dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/loc_MW.json

{
  "LOC":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "in the place":[],
      "letter of credit":[],
      "local":[],
      "location":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095631",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ]
  },
  "Lochaber ax":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a weapon formerly used by Scottish Highlanders consisting of a pole with a long ax head often provided with a hook at its end":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Lochaber , district in Scotland":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u00e4\u1e35\u02c8|\u00e4b\u0259(r)-",
      "|ab\u0259(r)-",
      "l\u00e4\u02c8k|"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165348",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "loc cit":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "in the place cited":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin loco citato":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134039",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ]
  },
  "loca":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of loca plural of locus"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-183410",
    "type":[]
  },
  "local":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a local or particular branch, lodge, or chapter of an organization (such as a labor union)":[],
      ": a local person or thing: such as":[],
      ": a local public conveyance (such as a train or an elevator)":[],
      ": a nearby or neighborhood pub":[],
      ": characterized by or relating to position in space : having a definite spatial form or location":[],
      ": involving or affecting only a restricted part of the organism : topical":[
        "a local anesthetic"
      ],
      ": making all the stops on a route":[],
      ": of or relating to telephone communication within a specified area":[],
      ": of, relating to, or applicable to part of a whole":[],
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular place : not general or widespread":[],
      ": primarily serving the needs of a particular limited district":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "We had dinner at a local restaurant.",
      "The police have arrested a local man for the crime.",
      "This is a local shop for local people: we don't get many outsiders here.",
      "She took the local bus.",
      "Noun",
      "He's the president of the union local at the factory.",
      "the truck drivers are members of Local 349 of the Teamsters' Union",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com are news platforms, and our specialty, as a major regional newsroom, is providing local and Ohio news that our readers cannot find elsewhere. \u2014 cleveland , 25 June 2022",
      "Back to Bond Basics - Bonds are debts issued by corporations, governments, state and local municipalities. \u2014 Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "State and local officials have spent weeks trying to reconcile incomplete and, at times, conflicting reports on the shooting and the questionable police response. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 24 June 2022",
      "Get local and international soccer news once a week in your inbox. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "In addition to facing competition from retail employers, federal agencies also compete with state and local departments that can pay more, offer more full-time positions and better benefits. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "State and local agencies have asked the Texas Attorney General to rule on what records can be released amid the ongoing investigation. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
      "Federal, state and local governments should view the latest heat waves as a wake-up call to develop a long-term strategy to help low-income families adapt to rising temperatures. \u2014 Mark Wolfe For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "Monkeypox testing is handled by 86 mostly state and local public health labs, with capacity for more than 8,000 tests a week, according to the CDC. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In 2021, workers at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, voted in favor of joining a local of the Service Employees International Union. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
      "Hoeks will play Nina, an intriguing local who helps him in his research and grows closer to him and his daughter as the situation gets increasingly out of control. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "In fact, the only true local who gets much color at all is Mary (Lily-Rose Aslandogdu, excellent), a young girl whose older sister seemingly got taken by the serpent and is now convinced it\u2019s coming for her next. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 12 May 2022",
      "As a Penang local , Ms. Yap considers dusky langurs an important part of her natural heritage. \u2014 Charukesi Ramadurai, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "In 2017, Rob Arnold, a local of Cornwall, and 12 other volunteers collected about six million pieces of microplastics from a beach near his home, reported Inverse's Nick Lucchesi at the time. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "In Thormeier\u2019s backpack, the Lakeland local carried a rubber duck, one of the iconic dolphin\u2019s favorite toys, and a framed collage of photos that her 17-year-old daughter took of Winter. \u2014 Bernadette Berdychowski, orlandosentinel.com , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "There is already talk within the local of trying to unseat Thom Davis, an ally of Loeb\u2019s who has served as business representative since 1998. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Perdue was a Michigan local who attended the University of Dallas and worked as a realtor since 2012, according to his company profile. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 14 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1591, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English localle , from Late Latin localis , from Latin locus place \u2014 more at stall":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "affiliate",
      "branch",
      "cell",
      "chapter",
      "council"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102242",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "local agent":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person or firm authorized to act as agent for one or more property insurance companies in a particular community and usually paid by commission":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204112",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "local allegiance":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": allegiance due to the government of a state in which an alien temporarily resides":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192832",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "local anesthesia":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": loss of sensation in a limited and usually superficial area produced especially by an anesthetic affecting only a part of the body":[
        "This procedure is usually performed under local anesthesia , and can be done by a dermatologist or plastic surgeon on an outpatient basis.",
        "\u2014 Consumer Reports"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare general anesthesia":[
        "This procedure is usually performed under local anesthesia , and can be done by a dermatologist or plastic surgeon on an outpatient basis.",
        "\u2014 Consumer Reports"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1867, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112003",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "local area network":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a network of personal computers in a small area (such as an office) for sharing resources (such as a printer) or exchanging data":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All of these describe private cellular, which effectively takes cellular technology and repurposes it for use on your enterprise local area network (LAN). \u2014 Jennifer Minella, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "When the devices, intended to remain on local area networks , become exposed to the public Internet, perhaps unintentionally through misconfigurations, that's when problems arise. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 19 Sep. 2019",
      "Basically, Oppo devices will be able to create ad hoc local area networks across a wide area and communicate directly to each other without the need for base stations. \u2014 Sam Byford, The Verge , 26 June 2019",
      "The standards are organized into groups; IEEE 802 covers all local area network standards. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 3 Oct. 2018",
      "Dial-up Wide-Area Network Game Operation\u2014service, which launched in 1994, though the most popular (and most fun) way of playing was to have a LAN ( local area network ) party in which players tethered their computers and blasted away at each other. \u2014 The Strong Museum Of Play, Ars Technica , 2 June 2018",
      "So in addition to the radio network backbone, Cisco and Dimension Data installed wired local area networks at each of the reserve's four vehicle gates. \u2014 Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica , 6 June 2018",
      "For the first time, researchers have exploited the Rowhammer memory-chip weakness using nothing more than network packets sent over a local area network . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 10 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1969, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211918",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "local authority":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an organization that is in charge of the public services for a community":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080951",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "local celebrity":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": someone whom everyone in the area knows or recognizes":[
        "She's become something of a local celebrity ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035441",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "local color":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the presentation of the features and peculiarities of a particular locality and its inhabitants in writing":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a writer who uses local color in his stories",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Go readers want to hear\u2014some local color to accentuate the foreignness. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Joseph wanted this home in Livingston Manor to feel steeped in the hamlet's local color . \u2014 Raina Kattelson, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "The American might have carried more prestige, but the local color writers were just as widely read, and their work stands as the postwar era\u2019s most important form of short fiction. \u2014 Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
      "That sets him apart, at least, from the customary authors of similar screeds, visitors from outside parachuting in for a week or two to sponge up local color for their takes. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 July 2021",
      "Taken together, the aim is to combine excellence and local color . \u2014 Laurie Werner, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
      "Both exhibitions emphasize van Gogh as a lone, tortured genius rather than a figure of history, and both imply through their editing and exposition that his thick outlines and non- local color were a spontaneous outpouring of his soul. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 9 June 2021",
      "The flight includes scenes above Niagara Falls, Mount Rushmore and, for local color , Bristol Motor Speedway. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 31 May 2021",
      "Watching the film is such an intense experience that most of its flaws fall away and its red herrings serve only to enhance the local color . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 20 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1829, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215132",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "local colorist":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a writer who makes much use of local color especially as derived from the quaint or picturesque":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105458",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locale":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a place or locality especially when viewed in relation to a particular event or characteristic":[
