|
|
": not honorable",
|
||
|
|
": that portion of a bodily organ or part by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism",
|
||
|
|
": the usually inactive ingredient of a preparation serving as the vehicle for the active medicinal preparation",
|
||
|
|
": the chief active ingredient of a preparation",
|
||
|
|
": any of various typically water-soluble and bitter tasting compounds that in solution have a pH greater than 7, are capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt, and are molecules or ions able to take up a proton from an acid or are substances able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid \u2014 compare alkali",
|
||
|
|
": any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil",
|
||
|
|
": freebase"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"basis",
|
||
|
|
"bedrock",
|
||
|
|
"bottom",
|
||
|
|
"cornerstone",
|
||
|
|
"footing",
|
||
|
|
"foundation",
|
||
|
|
"ground",
|
||
|
|
"groundwork",
|
||
|
|
"keystone",
|
||
|
|
"root",
|
||
|
|
"underpinning",
|
||
|
|
"warp",
|
||
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ground",
|
||
|
|
"hang",
|
||
|
|
"predicate",
|
||
|
|
"rest"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Its objection concerned the APA\u2019s acceptance of an arbitrarily narrow equity base for the Luxembourg treasury center. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After going 0-for-3 in Saturday\u2019s 8-0 loss, Morel\u2019s streak of reaching base safely ended at 22 games to begin his MLB career, which set a franchise record. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"About 30% of Spotify\u2019s user base , or more than 125 million monthly users, listened to podcasts in the first quarter of 2022, representing 7% of total listening hours on the platform in the period. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Any time a game uses microtransactions, a segment of the player base immediately accuses the game of being pay-to-win. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Elvis Andrus had also shifted but set up on the shortstop\u2019s side of the base . \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The majority of the fan base was disappointed in last summer\u2019s signing of Kyle Lowry\u2013 and the worst-case scenario has come to fruition due to his history, age and weight . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Instead of a marble base , which the original had, this lamp\u2019s will be made of a lead-free crystal used for optical prisms. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Those premium leisure travelers have become a bigger share of Delta\u2019s customer base , and Bastian said now, premium travelers account for nearly one-third of its demand. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Most analysts base their calculations on closing levels of the index, rather than intraday levels. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For the Beginner Beginners should base themselves at Bear Den Mountain, an area packed with easy runs and a dedicated lift. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Without live bioluminescent fish to study, scientists instead have to base their inferences on the organism\u2019s anatomy. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2014",
|
||
|
|
"The German proposal would base scoping on discernible metrics, such as profits per employee and return on depreciable assets. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"This is especially important during a time when more than 50 percent of travelers base their plans on places that can accommodate pets, according to survey data from the company. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The climber had completed setting ropes on the peak and was descending to base camp when he was buried by the slide just below 20,000 feet. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Team members are all in it together\u2014so much so that agile organizations often base rewards not only on individual performance, but team performance as well. \u2014 Deborah Lovich, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some people base their vacations around art museums and natural wonders. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Metcalf is set to enter the final year of his rookie contract with a base salary of $3.986 million. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Josh Heird\u2019s new contract runs through 2027 and pays him a base salary of $850,000. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That includes a base salary of $250,000, with endorsement rights and personal appearance payments totaling $90,000 a year. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Kia Sorento has many powertrain options with either front- or all-wheel drive, including a base 191-hp four-cylinder, a 281-hp turbo-four, and a hybrid version. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Yurachek is in line to be paid a base annual salary of $1.25 million under the new agreement, which was released Thursday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Under provisions of Senate Bill 1566, the base annual salary for a legislator would go from $32,839 to about $57,000. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The 30-year-old Swiss international, who joined the Fire this season from Lyon, has a base salary of $7.35 million and total compensation of $8,153,000, according to figures the Major League Soccer Players Association released Tuesday. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The 30-year-old Swiss international, who joined Chicago this season from Lyon, has a base salary of $7.35 million and total compensation of $8,153,000, according to figures released Tuesday by the Major League Soccer Players Association. \u2014 Ronald Blum, ajc , 17 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c(1)",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184838"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baseless":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adjective ()",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation",
|
||
|
|
": that part of a bodily organ by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism",
|
||
|
|
": the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate architectural feature",
|
||
|
|
": the lower part of a complete architectural design (as of a monument)",
|
||
|
|
": a side or face (see face entry 1 sense 5a(5) ) of a geometrical figure from which an altitude (see altitude sense 1c(1) ) can be constructed",
|
||
|
|
": a side or face on which the figure stands",
|
||
|
|
": the length of a base",
|
||
|
|
": a main ingredient",
|
||
|
|
": a supporting or carrying ingredient (as of a medicine)",
|
||
|
|
": a first or bottom layer of something on which other elements are added",
|
||
|
|
": the fundamental part of something : groundwork , basis",
|
||
|
|
": something (as a group of people) that reliably provides support (such as for a business or political candidate)",
|
||
|
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": the economic factors on which all legal, social, and political relations are formed",
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": the starting point or line for an action or undertaking",
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||
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": a baseline in surveying",
|
||
|
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": a center or area of operations",
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||
|
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": such as",
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": a permanent military installation",
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": the place from which a military force draws supplies",
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": a place where military operations begin",
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": root sense 6",
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||
|
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": a number (such as 5 in 5 6.44 or 5 7 ) that is raised to a power (see power entry 1 sense 5a )",
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||
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": the number that when raised to a power equal to the logarithm of a number yields the number itself",
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": a number equal to the number of units in a given digit's place (see place entry 1 sense 8 ) that for a given system of writing numbers is required to give the numeral 1 in the next higher place",
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|
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": such a system of writing numbers using an indicated base",
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||
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": a number that is multiplied by a rate or of which a percentage or fraction is calculated",
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||
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": any one of the four stations at the corners of a baseball or softball infield",
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|
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": the starting place or goal",
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": a point to be considered",
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": any of various typically water-soluble and bitter tasting compounds that in solution have a pH greater than 7, are capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt, and are molecules or ions able to take up a proton from an acid or able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid",
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": any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil",
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||
|
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": a price level at which a security (see security sense 3 ) previously declining in price resists further decline",
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||
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": the lower part of a heraldic field (see field entry 1 sense 3c )",
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||
|
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": the part of a transformational grammar that consists of rules and a lexicon and generates the deep structures of a language",
|
||
|
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": an electrode that modulates the current flowing through a bipolar junction transistor according to the voltage applied to the electrode",
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"\u2014 compare gate entry 1 sense 5b",
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": to do or include everything that needs to be done or included : to fulfill all requirements or necessities",
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": wrong , mistaken",
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|
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": unawares",
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": to mention every subject that needs to be considered",
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": to do or include everything that needs to be done or included : to fulfill all requirements or necessities",
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": to find a foundation or basis for : to find a base (see base entry 1 sense 3a ) for",
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": to make, form, or serve as a base for",
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": lacking or indicating the lack of higher qualities of mind or spirit : ignoble",
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": lacking higher values : degrading",
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": being of comparatively low value and having relatively inferior properties (such as lack of resistance to corrosion)",
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"\u2014 compare noble entry 1",
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": containing a larger than usual proportion of base metals",
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": resembling a villein : servile",
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": held by villenage",
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": of little height",
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": baseborn",
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": low in place or position",
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": bass",
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": constituting or serving as a base",
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": of the simplest or most basic design or form : having the form of something before upgrades or customization",
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||
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": a thing or a part on which something rests : bottom , foundation",
|
||
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": a starting place or goal in various games",
|
||
|
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": any of the four stations a runner in baseball must touch in order to score",
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|
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": the main place or starting place of an action or operation",
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||
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": a place where a military force keeps its supplies or from which it starts its operations",
|
||
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": a line or surface of a geometric figure upon which an altitude is or is thought to be constructed",
|
||
|
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": the main substance in a mixture",
|
||
|
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": a number with reference to which a system of numbers is constructed",
|
||
|
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": a chemical substance (as lime or ammonia) that reacts with an acid to form a salt and turns red litmus paper blue",
|
||
|
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": to use as a main place of operation or action",
|
||
|
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": to make or form from a starting point",
|
||
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": of low value and not very good in some ways",
|
||
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": not honorable",
|
||
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": that portion of a bodily organ or part by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism",
|
||
|
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": the usually inactive ingredient of a preparation serving as the vehicle for the active medicinal preparation",
|
||
|
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": the chief active ingredient of a preparation",
|
||
|
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": any of various typically water-soluble and bitter tasting compounds that in solution have a pH greater than 7, are capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt, and are molecules or ions able to take up a proton from an acid or are substances able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid \u2014 compare alkali",
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||
|
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": any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil",
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": freebase"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0101s",
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"\u02c8b\u0101s",
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"\u02c8b\u0101s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"basis",
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"bedrock",
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"bottom",
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"cornerstone",
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"footing",
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"foundation",
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"ground",
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"groundwork",
|
||
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"keystone",
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||
|
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"root",
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"underpinning",
|
||
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"warp",
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||
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
||
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
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||
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"ground",
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||
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"hang",
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"predicate",
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"rest"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Its objection concerned the APA\u2019s acceptance of an arbitrarily narrow equity base for the Luxembourg treasury center. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
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|
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"After going 0-for-3 in Saturday\u2019s 8-0 loss, Morel\u2019s streak of reaching base safely ended at 22 games to begin his MLB career, which set a franchise record. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"About 30% of Spotify\u2019s user base , or more than 125 million monthly users, listened to podcasts in the first quarter of 2022, representing 7% of total listening hours on the platform in the period. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 8 June 2022",
|
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|
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"Any time a game uses microtransactions, a segment of the player base immediately accuses the game of being pay-to-win. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 7 June 2022",
|
||
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"Elvis Andrus had also shifted but set up on the shortstop\u2019s side of the base . \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 June 2022",
|
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|
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"The majority of the fan base was disappointed in last summer\u2019s signing of Kyle Lowry\u2013 and the worst-case scenario has come to fruition due to his history, age and weight . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
|
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"Instead of a marble base , which the original had, this lamp\u2019s will be made of a lead-free crystal used for optical prisms. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
|
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|
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"Those premium leisure travelers have become a bigger share of Delta\u2019s customer base , and Bastian said now, premium travelers account for nearly one-third of its demand. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
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"Most analysts base their calculations on closing levels of the index, rather than intraday levels. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For the Beginner Beginners should base themselves at Bear Den Mountain, an area packed with easy runs and a dedicated lift. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Without live bioluminescent fish to study, scientists instead have to base their inferences on the organism\u2019s anatomy. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2014",
|
||
|
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"The German proposal would base scoping on discernible metrics, such as profits per employee and return on depreciable assets. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
|
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|
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"This is especially important during a time when more than 50 percent of travelers base their plans on places that can accommodate pets, according to survey data from the company. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
|
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"The climber had completed setting ropes on the peak and was descending to base camp when he was buried by the slide just below 20,000 feet. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Team members are all in it together\u2014so much so that agile organizations often base rewards not only on individual performance, but team performance as well. \u2014 Deborah Lovich, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Some people base their vacations around art museums and natural wonders. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Metcalf is set to enter the final year of his rookie contract with a base salary of $3.986 million. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Josh Heird\u2019s new contract runs through 2027 and pays him a base salary of $850,000. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That includes a base salary of $250,000, with endorsement rights and personal appearance payments totaling $90,000 a year. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Kia Sorento has many powertrain options with either front- or all-wheel drive, including a base 191-hp four-cylinder, a 281-hp turbo-four, and a hybrid version. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Yurachek is in line to be paid a base annual salary of $1.25 million under the new agreement, which was released Thursday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Under provisions of Senate Bill 1566, the base annual salary for a legislator would go from $32,839 to about $57,000. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The 30-year-old Swiss international, who joined the Fire this season from Lyon, has a base salary of $7.35 million and total compensation of $8,153,000, according to figures the Major League Soccer Players Association released Tuesday. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The 30-year-old Swiss international, who joined Chicago this season from Lyon, has a base salary of $7.35 million and total compensation of $8,153,000, according to figures released Tuesday by the Major League Soccer Players Association. \u2014 Ronald Blum, ajc , 17 May 2022"
|
||
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"Noun",
|
||
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c(1)",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
|
||
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"Adjective (2)",
|
||
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"1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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||
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220453"
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},
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"baseline":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": a line serving as a basis",
|
||
|
|
": one of known measure or position used (as in surveying or navigation) to calculate or locate something",
|
||
|
|
": either of the lines on a baseball field that lead from home plate to first base and third base and are extended into the outfield as foul lines",
|
||
|
|
": basepath",
|
||
|
|
": a boundary line at either end of a court (as in tennis or basketball)",
|
||
|
|
": a usually initial set of critical observations or data used for comparison or a control",
|
||
|
|
": a starting point",
|
||
|
|
": a set of critical observations or data used for comparison or a control"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101s-\u02ccl\u012bn",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-\u02ccsl\u012bn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"alpha",
|
||
|
|
"beginning",
|
||
|
|
"birth",
|
||
|
|
"commencement",
|
||
|
|
"dawn",
|
||
|
|
"day one",
|
||
|
|
"genesis",
|
||
|
|
"get-go",
|
||
|
|
"git-go",
|
||
|
|
"inception",
|
||
|
|
"incipience",
|
||
|
|
"incipiency",
|
||
|
|
"kickoff",
|
||
|
|
"launch",
|
||
|
|
"morning",
|
||
|
|
"nascence",
|
||
|
|
"nascency",
|
||
|
|
"onset",
|
||
|
|
"outset",
|
||
|
|
"start",
|
||
|
|
"threshold"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"close",
|
||
|
|
"conclusion",
|
||
|
|
"end",
|
||
|
|
"ending",
|
||
|
|
"omega"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The experiment is meant only to provide a baseline for other studies.",
|
||
|
|
"any year or event we use as the baseline for the Renaissance is going to be at least somewhat arbitrary",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Her road trips have been very successful of late as Swiatek, tight to the baseline , imposes her rhythm and shrinks the open space: walking briskly between points and setting a torrid pace once points begin. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Statewide cumulative water savings from July 1, 2021 to March amounted to just 3.7% relative to a 2020 baseline . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Asian American females saw a peak HSI of 197.3, nearly two times the rate of home buying as compared to the baseline in March 2019, and almost two times the rate in June 2020. \u2014 Brenda Richardson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Finally, changes in crime rate compared to the pre-experiment baseline were calculated. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Experts say the coronavirus might land in a steady state once the Bay Area can get to a baseline of 1 or 2 cases per 100,000 residents. \u2014 Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The two sides also regularly notify each other of significant changes to this baseline through what are now called Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers. \u2014 Miles A. Pomper, The Conversation , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There's also been a higher increase in unmarried men living alone (10 points) than women (7 points) compared to the 1990 baseline . \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cathy Freeman, who draped both flags around her to celebrate her gold medal in the 400 meters at the 2000 Sydney Olympics \u2014 one of the defining images of those Games \u2014 was sitting adjacent to the baseline in Rod Laver Arena in full support. \u2014 John Pye, chicagotribune.com , 29 Jan. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"circa 1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203419"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basely":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"noun",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"the bottom of something considered as its support foundation",
|
||
|
|
"that part of a bodily organ by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism",
|
||
|
|
"the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate architectural feature",
|
||
|
|
"the lower part of a complete architectural design (as of a monument)",
|
||
|
|
"a side or face (see face entry 1 sense 5a(5) ) of a geometrical figure from which an altitude (see altitude sense 1c(1) ) can be constructed",
|
||
|
|
"a side or face on which the figure stands",
|
||
|
|
"the length of a base",
|
||
|
|
"a main ingredient",
|
||
|
|
"a supporting or carrying ingredient (as of a medicine)",
|
||
|
|
"a first or bottom layer of something on which other elements are added",
|
||
|
|
"the fundamental part of something groundwork , basis",
|
||
|
|
"something (as a group of people) that reliably provides support (such as for a business or political candidate)",
|
||
|
|
"the economic factors on which all legal, social, and political relations are formed",
|
||
|
|
"the starting point or line for an action or undertaking",
|
||
|
|
"a baseline in surveying",
|
||
|
|
"a center or area of operations",
|
||
|
|
"such as",
|
||
|
|
"a permanent military installation",
|
||
|
|
"the place from which a military force draws supplies",
|
||
|
|
"a place where military operations begin",
|
||
|
|
"root sense 6",
|
||
|
|
"a number (such as 5 in 5 6.44 or 5 7 ) that is raised to a power (see power entry 1 sense 5a )",
|
||
|
|
"the number that when raised to a power equal to the logarithm of a number yields the number itself",
|
||
|
|
"a number equal to the number of units in a given digit's place (see place entry 1 sense 8 ) that for a given system of writing numbers is required to give the numeral 1 in the next higher place",
|
||
|
|
"such a system of writing numbers using an indicated base",
|
||
|
|
"a number that is multiplied by a rate or of which a percentage or fraction is calculated",
|
||
|
|
"any one of the four stations at the corners of a baseball or softball infield",
|
||
|
|
"the starting place or goal",
|
||
|
|
"a point to be considered",
|
||
|
|
"any of various typically water-soluble and bitter tasting compounds that in solution have a pH greater than 7, are capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt, and are molecules or ions able to take up a proton from an acid or able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid",
|
||
|
|
"any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil",
|
||
|
|
"a price level at which a security (see security sense 3 ) previously declining in price resists further decline",
|
||
|
|
"the lower part of a heraldic field (see field entry 1 sense 3c )",
|
||
|
|
"the part of a transformational grammar that consists of rules and a lexicon and generates the deep structures of a language",
|
||
|
|
"an electrode that modulates the current flowing through a bipolar junction transistor according to the voltage applied to the electrode",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 compare gate entry 1 sense 5b",
|
||
|
|
"to do or include everything that needs to be done or included to fulfill all requirements or necessities",
|
||
|
|
"wrong , mistaken",
|
||
|
|
"unawares",
|
||
|
|
"to mention every subject that needs to be considered",
|
||
|
|
"to do or include everything that needs to be done or included to fulfill all requirements or necessities",
|
||
|
|
"to find a foundation or basis for to find a base (see base entry 1 sense 3a ) for",
|
||
|
|
"to make, form, or serve as a base for",
|
||
|
|
"lacking or indicating the lack of higher qualities of mind or spirit ignoble",
|
||
|
|
"lacking higher values degrading",
|
||
|
|
"being of comparatively low value and having relatively inferior properties (such as lack of resistance to corrosion)",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 compare noble entry 1",
|
||
|
|
"containing a larger than usual proportion of base metals",
|
||
|
|
"resembling a villein servile",
|
||
|
|
"held by villenage",
|
||
|
|
"of little height",
|
||
|
|
"baseborn",
|
||
|
|
"low in place or position",
|
||
|
|
"bass",
|
||
|
|
"constituting or serving as a base",
|
||
|
|
"of the simplest or most basic design or form having the form of something before upgrades or customization",
|
||
|
|
"a thing or a part on which something rests bottom , foundation",
|
||
|
|
"a starting place or goal in various games",
|
||
|
|
"any of the four stations a runner in baseball must touch in order to score",
|
||
|
|
"the main place or starting place of an action or operation",
|
||
|
|
"a place where a military force keeps its supplies or from which it starts its operations",
|
||
|
|
"a line or surface of a geometric figure upon which an altitude is or is thought to be constructed",
|
||
|
|
"the main substance in a mixture",
|
||
|
|
"a number with reference to which a system of numbers is constructed",
|
||
|
|
"a chemical substance (as lime or ammonia) that reacts with an acid to form a salt and turns red litmus paper blue",
|
||
|
|
"to use as a main place of operation or action",
|
||
|
|
"to make or form from a starting point",
|
||
|
|
"of low value and not very good in some ways",
|
||
|
|
"not honorable",
|
||
|
|
"that portion of a bodily organ or part by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism",
|
||
|
|
"the usually inactive ingredient of a preparation serving as the vehicle for the active medicinal preparation",
|
||
|
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"the chief active ingredient of a preparation",
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"any of various typically water-soluble and bitter tasting compounds that in solution have a pH greater than 7, are capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt, and are molecules or ions able to take up a proton from an acid or are substances able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid \u2014 compare alkali",
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"any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil",
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"freebase"
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],
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"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u0101s",
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"basis",
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"bedrock",
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"bottom",
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"cornerstone",
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"footing",
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"foundation",
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"ground",
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"groundwork",
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"keystone",
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"root",
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"underpinning",
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"warp",
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"warp and woof"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ground",
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"hang",
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"predicate",
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"rest"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
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"Its objection concerned the APA\u2019s acceptance of an arbitrarily narrow equity base for the Luxembourg treasury center. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
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"After going 0-for-3 in Saturday\u2019s 8-0 loss, Morel\u2019s streak of reaching base safely ended at 22 games to begin his MLB career, which set a franchise record. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
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"About 30% of Spotify\u2019s user base , or more than 125 million monthly users, listened to podcasts in the first quarter of 2022, representing 7% of total listening hours on the platform in the period. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 8 June 2022",
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"Any time a game uses microtransactions, a segment of the player base immediately accuses the game of being pay-to-win. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 7 June 2022",
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"Elvis Andrus had also shifted but set up on the shortstop\u2019s side of the base . \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 June 2022",
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"The majority of the fan base was disappointed in last summer\u2019s signing of Kyle Lowry\u2013 and the worst-case scenario has come to fruition due to his history, age and weight . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
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"Instead of a marble base , which the original had, this lamp\u2019s will be made of a lead-free crystal used for optical prisms. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
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"Those premium leisure travelers have become a bigger share of Delta\u2019s customer base , and Bastian said now, premium travelers account for nearly one-third of its demand. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 1 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
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"Most analysts base their calculations on closing levels of the index, rather than intraday levels. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
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"For the Beginner Beginners should base themselves at Bear Den Mountain, an area packed with easy runs and a dedicated lift. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 20 Dec. 2021",
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"Without live bioluminescent fish to study, scientists instead have to base their inferences on the organism\u2019s anatomy. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2014",
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"The German proposal would base scoping on discernible metrics, such as profits per employee and return on depreciable assets. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
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"This is especially important during a time when more than 50 percent of travelers base their plans on places that can accommodate pets, according to survey data from the company. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
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"The climber had completed setting ropes on the peak and was descending to base camp when he was buried by the slide just below 20,000 feet. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 9 May 2022",
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"Team members are all in it together\u2014so much so that agile organizations often base rewards not only on individual performance, but team performance as well. \u2014 Deborah Lovich, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Some people base their vacations around art museums and natural wonders. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
|
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"Metcalf is set to enter the final year of his rookie contract with a base salary of $3.986 million. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
|
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"Josh Heird\u2019s new contract runs through 2027 and pays him a base salary of $850,000. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
|
||
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"That includes a base salary of $250,000, with endorsement rights and personal appearance payments totaling $90,000 a year. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
|
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"The Kia Sorento has many powertrain options with either front- or all-wheel drive, including a base 191-hp four-cylinder, a 281-hp turbo-four, and a hybrid version. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Yurachek is in line to be paid a base annual salary of $1.25 million under the new agreement, which was released Thursday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
||
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"Under provisions of Senate Bill 1566, the base annual salary for a legislator would go from $32,839 to about $57,000. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
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"The 30-year-old Swiss international, who joined the Fire this season from Lyon, has a base salary of $7.35 million and total compensation of $8,153,000, according to figures the Major League Soccer Players Association released Tuesday. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The 30-year-old Swiss international, who joined Chicago this season from Lyon, has a base salary of $7.35 million and total compensation of $8,153,000, according to figures released Tuesday by the Major League Soccer Players Association. \u2014 Ronald Blum, ajc , 17 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c(1)",
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"Verb",
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"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
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"Adjective (1)",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
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"Adjective (2)",
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"1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
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},
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"bash":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
|
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": to strike violently : hit",
|
||
|
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": to injure or damage by striking : smash",
|
||
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": to attack physically or verbally",
|
||
|
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": crash",
|
||
|
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": to work hard at something",
|
||
|
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": to continue to work at something : carry on",
|
||
|
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": to produce (something) quickly : bang out",
|
||
|
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": to attack (someone) physically : to hit (someone) repeatedly",
|
||
|
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": a forceful blow",
|
||
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": a festive social gathering : party",
|
||
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": try , attempt",
|
||
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": to hit hard"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bash",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bash"
|
||
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"bang",
|
||
|
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"bump",
|
||
|
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"collide",
|
||
|
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"crash",
|
||
|
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"hit",
|
||
|
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"impact",
|
||
|
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"impinge",
|
||
|
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"knock",
|
||
|
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"ram",
|
||
|
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"slam",
|
||
|
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"smash",
|
||
|
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"strike",
|
||
|
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
|
"thud"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bang",
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"biff",
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bop",
|
||
|
|
"box",
|
||
|
|
"buffet",
|
||
|
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"bust",
|
||
|
|
"chop",
|
||
|
|
"clap",
|
||
|
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"clip",
|
||
|
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"clout",
|
||
|
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"crack",
|
||
|
|
"cuff",
|
||
|
|
"dab",
|
||
|
|
"douse",
|
||
|
|
"fillip",
|
||
|
|
"hack",
|
||
|
|
"haymaker",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
||
|
|
"hook",
|
||
|
|
"knock",
|
||
|
|
"larrup",
|
||
|
|
"lash",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
|
"pick",
|
||
|
|
"plump",
|
||
|
|
"poke",
|
||
|
|
"pound",
|
||
|
|
"punch",
|
||
|
|
"rap",
|
||
|
|
"slam",
|
||
|
|
"slap",
|
||
|
|
"slug",
|
||
|
|
"smack",
|
||
|
|
"smash",
|
||
|
|
"sock",
|
||
|
|
"spank",
|
||
|
|
"stinger",
|
||
|
|
"stripe",
|
||
|
|
"stroke",
|
||
|
|
"swat",
|
||
|
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"thud",
|
||
|
|
"thump",
|
||
|
|
"thwack",
|
||
|
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
|
"welt",
|
||
|
|
"whack",
|
||
|
|
"wham",
|
||
|
|
"whop",
|
||
|
|
"whap"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"I bashed my arm against the door.",
|
||
|
|
"Someone bashed him over the head with a chair.",
|
||
|
|
"They tried to bash the door open.",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"We threw her a birthday bash .",
|
||
|
|
"She gave me a bash on the head.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"In 2019, comedian John Oliver used his HBO talk show to bash his corporate overlords at AT&T for their plan to launch HBO Max. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Dan loses control, trying to bash the tax collector with a pipe. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Records in the divorce and custody case show Bottorff allegedly threatened to shoot her former spouse, Joseph Waterman, with a 9 mm handgun, bash him over the head with a baseball bat and run him over with a truck. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent polling shows why Republicans are so eager to bash Democrats on Title 42. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Still, the Budd ad promotes his endorsement from Trump while using Trump-era footage to bash Biden. \u2014 Daniel Dale, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For instance: Trolls bash CNN's ratings, but the network is in the top 10 on cable. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But the size differential worked in the opposite direction, allowing center Jakob Poeltl to bash smaller guards in the paint for 21 points. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This is far from the first time that Neil Young has used his platform to bash a major corporation. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"In Tonys past, the Carlyle late-night bash is the place to cap off the night. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Another popular bash is that AI Ethics is an academic exercise that has nothing to do with the real world. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Britain is most decidedly in the mood for a bash , not only to honor the queen\u2019s record-breaking reign, but as a release after two grim pandemic winters, three full national lockdowns and about covid 180,000 deaths, many of them lonely. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gigi Hadid's birthday bash was full of friends, family and \u2014 of course \u2014 fashion! \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"What\u2019s more, the packages were programmed to exfiltrate sensitive user information, including bash history and the contents of /etc/shadow, the directory where Linux user password data is stored. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Corks were popping at Michael and Kathleen Peterson's Durham, N.C., mansion on the night of Dec. 8, and not for the usual society bash or arts council fundraiser. \u2014 Patrick Rogers, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Families came out in big numbers Thursday night as the city held its Aurora Youth and Family Resource Fair, a two-hour bash that kicked off at 6 p.m. \u2014 David Sharos, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And while the bro-country beach bash will never be confused with Coachella, this edition of Tortuga Music Festival also represents a distinctive platform for diversity. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1744, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195341"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basic":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or forming the base or essence : fundamental",
|
||
|
|
": concerned with fundamental scientific principles : not applied",
|
||
|
|
": constituting or serving as the basis or starting point",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, containing, or having the character of a chemical base",
|
||
|
|
": having an alkaline reaction",
|
||
|
|
": containing relatively little silica",
|
||
|
|
": relating to, made by, used in, or being a process of making steel done in a furnace lined with basic material and under basic slag",
|
||
|
|
": something that is basic : fundamental",
|
||
|
|
": basic training",
|
||
|
|
": a simplified high-level language for programming a computer",
|
||
|
|
": relating to or forming the basis or most important part of something",
|
||
|
|
": relating to or characteristic of a chemical base",
|
||
|
|
": something that is one of the simplest and most important parts of something",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or forming the base or essence",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, containing, or having the character of a base",
|
||
|
|
": having an alkaline reaction"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sik",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sik",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sik",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sik"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
||
|
|
"basal",
|
||
|
|
"beginning",
|
||
|
|
"elemental",
|
||
|
|
"elementary",
|
||
|
|
"essential",
|
||
|
|
"fundamental",
|
||
|
|
"introductory",
|
||
|
|
"meat-and-potatoes",
|
||
|
|
"rudimental",
|
||
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
||
|
|
"underlying"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ABC(s)",
|
||
|
|
"alphabet",
|
||
|
|
"elements",
|
||
|
|
"essentials",
|
||
|
|
"fundamentals",
|
||
|
|
"grammar",
|
||
|
|
"principles",
|
||
|
|
"rudiments"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"One of the most basic things is the Mirror Exercise. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On a very basic level, NASA now has to take UFO claims seriously\u2014and anyone with a new sighting to report will know that. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"An adult learn-to-sail course at the basic membership level is $515. \u2014 Erin E. Williams, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Balenciaga\u2019s strength of late is capturing the most basic cultural markers and turning them into cult classics. \u2014 Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Engine Even in its most basic form, the X4 M\u2019s engine is capable of 473 horsepower and 457 pound-feet of torque and is paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission and xDrive all-wheel drive. \u2014 Bryan Campbell, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"To help inattentive drivers, even the most basic HR-V comes with forward-collision warning, collision-mitigation braking, adaptive cruise control, and lane-keeping assistance. \u2014 Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In fact, there might just be an innate understanding of math at its most basic level that was passed down the evolutionary chain from our most distant common ancestors. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the training's basic level course for law enforcement, first responders are taught to isolate, distract and neutralize an active shooter. \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Easy to style and extremely durable, these tees are anything but an average basic . \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That\u2019s this basic of function as there is, and to not let the, the prosecutor, the public defender and the judges have legal research is like telling the garbage truck. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This is a basic of life and the county should be able to do that. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Numi also recently launched a second radical take on another basic with a stain-repellant, sweat-repellant, machine-washable silk line. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"That's a great basic to start with, thanks to its versatility and relaxed fit. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 14 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The Row knows that a signature, high-quality basic can elevate an entire outfit\u2014an attitude that Jenner and Michelle have clearly taken to heart. \u2014 Liana Satenstei, Vogue , 30 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The selection of modern basics is made for a variety of bodies, bringing the relaxed yet polished aesthetic to so many more women. \u2014 Erin Parker, Glamour , 22 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"There are almost infinite approaches to keeping a sketchbook journal, but here are some basics . \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 29 May 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
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"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1908, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
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"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1964, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220132"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basis":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
||
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|
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"definitions":[
|
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": the bottom of something considered as its foundation",
|
||
|
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": the principal component of something",
|
||
|
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": something on which something else is established or based",
|
||
|
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": an underlying condition or state of affairs",
|
||
|
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": a fixed pattern or system",
|
||
|
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": the basic principle",
|
||
|
|
": a set of linearly independent vectors (see vector entry 1 sense 1a ) in a vector space such that any vector in the vector space can be expressed as a linear combination of them with appropriately chosen coefficients (see coefficient sense 1 )",
|
||
|
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": something on which another thing is based or established : foundation",
|
||
|
|
": any of various anatomical parts that function as a foundation",
|
||
|
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": base sense 2b",
|
||
|
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": something (as a principle or reason) on which something else is established",
|
||
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"\u2014 see also rational basis",
|
||
|
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": a basic principle or method",
|
||
|
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": the principle or method by which taxable income is calculated",
|
||
|
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": a method of accounting in which income and expenses are recorded in the period when they are earned or incurred regardless of when the payment is received or made",
|
||
|
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": a method of accounting in which income and expenses are recorded in the period when payment is received or made",
|
||
|
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": the value (as cost or fair market value) of an asset used in calculating capital gains or losses for income tax purposes",
|
||
|
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": the basis of an asset increased or decreased to reflect changes in value (as through improvement or depreciation)",
|
||
|
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": the basis of a donated or transferred asset that is equal to the basis of the asset when it was in the hands of the donor or transferor",
|
||
|
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": the basis of an asset equal to the amount paid for the asset plus other acquisition costs",
|
||
|
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": the basis of inherited property equal to its market value at the decedent's date of death or to an alternate valuation",
|
||
|
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": the basis of property received in exchange for property of a like kind that is equal to the basis of the property given with adjustments for additional consideration received or gains and losses realized"
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u0101-s\u0259s",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u0101-s\u0259s",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u0101-s\u0259s",
|
||
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"\u02c8b\u0101-s\u0259s"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"base",
|
||
|
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"bedrock",
|
||
|
|
"bottom",
|
||
|
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"cornerstone",
|
||
|
|
"footing",
|
||
|
|
"foundation",
|
||
|
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"ground",
|
||
|
|
"groundwork",
|
||
|
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"keystone",
|
||
|
|
"root",
|
||
|
|
"underpinning",
|
||
|
|
"warp",
|
||
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The company does not hire employees on the basis of their race, sex, age, or religion.",
|
||
|
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"the sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Making good on its promise to raise rates in order to stem inflation, the Federal Reserve raised the interest rate target by 75 basis points, the largest increase in nearly three decades. \u2014 Anna Bahney, CNN , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On Wednesday, the Fed hiked interest rates by 75 basis points, its highest single increase since the 1990s. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In Europe, the Bank of England lifted its key rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%, while delivering more sour news. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gross margins on its own brands are about 600 basis points higher than national brands. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Check the car's fluids on a regular basis : engine oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid and fuel. \u2014 Freep.com , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Other stock-watchers and Wall Street titans have mused about the possibility of a 100 basis points increase, although have so far given it low odds. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Powell said the Fed is now targeting a federal funds rate of 3% to 3.5% by the end of this year and 3.8% to 4% next year \u2014 with an increase of 50 to 75 basis points on the table at its next meeting. \u2014 Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Once the extreme, 50 basis points has now become the expectation. \u2014 Emily Graffeo, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Latin \u2014 more at base entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211247"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basketful":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": as much or as many as a basket will hold",
|
||
|
|
": a considerable quantity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-skit-\u02ccfu\u0307l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abundance",
|
||
|
|
"barrel",
|
||
|
|
"boatload",
|
||
|
|
"bucket",
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
|
"bundle",
|
||
|
|
"bushel",
|
||
|
|
"carload",
|
||
|
|
"chunk",
|
||
|
|
"deal",
|
||
|
|
"dozen",
|
||
|
|
"fistful",
|
||
|
|
"gobs",
|
||
|
|
"good deal",
|
||
|
|
"heap",
|
||
|
|
"hundred",
|
||
|
|
"lashings",
|
||
|
|
"lashins",
|
||
|
|
"loads",
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"mass",
|
||
|
|
"mess",
|
||
|
|
"mountain",
|
||
|
|
"much",
|
||
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
||
|
|
"myriad",
|
||
|
|
"oodles",
|
||
|
|
"pack",
|
||
|
|
"passel",
|
||
|
|
"peck",
|
||
|
|
"pile",
|
||
|
|
"plateful",
|
||
|
|
"plenitude",
|
||
|
|
"plentitude",
|
||
|
|
"plenty",
|
||
|
|
"pot",
|
||
|
|
"potful",
|
||
|
|
"profusion",
|
||
|
|
"quantity",
|
||
|
|
"raft",
|
||
|
|
"reams",
|
||
|
|
"scads",
|
||
|
|
"sheaf",
|
||
|
|
"shipload",
|
||
|
|
"sight",
|
||
|
|
"slew",
|
||
|
|
"spate",
|
||
|
|
"stack",
|
||
|
|
"store",
|
||
|
|
"ton",
|
||
|
|
"truckload",
|
||
|
|
"volume",
|
||
|
|
"wad",
|
||
|
|
"wealth",
|
||
|
|
"yard"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ace",
|
||
|
|
"bit",
|
||
|
|
"dab",
|
||
|
|
"dram",
|
||
|
|
"driblet",
|
||
|
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
|
"handful",
|
||
|
|
"hint",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"little",
|
||
|
|
"mite",
|
||
|
|
"mouthful",
|
||
|
|
"nip",
|
||
|
|
"ounce",
|
||
|
|
"peanuts",
|
||
|
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
|
"pittance",
|
||
|
|
"scruple",
|
||
|
|
"shade",
|
||
|
|
"shadow",
|
||
|
|
"smidgen",
|
||
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
||
|
|
"smidgin",
|
||
|
|
"smidge",
|
||
|
|
"speck",
|
||
|
|
"spot",
|
||
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
||
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
||
|
|
"strain",
|
||
|
|
"streak",
|
||
|
|
"suspicion",
|
||
|
|
"tad",
|
||
|
|
"taste",
|
||
|
|
"touch",
|
||
|
|
"trace"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the movie showed off a basketful of eye-popping special effects",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Lauber can expect a bushel basketful of cases from rounders, defiers, protesters, wits, wags, and wiseacres, all playing the Boechler gambit, with variations. \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215140"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastardize":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to reduce from a higher to a lower state or condition : debase",
|
||
|
|
": to declare or prove to be a bastard",
|
||
|
|
": to modify especially by introducing discordant or disparate elements"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-st\u0259r-\u02ccd\u012bz"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abase",
|
||
|
|
"canker",
|
||
|
|
"cheapen",
|
||
|
|
"corrupt",
|
||
|
|
"debase",
|
||
|
|
"debauch",
|
||
|
|
"degrade",
|
||
|
|
"demean",
|
||
|
|
"demoralize",
|
||
|
|
"deprave",
|
||
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
||
|
|
"lessen",
|
||
|
|
"pervert",
|
||
|
|
"poison",
|
||
|
|
"profane",
|
||
|
|
"prostitute",
|
||
|
|
"subvert",
|
||
|
|
"vitiate",
|
||
|
|
"warp"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"elevate",
|
||
|
|
"ennoble",
|
||
|
|
"uplift"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"It's a shame to see how Hollywood has bastardized the novel.",
|
||
|
|
"The restaurant serves a bastardized version of the classic French dish.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"To bastardize the bands Pablo Cruise or Yes, love will always find a way. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"As a carcass decomposes, the bacteria in the body itself runs rampant, producing its signature stink and bastardizing the soil\u2019s microbiome. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 21 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The initial fear that the band was going to make a killing on wading-pool-deep music and basically bastardize country music was way off-base. \u2014 Chuck Yarborough, cleveland , 8 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The story of Christmas, which has been so deeply bastardized by commercialism and consumerism, and which is actually about good will to all persons, is written so deeply into me. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"From a culinary standpoint, however, that influence was bastardized by the French and English, as colonizers scrambled to re-create familiar recipes with ingredients that weren\u2019t readily available or easy to produce on Dominica. \u2014 Fortune , 25 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Chefs have been creative but don\u2019t want to bastardize it completely. \u2014 Lucas Shaw, The Seattle Times , 25 Mar. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"In a particularly impassioned rant, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) shredded Democrats for, in his mind, permanently bastardizing the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominees. \u2014 Dylan Scott, Vox , 27 Sep. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"That means its geisha varietal, which grows so well in this less-than-tropical climate, won't get bastardized by accidental cross-pollination. \u2014 Matt Simon, WIRED , 27 Mar. 2018"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" bastard entry 1 + -ize ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191640"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bat":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a stout solid stick : club",
|
||
|
|
": a sharp blow : stroke",
|
||
|
|
": a usually wooden implement used for hitting the ball in various games",
|
||
|
|
": a paddle used in various games (such as table tennis)",
|
||
|
|
": the short whip used by a jockey",
|
||
|
|
": batsman , batter",
|
||
|
|
": a turn at batting",
|
||
|
|
": hitting ability",
|
||
|
|
": batt",
|
||
|
|
": rate of speed : gait",
|
||
|
|
": binge",
|
||
|
|
": through one's own efforts",
|
||
|
|
": without delay : immediately",
|
||
|
|
": to strike or hit with or as if with a bat",
|
||
|
|
": to advance (a base runner) by batting",
|
||
|
|
": to have a batting average of",
|
||
|
|
": to discuss at length : consider in detail",
|
||
|
|
": to strike or hit a ball with a bat",
|
||
|
|
": to take one's turn at bat",
|
||
|
|
": to wander aimlessly",
|
||
|
|
": any of a widely distributed order (Chiroptera) of nocturnal usually frugivorous or insectivorous flying mammals that have wings formed from four elongated digits of the forelimb covered by a cutaneous membrane and that have adequate visual capabilities but often rely on echolocation",
|
||
|
|
": to wink especially in surprise or emotion",
|
||
|
|
": flutter",
|
||
|
|
"bachelor of arts in teaching",
|
||
|
|
": a sharp blow or slap",
|
||
|
|
": an implement used for hitting the ball in various games",
|
||
|
|
": a turn at batting",
|
||
|
|
": to strike with or as if with a bat",
|
||
|
|
": to take a turn at bat",
|
||
|
|
": any of a group of mammals that fly by means of long front limbs modified into wings",
|
||
|
|
": any of an order (Chiroptera) of nocturnal placental flying mammals with forelimbs modified to form wings"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bat",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bat",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bat"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bang",
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"biff",
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bop",
|
||
|
|
"box",
|
||
|
|
"buffet",
|
||
|
|
"bust",
|
||
|
|
"chop",
|
||
|
|
"clap",
|
||
|
|
"clip",
|
||
|
|
"clout",
|
||
|
|
"crack",
|
||
|
|
"cuff",
|
||
|
|
"dab",
|
||
|
|
"douse",
|
||
|
|
"fillip",
|
||
|
|
"hack",
|
||
|
|
"haymaker",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
||
|
|
"hook",
|
||
|
|
"knock",
|
||
|
|
"larrup",
|
||
|
|
"lash",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
|
"pick",
|
||
|
|
"plump",
|
||
|
|
"poke",
|
||
|
|
"pound",
|
||
|
|
"punch",
|
||
|
|
"rap",
|
||
|
|
"slam",
|
||
|
|
"slap",
|
||
|
|
"slug",
|
||
|
|
"smack",
|
||
|
|
"smash",
|
||
|
|
"sock",
|
||
|
|
"spank",
|
||
|
|
"stinger",
|
||
|
|
"stripe",
|
||
|
|
"stroke",
|
||
|
|
"swat",
|
||
|
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"thud",
|
||
|
|
"thump",
|
||
|
|
"thwack",
|
||
|
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
|
"welt",
|
||
|
|
"whack",
|
||
|
|
"wham",
|
||
|
|
"whop",
|
||
|
|
"whap"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bang",
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"biff",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
|
"bob",
|
||
|
|
"bonk",
|
||
|
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"bop",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"clap",
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"clip",
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"clobber",
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"clock",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"hammer",
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"hit",
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"knock",
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"nail",
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"paste",
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"pound",
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"punch",
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"rap",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"slog",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smite",
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"sock",
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"strike",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"tag",
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"thump",
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"whack",
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"whale",
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"zap"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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||
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"Verb (1)",
|
||
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
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"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
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"1580, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
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"Verb (2)",
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|
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"circa 1787, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
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||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193352"
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||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"batch":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
|
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|
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"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": the quantity baked at one time : baking",
|
||
|
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": the quantity of material prepared or required for one operation",
|
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|
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": a mixture of raw materials ready for fusion into glass",
|
||
|
|
": the quantity produced at one operation",
|
||
|
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": a group of jobs (such as programs) that are submitted for processing on a computer and whose results are obtained at a later time",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 compare time-sharing",
|
||
|
|
": a quantity (as of persons or things) considered as a group",
|
||
|
|
": to bring together or process as a batch",
|
||
|
|
": to live as a bachelor",
|
||
|
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": an amount used or made at one time",
|
||
|
|
": a group of persons or things"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bach",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bach"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"array",
|
||
|
|
"assemblage",
|
||
|
|
"band",
|
||
|
|
"bank",
|
||
|
|
"battery",
|
||
|
|
"block",
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
|
"clot",
|
||
|
|
"clump",
|
||
|
|
"cluster",
|
||
|
|
"clutch",
|
||
|
|
"collection",
|
||
|
|
"constellation",
|
||
|
|
"group",
|
||
|
|
"grouping",
|
||
|
|
"huddle",
|
||
|
|
"knot",
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"muster",
|
||
|
|
"package",
|
||
|
|
"parcel",
|
||
|
|
"passel",
|
||
|
|
"set",
|
||
|
|
"suite"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"We baked two batches of cookies.",
|
||
|
|
"a fresh batch of salsa",
|
||
|
|
"mixing another batch of cement",
|
||
|
|
"They're hiring another batch of workers.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Whip up a big batch of these energy balls that your kids can eat on the way home from school or before sports practice. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The one-of-a-kind, three-way collaboration began when Phillips\u2019 Aurel Bacs and Alexandre Ghotbi invited the watchmaker Kari Voutilainen to restore and hand-decorate a batch of Zenith Calibre 135-O movements. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Workers could carry a batch of needles and boil them over a fire to sterilize them after a days\u2019 vaccinations for reuse again the next day. \u2014 Mark Kortepeter, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Now, Kaminski has sent a batch to a volunteer at Johns Hopkins University for testing. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The average cost of producing a batch of Lamplighter Brewing\u2019s flagship beers has gone up 20 percent since 2020, but cofounder Cayla Marvil said the Cambridge brewery has only raised its prices between 3 percent and 5 percent during that period. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Within a month\u2019s period, the Alaska State Troopers and police departments in Wasilla and Palmer reported six deaths and at least 17 other overdose cases in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough from a lethal batch of heroin, according to a trooper dispatch. \u2014 Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The regulator had given the green light to a smaller batch of games in April, and before that hadn\u2019t granted any approvals since last July. \u2014 Raffaele Huang, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And what could be more American than a big batch of cookies? \u2014 Rebekah Lowin, Country Living , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"In state after state, newborn screening websites explicitly warn hospitals not to batch . \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In fact, the state is reluctant to name hospitals that batch . \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This off-hand comment led her to actually work with a formulator and then can her first batch in 2020. \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"To batch , multiply each ingredient by your number of guests and serve in a large vessel. \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Make one batch at a time; do not halve or double the recipe. \u2014 Sydney Novak, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One batch that caught Nagao's eye were her oatmeal cookies. \u2014 Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"For the first batch 10,000, six pack cases of 750ml bottles were produced. \u2014 Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In the meantime, batch plants had operated as before, with no objection from the TCEQ. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Sep. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1863, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190423"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bath":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a washing or soaking (as in water or steam) of all or part of the body",
|
||
|
|
": water used for bathing",
|
||
|
|
": a contained liquid for a special purpose",
|
||
|
|
": a receptacle holding the liquid",
|
||
|
|
": a medium for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it",
|
||
|
|
": a vessel containing this medium",
|
||
|
|
": bathroom",
|
||
|
|
": a building containing an apartment or a series of rooms designed for bathing",
|
||
|
|
": spa sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": swimming pool",
|
||
|
|
": the quality or state of being covered with a liquid",
|
||
|
|
": flood sense 3",
|
||
|
|
": bathtub",
|
||
|
|
": to give a bath to",
|
||
|
|
": to take a bath",
|
||
|
|
": an ancient Hebrew liquid measure corresponding to the ephah of dry measure",
|
||
|
|
": an act of washing the body usually in a bathtub",
|
||
|
|
": water for bathing",
|
||
|
|
": a place, room, or building where people may bathe",
|
||
|
|
": bathroom",
|
||
|
|
": bathtub",
|
||
|
|
": a washing or soaking (as in water) of all or part of the body \u2014 see mud bath , sitz bath",
|
||
|
|
": water used for bathing",
|
||
|
|
": a medium for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it",
|
||
|
|
": a vessel containing this medium",
|
||
|
|
": a place resorted to especially for medical treatment by bathing : spa",
|
||
|
|
": to give a bath to",
|
||
|
|
": to take a bath",
|
||
|
|
"city in Somerset, southwestern England population 79,900"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bath",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4th",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bath",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4th",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bath, \u02c8b\u0227th",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bath",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4th"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"alluvion",
|
||
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
||
|
|
"cataract",
|
||
|
|
"deluge",
|
||
|
|
"flood",
|
||
|
|
"flood tide",
|
||
|
|
"inundation",
|
||
|
|
"Niagara",
|
||
|
|
"overflow",
|
||
|
|
"spate",
|
||
|
|
"torrent"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"drought",
|
||
|
|
"drouth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214511"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bats":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"batty sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8bats",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balmy",
|
||
|
|
"barmy",
|
||
|
|
"batty",
|
||
|
|
"bedlam",
|
||
|
|
"bonkers",
|
||
|
|
"brainsick",
|
||
|
|
"bughouse",
|
||
|
|
"certifiable",
|
||
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
||
|
|
"cracked",
|
||
|
|
"crackers",
|
||
|
|
"crackpot",
|
||
|
|
"cranky",
|
||
|
|
"crazed",
|
||
|
|
"crazy",
|
||
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
||
|
|
"daffy",
|
||
|
|
"daft",
|
||
|
|
"demented",
|
||
|
|
"deranged",
|
||
|
|
"fruity",
|
||
|
|
"gaga",
|
||
|
|
"haywire",
|
||
|
|
"insane",
|
||
|
|
"kooky",
|
||
|
|
"kookie",
|
||
|
|
"loco",
|
||
|
|
"loony",
|
||
|
|
"looney",
|
||
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
||
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
||
|
|
"lunatic",
|
||
|
|
"mad",
|
||
|
|
"maniacal",
|
||
|
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
|
"mental",
|
||
|
|
"meshuga",
|
||
|
|
"meshugge",
|
||
|
|
"meshugah",
|
||
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
||
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
||
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
|
"nutty",
|
||
|
|
"psycho",
|
||
|
|
"psychotic",
|
||
|
|
"scatty",
|
||
|
|
"screwy",
|
||
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
||
|
|
"unhinged",
|
||
|
|
"unsound",
|
||
|
|
"wacko",
|
||
|
|
"whacko",
|
||
|
|
"wacky",
|
||
|
|
"whacky",
|
||
|
|
"wud"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balanced",
|
||
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"sane",
|
||
|
|
"sound",
|
||
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"by film's end it's obvious that faded movie star Norma Desmond is completely bats"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":null,
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1919, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"battle":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a general encounter between armies, ships of war, or aircraft",
|
||
|
|
": an extended contest, struggle, or controversy",
|
||
|
|
": a struggle to succeed or survive",
|
||
|
|
": a combat between two persons",
|
||
|
|
": battalion",
|
||
|
|
": to engage in a fight or struggle",
|
||
|
|
": an important and necessary part of doing or achieving something",
|
||
|
|
": while fighting a battle",
|
||
|
|
": during the stress of a struggle, argument, or confrontation",
|
||
|
|
": to engage in combat between individuals or armed forces : to engage in battle : fight",
|
||
|
|
": to contend with full strength, vigor, skill, or resources : struggle",
|
||
|
|
": to fight or struggle against",
|
||
|
|
": to force, thrust, or drive by battling",
|
||
|
|
": to engage in a prolonged fight, argument, or struggle",
|
||
|
|
": to fortify with battlements",
|
||
|
|
": a fight between armies, warships, or airplanes",
|
||
|
|
": a fight between two persons or animals",
|
||
|
|
": a long or hard struggle or contest",
|
||
|
|
": warfare sense 1 , combat",
|
||
|
|
": to engage in fighting",
|
||
|
|
": to try to stop or defeat"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t\u1d4al",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t\u1d4al"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fight",
|
||
|
|
"fray",
|
||
|
|
"scrabble",
|
||
|
|
"struggle",
|
||
|
|
"throes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"compete",
|
||
|
|
"contend",
|
||
|
|
"face off",
|
||
|
|
"fight",
|
||
|
|
"race",
|
||
|
|
"rival",
|
||
|
|
"vie"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"In honor of Father's Day, Paltrow brought up her late father, TV director Bruce Paltrow, who died in 2002 after a battle with cancer. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The process started last year when Kwanza, a male African lion the zoo, died after a battle with lymphoma. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"He had been briefly terminated \u2014 and then reinstated after a six-week battle \u2014 for stealing two minutes of the company\u2019s time. \u2014 Greg Jaffe, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After the battle , Walker wrote to Samuel Colt, the inventor of the revolver, to inquire about buying more guns. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Jeff Bridges is back in action after a life-threatening battle with Non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma and COVID-19. \u2014 Marc Malkin, Variety , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The actress died in April 2021 at age 52 after a battle with cancer. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In December 2021, Cannon's 5-month-old son Zen, shared with Alyssa Scott, died after a battle with brain cancer caused by the condition Hydrocephalus. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The roughly 300-person list was made public last month after a lengthy court battle by Baltimore Action Legal Team, a nonprofit seeking to make the legal system more accessible. \u2014 Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The images of the dead also remain with Christian, who was off-duty that day but drove to the Vendome to watch the firefighters battle the flames. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"All of it adds up to a collective effort to battle systemic problems associated with homelessness, incarceration, and food insecurity. \u2014 Riddhima Dave, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One Southern California restaurant is helping families and veterans in the local community by offering free food as Americans battle rampant inflation. \u2014 Fox News , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These reports likely put further pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates more aggressively in order to battle inflationary pressures. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But the tables turned in the later years of the show as Sheen began to battle a series of personal struggles. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
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"The need to battle high inflation would suggest a higher probability than usual that an economic downturn will result from this tightening cycle. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
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"Montgomery Steppe will face off against fellow Democrat Gloria Evangelista in November, while Moreno will battle against fellow Democrat Antonio Martinez. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
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"Bheem is introduced with a training montage in the forest that sees him battle a tiger and a wolf. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022"
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"Noun",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
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"Verb (1)",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
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"Verb (2)",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173603"
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},
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"battle royal":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a fight participated in by more than two combatants",
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": one in which the last fighter in the ring or the last fighter standing is declared the winner",
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": a violent struggle",
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": a heated dispute"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"-r\u022fi-\u02c8al"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercation",
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"argle-bargle",
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"argument",
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"argy-bargy",
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"bicker",
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"brawl",
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"contretemps",
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"controversy",
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"cross fire",
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"disagreement",
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"dispute",
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"donnybrook",
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"falling-out",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"imbroglio",
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||
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"kickup",
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"misunderstanding",
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"quarrel",
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"rhubarb",
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||
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"row",
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"scrap",
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"set-to",
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"spat",
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"squabble",
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"tiff",
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||
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"wrangle"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the dysfunctional couple next door had another one of their battles royal last night",
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||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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||
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"There\u2019s a battle royal raging over Florida\u2019s congressional districts, with most most of the focus on whether a map should or shouldn\u2019t be drawn to maximize the chances for electing a Black member of Congress along the state\u2019s northern border. \u2014 Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"But even more measured assessments portray Ukraine as not the battle royal between good and evil being witnessed by the West, but a Machiavellian tug of war between Washington and Moscow. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
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||
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"Either way, there's nothing to be gained by Republicans with this battle royal among Greene, Boebert, Mace and Kinzinger. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 30 Nov. 2021",
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||
|
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"WWE Raw advertised a tag team battle royal to crown a new No. 1 Contender for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships, Shayna Baszler on Alexa\u2019s Playground and a contract signing for the WWE Championship match between Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
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|
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"In 1948, Ellison published an excerpt from his novel in progress, the episode of the blindfolded battle royal , in a journal called \u201948: The Magazine of the Year. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2021",
|
||
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"Arriving in the aftermath of more than a year of weak box-office returns, the $160 million sci-fi battle royal embodied a similar return from seeming oblivion for Hollywood. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 5 Apr. 2021",
|
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"This sets up a battle royal that also turns out to be, approximately, a battle of the sexes. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 19 Feb. 2021",
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"One of the most ardent supporters of last month\u2019s surprise Air Force decision to award the future permanent headquarters of the U.S. Space Command to Alabama admits there\u2019s going to be a political battle royal to keep it there. \u2014 Jamie Mcintyre, Washington Examiner , 18 Feb. 2021"
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],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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"1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213359"
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||
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},
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"batty":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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||
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
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"definitions":[
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": of, relating to, or resembling a bat",
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": mentally unstable : crazy",
|
||
|
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": crazy sense 1"
|
||
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],
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||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8ba-t\u0113",
|
||
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"\u02c8ba-t\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balmy",
|
||
|
|
"barmy",
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||
|
|
"bats",
|
||
|
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"bedlam",
|
||
|
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"bonkers",
|
||
|
|
"brainsick",
|
||
|
|
"bughouse",
|
||
|
|
"certifiable",
|
||
|
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"crackbrained",
|
||
|
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"cracked",
|
||
|
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"crackers",
|
||
|
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"crackpot",
|
||
|
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"cranky",
|
||
|
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"crazed",
|
||
|
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"crazy",
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||
|
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"cuckoo",
|
||
|
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"daffy",
|
||
|
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"daft",
|
||
|
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"demented",
|
||
|
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"deranged",
|
||
|
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"fruity",
|
||
|
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"gaga",
|
||
|
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"haywire",
|
||
|
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"insane",
|
||
|
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"kooky",
|
||
|
|
"kookie",
|
||
|
|
"loco",
|
||
|
|
"loony",
|
||
|
|
"looney",
|
||
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
||
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
||
|
|
"lunatic",
|
||
|
|
"mad",
|
||
|
|
"maniacal",
|
||
|
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
|
"mental",
|
||
|
|
"meshuga",
|
||
|
|
"meshugge",
|
||
|
|
"meshugah",
|
||
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
||
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
||
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
|
"nutty",
|
||
|
|
"psycho",
|
||
|
|
"psychotic",
|
||
|
|
"scatty",
|
||
|
|
"screwy",
|
||
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
||
|
|
"unhinged",
|
||
|
|
"unsound",
|
||
|
|
"wacko",
|
||
|
|
"whacko",
|
||
|
|
"wacky",
|
||
|
|
"whacky",
|
||
|
|
"wud"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balanced",
|
||
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
||
|
|
"sane",
|
||
|
|
"sound",
|
||
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a batty old lady who lives with 100 cats",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The murders are almost incidental, sandwiched between accounts of her extreme study habits at Yale, her complicated relationship with her brilliant platonic friend Roman, her job, her spicy love life and her batty mother-in-law, Gertrude. \u2014 Sarah Lyall, New York Times , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One of the most amusing aspects of the movie \u2014 and of Swinton\u2019s characteristically batty -brainy performance \u2014 is the swiftness with which Alithea gets used to having a 3,000-year-old djinn for company. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Still others are batty , squirrelly, bug-eyed, cockeyed cuckoos, who are mad as March hares, who are crazy as coots, loons, or bedbugs, who come at us like bats out of hell with their monkeyshines and drive us buggy with their horsing around. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"We are inundated with data on sleep, recovery, blood sugar, etc., all of which is eventually going to drive us batty through too many data points that may not even prove useful. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 26 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"His batty brogue is a facsimile of Williams\u2019 \u2014 the musical scrupulously avoids fixing anything that isn\u2019t broken (or breaking any sort of ground at all) \u2014 but McClure otherwise owns this resurrection, seizing the part for his own. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 5 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Like any coach, Kerr is driven batty by rookies, but Moody might not be a typical rookie. \u2014 Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Reeves made an impression with this brooding performance early in his career, acting opposite a batty Crispin Glover performance. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s so batty and odd and so Succession, that moment. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 5 Aug. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173356"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bawdy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"boisterously or humorously indecent",
|
||
|
|
"obscene , lewd",
|
||
|
|
"bawdry sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u022f-d\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blue",
|
||
|
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
|
"crude",
|
||
|
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
|
"foul",
|
||
|
|
"gross",
|
||
|
|
"gutter",
|
||
|
|
"impure",
|
||
|
|
"indecent",
|
||
|
|
"lascivious",
|
||
|
|
"lewd",
|
||
|
|
"locker-room",
|
||
|
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
|
"obscene",
|
||
|
|
"pornographic",
|
||
|
|
"porny",
|
||
|
|
"profane",
|
||
|
|
"raunchy",
|
||
|
|
"ribald",
|
||
|
|
"smutty",
|
||
|
|
"stag",
|
||
|
|
"trashy",
|
||
|
|
"unprintable",
|
||
|
|
"vulgar",
|
||
|
|
"wanton",
|
||
|
|
"X-rated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clean",
|
||
|
|
"decent",
|
||
|
|
"G-rated",
|
||
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
||
|
|
"wholesome"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children",
|
||
|
|
"a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Alexia\u2019s plan to book her ideal wedding venue hits a snag; Lisa hosts a bawdy slumber party. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But at what cost? Horn\u2019s funny and bawdy book, Yazbek\u2019s hilarious lyrics and Denis Jones\u2019 choreography are the highlights of the show, presented by Broadway San Diego. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Their personalities certainly differ\u2014Musk can be brash and bawdy , while Agrawal keeps a low profile\u2014but they\u2019re bonded by a love for the technical and theoretical possibilities of their products. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Aiming to bring back tourists, Moche\u2019s mayor tapped the region\u2019s past with a bawdy idea Put up a giant replica of an erotic ceramic from the pre-Incan Moche civilization that once flourished in the area. \u2014 Ryan Dube, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Many are bawdy , hilarious, the sort of stuff Lego would never touch. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Art, language, race and gender, folklore and politics are covered here, and Hurston is, by turn, provocative, funny, bawdy , informative and outrageous. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Everett was too rock and roll for Broadway, too bawdy for concert halls, and too musical for standup comedy. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"And this bold, strange, bawdy performance has given new life to the most indefatigable of TV comedies. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 22 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
||
|
|
"But all the actors are adept at the musical\u2019s combination of dry, dark wit and bawdy humor. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Come for the bawdy humor, and stay for the roll call of icons who make cameos throughout RuPaul, Quentin Crisp, Robin Williams, and of course, the titular Julie Newmar. \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Better known for her work with the likes of Robert Redford (Quiz Show) and Whit Stillman (Barcelona), Schiff's bawdy script didn't generate much enthusiasm within Sorvino's camp. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On this date in 1887 a reporter for The San Diego Union wrote an expose on San Diego\u2019s vice that catalogued some 50 licensed saloons, 35 bawdy houses, three opium joints and a mysterious fortuneteller called Madam Coara. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"More than 3,000 visitors attended the first weekend of the bawdy gathering, indulging in two wild nights at one of Detroit\u2019s signature winter events. \u2014 Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Among Reitman's producing tasks on the project was trying to find a college prepared to host the bawdy film, which would eventually be shot at the University of Oregon. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"White remained youthful in part through her skill at playing bawdy or naughty while radiating niceness. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Despite its bawdy -satiric tone\u2014and an outrageous scene in which Tommy has a conversation with his love appendage\u2014the show is firmly on the lovers' side. \u2014 Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com , 1 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1656, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bawl":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to cry out loudly and unrestrainedly",
|
||
|
|
": to cry loudly : wail",
|
||
|
|
": to cry out at the top of one's voice",
|
||
|
|
": a loud prolonged cry : outcry",
|
||
|
|
": to shout or cry loudly",
|
||
|
|
": to weep noisily",
|
||
|
|
": to scold severely",
|
||
|
|
": a loud cry"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fl",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fl"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blub",
|
||
|
|
"blubber",
|
||
|
|
"cry",
|
||
|
|
"sob",
|
||
|
|
"weep"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"\u201cGet in the car!\u201d he bawled .",
|
||
|
|
"he bawled for days after his dog died",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Owner Annie Blake put on waterproof mascara, the better to bawl her eyes out without looking a complete mess. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Deslyn remembers the day with perfect clarity, her teenage son, a senior in high school, bawling in the front seat of the family car, her not understanding what was wrong. \u2014 Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star , 1 Nov. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"My dad pulled over on the side of the road bawling in Edmonton. \u2014 Karen Bliss, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Kanarowski-Peterson said another woman gave her a check for $500 and started bawling . \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"In those opening exchanges, Virgil van Dijk was left bawling at his fellow defenders as Salzburg threatened to take the lead on several occasions. \u2014 John Sinnott, CNN , 10 Dec. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Yet a version of them, bawling and pleading, will remain on the Internet, frozen in time. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 11 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Ahmad goes to his mom\u2019s room and finds her on the edge of her bed, hunched over, bawling into hands that are balled into fists. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star , 3 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Whilst the bawling politicians send Britain hurtling towards a no-deal crash-out from Europe at the end of March, the U.K. government is surreptitiously hiring crisis-emergency personnel to handle the unplanned-for chaos. \u2014 Sarah Mower, Vogue , 14 Feb. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"As the weekend\u2019s big game approached, David Singleton could have staged his own super bawl . \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That night, Faris saw a woman near her bawl and wide-eyed grown-ups run. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Distillers bury their faces in their hands and bawl after learning MLB\u2019s winter meetings will go virtual. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Wilkins communicates differently \u2014 at a higher rate of notes per minute \u2014 peppering you with action before letting his tone disintegrate into a dry bawl . \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The new study is just one in a series of recent reports that reveal the centrality of crying to infant survival, and how a baby\u2019s bawl punches through a cluttered acoustic landscape to demand immediate adult attention. \u2014 Natalie Angier, New York Times , 4 Sep. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
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"1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
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"Noun",
|
||
|
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"1566, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173526"
|
||
|
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},
|
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"bay":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"adjective",
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|
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"noun",
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"noun ()",
|
||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": reddish brown",
|
||
|
|
": an animal that is a reddish-brown color : a bay (see bay entry 1 ) animal",
|
||
|
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": a horse with a bay-colored body and black mane, tail, and points (see point entry 1 sense 6b(3) ) \u2014 compare chestnut entry 1 sense 4 , sorrel entry 1 sense 1",
|
||
|
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": a reddish brown",
|
||
|
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": a principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building or of the whole building",
|
||
|
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": a main division of a structure",
|
||
|
|
": any of various compartments or sections used for a special purpose (as in an airplane, spacecraft, or gas station)",
|
||
|
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": bay window sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": a support or housing for electronic equipment",
|
||
|
|
": to bark with prolonged tones",
|
||
|
|
": to cry out : shout",
|
||
|
|
": to bark at",
|
||
|
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": to bring to the position of one unable to retreat and forced to face danger : to bring to bay (see bay entry 5 sense 2 )",
|
||
|
|
": to pursue with barking",
|
||
|
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": to utter in deep prolonged tones",
|
||
|
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": an instance of a dog barking with prolonged tones : a baying (see bay entry 4 sense 1 ) of dogs",
|
||
|
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": the position of one unable to retreat and forced to face danger",
|
||
|
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": the position of one checked",
|
||
|
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": an inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf",
|
||
|
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": a small body of water set off from the main body",
|
||
|
|
": any of various terrestrial formations resembling a bay of the sea",
|
||
|
|
": laurel sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": any of several shrubs or trees (such as the red bay or sweet bay ) resembling the laurel \u2014 compare bay rum",
|
||
|
|
": a garland or crown especially of laurel given as a prize for victory or excellence",
|
||
|
|
": honor , fame",
|
||
|
|
": a reddish-brown horse with black mane, tail, and lower legs",
|
||
|
|
": a reddish brown",
|
||
|
|
": to bark or bark at with long deep tones",
|
||
|
|
": a deep bark",
|
||
|
|
": the position of an animal or a person forced to face pursuers when it is impossible to escape",
|
||
|
|
": the position of someone or something held off or kept back",
|
||
|
|
": a part of a large body of water extending into the land",
|
||
|
|
": the laurel or a related tree or shrub"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cabin",
|
||
|
|
"cell",
|
||
|
|
"chamber",
|
||
|
|
"compartment",
|
||
|
|
"cube",
|
||
|
|
"cubicle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bawl",
|
||
|
|
"bellow",
|
||
|
|
"call",
|
||
|
|
"cry",
|
||
|
|
"holler",
|
||
|
|
"hollo",
|
||
|
|
"halloo",
|
||
|
|
"hallo",
|
||
|
|
"roar",
|
||
|
|
"shout",
|
||
|
|
"sound off",
|
||
|
|
"thunder",
|
||
|
|
"vociferate",
|
||
|
|
"yell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"the mob was baying for revenge",
|
||
|
|
"the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (4)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (5)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173750"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bay(s)":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": reddish brown",
|
||
|
|
": an animal that is a reddish-brown color : a bay (see bay entry 1 ) animal",
|
||
|
|
": a horse with a bay-colored body and black mane, tail, and points (see point entry 1 sense 6b(3) ) \u2014 compare chestnut entry 1 sense 4 , sorrel entry 1 sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": a reddish brown",
|
||
|
|
": a principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building or of the whole building",
|
||
|
|
": a main division of a structure",
|
||
|
|
": any of various compartments or sections used for a special purpose (as in an airplane, spacecraft, or gas station)",
|
||
|
|
": bay window sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": a support or housing for electronic equipment",
|
||
|
|
": to bark with prolonged tones",
|
||
|
|
": to cry out : shout",
|
||
|
|
": to bark at",
|
||
|
|
": to bring to the position of one unable to retreat and forced to face danger : to bring to bay (see bay entry 5 sense 2 )",
|
||
|
|
": to pursue with barking",
|
||
|
|
": to utter in deep prolonged tones",
|
||
|
|
": an instance of a dog barking with prolonged tones : a baying (see bay entry 4 sense 1 ) of dogs",
|
||
|
|
": the position of one unable to retreat and forced to face danger",
|
||
|
|
": the position of one checked",
|
||
|
|
": an inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf",
|
||
|
|
": a small body of water set off from the main body",
|
||
|
|
": any of various terrestrial formations resembling a bay of the sea",
|
||
|
|
": laurel sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": any of several shrubs or trees (such as the red bay or sweet bay ) resembling the laurel \u2014 compare bay rum",
|
||
|
|
": a garland or crown especially of laurel given as a prize for victory or excellence",
|
||
|
|
": honor , fame",
|
||
|
|
": a reddish-brown horse with black mane, tail, and lower legs",
|
||
|
|
": a reddish brown",
|
||
|
|
": to bark or bark at with long deep tones",
|
||
|
|
": a deep bark",
|
||
|
|
": the position of an animal or a person forced to face pursuers when it is impossible to escape",
|
||
|
|
": the position of someone or something held off or kept back",
|
||
|
|
": a part of a large body of water extending into the land",
|
||
|
|
": the laurel or a related tree or shrub"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cabin",
|
||
|
|
"cell",
|
||
|
|
"chamber",
|
||
|
|
"compartment",
|
||
|
|
"cube",
|
||
|
|
"cubicle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bawl",
|
||
|
|
"bellow",
|
||
|
|
"call",
|
||
|
|
"cry",
|
||
|
|
"holler",
|
||
|
|
"hollo",
|
||
|
|
"halloo",
|
||
|
|
"hallo",
|
||
|
|
"roar",
|
||
|
|
"shout",
|
||
|
|
"sound off",
|
||
|
|
"thunder",
|
||
|
|
"vociferate",
|
||
|
|
"yell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"the mob was baying for revenge",
|
||
|
|
"the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (4)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (5)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171832"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bazaar":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a market (as in the Middle East) consisting of rows of shops or stalls selling miscellaneous goods",
|
||
|
|
": a place for the sale of goods",
|
||
|
|
": department store",
|
||
|
|
": a fair for the sale of articles especially for charitable purposes",
|
||
|
|
": a marketplace (as in southwestern Asia and northern Africa) that has rows of small shops",
|
||
|
|
": a place where many kinds of goods are sold",
|
||
|
|
": a fair for the sale of goods especially for charity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8z\u00e4r",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8z\u00e4r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"emporium",
|
||
|
|
"shop",
|
||
|
|
"shoppe",
|
||
|
|
"store"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we wandered around the bazaar looking to buy gifts",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"And while big tech and consumer brands are already jockeying for market share, the metaverse won\u2019t be owned or serviced by any one company, creating a vast digital bazaar of disparate tools, platforms and products. \u2014 Venkat Viswanathan, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Ghousaddin is a farmer in western Afghanistan, in the same stretch of desert as the Bakwa bazaar . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In addition to the annual book sale the library will also feature an accessories bazaar , open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. \u2014 courant.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In collaboration with the atelier\u2019s owner, Moex Ben Fradj, and Master Artisan, Mansour Hosni, Fourati and Carrica refocused Osay from a pop up bazaar into a shoe brand, launching with the classic Middle Eastern/North African slipper, La Babouche. \u2014 Jennifer Lee, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Osay launched in 2018, originally as a traveling pop up bazaar , selling a variety of luxury, socially minded Tunisian products to US consumers who had an eye for high end global products. \u2014 Jennifer Lee, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In an ordinary year, this might have been a raucous arena, a sprawling bazaar of outposts from every university press and every publisher that sells to universities. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Along with the bazaar , an ostrich egg pysanka will be raffled, with proceeds benefiting the Ukrainian Relief Fund. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Picture a national assembly hall, a buzzy NFT bazaar , office towers\u2014all done in Hadid\u2019s trademark swooping, swoon-worthy architectural style. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 22 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Persian b\u0101z\u0101r ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214011"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Babylonian":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a native or inhabitant of ancient Babylonia or Babylon",
|
||
|
|
": the form of the Akkadian language used in ancient Babylonia",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of Babylonia or Babylon , the Babylonians , or Babylonian",
|
||
|
|
": marked by luxury, extravagance, or the pursuit of sensual pleasure"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccba-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-ny\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"-n\u0113-\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deluxe",
|
||
|
|
"lavish",
|
||
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
||
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
||
|
|
"luxe",
|
||
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
||
|
|
"luxurious",
|
||
|
|
"luxury",
|
||
|
|
"opulent",
|
||
|
|
"palace",
|
||
|
|
"palatial",
|
||
|
|
"plush",
|
||
|
|
"plushy",
|
||
|
|
"silken",
|
||
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ascetic",
|
||
|
|
"ascetical",
|
||
|
|
"austere",
|
||
|
|
"humble",
|
||
|
|
"no-frills",
|
||
|
|
"spartan"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"the Babylonian glitter of the city's gold coast"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215009"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"babysitter":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to care for children usually during a short absence of the parents",
|
||
|
|
": to give care",
|
||
|
|
": to babysit for",
|
||
|
|
": mind , tend",
|
||
|
|
": to care for a child while the child's parents are away"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113-\u02ccsit",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113-\u02ccsit"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"She babysits their kids on Saturday nights.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Vesbit will sometimes babysit while Roost and her son are in town. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Family Christian Center hired Smith, a church member and Valparaiso University student, to babysit the Munseys\u2019 grandchild in their Schererville home in the 1400 Block of Wilderness Drive on May 29, 2015, the lawsuit stated. \u2014 Meredith Colias-pete, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The second mother was supposed to babysit all seven kids. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There is an in-it-together camaraderie in the neighborhood \u2014 regular pizza night with the children, offers to babysit or run an errand to the grocery store, kid-clothes hand-me-downs from Kruger for her younger kids. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The machine makes the decision \u2014 like a parent or guardian assigned to babysit the human driver. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Michael Che isn't rushing to babysit Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson's son anytime soon. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Did the Mets hire Joey Cora simply to babysit Francisco Lindor? \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sometimes his daughter's grandparents are able to babysit for the day, but not always. \u2014 Eric Levenson And Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Jan. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"back-formation from babysitter ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-151556"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back (up":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one that serves as a substitute or support",
|
||
|
|
": musical accompaniment",
|
||
|
|
": additional personnel who provide assistance",
|
||
|
|
": an accumulation caused by a stoppage in the flow",
|
||
|
|
": a copy of computer data (such as a file or the contents of a hard drive)",
|
||
|
|
": the act or an instance of making a backup",
|
||
|
|
": to accumulate in a congested state",
|
||
|
|
": to move into a position behind (a teammate) in order to assist on a play",
|
||
|
|
": hold back sense 1",
|
||
|
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": to make a copy of (a computer file or data) to protect against accidental loss or corruption",
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|
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": to make copies of all the files on (a device)",
|
||
|
|
": a person who takes the place of or supports another",
|
||
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": a situation in which the flow of something becomes blocked",
|
||
|
|
": a copy of information stored on a computer"
|
||
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
||
|
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],
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||
|
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"synonyms":[
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"bottleneck",
|
||
|
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"jam",
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||
|
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"jam-up",
|
||
|
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"logjam",
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"snarl",
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||
|
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"tailback",
|
||
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"tie-up"
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||
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],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
|
||
|
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"We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
|
||
|
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"We have an extra radio for backup .",
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||
|
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"He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
|
||
|
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"She sang backup on his CD.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Your shower is likely to work just fine, but the Simple Shower Gravity Shower Kit ($15) is an inexpensive, compact backup if your home loses its supply of clean tap water. \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Browns could help the 49ers, too, by sending Mayfield to San Francisco to be Trey Lance\u2019s backup . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The incident caused Highway 101 traffic to backup during the morning rush hour with the closure of a northbound lane. \u2014 Brian J. Varela, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After the 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic, Okey hit .237 with 13 total extra-base hits as the Bats\u2019 backup behind Beau Taylor. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The team excused its former starter, Baker Mayfield, from its off-season program as the front office seeks to trade him, and the current backup , the journeyman Jacoby Brissett, is not seen as a multiyear starter. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Junior Lance Ware is set to return as Tshiebwe's primary backup . \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"While the year after saw a decrease of 28%, this year's numbers appear to be on their way back up . \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Press back up so forcefully that your body leaves the ground, jumping slightly to the right. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Meanwhile, nuclear radiation detectors are back up and running at the Chernobyl site for the first time since the war began, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said. \u2014 Dan Lamothe And Cate Cadell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nuclear radiation detectors are back up and running at the Chernobyl site for the first time since the war began, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said. \u2014 Cate Cadell, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Previously contentious votes came back up for discussion. \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Mark Smucker, president and CEO, said on an earnings call that the company is working with the FDA to get the Lexington facility back up and running. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Just after noon, his head dropped to the table, then jerked back up . \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Let\u2019s back up here and get a running start at this bedrock of Latter-day Saint belief. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1801, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-191741"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backdrop":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a painted cloth hung across the rear of a stage",
|
||
|
|
": background"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccdr\u00e4p"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"background",
|
||
|
|
"ground"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The mountains provided a perfect backdrop for the wedding photos.",
|
||
|
|
"The novel unfolds against a backdrop of war.",
|
||
|
|
"The city provides the backdrop for the love story.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Plenty of old songs of all flavors create minor tidal waves on TikTok, where teen-agers with no prior knowledge of an artist can recontextualize music against the backdrop of a dance challenge or a joke. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Fuzzy Door is in the eary stages of developing a remake of the epic 1983 miniseries set against the backdrop of World War II. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In a slick but engaging new film due on Netflix June 14, the star frames her struggles and triumphs against the backdrop of the 2020 Super Bowl. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Achieving immortality Against the backdrop the past few year provides, the juxtaposition could not be starker. \u2014 Stephen Edelson, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Her remark is even more ominous against the backdrop of other cases yet to be decided this term. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The diplomatic row emerges against the backdrop of growing religious tensions in India under the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party, the BJP. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The case is playing out against the backdrop of long-standing concerns by Japan about bad behavior, however sporadic, by the tens of thousands of U.S. service members in the country and a sense that they are afforded preferential treatment. \u2014 Eric Tucker, ajc , 5 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The debate occurred against the backdrop of two mass shootings in the U.S. in a little more than a week. \u2014 Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-195737"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baddie":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a bad person or thing",
|
||
|
|
": an opponent of the hero (as in fiction or motion pictures)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-d\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beast",
|
||
|
|
"brute",
|
||
|
|
"caitiff",
|
||
|
|
"devil",
|
||
|
|
"evildoer",
|
||
|
|
"fiend",
|
||
|
|
"heavy",
|
||
|
|
"hound",
|
||
|
|
"knave",
|
||
|
|
"meanie",
|
||
|
|
"meany",
|
||
|
|
"miscreant",
|
||
|
|
"monster",
|
||
|
|
"nazi",
|
||
|
|
"no-good",
|
||
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
||
|
|
"rascal",
|
||
|
|
"reprobate",
|
||
|
|
"rogue",
|
||
|
|
"savage",
|
||
|
|
"scalawag",
|
||
|
|
"scallywag",
|
||
|
|
"scamp",
|
||
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
||
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
||
|
|
"varlet",
|
||
|
|
"villain",
|
||
|
|
"wretch"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"His efforts pay off, nominally: Michael Morbius doesn\u2019t want to be a baddie , though his ungodly urges keep pulling him in that direction. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hillary is still a baddie with an eye for fashion, but unlike Fresh Prince's spoiled princess, this gal's got ambitions that involve more than just shopping. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The girls\u2019 defenses aren\u2019t much slicker; in one episode, a humble oboe plays a key role in defeating a baddie . \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Wraith, whose real name could probably double for that of a DC baddie , has an intriguing, hulking woodenness that makes sense in context. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Maguire\u2019s Spidey, who goes back quite some time with Dafoe\u2019s insane baddie , is a wise sort who talks the teenager out of killing in cold blood, though the Goblin sticks a very sharp object into the helping hero for his efforts. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 19 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Only Gadot briefly gets to cut loose as a vamping baddie . \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But Bond discovers that the main baddie this time is a mysterious figure named Safin (Rami Malek), who has a connection to Swann, a sweet island lair and a vengeful agenda. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Later, fulfilling the standard brief of a Bond baddie , Safin will occupy an island lair and hatch plans to dominate the planet. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1872, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-200926"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barroom":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquor : bar entry 1 sense 5b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02ccr\u00fcm",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccru\u0307m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bar",
|
||
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"cafe",
|
||
|
|
"cantina",
|
||
|
|
"dramshop",
|
||
|
|
"gin mill",
|
||
|
|
"grogshop",
|
||
|
|
"pub",
|
||
|
|
"public house",
|
||
|
|
"saloon",
|
||
|
|
"taproom",
|
||
|
|
"tavern",
|
||
|
|
"watering hole",
|
||
|
|
"watering place"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"her mother didn't like her even to walk past the barroom because she was worried that there might be drunk people inside",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"This barroom \u2013stock market environment is the turf of hustlers \u2014 minus the comic heroism of 1930s newspaper movies. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Their most powerful cudgel was Thompson\u2019s catty barroom raconteur Buddy Cole, a trash-talking one-man pride revolution in an ascot. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Neither loudness nor drunkenness in this barroom had ever been tolerated. \u2014 Kevin Barry, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But Bennett, 57, who had spent time in prison for stabbing a man in a barroom brawl in the 1980s, decided to take one more shot at life. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The adjoining warehouse, at 3553, is in the process of being transformed into a private, soundproof beer-tasting room where visitors may sample beer pairings with chocolate and light barroom bites. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The O\u2019Casey peered across his shoulder, into the gloom of the barroom . \u2014 Kevin Barry, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Apparently, 2000 was too soon for a series involving a barroom bet between the Almighty and Satan. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Freep.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At their first party, hosted at the barroom Home Sweet Home in New York, more than 250 people from different cultures and backgrounds showed up. \u2014 Caroline Newton, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1742, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-205333"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bald-faced":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": barefaced"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fl(d)-\u02c8f\u0101st"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"apparent",
|
||
|
|
"bald",
|
||
|
|
"barefaced",
|
||
|
|
"bright-line",
|
||
|
|
"broad",
|
||
|
|
"clear",
|
||
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
||
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
||
|
|
"decided",
|
||
|
|
"distinct",
|
||
|
|
"evident",
|
||
|
|
"lucid",
|
||
|
|
"luculent",
|
||
|
|
"luminous",
|
||
|
|
"manifest",
|
||
|
|
"nonambiguous",
|
||
|
|
"obvious",
|
||
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
||
|
|
"palpable",
|
||
|
|
"patent",
|
||
|
|
"pellucid",
|
||
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
||
|
|
"plain",
|
||
|
|
"ringing",
|
||
|
|
"straightforward",
|
||
|
|
"transparent",
|
||
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
||
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
||
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
||
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
||
|
|
"clouded",
|
||
|
|
"cryptic",
|
||
|
|
"dark",
|
||
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
||
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
||
|
|
"equivocal",
|
||
|
|
"indistinct",
|
||
|
|
"mysterious",
|
||
|
|
"nonobvious",
|
||
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
||
|
|
"obscure",
|
||
|
|
"unapparent",
|
||
|
|
"unclarified",
|
||
|
|
"unclear"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1761, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-210854"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barrage":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation",
|
||
|
|
": artillery fire laid on a line (see line entry 1 sense 6c ) close to friendly troops to screen and protect them",
|
||
|
|
": a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once",
|
||
|
|
": to deliver a barrage (see barrage entry 2 ) against",
|
||
|
|
": a heavy and continuous firing of weapons during a battle",
|
||
|
|
": a great amount of something that comes quickly and continuously"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-ij",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4zh",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8r\u00e4j",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4zh",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8r\u00e4j",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4zh"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blitz",
|
||
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
||
|
|
"bombardment",
|
||
|
|
"cannonade",
|
||
|
|
"drumbeat",
|
||
|
|
"drumfire",
|
||
|
|
"flurry",
|
||
|
|
"fusillade",
|
||
|
|
"hail",
|
||
|
|
"salvo",
|
||
|
|
"shower",
|
||
|
|
"storm",
|
||
|
|
"volley"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bomb",
|
||
|
|
"bombard"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1918, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-221655"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bargain":{
|
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other",
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": something acquired by or as if by negotiating over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract",
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": an advantageous purchase",
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": a transaction, situation, or event regarded in the light of its results",
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": besides",
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": to negotiate over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract : haggle",
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": to come to terms : agree",
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": to bring to a desired level by bargaining",
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": to sell or dispose of by bargaining",
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": expect",
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": an agreement settling what each person is to give and receive in a business deal",
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": something bought or offered for sale at a good price",
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|
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": to talk over the terms of a purchase or agreement",
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": an agreement between parties that settles what each gives or receives (as a promise or performance) in a transaction between them \u2014 compare contract",
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": something acquired by or as if by bargaining",
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": something whose value considerably exceeds its cost",
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": to negotiate over the terms of an agreement (as a contract)",
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": to engage in collective bargaining",
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": to agree to certain terms or conditions : come to terms",
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": to convey according to a bargain"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u0259n",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buy",
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"deal",
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"pennyworth",
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"snip",
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"steal"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"chaffer",
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"deal",
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"dicker",
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"haggle",
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"horse-trade",
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"negotiate",
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"palter"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"I think everyone involved was satisfied with the bargain we made.",
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"They've agreed to turn the land over to the state, and the state, as its part of the bargain , has agreed to keep it undeveloped.",
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"She likes to hunt for bargains when she shops.",
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"Verb",
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"The price listed is quite high, but the seller might be willing to bargain .",
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"they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"He was also charged with burglary and theft of property, but those charges were dismissed as part of the plea bargain . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
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|
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"With a dividend yield exceeding 4% and trading at a forward P/E ratio of 10, United Overseas Bank looks like a bargain . \u2014 Michael Cannivet, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"But the highest price in the rivalry\u2019s history looks like a bargain today. \u2014 Andrew Beaton And Ben Cohen, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
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|
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"While some stocks may look like a bargain during the selloff, market analysts say investors should proceed with caution, warning that stocks could slide even further. \u2014 Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
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|
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"Capable pass rushers don\u2019t come cheaply, and the largely unproven Ebukam, signed to a two-year, $12 million deal in March, will look like a bargain after an 8.5-sack season. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
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|
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"By some of those comparisons, Day\u2019s pay almost looks like a bargain for Ohio State \u2014 though maybe only a small one. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 15 Oct. 2021",
|
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|
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"No matter what happens the rest of his career \u2014 or, for that matter, the remainder of the four-year, $68 million contract which once looked like a mistake and now looks like a bargain \u2014 one thing is certain about Nate Eovaldi\u2019s future. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
|
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|
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"But the Seattle apartment purchase seems like a bargain compared to a homeless housing project breaking ground in Los Angeles\u2019 Skid Row. \u2014 Dan Springer, Fox News , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
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"Each sector will bargain separately for contracts and vote separately for union vice presidents, though the entire membership will still vote together for the top leadership posts of president and secretary-treasurer. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"In 1993, workers at the massive Avondale shipbuilding docks in New Orleans voted to unionize, but the company refused to bargain , spending four years appealing to the NLRB. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
|
||
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"Categorized as independent contractors by gig corporations, these workers, generally speaking, cannot collectively bargain or strike without violating antitrust laws. \u2014 Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
|
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|
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"Make the athletes employees, cut them in on the massive amount of revenue being raked in by football and basketball, collectively bargain the terms of engagement and sign athletes to enforceable contracts. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"The broader United Steelworkers reached a pattern agreement with the oil industry about a month ago, but the individual units bargain over local issues as well, according to the union. \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Do expect to bargain in marketplaces, bazaars and independent artisan shops. Educate yourself. \u2014 Laura Daily, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Starbucks Executive Vice President Rossann Williams has said the corporation respects workers' rights to organize and will bargain in good faith. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Trooper Josh Wetzel, president of the Oregon State Police Officers Association, told members that the union has filed a demand to bargain the change in working conditions caused by the governor\u2019s mandate. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Sep. 2021"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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||
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb",
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||
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
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||
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-000104"
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||
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},
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"backboned":{
|
||
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"type":[
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||
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"adjective",
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||
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": spinal column , spine",
|
||
|
|
": something that resembles a backbone: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a chief mountain ridge, range, or system",
|
||
|
|
": the foundation or most substantial or sturdiest part of something",
|
||
|
|
": the longest chain of atoms or groups of atoms in a usually long molecule (such as a polymer or protein)",
|
||
|
|
": the primary high-speed hardware and transmission lines of a telecommunications network (such as the Internet)",
|
||
|
|
": firm and resolute character",
|
||
|
|
": spine sense 1c",
|
||
|
|
": the column of bones in the back enclosing and protecting the spinal cord : spinal column",
|
||
|
|
": the strongest part of something",
|
||
|
|
": strength of character",
|
||
|
|
": spinal column , spine",
|
||
|
|
": the longest chain of atoms or groups of atoms in a usually long molecule (as a polymer or protein)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8b\u014dn",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccb\u014dn",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8b\u014dn",
|
||
|
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"-\u02c8b\u014dn, -\u02ccb\u014dn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chine",
|
||
|
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"spinal column",
|
||
|
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"spine",
|
||
|
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"vertebral column"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"She is the backbone of the family.",
|
||
|
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"He showed some backbone by refusing to compromise his values.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Besides the mom-and-pop and small businesses that are the backbone of the economy, there are many touchstone employers \u2014 hospitals and health insurers, investment firms, universities \u2014 that are nonprofits or privately owned. \u2014 Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
|
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"Rod Magnuson has a nice spread in rural Utah, raising cattle and alfalfa in an operation that is the backbone of a fourth-generation legacy spent in agriculture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Some gins have a backbone that just sings out of this treatment, and some don\u2019t. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Her legs may be gone, followers say, but McFadden has the backbone of a champion. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"But local school districts and private businesses can -- and must -- have the backbone to maintain mask mandates until vaccines are available to all. \u2014 Kara Alaimo, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The world awaits the answer to the question: Does President Biden have the backbone and skills to keep Taiwan and Ukraine free? \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Whether Villenueve\u2019s saga has anything truly of interest to say in that direction, whether its depiction of empire has a backbone of ideas worthy of such grandeur, remains to be seen. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 20 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Consumer spending is the backbone of US economic growth. \u2014 Anneken Tappe, CNN , 2 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-040916"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"bandage":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a strip of fabric used especially to cover, dress, and bind up wounds",
|
||
|
|
": a flexible strip or band used to cover, strengthen, or compress something",
|
||
|
|
": to bind, dress, or cover with a bandage",
|
||
|
|
": a strip of material used to cover and wrap up wounds",
|
||
|
|
": to cover or wrap up (a wound) with a strip of material",
|
||
|
|
": a strip of fabric used to cover a wound, hold a dressing in place, immobilize an injured part, or apply pressure \u2014 see capeline , esmarch bandage , pressure bandage , spica , velpeau bandage",
|
||
|
|
": to bind, dress, or cover with a bandage",
|
||
|
|
": to apply a bandage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-dij",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-dij",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-dij"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"bind",
|
||
|
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"dress",
|
||
|
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"swathe"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"He wrapped a bandage around his knee.",
|
||
|
|
"She put a bandage on the cut.",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"He arrived with a bandaged ankle.",
|
||
|
|
"her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Ferguson says blisters should be washed with soapy water and covered with Vasoline and a bandage . \u2014 Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His team put a collagen bandage on a part of the finger that had been inflicted with a wound to mend it, and the robot was able to move freely after the protein repaired the skin. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"He was arraigned on first-degree murder charges and appeared in court Saturday evening wearing a bandage over his shoulder. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"The most famous piece by far is a barely there white bandage bodysuit, which has inspired Halloween costumes for decades. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"If a blister breaks on its own, the Mayo Clinic recommends cleaning it with mild soap and water, dabbing on some antibiotic cream, then applying a non-stick gauze bandage . \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Off the ice: Bowman wore a bandage on his left temple, covering three stitches from an errant puck. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Coban Wrap Coban\u2014a water-resistant, self-adhesive, reusable elastic band\u2014is the best bandage for the backcountry. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2015",
|
||
|
|
"Wash the punctures, cover with a clean bandage , then keep an eye on them. \u2014 Aliese Willard Muhonen, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The Fed isn\u2019t going to bandage investors\u2019 mistakes anymore. \u2014 Jason Zweig, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Go back to our cave, bandage up, hopefully get healthy. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On his journey, Jordan meets a Black neighbor who helps bandage his cuts, and a Mexican gardener who helps him out with a ride. \u2014 Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Then the surgeon will remove any infected mastoid bone or tissue, stitch up the cut, and bandage the wound. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Kicking managers to the curb, along with a hitting coach here and a pitching coach there, can bandage the short term. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Lakers coach Frank Vogel called four timeouts in the first half, hoping to bandage wounds. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 3 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Fortunately, a teacher at a school overlooking the pond was watching the incident from a window and was able to alert the school nurse, who helped bandage McCoy's injuries after the incident. \u2014 NBC News , 14 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Once Nora woke up, no one would be able to touch her again without putting her under, and there was no way to bandage her wound or keep her from licking the incision site. \u2014 The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 19 Mar. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1730, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-121432"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basically":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": at a basic level : in fundamental disposition or nature",
|
||
|
|
": for the most part",
|
||
|
|
": in a basic manner : simply"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-si-k(\u0259-)l\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"also"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"altogether",
|
||
|
|
"by and large",
|
||
|
|
"chiefly",
|
||
|
|
"generally",
|
||
|
|
"largely",
|
||
|
|
"mainly",
|
||
|
|
"mostly",
|
||
|
|
"overall",
|
||
|
|
"predominantly",
|
||
|
|
"primarily",
|
||
|
|
"principally",
|
||
|
|