        "chose a tropical island as the locale for their wedding"
      ],
      ": site , scene":[
        "the locale of a story"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "They chose a tropical island as the locale for their wedding.",
      "the locale of the story",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The inclusion of Meta, Microsoft, and video game developer Epic Games hopefully signals that the tech powers do not envision the metaverse as a closed-off, oligopolistic locale , where two or three companies control the entire ecosystem. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
      "The half-hour episodes have a distinctive spirit \u2014 a kitchen-centric locale , a dramatic mood with a side of black comedy, some overlapping dialogue, and a sometimes surreal but always fast-paced feel. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
      "This study did not focus on cause of death, but the local-level, detailed data on life expectancy could support targeted efforts to eliminate the disparities leading to shorter lives, which differ by locale . \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 18 June 2022",
      "The locale , undeniably majestic, also plays host to petty crime and moral chaos. \u2014 Bob Verini, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Imperioli is set to play a character named Dominic Di Grasso, who travels to an unknown (although likely fancy and exotic) locale with his elderly father and recent college graduate son. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Retailer options vary by locale , so check here to see what's available in your area. \u2014 Louryn Strampe, Wired , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "It\u2019s not only Sherman Edwards\u2019s lyrics that unsettle with newfound verve, especially in a New England locale such as Cambridge, Boston\u2019s next-door neighbor. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "And the right kind of interpreter can mine magic from this kind of locale and its abundant clich\u00e9s. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "modification of French local , from local , adjective":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u014d-\u02c8kal"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "emplacement",
      "locality",
      "location",
      "locus",
      "place",
      "point",
      "position",
      "site",
      "spot",
      "venue",
      "where"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173649",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "localism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a local idiom":[],
      ": a local peculiarity of speaking or acting":[],
      ": affection or partiality for a particular place : sectionalism":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Environmentalism and localism are the twin pillars of the resort. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
      "Tocqueville believed the Americans had headed off this trajectory with their localism , their culture of rights, and their constitutionalism. \u2014 Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The far-right candidate facing French President Emmanuel Macron in a runoff election favors picturesque localism : no wind turbines or immigrants. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "But while these national-scale projects differ in size from the architect's schools and health centers, his approach remains rooted in localism . \u2014 CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "American conservatives\u2019 commitment to personal virtue, voluntary associations, self-government, localism , federalism, capitalism, and textualism is the consequence not merely of an understanding of human nature. \u2014 Andy Smarick, National Review , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "This situation speaks to the localism of the Roman West beneath its imperial carapace. \u2014 Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
      "Indeed, Aagaard and Nordskaug are focused on localism . \u2014 Vogue , 25 Aug. 2021",
      "Unfortunately, there appears to be a concerted effort to move the United States rapidly away from localism toward statism. \u2014 Robert Brooks, National Review , 28 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1823, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-k\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190032",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "localist":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that attributes the origin of disease to local causes":[],
      ": one that is strongly or unduly concerned with purely local matters":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074216",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "localistic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": locally oriented or limited : concerned or associated with a particular locality":[
        "a localistic theory of disease",
        "the colonist's localistic defense of home",
        "\u2014 W. L. Miller"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6l\u014dk\u0259\u00a6listik",
      "-t\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191653",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "localite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a native or resident of the locality under consideration : local":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "visitors to the Florida Keys soon learn that \u201cconch\u201d is a term for a localite as well as a mollusk",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Our list of hard studying localites include, from Beachwood, Celia Edelstein and Dorian Miller. \u2014 Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com , 26 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1951, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-k\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "local",
      "native",
      "townie",
      "towny",
      "year-rounder"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094143",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "localitis":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": undue concern (as on the part of a military commander) with a particular area or the problems of a particular situation resulting in failure to visualize adequately the whole of which it is a part":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "local entry 1 + -itis":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231743",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locality":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a particular place, situation, or location":[],
      ": the fact or condition of having a location in space or time":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The plant has only been found in one locality .",
      "a locality with high housing prices",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Consider the branding upsides of partnering with genuine people who genuinely care about their locality , are known for their local/regional expertise and/or are strongly associated with the area. \u2014 Danielle Wiley, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The divide falls along partisan lines, although not perfectly: Almost every district that opted to make masks optional is in a locality that voted for Youngkin in the 2021 gubernatorial election. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Hotel Luc is part of Autograph Collection Hotels, which handpicks hotels that are intimately connected to the history and culture of their surroundings, and, in turn, become part of the locality \u2019s fabric. \u2014 Laura Parker, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Depending on the business in question and the locality of its IT systems, the impact that climate bears upon business continuity will vary. \u2014 Emil Sayegh, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Everybody wins: the locality sells land and gets free infrastructure. \u2014 Anne Stevenson-yang, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "The ability to track specific variants through sequencing -- and send samples and data to the CDC -- still varies from one level of government to the next, and depends largely on the resources a locality or state has at their disposal. \u2014 ABC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Inclusionary zoning programs in general produce very few units as a percentage of a locality \u2019s total housing stock. \u2014 Emily Hamilton, The Conversation , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "If your business trades in a particular town, region or other locality , making references to it on your web pages is a great and simple way to increase your site\u2019s relevance in local searches. \u2014 Hugo Lesser, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u014d-\u02c8ka-l\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "emplacement",
      "locale",
      "location",
      "locus",
      "place",
      "point",
      "position",
      "site",
      "spot",
      "venue",
      "where"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201256",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "localize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to accumulate in or be restricted to a specific or limited area":[
        "an infection that localizes in the ear"
      ],
      ": to assign to or keep within a definite locality":[],
      ": to make local : orient locally":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Doctors are trying to localize the infection by using antibiotics.",
      "The computer technician was able to localize the fault quickly.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Murdock\u2019s efforts to localize and nationalize this study. \u2014 Beatrice Peterson, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
      "To localize merchandise and product choices, Peeba\u2019s platform uses AI to understand retail trends and provide recommendations based on other local sellers' purchases and trends locally to match data from other brands and retailers. \u2014 Tiffany Lung, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "The government, in an effort to capitalize on the global coffee craze, plans to localize production. \u2014 Hadas Gold And Abeer Salman, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "Other manufacturers taking steps to localize more jobs include Volkswagen AG, the biggest foreign auto maker in China. \u2014 Yoko Kubota, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
      "To help localize the origin of a patient\u2019s seizures prior to removing brain tissue to potentially help their epilepsy, Ojemann and Ko temporarily implant small, metal electrodes on top of and within the patient\u2019s brain. \u2014 David Caldwell, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The company also plans to localize suppliers in the U.S. by continuing to grow collaboration efforts with the top battery-technology companies in the world. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The groups behind the new polling support Biden\u2019s messaging so far, but say that more needs to be done to localize the messaging so that voters can understand the direct implications of climate policy in their own lives. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "To localize its products, Florasis used the power of social media and marketing influencers. \u2014 Earl Carr, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1792, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-k\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001550",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "localized vector":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a vector (as a force) requiring for its description not only its magnitude and direction but also its axis, the line along which its representative segment lies":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073330",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180550",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "localled":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of localled past tense of local"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181929",
    "type":[]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "miss",
      "overlook",
      "pass over"
    ],
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      ": to determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of":[
        "locate the lines of the property."