"substantially"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"your answer is basically correct",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"This last [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] report basically came out and said the world must do a green new deal. \u2014 Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The declaration basically enumerates various countries' existing programs, along with promises of expansion. \u2014 Jorge G. Casta\u00f1eda, CNN , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Most securities suits are settled, basically to pay lawyers to go away. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One, if these are insiders in these instances, how does that affect these - - the proposals to lock -- basically lock up the schools? \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"DeWanda Wise, playing a daring pilot, is basically starring in a one-woman Raiders of the Lost Ark in her head. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The prisoners are basically given the chance to become better versions of themselves. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Mickelson reportedly is getting $200 million, Johnson $125 million, basically just for appearing. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Villeneuve movie basically doesn\u2019t explain anything. \u2014 Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED , 10 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-123310"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backer":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"geographical name",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine",
|
||
|
|
": the body considered as the wearer of clothes",
|
||
|
|
": capacity for labor, effort, or endurance",
|
||
|
|
": the back considered as the seat of one's awareness of duty or failings",
|
||
|
|
": the back considered as an area of vulnerability",
|
||
|
|
": the part of a lower animal (such as a quadruped ) corresponding to the human back",
|
||
|
|
": spinal column",
|
||
|
|
": spine sense 1c",
|
||
|
|
": the side or surface opposite the front or face",
|
||
|
|
": the rear part",
|
||
|
|
": the farther or reverse side",
|
||
|
|
": something at or on the back for support",
|
||
|
|
": a place away from the front",
|
||
|
|
": a position in some games (such as football or soccer) behind the front line of players",
|
||
|
|
": a player in this position",
|
||
|
|
": a swimming race in which swimmers use the backstroke",
|
||
|
|
": a show of contempt",
|
||
|
|
": the part of one's mind where thoughts and memories are stored to be drawn on",
|
||
|
|
": without one's knowledge",
|
||
|
|
": behind",
|
||
|
|
": to, toward, or at the rear",
|
||
|
|
": in or into the past : backward in time",
|
||
|
|
": ago",
|
||
|
|
": to or at an angle off the vertical",
|
||
|
|
": under restraint",
|
||
|
|
": in a delayed or retarded condition",
|
||
|
|
": in an inferior or secondary position",
|
||
|
|
": behind a competitor in points or ranking",
|
||
|
|
": to, toward, or in a place from which a person or thing came",
|
||
|
|
": to or toward a former state",
|
||
|
|
": in return or reply",
|
||
|
|
": being at or in the back",
|
||
|
|
": distant from a central or main area",
|
||
|
|
": articulated at or toward the back of the oral passage : formed deep within the mouth",
|
||
|
|
": having returned or been returned",
|
||
|
|
": being in arrears : overdue",
|
||
|
|
": moving or operating backward : reverse",
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": not current",
|
||
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": constituting the final 9 holes of an 18-hole course",
|
||
|
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": to support by material or moral assistance",
|
||
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": substantiate",
|
||
|
|
": to assume financial responsibility for",
|
||
|
|
": to provide musical accompaniment for",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to go back (see back entry 2 sense 1a ) or in reverse",
|
||
|
|
": to articulate (a speech sound) with the tongue farther back : to form deeper within the mouth",
|
||
|
|
": to furnish with a rear part : to furnish with a back (see back entry 1 sense 2 )",
|
||
|
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": to be at the rear part of : to be at the back (see back entry 1 sense 2 ) of",
|
||
|
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": to move backward",
|
||
|
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": to shift counterclockwise \u2014 compare veer entry 1 sense 2",
|
||
|
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": to have the rear part facing in the direction of something",
|
||
|
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": to manage the sails of a ship so as to keep it clear of obstructions as it floats down with the current of a river or channel",
|
||
|
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": to take opposite positions alternately : shilly-shally",
|
||
|
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": to get into inadvertently",
|
||
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": the rear part of the human body from the neck to the end of the spine : the upper part of the body of an animal",
|
||
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": the part of something that is opposite or away from the front part",
|
||
|
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": a player in a team game who plays behind the forward line of players",
|
||
|
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": to, toward, or at the rear",
|
||
|
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": in or to a former time, state, or place",
|
||
|
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": under control",
|
||
|
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": in return or reply",
|
||
|
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": toward the back and then toward the front",
|
||
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": between two places or people",
|
||
|
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": located at the back",
|
||
|
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": far from a central or main area",
|
||
|
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": not yet paid : overdue",
|
||
|
|
": published at an earlier time",
|
||
|
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": to give support or help to",
|
||
|
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": to move backward",
|
||
|
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": to stop arguing or fighting for something",
|
||
|
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": to back down",
|
||
|
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": to decide not to do something after agreeing to do it",
|
||
|
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": to move backward",
|
||
|
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": to block or become blocked",
|
||
|
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": to give help or support to",
|
||
|
|
": to make a copy of (as a computer file) to protect from being lost",
|
||
|
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": the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine",
|
||
|
|
": the corresponding part of a lower animal (as a quadruped)",
|
||
|
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": spinal column",
|
||
|
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": the part of the upper surface of the tongue behind the front and lying opposite the soft palate when the tongue is at rest",
|
||
|
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": being overdue or in arrears",
|
||
|
|
": being retroactive especially as compensation",
|
||
|
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"river 605 miles (974 kilometers) long in Nunavut, Canada, rising along the border with the Northwest Territories and flowing east-northeast into the Arctic Ocean"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"rear",
|
||
|
|
"reverse",
|
||
|
|
"tail"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ago",
|
||
|
|
"agone",
|
||
|
|
"since",
|
||
|
|
"syne"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Or talk about how strengthening your glutes can help with power, or how mobility moves can help loosen a tight back . \u2014 Shauna Harrison, SELF , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bring blankets, pillows or chairs with a low back and enjoy outdoor movies on select nights. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"From educating them to giving them a pat on the back or perhaps just a little nudge, every thoughtful and personalized touchpoint adds to the moment of magic in building that connection. \u2014 Sagar Babber, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Officers found Liddell lying in the middle of the street with gunshot wounds her neck, back and arm. \u2014 Olivia Mitchell, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Say goodbye to odor and sweat with this fragrant, aluminum-free deodorant from Blu Atlas, backed with a 100% money- back guarantee. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The O\u2019Brein Reactor Combo Water Skis feature O\u2019Brien\u2019s dual-tunnel base design and have an aggressive taper from front to back . \u2014 Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Footage from a barbecue restaurant in Tangshan in northern Hebei province, time stamped 2:40 a.m. Friday, showed one of the men approaching a table where a party of four women were seated and placing his hand on a woman's back . \u2014 Zen Soo, ajc , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nick Nyein walked down Spring Street as the March for Our Lives L.A. drew to a close at City Hall Saturday, sweat dripping down his forehead, neck and back . \u2014 Rebecca Schneid, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"Princess Cruises and Holland America Line both brought back the mandate for some sailings in the region. \u2014 Nathan Diller, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Father\u2019s Day 100 presented by Hunt Brothers Pizza will be the fourth race of 11 on the ARCA Midwest Tour schedule and the third since the series was brought back to the famed Milwaukee Mile at State Fair Park in West Allis. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Chicago White Sox game in Detroit brought back some vivid memories of a similar incident in 1996. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"According to Pursell, motorcycle road trips have forged longstanding memories and relationships, some friendships of which go back over 15 years. \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"He was brought back on board with the help of another boat, police said. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For Thursday and Friday, temps will begin to go back to low 80s. \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The pair go way back , and there was no way Hilton would ever miss such a big day for her pop star friend. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The ties binding Russia\u2019s economy to the West, now coming undone, go back decades \u2014 sometimes more than a century. \u2014 Ivan Nechepurenko, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Thomas almost followed suit, stroking a putt from the back corner of the green that veered just left of the cup. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some Amazon shoppers have placed this area rug in their dining room, others rolled it out onto their back patios. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Two white Sanford men were arrested Tuesday after they were accused of breaking a Black teenager\u2019s car window with a rock and hitting the vehicle with a traffic cone, denting the back driver\u2019s side door. \u2014 Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"McDonald\u2019s has agreed to pay roughly $1.3 billion in fines and back taxes to settle a tax dispute in France. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"However, Vestager and her team took a massive reputational hit in 2020, when the General Court slapped down their 2016 decision to order Apple to pay $15 billion in Irish back taxes. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"By Wednesday, all of Yellowstone's visitors, at least 10,000 people, had been safely evacuated, except for a dozen back -country campers still making their way out on their own, Superintendent Cam Sholly said in an online news briefing. \u2014 Fox News , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Read on to find a good mattress for a good night's sleep\u2014zero joint pain or lower back pain included. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After a harrowing back -alley surgery, Anderton (played by Tom Cruise) reemerges into society with a new set of eyes. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The move came one day after Susan Arnold, chairwoman at The Walt Disney Company, stepped up to back Chapek. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Military officials and many politicians dispute any notion that the military would back a coup. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Now there is speculation that Colombia\u2019s many conservative sectors will join forces to back Hern\u00e1ndez and prevent a leftist from being elected president. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The same poll, released about three hours before the former president announced his endorsement of Britt, found that the survey of 630 likely voters in the runoff didn\u2019t put much stock in who Trump might back . \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Relations only normalized between Madrid and Rabat after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez took the unpopular decision at home to back Morocco's plan to keep Western Sahara under its control as an autonomous area. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, ajc , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Silicon Valley used to love to back entrepreneurs who had a previous failure. \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Furthermore, the lawsuit alleges that Hutchinson called several of the commissioners, who are appointed by the governor, to persuade them to back Ward, who was Bryant's recommendation for the promotion. \u2014 Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The experience of listening to an album as it was intended (front to back ) is inspiring for me. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 8 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-130013"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ballyhoo":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a noisy attention-getting demonstration or talk",
|
||
|
|
": flamboyant, exaggerated, or sensational promotion or publicity",
|
||
|
|
": excited commotion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-l\u0113-\u02cch\u00fc"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ado",
|
||
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
||
|
|
"blather",
|
||
|
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
|
"bobbery",
|
||
|
|
"bother",
|
||
|
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
|
"clatter",
|
||
|
|
"clutter",
|
||
|
|
"coil",
|
||
|
|
"commotion",
|
||
|
|
"corroboree",
|
||
|
|
"disturbance",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
||
|
|
"fun",
|
||
|
|
"furor",
|
||
|
|
"furore",
|
||
|
|
"fuss",
|
||
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
||
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
||
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
||
|
|
"hoopla",
|
||
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
||
|
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
||
|
|
"hurly",
|
||
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
||
|
|
"hurricane",
|
||
|
|
"hurry",
|
||
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
||
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
||
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
||
|
|
"moil",
|
||
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
||
|
|
"pother",
|
||
|
|
"row",
|
||
|
|
"ruckus",
|
||
|
|
"ruction",
|
||
|
|
"rumpus",
|
||
|
|
"shindy",
|
||
|
|
"splore",
|
||
|
|
"squall",
|
||
|
|
"stew",
|
||
|
|
"stir",
|
||
|
|
"storm",
|
||
|
|
"to-do",
|
||
|
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
|
"turmoil",
|
||
|
|
"uproar",
|
||
|
|
"welter",
|
||
|
|
"whirl",
|
||
|
|
"williwaw",
|
||
|
|
"zoo"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street",
|
||
|
|
"the usual ballyhoo intended to fill the seats at megaplexes around the country",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The parade began as a ballyhoo event for the famed retailer in Manhattan\u2019s Herald Square in 1924. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 26 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Based on newspaper accounts of the day, in both the Globe and New York Times, the ballyhoo around Ruth\u2019s return in April 1920 was nearly zero. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"An Oscar season with less ballyhoo may not be as susceptible to lobbying, experts say. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But having been shut out of the first two days of proceedings, as Republicans broadcast this ballyhoo through the convention\u2019s reality distortion field, the real world started to up its game on Wednesday. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 26 Aug. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Teaming with Procter & Gamble, which released its first cold-water detergent to much ballyhoo in 2005, is a canny financial move. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2020",
|
||
|
|
"As winter cools Gulf of Mexico and Florida Bay waters, massive schools of ballyhoo set up shop over nearshore Atlantic reefs. \u2014 David A. Brown, Field & Stream , 2 July 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Between showering shows, Stanczyk fishes for sailfish by trolling dead ballyhoo . \u2014 David A. Brown, Field & Stream , 2 July 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Intermittently, the banter and ballyhoo that results from this is serviceable, especially with the plot moving as a progressive dance in its mixing and matching of character pairs. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 10 Apr. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-131611"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baseborn":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of humble birth",
|
||
|
|
": born to parents who are not married to each other",
|
||
|
|
": deficient in character or status : ignoble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101s-\u02c8b\u022frn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"common",
|
||
|
|
"humble",
|
||
|
|
"ignoble",
|
||
|
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"low-life",
|
||
|
|
"lowborn",
|
||
|
|
"lower-class",
|
||
|
|
"lowly",
|
||
|
|
"lumpen",
|
||
|
|
"mean",
|
||
|
|
"plebeian",
|
||
|
|
"prole",
|
||
|
|
"proletarian",
|
||
|
|
"unwashed",
|
||
|
|
"vulgar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
||
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
||
|
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
|
"gentle",
|
||
|
|
"grand",
|
||
|
|
"great",
|
||
|
|
"high",
|
||
|
|
"highborn",
|
||
|
|
"highbred",
|
||
|
|
"lofty",
|
||
|
|
"noble",
|
||
|
|
"patrician",
|
||
|
|
"upper-class",
|
||
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
||
|
|
"wellborn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"in the Middle Ages, a baseborn person simply had to accept his or her station in life",
|
||
|
|
"a baseborn child who didn't even know his father's name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-131633"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baneful":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": productive of destruction or woe : seriously harmful",
|
||
|
|
": poisonous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101n-f\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adverse",
|
||
|
|
"bad",
|
||
|
|
"baleful",
|
||
|
|
"damaging",
|
||
|
|
"dangerous",
|
||
|
|
"deleterious",
|
||
|
|
"detrimental",
|
||
|
|
"evil",
|
||
|
|
"harmful",
|
||
|
|
"hurtful",
|
||
|
|
"ill",
|
||
|
|
"injurious",
|
||
|
|
"mischievous",
|
||
|
|
"nocuous",
|
||
|
|
"noxious",
|
||
|
|
"pernicious",
|
||
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
||
|
|
"wicked"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anodyne",
|
||
|
|
"benign",
|
||
|
|
"harmless",
|
||
|
|
"hurtless",
|
||
|
|
"innocent",
|
||
|
|
"innocuous",
|
||
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
||
|
|
"safe"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The legislation could have a baneful effect on the poor.",
|
||
|
|
"the baneful consequences of war"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" bane entry 1 + -ful entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-152814"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bayou":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
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"definitions":[
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": a creek, secondary watercourse, or minor river that is tributary to another body of water",
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": any of various usually marshy or sluggish bodies of water",
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": a body of water (as a creek) that flows slowly through marshy land"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012b-(\u02cc)\u00fc",
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"-(\u02cc)\u014d",
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"\u02c8b\u012b-\u00fc",
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"-\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"branch",
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"confluent",
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"feeder",
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"influent",
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"tributary"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"distributary",
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"effluent"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a small creek that is the bayou of a larger stream",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Multiple Exposures Gallery show comprises 21 numbered views of trees in the Caddo Lake bayou on the Louisiana-Texas border. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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||
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"The 147-year-old Houston cemetery\u2019s situation on low-lying ground near a bayou has exposed its more than 4,000 graves to damage from flooding. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022",
|
||
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"While work recently wrapped up along Sims Bayou, crews with the city of Houston will start building out another bike connection west of downtown in May\u2014though this one isn't as comfortable as a wide, separated bayou trail. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Almost 500,000 locations in southeastern Louisiana remained without electricity Thursday after the powerful Category 2 storm sprinted through the state\u2019s bayou region and New Orleans. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Departing three days a week, the iconic Sunset Limited train line takes passengers from New Orleans through Louisiana's bayou all the way to Western desert landscapes like Palm Springs, finally landing in Southern California. \u2014 Alexandra Talty, Travel + Leisure , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
||
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"The 2012 film takes place at a Louisiana bayou on an island nicknamed the Bathtub, where 6-year-old Hushpuppy (Wallis) lives with her ailing father, Wink (Dwight Henry). \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"To see creek and bayou levels near your home, visit the Harris County Flood Warning System website. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
||
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"Traditional caviar service goes full bayou here, where spicy bowfin caviar is accompanied with cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche, chives and a bag of Zapps potato chips. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Louisiana French, earlier bayouque , perhaps borrowed from early Choctaw *bayok , whence Choctaw bo\u00b7k \"creek, river\"",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1763, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-161122"
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},
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"backstabbing":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective,",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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||
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": betrayal (as by a verbal attack against one not present) especially by a false friend"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccsta-bi\u014b"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"betrayal",
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||
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"business",
|
||
|
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"disloyalty",
|
||
|
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"double cross",
|
||
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
||
|
|
"falseness",
|
||
|
|
"falsity",
|
||
|
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"infidelity",
|
||
|
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"perfidy",
|
||
|
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"sellout",
|
||
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"treachery",
|
||
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"treason",
|
||
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"two-timing",
|
||
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"unfaithfulness"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
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"allegiance",
|
||
|
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"devotion",
|
||
|
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"faithfulness",
|
||
|
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"fealty",
|
||
|
|
"fidelity",
|
||
|
|
"loyalty",
|
||
|
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"staunchness",
|
||
|
|
"steadfastness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"She was hurt by her former friend's backstabbing .",
|
||
|
|
"a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Jack Dorsey accused of \u2018 backstabbing \u2019 his own Twitter board by helping Elon Musk as shareholders meet by Christiaan Hetzner (Some of these stories require a subscription to access. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nonetheless, life starts reshaping itself into something very much akin to where it was headed two decades earlier, proving that some behavioral currents (cattiness, backstabbing , etc.) run deeper than wokeness. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this look at backstabbing , fake friends and a party gone wrong. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There are tongue lashings, loud outbursts of indignation, trash talking and all sorts of backstabbing commentary. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Whereas that title is a podcast set in the 90s, and delves into corporate backstabbing and other excesses around the 1-900 boom of the era, this TV show coming to the streamer is set against the backdrop of a much more universal motif. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Her book is seamy, full of score-settling, gossip and backstabbing . \u2014 Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The qualitative shift in the series begins around the fourth episode, which steps up both the action and the military strategy while also stepping up the backstabbing and character reversals. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1855, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-171200"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"basics":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
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"adverb",
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
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"noun ()"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": of, relating to, or forming the base or essence : fundamental",
|
||
|
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": concerned with fundamental scientific principles : not applied",
|
||
|
|
": constituting or serving as the basis or starting point",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, containing, or having the character of a chemical base",
|
||
|
|
": having an alkaline reaction",
|
||
|
|
": containing relatively little silica",
|
||
|
|
": relating to, made by, used in, or being a process of making steel done in a furnace lined with basic material and under basic slag",
|
||
|
|
": something that is basic : fundamental",
|
||
|
|
": basic training",
|
||
|
|
": a simplified high-level language for programming a computer",
|
||
|
|
": relating to or forming the basis or most important part of something",
|
||
|
|
": relating to or characteristic of a chemical base",
|
||
|
|
": something that is one of the simplest and most important parts of something",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or forming the base or essence",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, containing, or having the character of a base",
|
||
|
|
": having an alkaline reaction"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sik",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sik",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sik",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sik"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
||
|
|
"basal",
|
||
|
|
"beginning",
|
||
|
|
"elemental",
|
||
|
|
"elementary",
|
||
|
|
"essential",
|
||
|
|
"fundamental",
|
||
|
|
"introductory",
|
||
|
|
"meat-and-potatoes",
|
||
|
|
"rudimental",
|
||
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
||
|
|
"underlying"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ABC(s)",
|
||
|
|
"alphabet",
|
||
|
|
"elements",
|
||
|
|
"essentials",
|
||
|
|
"fundamentals",
|
||
|
|
"grammar",
|
||
|
|
"principles",
|
||
|
|
"rudiments"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"One of the most basic things is the Mirror Exercise. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On a very basic level, NASA now has to take UFO claims seriously\u2014and anyone with a new sighting to report will know that. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"An adult learn-to-sail course at the basic membership level is $515. \u2014 Erin E. Williams, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Balenciaga\u2019s strength of late is capturing the most basic cultural markers and turning them into cult classics. \u2014 Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Engine Even in its most basic form, the X4 M\u2019s engine is capable of 473 horsepower and 457 pound-feet of torque and is paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission and xDrive all-wheel drive. \u2014 Bryan Campbell, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"To help inattentive drivers, even the most basic HR-V comes with forward-collision warning, collision-mitigation braking, adaptive cruise control, and lane-keeping assistance. \u2014 Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In fact, there might just be an innate understanding of math at its most basic level that was passed down the evolutionary chain from our most distant common ancestors. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the training's basic level course for law enforcement, first responders are taught to isolate, distract and neutralize an active shooter. \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Easy to style and extremely durable, these tees are anything but an average basic . \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That\u2019s this basic of function as there is, and to not let the, the prosecutor, the public defender and the judges have legal research is like telling the garbage truck. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This is a basic of life and the county should be able to do that. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Numi also recently launched a second radical take on another basic with a stain-repellant, sweat-repellant, machine-washable silk line. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"That's a great basic to start with, thanks to its versatility and relaxed fit. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 14 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The Row knows that a signature, high-quality basic can elevate an entire outfit\u2014an attitude that Jenner and Michelle have clearly taken to heart. \u2014 Liana Satenstei, Vogue , 30 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The selection of modern basics is made for a variety of bodies, bringing the relaxed yet polished aesthetic to so many more women. \u2014 Erin Parker, Glamour , 22 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"There are almost infinite approaches to keeping a sketchbook journal, but here are some basics . \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 29 May 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1908, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1964, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190350"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backcountry":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a remote undeveloped rural area"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02cck\u0259n-tr\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backland(s)",
|
||
|
|
"backwater",
|
||
|
|
"backwoods",
|
||
|
|
"bush",
|
||
|
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
|
"hinterland",
|
||
|
|
"outback",
|
||
|
|
"outlands",
|
||
|
|
"up-country"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"he took a month's supplies and headed out to the backcountry",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"For subscribers: An electric bike rode into the backcountry . \u2014 Will Carless, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The family was driving a minivan and not prepared for backcountry conditions. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The tent weighs 5 pounds 15 ounces and has heavy-duty zippers, reinforced seams, and MSR\u2019s Mini Grounghog stakes, plus the guy-out points are built to handle rough backcountry conditions. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2014",
|
||
|
|
"Qui\u00f1onez recently completed a 100-day solo survival test in the frozen Manitoban backcountry \u2014an experience that likely prepared him for starvation and severe cold. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Serious backcountry adventurers need extra supplies for emergency situations in the wilderness. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Travelers will hike the highest mountains in New Hampshire, the Presidential Range, including the highest point in the Northeastern United States \u2013 the summit of Mount Washington - spending their nights in authentic backcountry huts. \u2014 Sandra Macgregor, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But that doesn\u2019t mean the backcountry is inaccessible. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Kirsten Hugger, an experienced backcountry skier from Mont Vernon, N.H., fell and struck rocks while attempting to ski steep terrain, Fish and Game said. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1746, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190618"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bankroll":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": supply of money : funds",
|
||
|
|
": to supply money for (a business, project, or person)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014bk-\u02ccr\u014dl"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"coffers",
|
||
|
|
"exchequer",
|
||
|
|
"finances",
|
||
|
|
"fund",
|
||
|
|
"pocket",
|
||
|
|
"resources",
|
||
|
|
"wherewithal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"capitalize",
|
||
|
|
"endow",
|
||
|
|
"finance",
|
||
|
|
"fund",
|
||
|
|
"stake",
|
||
|
|
"subsidize",
|
||
|
|
"underwrite"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"They started the business with a fairly small bankroll .",
|
||
|
|
"my total bankroll right now is $2,000",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"That will exhaust our bankroll , but hopefully one of those bets will hit and turn Derby Day into a profitable venture. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Jordan\u2019s $8,532,374 exceeded House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy\u2019s $8,350,153 bankroll , according to statistics compiled by Political MoneyLine. \u2014 Sabrina Eaton, cleveland , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"So rapidly did this divide grow, that, just over a decade after the two competitions formation, the only realistic way to have a shot at disrupting the status quo was by having a Russian billionaire or Middle Eastern Sheik bankroll massive losses. \u2014 Zak Garner-purkis, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Despite the fledgling league\u2019s careful crafting and a name-brand bankroll , success is hardly guaranteed. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 17 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Some gangs bankroll candidates outright, while ordering hit men to deal with the competition. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Evaluating and understanding key stats can guide you to more fairways, greens and birdies in your bankroll . \u2014 Jay Ginsbach, Forbes , 19 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Expect a big bankroll here, as the luxury matches its price tag. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Travel + Leisure , 1 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One way to accelerate production is through what are known as second-source agreements, which the Gates Foundation has helped broker and bankroll . \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 22 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Liberman convinced Vogue to bankroll the New York project but never published any of the results. \u2014 Vince Aletti, The New Yorker , 18 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But states benefitting from current outsized demand can seize the moment to bankroll initiatives geared at a post-carbon future. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Like Riordan, Caruso has also tapped his vast and larger personal fortune to bankroll his campaign. \u2014 Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These are often launched by criminal groups, but state actors like Russia might choose to bankroll such attacks simply to cause as much economic disruption as possible. \u2014 Neil Mcallister, PCMAG , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Traditionalists fear that if the social aspect of the game fades, so will the enthusiasm of the casual gamblers who trust their luck and lose reliably enough to bankroll the winners. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Howard Forman, a professor of public health at Yale, estimates the federal government could bankroll the next phase of pandemic response for as little as $50 per American. \u2014 Alex Putterman, courant.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cutler, 75, ran for governor twice as an independent and used his personal wealth to bankroll both campaigns. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Ibarra, the owner of a beauty salon in Tijuana, had used her profits to bankroll one of Mexico\u2019s first amateur women\u2019s teams. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
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|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1849, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1915, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191121"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
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"bathed":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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"noun",
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"noun ()",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a washing or soaking (as in water or steam) of all or part of the body",
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": water used for bathing",
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": a contained liquid for a special purpose",
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": a receptacle holding the liquid",
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": a medium for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it",
|
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": a vessel containing this medium",
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": bathroom",
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": a building containing an apartment or a series of rooms designed for bathing",
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": spa sense 1",
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": swimming pool",
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": the quality or state of being covered with a liquid",
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": flood sense 3",
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": bathtub",
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": to give a bath to",
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": to take a bath",
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": an ancient Hebrew liquid measure corresponding to the ephah of dry measure",
|
||
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": an act of washing the body usually in a bathtub",
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": water for bathing",
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||
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": a place, room, or building where people may bathe",
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||
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": bathroom",
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": bathtub",
|
||
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": a washing or soaking (as in water) of all or part of the body \u2014 see mud bath , sitz bath",
|
||
|
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": water used for bathing",
|
||
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": a medium for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it",
|
||
|
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": a vessel containing this medium",
|
||
|
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": a place resorted to especially for medical treatment by bathing : spa",
|
||
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": to give a bath to",
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": to take a bath",
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"city in Somerset, southwestern England population 79,900"
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||
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8bath",
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||
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"\u02c8b\u00e4th",
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"\u02c8bath",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4th",
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||
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"\u02c8bath, \u02c8b\u0227th",
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"\u02c8bath",
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||
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"\u02c8b\u00e4th"
|
||
|
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],
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|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"alluvion",
|
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"cataclysm",
|
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"cataract",
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|
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"deluge",
|
||
|
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"flood",
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|
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"flood tide",
|
||
|
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"inundation",
|
||
|
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"Niagara",
|
||
|
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"overflow",
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||
|
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"spate",
|
||
|
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"torrent"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"drought",
|
||
|
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"drouth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191400"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbarism":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a barbarian or barbarous social or intellectual condition : backwardness",
|
||
|
|
": the practice or display of barbarian acts, attitudes, or ideas",
|
||
|
|
": an idea, act, or expression that in form or use offends against contemporary standards of good taste or acceptability"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259-\u02ccri-z\u0259m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The barbarism of his dictatorship cannot be ignored.",
|
||
|
|
"Such barbarisms cannot be tolerated.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In a nation at war, and a city aching for some semblance of normality, the Odesa Opera reopened for the first time since the Russian invasion began, asserting civilization against the barbarism unleashed from Moscow. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"She was raised by her mother, Tamara, an office manager who was born in Belgrade and grew up unburdened by responsibility for Nazi barbarism . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"To that end the West can shelter the country\u2019s women, children and elderly as a defining contrast to Mr. Putin\u2019s barbarism . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The New Zealand director has long been celebrated as an iconoclast, a woman whose radiant films meld beauty and barbarism in their depiction of the world and the flawed humans inhabiting it. \u2014 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The shift may have been inevitable, given the barbarism of the war, which has claimed thousands of civilian lives, and Russia\u2019s challenge to the conventions and obligations of modern statecraft. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Almost everyone in the U.S. and Europe observing the invasion of Ukraine has no difficulty condemning the barbarism of Russian war-making. \u2014 Michael Walzer, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, invoked the barbarism of the Holocaust on Tuesday after Russian forces hit a television tower located beside Babyn Yar, a Kyiv ravine where Nazi Germany committed atrocities during World War II. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These are real trigger words for Russians in general who don't like to be accused of barbarism . \u2014 CBS News , 23 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191705"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barreling":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter",
|
||
|
|
": the amount contained in a barrel",
|
||
|
|
": the amount (such as 31 gallons of fermented beverage or 42 gallons of petroleum) fixed for a certain commodity used as a unit of measure",
|
||
|
|
": a great quantity",
|
||
|
|
": a drum or cylindrical part: such as",
|
||
|
|
": the discharging tube of a gun",
|
||
|
|
": the part of a fountain pen or of a pencil containing the ink or lead",
|
||
|
|
": a cylindrical or tapering housing containing the optical components of a photographic-lens system and the iris diaphragm",
|
||
|
|
": the fuel outlet from the carburetor on a gasoline engine",
|
||
|
|
": the flat, cylindrical metal box that encloses the mainspring of a timepiece",
|
||
|
|
": the trunk of a quadruped",
|
||
|
|
": asking for or granting no credit",
|
||
|
|
": at a disadvantage : in an awkward position",
|
||
|
|
": to put or pack in a barrel",
|
||
|
|
": to move at a high speed or without hesitation",
|
||
|
|
": a round container often with curved sides that is longer than it is wide and has flat ends",
|
||
|
|
": the amount contained in a full barrel",
|
||
|
|
": something shaped like a cylinder",
|
||
|
|
": to move at a high speed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abundance",
|
||
|
|
"basketful",
|
||
|
|
"boatload",
|
||
|
|
"bucket",
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
|
"bundle",
|
||
|
|
"bushel",
|
||
|
|
"carload",
|
||
|
|
"chunk",
|
||
|
|
"deal",
|
||
|
|
"dozen",
|
||
|
|
"fistful",
|
||
|
|
"gobs",
|
||
|
|
"good deal",
|
||
|
|
"heap",
|
||
|
|
"hundred",
|
||
|
|
"lashings",
|
||
|
|
"lashins",
|
||
|
|
"loads",
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"mass",
|
||
|
|
"mess",
|
||
|
|
"mountain",
|
||
|
|
"much",
|
||
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
||
|
|
"myriad",
|
||
|
|
"oodles",
|
||
|
|
"pack",
|
||
|
|
"passel",
|
||
|
|
"peck",
|
||
|
|
"pile",
|
||
|
|
"plateful",
|
||
|
|
"plenitude",
|
||
|
|
"plentitude",
|
||
|
|
"plenty",
|
||
|
|
"pot",
|
||
|
|
"potful",
|
||
|
|
"profusion",
|
||
|
|
"quantity",
|
||
|
|
"raft",
|
||
|
|
"reams",
|
||
|
|
"scads",
|
||
|
|
"sheaf",
|
||
|
|
"shipload",
|
||
|
|
"sight",
|
||
|
|
"slew",
|
||
|
|
"spate",
|
||
|
|
"stack",
|
||
|
|
"store",
|
||
|
|
"ton",
|
||
|
|
"truckload",
|
||
|
|
"volume",
|
||
|
|
"wad",
|
||
|
|
"wealth",
|
||
|
|
"yard"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"blast",
|
||
|
|
"blaze",
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bolt",
|
||
|
|
"bomb",
|
||
|
|
"bowl",
|
||
|
|
"breeze",
|
||
|
|
"bundle",
|
||
|
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
|
"buzz",
|
||
|
|
"cannonball",
|
||
|
|
"careen",
|
||
|
|
"career",
|
||
|
|
"chase",
|
||
|
|
"course",
|
||
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
||
|
|
"dash",
|
||
|
|
"drive",
|
||
|
|
"fly",
|
||
|
|
"hare",
|
||
|
|
"hasten",
|
||
|
|
"hie",
|
||
|
|
"highball",
|
||
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
||
|
|
"hump",
|
||
|
|
"hurl",
|
||
|
|
"hurry",
|
||
|
|
"hurtle",
|
||
|
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
|
"jet",
|
||
|
|
"jump",
|
||
|
|
"motor",
|
||
|
|
"nip",
|
||
|
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
|
"race",
|
||
|
|
"ram",
|
||
|
|
"rip",
|
||
|
|
"rocket",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"rush",
|
||
|
|
"rustle",
|
||
|
|
"scoot",
|
||
|
|
"scurry",
|
||
|
|
"scuttle",
|
||
|
|
"shoot",
|
||
|
|
"speed",
|
||
|
|
"step",
|
||
|
|
"tear",
|
||
|
|
"travel",
|
||
|
|
"trot",
|
||
|
|
"whirl",
|
||
|
|
"whisk",
|
||
|
|
"zip",
|
||
|
|
"zoom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, edged down 6.4% to $112.11 a barrel . \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Christensen explained that barrel -aging requires the natural shifts in temperature that occur with the changing of the seasons, without heating and air conditioning interrupting the process. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Brent crude, the international standard, gained 62 cents to $122.89 a barrel . \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"India has also been trying to negotiate deeper price cuts on Russian oil, aiming for deals as low as $70 a barrel . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"During the trial, prosecutors posited that Crampton Brophy had replaced the gun\u2019s barrel and then discarded it to throw off investigators. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The benchmark for global oil prices, Brent crude, averaged at $102.23 a barrel during the first quarter \u2013 67% higher than during the same period last year, according to the Associated Press. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The barrel angled skyward before firing only two shots, sending dirt and leaves into the air. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These estimates are derived on the basis of the assumption that India\u2019s crude oil basket remains at $105 a barrel . \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Billions of dollars\u2019 worth of televisions, furniture and other goods from the port are shipped onto trucks that barrel along the 710 and are then loaded onto trains headed to the rest of the country. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Trump would have entered a second term as US-China relations barrel toward greater confrontation. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz , 7 Nov. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The craft beer revolution turned the tall cousin of cannabis into a breakout ingredient, infusing your brew with flavors and aromas that range from stone fruit to barrel oak. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The Rays simply couldn\u2019t barrel up Detmers, who mixed a fastball averaging 92 mph with a looping curveball, a changeup and a slider. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At its current pace, the world would barrel past that limit in the coming decades and set off increasingly deadly and irreversible calamities, scientists say. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Six years later, Pepsi would barrel ahead with another wacky soda-in-games collaboration, though this too was a Japan-only push. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There, relying largely on ambush tactics, Ukrainian forces have slowed the Russian campaign to encircle and capture the capital, even as Russian troops barrel across the south. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Membership also provides discounts on drinks, early access to barrel picks, and invitations to member-only events, among other perks. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 30 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192802"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baffle":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert",
|
||
|
|
": to check or break the force or flow of by or as if by a baffle (see baffle entry 2 )",
|
||
|
|
": a device (such as a plate, wall, or screen) to deflect, check, or regulate flow or passage (as of a fluid, light, or sound)",
|
||
|
|
": to completely confuse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-f\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-f\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balk",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"checkmate",
|
||
|
|
"discomfit",
|
||
|
|
"foil",
|
||
|
|
"frustrate",
|
||
|
|
"thwart"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"advance",
|
||
|
|
"cultivate",
|
||
|
|
"encourage",
|
||
|
|
"forward",
|
||
|
|
"foster",
|
||
|
|
"further",
|
||
|
|
"nurture",
|
||
|
|
"promote"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"I was baffled by many of the scientific terms used in the article.",
|
||
|
|
"the language barrier baffled everyone and discouraged us from attempting another teleconference",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"That intentional obscurity might baffle audiences, and in Men, intrigue often curdles into fear. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The film uses it as the setting for a Joe Manganiello cameo, then lets Hunter escape with an ease that would baffle the heroes of that Mountain Goats song. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On issues like taxes and health care, their views are far more popular than those of the GOP, but the party is increasingly identified with cultural stances that baffle older voters and voters who didn't go to college. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Each woman holds her ground \u2014 take, for example, the episode about polyamory, in which Willow seems to baffle her co-hosts \u2014 but the inter-family good will prevents the show from ever erupting into true tension. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The way that society pressures young couples to get married but can\u2019t fathom two best friends making that same commitment never fails to baffle me. \u2014 April Lee, refinery29.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"APTs are more complex to plan and manage than traditional trials, and their statistical methods may baffle the average physician, but the fda has embraced the approach, and COVID has proved their utility. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Dunse also listens to her customers, even when their requests baffle her. \u2014 The Week , 26 Feb. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"But others had problems that seemed to baffle everyone involved. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com , 22 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"This indulgent featherbed has two layers of down and feathers in a baffle box construction that keeps the fill evenly distributed. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
|
||
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"The baffle style, made of stainless steel, has two layers of three-sided channels that run horizontally but with the peaks of the channels oriented in opposite directions. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
|
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|
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"Internal bracing adds strength to the front baffle and braces the drive unit to the cabinet, creating a support that aids the dynamic performance of the bass unit. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
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|
|
"Cabrera, a 24-year-old from the Dominican Republic, used a fastball topping out at 99 mph with a slider and changeup to baffle Colorado\u2019s lineup. \u2014 Mike Cranston, Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
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"Remove the grates, drip tray, and heat baffle , and use a shop vacuum to clear it out. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 8 July 2021",
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|
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"Construction: Check the specifications to see if the comforter uses a baffle box construction, which means there are vertical walls of fabric on the inside to help keep the fill in place. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
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"The special-edition system features an array of Naim Audio electronics to deliver source and power to Focal\u2019s Sopra N\u00b02 loudspeakers, which combine concrete-finish side panels with a unique tin-color front baffle . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"The baffle -box construction is ideal to prevent the fill from shifting. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Verb",
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"1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Noun",
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"1881, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192956"
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},
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"bang on":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": exactly correct or appropriate",
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": to talk repeatedly or continuously about something"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"accurate",
|
||
|
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"correct",
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"dead-on",
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||
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"exact",
|
||
|
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"good",
|
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|
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"on-target",
|
||
|
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"precise",
|
||
|
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"proper",
|
||
|
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"right",
|
||
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"so",
|
||
|
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"spot-on",
|
||
|
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"true",
|
||
|
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"veracious"
|
||
|
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],
|
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|
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"antonyms":[
|
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|
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"false",
|
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|
|
"improper",
|
||
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
||
|
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"incorrect",
|
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|
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"inexact",
|
||
|
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"off",
|
||
|
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"untrue",
|
||
|
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"wrong"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Adjective",
|
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|
|
"a London theatre critic who can generally be relied upon for his bang on assessments of new plays in the West End"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1943, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1979, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193719"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastard":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a child born to parents who are not married to each other",
|
||
|
|
": something that is spurious (see spurious sense 3a ), irregular, inferior, or of questionable origin",
|
||
|
|
": an offensive or disagreeable person",
|
||
|
|
": man , fellow",
|
||
|
|
": born to parents who are not married to each other",
|
||
|
|
": of mixed or ill-conceived origin",
|
||
|
|
": of abnormal shape or irregular size",
|
||
|
|
": of a kind similar to but inferior to or less typical than some standard",
|
||
|
|
": lacking genuineness or authority : false",
|
||
|
|
": an illegitimate child"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-st\u0259rd",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bas-t\u0259rd"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"by-blow",
|
||
|
|
"love child",
|
||
|
|
"whoreson"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"baseborn",
|
||
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
||
|
|
"misbegotten",
|
||
|
|
"natural",
|
||
|
|
"spurious",
|
||
|
|
"supposititious",
|
||
|
|
"unfathered"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Congratulations on getting the job, you lucky bastard !",
|
||
|
|
"His wife left him, the poor bastard .",
|
||
|
|
"Life can be a real bastard sometimes.",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Alexander Hamilton appears to have been bothered by the fact that he was a bastard child.",
|
||
|
|
"a bastard knockoff of a far superior thriller"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194221"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbarianism":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a person from an alien land, culture, or group believed to be inferior, uncivilized, or violent",
|
||
|
|
": a barbarous person : a rude, crude, uneducated, or uncivilized person",
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to a land, culture, or people alien and usually believed to be inferior to another land, culture, or people",
|
||
|
|
": lacking refinement, learning, or artistic or literary culture",
|
||
|
|
": an uncivilized person"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"heathen",
|
||
|
|
"savage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"barbaric",
|
||
|
|
"barbarous",
|
||
|
|
"heathen",
|
||
|
|
"heathenish",
|
||
|
|
"natural",
|
||
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
||
|
|
"Neandertal",
|
||
|
|
"rude",
|
||
|
|
"savage",
|
||
|
|
"uncivil",
|
||
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
||
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
||
|
|
"wild"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"people who were regarded as barbarian by the ancient Romans",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"The Amazigh are better known as Berbers, but that\u2019s actually a pejorative name, derived from the word barbarian . \u2014 Terri Colby, Philly.com , 20 Sep. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"But Charlie Gard shows that the barbarian no longer comes wielding a club and grunting in some undecipherable tongue. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 17 July 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The barbarian stuck behind the glass now indeed had two separate brows, but they were arched far above its eyes as if sketched by a cartoon artist. \u2014 Iman Hariri-kia, Teen Vogue , 2 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Looking back eight centuries, Carleton traces an epic tale of war and redemption, of a Russia that finds itself constantly at risk of barbarian invasion and annihilation and yet manages, time and again, to save both itself and its neighbors. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, New Republic , 26 Sep. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Medea New adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy about the barbarian princess scorned by her husband, the hero Jason. \u2014 Matt Cooper, latimes.com , 3 Sep. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago? \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 1 June 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago? \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 1 June 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194616"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bang away":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to work with determined effort",
|
||
|
|
": to attack persistently"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
||
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
||
|
|
"drudge",
|
||
|
|
"endeavor",
|
||
|
|
"fag",
|
||
|
|
"grub",
|
||
|
|
"hump",
|
||
|
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
|
"labor",
|
||
|
|
"moil",
|
||
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
||
|
|
"plod",
|
||
|
|
"plow",
|
||
|
|
"plug",
|
||
|
|
"slave",
|
||
|
|
"slog",
|
||
|
|
"strain",
|
||
|
|
"strive",
|
||
|
|
"struggle",
|
||
|
|
"sweat",
|
||
|
|
"toil",
|
||
|
|
"travail",
|
||
|
|
"tug",
|
||
|
|
"work"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the design team has been banging away at that project for months"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194943"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bask":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere",
|
||
|
|
": to take pleasure or derive enjoyment",
|
||
|
|
": to warm by continued exposure to heat",
|
||
|
|
": to lie or relax in pleasantly warm surroundings",
|
||
|
|
": to take pleasure or derive enjoyment"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bask",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bask"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"kick back",
|
||
|
|
"loll",
|
||
|
|
"lounge",
|
||
|
|
"relax",
|
||
|
|
"repose",
|
||
|
|
"rest"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"We sat basking in the sun.",
|
||
|
|
"Tourists were basking on the beaches.",
|
||
|
|
"He stood before the audience, basking in their applause.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Scroll on below to bask in the Global Buzz playlist featuring the likes of Harry Styles, Yuna, Becky G and more, a compilation that can be enjoyed using the HONOR Earbuds 3 Pro, of course. \u2014 James Dinh, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As alligators bask in the sun, blood flowing through the scutes warms the gator\u2019s body. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Such arguments will be fair on the merits while missing the point of the record, which is to bask in the amiable breeziness of this world. \u2014 Alex Swhear, Variety , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Take a moment to bask in the beauty of this priceless tiara, famously worn by Princess Diana during her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"David Cronenberg and the stars of his latest movie, Crimes of the Future, got to bask in the glory of an extended Cannes Film Festival standing ovation. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Chandler is not the type of person to bask in the limelight. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Impressive crowds for the road course race attended Friday\u2019s practices and qualifications and a very nice crowd came to the Speedway on Saturday to bask in the sunshine before the weather took a dramatic, and potentially severe turn. \u2014 Bruce Martin, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Even Blxst took the time to bask in her vocal exploits, shouting her out by name before reclaiming the spotlight to move into the show\u2019s final phase. \u2014 Kwasi Boadi, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, probably from Old Norse bathask , reflexive of batha to bathe; akin to Old English b\u00e6th bath",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201110"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bailiwick":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the office or jurisdiction of a bailiff (see bailiff sense 1a )",
|
||
|
|
": the sphere in which one has superior knowledge or authority : a special domain (see domain sense 4 )"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-li-\u02ccwik",
|
||
|
|
"-l\u0113-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"area",
|
||
|
|
"arena",
|
||
|
|
"barony",
|
||
|
|
"business",
|
||
|
|
"circle",
|
||
|
|
"demesne",
|
||
|
|
"department",
|
||
|
|
"discipline",
|
||
|
|
"domain",
|
||
|
|
"element",
|
||
|
|
"fief",
|
||
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
||
|
|
"field",
|
||
|
|
"firmament",
|
||
|
|
"front",
|
||
|
|
"game",
|
||
|
|
"kingdom",
|
||
|
|
"line",
|
||
|
|
"precinct",
|
||
|
|
"province",
|
||
|
|
"realm",
|
||
|
|
"specialty",
|
||
|
|
"sphere",
|
||
|
|
"terrain",
|
||
|
|
"walk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"questions about organization of the fund drive are my bailiwick",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In shutting down the Abbott plant, the FDA was acting from a zero-risk mentality in its own bailiwick \u2014protecting infant formula from factory contamination\u2014with zero regard for costs and risks that would be somebody else\u2019s problem. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But MTV Entertainment Studios\u2019 bailiwick has expanded in recent years under the leadership of Chris McCarthy, a longtime executive at Paramount Global, the cable programming giant formerly known as ViacomCBS. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His bailiwick is seamy realism, walking the edge of soft-core as lowlife exploiter Larry Clark did with Kids, but never transcending it. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The Scripture says to feed the widows and the orphans and take care of those who can't take care themselves, and that is Skip Rutherford's bailiwick . \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 27 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"So the Hoosiers just have to find an inside receiver who can make up for some of the playmaking in space that has been Philyor\u2019s bailiwick . \u2014 Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star , 1 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"And so that's within their bailiwick to deal with that issue and the people of New York. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Weaver\u2019s bailiwick has been Republican candidates whose greatest interest seems to be criticizing other Republicans. \u2014 Jack Butler, National Review , 22 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Reardon's usual focus is on using data from pulsar timing arrays to search for nanohertz-frequency gravitational waves, so magnets are a bit out of his bailiwick . \u2014 Steve Mirsky, Scientific American , 26 May 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English baillifwik , from baillif + wik dwelling place, village, from Old English w\u012bc , from Latin vicus village \u2014 more at vicinity ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205049"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balkiness":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": refusing or likely to refuse to proceed, act, or function as directed or expected",
|
||
|
|
": likely to stop or refuse to go"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022f-k\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"sometimes",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022f-k\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contrary",
|
||
|
|
"contumacious",
|
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"defiant",
|
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"disobedient",
|
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"froward",
|
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|
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"incompliant",
|
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|
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"insubordinate",
|
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|
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"intractable",
|
||
|
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"obstreperous",
|
||
|
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"rebel",
|
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|
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"rebellious",
|
||
|
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"recalcitrant",
|
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"recusant",
|
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|
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"refractory",
|
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|
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"restive",
|
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|
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"ungovernable",
|
||
|
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"unruly",
|
||
|
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"untoward",
|
||
|
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"wayward",
|
||
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"willful",
|
||
|
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"wilful"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
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"amenable",
|
||
|
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"biddable",
|
||
|
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"compliant",
|
||
|
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"conformable",
|
||
|
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"docile",
|
||
|
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"obedient",
|
||
|
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"ruly",
|
||
|
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"submissive",
|
||
|
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"tractable"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
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|
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"a balky toddler who only seemed to know the word \u201cno\u201d when told to do something",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"For Boston, Marcus Smart has had a balky ankle, Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5, though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For Boston, Marcus Smart\u2019s ankle has been balky , Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5 though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For Boston, Marcus Smart\u2019s ankle has been balky , Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5 though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The process at City Hall to select a developer has been balky out of the gate and has a tight timeline that, realistically, must be completed by the fall. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bench dumbbell fly has never been one of my favorite exercises for my clients, especially for those with balky shoulders. \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Matsuyama, the first Japanese man to win a major championship, is hoping a balky neck that has been bothering him for a few weeks is good enough on Thursday to give him a legitimate chance of winning the Masters again. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Unfortunately, the existing programs are balky and anything but customer-friendly. \u2014 Frederick Hess, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There is no magical moment, just a gradual, balky transition to a more relaxed state of vigilance that, depending on new variants and possible surges, could be temporary. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1831, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205318"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bark":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog",
|
||
|
|
": to make a noise resembling a bark",
|
||
|
|
": to speak in a curt loud and usually angry tone : snap",
|
||
|
|
": to produce a usually sharp, sudden pain",
|
||
|
|
": to utter in a curt loud usually angry tone",
|
||
|
|
": to advertise by persistent outcry",
|
||
|
|
": to promote or follow a mistaken course (as in doing research)",
|
||
|
|
": the sound made by a barking dog",
|
||
|
|
": a similar sound",
|
||
|
|
": a short sharp peremptory tone of speech or utterance",
|
||
|
|
": the tough exterior covering of a woody root or stem",
|
||
|
|
": the tissues outside the cambium that include an inner layer especially of secondary phloem and an outer layer of periderm",
|
||
|
|
": cinchona sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": a candy containing chocolate and nuts that is made in a sheet and broken into pieces",
|
||
|
|
": to treat with an infusion of tanbark",
|
||
|
|
": to strip the bark from",
|
||
|
|
": to rub off or abrade the skin of",
|
||
|
|
": a small sailing ship",
|
||
|
|
": a sailing ship of three or more masts with the aftmost mast fore-and-aft rigged and the others square-rigged",
|
||
|
|
": a craft propelled by sails or oars",
|
||
|
|
": to make the short loud cry of a dog or like a dog's",
|
||
|
|
": to shout or speak sharply",
|
||
|
|
": the sound made by a barking dog or a similar sound",
|
||
|
|
": the outside covering of the trunk, branches, and roots of a tree",
|
||
|
|
": a small sailing boat",
|
||
|
|
": a three-masted ship with foremast and mainmast square-rigged",
|
||
|
|
": to rub or scrape the skin off",
|
||
|
|
": the tough exterior covering of a woody root or stem",
|
||
|
|
": cinchona sense 3"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4rk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4rk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4rk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"snap",
|
||
|
|
"snarl"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"flay",
|
||
|
|
"hull",
|
||
|
|
"husk",
|
||
|
|
"peel",
|
||
|
|
"shell",
|
||
|
|
"shuck",
|
||
|
|
"skin"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-210632"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastinado":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a blow with a stick or cudgel",
|
||
|
|
": a beating especially with a stick",
|
||
|
|
": a punishment consisting of beating the soles of the feet with a stick",
|
||
|
|
": stick , cudgel",
|
||
|
|
": to subject to repeated blows"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccba-st\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8n\u00e4-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"baton",
|
||
|
|
"billy",
|
||
|
|
"billy club",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
|
"cane",
|
||
|
|
"club",
|
||
|
|
"cudgel",
|
||
|
|
"nightstick",
|
||
|
|
"rod",
|
||
|
|
"rung",
|
||
|
|
"sap",
|
||
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
||
|
|
"shillalah",
|
||
|
|
"staff",
|
||
|
|
"truncheon",
|
||
|
|
"waddy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1601, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-210635"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bambino":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a representation of the infant Christ",
|
||
|
|
": child , baby"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"bam-\u02c8b\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4m-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"babe",
|
||
|
|
"baby",
|
||
|
|
"child",
|
||
|
|
"infant",
|
||
|
|
"neonate",
|
||
|
|
"newborn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a new mother cuddling a bambino in her lap",
|
||
|
|
"bouncing a bambino on her knee"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Italian, diminutive of bambo child",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1714, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-214748"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"batter":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish",
|
||
|
|
": bombard",
|
||
|
|
": to commit battery against (someone) : to offensively touch or use force on (a person) without the person's consent",
|
||
|
|
": to subject to strong, overwhelming, or repeated attack",
|
||
|
|
": to wear or damage by hard usage or blows",
|
||
|
|
": to strike something heavily and repeatedly : beat , pound",
|
||
|
|
": to commit battery against another : to offensively touch or use force on a person without the person's consent",
|
||
|
|
": a mixture consisting chiefly of flour, egg, and milk or water and being thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon",
|
||
|
|
": a mixture (as of flour and egg) used as a coating for food that is to be fried",
|
||
|
|
": an instance of battering (see batter entry 1 )",
|
||
|
|
": to coat with a mixture (as of flour and egg) for frying : to coat (food) with batter (see batter entry 2 sense 1b )",
|
||
|
|
": a receding upward slope of the outer face of a wall or other structure",
|
||
|
|
": to give a receding upward slope to (something, such as a wall)",
|
||
|
|
": one that strikes or hits a ball with a bat",
|
||
|
|
": the player whose turn it is to bat",
|
||
|
|
": to beat with repeated violent blows",
|
||
|
|
": to damage by blows or hard use",
|
||
|
|
": a mixture made chiefly of flour and a liquid that is cooked and eaten",
|
||
|
|
": the player whose turn it is to bat"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"baste",
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"belabor",
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"birch",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
|
"buffet",
|
||
|
|
"bung up",
|
||
|
|
"club",
|
||
|
|
"curry",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"drub",
|
||
|
|
"fib",
|
||
|
|
"flog",
|
||
|
|
"hammer",
|
||
|
|
"hide",
|
||
|
|
"lace",
|
||
|
|
"lambaste",
|
||
|
|
"lambast",
|
||
|
|
"lash",
|
||
|
|
"lather",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"maul",
|
||
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
||
|
|
"paddle",
|
||
|
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
|
"pommel",
|
||
|
|
"pound",
|
||
|
|
"pummel",
|
||
|
|
"punch out",
|
||
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
||
|
|
"slate",
|
||
|
|
"slog",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"tan",
|
||
|
|
"thrash",
|
||
|
|
"thresh",
|
||
|
|
"thump",
|
||
|
|
"tromp",
|
||
|
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
|
"whale",
|
||
|
|
"whip",
|
||
|
|
"whop",
|
||
|
|
"whap",
|
||
|
|
"whup",
|
||
|
|
"work over"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1971, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1743, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (3)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1773, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-215741"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bafflegab":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": gobbledygook"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-f\u0259l-\u02ccgab"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"double-talk",
|
||
|
|
"gibberish",
|
||
|
|
"gobbledygook",
|
||
|
|
"gobbledegook",
|
||
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
||
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
||
|
|
"song and dance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I kept asking the telemarketer what the final cost of the \u201cspecial offer\u201d was, and all I got was more bafflegab about deferred payments, option to cancel at any point, etc."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1952, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-230243"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bauble":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": trinket sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": a scepter of a fool (see fool entry 1 sense 2a )",
|
||
|
|
": something of trifling appeal",
|
||
|
|
": ornament",
|
||
|
|
": a Christmas ornament"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022f-b\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bibelot",
|
||
|
|
"curio",
|
||
|
|
"curiosity",
|
||
|
|
"doodad",
|
||
|
|
"gaud",
|
||
|
|
"gewgaw",
|
||
|
|
"geegaw",
|
||
|
|
"gimcrack",
|
||
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
||
|
|
"knickknack",
|
||
|
|
"nicknack",
|
||
|
|
"novelty",
|
||
|
|
"ornamental",
|
||
|
|
"tchotchke",
|
||
|
|
"trinket"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"picked up some cheap baubles at the fair",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Red Guards took away his family\u2019s piano, damning it as a bourgeois bauble . \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 16 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Nobody needs a participation trophy \u2026 except for when my son was playing soccer at the age of 3 and a shiny bauble added a nice little touch to his bookcase full of board books. \u2014 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2021",
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"The most recent bauble came from Zane\u2019s school counselor. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2021",
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"The trend continued at Marine Serre, where a stone bauble hung from a chain. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 30 Apr. 2021",
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"One in a Million initial necklace certainly fits the bill, and right now, this elegant bauble is currently on sale at Macy's for 40% off. \u2014 Arielle Tschinkel, USA TODAY , 2 Dec. 2020",
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"Over a third of all the luxury baubles sold by the likes of Louis Vuitton and Gucci are bought by Chinese splurgers, according to Bain, a consultancy. \u2014 The Economist , 28 May 2020",
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"This light fixture was some unique version of oil rubbed bronze ugliness, with brownish, creamy, wannabe milk glass shades and a trio of un-glamorous crystal baubles delicately hanging from it. \u2014 Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful , 29 Apr. 2020",
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"That\u2019s right \u2014 in season 1, there was no Neil Lane with his suitcase of baubles . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 27 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English babel , from Middle French",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-014529"
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"backbreaking":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": extremely arduous, exhausting, or demoralizing"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccbr\u0101-ki\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arduous",
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"Augean",
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"challenging",
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"demanding",
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"difficult",
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"effortful",
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"exacting",
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"formidable",
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"grueling",
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"gruelling",
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"hard",
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"heavy",
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"hellacious",
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"herculean",
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"killer",
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"laborious",
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"moiling",
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"murderous",
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"pick-and-shovel",
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"rigorous",
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"rough",
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"rugged",
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"severe",
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"stiff",
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"strenuous",
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"sweaty",
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"tall",
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"testing",
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"toilsome",
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"tough",
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"uphill"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"easy",
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"effortless",
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"facile",
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"light",
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"mindless",
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"simple",
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"soft",
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"undemanding"
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],
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"examples":[
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"modern machinery has significantly eased the backbreaking work of farming",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
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"Its constant work building a personal brand and then effectively monetizing that brand to enable the work to be a full-time job is even more backbreaking . \u2014 Keith Bendes, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"The trials pay better than dishwashing, require no skills and are far less backbreaking than loading and unloading boxes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The Kings were leading 80-60 at the time and led by as many as 26 in the game, dealing the Blazers\u2019 playoff chase a backbreaking blow. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Plus, large shovels hold a backbreaking amount of snow. \u2014 James Jackson, Popular Mechanics , 18 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Drawing on unprecedented research, Chang shows how these men performed some of the most dangerous, most backbreaking work to build out the railroad from California, yet received virtually no credit for their contributions. \u2014 Chris Fuchs, NBC News , 5 Nov. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Spraying fields with pesticides and fertilizers, the drones -- which can cover up to 60 acres a day -- could boost crop yields, save time and make backbreaking field work much easier, according to Bug Away. \u2014 Sarah Lazarus And Dan Tham, CNN , 3 July 2019",
|
||
|
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"Facing the possibility of major defections, a roster implosion or a backbreaking salary cap position, Brand tap-danced his way through the minefield in impressive fashion. \u2014 Ben Golliver, The Denver Post , 3 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Unable to afford any other kind of fishing, Theophile ended up going into the nearby cane fields, taking the backbreaking work of processing sugar. \u2014 Alec Jacobson, National Geographic , 3 May 2019"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1766, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-041246"
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||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"barter":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services",
|
||
|
|
": to trade or exchange by or as if by bartering",
|
||
|
|
": the act or practice of trading goods or services for other goods or services : the act or practice of carrying on trade by bartering",
|
||
|
|
": goods or services that are traded for other goods or services : the thing given in exchange in bartering",
|
||
|
|
": to trade by exchanging one thing for another without the use of money",
|
||
|
|
": the trade of one thing for another without the use of money",
|
||
|
|
": to trade by exchanging one commodity or service for another",
|
||
|
|
": to trade or exchange by or as if by bartering \u2014 compare sell",
|
||
|
|
": the art or practice of carrying on trade or exchange by or as if by bartering : exchange of one commodity or service for another \u2014 compare sale"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-t\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-t\u0259r",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-t\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"back-and-forth",
|
||
|
|
"commutation",
|
||
|
|
"dicker",
|
||
|
|
"exchange",
|
||
|
|
"quid pro quo",
|
||
|
|
"swap",
|
||
|
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"trade",
|
||
|
|
"trade-off",
|
||
|
|
"truck"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The tribes use a system of barter .",
|
||
|
|
"The explorers used blankets and other supplies for barter to get food from the native people.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"According to the sisters, the party might come across sheep herders and barter some of their fish for lamb. \u2014 Britta Lokting, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Overseas business partners may need to barter gold for rubles to pay for inputs, like energy, minerals, or fertilizers, and therefore demand that their U.S. counterparts pay in rubles or bullion. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recently, Russian and US officials agreed that Roscosmos and NASA would barter seats for future flights, with NASA astronauts riding on the Soyuz in exchange for Russians launching on Crew Dragon as early as this fall. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"If teams don't budget appropriately during the race, they aren't allowed to beg for money, but they are allowed to barter ! \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The act of being consistent demands you to use self-talk and negotiate and barter with yourself to keep yourself on track. \u2014 Rittu Sinha, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"New Orleans will beg and barter their last dollar to keep the Saints. \u2014 Christopher Dodson, Forbes , 3 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Plastic is the new currency, and pluckers barter their daily catch for necessities. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"For women, that means toiling as nude dancers, entertaining men who have gathered from miles around to barter their scrap for homemade alcohol and gawking privileges. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"During the near-total economic implosion in the 1990s, Russians grew their own food, routinely used pirated versions of software and movies, and fell back on barter , family, and community networks to survive. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And, if your community is anything like mine, there\u2019s a vibrant barter economy. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"India and Pakistan have also been linked in the past to possible barter trade deals, typically swapping Iranian oil for consumer or agricultural products. \u2014 Dominic Dudley, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"During the strict 11-week lockdown that began in March, the majority of the 30,000 residents entered into a barter system. \u2014 Jamie Lafferty, Outside Online , 20 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Neighbors resorted to a barter system to exchange, say, a cabbage for a bottle of soy sauce. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That\u2019s one reason the IRS has gone after the barter community to tax goods and services that are exchanged. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Discussions about potential barter deals tend to rise when Iran is feeling under pressure on the international stage. \u2014 Dominic Dudley, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"This barter system benefits the environment and empowers the local people. \u2014 CNN , 29 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-061152"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barony":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the domain, rank, or dignity of a baron",
|
||
|
|
": a vast private landholding",
|
||
|
|
": a field of activity under the sway of an individual or a special group"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259-n\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"area",
|
||
|
|
"arena",
|
||
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
||
|
|
"business",
|
||
|
|
"circle",
|
||
|
|
"demesne",
|
||
|
|
"department",
|
||
|
|
"discipline",
|
||
|
|
"domain",
|
||
|
|
"element",
|
||
|
|
"fief",
|
||
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
||
|
|
"field",
|
||
|
|
"firmament",
|
||
|
|
"front",
|
||
|
|
"game",
|
||
|
|
"kingdom",
|
||
|
|
"line",
|
||
|
|
"precinct",
|
||
|
|
"province",
|
||
|
|
"realm",
|
||
|
|
"specialty",
|
||
|
|
"sphere",
|
||
|
|
"terrain",
|
||
|
|
"walk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"He inherited the barony from his father.",
|
||
|
|
"no longer is the city's social and cultural life the barony of a few old-line families"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-063301"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"battle-ax":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a broadax formerly used as a weapon of war",
|
||
|
|
": a usually older woman who is sharp-tongued, domineering, or combative",
|
||
|
|
": an ax with a broad blade formerly used as a weapon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t\u1d4al-\u02ccaks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dragon lady",
|
||
|
|
"fury",
|
||
|
|
"harpy",
|
||
|
|
"harridan",
|
||
|
|
"shrew",
|
||
|
|
"termagant",
|
||
|
|
"virago",
|
||
|
|
"vixen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-081430"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"battle-axe":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a broadax formerly used as a weapon of war",
|
||
|
|
": a usually older woman who is sharp-tongued, domineering, or combative",
|
||
|
|
": an ax with a broad blade formerly used as a weapon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t\u1d4al-\u02ccaks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dragon lady",
|
||
|
|
"fury",
|
||
|
|
"harpy",
|
||
|
|
"harridan",
|
||
|
|
"shrew",
|
||
|
|
"termagant",
|
||
|
|
"virago",
|
||
|
|
"vixen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-090344"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbaric":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of a group of people who are alien to another land, culture, or people and who are usually believed to be inferior : of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians",
|
||
|
|
": possessing or characteristic of a cultural level more complex than primitive (see primitive entry 1 sense 2c ) culture but less sophisticated than advanced civilization (see civilization sense 1a )",
|
||
|
|
": marked by a lack of restraint : wild",
|
||
|
|
": having a bizarre, primitive, or unsophisticated quality",
|
||
|
|
": barbarous sense 3",
|
||
|
|
": barbarous",
|
||
|
|
": showing a lack of restraint"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-ik",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8ba-rik",
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-ik"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
|
"barbarous",
|
||
|
|
"brutal",
|
||
|
|
"brute",
|
||
|
|
"butcherly",
|
||
|
|
"cruel",
|
||
|
|
"fiendish",
|
||
|
|
"heartless",
|
||
|
|
"inhuman",
|
||
|
|
"inhumane",
|
||
|
|
"sadistic",
|
||
|
|
"savage",
|
||
|
|
"truculent",
|
||
|
|
"vicious",
|
||
|
|
"wanton"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"benign",
|
||
|
|
"benignant",
|
||
|
|
"compassionate",
|
||
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
||
|
|
"humane",
|
||
|
|
"kind",
|
||
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
||
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
||
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Barbaric tribes invaded the area.",
|
||
|
|
"His table manners are barbaric .",
|
||
|
|
"They considered the custom barbaric .",
|
||
|
|
"The treatment of the prisoners was positively barbaric .",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The appalling story is reminiscent of the plot from a sophisticated thriller, although the sad fact remains that the reality itself was and still is just as barbaric . \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The barbaric tactics of Putin's soldiers, who have occupied parts of Ukraine, are already well-documented and the evidence keeps mounting. \u2014 Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Don\u2019t keep your operations in a state imposing these barbaric restrictions. \u2014 Kathy Hochul, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These barbaric laws will someday be overturned by something called progress. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The attorneys argue prisons officials aren't trying hard enough to get the lethal injection drugs, instead forcing prisoners to choose between two more barbaric methods. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There were barbaric acts on the Polish-Belarusian border, committed not only by Lukashenka\u2019s regime in Belarus but also by the Polish state. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Putin\u2019s barbaric war continues to rage in Ukraine, creating carnage that has driven Biden to label his Russian counterpart a war criminal. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The attorneys argue prisons officials aren't trying hard enough to get the lethal injection drugs, instead forcing prisoners to choose between two more barbaric methods. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-112353"
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"bate":{
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"verb ()"
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"definitions":[
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": to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain",
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": to take away : deduct",
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": to lower especially in amount or estimation",
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": blunt",
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": diminish , decrease",
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": to attempt to fly off something (such as a gauntlet ) in fear",
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": to reduce the force or intensity of"
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"\u02c8b\u0101t",
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"\u02c8b\u0101t"
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
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"Verb (1)",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
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"Verb (2)",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-113847"
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"back (up ":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": one that serves as a substitute or support",
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": musical accompaniment",
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": additional personnel who provide assistance",
|
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": an accumulation caused by a stoppage in the flow",
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": a copy of computer data (such as a file or the contents of a hard drive)",
|
||
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": the act or an instance of making a backup",
|
||
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": to accumulate in a congested state",
|
||
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": to move into a position behind (a teammate) in order to assist on a play",
|
||
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": hold back sense 1",
|
||
|
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": to make a copy of (a computer file or data) to protect against accidental loss or corruption",
|
||
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": to make copies of all the files on (a device)",
|
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": a person who takes the place of or supports another",
|
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": a situation in which the flow of something becomes blocked",
|
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": a copy of information stored on a computer"
|
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p",
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bottleneck",
|
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"jam",
|
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"jam-up",
|
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"logjam",
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"snarl",
|
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"tailback",
|
||
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"tie-up"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
||
|
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"His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
|
||
|
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"We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
|
||
|
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"We have an extra radio for backup .",
|
||
|
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"He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
|
||
|
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"She sang backup on his CD.",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
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|
"The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Your shower is likely to work just fine, but the Simple Shower Gravity Shower Kit ($15) is an inexpensive, compact backup if your home loses its supply of clean tap water. \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Browns could help the 49ers, too, by sending Mayfield to San Francisco to be Trey Lance\u2019s backup . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The incident caused Highway 101 traffic to backup during the morning rush hour with the closure of a northbound lane. \u2014 Brian J. Varela, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After the 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic, Okey hit .237 with 13 total extra-base hits as the Bats\u2019 backup behind Beau Taylor. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The team excused its former starter, Baker Mayfield, from its off-season program as the front office seeks to trade him, and the current backup , the journeyman Jacoby Brissett, is not seen as a multiyear starter. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Junior Lance Ware is set to return as Tshiebwe's primary backup . \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"While the year after saw a decrease of 28%, this year's numbers appear to be on their way back up . \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Press back up so forcefully that your body leaves the ground, jumping slightly to the right. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Meanwhile, nuclear radiation detectors are back up and running at the Chernobyl site for the first time since the war began, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said. \u2014 Dan Lamothe And Cate Cadell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nuclear radiation detectors are back up and running at the Chernobyl site for the first time since the war began, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said. \u2014 Cate Cadell, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Previously contentious votes came back up for discussion. \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Mark Smucker, president and CEO, said on an earnings call that the company is working with the FDA to get the Lexington facility back up and running. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Just after noon, his head dropped to the table, then jerked back up . \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Let\u2019s back up here and get a running start at this bedrock of Latter-day Saint belief. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1801, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-173547"
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||
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},
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"ballot":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
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||
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"noun",
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||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a small ball used in secret voting",
|
||
|
|
": a sheet of paper used to cast a secret vote",
|
||
|
|
": the action or system of secret voting",
|
||
|
|
": the right to vote",
|
||
|
|
": vote sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
": the number of votes cast",
|
||
|
|
": the drawing of lots",
|
||
|
|
": to vote or decide by ballot",
|
||
|
|
": a printed sheet of paper used in voting",
|
||
|
|
": the action or a system of voting",
|
||
|
|
": the right to vote",
|
||
|
|
": the number of votes cast"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-l\u0259t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-l\u0259t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"vote"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"They cast their votes in a secret ballot .",
|
||
|
|
"She was elected by secret ballot .",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"In California\u2019s June 7 primaries Democrats tried to boost extremist challengers to GOP Reps. Young Kim and David Valadao, both of whom still made it to the November ballot . \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The seemingly endless fight over Golden Gate Park\u2019s car-free JFK Drive could be headed to the November ballot . \u2014 Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The winner of the primary election will be unopposed on the November ballot . \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Upon arriving in front of Portland City Hall, the crowd paused to listen as high school organizers encouraged people to sign the petition to get Initiative Petition 17 on the November ballot . \u2014 oregonlive , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That includes the $250 million school construction bond proposal that was in McKee\u2019s budget plan and that will be on the November ballot . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Newsom has embraced legislative plans to place a measure on the November ballot asking voters to enshrine the right to abortions and contraceptives in the California Constitution. \u2014 Taryn Lunastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Jen Campbell was hovering around 30 percent, which still was enough to finish first and put her on the November ballot in her coastal district. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Both candidates will appear on the November ballot for the general election, where voters will also be tasked with deciding on a number of other races, including governor, Senate and House seats. \u2014 Christal Hayes, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"There are also down-ticket races\u2014from congressional battles to ballot measures\u2014that will have wide-ranging impact on wildlife, water rights, renewable resources, and more. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 27 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Judas Priest has been on the Rock Hall ballot three times and placed sixth in this year\u2019s fan voting. \u2014 Gary Graff, Billboard , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The absence of the security sleeve isn\u2019t the only change Multnomah County election officials are making to ballot packets for the May 17 election. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There\u2019s no limit on donations to ballot measure committees like the one that is backing Buscaino. \u2014 Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rollins and Howard, both ballot first-timers, didn\u2019t get much love from the voters. \u2014 Anthony Stitt, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Existing debentures holders have a first right to renew, with the remainder going to ballot if demand outstrips supply. \u2014 Danielle Rossingh, Forbes , 3 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Earlier this month, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano asked Philadelphia County, Tioga County and York County to voluntarily turn over materials ranging from router logs to voter rolls to ballot production and tabulation equipment. \u2014 Sara Murray, CNN , 30 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The limits for donors in California, governed by state law, are $4,900 to legislative candidates and $32,400 to candidates for governor, with no limits on contributions to ballot measure campaigns. \u2014 Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1603, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-051510"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backside":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the part of the body that a person sits on : buttocks",
|
||
|
|
": the part of the body of a four-legged animal corresponding to the buttocks : rump sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
": the side or surface opposite the front or face of something : the farthest or reverse side : back",
|
||
|
|
": the side opposite the homestretch on a racecourse : backstretch",
|
||
|
|
": the part of a playing field or court (as in football or basketball) that is away from where the main action or play is occurring",
|
||
|
|
": the final 9 holes of an 18-hole golf course",
|
||
|
|
": rump sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": the part of the body on which a person sits",
|
||
|
|
": buttocks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccs\u012bd",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccs\u012bd",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccs\u012bd"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"behind",
|
||
|
|
"booty",
|
||
|
|
"bootie",
|
||
|
|
"bottom",
|
||
|
|
"breech",
|
||
|
|
"bum",
|
||
|
|
"buns",
|
||
|
|
"butt",
|
||
|
|
"buttocks",
|
||
|
|
"caboose",
|
||
|
|
"can",
|
||
|
|
"cheeks",
|
||
|
|
"derriere",
|
||
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
||
|
|
"duff",
|
||
|
|
"fanny",
|
||
|
|
"fundament",
|
||
|
|
"hams",
|
||
|
|
"haunches",
|
||
|
|
"heinie",
|
||
|
|
"hunkers",
|
||
|
|
"keister",
|
||
|
|
"keester",
|
||
|
|
"nates",
|
||
|
|
"posterior",
|
||
|
|
"rear",
|
||
|
|
"rear end",
|
||
|
|
"rump",
|
||
|
|
"seat",
|
||
|
|
"tail",
|
||
|
|
"tail end",
|
||
|
|
"tush"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"our backsides were sore after sitting on those hard benches for so long",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Moisture entrained northwest and wrapping northward on the backside of the clockwise-spinning high is being drawn over New Mexico. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gusty winds will occur on the backside of a front that will move through today. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The mini sports section is on the backside of California section. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Jim Vertuno And Heather Hollingsworth, Chron , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As the cooler air filters in on the backside of the front, Monday will bring cooler temperatures in cities including New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Atlanta -- where highs are forecast to be in the 70s. \u2014 Pedram Javaheri, CNN , 19 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105516"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastion":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a projecting part of a fortification",
|
||
|
|
": a fortified area or position",
|
||
|
|
": stronghold sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bas-ch\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"castle",
|
||
|
|
"citadel",
|
||
|
|
"fastness",
|
||
|
|
"fort",
|
||
|
|
"fortification",
|
||
|
|
"fortress",
|
||
|
|
"hold",
|
||
|
|
"redoubt",
|
||
|
|
"stronghold"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Pennsylvania\u2019s liberal arts and science bastion Swarthmore College, which scored and A+ grade and a primary reserve ratio of 11, could cover 11 years of expenses with its existing assets. \u2014 Emma Whitford, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Next stop: Midway, the last American bastion protecting Hawaii from further attacks. \u2014 Mike Watson, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Now, in the wake of the country\u2019s latest back-to-back mass shootings, the debate is starting to return in Wexton\u2019s Northern Virginia district, a onetime bastion for the gun rights movement that has trended blue over the past decade. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"San Francisco is viewed nationally as a bastion of liberalism, but the reality is more complicated, said John Hamasaki, a defense attorney and former police commissioner who frequently tangles with recall supporters. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"New England is often viewed as a bastion of liberalism and socialism, but the NSC hopes to find fertile ground for an opposing ideology, or at the least a place where its message of white solidarity will resonate, Hughey said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Russia\u2019s rendering of itself as a geopolitical fortress coincided with the development of its identity as a bastion of Christianity. \u2014 Gregory Carleton, The Conversation , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Decatur Fire Department touts itself as a bastion of progressiveness, pushing boundaries in an arena of public safety that tends to be entrenched in tradition. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"During the call, Zaslav praised CNN as a bastion of global newsgathering and highlighted the importance of its work at times of crisis such as Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine which began late Wednesday and has jolted global markets. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 24 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French, borrowed from Italian bastione, from bastia \"small quadrangular fortress\" (from an Upper Italian counterpart to Tuscan bastita, from feminine past participle of bastire \"to build,\" probably borrowed from Old Occitan bastir \"to weave, build,\" or its Gallo-Romance ancestor) + -one, augmentative suffix (going back to Latin -\u014d, -\u014dn-, suffix of nouns denoting persons with a prominent feature) \u2014 more at bastille ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110747"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baton":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": cudgel , truncheon",
|
||
|
|
": billy club",
|
||
|
|
": a staff borne as a symbol of office",
|
||
|
|
": a narrow heraldic bend",
|
||
|
|
": a slender rod with which a leader directs a band or orchestra",
|
||
|
|
": a hollow cylinder carried by each member of a relay team and passed to the succeeding runner",
|
||
|
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": a hollow metal rod with a weighted bulb at one or both ends that is flourished by a drum major or drum majorette",
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||
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": a piece of food that has been cut into a narrow strip that is thicker than a julienned piece of food",
|
||
|
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": a thin stick with which a leader directs an orchestra or band",
|
||
|
|
": a rod with a ball at one or both ends that is carried by a person leading a marching band",
|
||
|
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": a stick that is passed from one runner to the next in a relay race"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4n",
|
||
|
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"ba-",
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||
|
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"also",
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||
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"b\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4n",
|
||
|
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"ba-"
|
||
|
|
],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastinado",
|
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"bastinade",
|
||
|
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"bat",
|
||
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"billy",
|
||
|
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"billy club",
|
||
|
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"bludgeon",
|
||
|
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"cane",
|
||
|
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"club",
|
||
|
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"cudgel",
|
||
|
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"nightstick",
|
||
|
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"rod",
|
||
|
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"rung",
|
||
|
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"sap",
|
||
|
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"shillelagh",
|
||
|
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"shillalah",
|
||
|
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"staff",
|
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"truncheon",
|
||
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"waddy"
|
||
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],
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||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[
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"The majorette twirled the baton .",
|
||
|
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"the detainee claimed that the police had beat him with their batons even after he had been shackled",
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||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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||
|
|
"The Cammack Village Police Department has released body and dash camera footage showing the arrest of an Arkansas man Sunday night who was charged after the department\u2019s chief was struck with a baton and another officer was shot with a stun gun. \u2014 Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online , 9 June 2022",
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||
|
|
"An officer repeatedly hits the driver's side window with a baton , and another finally manages to break it. \u2014 Kate Brumback, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Harlow actually went back in and added a handful of bars to his final verse before handing the baton over to the 6 God. \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"A couple of years back, when Petersen briefly looked like the guy, there was a feeling of handing the baton to him. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Officers deployed less-lethal rounds of bean bags and 40mm foam baton projectiles during the altercation. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And in the same way that Kobe kind of took the baton from the Showtime era and Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and all that, Eric took his Laker fandom from his parents and became the biggest Kobe fan in the world. \u2014 Matt Brennantelevision Editor, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nowadays, with a few exceptions, the conductor is the man who comes in, waves the baton and leaves. \u2014 Tim Page, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bakehouse donates the baton to kitchens that serve meals to the military, as well as a restaurant that feeds the elderly and unemployed. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"French b\u00e2ton , from Old French baston , ultimately from Late Latin bastum stick",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111941"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bathe":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": moisten , wet",
|
||
|
|
": to wash in a liquid (such as water)",
|
||
|
|
": to apply water or a liquid medicament to",
|
||
|
|
": to flow along the edge of : lave",
|
||
|
|
": to suffuse with or as if with light",
|
||
|
|
": to take a bath",
|
||
|
|
": to go swimming",
|
||
|
|
": to become immersed or absorbed",
|
||
|
|
": bath entry 1 sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": swim , dip",
|
||
|
|
": to take a bath",
|
||
|
|
": to give a bath to",
|
||
|
|
": to go swimming",
|
||
|
|
": to apply a liquid to for washing or rinsing",
|
||
|
|
": to cover with or as if with a liquid",
|
||
|
|
": to wash in a liquid (as water)",
|
||
|
|
": to apply water or a liquid medicament to",
|
||
|
|
": to take a bath",
|
||
|
|
": the act or action of bathing : bath"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101t\u035fh",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101t\u035fh",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101t\u035fh"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lap",
|
||
|
|
"lave",
|
||
|
|
"lip",
|
||
|
|
"splash",
|
||
|
|
"wash"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores",
|
||
|
|
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"We went for a bathe in the sea.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"One janitor was beaten with a mallet in the bathroom last year where homeless men and women often bathe or use drugs. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Time to add another five-gallon bucket in your shower \u2014 or better yet, just fill one up and bathe with that. \u2014 Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Mothers have had to bathe their newborn babies with dirty water. \u2014 Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The initiative permitting swimmers to bathe 'oben-ohne' (topless) took effect on May 1 as a test limited to weekends and set to expire at the end of August. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Qurayshi never made a public speech, and rarely if ever left the house except to bathe on the roof, relying on couriers to communicate with the outside world, U.S. officials said. \u2014 Gordon Lubold, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Unlike most forest bathing experiences which keep journeyers on dry land, guests bathe in the hot water sulfur spa of Ti Kwen Glo Cho at the end of the excursion, with pools, tubs, and waterfalls tucked into lush landscaped gardens. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Here, large six-over-one transom windows bathe the room with light while exposing beautiful views. \u2014 James Alexander, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"It is intended to connect people in the troubled area to housing, drug treatment and other services, while also offering a place to get food, clothes, bathe or use a bathroom. \u2014 Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-112251"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastille":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": prison , jail"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"ba-\u02c8st\u0113l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"big house",
|
||
|
|
"bridewell",
|
||
|
|
"brig",
|
||
|
|
"calaboose",
|
||
|
|
"can",
|
||
|
|
"clink",
|
||
|
|
"cooler",
|
||
|
|
"coop",
|
||
|
|
"guardroom",
|
||
|
|
"hock",
|
||
|
|
"hold",
|
||
|
|
"hoosegow",
|
||
|
|
"jail",
|
||
|
|
"jailhouse",
|
||
|
|
"joint",
|
||
|
|
"jug",
|
||
|
|
"lockup",
|
||
|
|
"nick",
|
||
|
|
"pen",
|
||
|
|
"penitentiary",
|
||
|
|
"pokey",
|
||
|
|
"prison",
|
||
|
|
"quod",
|
||
|
|
"slam",
|
||
|
|
"slammer",
|
||
|
|
"stir",
|
||
|
|
"stockade",
|
||
|
|
"tolbooth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French, after the Bastille St. Antoine, fortress built at an eastern gate of Paris in the later 14th century (used as a prison and destroyed in 1789), from Middle French bassetille, bastille \"fortress, fortification,\" alteration (by substitution of the suffix -ille, usually diminutive, going back to Latin -\u012bcula ) of bastide, borrowed from Old Occitan bastida \"building, fortification,\" noun derivative from feminine past participle of bastir \"to weave, build, construct,\" going back to Old Low Franconian *bastjan \"to weave with bast strips\" \u2014 more at baste entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1663, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-115926"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backbone":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": spinal column , spine",
|
||
|
|
": something that resembles a backbone: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a chief mountain ridge, range, or system",
|
||
|
|
": the foundation or most substantial or sturdiest part of something",
|
||
|
|
": the longest chain of atoms or groups of atoms in a usually long molecule (such as a polymer or protein)",
|
||
|
|
": the primary high-speed hardware and transmission lines of a telecommunications network (such as the Internet)",
|
||
|
|
": firm and resolute character",
|
||
|
|
": spine sense 1c",
|
||
|
|
": the column of bones in the back enclosing and protecting the spinal cord : spinal column",
|
||
|
|
": the strongest part of something",
|
||
|
|
": strength of character",
|
||
|
|
": spinal column , spine",
|
||
|
|
": the longest chain of atoms or groups of atoms in a usually long molecule (as a polymer or protein)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8b\u014dn",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccb\u014dn",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8b\u014dn",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8b\u014dn, -\u02ccb\u014dn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chine",
|
||
|
|
"spinal column",
|
||
|
|
"spine",
|
||
|
|
"vertebral column"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"She is the backbone of the family.",
|
||
|
|
"He showed some backbone by refusing to compromise his values.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Besides the mom-and-pop and small businesses that are the backbone of the economy, there are many touchstone employers \u2014 hospitals and health insurers, investment firms, universities \u2014 that are nonprofits or privately owned. \u2014 Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rod Magnuson has a nice spread in rural Utah, raising cattle and alfalfa in an operation that is the backbone of a fourth-generation legacy spent in agriculture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some gins have a backbone that just sings out of this treatment, and some don\u2019t. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Her legs may be gone, followers say, but McFadden has the backbone of a champion. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But local school districts and private businesses can -- and must -- have the backbone to maintain mask mandates until vaccines are available to all. \u2014 Kara Alaimo, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The world awaits the answer to the question: Does President Biden have the backbone and skills to keep Taiwan and Ukraine free? \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Whether Villenueve\u2019s saga has anything truly of interest to say in that direction, whether its depiction of empire has a backbone of ideas worthy of such grandeur, remains to be seen. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 20 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Consumer spending is the backbone of US economic growth. \u2014 Anneken Tappe, CNN , 2 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-131331"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"battalion":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army",
|
||
|
|
": a military unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries , or similar units",
|
||
|
|
": a large group",
|
||
|
|
": a part of an army consisting of two or more companies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8tal-y\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8tal-y\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"army",
|
||
|
|
"array",
|
||
|
|
"host",
|
||
|
|
"legion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a battalion of angry protesters",
|
||
|
|
"the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Watching them on a sunny April afternoon was Ari Helenius, a battalion commander who served alongside NATO forces in Kosovo. \u2014 Emily Rauhala, Anchorage Daily News , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Watching them on a sunny April afternoon was Ari Helenius, a battalion commander who served alongside NATO forces in Kosovo. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"An American woman from Kansas pleaded guilty Tuesday to assisting ISIS while in Syria, including by organizing and leading an all-female military battalion on behalf of the terrorist group. \u2014 Ken Dilanian, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Jackson were among the battalion 's band, which was providing a festive musical backdrop as the royals left. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The money would cover 33 additional in-station firefighter and paramedics, three battalion chiefs, 15 paid interns, a full-time administrator and a fire inspector. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In 2005, between tours of duty, Mr. McCourry sought help from a battalion medical officer for his sleep and anxiety issues. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Tank driver Maksym, for example, sits quietly in a hospital bed, eyes vacant, his tank battalion tattoo on his arm, and the Russian tank ambush that left him concussed occupying his thoughts. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Each battalion group has about 700 to 1,000 troops. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French bataillon , from Old Italian battaglione , augmentative of battaglia company of soldiers, battle, from Late Latin battalia combat \u2014 more at battle entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-131415"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bafflement":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert",
|
||
|
|
": to check or break the force or flow of by or as if by a baffle (see baffle entry 2 )",
|
||
|
|
": a device (such as a plate, wall, or screen) to deflect, check, or regulate flow or passage (as of a fluid, light, or sound)",
|
||
|
|
": to completely confuse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-f\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-f\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balk",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"checkmate",
|
||
|
|
"discomfit",
|
||
|
|
"foil",
|
||
|
|
"frustrate",
|
||
|
|
"thwart"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"advance",
|
||
|
|
"cultivate",
|
||
|
|
"encourage",
|
||
|
|
"forward",
|
||
|
|
"foster",
|
||
|
|
"further",
|
||
|
|
"nurture",
|
||
|
|
"promote"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"I was baffled by many of the scientific terms used in the article.",
|
||
|
|
"the language barrier baffled everyone and discouraged us from attempting another teleconference",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"That intentional obscurity might baffle audiences, and in Men, intrigue often curdles into fear. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The film uses it as the setting for a Joe Manganiello cameo, then lets Hunter escape with an ease that would baffle the heroes of that Mountain Goats song. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On issues like taxes and health care, their views are far more popular than those of the GOP, but the party is increasingly identified with cultural stances that baffle older voters and voters who didn't go to college. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Each woman holds her ground \u2014 take, for example, the episode about polyamory, in which Willow seems to baffle her co-hosts \u2014 but the inter-family good will prevents the show from ever erupting into true tension. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The way that society pressures young couples to get married but can\u2019t fathom two best friends making that same commitment never fails to baffle me. \u2014 April Lee, refinery29.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"APTs are more complex to plan and manage than traditional trials, and their statistical methods may baffle the average physician, but the fda has embraced the approach, and COVID has proved their utility. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Dunse also listens to her customers, even when their requests baffle her. \u2014 The Week , 26 Feb. 2018",
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"But others had problems that seemed to baffle everyone involved. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com , 22 Nov. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"This indulgent featherbed has two layers of down and feathers in a baffle box construction that keeps the fill evenly distributed. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
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"The baffle style, made of stainless steel, has two layers of three-sided channels that run horizontally but with the peaks of the channels oriented in opposite directions. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
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||
|
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"Internal bracing adds strength to the front baffle and braces the drive unit to the cabinet, creating a support that aids the dynamic performance of the bass unit. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cabrera, a 24-year-old from the Dominican Republic, used a fastball topping out at 99 mph with a slider and changeup to baffle Colorado\u2019s lineup. \u2014 Mike Cranston, Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
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||
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"Remove the grates, drip tray, and heat baffle , and use a shop vacuum to clear it out. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 8 July 2021",
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||
|
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"Construction: Check the specifications to see if the comforter uses a baffle box construction, which means there are vertical walls of fabric on the inside to help keep the fill in place. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The special-edition system features an array of Naim Audio electronics to deliver source and power to Focal\u2019s Sopra N\u00b02 loudspeakers, which combine concrete-finish side panels with a unique tin-color front baffle . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"The baffle -box construction is ideal to prevent the fill from shifting. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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||
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"Verb",
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"1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Noun",
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"1881, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-164218"
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||
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},
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"backchat":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
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||
|
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": back talk",
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||
|
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": gossipy or bantering conversation"
|
||
|
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],
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||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccchat"
|
||
|
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],
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||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"back talk",
|
||
|
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"cheek",
|
||
|
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"impertinence",
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||
|
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"impudence",
|
||
|
|
"insolence",
|
||
|
|
"mouth",
|
||
|
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"sass",
|
||
|
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"sauce"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Don't give me any backchat !",
|
||
|
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"there'll be no backchat from you, young lady",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-203700"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bawl out":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to reprimand loudly or severely"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"baste",
|
||
|
|
"berate",
|
||
|
|
"call down",
|
||
|
|
"castigate",
|
||
|
|
"chastise",
|
||
|
|
"chew out",
|
||
|
|
"dress down",
|
||
|
|
"flay",
|
||
|
|
"hammer",
|
||
|
|
"jaw",
|
||
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
||
|
|
"lambaste",
|
||
|
|
"lambast",
|
||
|
|
"lecture",
|
||
|
|
"rag",
|
||
|
|
"rail (at ",
|
||
|
|
"rant (at)",
|
||
|
|
"rate",
|
||
|
|
"ream (out)",
|
||
|
|
"rebuke",
|
||
|
|
"reprimand",
|
||
|
|
"reproach",
|
||
|
|
"scold",
|
||
|
|
"score",
|
||
|
|
"tongue-lash",
|
||
|
|
"upbraid"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"got loudly bawled out by the coach for making mistake after stupid mistake"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-030901"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bass":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of numerous edible marine or freshwater bony fishes (especially families Centrarchidae, Serranidae, and Percichthyidae of the order Perciformes)",
|
||
|
|
": deep or grave in tone",
|
||
|
|
": of low pitch",
|
||
|
|
": relating to or having the range or part of a bass",
|
||
|
|
": the lowest voice part in a 4-part chorus",
|
||
|
|
": the lower half of the whole vocal or instrumental tonal range \u2014 compare treble entry 1",
|
||
|
|
": the lowest adult male singing voice",
|
||
|
|
": a person having this voice",
|
||
|
|
": a member of a family of instruments having the lowest range",
|
||
|
|
": double bass",
|
||
|
|
": a deep or grave tone : a low-pitched sound",
|
||
|
|
": basswood sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": a coarse tough fiber from palms",
|
||
|
|
": any of numerous freshwater or saltwater fishes that are caught for sport and food",
|
||
|
|
": a tone of low pitch",
|
||
|
|
": the lowest part in harmony that has four parts",
|
||
|
|
": the lower half of the musical pitch range",
|
||
|
|
": the lowest male singing voice",
|
||
|
|
": a singer or an instrument having a bass range or part",
|
||
|
|
": having a very low sound or range"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bas",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bas",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bas",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deep",
|
||
|
|
"grave",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"throaty"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acute",
|
||
|
|
"high",
|
||
|
|
"high-pitched",
|
||
|
|
"piping",
|
||
|
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
|
"shrill",
|
||
|
|
"treble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"the sound of the bass drum",
|
||
|
|
"a man with an impressive bass voice"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-100859"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bamboozle":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to deceive by underhanded methods : dupe , hoodwink",
|
||
|
|
": to confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or completely"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"bam-\u02c8b\u00fc-z\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beguile",
|
||
|
|
"bluff",
|
||
|
|
"buffalo",
|
||
|
|
"burn",
|
||
|
|
"catch",
|
||
|
|
"con",
|
||
|
|
"cozen",
|
||
|
|
"deceive",
|
||
|
|
"delude",
|
||
|
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
|
"fake out",
|
||
|
|
"fool",
|
||
|
|
"gaff",
|
||
|
|
"gammon",
|
||
|
|
"gull",
|
||
|
|
"have",
|
||
|
|
"have on",
|
||
|
|
"hoax",
|
||
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
||
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
||
|
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
|
"juggle",
|
||
|
|
"misguide",
|
||
|
|
"misinform",
|
||
|
|
"mislead",
|
||
|
|
"snooker",
|
||
|
|
"snow",
|
||
|
|
"spoof",
|
||
|
|
"string along",
|
||
|
|
"suck in",
|
||
|
|
"sucker",
|
||
|
|
"take in",
|
||
|
|
"trick"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"undeceive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert",
|
||
|
|
"she's completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Watch as The Colonel attempts to bamboozle audiences and the media by replacing his golden goose with an impersonator. \u2014 Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And school districts have the right to formally challenge property owners who might be trying to bamboozle the boards of revision. \u2014 cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Variant mutations that would totally bamboozle antibodies can\u2019t always fool T cells, which means a lot more of them will be fairly Omicron-proof, Gralinski told me. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Even if my body retained a perfect memory of my vaccines\u2019 contents, these changes might still bamboozle it. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The virus, too, will keep changing, and could one day bamboozle even bodies whose immune safeguards remain intact. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 6 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The point is not to confuse or bamboozle people, but to eventually find a way to think that makes more sense and is a little less murky. \u2014 Stephon Alexander, Wired , 31 Aug. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-103108"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backhander":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": bribe",
|
||
|
|
": a backhand shot"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8han-d\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"boodle",
|
||
|
|
"bribe",
|
||
|
|
"cumshaw",
|
||
|
|
"fix",
|
||
|
|
"sop"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"She hit a backhander into the net.",
|
||
|
|
"the customs official let us know that he might be prepared to look the other way if an appropriate backhander was slipped into his palm",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Chytil got his second of the night and fourth of the postseason on a backhander past Kochetkov through traffic from the left circle at 6:47 to restore the Rangers\u2019 three-goal lead. \u2014 Vin A. Cherwoo, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Andrei Svechnikov also scored, beating Igor Shesterkin with a backhander on a breakaway midway through the third period as the Hurricanes protected their Game 5 lead. \u2014 Aaron Beard, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Larionov scored again less than 5\u00bd minutes later on a high backhander with Roy out of position trying for a loose puck. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But only 27 seconds later, after Valeri Kamensky\u2019s backhander hit the post, Avs captain Joe Sakic put the puck through Vernon\u2019s five-hole. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Trailing 3-1, Foligno lifted a backhander over Luukkonen for his first goal of the season. \u2014 Ken Powtak, ajc , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The lead grew to 2-0 at 8:15 when Walker roofed a short-side backhander over Robbins to complete a beautiful give-and-go play with McLaughlin. \u2014 Randy Johnson, Star Tribune , 21 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Miele took a pass from Brian O'Neil at the blue line, streaked up the ice, and found the back of the net with an elevated backhander . \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The turning point came late in the second period after the U.S. took a 2-1 lead on Alex Carpenter\u2019s backhander . \u2014 Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-104011"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"banality":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": something that lacks originality, freshness, or novelty : something banal : commonplace",
|
||
|
|
": the quality or state of lacking new or interesting qualities : the quality or state of being banal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8na-l\u0259-t\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0101-",
|
||
|
|
"also"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bromide",
|
||
|
|
"chestnut",
|
||
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"cliche",
|
||
|
|
"commonplace",
|
||
|
|
"groaner",
|
||
|
|
"homily",
|
||
|
|
"platitude",
|
||
|
|
"shibboleth",
|
||
|
|
"trope",
|
||
|
|
"truism"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The trip offers an escape from the banalities of daily life.",
|
||
|
|
"We exchanged banalities about the weather.",
|
||
|
|