      ],
      ": to establish oneself or one's business : settle":[
        "The company will locate north of the city."
      ],
      ": to find or fix the place of especially in a sequence : classify":[
        "locating the reigns of the pastoral kings"
      ],
      ": to seek out and determine the location of":[
        "Try to locate the source of the sound."
      ],
      ": to set or establish in a particular spot : station":[
        "located the clock in the exact center of the mantel"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We tried to locate the border of the property.",
      "Can you locate your town on the map",
      "The missing boy was located by police in the woods.",
      "The mechanic is still trying to locate the source of the problem.",
      "Reporters have been unable to locate the mayor for his comments.",
      "The company chose to locate its factory near the airport.",
      "The company located near the airport.",
      "His parents located in Ohio.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Moses has helped locate a mushroom hunter who\u2019d lost his way while foraging for spring morels, and a few college students lugging Walmart gear with the tags still attached, confused and separated from the rest of their group. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
      "Fifteen members of the state\u2019s congressional delegation and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot are throwing their support behind the effort to locate the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health in the Chicago area. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
      "Try to locate another Organic Balm with more than 4% CBD. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Crates littered the road as troopers searched for monkeys on foot, and firefighters used thermal imaging and a helicopter to try to locate the animals. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Valley Township firefighters used thermal imaging to try to locate the animals, and a helicopter also assisted, the Press Enterprise newspaper of Bloomsburg reported. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Valley Township firefighters used thermal imaging to try to locate the animals, and a helicopter also assisted, the Press Enterprise newspaper of Bloomsburg reported. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Valley Township firefighters used thermal imaging to try to locate the animals, and a helicopter also assisted, the Press Enterprise newspaper of Bloomsburg reported. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Cyberattackers prey on vulnerabilities and will try to locate any IoT device at risk. \u2014 Sean Mcdermott, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin locatus , past participle of locare to place, from locus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ascertain",
      "descry",
      "detect",
      "determine",
      "dig out",
      "dig up",
      "discover",
      "dredge (up)",
      "ferret (out)",
      "find",
      "find out",
      "get",
      "hit (on ",
      "hunt (down ",
      "learn",
      "nose out",
      "root (out)",
      "rout (out)",
      "rummage",
      "run down",
      "scare up",
      "scout (up)",
      "track (down)",
      "turn up"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112337",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "location":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a place outside a motion-picture studio where a picture or part of it is filmed":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase on location Parts of the movie were filmed on location in the desert."
      ],
      ": a position or site occupied or available for occupancy or marked by some distinguishing feature : situation":[
        "Much of the charm of the house is in its location ."
      ],
      ": a tract of land designated for a purpose":[
        "the location for a mining claim"
      ],
      ": farm , station":[],
      ": the act or process of locating":[
        "Fog made the location of the harbor difficult."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "This is a lovely location for a house.",
      "The store has a new location .",
      "The company is moving its factory to a different location .",
      "Radar established the precise location of the aircraft.",
      "All of his movies feature lavish sets and exotic locations .",
      "The picture was filmed on location in the desert.",
      "Fog made location of the harbor difficult.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The interactive display is near the new Andrew J. Brady Music Center, but the significance of the location does not end there. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
      "The second location is planned for N90 W14507 Commerce Drive. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
      "In this vacation home in Maui, Hawaii designed by Breeze Giannasio Interiors, everything feels location -specific without being too theme-y. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
      "Investigators tried to ping his phone for location and tried to access the vehicle's system for GPS data but didn't find any. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
      "Marine biologists speculated that the whup and grumble sounds of humpback whales at Vema Seamount may indicate the location \u2019s importance to the whales, who were also observed making previously unheard gunshot sounds. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "In 1944, the Sherman Company donated about 400 acres to the city of Los Angeles, which included the sign\u2019s location . \u2014 Kenan Draughornestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
      "The Utah Department of Transportation and Utah Highway Patrol have closed I-80 eastbound near the fire\u2019s location . \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Controlling the audio is a seven-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay, navigation and a connected Ride Command+ system with live traffic information, weather overlays and a feature that tracks the bike\u2019s location . \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1568, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "emplacement",
      "locale",
      "locality",
      "locus",
      "place",
      "point",
      "position",
      "site",
      "spot",
      "venue",
      "where"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213020",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locellate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": divided into locelli":[
        "\u2014 often used in combination a bi locellate ovary"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin locell us + English -ate":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307t",
      "l\u014d\u02c8se(\u02cc)l\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051315",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "locellus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a secondary compartment of a unilocular ovary of various legumes formed by a false partition":[],
      ": either of the two cavities of a pollen sac":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Late Latin, compartment, diminutive of Latin locus place":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-el\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100030",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "loch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bay or arm of the sea especially when nearly landlocked":[],
      ": lake":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "in his biography of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell tells of being conducted by a Scottish boatman \u201cacross one of the lochs , as they call them, or arms of the sea\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With its very own loch , the surrounding area is rich with hunting and fishing activities. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "This small loch in the heart of the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands comes into its own in late summer, when the flies die down and the crowds head home. \u2014 Joe Minihane, CNN , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Tourists have long flocked to Drumnadrochit and other towns along the loch for a glimpse of whatever might be lurking in the water. \u2014 James Hookway, WSJ , 30 July 2021",
      "Clay pigeon shooting, archery and falconry are available on the estate with trout fishing accessible on the loch . \u2014 Laurie Werner, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
      "Mysterious little asides appear between each chapter, in which the woodland creatures around the loch give silent and often creepy watch over the humans\u2019 goings-on. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "But the loch itself is also a beautiful part of Scotland\u2019s stunning landscape. \u2014 Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure , 11 Apr. 2020",
      "Kelpie, a flame-haired Scot, is modeled on mythical sirens who would lure the unsuspecting to a watery death in a Scottish loch . \u2014 James Hookway, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2020",
      "It\u2019s as cold as the waters of that loch , and nowhere near as lucid. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English (Scots) louch , from Scottish Gaelic loch ; akin to Latin lacus lake \u2014 more at lake":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4\u1e35",
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "arm",
      "bay",
      "bight",
      "cove",
      "creek",
      "embayment",
      "estuary",
      "firth",
      "fjord",
      "fiord",
      "gulf",
      "inlet"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165802",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lochage":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the commander of a lochus":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek lochagos , from lochos + -agos (from agein to lead, drive)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4kij"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033756",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lochan":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small lake":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1670, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Scottish Gaelic, diminutive of loch":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4-\u1e35\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115641",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lock":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cohering bunch (as of wool, cotton, or flax) : tuft":[],
      ": a fastening (as for a door) operated by a key or a combination":[],
      ": a locking or fastening together":[],
      ": a tuft, tress, or ringlet of hair":[],
      ": air lock":[],
      ": an enclosure (as in a canal) with gates at each end used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level":[],
      ": an intricate mass of objects impeding each other (as in a traffic jam)":[],
      ": dreadlock sense 2":[],
      ": interlace , interlock":[],
      ": one that is assured of success or favorable outcome":[],
      ": the hair of the head":[],
      ": the mechanism for exploding the charge or cartridge of a firearm":[],
      ": to acquire (something, such as a target or signal) automatically using a sensor (such as radar)":[],
      ": to be capable of being locked":[],
      ": to become locked":[],
      ": to come into conflict":[],
      ": to fasten in or out or to make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of locks":[
        "locked himself away from the curious world"
      ],
      ": to fasten the lock of":[],
      ": to fix in a particular situation or method of operation":[
        "a team firmly locked in last place"
      ],
      ": to go or pass by means of a lock (as in a canal)":[],
      ": to hold in a close embrace":[],
      ": to invest (capital) without assurance of easy convertibility into money":[],
      ": to make fast with or as if with a lock":[
        "lock up the house"
      ],
      ": to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts":[
        "lock wheels",
        "lock a knee"
      ],
      ": to move or permit to pass (something, such as a ship) by raising or lowering in a lock":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They locked the door when they left and unlocked it when they returned.",
      "She locked the bicycle to the railing with a chain.",
      "He forgot to lock the car.",
      "The car locks automatically when you start the engine.",
      "The wheels locked and the car skidded off the road.",
      "They were locked in each other's arms.",
      "She locked her hands around the steering wheel.",
      "The file is locked for editing."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lok , from Old English loc ; akin to Old High German loh enclosure and perhaps to Old English locc lock of hair":"Noun",
      "Middle English lok , from Old English locc ; akin to Old High German loc lock, Greek lygos withe, Latin luxus dislocated":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223311",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "lock (up)":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act of locking : the state of being locked":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bastille",
      "big house",
      "bridewell",
      "brig",
      "calaboose",
      "can",
      "clink",
      "cooler",
      "coop",
      "guardroom",
      "hock",
      "hold",
      "hoosegow",
      "jail",
      "jailhouse",
      "joint",
      "jug",
      "nick",
      "pen",
      "penitentiary",
      "pokey",
      "prison",
      "quod",
      "slam",
      "slammer",
      "stir",
      "stockade",
      "tolbooth"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Want loud exhaust with soft suspension and aggressive lockup from the diff",
      "The night before, 28-year-old Adam Jamal Isom, convicted of murder, was also found dead at the downtown lockup . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Lawmakers in Louisiana passed new restrictions on the use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities following an investigation by NBC News, ProPublica and The Marshall Project into harsh conditions in a youth lockup . \u2014 Erin Einhorn, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
      "Included in the filing were two reports from doctors who evaluated Kelly in the federal lockup in Brooklyn late last month, Bonjean said. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
      "Like everyone on Paperny\u2019s consulting team, Rouse has served time in federal lockup . \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "If not, a judge may have to hear evidence and decide whether Gendron can remain in the county lockup , where he has been held without bail since his arraignment hours after the shooting. \u2014 Shayna Jacobs, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Campos was then held in the Gresham District station\u2019s lockup for about five hours. \u2014 Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "The stock sank to an all-time low Monday, after reports that Ford\u2014an early investor in Rivian\u2014sold about 8% of its stockholdings, following the expiration of a post-IPO lockup period. \u2014 Sean Mclain, WSJ , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160148"
  },
  "locked jaw":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of locked jaw variant of lockjaw"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133942",
    "type":[]
  },
  "locked jury":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a jury considering a case under orders not to separate and to communicate with no one except the court or its officers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051358",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locked-in":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": not subject to adjustment : fixed":[
        "locked-in interest rates"
      ],
      ": unable or unwilling to shift invested funds because of the tax effect of realizing capital gains":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4kt-\u02c8in",
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02c8tin"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133643",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "locked-wire rope":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rope especially adapted for haulage and rope transmission having a smooth cylindrical surface and made by drawing the outer wires to such shape that each one interlocks with the other so that the wires lie in concentric layers about a wire core":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053559",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a chest or compartment on shipboard for compact stowage of articles":[],
      ": a refrigerated compartment or room for the storage of fresh or frozen foods":[
        "a meat locker"
      ],
      ": one that locks":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the enlisted man usually stored his uniform in his locker at the foot of his bed",
      "a down-at-the heels health club where most of the lockers look to be unusable",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just after 7:30, lightning struck nearby, forcing fansout of the stadium and both teams back to their locker rooms. \u2014 Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun , 2 July 2022",
      "Coach Marc Crawford elbowed Ward, already dressed after his ejection, in the ribs in the hallway leading to the locker rooms. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
      "Fans on social media quickly share photos and videos from players\u2019 30-second walks to the locker rooms from cars or team buses at N.B.A. arenas. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
      "The second prong states that the school must provide equal benefits and treatment in matters such as marketing, locker rooms, recruiting, coaches\u2019 salaries and other aspects of the sport. \u2014 Lori Riley, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
      "Additionally, Alabama enacted two new laws that both banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, and restricted transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. \u2014 Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
      "With a price tag of $45 million, the 53,000 square foot facility offers not only practice courts and weight rooms, but also upscale locker rooms, a players lounge and natural light. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "Oklahoma is on the brink of enforcing a law that would require transgender students at public schools and public charter schools to use restrooms and locker rooms that do not match their gender identity. \u2014 Anne Branigin, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "And, as a result, curvy clients are left feeling both literally and figuratively exposed in common areas like locker rooms and lounges. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bin",
      "box",
      "caddy",
      "case",
      "casket",
      "chest",
      "trunk"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161728",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locker paper":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a flexible protective paper for wrapping food for quick-freezing and storage":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052146",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locker plant":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a refrigeration and storage establishment consisting of quick-freezing equipment and storage lockers rentable for food storage":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072448",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locker-room":{
    "antonyms":[
      "clean",
      "decent",
      "G-rated",
      "nonobscene",
      "wholesome"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Ravens celebrate in the locker room with the divisional trophy after winning the AFC Championship Game against the Oakland Raiders. \u2014 Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
      "But the day before, in that locker room , Biggie was riding a stationary bike. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