"The writing never rose above banality .",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"That there\u2019s truth in these observations doesn\u2019t rescue the songs from banality , despite the appealing sophistication of the musical structures. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In our memories, a trip becomes a series of small, vivid moments, sometimes mysterious for their apparent banality . \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The pervading sense of calm banality that permeates all office spaces\u2014and just below it, that feeling of unease and an inhuman disregard for humanity that is uniquely Lumon. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Arendt was responsible for the wording of her subtitle, but the discussion regarding the phenomenon of evil and its banality started when Jaspers sent her two copies of his book Die Schuldfrage (The Question of German Guilt). \u2014 Seyla Benhabib, The New York Review of Books , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Biden\u2019s misrepresentation of the economic consequences of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act is, if the reporting of the New York Times is to be believed, a banality . \u2014 Joseph W. Sullivan, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Derrell Acon\u2019s powerfully sung and revelatory Roc, a corruptible enabler of Pizarro, proved a particularly disturbing personification of the banality of evil. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
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||
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"Paradoxically, the same medium that once served as a respite from the banality of Hare\u2019s professional life soon came to feel oppressive in its own right. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"And what the writers decide, not unreasonably, is that women crave the empowerment of looking, rather than the banality of being looked at. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French banalit\u00e9, from banal \"available for general use, commonplace, banal \" + -it\u00e9 -ity ",
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"first_known_use":[
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||
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"1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-122529"
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||
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},
|
||
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"babbler":{
|
||
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"type":[
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||
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"noun",
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||
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"verb"
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||
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to talk enthusiastically or excessively",
|
||
|
|
": to utter meaningless or unintelligible sounds",
|
||
|
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": to make sounds as though babbling",
|
||
|
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": to utter in an incoherently or meaninglessly repetitious manner",
|
||
|
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": to reveal by talk that is too free",
|
||
|
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": to make meaningless sounds",
|
||
|
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": to talk foolishly",
|
||
|
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": to make the sound of a brook",
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": talk that is not clear",
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||
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": the sound of a brook"
|
||
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8ba-b\u0259l",
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"\u02c8ba-b\u0259l"
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|
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],
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bumble",
|
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"chat",
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"chatter",
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"drivel",
|
||
|
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"drool",
|
||
|
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"gabble",
|
||
|
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"gibber",
|
||
|
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"jabber",
|
||
|
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"prattle",
|
||
|
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"sputter"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Pay no attention to her. She's just babbling .",
|
||
|
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"He'll babble on about sports all night if you let him.",
|
||
|
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"Her cousins were babbling in an unfamiliar dialect.",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Second, baby parrots tend to babble quietly when no adults are around, often without even fully opening their beaks. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English babelen , probably of imitative origin",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-173403"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbarity":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": barbarism",
|
||
|
|
": barbarous cruelty : inhumanity",
|
||
|
|
": an act or instance of such cruelty"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-\u0259-t\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8ba-r\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
||
|
|
"atrocity",
|
||
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
||
|
|
"brutality",
|
||
|
|
"cruelness",
|
||
|
|
"cruelty",
|
||
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
||
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
||
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
||
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
||
|
|
"sadism",
|
||
|
|
"savageness",
|
||
|
|
"savagery",
|
||
|
|
"truculence",
|
||
|
|
"viciousness",
|
||
|
|
"wantonness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"benignity",
|
||
|
|
"compassion",
|
||
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
||
|
|
"humaneness",
|
||
|
|
"humanity",
|
||
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
||
|
|
"kindness",
|
||
|
|
"sympathy",
|
||
|
|
"tenderheartedness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The barbarity of the attack was horrifying.",
|
||
|
|
"The photos vividly capture the war's barbarity .",
|
||
|
|
"He is accused of inflicting unimaginable barbarities on his own people.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"This, obviously, is Loznitsa\u2019s point: The rhetoric of war, much like its barbarity , is the same on all sides. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Such acts of racial barbarity have not been relegated to America's past, however. \u2014 Emma Coleman Jordan, CNN , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But the barbarity of Russia\u2019s concentrated artillery fire has made the second stage far more challenging for many Ukrainians in the trenches. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The event would be retold over the years as an archetypal narrative of male supremacy and barbarity and abject female subservience. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But the barbarity was too blatant, and witnessed by too many people. \u2014 Time , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Group dynamics revolve around escalating barbarity ; it\u2019s a sport and bond. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Employees of the exclusion zone management agency based in Chernobyl suffered under the Russian occupation, but nothing approaching the barbarity visited on civilians in Bucha and other towns around Kyiv by the Russian forces. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Scurati also acknowledges the dark side of human nature titillated by the squadristi\u2019s barbarity ; with every wave of violence, membership in the Fascist Party soars. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-185644"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bawd":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": pander",
|
||
|
|
": one who keeps a house of prostitution : madam",
|
||
|
|
": prostitute"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fd"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"call girl",
|
||
|
|
"cocotte",
|
||
|
|
"courtesan",
|
||
|
|
"drab",
|
||
|
|
"hooker",
|
||
|
|
"hustler",
|
||
|
|
"prostitute",
|
||
|
|
"sex worker",
|
||
|
|
"streetwalker",
|
||
|
|
"tart",
|
||
|
|
"whore"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"in the 17th century the port was a notorious hangout for Caribbean pirates and their bawds"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English bawde ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-192511"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basal":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": relating to, situated at, or forming the base",
|
||
|
|
": arising from the base of a stem",
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to the foundation, base, or essence : fundamental",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or being essential for maintaining the fundamental vital activities of an organism : minimal",
|
||
|
|
": used for teaching beginners",
|
||
|
|
": relating to, situated at, or forming the base",
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or essential for maintaining the fundamental vital activities of an organism (as respiration, heartbeat, or excretion)",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 see basal metabolism",
|
||
|
|
": serving as or serving to induce an initial comatose or unconscious state that forms a basis for further anesthetization"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-s\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"-z\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-s\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"-z\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
||
|
|
"basic",
|
||
|
|
"beginning",
|
||
|
|
"elemental",
|
||
|
|
"elementary",
|
||
|
|
"essential",
|
||
|
|
"fundamental",
|
||
|
|
"introductory",
|
||
|
|
"meat-and-potatoes",
|
||
|
|
"rudimental",
|
||
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
||
|
|
"underlying"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"advanced"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she clearly lacked even a basal familiarity with the topic",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Even basal pollution levels may impact cognitive function. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 7 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Physicians identified the cause of Abienwi\u2019s death as brain death secondary to basal ganglia hemorrhage, ICE said. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Novo generates roughly half of its revenues, and a sizable part of its profit, in the U.S. There, net prices have fallen, by roughly 21% for basal insulin in 2018, one of the company\u2019s core products, according to Mr. Kapadia. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Prices for basal insulin are down 15% to 20% year over year, Mr. Verdult said, while prices for Victoza, a glucagon-like peptid 1 product used to treat diabetes, have been flat. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 1 Nov. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The radar cross section has been tilted 90\u00b0. The leftmost white line is the surface radar echo, while the light bluespots along the basal radar echo highlight areas of very high reflectivity, interpreted as being caused by the presence of water. \u2014 Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics , 25 July 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The plants grow in tight, multi-stemmed clumps with mostly basal leaves. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 29 May 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The plants grow in tight, multistemmed clumps with mostly basal leaves. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 17 July 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Those canes that are fruitful will produce fruiting shoots at their basal half-dozen or so buds; the buds further out are capable of producing shoots that will fruit the next year. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 6 Feb. 2018"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" base entry 1 + -al entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"circa 1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-194500"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbarousness":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": uncivilized",
|
||
|
|
": lacking culture or refinement : philistine",
|
||
|
|
": characterized by the occurrence of barbarisms",
|
||
|
|
": mercilessly harsh or cruel",
|
||
|
|
": not civilized",
|
||
|
|
": cruel sense 2 , harsh",
|
||
|
|
": very offensive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-b(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259-r\u0259s",
|
||
|
|
"-br\u0259s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
|
"barbaric",
|
||
|
|
"brutal",
|
||
|
|
"brute",
|
||
|
|
"butcherly",
|
||
|
|
"cruel",
|
||
|
|
"fiendish",
|
||
|
|
"heartless",
|
||
|
|
"inhuman",
|
||
|
|
"inhumane",
|
||
|
|
"sadistic",
|
||
|
|
"savage",
|
||
|
|
"truculent",
|
||
|
|
"vicious",
|
||
|
|
"wanton"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"benign",
|
||
|
|
"benignant",
|
||
|
|
"compassionate",
|
||
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
||
|
|
"humane",
|
||
|
|
"kind",
|
||
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
||
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
||
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the barbarous treatment of the native peoples of the New World by those bent on conquest at any cost",
|
||
|
|
"an aunt who abhors barbarous behavior such as eating with your fingers",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The resonance and immediacy of these barbarous 19th-century events are testament to Zhang\u2019s storytelling powers, and should stand as a warning to all of us. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The pontiff reiterated his condemnation of war as barbarous and sacrilegious. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nevertheless, this is where Democratic extremism has taken the party, and this foolhardy vote tonight will do Americans the favor of exposing exactly how committed national Democrats are to this barbarous position. \u2014 Alexandra Desanctis, National Review , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"From Santiago to Sydney and Sacramento, from Tokyo and Taipei to Tel Aviv, protesters have raged at Vladimir Putin for his barbarous campaign to conquer Ukraine. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Iconic images of the accused being burned alive were deployed in the propaganda wars that cast the Black struggle, depending on the teller, as either barbarous or suffused with its own fearsome justice. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"People dismiss gold as a barbarous relic and governments de-emphasize its importance as a relic. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The savagery of the Korean War, however, didn\u2019t stop the United States from fighting another barbarous ground war in Asia that had little connection to its vital interests. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, The New Republic , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Though scarcely remembered now, the 2014 massacre of thousands of members of the Yazidi religion by ISIS, on Mount Sinjar, in Iraq, remains one of the most barbarous acts of genocide of recent years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Latin barbarus , from Greek barbaros foreign, ignorant",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-202902"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balcony":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a platform that projects from the wall of a building and is enclosed by a parapet or railing",
|
||
|
|
": an interior projecting gallery in a public building (such as a theater)",
|
||
|
|
": a platform enclosed by a low wall or a railing built out from the side of a building",
|
||
|
|
": a platform inside a theater extending out over part of the main floor"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bal-k\u0259-n\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bal-k\u0259-n\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deck",
|
||
|
|
"sundeck",
|
||
|
|
"terrace"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"We asked for a hotel room with a balcony .",
|
||
|
|
"on summer mornings I often have breakfast out on the balcony",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"George, Charlotte, and Louis made two special balcony appearances alongside their parents and grandmother, for the Trooping the Colour parade and the surprise ending to the Platinum Pageant at Buckingham Palace. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And travelers who book a trip by June 30 will get 2-for-1 deposits, taking advantage of 50% off deposits for club balcony suites and below. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Queen Elizabeth's Buckingham Palace balcony appearances Going into the Platinum Jubilee weekend, there was much uncertainty surrounding Queen Elizabeth's appearances. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Meghan attended Trooping the Colour with Prince Harry yesterday, but the couple did not participate in the carriage procession or balcony flypast viewing due to their status as non-working royal family members. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While the senior working royals stood on Buckingham Palace's balcony to watch the military parade, photographers caught glimpses of Prince Harry and Meghan chatting with other family members and playing with children in a nearby room. \u2014 CNN , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Those who watched the Trooping of the Color might have noticed pieces of the royal family were missing on the balcony photo. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The traditional palace balcony appearance is back \u2014 and Queen Elizabeth is taking center stage. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
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"Trooping the Colour, followed by a Royal Air Force flypast that will see the royals make a Buckingham Palace balcony appearance. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 1 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Italian balcone , from Old Italian, large window, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German balko beam \u2014 more at balk entry 2 ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-233145"
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},
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"balconet":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a railing or balustrade on the outside of a window and in the form of a balcony"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":" balcony + -et, -ette ",
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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"1868, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-003230"
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},
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"babblative":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": garrulous"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8babl\u0259tiv"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":" babble entry 1 + -ative (as in talkative )",
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1576, in the meaning defined above"
|
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-024056"
|
||
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},
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"basal age":{
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||
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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|
": the mental age level at which all the items on an intelligence test can be creditably passed"
|
||
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-031007"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"bawcock":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a fine fellow"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u022f-\u02cck\u00e4k"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"French beau coq , from beau fine + coq fellow, cock",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1599, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-051436"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barricade":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to block off or stop up with a barricade",
|
||
|
|
": to prevent access to by means of a barricade",
|
||
|
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": an obstruction or rampart thrown up across a way or passage to check the advance of the enemy",
|
||
|
|
": barrier sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
": barrier sense 3 , obstacle",
|
||
|
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": a field of combat or dispute",
|
||
|
|
": to block off with a temporary barrier",
|
||
|
|
": a temporary barrier for protection against attack or for blocking the way"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259-\u02cck\u0101d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101d",
|
||
|
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"\u02ccba-r\u0259-",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8ber-\u0259-\u02cck\u0101d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"bar",
|
||
|
|
"block (off)",
|
||
|
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"blockade",
|
||
|
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"close (off)",
|
||
|
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"guard",
|
||
|
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"wall (off)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"barrier",
|
||
|
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"fence",
|
||
|
|
"hedge",
|
||
|
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"wall"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The police barricaded the crime scene.",
|
||
|
|
"the city barricaded the flooded streets",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The enemy broke through the barricade .",
|
||
|
|
"Police erected barricades to keep the crowds from approaching the crime scene.",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The differences between an active shooter and barricade subject response for law enforcement cannot be more dynamically opposite and the duty to save lives, never more urgent. \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Elsewhere, locals are working around the clock to cover stained glass windows with plywood and aluminum, and to barricade statues with sandbags. \u2014 Cristina Florea, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Teachers then evacuate kids from the building, barricade themselves in the classroom, or hide students. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Grocery store employees heard the gunshots and pushed shopping carts to barricade the doors as a precaution in an effort to keep people safe, the news station reported. \u2014 Rosana Hughes, ajc , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Smoke hung over the gray streets that day in Kyiv, where protesters had piled tires, furniture and barbed wire to barricade themselves from security forces. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The scenario--troops facing off against rival forces who attempt to barricade a bridge\u2014recreates the challenges of modern warfare, officials said. \u2014 Byshannon K. Crawford, ABC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The trip to New York should have been a key moment for the Bulls to barricade themselves further into the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The police returned fire, which then led the suspect to barricade himself. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud And Terry Tang, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"If the gunfire stops, the situation may change to a barricade or hostage scenario, which calls for a different, slower approach, experts say. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"If the gunfire stops, the situation may change to a barricade or hostage scenario, which calls for a different, slower approach, experts say. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The driver, described as a man in his late 20s or early 30s, then crashed into a barricade near the interchange to SR-163, police said. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Outside, former Chateau Marmont employee Thomasina Gross quietly observed the passing SUVs at the barricade . \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Horry County spokeswoman Brooke Holden revealed guardsmen had waved the jail van around a barricade near the Little Pee Dee River in South Carolina. \u2014 Raja Razek, CNN , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Turner\u2019s family tried to drive around the barricade , but the warrant says a gunman opened fire with his AR-15-style rifle and struck the side and back of the vehicle, killing the girl. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Police officers in Hoover, the largest suburb south of Birmingham, arrested him and about 30 others who walked around a barricade . \u2014 al , 28 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Ramirez said a security guard pulled her over the barricade , while her date, Jason Rodriguez, lifted her up. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Nov. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-061753"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbarian":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a person from an alien land, culture, or group believed to be inferior, uncivilized, or violent",
|
||
|
|
": a barbarous person : a rude, crude, uneducated, or uncivilized person",
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to a land, culture, or people alien and usually believed to be inferior to another land, culture, or people",
|
||
|
|
": lacking refinement, learning, or artistic or literary culture",
|
||
|
|
": an uncivilized person"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"heathen",
|
||
|
|
"savage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"barbaric",
|
||
|
|
"barbarous",
|
||
|
|
"heathen",
|
||
|
|
"heathenish",
|
||
|
|
"natural",
|
||
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
||
|
|
"Neandertal",
|
||
|
|
"rude",
|
||
|
|
"savage",
|
||
|
|
"uncivil",
|
||
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
||
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
||
|
|
"wild"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"people who were regarded as barbarian by the ancient Romans",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"The Amazigh are better known as Berbers, but that\u2019s actually a pejorative name, derived from the word barbarian . \u2014 Terri Colby, Philly.com , 20 Sep. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"But Charlie Gard shows that the barbarian no longer comes wielding a club and grunting in some undecipherable tongue. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 17 July 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The barbarian stuck behind the glass now indeed had two separate brows, but they were arched far above its eyes as if sketched by a cartoon artist. \u2014 Iman Hariri-kia, Teen Vogue , 2 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Looking back eight centuries, Carleton traces an epic tale of war and redemption, of a Russia that finds itself constantly at risk of barbarian invasion and annihilation and yet manages, time and again, to save both itself and its neighbors. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, New Republic , 26 Sep. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Medea New adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy about the barbarian princess scorned by her husband, the hero Jason. \u2014 Matt Cooper, latimes.com , 3 Sep. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago? \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 1 June 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago? \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 1 June 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-104422"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bashful":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": socially shy or timid : diffident , self-conscious",
|
||
|
|
": resulting from or typical of a bashful nature",
|
||
|
|
": uneasy in the presence of others",
|
||
|
|
": showing shyness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bash-f\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bash-f\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backward",
|
||
|
|
"coy",
|
||
|
|
"demure",
|
||
|
|
"diffident",
|
||
|
|
"introverted",
|
||
|
|
"modest",
|
||
|
|
"recessive",
|
||
|
|
"retiring",
|
||
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
||
|
|
"sheepish",
|
||
|
|
"shy",
|
||
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"extroverted",
|
||
|
|
"extraverted",
|
||
|
|
"immodest",
|
||
|
|
"outgoing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"bashful boys asking girls to dance",
|
||
|
|
"a bashful child who hid in his room whenever there were visitors in the house",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"When your job is to constantly hunt for new restaurants, few things are as thrilling as coming across an intriguing new concept with a bashful name. \u2014 Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Camille Weatherspoon may be a bit bashful , but that hasn\u2019t stopped the high school student from getting her products into the hands of grateful customers. \u2014 C.r. Walker, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"During our conversation, Welsh revealed that her bashful , timid nature wasn\u2019t anything new. \u2014 Essence , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"San Francisco leaders haven\u2019t been bashful about their hopes to make Treasure Island a playground for the affluent. \u2014 Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some are calm and bashful while others howl or jump, full of energy. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And there\u2019s no need to feel bashful about the situation either. \u2014 Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Robbins was not unsympathetic to Dylan\u2019s unusual-to-him way of doing things... or bashful about imbibing what fueled the sessions. \u2014 NBC News , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Robbins was not unsympathetic to Dylan\u2019s unusual-to-him way of doing things\u2026 or bashful about imbibing what fueled the sessions. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 30 Jan. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Early Modern English bash \"to lose composure, be dismayed\" (going back to Middle English baishen, basshen , probably aphetic variant of abaissen, abaschen \"to abash \") + -ful entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-104727"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balk (at)":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to she balked at lending him any more money"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113816"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbed":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having barbs",
|
||
|
|
": characterized by pointed and biting criticism or sarcasm"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4rbd"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acerb",
|
||
|
|
"acerbic",
|
||
|
|
"acid",
|
||
|
|
"acidic",
|
||
|
|
"acidulous",
|
||
|
|
"acrid",
|
||
|
|
"biting",
|
||
|
|
"caustic",
|
||
|
|
"corrosive",
|
||
|
|
"cutting",
|
||
|
|
"mordant",
|
||
|
|
"pungent",
|
||
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
||
|
|
"sardonic",
|
||
|
|
"satiric",
|
||
|
|
"satirical",
|
||
|
|
"scalding",
|
||
|
|
"scathing",
|
||
|
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
||
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
||
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
||
|
|
"snarky",
|
||
|
|
"tart"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The candidates exchanged barbed comments during the debate.",
|
||
|
|
"barbed satire on American academia",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Over brunch, a discussion about Miranda\u2019s decision to go gray devolves into a barbed exchange about the ethics of hair color. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, New York Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Toward the end of the presentation, the chair of global advertising and partnerships delivered a barbed soliloquy that called out unnamed competitors by emphasizing that their streaming platform is, was and is likely to remain ad-supported. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The site remains surrounded by barbed wires and fences, which were electrified during the Holocaust. \u2014 Nathan Luna, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In El Sereno, where crime has been increasing, barbed -wire fences line the street-level train tracks. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, oregonlive , 17 Jan. 2022",
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||
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"Homesteaders built towns and barbed -wire fences in the middle of these migration routes, and in Jackson Hole opportunistic elk found sustenance in the form of ranchers\u2019 hay. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
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"In El Sereno, where crime has been increasing, barbed -wire fences line the street-level train tracks. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, oregonlive , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
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"To be able to find joy, make our joy, behind barbed wires and all these people wallowing in their misery. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
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"In El Sereno, where crime has been increasing, barbed -wire fences line the street-level train tracks. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, oregonlive , 17 Jan. 2022"
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],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-121800"
|
||
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},
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"Barbarossa":{
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||
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"type":[
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"biographical name ()"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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"\u2014 see frederick i",
|
||
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"died 1546 Khayr ad-D\u012bn Greek-Ottoman pirate and admiral"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u00e4r-b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-s\u0259",
|
||
|
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"-\u02c8r\u022f-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133851"
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||
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},
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"battery":{
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"type":[
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||
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"noun"
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||
|
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
|
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|
|
": the act of beating someone or something with successive blows : the act of battering (see batter entry 1 sense 1 )",
|
||
|
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": an offensive touching or use of force on a person without the person's consent",
|
||
|
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"\u2014 compare assault entry 1 sense 2a",
|
||
|
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": a grouping of artillery pieces for tactical (see tactical sense 1a(1) ) purposes",
|
||
|
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": the guns of a warship",
|
||
|
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": an artillery (see artillery sense 2b ) unit in the army equivalent to a company (see company entry 1 sense 2b )",
|
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|
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": a combination of apparatus for producing a single electrical effect",
|
||
|
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": a group of two or more cells (see cell sense 5 ) connected together to furnish electric current",
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||
|
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": a single cell that furnishes electric current",
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||
|
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": level of energy or enthusiasm",
|
||
|
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": a number of similar articles, items, or devices arranged, connected, or used together : set , series",
|
||
|
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": a series of cages or compartments for raising or fattening poultry",
|
||
|
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": a usually impressive or imposing group : array",
|
||
|
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": the position of readiness of a gun for firing",
|
||
|
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": the pitcher and catcher of a team",
|
||
|
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": two or more big military guns that are controlled as a unit",
|
||
|
|
": an electric cell or connected electric cells for providing electric current",
|
||
|
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": a number of similar items or devices grouped together",
|
||
|
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": an unlawful touching or use of force on a person against his or her will",
|
||
|
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": a combination of apparatus for producing a single electrical effect",
|
||
|
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": a group of two or more cells connected together to furnish electric current",
|
||
|
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": a single cell that furnishes electric current",
|
||
|
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": a group or series of tests",
|
||
|
|
": a group of intelligence or personality tests given to a subject as an aid in psychological analysis",
|
||
|
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": the crime or tort of intentionally or recklessly causing offensive physical contact or bodily harm (as by striking or by administering a poison or drug) that is not consented to by the victim \u2014 compare assault",
|
||
|
|
": criminal battery that is accompanied by aggravating factors: as",
|
||
|
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": criminal battery that causes or is intended to cause serious bodily injury especially through the use of a dangerous weapon",
|
||
|
|
": criminal battery committed on a protected person (as a minor or a police officer) \u2014 compare simple battery in this entry",
|
||
|
|
": intentional and offensive sexual contact and especially sexual intercourse with a person who has not given or (as in the case of a child) is incapable of giving consent",
|
||
|
|
": forced or coerced contact with the sexual parts of either the victim or the perpetrator \u2014 see also rape",
|
||
|
|
": criminal battery that is not accompanied by aggravating factors (as a dangerous weapon) \u2014 compare aggravated battery in this entry",
|
||
|
|
"[Middle French batterie , from battre to beat]"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t(\u0259-)r\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t\u0259-r\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bat-\u0259-r\u0113, \u02c8ba-tr\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t\u0259-r\u0113, -tr\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"array",
|
||
|
|
"assemblage",
|
||
|
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"band",
|
||
|
|
"bank",
|
||
|
|
"batch",
|
||
|
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"block",
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
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"clot",
|
||
|
|
"clump",
|
||
|
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"cluster",
|
||
|
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"clutch",
|
||
|
|
"collection",
|
||
|
|
"constellation",
|
||
|
|
"group",
|
||
|
|
"grouping",
|
||
|
|
"huddle",
|
||
|
|
"knot",
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"muster",
|
||
|
|
"package",
|
||
|
|
"parcel",
|
||
|
|
"passel",
|
||
|
|
"set",
|
||
|
|
"suite"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I bought new batteries for the flashlights.",
|
||
|
|
"The operation was performed by a battery of doctors.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"EVs produce more carbon during their production, mostly due to the battery . \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Plus, the removable battery can run for up to 60 minutes straight. \u2014 Rachel Simon, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Each hour in the sun will add up to six miles of charge to the battery , according to Lightyear. \u2014 Tommy O'callaghan, CNN , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s the steel or the battery in a car, or the wheat that\u2019s grown with fertilizer in a loaf of bread. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The battery of Goodwin and Kavanagh was the centerpiece of a team brimming with talent. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The issue, Ford said, is with the battery 's main contactors, which have the potential to overheat on the vehicles being recalled. \u2014 Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The battery for Roger Bacon High School's baseball team Thursday night at Akron's Canal Park was the only two players who had previously played on the state field. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But that battery isn\u2019t the only thing that will keep you on the road. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 10 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Anglo-French baterie , from batre to beat, from Latin battuere ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134205"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"babbling":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": idle, foolish, or nonsensical talk or chatter",
|
||
|
|
": the production of meaningless strings of speech sounds by infants",
|
||
|
|
": talking idly or foolishly",
|
||
|
|
": producing meaningless speech sounds",
|
||
|
|
": producing a quiet, continuous sound (such as the sound of flowing water)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-b(\u0259-)li\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"For example, if one nestling is given corticosterone, did all its siblings\u2019 babbling increase? \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The lags were seen in behaviors such as rolling over, reaching for objects or babbling \u2014basic milestones of infancy. \u2014 Carey Goldberg, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And some of it (those transcripts, Jack and Neal high and babbling ) is unreadable. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But as much as this behavior seemed like human babbling , scientists hadn\u2019t formally compared the two, says co-author Mirjam Kn\u00f6rnschild, a behavioral ecologist also at MNH. \u2014 Cathleen O\u2019grady, Science | AAAS , 19 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In the background of her messages were the sounds of many people talking and walking around, children playing and babbling . \u2014 Luciana Lopez, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The bat pup chatter shared all the major features of human babbling , the researchers report today in Science. \u2014 Cathleen O\u2019grady, Science | AAAS , 19 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"My favorite was a little babbling brook that came out of the side of the mountain. \u2014 Kelly Cannon, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The world is upon you as a pressure, an aesthetic offense, a ghastly payload of noise and glare and babbling , galumphing people. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 30 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"When Sarah and Justin Arrington bought a gorgeous parcel of land\u2014complete with rolling hills, winding trails, and a babbling creek\u2014their plans for a future forever home were intentional and hard-won. \u2014 Lauren Helmer, al , 21 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141945"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bashaw":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a man of high rank or office (as in Turkey or northern Africa)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8sh\u022f"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142103"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basement":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the part of a building that is wholly or partly below ground level",
|
||
|
|
": the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture",
|
||
|
|
": the lowest or fundamental part of something",
|
||
|
|
": the rocks underlying stratified rocks",
|
||
|
|
": a toilet or washroom especially in a school",
|
||
|
|
": a low state, rank, or condition",
|
||
|
|
": the lowest place in the standings : cellar sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": the part of a building that is partly or entirely below ground level"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101s-m\u0259nt",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sm\u0259nt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cellar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we store our bicycles in the basement during the winter",
|
||
|
|
"the basement of the outdoor fountain needs a lot of restoration work",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Jews were being exterminated, and my family was hiding in the basement of a sympathetic neighbor. \u2014 Ben Foster, Variety , 23 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The smoldering fire was eventually located in the basement of the three-story, concrete-block building. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In another flabbergasting turn, a magazine writer found a clairvoyant in the Netherlands who professed to confirm the story in detail and added that Crater\u2019s body was buried in the basement of the house. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"John Ramsey found her body later that same day in the basement of her home. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 20 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The room, located in the basement of the White House residence, is where President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tracked the movement of Allied Forces during World War II. \u2014 Jonathan Karl, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Chicago, already a city with more than its share of tragic fires, had one of its worst Dec. 1, 1958, when three nuns and 92 children died in a blaze that broke out in the basement of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic school. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the basement of New England Connecticut stands tall. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But now the new instrument, made by the family business, Marcodi Musical Products, headquartered in the basement of Meeks\u2019s home in Glen Arm, Md., has seen a spike in sales. \u2014 Danny Freedman, Washington Post , 7 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" base entry 1 or base entry 2 + -ment , probably after Italian basamento ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143425"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"battery acid":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": dilute sulfuric acid for use in storage batteries"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1835, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153127"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bawdiness":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": boisterously or humorously indecent",
|
||
|
|
": obscene , lewd",
|
||
|
|
": bawdry sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022f-d\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blue",
|
||
|
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
|
"crude",
|
||
|
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
|
"foul",
|
||
|
|
"gross",
|
||
|
|
"gutter",
|
||
|
|
"impure",
|
||
|
|
"indecent",
|
||
|
|
"lascivious",
|
||
|
|
"lewd",
|
||
|
|
"locker-room",
|
||
|
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
|
"obscene",
|
||
|
|
"pornographic",
|
||
|
|
"porny",
|
||
|
|
"profane",
|
||
|
|
"raunchy",
|
||
|
|
"ribald",
|
||
|
|
"smutty",
|
||
|
|
"stag",
|
||
|
|
"trashy",
|
||
|
|
"unprintable",
|
||
|
|
"vulgar",
|
||
|
|
"wanton",
|
||
|
|
"X-rated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clean",
|
||
|
|
"decent",
|
||
|
|
"G-rated",
|
||
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
||
|
|
"wholesome"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children",
|
||
|
|
"a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"For our family, Juneteenth isn\u2019t about bawdy celebrations that can be monetized. \u2014 Marisa Renee Lee, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Alexia\u2019s plan to book her ideal wedding venue hits a snag; Lisa hosts a bawdy slumber party. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But at what cost? Horn\u2019s funny and bawdy book, Yazbek\u2019s hilarious lyrics and Denis Jones\u2019 choreography are the highlights of the show, presented by Broadway San Diego. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
||
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"Their personalities certainly differ\u2014Musk can be brash and bawdy , while Agrawal keeps a low profile\u2014but they\u2019re bonded by a love for the technical and theoretical possibilities of their products. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Aiming to bring back tourists, Moche\u2019s mayor tapped the region\u2019s past with a bawdy idea: Put up a giant replica of an erotic ceramic from the pre-Incan Moche civilization that once flourished in the area. \u2014 Ryan Dube, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Many are bawdy , hilarious, the sort of stuff Lego would never touch. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
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||
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"Art, language, race and gender, folklore and politics are covered here, and Hurston is, by turn, provocative, funny, bawdy , informative and outrageous. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
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||
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"Everett was too rock and roll for Broadway, too bawdy for concert halls, and too musical for standup comedy. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"But all the actors are adept at the musical\u2019s combination of dry, dark wit and bawdy humor. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
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"Come for the bawdy humor, and stay for the roll call of icons who make cameos throughout: RuPaul, Quentin Crisp, Robin Williams, and of course, the titular Julie Newmar. \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 4 June 2022",
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"Better known for her work with the likes of Robert Redford (Quiz Show) and Whit Stillman (Barcelona), Schiff's bawdy script didn't generate much enthusiasm within Sorvino's camp. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"On this date in 1887 a reporter for The San Diego Union wrote an expose on San Diego\u2019s vice that catalogued some 50 licensed saloons, 35 bawdy houses, three opium joints and a mysterious fortuneteller called Madam Coara. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"More than 3,000 visitors attended the first weekend of the bawdy gathering, indulging in two wild nights at one of Detroit\u2019s signature winter events. \u2014 Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Among Reitman's producing tasks on the project was trying to find a college prepared to host the bawdy film, which would eventually be shot at the University of Oregon. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"White remained youthful in part through her skill at playing bawdy or naughty while radiating niceness. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 1 Jan. 2022",
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"Despite its bawdy -satiric tone\u2014and an outrageous scene in which Tommy has a conversation with his love appendage\u2014the show is firmly on the lovers' side. \u2014 Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"Adjective",
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"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
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"Noun",
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"1656, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-162709"
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},
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"bal-check valve":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a ball valve in which the ball is pushed against or away from its seat by fluid pressure opposed to the action of a spring"
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-165632"
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||
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},
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"bawdry":{
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||
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": unchastity",
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": suggestive, coarse, or obscene language"
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||
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u022f-dr\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English bawderie , from bawde ",
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-170641"
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||
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},
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||
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"Bashan":{
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||
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":[
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"region in ancient Palestine east and northeast of the Sea of Galilee in the area that is now southwestern Syria"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8b\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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||
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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||
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"examples":[],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171943"
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||
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},
|
||
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"barely":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"adverb"
|
||
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|
],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": in a meager manner : plainly",
|
||
|
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": scarcely , hardly",
|
||
|
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": almost not",
|
||
|
|
": with nothing to spare : by a narrow margin"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8ber-l\u0113",
|
||
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"\u02c8ber-l\u0113"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"hardly",
|
||
|
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"just",
|
||
|
|
"marginally",
|
||
|
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"narrowly",
|
||
|
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"scarcely",
|
||
|
|
"slightly"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"considerably",
|
||
|
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"significantly",
|
||
|
|
"substantially",
|
||
|
|
"vastly",
|
||
|
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"well"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"We barely spoke the entire time we were in the car.",
|
||
|
|
"There are barely any new features in this software.",
|
||
|
|
"There is barely a difference between the two.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"There's barely anything in the way of entrees and most of the sharable plates are very small and very delicious. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At just over two minutes, the mostly instrumental platform would barely be a blip for most bands. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"According to the report, despite the pandemic lockdowns, there was barely any improvement in pollution levels during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the long-term persistent health threats. \u2014 Ranjit Devraj, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The pass had incredible touch, as the ball was barely in Rob\u2019s hands. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Seaweed aquaculture is barely a blip in the U.S. economy, compared with Asia, where most of the world\u2019s kelp is grown. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In a poll last month from Alaska Survey Research, Palin was barely the top choice in the pick-one primary, with just 19 percent of the vote. \u2014 Dan Zak, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There are no bad parts, and yet even the best ones are barely there. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The two had barely been married three months at the time. \u2014 Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172751"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backward":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": toward the back or rear",
|
||
|
|
": with the back foremost",
|
||
|
|
": in a reverse or contrary direction or way",
|
||
|
|
": toward the past",
|
||
|
|
": toward a worse state",
|
||
|
|
": to make extreme efforts (as at concession)",
|
||
|
|
": directed or turned toward the back",
|
||
|
|
": done or executed backward",
|
||
|
|
": diffident , shy",
|
||
|
|
": retarded in development",
|
||
|
|
": the part behind or past",
|
||
|
|
": toward the back",
|
||
|
|
": with the back first",
|
||
|
|
": opposite to the usual way",
|
||
|
|
": turned toward the back",
|
||
|
|
": done backward",
|
||
|
|
": not as advanced in learning and development as others"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-w\u0259rd",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-w\u0259rd"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"back",
|
||
|
|
"rearward",
|
||
|
|
"rearwards"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"rearward",
|
||
|
|
"retrograde"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"No organization today can afford to base its business or future on telling AIOps to look backward \u2014there are too many unexpected, unplanned for, and unknown issues. \u2014 Lisa Wolfe, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Formerly a key piece of the Nuggets before injuries and offensive game took a step backward . \u2014 Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But the second Leaders Debate last week, where the two men shouted over each other and ignored the younger female moderator, felt like a step backward to the 1950s. \u2014 Susan Harris Rimmer, CNN , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"News of Elderserve's indefinite closing came as a shock to some community members who see the loss as a step backward for the Russell neighborhood, which has recently experienced a dizzying amount of investments. \u2014 Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Central Florida has one of the tightest housing markets in the country and any reduction in funds to support our most vulnerable neighbors is a step backward for our community. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rather than moving forward beyond the Cold War, the alliance seems poised to take a step backward into a deep NATO-Russia freeze. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Lyman\u2019s bill would be a giant step backward for them. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On that score, this year represented something of a step backward after last year\u2019s watershed nominations, even as some noteworthy milestones were achieved. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Pat\u2019s in the Flats was a safe haven for the backward washouts to make their mark creatively. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Materials with strong certification requirements at the source need fiber-forward traceability, while materials currently considered low risk are more suitable to product- backward systems. \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In June, Xbox Live Gold members will get Aven Colony and Project Highrise: Architect\u2019s Edition, as well as Super Meat Boy and Raskulls via backward compatibility. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Much of the service\u2019s value is held up by Microsoft\u2019s strong support for backward compatibility, even for its third-party titles. \u2014 Gene Park, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Biles took three steps backward on her dismount after an otherwise solid routine. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 25 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The pelvis can rotate forward (anteriorly) or backward (posteriorly). \u2014 Jon-erik Kawamoto, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The reality is that there were multitudes of rough patches, stumbling blocks, backward steps and repositionings required to reach that success. \u2014 Vlad Rusz, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One thing that never changed during the three performances was AleXa\u2019s spectacular backward fall from the top of a staircase. \u2014 Fred Bronson, Billboard , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"When a claim is more general (e.g., a claim such as suppliers involved in making the garment treat their workers well), it can be ascertained through traceability data after it\u2019s been produced (product- backward ). \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Lead actor winner Adrien Brody bounded onstage, grabbed Berry \u2014 who was presenting the award \u2014 and bent her backward , delivering a deep smooch to the stunned actress. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There are 10 days in February where the date reads the same backward and forwards, but Tuesday\u2019s date is twice as nice. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Start with some light jogging, then perform some dynamic flexibility exercises, such as giant walking lunges and standing forward- backward and side-to-side leg swings. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Climate change isn\u2019t illusory, but certainly my drifting backward was. \u2014 John Crowley, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bo Nix spiked a snap backward , and it was ruled intentional grounding rather than a fumble. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Wave patterns are unpredictable, seawater corrodes metal generating machinery, and waves\u2019 energy is simultaneously dispersed across three dimensions (up-down, forward- backward and left-right). \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Each feint elicits a response, maybe a defensive parry or a hop backward . \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1610, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180153"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bad blood":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": ill feeling : bitterness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"animosity",
|
||
|
|
"animus",
|
||
|
|
"antagonism",
|
||
|
|
"antipathy",
|
||
|
|
"bitterness",
|
||
|
|
"enmity",
|
||
|
|
"gall",
|
||
|
|
"grudge",
|
||
|
|
"hostility",
|
||
|
|
"jaundice",
|
||
|
|
"rancor"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"amity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"There's been a lot of bad blood between them since their quarrel.",
|
||
|
|
"there's been bad blood between the two families for years",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Further, there may be lingering bad blood between Gonzalez and Alvarez stretching back more than a decade. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That fact, naturally, caused speculation about lingering bad blood between Brady and the organization. \u2014 Jace Evans, USA TODAY , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some House Republicans have described lingering bad blood over the expulsion vote. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 3 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"On July 22, 1995, Garner and Bevington locked up in a benches-clearing incident in the seventh inning at Comiskey Park, just the most recent chapter in a lengthy history of bad blood between the two. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The two will finally meet in the ring on March 19 in Dubai, bringing more than two years of bad blood and the public feud to an endpoint. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There is no bad blood between Cardi B and Billie Eilish, and there are receipts to prove it. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The apparent gal pals were all smiles, so there's seemingly no bad blood between the duo. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That has fostered not only a type of siege mentality but also frequent bouts of bad blood . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1664, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180641"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ball game":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a game played with a ball",
|
||
|
|
": a set of circumstances : situation",
|
||
|
|
": contest sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"battle",
|
||
|
|
"combat",
|
||
|
|
"competition",
|
||
|
|
"conflict",
|
||
|
|
"confrontation",
|
||
|
|
"contention",
|
||
|
|
"contest",
|
||
|
|
"dogfight",
|
||
|
|
"duel",
|
||
|
|
"face-off",
|
||
|
|
"grapple",
|
||
|
|
"match",
|
||
|
|
"rivalry",
|
||
|
|
"strife",
|
||
|
|
"struggle",
|
||
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
||
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
||
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
||
|
|
"war",
|
||
|
|
"warfare"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"He was popular because he was good at ball games .",
|
||
|
|
"Dad took us to a ball game .",
|
||
|
|
"watching a ball game on TV",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd plays a berzerker with simple life goals \u2013 avenge his father, save his mother (Nicole Kidman), kill his uncle \u2013 in a crazy tale with Slavic witches, a bloody ball game and a naked sword fight on top of an active volcano. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Yankees are never out of a ball game due to their tenacity and Boone\u2019s evolution as a manager. \u2014 Wayne G. Mcdonnell, Jr., Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The ball game with the Portland Sea Dogs is set for 7 p.m. and the concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Navigating the world as a plus-size person comes with its own set of challenges, but posting on social media as a fat person is a whole other ball game . \u2014 Allure , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Returning to MasterChef this time around is a very different ball game because the food industry has changed a lot in 13 years and there's plenty of fierce competition in the kitchen. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Compared with family and career concerns, a ball game might seem, frankly, sort of useless. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"The postseason is a whole different ball game and the Grizzlies appear primed to make a statement. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"And rather than languid toffs being the ones to strap the bracciale onto their hands, soon, ordinary young men were becoming the first professional players of the ball game . \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-183432"
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},
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"baste":{
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"type":[
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"verb",
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"verb ()"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to sew with long loose stitches in order to hold something in place temporarily",
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": to moisten (foods, especially meat) at intervals with a liquid (such as melted butter, fat, or pan drippings) especially during the cooking process to prevent drying and add flavor",
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||
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": to beat severely or soundly : thrash",
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||
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": to scold vigorously : berate",
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": to sew with long loose stitches so as to hold the cloth temporarily in place",
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": to moisten (as with melted fat or juices) while roasting"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0101st",
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"\u02c8b\u0101st"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawl out",
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"berate",
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"call down",
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"castigate",
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"chastise",
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"chew out",
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"dress down",
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"flay",
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"hammer",
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"jaw",
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"keelhaul",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lecture",
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"rag",
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"rail (at ",
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"rant (at)",
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"rate",
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"ream (out)",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproach",
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"scold",
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"score",
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"tongue-lash",
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"upbraid"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Verb (1)",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
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"Verb (2)",
|
||
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
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"Verb (3)",
|
||
|
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"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184144"
|
||
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},
|
||
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"back vent":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": a ventilating pipe attached to a waste pipe on the sewer side of its trap to prevent siphonage"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1915, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185719"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
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"back of":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"preposition"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": behind"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abaft",
|
||
|
|
"behind"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"before"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the equipment shed is a concrete structure back of the school"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1694, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190444"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"backstairs":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": secret , furtive",
|
||
|
|
": sordid , scandalous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccsterz"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
||
|
|
"clandestine",
|
||
|
|
"covert",
|
||
|
|
"furtive",
|
||
|
|
"hole-and-corner",
|
||
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
||
|
|
"hush-hush",
|
||
|
|
"private",
|
||
|
|
"privy",
|
||
|
|
"secret",
|
||
|
|
"sneak",
|
||
|
|
"sneaking",
|
||
|
|
"sneaky",
|
||
|
|
"stealth",
|
||
|
|
"stealthy",
|
||
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
||
|
|
"undercover",
|
||
|
|
"underground",
|
||
|
|
"underhand",
|
||
|
|
"underhanded"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"open",
|
||
|
|
"overt",
|
||
|
|
"public"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"an influential Washington lobbyist who has been involved in a number of backstairs deals to limit regulation of financial institutions"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191629"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ban":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to prohibit especially by legal means",
|
||
|
|
": to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of",
|
||
|
|
": bar entry 2 sense 3c",
|
||
|
|
": curse",
|
||
|
|
": to utter curses or condemnations",
|
||
|
|
": legal or formal prohibition",
|
||
|
|
": censure or condemnation especially through social pressure",
|
||
|
|
": anathema , excommunication",
|
||
|
|
": malediction , curse",
|
||
|
|
": the summoning in feudal times of the king's vassals for military service",
|
||
|
|
": a monetary subunit of the leu \u2014 see leu at Money Table",
|
||
|
|
": to forbid especially by law or social pressure",
|
||
|
|
": an official order forbidding something",
|
||
|
|
": to prohibit or forbid especially by legal means (as by statute or order)",
|
||
|
|
": to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of",
|
||
|
|
": prohibition especially by statute or order"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bar",
|
||
|
|
"enjoin",
|
||
|
|
"forbid",
|
||
|
|
"interdict",
|
||
|
|
"outlaw",
|
||
|
|
"prohibit",
|
||
|
|
"proscribe"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anathema",
|
||
|
|
"curse",
|
||
|
|
"execration",
|
||
|
|
"imprecation",
|
||
|
|
"malediction",
|
||
|
|
"malison",
|
||
|
|
"winze"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The school banned that book for many years.",
|
||
|
|
"The city has banned smoking in all public buildings.",
|
||
|
|
"The drug was banned a decade ago.",
|
||
|
|
"The use of cell phones is banned in the restaurant."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1880, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193337"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back up":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one that serves as a substitute or support",
|
||
|
|
": musical accompaniment",
|
||
|
|
": additional personnel who provide assistance",
|
||
|
|
": an accumulation caused by a stoppage in the flow",
|
||
|
|
": a copy of computer data (such as a file or the contents of a hard drive)",
|
||
|
|
": the act or an instance of making a backup",
|
||
|
|
": to accumulate in a congested state",
|
||
|
|
": to move into a position behind (a teammate) in order to assist on a play",
|
||
|
|
": hold back sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": to make a copy of (a computer file or data) to protect against accidental loss or corruption",
|
||
|
|
": to make copies of all the files on (a device)",
|
||
|
|
": a person who takes the place of or supports another",
|
||
|
|
": a situation in which the flow of something becomes blocked",
|
||
|
|
": a copy of information stored on a computer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
||
|
|
"jam",
|
||
|
|
"jam-up",
|
||
|
|
"logjam",
|
||
|
|
"snarl",
|
||
|
|
"tailback",
|
||
|
|
"tie-up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
|
||
|
|
"We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
|
||
|
|
"We have an extra radio for backup .",
|
||
|
|
"He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
|
||
|
|
"She sang backup on his CD.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Last season, Gaffney was the primary backup for Cole off the bench. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The problem is that the Blazers plan to start Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons at guard, with Josh Hart as the primary backup . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Moore II\u2019s backup at the nickel might be up for grabs, but Dabo\u2019s transition is going to be tougher than most. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Other candidates include fifth-year senior Nick Patti, who was Pickett\u2019s primary backup last season and started the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against Michigan State before an injury ended his day. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"While building slowly started to pick back up , global supply chain issues in the past couple of years blunted the progress. \u2014 Brittany Anas, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The attractions include 11 water slides, some of which loop outside the translucent walls of the six-story, 65,000-square-foot structure, some of which drop below floor level before shooting back up . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Chip shortages will end, dealer lots will fill back up and prices will come back down. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it \u2014 that\u2019s a gift. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1801, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194025"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barretter":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an early form of radio detector operating by increased resistance when subjected to the influence of electric waves"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259\u02c8ret\u0259(r)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"modification of Old French bareter to exchange",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194050"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bad books":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"plural noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": disfavor"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1861, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201333"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backstager":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a movie or play about the making of movies or plays",
|
||
|
|
": someone who works backstage on the production of a play"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u00a6st\u0101-j\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-210616"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bad boy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a person who flouts convention"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
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"Bullied out of private school and at odds with her divorced parents, lonely high schooler Jane spirals out of control after falling in with a hard-partying crowd and becoming smitten with a dangerously charismatic bad boy . \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bullied out of private school and at odds with her divorced parents, lonely high schooler Jane spirals out of control after falling in with a hard-partying crowd and becoming smitten with a dangerously charismatic bad boy . \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The portrayal gave the actor a bad boy persona but he was also considered a Western icon, receiving a star on the Western Walk of Stars in Santa Clarita, Calif., in 2017. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"The power of the memory is strong enough to wrench Billy from the Mind Flayer\u2019s grasp and the former bad boy sacrifices himself. \u2014 Helena Andrews-dyer, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
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||
|
|
"But when Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes a month before graduation, Chloe is thrust into a bizarre scavenger hunt alongside Smith, Shara's quarterback boyfriend, and Rory, Shara's bad boy neighbor, both of whom Shara also kissed. \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Despite his age, Faison hopes his days of playing his bad boy character aren't over. \u2014 Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Imagine trying to slice up that bad boy for a summer picnic. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Accusations from Brussels that Mr. Orban has eroded democratic standards including judicial independence and media freedom, coupled with arguments with other EU countries over money and culture wars, have given him the status of the EU\u2019s bad boy . \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 10 May 2022"
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],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1860, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211855"
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},
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"bastel house":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
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||
|
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": a fortified house especially on the English and Scottish border usually having its lowest floor vaulted"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8ba-st\u1d4al-",
|
||
|
|
"-s\u0259l-"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English bastel, bastile tower, fortress, from Middle French bastile ",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212207"
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||
|
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},
|
||
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"baren":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a pad of twisted cord covered with paper, cloth, and bamboo leaf with which a printmaker transmits pressure typically by rubbing to paper laid on an inked woodcut"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"(\u02c8)b\u00e4\u00a6ren"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"probably from Japanese",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212219"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
|
"bandwagon":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a usually ornate and high wagon for a band of musicians especially in a circus parade",
|
||
|
|
": a popular party, faction, or cause that attracts growing support",
|
||
|
|
": a current or fashionable trend",
|
||
|
|
": a wagon carrying musicians in a parade",
|
||
|
|
": a candidate, side, or movement that attracts growing support"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8band-\u02ccwa-g\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8band-\u02ccwa-g\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blitz",
|
||
|
|
"campaign",
|
||
|
|
"cause",
|
||
|
|
"crusade",
|
||
|
|
"drive",
|
||
|
|
"juggernaut",
|
||
|
|
"movement",
|
||
|
|
"push"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood crime watch",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Even influencer Tinx hopped on the bandwagon and tried out the wax stick in a TikTok. \u2014 Emma Becker, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Most bitcoin buyers hopped on the bandwagon last year as crypto's popularity soared, McKenzie said. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One mistake is jumping on the bandwagon each time new technology, channels or platforms are introduced. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After a Texas lawmaker proposed banning drag shows where children are present, Florida Rep. Anthony Sabatini, R-Howey-in-the-Hills, jumped on the bandwagon . \u2014 Brooke Baitinger, Sun Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rob Portman continues to stand on the sidelines Mr. Spine, but lots of others have been getting on the Steve Detol back bandwagon . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Still, investors looking to join the bandwagon might find the jump a bit high at the moment. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The jump to a new apex of $70,000 looked like another craze driven by still more kudos from famous names, and the millennials' and Gen-X-ers rushing to join the bandwagon . \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Brands didn\u2019t take long to join the bandwagon to stamp their online presence through social marketing, reminding followers of their social media handles on the need to stay safe. \u2014 Thomas Helfrich, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-215348"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbarize":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to make barbarian or barbarous",
|
||
|
|
": to become barbarous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220142"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Battersea enamel":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": 18th century English decorative enamel work with painted or transfer designs on a usually white background"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bat\u0259(r)s\u0113-",
|
||
|
|
"-at\u0259-",
|
||
|
|
"-si-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"from Battersea , metropolitan borough of London, England",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-225001"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Battersea":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"former metropolitan borough of southwestern London, England, on the south bank of the Thames River, now part of Wandsworth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t\u0259r-s\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232208"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bagatelle":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": trifle sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": any of various games involving the rolling of balls into scoring areas",
|
||
|
|
": a short literary or musical piece in light style"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccba-g\u0259-\u02c8tel"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"child's play",
|
||
|
|
"frippery",
|
||
|
|
"nonproblem",
|
||
|
|
"nothing",
|
||
|
|
"picayune",
|
||
|
|
"shuck(s)",
|
||
|
|
"small beer",
|
||
|
|
"small change",
|
||
|
|
"trifle",
|
||
|
|
"triviality"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the question of who will pick up the coffee is a mere bagatelle in the overall planning of the conference"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"French, from Italian bagattella ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232618"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basement complex":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the assemblage of metamorphic and igneous rocks underlying stratified rocks in a particular region",
|
||
|
|
": the Archean rocks \u2014 compare fundamental complex"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-233816"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Barents":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"biographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Willem circa 1550\u20131597 Dutch navigator"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259n(t)s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259n(t)s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u0259n(t)s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-234307"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"battery charger":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": charger sense 1c"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1861, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-234739"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bane":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a source of harm or ruin : curse",
|
||
|
|
": death , destruction",
|
||
|
|
": woe",
|
||
|
|
": poison",
|
||
|
|
": killer , slayer",
|
||
|
|
": to kill especially with poison",
|
||
|
|
": bone",
|
||
|
|
": poison \u2014 see henbane"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"affliction",
|
||
|
|
"curse",
|
||
|
|
"nemesis",
|
||
|
|
"scourge"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"benefit",
|
||
|
|
"blessing",
|
||
|
|
"boon",
|
||
|
|
"felicity",
|
||
|
|
"godsend",
|
||
|
|
"good",
|
||
|
|
"manna",
|
||
|
|
"windfall"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2d",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1578, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1578, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000151"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bare-knuckle":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective or adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": not using boxing gloves",
|
||
|
|
": having a fierce unrelenting character"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u02c8n\u0259-k\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-002359"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back away":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to move away (as from a stand on an issue or from a commitment)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"drop back",
|
||
|
|
"fall back",
|
||
|
|
"pull out",
|
||
|
|
"recede",
|
||
|
|
"retire",
|
||
|
|
"retreat",
|
||
|
|
"withdraw"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"advance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1833, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-003335"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baneberry":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of several perennial herbs (genus Actaea ) of the buttercup family having acrid poisonous berries",
|
||
|
|
": one of the berries",
|
||
|
|
": the acid poisonous berry of any plant of the genus Actaea",
|
||
|
|
": a plant of the genus Actaea"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101n-\u02ccber-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101n-\u02ccber-\u0113,"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" bane entry 1 + berry entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1755, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004459"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ball fringe":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a decorative fringe (as for upholstery, curtains, or clothing) made with covered balls or yarn balls hanging at even intervals along one edge"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005749"
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},
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"backassward":{
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||
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": utterly or ridiculously backward , foolish, or wrong : ass-backward"
|
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bak-\u02c8a-sw\u0259rd"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":"alteration of ass-backward entry 1 ",
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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"1971, in the meaning defined above"
|
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015443"
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||
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},
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"backveld":{
|
||
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": backcountry"
|
||
|
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":" back entry 3 + veld ; probably partial translation of Afrikaans agterveld ",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1903, in the meaning defined above"
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||
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],
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||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-021925"
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||
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},
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||
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"barricaded":{
|
||
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"type":[
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||
|
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"adjective"
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||
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": protected or blocked by a barricade"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-d\u0259d",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
|
||
|
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"\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccba-r\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The Texas Department of Public Safety and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told Fox News that one person has been shot and the shooter \u2013 who ran to the school \u2013 became barricaded inside it. \u2014 Greg Norman, Fox News , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Traditionally, a barricaded suspect buys the police time to set up a perimeter and call a SWAT team, which could take 20 minutes to arrive. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud And Terry Tang, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The call for a barricaded suspect initially came in at 9:30 a.m., while the shots fired call was reported around 3:25 p.m., police said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The altercation was an early moment in the siege where Trump supporters were able to make it past one barricaded section of the grounds, according to court records. \u2014 Hannah Rabinowitz And Katelyn Polantz, CNN , 4 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Back in the barricaded room with McConnell aides, one staffer began snapping photos through a window. \u2014 Karoun Demirjian, Star Tribune , 10 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Back in the barricaded room with McConnell aides, one staffer began snapping photos through a window. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Residents who access reopened areas are asked to avoid barricaded locations. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Unlike the Lake Street corridor, where hundreds of storefronts remain barricaded and property owners complain of living in a war zone, West Broadway doesn\u2019t look much different from before the riots. \u2014 Jeffrey Meitrodt, Star Tribune , 19 Sep. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1603, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-034725"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"battery eliminator":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a device to supply voltage to electron tubes from electric power supply mains \u2014 compare a power supply , b power supply , c power supply"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-035210"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastard yellowlegs":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": stilt sandpiper"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-040004"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Barents Sea":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"sea comprising the part of the Arctic Ocean between Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya and north of Norway and Russia"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259n(t)s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259n(t)",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u0259n(t)s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-041439"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backstage pass":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": permission to go backstage (as at a theater) and usually to meet the performers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-044731"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"badawi":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of badawi variant spelling of bedawi"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050358"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Basham's mixture":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an aromatic solution of iron and ammonium acetate formerly used as a hematinic"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bash\u0259mz-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"after William R. Basham \u20201877 English physician",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-051628"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbaresque":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of the Barbary Coast",
|
||
|
|
": barbaric in style",
|
||
|
|
": one of the natives of the Barbary Coast formerly noted for their piratical activity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u00a6b\u00e4rb\u0259\u00a6resk",
|
||
|
|
"\""
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-051936"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bawbee":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of various Scottish coins of small value",
|
||
|
|
": an English halfpenny"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022f-(\u02cc)b\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"b\u022f-\u02c8b\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"probably from Alexander Orrok, laird of Sille bawbe flourished 1538 Scottish master of the mint",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-052056"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barranca":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a deep gully or arroyo with steep sides",
|
||
|
|
": a steep bank or bluff"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8ra\u014b-k\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bluff",
|
||
|
|
"cliff",
|
||
|
|
"crag",
|
||
|
|
"escarpment",
|
||
|
|
"palisade",
|
||
|
|
"precipice",
|
||
|
|
"scar",
|
||
|
|
"scarp"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine derivative of barranco \"cliff, precipice, gully, ravine,\" of pre-Latin substratal origin",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-053050"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basten":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": made of bast"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-st\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Old English b\u00e6sten , from b\u00e6st bast + -en ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-055949"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barrandite":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a mineral (Fe,Al)Po 4 .2H 2 O consisting of a pale-gray hydrous phosphate of iron and aluminum belonging to the isomorphous series strengite-variscite"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259\u02c8ran\u02ccd\u012bt",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bar\u0259n-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"French barrandite , from Joachim Barrande \u20201883 French geologist + French -ite ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-061223"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbecue sauce":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a spicy sauce that is usually eaten with barbecued food"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-070132"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barricade oneself":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"idiom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to block oneself off from other people usually inside something as by locking doors or erecting barricades"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-070851"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"BAS":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"abbreviation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"bachelor of applied science",
|
||
|
|
"bachelor of arts and sciences"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-071846"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbed wire":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": twisted wires armed with barbs or sharp points",
|
||
|
|
": wire that has sharp points and is often used for fences"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4rb(d)-\u02c8w\u012b(-\u0259)r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4b(d)-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The footage captured a sunny Sunday afternoon \u2014 last year\u2019s Fourth of July \u2014 around 3:30 p.m. A pair walked up to the barbed wire fence outside his store. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Smiths wrapped the next iteration with barbed wire . \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cut to Jimmy pulling up at his last appointment of the day, ominously located behind a chain-link fence laced with barbed wire . \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But some Russians stayed behind, sheltering until the early 2000s behind a fence topped with barbed wire from a city that, with the collapse of their empire, had suddenly become hostile territory \u2014 and an important intelligence target. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Federal authorities tried to secure the fish\u2019s future by surrounding the hole with 10-foot fencing capped with barbed wire , surveillance cameras and radio antennas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The woman tried to climb the fence, the blade tucked into her elbow, but soon came back down, apparently dissuaded by the barbed wire strung along the top. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But the bag with the baby formula and water bottles were with Jacob, on the other side of the barbed wire . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As the Ollie case shows, Benedict has tripped most often on the barbed wire of coaching extensions. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 22 Jan. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1874, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080158"
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},
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"bagataway":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of bagataway variant spelling of baggataway"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-082208"
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},
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"bag boy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
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||
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": a boy or young man hired to place shoppers' purchases (such as groceries) in bags"
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||
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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||
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1953, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-090032"
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},
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"battery indicator":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
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||
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": a small direct-current ammeter that continuously indicates the net charging or discharging current of an automobile battery"
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||
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-090209"
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||
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},
|
||
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"badassery":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": the state or condition of being a badass : badass quality or character",
|
||
|
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": the actions or behavior characteristic of a badass"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bad-\u00a6a-s\u0259-r\u0113"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":" badass entry 1 + -ery ",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1995, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-104355"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"bare one's soul":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"idiom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to reveal one's most private thoughts and feelings"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-110822"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back number":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an issue (as of a magazine) preceding the current one",
|
||
|
|
": something that is out of date"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-121530"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balche":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a fermented drink prepared by the natives of Yucatan from the bark of a tree of the genus Lonchocarpus and honey"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"American Spanish balch\u00e9 , from Maya"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1941, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-131123"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ball girl":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a female attendant who retrieves balls for players or officials (as in a tennis match or a baseball or basketball game)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Marissa Rohan, a 24-year-old Cal State Northridge senior who serves as the Dodgers ball girl seated down the right-field line. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"At the time, Proctor didn\u2019t realize the magnitude of being the Miami Heat\u2019s first ball girl . \u2014 Brittney Oliver, Glamour , 19 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Her presence eventually inspired the Miami Heat owner's daughter, Kelly Arison, to become a ball girl , too. \u2014 Brittney Oliver, Glamour , 19 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Decades before the start of their relationship, Kloss\u2014who became the number-one doubles player in 1976 and is now commissioner of World Team Tennis\u2014met King while working as a ball girl for one of King\u2019s matches in South Africa. \u2014 Macaela Mackenzie, Glamour , 23 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"At Wimbledon in 1995, Tim Henman hit a ball into the head of a ball girl and was defaulted from a doubles match. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 6 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"But on a return of serve, a scorching forehand from Nadal hit a ball girl on the head. \u2014 Jill Martin, CNN , 23 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"French tennis player Elliot Benchetrit caused controversy in the qualifying rounds of the Australian Open after asking a ball girl to peel his banana. \u2014 CNN , 20 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Scheduled in the Australian summer, the Open is where the former champion Ivan Lendl donned a Legionnaire\u2019s cap to combat the sun and where the ball boys and ball girls still wear them. \u2014 Christopher Clarey, New York Times , 19 Jan. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1921, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132551"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basha":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an Assamese hut typically made of bamboo and grass"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4\u02c8sh\u00e4"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Assamese"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-133315"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bawdy house":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": brothel"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bagnio",
|
||
|
|
"bordello",
|
||
|
|
"brothel",
|
||
|
|
"cathouse",
|
||
|
|
"disorderly house",
|
||
|
|
"sporting house",
|
||
|
|
"stew",
|
||
|
|
"whorehouse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1552, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140934"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Barbary ape":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a tailless monkey ( Macaca sylvanus ) of northern Africa and Gibraltar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-b(\u0259-)r\u0113-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"barbary coast , Africa"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1775, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141202"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastinade":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a blow with a stick or cudgel",
|
||
|
|
": a beating especially with a stick",
|
||
|
|
": a punishment consisting of beating the soles of the feet with a stick",
|
||
|
|
": stick , cudgel",
|
||
|
|
": to subject to repeated blows"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccba-st\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8n\u00e4-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"baton",
|
||
|
|
"billy",
|
||
|
|
"billy club",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
|
"cane",
|
||
|
|
"club",
|
||
|
|
"cudgel",
|
||
|
|
"nightstick",
|
||
|
|
"rod",
|
||
|
|
"rung",
|
||
|
|
"sap",
|
||
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
||
|
|
"shillalah",
|
||
|
|
"staff",
|
||
|
|
"truncheon",
|
||
|
|
"waddy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Spanish bastonada , from bast\u00f3n stick, from Late Latin bastum"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1601, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142425"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbeiro":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a large, black, red-spotted conenose ( Panstrongylus megistus synonym Triatoma megista ) of the American tropics that transmits the trypanosome causing Chagas disease"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4r\u02c8b\u0101(\u02cc)r\u00fc",
|
||
|
|
"-r\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Portuguese, literally, barber, from barba beard, from Latin; from its bloodsucking apparatus"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144808"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bathroom":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a room containing a bathtub or shower and usually a sink and toilet",
|
||
|
|
": lavatory sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": a room containing a sink and toilet and usually a bathtub or shower"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bath-\u02ccr\u00fcm",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccru\u0307m",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4th-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bath-\u02ccr\u00fcm",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4th-",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccru\u0307m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bath",
|
||
|
|
"bog",
|
||
|
|
"can",
|
||
|
|
"cloakroom",
|
||
|
|
"comfort station",
|
||
|
|
"convenience",
|
||
|
|
"head",
|
||
|
|
"john",
|
||
|
|
"latrine",
|
||
|
|
"lavatory",
|
||
|
|
"loo",
|
||
|
|
"potty",
|
||
|
|
"restroom",
|
||
|
|
"toilet",
|
||
|
|
"washroom",
|
||
|
|
"water closet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Their house has three bathrooms .",
|
||
|
|
"The restaurant has only one bathroom .",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Still Point Pictures Growing Up Coy is an eye-opening account of one Colorado family\u2019s fight for their transgender daughter Coy, who at six years old, was banned to use the girls\u2019 bathroom at her school. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 22 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Arnett also told him to take his dogs out to use the bathroom . \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At some point, overnight between Oct. 17 and Oct. 18, Reddick got out of bed and went to use the bathroom . \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One of the friends, while trying to find a spot to use the bathroom , lost her footing and fell down the cliff onto the rocky beach, Avila said. \u2014 Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cockpit doors were reinforced, and if a pilot needed to use the bathroom the flight attendants had to set up a barrier, often blocking off the front of the aisle with their cart. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"According to KTUL Tulsa, Oklahoma\u2019s bill was proposed last year after Stillwater Public Schools refused to change a policy allowing students to use the bathroom that matched their gender identity unless a law declared otherwise. \u2014 Anne Branigin, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The girl, named Nicole, went to use the bathroom while attending the Mavericks game with her father and never returned, according to a press release from her family's attorney, Zeke Fortenberry of the Fortenberry Firm, PLLC. \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Jeff Walker pulled up to the school driveway in his white SUV, his mind racing: Will my daughter be able to use the bathroom at school? \u2014 Romina Ruiz-goiriena, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150121"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandwagon effect":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the phenomenon by which the growing success of something (such as a cause, fad, or type of behavior) attracts more widespread support or adoption as more people perceive and are influenced by its increasing popularity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1906, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150222"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbel":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
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": a European freshwater cyprinid fish ( Barbus barbus ) with four barbels on its upper jaw",
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": any of various closely related fishes",
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||
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": a slender tactile process on the lips of certain fishes (such as catfishes)"
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||
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259l"
|
||
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus , diminutive of Latin barbus barbel, from barba beard \u2014 more at beard",
|
||
|
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"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
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"obsolete French, from Middle French, diminutive of barbe barb, beard"
|
||
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],
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun (1)",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
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"Noun (2)",
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"1601, in the meaning defined above"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153043"
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},
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"bail out":{
|
||
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"type":[
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"noun",
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|
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"verb"
|
||
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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|
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": a rescue from financial distress",
|
||
|
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": to parachute from an aircraft",
|
||
|
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": to abandon a harmful or difficult situation",
|
||
|
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": leave , depart",
|
||
|
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": a rescue from financial distress"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u0101l-\u02ccau\u0307t",
|
||
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"\u02c8b\u0101l-\u02ccau\u0307t"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"bail",
|
||
|
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"begone",
|
||
|
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"book",
|
||
|
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"bug off",
|
||
|
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"bug out",
|
||
|
|
"bugger off",
|
||
|
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"buzz (off)",
|
||
|
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"clear off",
|
||
|
|
"clear out",
|
||
|
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"cut out",
|
||
|
|
"depart",
|
||
|
|
"dig out",
|
||
|
|
"exit",
|
||
|
|
"get",
|
||
|
|
"get off",
|
||
|
|
"go",
|
||
|
|
"go off",
|
||
|
|
"move",
|
||
|
|
"pack (up ",
|
||
|
|
"part",
|
||
|
|
"peel off",
|
||
|
|
"pike (out ",
|
||
|
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"pull out",
|
||
|
|
"push off",
|
||
|
|
"push on",
|
||
|
|
"quit",
|
||
|
|
"run along",
|
||
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
||
|
|
"scarper",
|
||
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
||
|
|
"step (along)",
|
||
|
|
"take off",
|
||
|
|
"vamoose",
|
||
|
|
"walk out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arrive",
|
||
|
|
"come",
|
||
|
|
"show up",
|
||
|
|
"turn up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"government bailouts of large corporations",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out",
|
||
|
|
"the government bailed out the savings and loan industry",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"But Veronica also thought this was yet another bailout and was not too worried. \u2014 Ian Shapira, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nonetheless, the effect of the decision was a bailout of Tsingshan and its banks to the tune of several billion dollars. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The cash was used to return Householder to leadership and in turn pass and protect a $1 billion bailout bill to benefit FirstEnergy and other utilities. \u2014 Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As bilateral relations with the U.S. deteriorated, El Salvador lost key political backing at the IMF to secure a bailout . \u2014 Santiago P\u00e9rez, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The country cannot make progress negotiating with foreign lenders to restructure its debt and secure a bailout if the government is in disarray, officials and analysts say. \u2014 Gerry Shih, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sri Lanka has exhausted its foreign currency reserves and urgently needs to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund and foreign creditors to import fuel, food and medicine, which are all in short supply on the island. \u2014 Hafeel Farisz, Niha Masih And Gerry Shih, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Unpopular in the polls, saddled with a massive government deficit, facing a resurgent Communist party, President Yeltsin required financial backing for his campaign\u2014and his government needed a bailout . \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In 2018, more than 300 residents packed council chambers, most of them to protest a sewer-tax bailout for residents in the Four Seasons subdivision. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1939, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154749"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"battery jar":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a glass container that has straight sides and a round, square, or rectangular bottom and is entirely open at the top and that is used especially in biology and chemistry laboratories"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-161703"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"banderol":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a long narrow forked flag or streamer",
|
||
|
|
": a long scroll bearing an inscription or a device"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dl"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"banner",
|
||
|
|
"colors",
|
||
|
|
"ensign",
|
||
|
|
"flag",
|
||
|
|
"guidon",
|
||
|
|
"jack",
|
||
|
|
"pendant",
|
||
|
|
"pendent",
|
||
|
|
"pennant",
|
||
|
|
"pennon",
|
||
|
|
"standard",
|
||
|
|
"streamer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"earlier banaroll, bandrol, bannerall, borrowed from Middle French banderolle (16th century), bannerolle (15th century), probably borrowed from Italian banderuola (or an equivalent in Upper Italian), diminutive of bandiera \"banner, pennant,\" borrowed from Old Occitan, from banda \"troop, band entry 3 \" (or its source, Late Latin bandum \"flag, standard\") + -iera -er entry 2",
|
||
|
|
"Note: Old Occitan bandiera corresponds exactly in sense and suffixation to Old French baniere (see banner entry 1 ). Though the bases of each word are distinct, their derivatives have in effect coalesced. This is also true of other words derived ultimately from, on the one hand, Germanic *bannan- \"call on, order, summon, etc.,\" and on the other, Gothic bandwo \"sign, signal.\" Compare Italian bandire \"to announce, proclaim, proscribe\" (see bandit ), overlapping in sense with Old French banir (see banish ), both dependent in part on Medieval Latin bann\u012bre, band\u012bre, with both forms."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165234"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bathrobed":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": wearing a bathrobe"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bath-\u02ccr\u014dbd",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4th-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1913, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165816"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baster":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one that bastes food during cooking",
|
||
|
|
": a utensil that consists of a tube with a bulb at one end that draws in and ejects liquid for basting food",
|
||
|
|
": one who bastes garments or other articles : one who sews something with long, loose stitches"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-st\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1525, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1846, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170319"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbell":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a bar with adjustable weighted disks attached to each end that is used for exercise and in weight lifting",
|
||
|
|
": something that resembles a barbell",
|
||
|
|
": an ornament that consists of a small, thin metal rod with a ball or bead at each end and that is worn on the body as a piercing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02ccbel"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Wiz Khalifa lies under the weight rack, hands grasping a barbell a few feet above. \u2014 Mark Lelinwalla, Men's Health , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"How: Set up a barbell at sternum height in a squat rack. \u2014 Jon-erik Kawamoto, Outside Online , 7 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Stand holding the barbell with an underhand grip slightly wider than shoulder-width. \u2014 Men's Health , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For example, in a recent study by Norwegian researchers, a group of 17 runners experienced a 21-percent increase in aerobic endurance after doing heavy barbell half-squats for eight weeks. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 24 Nov. 2015",
|
||
|
|
"Arnold Schwarzenegger famously employed friends to add and remove barbell plates to achieve this effect during his bodybuilding career. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Teo's not alone in stepping away from the barbell bench press\u2014Men's Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. also quit the classic gym staple for some time. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While other pilots got to test the track during informal trainings for the monobob competition, Meyers Taylor was left lifting a barbell in her hotel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One built a makeshift house out of plywood on the back of an 18-wheeler; another set up an outdoor gym with a bench press, dumbbells, and a barbell looped through two fuel cans. \u2014 Nate Hochman, National Review , 15 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171400"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bailpiece":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a certificate formerly issued to the surety attesting the surety's act of offering bail",
|
||
|
|
": a warrant issued to the surety upon which the surety may arrest the person who has been bailed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"bail entry 1 + piece"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172030"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backhanded":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": indirect , devious",
|
||
|
|
": sarcastic",
|
||
|
|
": using or made with a backhand",
|
||
|
|
": using or done with a backhand",
|
||
|
|
": not sincere"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8han-d\u0259d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02cchan-d\u0259d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artificial",
|
||
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
||
|
|
"double",
|
||
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
||
|
|
"double-faced",
|
||
|
|
"fake",
|
||
|
|
"feigned",
|
||
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
||
|
|
"insincere",
|
||
|
|
"Janus-faced",
|
||
|
|
"jive",
|
||
|
|
"left-handed",
|
||
|
|
"lip",
|
||
|
|
"mealy",
|
||
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
||
|
|
"Pecksniffian",
|
||
|
|
"phony",
|
||
|
|
"phoney",
|
||
|
|
"phony-baloney",
|
||
|
|
"phoney-baloney",
|
||
|
|
"pretended",
|
||
|
|
"two-faced",
|
||
|
|
"unctuous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artless",
|
||
|
|
"candid",
|
||
|
|
"genuine",
|
||
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
||
|
|
"honest",
|
||
|
|
"sincere",
|
||
|
|
"undesigning",
|
||
|
|
"unfeigned"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"We were disappointed by his backhanded apology.",
|
||
|
|
"\u201cYou throw okay, for a girl\u201d is a bit of a backhanded compliment",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Phillip Danault got the secondary assist and really made the goal happen with a twirl-around backhanded pass to Durzi that left the Flyers helplessly out of position. \u2014 Aaron Bracy, ajc , 29 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The 1-0 lead didn\u2019t last long as CC\u2019s Parker Jamieson answered at 6:07 of the same period with a backhanded rebound after defenseman Nick Condon\u2019s shot from the left point caromed off the goalpost. \u2014 Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Morant showcased his singular style in the second quarter, launching skyward to pirouette midair and dish a backhanded layup off the backboard. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Without hesitation, Tibbs gives the white man a backhanded slap in return. \u2014 Dennis Mclellan, Los Angeles Times , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His biggest highlight was a scrambling backhanded pass to Seth Williams that went for 34 yards and led to a field goal. \u2014 Tim Booth, ajc , 22 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The adults clink Prosecco flutes and swap backhanded compliments. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"If anyone delivers any backhanded compliments about your progress, just brush off their jealousy. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"White land-grabbing \u2014 the result of a Black sellout\u2019s backhanded collaboration, to the detriment of this nascent Black community\u2019s survival \u2014 is what proves the threat. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 9 Nov. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1748, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173432"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandwagoner":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a person who takes part in or becomes enthusiastic about something only when it is popular or fashionable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8band-\u02ccwa-g\u0259-n\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"bandwagon + -er entry 2"
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],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1926, in the meaning defined above"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173914"
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},
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"bathos":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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|
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": the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style",
|
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": anticlimax",
|
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": exceptional commonplaceness : triteness",
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": insincere or overdone pathos : sentimentalism"
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||
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"\u02c8b\u0101-\u02ccth\u00e4s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gooeyness",
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||
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"lovey-doveyness",
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"mawkishness",
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"mush",
|
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"mushiness",
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"saccharinity",
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"sappiness",
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"sentimentalism",
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"sentimentality",
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"sloppiness",
|
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"soppiness",
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"syrup",
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"sirup"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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|
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"The serious message of the film is ruined by the bathos of its ridiculous ending.",
|
||
|
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"a novel that wallows in bathos",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
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"There\u2019s a fair amount of heavy lifting in the book\u2019s philosophical debates, but Lavery banishes earnestness thanks to her drily witty use of bathos . \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
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"Much of the show unfolds this way, in a wry flurry of montage that brings pathos, and bathos , to Wilson\u2019s narration. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 25 Nov. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Most importantly, the film never succumbs to the bathos that might have been expected from its melodramatic plot elements (although a climactic scene set in a cemetery comes awfully close). \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Aug. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The foremost risk in such a setup is bathos : the poor kid! \u2014 John Domini, Dallas News , 1 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"The bathos of the latter tends to casts an absurd light on the former. \u2014 Hermione Hoby, The New Yorker , 3 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"The foremost risk in such a setup is bathos : the poor kid! \u2014 John Domini, Dallas News , 1 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"The foremost risk in such a setup is bathos : the poor kid! \u2014 John Domini, Washington Post , 13 June 2019",
|
||
|
|
"And Link, to her credit and with great help from the honest Zacharias, avoids the trap of hyperventilation or bathos , into which movies based on Tolstoy often sink. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2018"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
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"borrowed from Greek b\u00e1thos \"depth,\" neuter s-stem derivative of bath\u00fds \"deep\" \u2014 more at bathy-",
|
||
|
|
"Note: The English use of the word bathos allegedly originates with the satirical essay \"\u03a0\u0395\u03a1\u0399 \u0392\u0391\u0398\u039f\u03a5\u03a3 / or Of the Art of Sinking in Poetry / Written in the Year 1727\" (first published March, 1728), by \"Martinus Scriblerus,\" a fictional literary hack created by Alexander Pope, John Arbuthnot, Jonathan Swift, and other members of the Scriblerus Club; authorship of the essay is usually ascribed to Pope. The Greek title ( Per\u00ec b\u00e1thous, \"Concerning depth\") echoes the title of the classical treatise \"On the Sublime\" ( Per\u00ec h\u00fdpsous, literally, \"Concerning height\"), dated to the 1st century a.d. and formerly attributed to the 3rd century rhetorician Cassius Longinus. In Pope's essay, bathos\u2014which, in the inverted perspective of the hack author, is a favorable quality\u2014is used broadly to characterize literary passages deemed coarse or pedestrian for a genre such as epic poetry. The idea that bathos involves a shift from elevated to low is never stated explicitly\u2014rather, a genre such as epic is by its nature elevated and the poetic execution (ironically praised by Scriblerus) is of low quality."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174513"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bamoth":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of bamoth plural of bamah"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181040"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"base map":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a map having only essential outlines and used for the plotting or presentation of specialized data of various kinds"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"base entry 3"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181714"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bastille Day":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": July 14 observed in France as a national holiday in commemoration of the fall of the Bastille in 1789"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-183306"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bathroom break":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a brief pause in or stoppage of an activity for people to use a bathroom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184408"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bathroom humor":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": humor relating to bathroom activities : scatological humor"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-191845"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basal area":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the area of a breast-high cross section of a tree or of all the trees in a stand"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195307"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barranco":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a deep gully or arroyo with steep sides",
|
||
|
|
": a steep bank or bluff"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8ra\u014b-k\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bluff",
|
||
|
|
"cliff",
|
||
|
|
"crag",
|
||
|
|
"escarpment",
|
||
|
|
"palisade",
|
||
|
|
"precipice",
|
||
|
|
"scar",
|
||
|
|
"scarp"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"borrowed from American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine derivative of barranco \"cliff, precipice, gully, ravine,\" of pre-Latin substratal origin",
|
||
|
|
"Note: Outcomes of a pre-Latin form *barrank-, with variants, are known primarily from Iberia and southern France, with outliers in Piedmont (Val Sesia baranca ), Switzerland (Surselvan vraunca ) and Calabria and Sicily (see references in Joan Coromines, Diccionario cr\u00edtico etimol\u00f3gico castellano e hisp\u00e1nico, Madrid, 1984). Greek pharang-, ph\u00e1ranx \"gully, chasm\" seems inseparable from the Romance etymon (see note at pharynx )\u2014all perhaps evidence of a trans-European substratal terrain term (or a pre-Indo-European Wanderwort?). The hypothesis of derivation with a suffix *-anka from a base *barr- \"bar, barrier\" (see bar entry 1 ) seems unlikely, despite forms such as Occitan barrancon \"rung of a chair or ladder,\" almost certainly of secondary origin (cf. Johannes Hubschmid in Vox Romanica, vol. 11 [1950], pp. 265-66)."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-201908"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandersnatch":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a wildly grotesque or bizarre individual"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-d\u0259r-\u02ccsnach"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"from Bandersnatch , a fabulous animal in Through the Looking Glass (1872) by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson) \u20201898 English mathematician & writer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-205701"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basal body":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a minute distinctively staining cell organelle found at the base of a flagellum or cilium and identical to a centriole in structure",
|
||
|
|
": a minute distinctively staining cell organelle found at the base of a flagellum or cilium and resembling a centriole in structure"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1888, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-220104"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bavin":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a bundle of brushwood or kindling used for fuel or in fences or drains"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-v\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"origin unknown"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221236"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bailout":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a rescue from financial distress",
|
||
|
|
": to parachute from an aircraft",
|
||
|
|
": to abandon a harmful or difficult situation",
|
||
|
|
": leave , depart",
|
||
|
|
": a rescue from financial distress"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101l-\u02ccau\u0307t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101l-\u02ccau\u0307t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bail",
|
||
|
|
"begone",
|
||
|
|
"book",
|
||
|
|
"bug off",
|
||
|
|
"bug out",
|
||
|
|
"bugger off",
|
||
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
||
|
|
"clear off",
|
||
|
|
"clear out",
|
||
|
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
|
"depart",
|
||
|
|
"dig out",
|
||
|
|
"exit",
|
||
|
|
"get",
|
||
|
|
"get off",
|
||
|
|
"go",
|
||
|
|
"go off",
|
||
|
|
"move",
|
||
|
|
"pack (up ",
|
||
|
|
"part",
|
||
|
|
"peel off",
|
||
|
|
"pike (out ",
|
||
|
|
"pull out",
|
||
|
|
"push off",
|
||
|
|
"push on",
|
||
|
|
"quit",
|
||
|
|
"run along",
|
||
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
||
|
|
"scarper",
|
||
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
||
|
|
"step (along)",
|
||
|
|
"take off",
|
||
|
|
"vamoose",
|
||
|
|
"walk out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arrive",
|
||
|
|
"come",
|
||
|
|
"show up",
|
||
|
|
"turn up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"government bailouts of large corporations",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out",
|
||
|
|
"the government bailed out the savings and loan industry",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"But Veronica also thought this was yet another bailout and was not too worried. \u2014 Ian Shapira, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nonetheless, the effect of the decision was a bailout of Tsingshan and its banks to the tune of several billion dollars. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The cash was used to return Householder to leadership and in turn pass and protect a $1 billion bailout bill to benefit FirstEnergy and other utilities. \u2014 Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As bilateral relations with the U.S. deteriorated, El Salvador lost key political backing at the IMF to secure a bailout . \u2014 Santiago P\u00e9rez, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The country cannot make progress negotiating with foreign lenders to restructure its debt and secure a bailout if the government is in disarray, officials and analysts say. \u2014 Gerry Shih, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sri Lanka has exhausted its foreign currency reserves and urgently needs to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund and foreign creditors to import fuel, food and medicine, which are all in short supply on the island. \u2014 Hafeel Farisz, Niha Masih And Gerry Shih, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Unpopular in the polls, saddled with a massive government deficit, facing a resurgent Communist party, President Yeltsin required financial backing for his campaign\u2014and his government needed a bailout . \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In 2018, more than 300 residents packed council chambers, most of them to protest a sewer-tax bailout for residents in the Four Seasons subdivision. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1939, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221859"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baseman":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a player stationed at a base \u2014 see first baseman , second baseman , third baseman"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sm\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-223010"
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},
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"Balch":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":[
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"Emily Greene 1867\u20131961 American economist and sociologist"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u022flch"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-231610"
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},
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"backhanded compliment":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a compliment that implies it is not really a compliment at all"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232030"
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},
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"basal cell":{
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||
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
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": one of the innermost cells of the deeper epidermis of the skin",
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": one of the innermost cells of the deeper epidermis of the skin"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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||
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"Endeavor\u2019s therapy candidates include an oral inhibitor that\u2019s been through clinical studies for patients with basal cell carcinoma. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
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"In August 2019, Dunleavy\u2019s office announced that biopsies of skin variations removed from his head confirmed a basal cell carcinoma, or a mild form of skin cancer. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Nov. 2021",
|
||
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"Shearer\u2019s lesion was diagnosed as basal cell carcinoma and required an urgent surgery with a price tag of $3,000. \u2014 USA Today , 1 Nov. 2021",
|
||
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"Markowitz utilizes a dermatoscope, a handheld device that combines light and microscope technology, to properly diagnose early basal cell carcinoma and other skin diseases. \u2014 Erin Nicole Cellett, Allure , 23 Aug. 2021",
|
||
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"He was first treated for basal cell carcinoma in November 2013, with the most recent treatment in 2015. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 9 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Closer to 15 years, actually \u2015 since I was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma for the first time. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"According to Gilbert, basal cell cancers can start as flat shiny spots and become bumps over time. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 5 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"While other skin cancers, like basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), tend to stay confined to one location, melanoma works a bit differently. \u2014 Seraphina Seow, Health.com , 23 June 2021"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"1889, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-234300"
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||
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},
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||
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"back turn":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
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"noun"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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|
": an inverted turn"
|
||
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[],
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||
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"synonyms":[],
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||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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||
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"circa 1801, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235948"
|
||
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},
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||
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"back out":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
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"verb"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": to withdraw especially from a commitment or contest"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
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||
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"back down",
|
||
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"back off",
|
||
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"cop out",
|
||
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"fink out",
|
||
|
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"renege"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
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||
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"she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"1801, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-001322"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"banderillero":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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|
": a person who thrusts in the banderillas in a bullfight"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccban-d\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u0113(l)-\u02c8yer-(\u02cc)\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"borrowed from Spanish, from banderilla banderilla + -ero, going back to Latin -\u0101rius -er entry 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1789, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-004325"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bathorse":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
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|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a horse that carries baggage (as of an officer) during a military campaign"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bat + \u02cc-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"partial translation of French cheval de b\u00e2t packhorse, from b\u00e2t packsaddle, from Old French bast"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-010735"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back-ordered":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": ordered for purchase or delivery but not yet available : placed on back order"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259rd"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1901, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-010842"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backhand":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"adverb or adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a stroke (as in tennis) made with the back of the hand turned in the direction of movement",
|
||
|
|
": the side on which such strokes are made",
|
||
|
|
": a catch (as in baseball) made to the side of the body opposite the hand being used",