      "He's provided a veteran presence on the floor and mentorship in the locker room , and is comfortable playing under his former coach with the Toronto Raptors, Dwane Casey. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
      "When asked pregame whether the mood in the locker room was angry or nervous, Celtics coach Ime Udoka didn't flinch. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "While the Commanders players asked about Del Rio's remarks declined comment or brushed off their significance in the locker room , multiple Virginia lawmakers expressed concern about the team's latest in a long line of offseason issues. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "While the Commanders players asked about Del Rio\u2019s remarks declined comment or brushed off their significance in the locker room , multiple Virginia lawmakers expressed concern about the team\u2019s latest in a long line of offseason issues. \u2014 Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "The Celtics should be applying Krazy Glue to their fingertips in the locker room . \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
      "How could anyone expect Ime Udoka to walk into that locker room and command any"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1870, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1921, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4-k\u0259-",
      "\u02c8l\u00e4-k\u0259r-\u02ccr\u00fcm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bawdy",
      "blue",
      "coarse",
      "crude",
      "dirty",
      "filthy",
      "foul",
      "gross",
      "gutter",
      "impure",
      "indecent",
      "lascivious",
      "lewd",
      "nasty",
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      "X-rated"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044700",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a mode of marching in step by a body of persons going one after another as closely as possible":[],
      ": a standard method or procedure that is mindlessly adhered to or that minimizes individuality":[],
      ": in perfect or rigid often mindless conformity or unison":[
        "politicians marching in lockstep with the party line"
      ]
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      "followed the lockstep that had been in his family for generations: prep school, Ivy League university, job on Wall Street",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This narrows the range of light that the tapetum can reflect, tightening around blue wavelengths, in lockstep with the fading sun. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022",
      "Hong Kong\u2019s monetary policy moves in lockstep with the Fed, as its currency is pegged to the US dollar in a tight range. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 15 June 2022",
      "The stETH token has historically traded in lockstep with ether's spot market price. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "McDowell shared Garcia's hope that Keith Pelley, who heads the DP World Tour, wouldn't simply follow in lockstep with the PGA Tour and ban the participants in LIV Golf from competing on their home circuit. \u2014 Adam Schupak, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
      "In lockstep with Penske's record-setting total purse, Ericsson took home $3.1 million, the highest payday for a 500 winner in the race's history. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 30 May 2022",
      "Today Scientific American has fallen in lockstep with those who proclaim guns to be a public-health menace, believing, in short, that people don\u2019t kill people, guns do. \u2014 Mark Yost, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "Can\u2019t the truck figure out that the output and input rates are ramping up in lockstep to sniff out this inane behavior",
      "Nobel winning economist William Nordhaus pointed out that oil prices around the world move in lockstep no matter the grade, quality, interruptions or changing conditions. \u2014 Ed Hirs, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
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      "routine",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180242",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act of locking : the state of being locked":[]
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      "\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02cc\u0259p"
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      "brig",
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      "can",
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      "joint",
      "jug",
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      "penitentiary",
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      "prison",
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      "stir",
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Want loud exhaust with soft suspension and aggressive lockup from the diff",
      "The night before, 28-year-old Adam Jamal Isom, convicted of murder, was also found dead at the downtown lockup . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Lawmakers in Louisiana passed new restrictions on the use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities following an investigation by NBC News, ProPublica and The Marshall Project into harsh conditions in a youth lockup . \u2014 Erin Einhorn, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
      "Included in the filing were two reports from doctors who evaluated Kelly in the federal lockup in Brooklyn late last month, Bonjean said. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
      "Like everyone on Paperny\u2019s consulting team, Rouse has served time in federal lockup . \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "If not, a judge may have to hear evidence and decide whether Gendron can remain in the county lockup , where he has been held without bail since his arraignment hours after the shooting. \u2014 Shayna Jacobs, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Campos was then held in the Gresham District station\u2019s lockup for about five hours. \u2014 Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "The stock sank to an all-time low Monday, after reports that Ford\u2014an early investor in Rivian\u2014sold about 8% of its stockholdings, following the expiration of a post-IPO lockup period. \u2014 Sean Mclain, WSJ , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155248"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in the register as written":[
        "\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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      ": locoism":[],
      ": locoweed":[],
      ": mentally disordered : crazy , frenzied":[],
      ": to make frenzied or crazy":[],
      ": to poison with locoweed":[]
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      "Verb",
      "years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher",
      "Adjective",
      "The crowd went loco when she walked out on the stage.",
      "He's not just weird, he's positively loco .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Or fresh-cut strawberries covered in a thin layer of cream or even elotes loco , the popular street snack that puts a fright wig of condiments on a humble ear of corn. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "The Passion mango is a variation of the popular mangoneada or mango loco flavor, which often includes fresh pieces of mango laced with fruity Chamoy sauce and Tajin chile powder. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Professional and amateur cooks compete for bragging rights in this festival and cook-off devoted to the homey South Texas staple fideo loco . \u2014 Jim Kiest And Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Look for future specials like a curry loco moco with Japanese curry instead of the typical gravy. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "Raspados Imperial has both a mango loco and a passion mango flavor on their menu. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "When Morning Wood returns, so will its popular loco moco, matcha mochi pancakes and Japanese breakfast with housemade Portuguese sausage. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 July 2021",
      "While the plantations eventually closed, the plate lunch endured, moving to food carts and later stand-alone restaurants, which also expanded the cultural fusion with items like loco moco, the ultimate Hawaiian comfort food. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Jan. 2021",
      "And Alvarado would give away fideo loco to keep people grooving. \u2014 Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com , 17 Dec. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Real investors survey the landscape and look for signs of a market gone loco . \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 2 July 2017",
      "As one of my colleagues said, this was straight loco . \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, New Republic , 28 July 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1786, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective",
      "1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1852, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian dialect, there, from Latin in loco in the place":"Adverb or adjective",
      "Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, crazy":"Noun",
      "Spanish":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "crack",
      "craze",
      "derange",
      "frenzy",
      "madden",
      "unbalance",
      "unhinge",
      "unstring"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065703",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb or adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act or the power of moving from place to place":[],
      ": travel":[
        "interest in free locomotion and choice of occupation",
        "\u2014 Zechariah Chafee Jr."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Walking is one form of locomotion .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most people use walking as their primary form of locomotion . \u2014 Daryl Perry, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
      "In a contest of humans against all other animals in the efficiency of locomotion , humans on foot are about as ungainly, or gainly, as sheep. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "King is interested in giving locomotion , a story, to the male nude. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "This kind of information is vital for those who want to replicate bipedal locomotion . \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Mechanical interactions that began at the level of a single cilium, and then multiplied over millions of cells and extended to higher levels of structure, fully explained the coordinated locomotion of the entire animal. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The right balance between those two parameters (calculated from experimental measurements of the cilia\u2019s orientation, height and beat frequency) resulted in regular locomotion , with each cilium sticking and then lifting away, like a leg. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "For the first time in history, people would become dependent for their locomotion on a commercial source of energy. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Creating spaces for other kinds of locomotion \u2014 cyclists, bipeds, wheelchairs, skateboards, scooters \u2014 is an act of world building. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin locus + English motion":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u014d-k\u0259-\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103118",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a school or college cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed":[],
      ": a self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails and is used for moving railroad cars":[],
      ": locomotory":[],
      ": of or relating to travel":[],
      ": of, relating to, or being a machine that moves about by operation of its own mechanism":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the locomotive ability of spiders",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The pulsing headlight of a vintage 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive had appeared on the horizon. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "The event is offered in partnership with the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and features rides aboard the Nickel Plate Steam Locomotive No. 765, a Berkshire steam locomotive once known for its advanced technology and aesthetics. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 12 May 2022",
      "Guests can choose between standard class, which comes with bench-style seating just behind the locomotive , or caboose seating for an even more historic adventure. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Rather than Disney-centric, it's being touted as reminiscent of rail travel in the 1920s, complete with buses wrapped as locomotive or passenger cars and drivers and staff dressed as conductors and engineers. \u2014 Britt Kennerly, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "Another storytelling song with locomotive drive and classic country appeal. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
      "Families looking to escape arrived in Texas to work the railroads, then eventually came to the western Illinois town of Silvis, where Rock Island had a major locomotive repair facility in need of cheap labor. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
      "How much locomotive force do their beaks provide compared to their legs",
      "The collision between the locomotive and the heavy equipment happened at 10:38 a.m., according to a Caltrain spokesperson. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Disney feels that the rights its has secured will still act as a locomotive for other content. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 14 June 2022",
      "In Colson Whitehead\u2019s 2016 novel, the figuratively magical network that aided enslaved people in their pursuit of freedom took on a real mythical valence: the miracle of The Underground Railroad was powered by a literal locomotive . \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
      "In the final scene of what is arguably Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s sexiest film, Roger, who likes Eve\u2019s flavor, invites her to his bunk on a steaming locomotive . \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
      "Filmmaker David Leitch assembled quite the starry cast for Bullet Train, his summer popcorn movie about several assassins duking it out on a high-speed locomotive in Japan. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
      "Parallel Systems isn\u2019t just taking an existing freight train and swapping its diesel-electric locomotive for a battery version. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "The snapshot of China\u2019s economy, the main locomotive of global growth in the last few years, adds to expectations that the broader world economic outlook is beginning to dim. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Replacing such a locomotive \u2019s powertrain with Tier 4 technology, costing about $2 million, would reduce its emissions by 89%, according to DAQ. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "That used a 400-kilowatt plug, but later models of Wabtec\u2019s FLXdrive will charge using pantograph technology, reaching down with an arm to touch a contact at the top of the locomotive . \u2014 Khari Johnson, Wired , 4 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u014d-k\u0259-\u02c8m\u014d-tiv",
      "\u02ccl\u014d-k\u0259-\u02c8m\u014dt-iv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114140",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": capable of moving independently from place to place":[
        "locomotory animals"
      ],
      ": locomotor":[
        "locomotory appendages"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But even amongst these exceptions, a triskelion animal with three locomotory limbs, has never appeared. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u014d-k\u0259-\u02c8m\u014d-t\u0259-r\u0113",
      "\u02ccl\u014d-k\u0259-\u02c8m\u014dt-\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125346",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one filling an office for a time or temporarily taking the place of another":[
        "\u2014 used especially of a doctor or clergyman"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'm just a locum tenens , so any major decisions should be deferred until your regular doctor returns from vacation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When Whittingham stepped in as Meyer\u2019s replacement in 2005, there were holes in the program after an undefeated season, and there were many lessons for the locum tenens to learn. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "When service units are forced to hire temporary locum tenens physicians in lieu of decreasing services, the quality of care can change dramatically. \u2014 WSJ , 17 July 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1640, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin, literally, (one) holding a place":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u014d-k\u0259m-\u02c8t\u0113-\u02ccnenz, -n\u0259nz",
      "-n\u0259nz",
      "-\u02c8te-",
      "\u02c8l\u014d-k\u0259m-\u02c8t\u0113-\u02ccnenz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "cover",
      "designated hitter",
      "fill-in",
      "pinch hitter",
      "relief",
      "replacement",
      "reserve",
      "stand-in",
      "sub",
      "substitute"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015221",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a center of activity, attention, or concentration":[
        "in democracy the locus of power is in the people",
        "\u2014 H. G. Rickover"
      ],
      ": the place where something is situated or occurs : site , location":[
        "was the culture of medicine in the beginning dispersed from a single focus or did it arise in several loci ",
        "\u2014 S. C. Harvey"
      ],
      ": the position in a chromosome of a particular gene or allele":[],
      ": the set of all points whose location is determined by stated conditions":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The area became a locus of resistance to the government.",
      "an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At a news conference Monday, Coeur d\u2019Alene Mayor Jim Hammond said the city is no longer a locus of hate. \u2014 Rebecca Boone, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
      "At a news conference Monday, Coeur d'Alene Mayor Jim Hammond said the city is no longer a locus of hate. \u2014 Rebecca Boone, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Today, perhaps the most interesting trends in this regard are the movement of entrepreneurs from California to Texas, and the role of Dubai as a locus for Russian and Indian business people. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "The spider\u2019s web may be properly\u2014meaning not only metaphorically\u2014considered as the locus of its extended cognition. \u2014 Justin E. H. Smith, Wired , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Izium until recently was the locus of Russia\u2019s faltering offensive in Donbas. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Child is not the only locus of attention in the series for older women, a category long overlooked by Hollywood. \u2014 Tara Ellison, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "In it, the singer performs at that locus of American life and TikTok dance videos: the gas station. \u2014 Halle Kiefer, Vulture , 5 Mar. 2021",
      "So that immigrant locus of identity will always be a big part of our population. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin \u2014 more at stall":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-k\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "axis",
      "base",
      "capital",
      "center",
      "central",
      "core",
      "cynosure",
      "epicenter",
      "eye",
      "focus",
      "ground zero",
      "heart",
      "hub",
      "mecca",
      "navel",
      "nerve center",
      "nexus",