|
||
|
|
": handwriting whose strokes slant downward from left to right",
|
||
|
|
": made with a backhand",
|
||
|
|
": with a backhand",
|
||
|
|
": to do, hit, or catch backhand",
|
||
|
|
": a stroke in sports played with a racket that is made with the back of the hand turned in the direction in which the hand is moving",
|
||
|
|
": a catch (as in baseball) made with the arm across the body and the palm turned away from the body",
|
||
|
|
": with a backhand"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02cchand",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02cchand",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02cchand"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"She has a good backhand but a weak forehand.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Her backhand was solid and smooth and found corners, flat and fast. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But Parry, with her rare one-handed backhand , still had to come up with the goods under duress to close out the match and secure her first victory over a top-50 player. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The property also has a partnership with LUX Tennis, a Spanish tennis concierge service, with a resident tennis coach who can teach you how to hit that perfect serve or improve your backhand . \u2014 Sandra Ramani, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As a result, Mills went to work ahead of the state tournament, changing the grip on his backhand and serve to commit fewer errors. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Coleman got the rebound and sent a backhand pass across the front of the goal from behind the line, and Gourde knocked it in from the right side for his third of the postseason with 9:55 left. \u2014 Vin A. Cherwoo, Star Tribune , 18 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Larkin netted his 29th goal with 7:25 to play in regulation, taking a feed from Filip Hronek and driving to the net to score on a backhand to make it 3-2. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Serving for the match at 5-3, Nadal closed it out when Berrettini hit a backhand into the net on match point. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Los Angeles averted a shutout 16 seconds after Kane's second goal when Kopitar went top shelf on a backhand in front of the net. \u2014 Joe Reedy, ajc , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"The Warriors got on the board first in the bottom of the second inning after Kula placed a slow ground ball perfectly to the backhand side of Maloney shortstop David Stimpson. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Unbothered, Gauff broke right back to lead 4-3, smacking a backhand winner that brought Mom and Dad out of their seats in the player guest box. \u2014 Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Carter used his 6-foot-3 frame to stretch for a backhand tap in front of the net that slipped by Shesterkin 14:12 into the first, the 18-year veteran\u2019s eight goals in 12 career playoff games since joining Pittsburgh at the 2021 trade deadline. \u2014 Will Graves, Hartford Courant , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hellberg made a good save on a backhand attempt by Fabian Zetterlund in the first period, but Dawson Mercer forced Seider into committing a turnover that ended with Mercer stuffing the puck on Hellberg late in the period. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nadal got a break back in closing to 5-3, but his backhand error gave Fritz another break and the set. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Canadiens goalie Jake Allen was helpless to stop Brad Marchand's backhand for the game-winner 34 seconds into overtime. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the second quarter, Hirshfield converted a strong backhand shot and Dimeo followed with another goal 30 seconds later to increase the Vikings\u2019 lead to 6-3 with 4:36 left. \u2014 Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Greiss made eight saves in the first period, including stopping Barclay Goodrow's wrist shot from just outside the crease and denying Chris Kreider on a backhand attempt. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"Working on a crossover dribble, backstroke or backhand takes patience and determination. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But Fritz battled back, benefitting from Rublev\u2019s faulty backhand and ending the game with an ace. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the tiebreak, Alcaraz earned an early mini-break and then ripped a two-handed backhand up the line for a 3-1 lead. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The left-handed Nadal repeatedly pounded the Italian\u2019s backhand and took him out of his comfort zone. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But Nadal closed it out by pulling Opelka out of the court and the American's backhand landed wide. \u2014 Beth Harris, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Knight\u2019s no-look backhand through the crease set up Harmon for a tap-in at the right post to open the scoring 12:29 in. \u2014 John Wawrow, courant.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Korda\u2019s versatile and aggressive game, distinguished by his punishing backhand , is a marvel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nadal really mixed it up beginning the second set and went to his bag of tricks by serving-and-volleying, hitting the slice backhand and using several drop shots when Medvedev was way back in the court. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Perhaps shortstop Jorge Mateo doesn\u2019t fumble a backhand grounder. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Smith dodged from behind the cage wrapping a backhand shot in mid-air past Gladstone. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gostisbehere scored from long range when Jakob Chychrun couldn't gather in a puck and managed to send a backhand pass to his teammate for the shot. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Andy Andreoff collected a loose puck at the top of the crease and threaded a backhand pass through traffic to Chris Terry, who fired a shot by Wolf Pack starter Adam H\u00faska 14:47 into the game. \u2014 Staff Reports, courant.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rasmus Ristolainen displayed stellar stickwork in the slot before a backhand pass to Mayhew, whose wrister from a sharp angle beat Quick. \u2014 Aaron Bracy, ajc , 29 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Kozak fumbles the puck but is able to backhand it back to Cagnoni who manages to get it through a diving Vikman. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 25 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Vladislav Namestnikov moved the puck into Columbus\u2019 zone along the boards, pulled up and slipped a backhand pass to Rasmussen, who fired a shot from the top of the left circle. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 16 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Luke Jackson took the baton in the seventh and retired the side in order, thanks to a nice backhand play and bouncing throw across the diamond by Austin Riley to get Yuli Gurriel ending the inning. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1657, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1695, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"1767, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1896, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-011150"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bagdad boil":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": oriental sore"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"after Baghdad, Bagdad , Iraq"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1904, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012803"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bare (it) all":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"idiom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to reveal everything",
|
||
|
|
": pose nude"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012907"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"badass":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": ready to cause or get into trouble : mean",
|
||
|
|
": of formidable strength or skill",
|
||
|
|
": a person who is badass"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bad-\u02ccas"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1955, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1956, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-014748"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bashful Billy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": loris sense 1b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-020732"
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},
|
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"backstage":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"adverb or adjective"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": of, relating to, or occurring in the area behind the stage and especially in the dressing rooms",
|
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|
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": of or relating to the private lives of theater people",
|
||
|
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": of or relating to the inner working or operation (as of an organization)",
|
||
|
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": in or to a backstage area",
|
||
|
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": in private : secretly",
|
||
|
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": in or to the area behind the stage"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccst\u0101j",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bak-\u02c8st\u0101j",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bak-\u02c8st\u0101j"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"confidentially",
|
||
|
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"in camera",
|
||
|
|
"intimately",
|
||
|
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"privately",
|
||
|
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"secretly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"openly",
|
||
|
|
"publicly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"After the show, we went backstage to meet the band.",
|
||
|
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"some of the most important decisions were made backstage , and only presented to the full committee afterward",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
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"The documentary contains memorable clips such as McDaniel's acceptance speech and footage of backstage pandemonium. \u2014 CNN , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some of the backstage makeup artists must have put Fox's very divisive black eye shadow on their mood boards, since both the Stephane Rolland and Chanel shows featured smudgy, emo-esque eye makeup. \u2014 Alaina Demopoulos, Allure , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Corniel says that Drakeo (real name: Darrell Caldwell) was backstage with a group of people including his younger brother Devonte, who raps under the name Ralfy the Plug. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One photograph that appears in the book, in fact, conveys the casualness of the backstage scene: David Attie posed before his own camera, clearly just playing around, with the actual Bert and Ernie puppets on his hands. \u2014 Christopher Bonanos, Vulture , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Photographer Darrel Hunter was backstage to get a close-up glimpse at all the details before the show; scroll through his best behind-the-scenes photos here. \u2014 Vogue , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"And because Lamb\u2019s has a long tradition of working with a familiar ensemble of artists, no fewer than four married couples are part of this year\u2019s onstage and backstage team. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"There would be no backstage platinum-record presentation this time. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Some are waking up, some are getting ready for the show, some are backstage , some are hanging out after the show. \u2014 Liam Hes, Vogue , 6 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"There were so many accounts of what happened backstage . \u2014 Michael Tyrone Delaney, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After their show in Liverpool, Jagger's girlfriend Melanie Hamrick posted an adorable video on her Instagram Story of their son Deveraux, 5, dancing backstage during the concert. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The opportunity to leave my troubles backstage and be whisked away to a completely different world was everything to me, especially growing up as a young Black person in predominantly white institutions. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Model Kate Moss, who testified during rebuttal on Depp\u2019s behalf, reportedly attended a show and spent time backstage afterwards. \u2014 Christie D\u2019zurilla, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Before the siblings stepped out in front of the cameras, Jenna was already turning heads backstage with her dramatic daytime outfit. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Following that show, Underwood actually met Rose backstage . \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recall that video footage of Guilfoyle has surfaced showing her dancing backstage at the Stop the Steal rally. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After winning five awards, including album of the year, Jon Batiste comes backstage to talk about the big day. \u2014 Kristin Robinson, Billboard , 4 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-021154"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backbackiri":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of backbackiri variant spelling of bacbakiri"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-021412"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back off":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": back down"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"back down",
|
||
|
|
"back out",
|
||
|
|
"cop out",
|
||
|
|
"fink out",
|
||
|
|
"renege"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1920, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-025552"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bagasse":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": plant residue (as of sugarcane or grapes) left after a product (such as juice) has been extracted",
|
||
|
|
": plant residue (as of sugarcane or grapes) left after a product (as juice) has been extracted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8gas",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8gas"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Add a luxurious Oil Bath For The Senses to your tub, which is infused with rosemary, sugarcane bagasse and corncob. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 6 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"This includes agricultural residues as sugarcane bagasse and corn cobs, wood chips and pellets from thinnings and wood industry residues, and even dried animal dung. \u2014 Nils Rokke, Forbes , 1 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The compostable bagasse products made from a byproduct of sugarcane, for example, don\u2019t always hold up well with soupy or saucy foods, said Leonard, of the 80-year-old Leonard Paper Company. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 25 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"To make the products, the company takes fiber materials, which could include recycled boxes, newspapers, agricultural waste, wheat starch, virgin papers, and bagasse , a sugar cane byproduct. \u2014 Amanda Morris, azcentral , 29 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"All food and beverages must now be served with marine degradable packaging, including paper, fiber, wood, wheat straw/straw, bagasse , or edible material, and even marine degradable straws and silverware can be provided only upon request. \u2014 Dakota Kim, Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"All food and beverages must now be served with marine degradable packaging, including paper, fiber, wood, wheat straw/straw, bagasse , or edible material, and even marine degradable straws and silverware can be provided only upon request. \u2014 Dakota Kim, Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"French"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1806, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-032143"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Badarian":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of or belonging to an Egyptian predynastic neolithic culture dated about 5000 b.c. and characterized by fine handmade pottery (such as black beakers with incised designs in white), flint tools, and polished stone axes",
|
||
|
|
": one of the ancient Egyptian people who produced the Badarian culture"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259\u02c8d\u00e4r\u0113\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\""
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Badari , village in Upper Egypt, where the discoveries were made + English -an"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1924, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1928, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-033320"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backhanded rope":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": left-handed rope"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1898, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-035532"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Banaba":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"island in the western Pacific east-southeast of Nauru; belongs to Kiribati area over 2 square miles (5 square kilometers), population 284"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4-\u02c8n\u00e4-b\u00e4"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-051933"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastardy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the quality or state of being born to parents who are not married to each other",
|
||
|
|
": the fathering of a child with someone one is not married to"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-st\u0259r-d\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bar sinister",
|
||
|
|
"illegitimacy",
|
||
|
|
"spuriousness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"legitimacy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"acutely conscious of his bastardy , he always felt the need to prove himself"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054710"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"babblingly":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": in a babbling manner"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-b(\u0259-)li\u014b-l\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1561, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054725"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Banach algebra":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a linear algebra over the field of real or complex numbers that is also a Banach space for which the norm of the product of x and y is less than or equal to the product of the norm of x and the norm of y for all x and y belonging to it"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4-\u02ccn\u00e4k-",
|
||
|
|
"-n\u0259k-",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccn\u00e4\u1e35-",
|
||
|
|
"-n\u0259\u1e35-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"after Stefan Banach \u20201945 Polish mathematician"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-055249"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back-office":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to the inner workings of a business or institution : internal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8\u00e4-f\u0259s",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8\u022f-f\u0259s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1915, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-055615"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"batteryman":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one who charges and repairs storage batteries",
|
||
|
|
": an electrotyper who works at the battery",
|
||
|
|
": one who tends the battery cells in which sugar is extracted from beets"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-m\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-060249"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backland(s)":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": backcountry , hinterland"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccland"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backcountry",
|
||
|
|
"backwater",
|
||
|
|
"backwoods",
|
||
|
|
"bush",
|
||
|
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
|
"hinterland",
|
||
|
|
"outback",
|
||
|
|
"outlands",
|
||
|
|
"up-country"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1683, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-061100"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"babushka":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a usually triangularly folded kerchief for the head",
|
||
|
|
": a head covering (such as a scarf) resembling a babushka",
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": grandmother",
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": an elderly Russian woman"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"b\u0259-\u02c8b\u00fcsh-k\u0259",
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"-\u02c8bu\u0307sh-",
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||
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"ba-"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bandanna",
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"bandana",
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"do-rag",
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"handkerchief",
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"kerchief",
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"madras",
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"mantilla"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"an elderly Russian woman with a babushka",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Ukrainian babushka waited for a departing train headed east. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022",
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||
|
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"The look is finished off with a silk scarf tied around her head like a babushka , gigantic sunglasses, and a Dior tote with her name embroidered onto it. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
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"The babushka -wearing elderly women sweeping the vast square early every morning used bunches of twigs tied to short broomsticks. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
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"Retro kerchiefs appeared at Conner Ives and Anna Sui, while Paco Rabanne imagined a cozier take: A faux fur babushka . \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 19 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"For those who don\u2019t fish for keeps, or for those whose haul exceeds the limits of their bellies, an old, dumpling-faced Russian woman in a babushka takes up the slack. \u2014 Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream , 8 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"An old lady in a babushka greets him warmly and congratulates him on his great new gig as a bakery delivery man. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 4 May 2020",
|
||
|
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"One mother has decided to adopt multiple personas: a Russian babushka , a cynical Brooklynite and a Scottish woman who loves the outdoors. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Following in the footsteps of rapper A$AP Rocky and model Kendall Jenner, Jaden Smith became the latest style star to sport a babushka . \u2014 Vogue , 28 Sep. 2019"
|
||
|
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],
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||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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|
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"Russian, grandmother, diminutive of baba old woman"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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||
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],
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||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-063121"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"bad breath":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": breath that smells unpleasant"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-064111"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
|
"barbecue pit":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a trench in which wood is burned to make a bed of hot coals over which meat is barbecued"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-073932"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bagani":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": magani"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259\u02c8g\u00e4n\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1871, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-084028"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baseload":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the amount of power made available by an energy producer (such as a power plant) to meet fundamental demands by consumers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101s-\u02ccl\u014dd"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"As a result, ERCOT data shows virtually no real baseload capacity has come online during the past 12 months. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Natural gas can provide residential heating and serves as baseload in countries like the US. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"To overcome this problem, traditional baseload resources need to be replaced by adequate amounts of flexible, firm dispatchable capacity, and renewables. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 23 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"German baseload power prices for January rose more than 7%. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Egypt\u2019s long-term energy strategy boils down to a gradual buildup of renewables while natural gas continues to provide the baseload of the country\u2019s energy mix. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The problem with that argument is that the open-market system has miserably failed to send the price signals necessary to encourage the building of new baseload generating capacity for well over a decade now. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"As the energy sector needs a secure, carbon-free baseload which is not weather-dependent, like solar and wind, nuclear renaissance is absolutely needed. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Many stakeholders, utility officials and industry leaders warned that losing baseload sources like coal would increase the probability of brownouts and blackouts if demand increased, a likely occurrence in the next ten years. \u2014 James Conca, Forbes , 15 June 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"base entry 1 + load entry 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1907, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-100850"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barramundi":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a catadromous bony fish ( Lates calcarifer of the family Centropomidae) with a greenish-bronze back and silvery sides that is found from the Persian Gulf to southern China and Australia and is valued as a sport and food fish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8m\u0259n-d\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccba-r\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The state has allowed Norwegian salmon to be raised in Homestead and Australian barramundi , a freshwater fish similar to snook, to be raised in open ponds in Osceola County. \u2014 Ed Killer, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Pearl meat and wild barramundi are among super-fresh seafood on offer; and the restaurant's iconic Peking Duck highlights on a menu that is both traditional and inventive. \u2014 Keira Alexander, Travel + Leisure , 16 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One recent week of menus included Cajun chicken with Dijonnaise, Moroccan shrimp bisque, pork chops with tzatziki, creamy French onion meatballs, and barramundi with creamy kale, among others. \u2014 Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored , 17 Aug. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"His indoor fish farm in Australia supplies restaurants with plate-size barramundi grown to 1.8 pounds. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 14 June 2020",
|
||
|
|
"That means ros\u00e9 and barramundi sliders at legendary chef Matt Moran\u2019s three-level Barangaroo House. \u2014 Erin Florio, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 July 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Festivalgoers can discover the bush cuisine that the aboriginal people have eaten for more than 65,000 years \u2014 there\u2019s emu, chorizo, barramundi , magpie goose and more. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Animals found on Ubirr's walls include barramundi (Asian sea bass), catfish, mullet, goannas (Australian monitor lizard), long-necked turtles, pig-nosed turtles, rock ringtail possums and wallabies. \u2014 Smithsonian , 7 Apr. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Animals found on Ubirr's walls include barramundi (Asian sea bass), catfish, mullet, goannas (Australian monitor lizard), long-necked turtles, pig-nosed turtles, rock ringtail possums and wallabies. \u2014 Smithsonian , 7 Apr. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"perhaps borrowed from an indigenous language of inland central Queensland, Australia",
|
||
|
|
"Note: According to R. M. W. Dixon, et al., Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd edition (Oxford University Press, 2006), \"Said to be from a language spoken around the Dawson and Fitzroy Rivers, central Queensland; however, it has not been possible to confirm this from data available on languages of this region\" (p. 90)."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1864, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-101039"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bankrupt":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a debtor (such as an individual or an organization) whose property is subject to voluntary or involuntary administration under the bankruptcy laws for the benefit of the debtor's creditors",
|
||
|
|
": a person who becomes insolvent",
|
||
|
|
": a person who is completely lacking in a particular desirable quality or attribute",
|
||
|
|
": reduced to a state of financial ruin : impoverished",
|
||
|
|
": legally declared bankrupt",
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to bankrupts or bankruptcy",
|
||
|
|
": broken , ruined",
|
||
|
|
": exhausted of valuable qualities : sterile",
|
||
|
|
": destitute",
|
||
|
|
": to reduce to bankruptcy",
|
||
|
|
": impoverish",
|
||
|
|
": not having enough money to pay debts",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to not have enough money to pay debts",
|
||
|
|
": a person or business that does not have enough money to pay debts",
|
||
|
|
": a debtor (as an individual or organization) whose property is subject to administration under the bankruptcy laws for the benefit of the debtor's creditors",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 see also debtor",
|
||
|
|
": ruined financially",
|
||
|
|
": judicially declared a bankrupt",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 compare insolvent",
|
||
|
|
": to reduce to bankruptcy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014bk-(\u02cc)r\u0259pt",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014bk-\u02ccr\u0259pt",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014b-\u02cckr\u0259pt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bare",
|
||
|
|
"barren",
|
||
|
|
"bereft",
|
||
|
|
"destitute",
|
||
|
|
"devoid",
|
||
|
|
"void"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"break",
|
||
|
|
"bust",
|
||
|
|
"ruin"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"As a lawyer, she specialized in working with bankrupts .",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"The lawsuit could leave them bankrupt .",
|
||
|
|
"she's a kind soul, but bankrupt of all common sense, I'm afraid",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Several risky deals bankrupted the company.",
|
||
|
|
"several bad investments bankrupted him",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The plan is intended to prevent the company from being dissolved, forced into liquidation or formally declared bankrupt . \u2014 Michelle Toh, CNN , 19 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"India was granted independence in 1947 by a Britain left bankrupt after World War II. \u2014 Cassie Werber, Quartz , 17 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Ghosn was sent to Japan by Renault in the late 1990s and is credited with turning around a then near- bankrupt Nissan. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"China\u2019s Hong Kong puppet regime, albeit bankrupt of any legitimacy, is still unwilling to cede power to the people. \u2014 Joshua Wong, Quartz , 3 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"From Henry Ford to Donald Trump, America has lionized business leaders (and shameless bankrupts ) who disdain history. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 June 2019",
|
||
|
|
"That perception came back to bite in big way later in 2008, with the failure of investment bank Lehman Brothers, which went bankrupt on Sept. 15, 2008. \u2014 Michael S. Derby, WSJ , 18 Sep. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"After earning $17 million, the men declared the company bankrupt . \u2014 Jacob Bernstein, New York Times , 16 June 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Tarsila, bankrupt , divorced from de Andrade and increasingly Marxist, would veer into a more politically engaged style. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 15 Feb. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Commerzbank AG and Deutsche Bank AG\u2019s asset-management arm, which lost money after Wirecard went bankrupt , have both dropped EY as their auditor, citing conflicts of interest. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But in 2020, the company lost $22.4 billion, and many smaller oil producers went bankrupt . \u2014 Robert Rapier, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cambridge Biotech, which was started to pursue vaccines for HIV, Lyme disease, and other diseases, never got off the ground and went bankrupt in 1994. \u2014 Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In 2020, the crypto lender Cred went bankrupt after reportedly taking out bad loans. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The town purchased the property on Woodfield Road \u2014 a golf course, pool and clubhouse \u2014 for $7 million in 2009 to keep it from being developed after the owners went bankrupt . \u2014 Pam Mcloughlin, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Since those programs can go bankrupt only if Congress connives for that to happen, this is a curiously tautological mandate. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gun industry representatives argue the Remington suit is unusual because it was settled after Remington went bankrupt . \u2014 CBS News , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Wedtech went bankrupt in 1986, and the next year Mr. Wallach, Mr. Chinn and another associate were indicted on 18 charges, including mail fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Orange County\u2019s ban on the retail sale of puppies and kittens, set to take effect Wednesday, survived a legal challenge brought by three owners of pet shops who argued the new ordinance will bankrupt them. \u2014 Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And wholesaler consolidation has reduced competition and enabled revenue grabs such as billbacks and deductions that bankrupt smaller producers. \u2014 Errol Schweizer, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"An army might protect itself from artillery but in doing so bankrupt itself. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some critics have warned that Mr. Petro\u2019s energy proposals would bankrupt the country. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"So is the threat that unionization would bankrupt the company. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Legislature is expected to address concerns that the bill would potentially bankrupt the Utah High School Activities Association with costly lawsuits in the special session. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But the risk of creating bubbles that could bankrupt untold numbers of people is the same. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Will future cases of Type 2 diabetes bankrupt our health care system? \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 7 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"modification of Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French banqueroute bankruptcy, from Old Italian bancarotta , from banca bank + rotta broken, from Latin rupta , feminine of ruptus , past participle of rumpere to break \u2014 more at bank , reave"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-111033"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backstaff":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an instrument similar to a cross-staff but fitted with a reflector and formerly used for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"back entry 1 + staff ; from the position of the observer, whose back is turned toward the sun when using it"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1627, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-113200"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bathrobe":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a loose often absorbent robe worn before and after bathing or as a dressing gown",
|
||
|
|
": a robe that is worn especially before or after a bath"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bath-\u02ccr\u014db",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4th-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bath-\u02ccr\u014db",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4th-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Our experts and tester rated it the best value bathrobe for women. \u2014 Jaimie Potters, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After a massage, Casa Polanco's intimate environment encourages a relaxing walk around the property in a bathrobe \u2014 you're meant to feel at home, after all. \u2014 Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There was Dame Helen Mirren, still as queenly as ever in her hotel bathrobe , taking in the C\u00f4te d'Azur view from her balcony before lording over the red carpet later that evening in full metallic regalia. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 1 June 2022",
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||
|
|
"In the case of Spell on You, my imperfect nose, only recently liberated from chronic allergies, catches a hint of Haribo peach that softens into a moody rose\u2014practically begging for a hotel bathrobe . \u2014 Genevieve Fullan, Longreads , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
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"But sitting in her bathrobe after a welcome shower at the Arena Ursyn\u00f3w, a sports complex now used to temporarily house Ukrainian refugees, Bats talked about her own trauma. \u2014 Dana Bash And Abbie Sharpe, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022",
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||
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"Wrapped in a Dior bathrobe ahead of Vanity Fair\u2019s Oscars party on Sunday, Taylor-Joy channeled a similar beauty attitude. \u2014 Vogue , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
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"The post was accompanied by a comical photo of a younger, smirking Willis wearing a bathrobe , sunglasses, a gold chain with a cross, and a towel around his head. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
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||
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"And so begins a conversation with one of the greatest film directors ever, coming to us from a 14th-century abode in England while wearing, yes, a bathrobe . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 18 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1834, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-120004"
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},
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"bandurria":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a Spanish stringed instrument of the lute family"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"ban-\u02c8du\u0307r-y\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"Spanish"
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-121518"
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},
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"backstabber":{
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"type":[
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"adjective,",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": betrayal (as by a verbal attack against one not present) especially by a false friend"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccsta-bi\u014b"
|
||
|
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],
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||
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"synonyms":[
|
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"betrayal",
|
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"business",
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||
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"disloyalty",
|
||
|
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"double cross",
|
||
|
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"faithlessness",
|
||
|
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"falseness",
|
||
|
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"falsity",
|
||
|
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"infidelity",
|
||
|
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"perfidy",
|
||
|
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"sellout",
|
||
|
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"treachery",
|
||
|
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"treason",
|
||
|
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"two-timing",
|
||
|
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"unfaithfulness"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"allegiance",
|
||
|
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"devotion",
|
||
|
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"faithfulness",
|
||
|
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"fealty",
|
||
|
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"fidelity",
|
||
|
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"loyalty",
|
||
|
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"staunchness",
|
||
|
|
"steadfastness"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"She was hurt by her former friend's backstabbing .",
|
||
|
|
"a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Jack Dorsey accused of \u2018 backstabbing \u2019 his own Twitter board by helping Elon Musk as shareholders meet by Christiaan Hetzner (Some of these stories require a subscription to access. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nonetheless, life starts reshaping itself into something very much akin to where it was headed two decades earlier, proving that some behavioral currents (cattiness, backstabbing , etc.) run deeper than wokeness. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this look at backstabbing , fake friends and a party gone wrong. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There are tongue lashings, loud outbursts of indignation, trash talking and all sorts of backstabbing commentary. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Whereas that title is a podcast set in the 90s, and delves into corporate backstabbing and other excesses around the 1-900 boom of the era, this TV show coming to the streamer is set against the backdrop of a much more universal motif. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Her book is seamy, full of score-settling, gossip and backstabbing . \u2014 Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The qualitative shift in the series begins around the fourth episode, which steps up both the action and the military strategy while also stepping up the backstabbing and character reversals. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1855, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-125020"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bashful bladder":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": paruresis"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1981, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-142405"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barrette":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a clip or bar for holding hair in place",
|
||
|
|
": a clasp or bar used to hold hair in place"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4-\u02c8ret",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-",
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4-\u02c8ret",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"And of course, in true Jennifer Behr form, the whole collection was built on the notion that the right pair of earrings or bow barrette can transform an outfit\u2014and be worn endlessly. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Morningstar Danford, 18, assists her littlest sister, 2-year-old Journee, with a beaded medallion and barrette made to look like Hello Kitty, her favorite. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The model wore a skintight yellow dress by Coperni, an oversized black leather jacket by Junya Watanabe, and an old-school yellow barrette in her hair. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Fans of statement jewelry will love this barrette , which measures more than four inches by one and a half inches, and features an eye-catching pattern. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Further attitude was created with a deep side parting, while a delicate barrette added to the overall youthfulness. \u2014 Tish Weinstock, Vogue , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Her blunt inky bob was held back on one side by a plastic barrette , and though her face was round, its skin had wrinkled into a topographical map. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Her eyes are rimmed heavily with black eyeliner, and her blunt bob is punctuated with a red barrette . \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"This Morning co-host got a chance to meet Gabby Goodwin, the 14-year-old behind GaBBY Bows \u2014 the first and patented double-faced double-snap barrette . \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 9 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"French, diminutive of barre bar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1901, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-144643"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bank run":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": bank gravel"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"bank entry 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-160351"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandana":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a large often colorfully patterned handkerchief",
|
||
|
|
": a large handkerchief usually with a colorful design printed on it"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"ban-\u02c8da-n\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"babushka",
|
||
|
|
"do-rag",
|
||
|
|
"handkerchief",
|
||
|
|
"kerchief",
|
||
|
|
"madras",
|
||
|
|
"mantilla"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she uses her colorful print bandanna to keep the hair out of her eyes",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sharon, a petite blonde, sported a crimson Trump pompom hat and a flag bandanna . \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With her hair pulled up with a red bandanna , a 72-year-old woman carefully shapes round blobs of dough while making arepas, a Venezuelan food staple typically stuffed with cheese, meat, avocado and beans. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His crazy hair, as his daughter calls his mop of curls, was sprouting from a bandanna . \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bandits donates 10% of the proceeds from every bandanna to the charity of the artist\u2019s choice. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Investigators also found the murder weapon and a bandanna with Jones' DNA in an attic space above his bedroom. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 2 Nov. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Hindi b\u0101\u1e45dhn\u016b & Urdu b\u0101ndhn\u016b tie-dyeing, cloth so dyed, ultimately from Sanskrit badhn\u0101ti he ties \u2014 more at bind"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1741, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-174702"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbellate":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having short stiff hooked bristles or hairs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4rb\u0259\u02ccl\u0101t",
|
||
|
|
"(\u02c8)b\u00e4r\u00a6bel\u0259\u0307t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"New Latin barbella short stiff hair (diminutive of Latin barbula , diminutive of barba beard + English -ate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-181306"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Babuyan":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"chief island of the Babuyan group of northern Philippines"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u00e4-bu\u0307-\u02c8y\u00e4n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-183035"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"banderilla":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a decorated barbed dart that the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulders of the bull in a bullfight"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccban-d\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113(l)-y\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"borrowed from Spanish, diminutive of bandera \"banner, flag,\" borrowed from Old Occitan bandiera, or formed parallel to it from Spanish banda \"group, flock\" \u2014 more at banderole"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1789, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-191556"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastard wing":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": alula"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1678, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-193619"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bangle":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a stiff usually ornamental bracelet or anklet slipped or clasped on",
|
||
|
|
": an ornamental disk that hangs loosely (as on a bracelet)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014b-g\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"charm",
|
||
|
|
"lavaliere",
|
||
|
|
"lavalliere",
|
||
|
|
"pendant",
|
||
|
|
"pendent"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"She wore plastic bangles on both wrists.",
|
||
|
|
"wore a bracelet with small silver bangles on it",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"There isn\u2019t much that\u2019s more iconic than Herm\u00e9s\u2019 signature orange, so choose a tangerine-hued bangle from the brand as a cool layering piece. \u2014 Vogue , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sophie was also spotted wearing the Maya Torque bangle by British jewelry brand Halcyon days. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One, confirmed by Netflix, is the sequence at the altar when Kate drops her mother\u2019s green and gold bangle , only for Anthony to swoop down to pick it up and hand it back to her. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Get acquainted with a streamlined pendant from its Arc collection, then come back for the matching bangle . \u2014 Bianca Rodriguez, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Zahra was playing with a plastic bangle , trying to get the attention of her siblings. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The toddler also wore tiny black ballet flats, while her mom finished her look with black platform pumps by Andrea Wazen and diamond bangle bracelets and matching earrings from Bvlgari. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Bala Bangles come in either 1 or 2 pounds per bangle and can be wrapped around your wrists or ankles to add a little extra resistance to any workout. \u2014 Sarah Boyd, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Simone Rocha dress; Kay bangle (worn as hand cuff), Kay diamond two-stone stud earring, and Kay solitaire earrings; Neil Lane diamond ring; Thom Browne tuxedo, shirt, bow tie, and shoes; Lang Antiques brooch; Neil Lane wedding band. \u2014 Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Hindi ba\u1e45gl\u012b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-194230"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Banach space":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a complete normed vector space"
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||
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-\u02ccn\u00e4k-",
|
||
|
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"-n\u0259k-",
|
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"-\u02ccn\u00e4\u1e35-",
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"-n\u0259\u1e35-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"Stefan Banach \u20201945 Polish mathematician"
|
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],
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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"1941, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-201307"
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},
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"basal cleavage":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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||
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": cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal or to the plane of the lateral axes"
|
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-204934"
|
||
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},
|
||
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"bar sinister":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": a supposed heraldic charge widely believed to be a mark of bastardy",
|
||
|
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": the fact or condition of being born to parents who are not married to each other"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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|
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"bastardy",
|
||
|
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"illegitimacy",
|
||
|
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"spuriousness"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"legitimacy"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"back in the days when the bar sinister was a real obstacle to social acceptance"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-205144"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"back nine":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": holes 10 through 18"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-225959"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barragudo":{
|
||
|
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"type":[],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of barragudo variant spelling of barrigudo"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-233903"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backstamp":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to stamp on the back",
|
||
|
|
": to stamp (a piece of mail) with the date of receipt and the name of the receiving post office along the transportation route",
|
||
|
|
": a stamp (such as a date stamp or postmark) on the back of a piece of mail"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\""
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"back entry 1 + stamp"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"1904, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1906, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-235058"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"babbitt metal":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": either of two alloys used for lining bearings:",
|
||
|
|
": a tin-base alloy",
|
||
|
|
": one containing 2 to 8 percent copper and 5 to 15 percent antimony",
|
||
|
|
": a lead-base alloy containing 1 to 10 percent tin and 10 to 15 percent antimony with or without some arsenic"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"after Isaac Babbitt \u20201862 American inventor"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1850, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-012852"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandura":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun,"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a Ukrainian stringed instrument of the lute class"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"ban-\u02c8du\u0307r-\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Russian, from Polish, from Italian pandura, pandora , from Late Latin pandura, pandurium three-stringed lute"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-013220"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backkick":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": kickback"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1888, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-015707"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bashi-bazouk":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a member of an irregular ill-disciplined auxiliary of the Ottoman Empire",
|
||
|
|
": irregular",
|
||
|
|
": a turbulent ill-disciplined person"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccbash\u0113b\u0259\u02c8z\u00fck"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Turkish ba\u015f\u0131 bozuk irregular soldier, from ba\u015f head, leader + bozuk depraved, corrupt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-024620"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bare-root":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having roots cleared of soil in preparation for transplanting",
|
||
|
|
": relating to or producing bare-root plants"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1927, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-030328"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"band wheel":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": belt pulley",
|
||
|
|
": a wheel on which a band saw runs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-031130"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bailsman":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one who gives bail for another"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101lz-m\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1798, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-033754"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandannaed":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": covered with a bandanna"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-n\u0259d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-040449"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandwidth":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a range within a band of wavelengths, frequencies, or energies",
|
||
|
|
": a range of radio frequencies which is occupied by a modulated carrier wave, which is assigned to a service, or over which a device can operate",
|
||
|
|
": the capacity for data transfer of an electronic communications system",
|
||
|
|
": the maximum data transfer rate of such a system",
|
||
|
|
": the emotional or mental capacity necessary to do or consider something"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8band-\u02ccwidth",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccwitth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The modem has a bandwidth of 56 kilobits per second.",
|
||
|
|
"Graphics use more bandwidth than text does.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Doing so will push the digital future forward and unleash enormous demand from AI, VR and autonomous use cases that rely on low-latency, high- bandwidth networks. \u2014 Michael Johnston, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Its main business is providing low- bandwidth telecom services, like text messages and data relays with internet of things devices. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Is this a matter of limited Joy-Con bandwidth , which is already iffy enough for one or two Joy-Cons? \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While filming, the production team relied on a low- bandwidth internet connection that made streaming backups to the cloud impossible. \u2014 Ashley Lan, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The pandemic has more than proven that deep bonds can be made despite remote environments and the lags of a low- bandwidth Zoom call. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The speed of your broadband (always-on, high-capacity, wide- bandwidth ) internet connection has never been more critical. \u2014 Eric Griffith, PCMAG , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These subjects consume a large share of the FCC\u2019s regulatory bandwidth , which means the agency could be deadlocked for good or ill on many issues. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And some of the older altimeters have a communications conflict with some of the bandwidth \u2014not all of it\u2014of 5G. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 27 Jan. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-041029"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bag and baggage":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"idiom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": with all possessions : completely"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-042015"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bagac":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": apitong"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259\u02c8gak"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"native name in the Philippines"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1924, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-042557"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back mutation":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": mutation of a previously mutated gene to its former condition",
|
||
|
|
": mutation of a previously mutated gene to its former condition"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1927, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-053627"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back judge":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a football official whose duties include keeping the game's official time and identifying eligible pass receivers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
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||
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"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
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"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
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"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
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||
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"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Jan. 2022"
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],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1947, in the meaning defined above"
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||
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-063254"
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},
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"ball governor":{
|
||
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a governor that operates by the centrifugal force of revolving balls"
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"ball entry 1"
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||
|
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],
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||
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"first_known_use":[],
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||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-072418"
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||
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},
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"barricado":{
|
||
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"type":[
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||
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"noun",
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"transitive verb,"
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||
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
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||
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": barricade"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccba-r\u0259-"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
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"borrowed from Middle French barricade barricade entry 2 , with suffix conformed to -ado , Spanish equivalent of -ade frequently used in 16th-century English"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1598, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-091236"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"barytone":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a male singing voice of medium compass between bass and tenor",
|
||
|
|
": a person having this voice",
|
||
|
|
": a member of a family of instruments having a range between tenor and bass",
|
||
|
|
": the baritone saxhorn or baritone saxophone"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-094346"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"bar sight":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a rear sight on a firearm consisting of a movable bar with an open notch or peep"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
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"bar entry 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-100748"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"batterymate":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a fellow member of a baseball battery (see battery sense 11 ) : the catcher who is paired with a pitcher or the pitcher who is paired with a catcher"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-t(\u0259-)r\u0113-\u02ccm\u0101t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1904, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-154836"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backspring":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a spring hawser led at a forward angle to the wharf from the stern or midships"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"back entry 3 + spring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1951, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-191920"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basement house":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a dwelling in which the principal drawing rooms are located at least one story above ground level with the main entrance at ground level or one story above and reached by exterior steps"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-201553"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backland":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": backcountry , hinterland"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccland"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backcountry",
|
||
|
|
"backwater",
|
||
|
|
"backwoods",
|
||
|
|
"bush",
|
||
|
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
|
"hinterland",
|
||
|
|
"outback",
|
||
|
|
"outlands",
|
||
|
|
"up-country"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1683, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-203337"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back bacon":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": canadian bacon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1902, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-001956"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bamming":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of bamming present participle of bam"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-022512"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barrage reception":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a system of radio reception in which interference from one or more directions is prevented (as by directional properties of antennas)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"barrage entry 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-173631"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bashi Channel":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"strait between the Philippines and Taiwan and connecting the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4-sh\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181737"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barrico":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a small cask : keg"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259\u02c8r\u0113(\u02cc)k\u014d",
|
||
|
|
""
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"perhaps altered from French barrique or Occitan barrica \"barrel\"",
|
||
|
|
"Note: First found in the writings of the soldier and explorer John Smith. The presumption that the word is borrowed from Spanish, found in various references, runs against the fact that Spanish barrica , \"barrel,\" is not attested before 1639."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-183842"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bad apple":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": someone who creates problems or causes trouble for others",
|
||
|
|
": a member of a group whose behavior reflects poorly on or negatively affects or influences the remainder of the group"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1887, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185755"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandanna":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a large often colorfully patterned handkerchief",
|
||
|
|
": a large handkerchief usually with a colorful design printed on it"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"ban-\u02c8da-n\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"babushka",
|
||
|
|
"do-rag",
|
||
|
|
"handkerchief",
|
||
|
|
"kerchief",
|
||
|
|
"madras",
|
||
|
|
"mantilla"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she uses her colorful print bandanna to keep the hair out of her eyes",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Wearing a red shirt and skirt, a face mask, sunglasses, a bandanna and running shoes, Warren was less than 5 miles from Window Rock. \u2014 Arlyssa Becenti, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Randy Houser opted for camouflage pants, a long sleeve black shirt, a navy bandanna tied around his neck, and an army green western hat that seemed to be caught in between Harrison Ford\u2019s Indian Jones and a Stetson. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sharon, a petite blonde, sported a crimson Trump pompom hat and a flag bandanna . \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With her hair pulled up with a red bandanna , a 72-year-old woman carefully shapes round blobs of dough while making arepas, a Venezuelan food staple typically stuffed with cheese, meat, avocado and beans. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His crazy hair, as his daughter calls his mop of curls, was sprouting from a bandanna . \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 18 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Hindi b\u0101\u1e45dhn\u016b & Urdu b\u0101ndhn\u016b tie-dyeing, cloth so dyed, ultimately from Sanskrit badhn\u0101ti he ties \u2014 more at bind"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1741, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193845"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastard white oak":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": bastard oak sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-195235"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Barrie":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"biographical name",
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Sir James Matthew 1860\u20131937 Scottish novelist and dramatist",
|
||
|
|
"city in southeastern Ontario, Canada, on the western extremity of Lake Simcoe population 128,430"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202127"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backtrail":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": back track",
|
||
|
|
": backtrack"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
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"Verb",
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"back trail"
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],
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"1832, in the meaning defined above",
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"Verb",
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"1907, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202518"
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},
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"backmost":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of backmost superlative of back"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bak\u02ccm\u014dst"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203221"
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},