      "nucleus",
      "omphalos",
      "seat"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052741",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locution":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": style of discourse : phraseology":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We were taught to avoid certain locutions when speaking.",
      "in the poet's somewhat affected locution , word order is often reversed and so we have \u201cthe sea serene\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In diplomatic memorandums, officials avoided the term military base; the preferred locution was joint communications facility. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "With its mess of divergent voices, picture-poems, and eccentric locutions , the result is baffling, beautiful, and always fascinatingly Notley. \u2014 David Wallace, The New Yorker , 1 Apr. 2020",
      "President Lyndon Baines Johnson was a retro Texan by birth and locution . \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
      "Consider common appeals to allyship and altruism; such locutions convey a sort of optional quality, a moralistic tone, and unreliable trendiness. \u2014 Astra Taylor, The New Republic , 26 Aug. 2019",
      "On this night, Dylan made every word count, and sang with a blues master\u2019s locution . \u2014 Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
      "American English is meant to grow wild and woolly on our shores, spawning dialects and pidgins, wantonly consuming foreign words and locutions , anarchically legitimizing slang and warped grammar. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, WIRED , 28 June 2018",
      "This is an engrossing story, which Wood tells with a mastery of detail and a modern plainness of expression that makes a refreshing contrast with the 18th-century locutions of his subjects. \u2014 Richard Brookhiser, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
      "Over the past decade a new, and very revealing, locution has drifted from our universities into the media mainstream: Speaking as an X\u2026This is not an anodyne phrase. \u2014 Mark Lilla, WSJ , 11 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English locucion, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin loc\u016bti\u014dn-, loc\u016bti\u014d \"act or manner of speaking, phrase, expression,\" from loc\u016b-, variant stem of loqu\u012b \"to speak, talk\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at eloquent":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u014d-\u02c8ky\u00fc-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "fashion",
      "manner",
      "mode",
      "phraseology",
      "style",
      "tone",
      "vein"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031038",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "locatio":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": letting , leasing":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u014d\u02c8k\u00e4t\u0113\u02cc\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin (also, location)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151439"
  },
  "lockout":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the withholding of employment by an employer and the whole or partial closing of the business establishment in order to gain concessions from or resist demands of employees":[],
      ": to subject (a body of employees) to a lockout":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "However, the lockout pushed opening day back by two weeks and as a result, most major league teams won\u2019t play their 81st game until early next week. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
      "But when free agency resumed following the lockout \u2019s end in March, negotiations between the Braves and Freeman\u2019s camp quickly fell apart. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
      "And the reason this hearing is taking place at a unique time is because of the MLB lockout that dragged on through the winter and caused spring training to be delayed by nearly a month. \u2014 Larry Fleisher, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "No statistics or evidence from after March 1 were admissible other than contract and salary comparisons, timing set when Major League Baseball and the players\u2019 association agreed to the deal that ended the lockout . \u2014 Wire Reports, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "Next up: an unusual in-season arbitration hearing Friday \u2014 rulings are usually made in the offseason but were pushed past opening day due to the sport\u2019s labor lockout . \u2014 Jake Seiner, Chron , 23 June 2022",
      "Owners and players exited the lockout with something, but, hey, what about us",
      "The deadline has been moved back a couple of times to give teams more time to recover from the lockout . \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "The spirit and structures of transparency, consultation and collaboration that emerged from the lockout served the orchestra then and during the pandemic. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1853, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151922"
  },
  "locoweed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several leguminous plants (genera Astragalus and Oxytropis ) of western North America that cause locoism especially in livestock":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02ccw\u0113d"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The unincorporated community got its name after the locoweed , a common North American poisonous plant synonymous for causing livestock to grow weak and lose muscular control. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "The drug is usually produced from wild hemp or locoweed which can be found on vacant lots and along railroad tracks in every state. \u2014 Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics , 20 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152300"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": tabes dorsalis":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Manet was suffering from tabes dorsalis, the degeneration of nerves in the dorsal column of his spinal cord, a primary symptom of which was locomotor ataxia . \u2014 Colin B. Bailey, The New York Review of Books , 17 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153855"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a contract of letting and hiring":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0259n\u02c8du\u0307kt\u0113\u02cc\u014d"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, letting (and) hiring":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155844"
  },
  "lockpick":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": picklock":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161817"
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      "noun",
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      ": the hair of the head":[],
      ": a cohering bunch (as of wool, cotton, or flax) : tuft":[],
      ": dreadlock sense 2":[],
      ": a fastening (as for a door) operated by a key or a combination":[],
      ": the mechanism for exploding the charge or cartridge of a firearm":[],
      ": an enclosure (as in a canal) with gates at each end used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level":[],
      ": air lock":[],
      ": a locking or fastening together":[],
      ": an intricate mass of objects impeding each other (as in a traffic jam)":[],
      ": one that is assured of success or favorable outcome":[],
      ": to fasten the lock of":[],
      ": to make fast with or as if with a lock":[
        "lock up the house"
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      ": to fasten in or out or to make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of locks":[
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      ],
      ": to fix in a particular situation or method of operation":[
        "a team firmly locked in last place"
      ],
      ": to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts":[
        "lock wheels",
        "lock a knee"
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      ": to hold in a close embrace":[],
      ": to invest (capital) without assurance of easy convertibility into money":[],
      ": to move or permit to pass (something, such as a ship) by raising or lowering in a lock":[],
      ": to become locked":[],
      ": to be capable of being locked":[],
      ": interlace , interlock":[],
      ": to go or pass by means of a lock (as in a canal)":[],
      ": to come into conflict":[],
      ": to acquire (something, such as a target or signal) automatically using a sensor (such as radar)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They locked the door when they left and unlocked it when they returned.",
      "She locked the bicycle to the railing with a chain.",
      "He forgot to lock the car.",
      "The car locks automatically when you start the engine.",
      "The wheels locked and the car skidded off the road.",
      "They were locked in each other's arms.",
      "She locked her hands around the steering wheel.",
      "The file is locked for editing."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lok , from Old English locc ; akin to Old High German loc lock, Greek lygos withe, Latin luxus dislocated":"Noun",
      "Middle English lok , from Old English loc ; akin to Old High German loh enclosure and perhaps to Old English locc lock of hair":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162511"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a peg or pin that is inserted through a hole or holes and locks two parts together":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163131"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a plate to which the several parts of the lock of some firearms are attached and by which the whole is fastened to the stock by screws":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171905"
  },
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
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      ": to hold the knee in a fully extended position":[
        "Repeat the exercise, being careful not to lock your knees ."