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"back of beyond":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun phrase"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a remote place"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1816, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203459"
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},
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"baptized":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
|
||
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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|
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": to administer baptism (see baptism sense 1 ) to",
|
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|
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": to purify or cleanse spiritually especially by a purging (see purge entry 1 sense 1 ) experience or ordeal",
|
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": initiate",
|
||
|
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": to give a name to (as at baptism) : christen",
|
||
|
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": to administer baptism",
|
||
|
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": to dip in water or sprinkle water on as a part of the ceremony of receiving into the Christian church",
|
||
|
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": to give a name to as in the ceremony of baptism : christen"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"bap-\u02c8t\u012bz",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bap-\u02cct\u012bz",
|
||
|
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"especially Southern",
|
||
|
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"or",
|
||
|
|
"bap-\u02c8t\u012bz",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bap-\u02cct\u012bz"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"call",
|
||
|
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"christen",
|
||
|
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"clepe",
|
||
|
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"denominate",
|
||
|
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"designate",
|
||
|
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"dub",
|
||
|
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"entitle",
|
||
|
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"label",
|
||
|
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"name",
|
||
|
|
"nominate",
|
||
|
|
"style",
|
||
|
|
"term",
|
||
|
|
"title"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"The priest baptized the baby.",
|
||
|
|
"She was baptized at the age of 20.",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
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"Janak reassured him that God recognized the family\u2019s intention to baptize the boy. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Karen and Michael Hidde watched the flight nurse baptize their baby, sprinkling water on him from a small shell. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Only priests could baptize , ordain, perform the sacrament of the Eucharist and give last rites. \u2014 Lisa Bitel, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Fans are dissecting the hallucination\u2014which saw Nate impregnate Cassie and then watch as a pool-side Cal Jacobs, his father, proceeded to erotically baptize her. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"James reacted by putting his fingers in Max\u2019s water and splashing him as if to baptize him into James\u2019s unique religion of belligerent assholery. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 30 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children. \u2014 al , 28 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children. \u2014 al , 28 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children. \u2014 al , 28 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French baptiser , from Late Latin baptizare , from Greek baptizein to dip, baptize, from baptein to dip, dye; akin to Old Norse kvefja to quench"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205831"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bandung":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"city southeast of Jakarta in western Java, Indonesia population 2,057,442"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4n-\u02ccdu\u0307\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210125"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bango":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an East African grass ( Phragmites mauritianus ) used in thatching buildings"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba\u014b-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"native name in East Africa"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210515"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbecued":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": cooked on a barbecue : roasted or broiled over hot coals or an open fire"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-bi-\u02ccky\u00fcd"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Not to mention the barbecued tri-tip for which the area is known. \u2014 Krista Simmons, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 8 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Shrimp alfredo and barbecued chicken were on offer this week. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 27 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"At Wolf\u2019s Head Smokehouse, Wittek and Doty serve Instagram-friendly smash burger and sandwiches stacked high with barbecued meats. \u2014 Michael Russell, oregonlive , 2 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Anderson and his team have also started a more casual concept, TA-que, a food truck featuring street tacos with barbecued meats. \u2014 Leeanne Griffin, courant.com , 26 Aug. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Or make a barbecued chicken topping by shredding leftover chicken tossed with barbecue sauce. \u2014 Tina Danze, Dallas News , 6 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"For a snack, Ronto Roasters served a warm flatbread wrap filled with flavorful barbecued sausage, tender pork, and still crunchy slaw \u2014 not what most would expect from theme park fare. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"In a sliver of the state alongside the Tennessee River, barbecued chicken is famously adorned in a creamy white sauce of mayonnaise, vinegar and spices. \u2014 Larry Olmstead, USA TODAY , 9 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Serve with barbecued chicken or use as a dip for smoked wings. \u2014 Derek Herscovici, al.com , 4 June 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1734, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210546"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bang off":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"intransitive verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to stop normal operation due to the failure of the shuttle to enter the box"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211217"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bail to the action":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": bail above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"bail entry 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1808, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084357"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"basement membrane":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a thin membranous layer of connective tissue that separates a layer of epithelial cells from the underlying lamina propia",
|
||
|
|
": a thin extracellular supporting layer that separates a layer of epithelial cells from the underlying lamina propria and is composed of the basal lamina and reticular lamina",
|
||
|
|
": basal lamina sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u0101-sm\u0259nt-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1842, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085743"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bavian":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": chacma"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-v\u0113-\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"-vy\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"obsolete German or Dutch; obsolete German bavian (now pavian ), from Dutch baviaan , alteration of babiaen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075456"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"band tool":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a machine tool having an endless belt (often of metal) that contains cutting elements (as for sawing, shaping, or finishing materials)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080325"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"balbriggan":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a knitted cotton fabric used especially for underwear or hosiery"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"bal-\u02c8bri-g\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Balbriggan , town in Ireland"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1885, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-081231"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Babuyan Islands":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"islands of the northern Philippines north of Luzon area 225 square miles (585 square kilometers)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u00e4-bu\u0307-\u02c8y\u00e4n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-081554"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backwardation":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares on the London Stock Exchange with the consent of the buyer upon payment of a premium to the latter",
|
||
|
|
": the premium paid in backwardation \u2014 compare contango"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccbakw\u0259(r)\u02c8d\u0101sh\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"backward entry 1 + -ation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-083435"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Basellaceae":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"plural noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a small family of usually climbing herbs (order Caryophyllales) sometimes included in the Chenopodiaceae but distinguished by having the calyx and corolla dissimilar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccbas\u0259\u02c8l\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"-az\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Basella basella + -aceae -aceae"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-091057"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bar shot":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a cannon shot consisting of two spheres or hemispheres united by a bar and formerly used in naval warfare",
|
||
|
|
": a discharge of such shot"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1711, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122500"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baresark":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": berserker"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"intended as translation of Old Norse berserkr"
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-123534"
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},
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"baily":{
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"type":[],
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||
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of baily dialectal variant of bailie"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-123939"
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},
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"Baptistic":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": of or relating to Baptists",
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||
|
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": in accord with Baptist doctrines and practices"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"(\u02c8)bap\u00a6tistik",
|
||
|
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"\u00f7-ab\u00a6t-"
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||
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],
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||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130123"
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},
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"Bashkir":{
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||
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": a Turkic-speaking Muslim people between the Volga and the Ural mountains regarded as tatarized Finns",
|
||
|
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": a member of the Bashkir people",
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||
|
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": the language of the Bashkirs"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"(\u02c8)bash\u00a6ki(\u0259)r"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
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"Russian, of Turkic origin; akin to Jagatai bad\u017ekyr Bashkir, Chuvash pu\u0161k\u0259rt"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130442"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"Bangladesh":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"adjective or noun",
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"country of southern Asia east of India in the area where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal; a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations since 1971; capital Dhaka area 57,321 square miles (148,460 square kilometers), population 159,453,000 \u2014 see east pakistan"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u00e4\u014b-gl\u0259-\u02c8desh",
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccba\u014b-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u0259\u014b-",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8d\u0101sh"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-135214"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Barranquilla":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"city and port on the Magdalena River in northern Colombia population 1,142,312"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u00e4r-\u00e4n-\u02c8k\u0113-y\u00e4"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-135318"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"babbittism":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": babbittry"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-\u0259\u0307t\u02cciz\u0259m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"George F. Babbitt + English -ism"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1925, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140504"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back matter":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": matter following the main text of a book"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"A list of geographical names appears in the back matter of the dictionary."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"circa 1922, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-144440"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backstand":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a device for regulating machinery belt tension"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-145151"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandeng":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the milkfish ( Chanos chanos ) used for mosquito control and cultivated in ponds in Indonesia"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-\u02ccde\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"native name in Indonesia"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-150531"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bammed":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of bammed past tense of bam"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153043"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastard turtle":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": ridley"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153523"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bashkortostan":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"autonomous republic of eastern Russia in Europe in the southern Ural Mountains; capital Ufa area 55,443 square miles (143,597 square kilometers), population 4,008,000"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4sh-\u02c8k\u022fr-t\u0259-\u02ccst\u00e4n",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccstan"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153751"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back arrow":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": back button"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1980, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-162230"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Balboa Heights":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"town in Panama at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal adjacent to Panama (city); former administrative center of the Canal Zone"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"(\u02cc)bal-\u02c8b\u014d-\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-163544"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backjoint":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a rabbet or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1857, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164056"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backlash":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a sudden violent backward movement or reaction",
|
||
|
|
": the play between adjacent movable parts (as in a series of gears)",
|
||
|
|
": the jar caused by this when the parts are put into action",
|
||
|
|
": a snarl in that part of a fishing line wound on the reel",
|
||
|
|
": a strong adverse reaction (as to a recent political or social development)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02cclash"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"After backlash , Lizzo's latest song has gone through another draft. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After backlash against a human-sounding AI feature for Google Assistant in 2018, the company promised to add a disclosure. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After backlash against a human-sounding AI feature for Google Assistant in 2018, the company promised to add a disclosure. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Then, Rosin backpedaled a day later after a backlash ensued and Bechdel got in the last word. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The company has since taken down the tweet after a backlash , but gun companies have increasingly targeted young children, especially boys. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After backlash from some of its most loyal frequent fliers, Delta Air Lines has opted to take a different approach in tightening access to its Sky Club airport lounges. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"By the next day, after an intense backlash from public health experts, Delta had taken the offending language down. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After the backlash , Airbnb quickly reversed its policy. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164835"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bagnio":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": prison",
|
||
|
|
": brothel"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-(\u02cc)y\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4n-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bawdy house",
|
||
|
|
"bordello",
|
||
|
|
"brothel",
|
||
|
|
"cathouse",
|
||
|
|
"disorderly house",
|
||
|
|
"sporting house",
|
||
|
|
"stew",
|
||
|
|
"whorehouse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the police staged a raid on the London bagnio , causing great inconvenience to its well-heeled clientele"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Italian bagno , literally, public baths (from the Turks' use of Roman baths at Constantinople as prisons), from Latin balneum , from Greek balaneion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-165605"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastard trout":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": silver squeteague"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-170149"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbellula":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a very small barb or bristle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4r\u02c8bely\u0259l\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"New Latin, diminutive of barbella short stiff hair, diminutive of Latin barbula little beard"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-171337"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baresma":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": barsom"
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8bar\u0259sm\u0259",
|
||
|
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"-\u0259zm\u0259"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
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"Avestan bar\u0259sman-"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-173713"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
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"bag net":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
||
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": a bag-shaped net for catching fish"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8bag-\u02ccnet",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u0101g-",
|
||
|
|
"-n\u0259t"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"Noun",
|
||
|
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"1777, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-182514"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
|
"bandworm":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": tapeworm"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8band-\u02ccw\u0259rm"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-183149"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandy words":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"idiom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to say angry words in an argument : to argue"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-190526"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ball gown":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a long dress that is worn to large formal parties for dancing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-191652"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Barbary Coast":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"region of northern Africa extending from Egypt to the Atlantic and including the former",
|
||
|
|
"section of San Francisco formerly noted as a center of gambling, prostitution, and riotous nightlife"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-b(\u0259-)r\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-201900"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Baily's beads":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"plural noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the row of brilliant points of sunlight shining through valleys on the edge of the moon that are seen for a few seconds just before and after the central phase in an eclipse of the sun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101l\u0113z-",
|
||
|
|
"-liz-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"after Francis Baily \u20201844 English astronomer who described them"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1858, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-203926"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bareilly":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, northern India, east-southeast of Delhi population 699,839",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 see rohilkhand"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-l\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-204139"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"banned":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to prohibit especially by legal means",
|
||
|
|
": to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of",
|
||
|
|
": bar entry 2 sense 3c",
|
||
|
|
": curse",
|
||
|
|
": to utter curses or condemnations",
|
||
|
|
": legal or formal prohibition",
|
||
|
|
": censure or condemnation especially through social pressure",
|
||
|
|
": anathema , excommunication",
|
||
|
|
": malediction , curse",
|
||
|
|
": the summoning in feudal times of the king's vassals for military service",
|
||
|
|
": a monetary subunit of the leu \u2014 see leu at Money Table",
|
||
|
|
": to forbid especially by law or social pressure",
|
||
|
|
": an official order forbidding something",
|
||
|
|
": to prohibit or forbid especially by legal means (as by statute or order)",
|
||
|
|
": to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of",
|
||
|
|
": prohibition especially by statute or order"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bar",
|
||
|
|
"enjoin",
|
||
|
|
"forbid",
|
||
|
|
"interdict",
|
||
|
|
"outlaw",
|
||
|
|
"prohibit",
|
||
|
|
"proscribe"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anathema",
|
||
|
|
"curse",
|
||
|
|
"execration",
|
||
|
|
"imprecation",
|
||
|
|
"malediction",
|
||
|
|
"malison",
|
||
|
|
"winze"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The school banned that book for many years.",
|
||
|
|
"The city has banned smoking in all public buildings.",
|
||
|
|
"The drug was banned a decade ago.",
|
||
|
|
"The use of cell phones is banned in the restaurant."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Middle English bannen \"to summon (troops) by proclamation, assemble (an armed force), gather (arms), curse, anathematize, prohibit, outlaw,\" going back to Old English bannan (class VII strong verb) \"to summon by proclamation, call to arms,\" going back to Germanic *bannan- \"to speak formally, call on, order\" (whence also Old Frisian bonna, banna \"to call upon, command, place under a ban,\" Old Saxon & Old High German bannan \"to summon, order,\" Old Norse banna \"to prohibit, curse\"), going back to Indo-European *b h o-n-h 2 -e-, presumed o-grade intensive derivative (with gemination from a present formation with *-nu\u032f-e- ?) from a verbal base *b h eh 2 - \"speak, say,\" whence also Latin for, f\u0101r\u012b \"to speak, say,\" Greek ph\u0113m\u00ed, ph\u00e1nai, Armenian bay \"(s/he) says, speaks,\" and with extensions Eastern Church Slavic baju, bajati \"to tell (stories), cast a spell, cure,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian b\u0201jati \"to tell tales, practice sorcery,\" Sanskrit bh\u00e1nati \"(s/he) speaks, says, (it) sounds\"",
|
||
|
|
"Note: The senses \"curse, anathematize, prohibit,\" etc., in Middle English are not attested in Old English and are generally thought to reflect influence of the cognate Old Norse verb. The English verb has also been influenced in sense by Medieval Latin bann\u012bre and Old French banir (see banish ). \u2014 The reconstruction of the source of Germanic *bannan- in Indo-European terms is from G. Kroonen, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Brill, 2013), though any number of alternative reconstructions are possible that result in the new verbal base *bann-. Indo-European *b h eh 2 - \"speak, say\" is phonetically identical with and probably a semantic offshoot of the base *b h eh 2 - \"shine, give light, appear\" (see fantasy entry 1 ); the presumed sense in shift would be \"shine, give light\" > \"make bright, illuminate\" > \"make clear, clarify\" > \"speak, say.\"",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"Middle English ban, bane, banne \"proclamation by an authority, summons, one of the marriage banns, troop of warriors summoned by their overlord,\" in part noun derivative of bannen \"to summon (troops) by proclamation,\" in part borrowed from Anglo-French ban, baan \"proclamation, edict, jurisdiction, one of the marriage banns\" (also continental Old French, \"summons to arms by a lord, proclamation commanding or prohibiting an action\"), going back to Old Low Franconian *banna-, going back to Germanic (whence also Old Frisian bon, ban, b\u0101n \"order commanding or prohibiting under pain of a fine, authority, summoning of the army, banishment,\" Old Saxon bann \"command, summons, fine, excommunication,\" Old High German ban \"command by an authority, order, legal extension or withdrawal of protection\"), noun derivative of *bannan- \"to speak formally, call on, order\" \u2014 more at ban entry 1",
|
||
|
|
"Note: The Middle English noun may also continue Old English gebann, gebenn \"edict, proclamation, command,\" a derivative of gebannan, similar in meaning to unprefixed bannan. The negative senses \"prohibition, condemnation,\" etc., though present to a limited degree already in early Medieval Latin, do not appear in English (or French) until the sixteenth century, and are in part derived from the verb ban entry 1 . The Germanic etymon appears in Latin as bannus (or bannum ), from the sixth century in Gregory of Tours' Historia Francorum, and the seventh century in the Lex Ripuaria, the laws of the Ripuarian Franks; the Latin word went on to develop a broad range of meanings (compare the entries in J.F. Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis lexicon minus and Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources ).",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"Romanian, money, coin, small coin"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1880, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-204604"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bashlyk":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a protective hood with long ends for use as a scarf worn especially by the Russian military"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Russian bashlyk , from Turkish ba\u015fl\u0131k hood, from ba\u015f head"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-205426"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barrage balloon":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a small captive balloon used to support wires or nets as protection against air attacks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1918, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-211710"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backup signal":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": dwarf signal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1925, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-213150"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bag molding":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a technique or process in which plastic or plywood-plastic combinations are molded to curved forms by use of a rigid die within a flexible cover through which fluid pressure (as of steam, air, or vacuum) may act on the material to be molded"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1943, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-220340"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back-to-back":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective or adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": facing in opposite directions and often touching",
|
||
|
|
": coming one after the other : consecutive",
|
||
|
|
": a house that is connected in a row with other houses on each side and with a similar row of houses behind it",
|
||
|
|
": a sequence of two games scheduled to be played on consecutive days"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-t\u0259-\u02c8bak"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"consecutive",
|
||
|
|
"sequent",
|
||
|
|
"sequential",
|
||
|
|
"straight",
|
||
|
|
"succeeding",
|
||
|
|
"successional",
|
||
|
|
"successive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"inconsecutive",
|
||
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
||
|
|
"nonconsecutive",
|
||
|
|
"nonsequential"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective or adverb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-221008"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Barranquitas":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"city in central Puerto Rico population 30,318"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u00e4r-r\u00e4n-\u02c8k\u0113-t\u00e4s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-221447"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backpack":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a pack (see pack entry 1 sense 1a ) that usually has two shoulder straps and is carried on the back: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a large pack (as of canvas or nylon) that is supported by an external or internal frame (as of aluminum) and is used especially for carrying supplies when hiking and camping",
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": a bag or small pack (as of canvas, polyester, or nylon) used for carrying personal belongings or supplies : knapsack",
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": a load carried on the back",
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": a piece of equipment designed for use while being carried on the back",
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": to carry (food or equipment) on the back especially in hiking",
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": to hike with a backpack",
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": a bag worn on the back for carrying things"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccpak",
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccpak"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"kit bag",
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"knapsack",
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"pack",
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"packsack",
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"rucksack"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk",
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"Verb",
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"After college, she backpacked through Europe.",
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"We're planning to go backpacking in a national park this summer.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Police found a silver derringer-style gun in his backpack at the time of his arrest. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
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"Latasha had put a bottle of juice in her backpack and had $2 in her hand. \u2014 Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"The juice bottles in her backpack were a somewhat unusual brand, Wallace said, and investigators tried to research who distributed them. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Start at the trailhead in the small community of Sugar Pine and pack in (and pack out) lunch in your backpack . \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Talking with the group, the officers discovered that Benton had marijuana in his backpack . \u2014 Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
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||
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"Police found a black tactical vest, a knife, a Glock 17 pistol with two magazines and ammunition, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crowbar, pistol light, duct tape, hiking boots and other items in his backpack and suitcase. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
|
||
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"When the first hiker was swept into the water, the second removed their backpack and tried to help but was carried deeper into the ocean. \u2014 CBS News , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Tyler still had people-pleasing tendencies, keeping mustard packets in his backpack for students experiencing period cramps. \u2014 al , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
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"If your kid is more of a dino fan, Cat & Jack also makes a dinosaur toddler backpack in a similar size. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"It can be easily tossed in your carry-on, purse, beach bag, fanny pack, or backpack to add comfort to all kinds of warm-weather occasions, from amusement park trips to concerts and sports games. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Some of the men used their personal belongings \u2014 a sweater and backpack straps \u2014 as tourniquets. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Together, that\u2019d pack up small and light enough to backpack with yet provide a comfortable night\u2019s sleep, keep bugs off my entire body, and give me a daytime shade/rain structure. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 26 June 2017",
|
||
|
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"Frequent traveler Mia Clarke prefers any travel-friendly carry-on bag or backpack . \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"The case is compact and easy to fit in a pocket, purse, or backpack . \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Many have sacrificed function for fashion, but not so for this Stackers backpack . \u2014 Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Herm\u00e8s coat, $4,375, Hermes.com, The Row jacket, $1,820, TheRow.com, Dior Men pants, $1,200, Dior.com, Bottega Veneta sneakers, $1,300, BottegaVeneta.com. Play the game\u2014and win\u2014in an athletic zip-up and backpack . \u2014 Jason Rider, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"Noun",
|
||
|
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"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223128"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"bareheaded":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb or adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": without a covering for the head"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u02c8he-d\u0259d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223239"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"basting":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the action of a sewer who bastes",
|
||
|
|
": the thread used in basting",
|
||
|
|
": the stitching made by basting",
|
||
|
|
": the action of one that bastes food",
|
||
|
|
": the liquid used in basting",
|
||
|
|
": a severe beating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-sti\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1599, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-225020"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back-titrate":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to titrate back to the end point after it has been passed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1925, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-225825"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baryton":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun,"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a stringed instrument of the 17th and 18th centuries similar to the bass viol with a fretted fingerboard, six or seven bowed strings, and numerous sympathetic strings behind them",
|
||
|
|
": an organ reed stop of 8- or 16-foot pitch",
|
||
|
|
"[borrowed from German]"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259-\u02cct\u00e4n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"borrowed from French & German; French baryton , borrowed from German, literally, \"baritone\" (in various senses), borrowed from Italian baritono"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-005231"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"band file":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a machine tool resembling a band saw but with a cutting edge in the form of a file"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-010225"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Barrett":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"biographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Amy (Vivian) Coney 1972\u2013 American jurist"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-015453"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backup relay":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a secondary relay to protect a power system against faults in the event of failure of the primary relay to function as desired"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1950, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-030434"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back is to/against the wall":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"idiom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": in a bad position in which one is forced to do something in order to avoid failure"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-041721"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back order":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to assign to the status of back order",
|
||
|
|
": a business order yet to be fulfilled because stock is unavailable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u022fr-d\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The book I want to buy is a back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
|
||
|
|
"The book I want to buy is on back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The city opened the bridge last year, and was supposed to put the sealant on at that time, but the material has been on back order . \u2014 Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Not surprisingly, the non-toy version was well beyond my household budget, and \u2014 less surprisingly, still \u2014 months on back order . \u2014 Marci Vogel, Los Angeles Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These gifts won\u2019t clutter closets and won\u2019t be on back order . \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Stores are sold out, websites are on back order and prices are stubbornly high. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"When a piece of equipment broke, Slowinski tried to buy a new one, only to find that a replacement was on back order with no delivery date. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Avoid anything on back order or coming from another country. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Shipping logjams are seemingly putting everything on back order . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Perfect Hoodie appears on the Gap website to be either sold out or on back order . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 30 Sep. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1901, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1887, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-043500"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bare trust":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": passive trust"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-053132"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"babbling thrush":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of several thrushlike babblers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1876, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-054955"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bastard tree":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": redwood sense 3a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-063403"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bandaranaike":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"biographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias 1916\u20132000 prime minister of Sri Lanka (1960\u201365; 1970\u201377)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u00e4n-d\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8n\u012b-\u0259-k\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-070822"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backmasking":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the encoding of audio materials (such as words conveying a secret message) on a recording in such a way that they can only be heard and understood when the recording is played backwards"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccma-ski\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1982, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080059"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"band together":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to form a group in order to do or achieve something"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081419"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backstay":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a stay extending aft from a masthead",
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||
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": a strengthening or supporting device at the back (as of a carriage or a shoe)"
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||
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccst\u0101"
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],
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||
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"synonyms":[],
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||
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"antonyms":[],
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||
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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||
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"1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081934"
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||
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},
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"Barbary duck":{
|
||
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"type":[
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||
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"noun"
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||
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
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||
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": muscovy duck",
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||
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": the flesh of the Muscovy duck used as food"
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||
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[],
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||
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"synonyms":[],
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||
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"antonyms":[],
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||
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"examples":[],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[
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||
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"after Barbary (North Africa), probably as translation of French canard de Barbarie",
|
||
|
|
"Note: The vernacular name reflects the tradition in pre-Linnaean biology (e.g., the Ornithologia of Ulisse Aldrovandi) that the bird was native to North Africa\u2014also apparent in the Linnaean genus name Cairina , literally, \"Cairene.\""
|
||
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],
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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||
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"1775, in the meaning defined above"
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||
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090009"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"back-of-the-envelope":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": done quickly to provide a rough estimate : not exact"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1968, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091243"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baretta":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a rutaceous evergreen shrub ( Helietta parvifolia ) of Texas with opposite trifoliolate leaves and purple flowers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259\u02c8ret\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"modification of Mexican Spanish barreta , from Spanish barreta, barrete cap, biretta, from Catalan barret , from Proven\u00e7al berret"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091311"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"babbly":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": chattering , garrulous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bab(\u0259)l\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1860, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091444"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bandyman":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a driver of a bandy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ban-d\u0113-m\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259n-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"bandy entry 4 + man"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-093631"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backband":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a band passing over a horse's neck and holding up the shafts of a vehicle",
|
||
|
|
": the outside molding of the trim around an opening (such as a door or window)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-095132"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barrator":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one who engages in barratry"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0259-t\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-095147"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Banahao, Mount":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"extinct volcano 7141 feet (2142 meters) on southern Luzon, Philippines, southeast of Manila"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4-\u02c8n\u00e4-\u02cchau\u0307"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-095541"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bago":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"town northeast of Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma) possibly dating to the 6th century a.d. and historically serving as a capital"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8g\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-095738"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"back down":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to withdraw from a commitment or position"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"back off",
|
||
|
|
"back out",
|
||
|
|
"cop out",
|
||
|
|
"fink out",
|
||
|
|
"renege"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1849, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101744"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"backspread":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to close the transactions previously made in a spreading operation",
|
||
|
|
": to transfer a hedge from one market to another",
|
||
|
|
": an arbitrage operation like a spread but performed when the difference in price between the two markets is less than the normal one"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\""
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Intransitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"back entry 2 + spread"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Intransitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102722"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Barbary fig":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a common prickly pear ( Opuntia vulgaris ) of the eastern U.S. introduced into North Africa"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103857"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"barbecue":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun,",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to roast or broil (food, such as meat) on a rack or revolving spit over or before a source of heat (such as hot coals or a gas flame)",
|
||
|
|
": to prepare (food, such as beef, pork, or chicken) by seasoning (as with a marinade , a barbecue sauce , or a rub ) and cooking usually slowly and with exposure to low heat and to smoke",
|
||
|
|
": to subject (someone) to harsh criticism or ridicule",
|
||
|
|
": to barbecue food",
|
||
|
|
": a large animal (such as a steer) roasted whole or split over an open fire or a fire in a pit",
|
||
|
|
": barbecued food",
|
||
|
|
": a social gathering especially in the open air at which barbecued food is eaten",
|
||
|
|
": an often portable fireplace over which meat and fish are roasted",
|
||
|
|
": to cook over hot coals or on an open fire often in a highly seasoned sauce",
|
||
|
|
": an often portable grill",
|
||
|
|
": an outdoor meal or party at which food is cooked over hot coals or an open fire"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-bi-\u02ccky\u00fc",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-bi-\u02ccky\u00fc"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"We barbecued chicken and ribs.",
|
||
|
|
"We barbecue often during the summer.",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"grill a steak on the barbecue",
|
||
|
|
"We plan to have a barbecue for the whole family.",
|
||
|
|
"She invited us over for some beer and barbecue .",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"What sets barbecue apart from other cooking methods is how heat reaches the food. \u2014 Kristine Nolin, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"People barbecue all over the world, and under that umbrella comes grilling. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Many were already gathered around, helping clean up the mess or preparing to barbecue for the block. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The skateboarders would often barbecue together at the Burnside park, and Castillo-Pacheco was always there, Barnes said, with a big smile and a cold Modelo. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But Deirdre has to be mom, dad, coach, buddy, the works; teaching her sons how to barbecue and play lacrosse. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Millions of Americans will be taking the opportunity to barbecue with friends today. \u2014 Jamie Gold, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"There is also a hamper at the house dedicated solely to barbecue clothes. \u2014 Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Each offseason, Mulugheta and his clients will work out, watch film and also barbecue with their families. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Each tiki torch in the set of four stands five feet high and holds 12 ounces of oil for an approximate six-hour burn time\u2014long enough for a barbecue that extends late into the evening. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gunfire erupted early Monday at a park in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City, where police said a group of people were having a barbecue when multiple shooters opened fire. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Police were called to the 2500 block of Patron Drive after a dark-colored SUV drove by and fired about 20 to 30 rounds on a family barbecue , San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus told reporters. \u2014 Angela Alcala-bach, San Antonio Express-News , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At least two people were killed and five others injured in a drive-by shooting on a family barbecue late Saturday, police in San Antonio, Texas said. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Runners were still able to complete the 5K virtually and a large group gathered near Anchorage\u2019s Ship Creek for fun, contests and a barbecue . \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On most weekends the Lady Lowrider Car Club cruises to a car show, sets up its cars, props up a canopy and starts a barbecue . \u2014 Palabra, oregonlive , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Attractions at the free event include live music, a freedom march, food vendors, special performances and a Fathers Day barbecue . \u2014 al , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Buying a fancy tie, treating dad to a baseball game, or cooking up a backyard barbecue are just a few of the ways Americans will celebrate their dads on Father\u2019s Day, June 19. \u2014 Bea Lewis, Sun Sentinel , 9 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"American Spanish barbacoa framework for supporting meat over a fire, probably from Taino"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1733, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-104330"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ball handler":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a player who controls the ball in any of various games",
|
||
|
|
": a player who is skilled at handling the ball (as in basketball)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Flashy ball handler , with a range of hesitation and change of pace dribbles. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In that time, Tyus Jones was the primary ball handler and Desmond Bane assumed the backup point guard position. \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Despite playing the role of primary ball handler , Irving is far from a dynamic distributor. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The team could decide to keep the ball handler on a two or three year deal, given their available team building tools, and put team options on future seasons. \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"JaVale McGee isn't a good ball handler in the open floor. \u2014 Duane Rankin, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Suns' 7-foot center JaVale McGee isn't a good ball handler in the open floor. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But the Celtics are going to have to improve on allowing dribble penetration because an unimpeded ball handler in the paint causes all types of trouble. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This year their pick-and-roll ball handler workload has spiked: 114 possessions for Mann, for an average of 0.96 points, and 66 possessions for Coffey, at a clip of 0.94 points, according to Synergy Sports. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105413"
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"Bash\u014d":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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"definitions":[
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"\u2014 see matsuo"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105827"
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},
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"barred":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
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": marked by or divided off by bars",
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": having alternate bands of different color"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u00e4rd"
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"synonyms":[
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"banded",
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"striped"
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"He looked out the barred windows of the jail.",
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"a bird with a barred tail",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In California, for example, the legislature in 2018 barred felony murder charges against participants in a felony who did not personally kill anyone. \u2014 jsonline.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"Similarly, Alexey Kortnev, the frontman of the band Neschastny Sluchai, who was tapped to be the festival's host, declined and expressed support for the barred candidates. \u2014 Vladimir Kozlov, Billboard , 7 Aug. 2019",
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"The couple and their daughter had lived with Martinez\u2019s mother in a sea-green brick home with barred windows in a working-class neighborhood of San Martin on the outskirts of the capital, San Salvador. \u2014 Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2019",
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"And the manner in which some died \u2014 trapped between barred windows and roaring flames \u2014 echoes this. \u2014 New York Times , 9 July 2018",
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"Russia\u2019s track team remains barred from global competition, and the country\u2019s antidoping operations have been decertified by international regulators. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2018",
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"DeAngelo, 72, appeared in court for Monday's brief hearing, walking in on his own power and standing in a barred holding cage before the judge. \u2014 Paige St. John, latimes.com , 14 May 2018",
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||
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"There are more barred windows, chain-link fences and cheap apartment blocks. \u2014 www.latimes.com , 29 Mar. 2018",
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"Marshall said Hardwick remains barred following his conviction. \u2014 Carol Robinson, AL.com , 10 June 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110011"
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},
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"bathroom tissue":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": toilet paper"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
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"The company previously announced plans to increase prices on products in its baby- and child-care, adult-care and Scott bathroom tissue businesses starting in June. \u2014 Sharon Terlep, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
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"The cost of wood pulp, a key part of the paper in bathroom tissue and other products, spiked in February, as speculators in China drove up spot prices by nearly 50 percent. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Apr. 2021",
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||
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"The hikes will affect baby and child care products, adult care products and Scott bathroom tissue . \u2014 NBC News , 1 Apr. 2021",
|
||
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"Facial tissue and bathroom tissue are similar in the sense of overall construction. \u2014 Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com , 19 Dec. 2020",
|
||
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"Panicked buyers swept up fundamentals of alimentation and elimination: yeast, flour, bathroom tissue . \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 17 Aug. 2020",
|
||
|
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"Seventy percent of the world\u2019s population doesn\u2019t even use bathroom tissue . \u2014 Popular Science , 28 Mar. 2020",
|
||
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"Seventy percent of the world\u2019s population doesn\u2019t even use bathroom tissue . \u2014 Popular Science , 28 Mar. 2020",
|
||
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"Seventy percent of the world\u2019s population doesn\u2019t even use bathroom tissue . \u2014 Popular Science , 28 Mar. 2020"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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||
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"1922, in the meaning defined above"
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||
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110227"
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||
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},
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"base metal":{
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"type":[
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||
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"noun"
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||
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": a metal or alloy (such as zinc, lead, or brass) of comparatively low value and relatively inferior in certain properties (such as resistance to corrosion)",
|
||
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": the metal to which a coating or plating is applied : the metal existing underneath a coating or plating",
|
||
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": the chief constituent of any alloy",
|
||
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": the metal composing parts to be welded"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"base entry 4"
|
||
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],
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||
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111250"
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||
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},
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||
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"backlight":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
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"noun",
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||
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"transitive verb"
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||
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": illumination from behind",
|
||
|
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": the source of such illumination"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccl\u012bt"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The keyboard's auto backlight , which turns on or off depending on the environment's lighting, works well. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And the vehicle\u2019s curvaceous backlight and lack of rear-quarter windows emphasize the car\u2019s dramatic fastback profile. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Amazon also sells a Signature Edition of the Paperwhite that adds Qi wireless charging, 32GB of storage space (up from the standard model's 8GB), and an auto-adjusting backlight . \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With almost 18,000 five-star reviews on Amazon, this affordable meat thermometer has some seriously high-end features, including a backlight option and a probe that rotates 180\u00ba. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Beneath each keycap there is an RGB backlight and a choice of 19 dynamic lighting patterns and a further 8 colors of backlights. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The display and its backlight reportedly work as well. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Perhaps more notable is the bump from a 12-bit to a 14-bit backlight . \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 3 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The keyboard's flashiest aspect is its white backlight . \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"1822, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111434"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"backdoor trots":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
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||
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"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": diarrhea"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1801, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-114002"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ball hawk":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a player skillful in taking the ball away from opponents (as in basketball or football)",
|
||
|
|
": a fielder in baseball skilled in catching fly balls"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122441"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Barbary horse":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": barb entry 4 sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124835"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bath salts":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun plural",
|
||
|
|
"plural noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a usually colored crystalline compound for perfuming and softening bathwater",
|
||
|
|
": any of various synthetic illicit drugs with stimulant and sometimes hallucinogenic properties that are used (as by being injected or snorted) typically in the form of a white or brown crystalline powder",
|
||
|
|
": a usually colored crystalline compound for perfuming and softening bathwater",
|
||
|
|
": any of various synthetic, illicit, stimulant drugs that contain derivatives of cathinone (such as MDPV ) and are typically sold as white or brown crystalline powders"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Thanks to a unique blend of essentials oils, these bath salts strive to help relieve fatigue, soothe sore muscles and joints. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This gift set, complete with great-smelling bath salts , balms, and soap, is all your mother-in-law needs for a much-deserved weekend of rest and relaxation. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After the fire station was decommissioned and the firefighters moved out, the 1946 building was used by a limousine service company and as a bath salts factory and flea market. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Featuring 25 of Acqua di Parma\u2019s signature scents, easily transition your bathroom to a spa with their Arancia di Capri Shower Gel, Colonia shampoo, conditioner, and bath salts . \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Beauty essentials make for the perfect stocking stuffers, and Amazon is chock-full of everything from bath salts to shampoos to hot tools, that the beauty lover in your family would be so ecstatic to receive. \u2014 Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The shop has its own line of men\u2019s products \u2013 or muscle soaks \u2013 that include bath salts , body salts and beard oil. \u2014 cleveland , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Drug checking -- whether with fentanyl test strips or chemical reagents to test for MDMA, bath salts or LSD -- has been utilized in Europe since the 1990s and is starting to find greater practice in the United States. \u2014 Nadia Kounang, CNN , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Bath bombs can have a wide range of ingredients, including bath salts (which can help sooth muscles), food coloring, fragrances and other components. \u2014 Science Buddies, Scientific American , 8 May 2014"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124850"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"batter rule":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an instrument consisting of a rule or frame and a plumb line and bob and used to regulate the batter of a wall in building"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"batter entry 4"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-130211"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bandar-e Khomeyni":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
"town and port at the head of the Persian Gulf east-northeast of Abadan in southwestern Iran population 67,000":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-k\u014d-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u0259n-d\u0259r(-\u0113)-\u02cc\u1e35\u014d-m\u0101-\u02c8n\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105105"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bandello":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"biographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
"Matteo 1485\u20131561 Italian writer":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"ban-\u02c8de-(\u02cc)l\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"b\u00e4n-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105149"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"baptistery":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a part of a church or formerly a separate building used for baptism":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"especially Southern \u02c8bab-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bap-t\u0259-str\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In a frenzy of competitive energy, the city\u2019s guilds lavished attention on its unfinished cathedral, its neighboring baptistery and the former granary-turned-church of Orsanmichele. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Its sixth-century baptistery is said to be one of the best examples of its kind in the country. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The men changed clothes in a dressing room on one side of the baptistery ; women on the other. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"There is no longer a permanent pastor, though, and the full-immersion baptistery has fallen out of use. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The Neonian Baptistry, one of eight UNESCO monuments in the city, is considered one of the most complete surviving examples of an early Christian baptistery . \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Built on ruins of a 4th-century Roman temple, the building became the city\u2019s cathedral in 1059 and eventually the official baptistery in 1128. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Amid alleys crammed with gelato shops, caf\u00e9s, and souvenir stores, fifth- and sixth-century churches, mausoleums, and baptisteries stand out with their ochre and fawn facades. \u2014 Prathap Nair, National Geographic , 20 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Visitors can purchase combination tickets that include entrance to multiple attractions, including the baptistery . \u2014 Prathap Nair, National Geographic , 20 Aug. 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
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},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105215"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bagobo":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a predominantly pagan people inhabiting southern Mindanao, Philippines":[],
|
||
|
|
": a member of such people":[],
|
||
|
|
": the Austronesian language of the Bagobo people":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259\u02c8g\u014d(\u02cc)b\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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||
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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||
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105635"
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},
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"Barbary lion":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the North African lion":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105719"
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}
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}
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