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172914"
  },
  "lockage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act or the process of passing something (as a boat) through a lock":[],
      ": toll paid for passing through a lock or locks (as of a canal)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0113j",
      "-kij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "lock entry 2 + -age":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175307"
  },
  "lock turtle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": box turtle":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180753"
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  "lock rail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a horizontal stiffening member of a paneled door in or to which the lock is fixed":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182230"
  },
  "lociation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a subunit of an ecological faciation, one such subunit in each faciation being distinguishable from others in relative abundance of the dominant species":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u014ds\u0113\u02c8\u0101sh\u0259n"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "loc al + fac iation":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182336"
  },
  "lock-in":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a demonstration in which protestors lock themselves inside a building, factory, etc.":[
        "When those demands weren't met, students took over several school buildings and began a lock-in on March 11.",
        "\u2014 P. R. Lockhart"
      ],
      ": a usually supervised social event for young people confined to a space (such as a library or church) often overnight":[
        "Each year, students are enticed to participate in a post-prom lock-in with the promise of games, prizes, food and fun.",
        "\u2014 Jasmine Dent Franks",
        "Christian youth lock-ins aren't unusual in religious Texas, though they usually happen in churches. Every so often, a church group will leave a house of worship and rent out a mall or skating rink after normal operating hours.",
        "\u2014 Steve Jansen"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02ccin"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183351"
  },
  "locking":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tuft, tress, or ringlet of hair":[],
      ": the hair of the head":[],
      ": a cohering bunch (as of wool, cotton, or flax) : tuft":[],
      ": dreadlock sense 2":[],
      ": a fastening (as for a door) operated by a key or a combination":[],
      ": the mechanism for exploding the charge or cartridge of a firearm":[],
      ": an enclosure (as in a canal) with gates at each end used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level":[],
      ": air lock":[],
      ": a locking or fastening together":[],
      ": an intricate mass of objects impeding each other (as in a traffic jam)":[],
      ": one that is assured of success or favorable outcome":[],
      ": to fasten the lock of":[],
      ": to make fast with or as if with a lock":[
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      ": to fasten in or out or to make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of locks":[
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      ],
      ": to fix in a particular situation or method of operation":[
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      ": to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts":[
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        "lock a knee"
      ],
      ": to hold in a close embrace":[],
      ": to invest (capital) without assurance of easy convertibility into money":[],
      ": to move or permit to pass (something, such as a ship) by raising or lowering in a lock":[],
      ": to become locked":[],
      ": to be capable of being locked":[],
      ": interlace , interlock":[],
      ": to go or pass by means of a lock (as in a canal)":[],
      ": to come into conflict":[],
      ": to acquire (something, such as a target or signal) automatically using a sensor (such as radar)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They locked the door when they left and unlocked it when they returned.",
      "She locked the bicycle to the railing with a chain.",
      "He forgot to lock the car.",
      "The car locks automatically when you start the engine.",
      "The wheels locked and the car skidded off the road.",
      "They were locked in each other's arms.",
      "She locked her hands around the steering wheel.",
      "The file is locked for editing."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lok , from Old English locc ; akin to Old High German loc lock, Greek lygos withe, Latin luxus dislocated":"Noun",
      "Middle English lok , from Old English loc ; akin to Old High German loh enclosure and perhaps to Old English locc lock of hair":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183724"
  },
  "locomotor":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or functioning in locomotion":[],
      ": affecting or involving the locomotor organs":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u014d-k\u0259-\u02c8m\u014dt-\u0259r",
      "\u02ccl\u014d-k\u0259-\u02c8m\u014d-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185923"
  },
  "lock out":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the withholding of employment by an employer and the whole or partial closing of the business establishment in order to gain concessions from or resist demands of employees":[],
      ": to subject (a body of employees) to a lockout":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "However, the lockout pushed opening day back by two weeks and as a result, most major league teams won\u2019t play their 81st game until early next week. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
      "But when free agency resumed following the lockout \u2019s end in March, negotiations between the Braves and Freeman\u2019s camp quickly fell apart. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
      "And the reason this hearing is taking place at a unique time is because of the MLB lockout that dragged on through the winter and caused spring training to be delayed by nearly a month. \u2014 Larry Fleisher, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "No statistics or evidence from after March 1 were admissible other than contract and salary comparisons, timing set when Major League Baseball and the players\u2019 association agreed to the deal that ended the lockout . \u2014 Wire Reports, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "Next up: an unusual in-season arbitration hearing Friday \u2014 rulings are usually made in the offseason but were pushed past opening day due to the sport\u2019s labor lockout . \u2014 Jake Seiner, Chron , 23 June 2022",
      "Owners and players exited the lockout with something, but, hey, what about us",
      "The deadline has been moved back a couple of times to give teams more time to recover from the lockout . \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "The spirit and structures of transparency, consultation and collaboration that emerged from the lockout served the orchestra then and during the pandemic. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1853, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190323"
  },
  "lock screen":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a graphical user interface displayed by a device (such as a computer or smartphone) that prevents access to most functions of the device until a certain action (such as swiping one's finger across the screen or entering a predetermined code) is performed":[
        "Speaking of locking your phone, Android typically shows notifications on your lock screen by default\u2014which means the contents of messages you receive might be visible to anyone who looks at your device, even if they can't unlock it.",
        "\u2014 JR Raphael"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1991, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190513"
  },
  "lockram":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a coarse plain-woven linen formerly used in England":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4-kr\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lokerham , from Locronan , town in Brittany":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200944"
  },
  "lock washer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a washer (as a spring washer or a tooth lock washer) placed underneath a nut or screwhead to prevent loosening":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205150"
  },
  "lockiest":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or characterized by locks":[
        "a loose locky fleece"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210716"
  },
  "locust":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": cicada":[],
      ": any of various leguminous trees: such as":[],
      ": carob sense 1":[],
      ": black locust":[],
      ": honey locust":[],
      ": the wood of a locust tree":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-k\u0259st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The mature honey- locust tree which shades the yard outside my studio compelled me to capture the droop and drift of its leaves. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
      "The region is also grappling with political instability, locust infestations, and the economic fallout of the covid-19 pandemic, undermining its ability to cope with the drought. \u2014 Priya Sippy, Quartz , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The locust problem is an excuse to bring back Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Alan Grant (Sam Neill). \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Unfortunately, their plotline mostly revolves around the locust conspiracy, and every attempt at charming banter comes off as more than a little forced. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 8 June 2022",
      "Naturalist John James Audubon, namesake of the Audubon Society, saw a few in the 1800s and compared them to a locust invasion. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Britain Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Monday, painting a bleak picture of a warming world, which could see Miami, Shanghai and Alexandria, Egypt, disappear under rising seas and locust swarms devour crops in the searing heat. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Insufficient rainfall since late 2020 has come as a fatal blow to populations already suffering from a locust invasion from 2019 to 2021 and the Covid-19 pandemic. \u2014 Patrick Galey, NBC News , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "For those less enamored by the thought of munching on the occasional locust or even food made with insect flour, the EU has thought of that too. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French locuste , from Latin locusta":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220938"
  },
  "locomotivity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": locomotive power : capacity for independent movement":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u014dk\u0259m\u014d\u02c8tiv\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222256"
  },
  "locoism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a disease usually of horses, cattle, and sheep that is caused by chronic poisoning with locoweeds":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02cci-z\u0259m",
      "\u02c8l\u014d-k\u014d-\u02cciz-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1900, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230339"
  },
  "locomobile":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having the power to move about : self-propelling":[
        "a locomobile crane"
      ],
      ": a self-propelling vehicle or engine":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "\u00a6l\u014dk\u0259m\u014d\u00a6b\u0113l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from loco- + mobile":"Adjective",
      "French, from locomobile , adjective":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234139"
  },
  "locking plate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the count wheel used in one type of clock striking train":[
        "\u2014 distinguished from rack"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234402"
  },
  "lock away":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to put (something) in a locked container, place, etc.":[
        "The jewelry was locked away in a cabinet."
      ],
      ": to put (someone) in a locked place (such as a prison) for a long period of time":[
        "lock away a criminal",
        "The state locked their sister away in a psychiatric hospital."
      ],
      ": to keep (oneself) alone in a room or place for a long period of time":[
        "He locked himself away in his room while he studied.",
        "He was locked away in his room while he studied."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002901"
  },
  "locus standi":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a right to appear in a court or before any body on a given question : a right to be heard":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8stand\u0113",
      "-n\u02ccd\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, literally, place to stand":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005113"
  },
  "Locusta":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of short-horned grasshoppers including the common migratory locust of the Old World":[],
      ": a variously limited genus of long-horned grasshoppers":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u014d\u02c8k\u0259st\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, locust":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012924"
  },
  "lock bolt":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bolt sense 2b":[],
      ": a bolt or pin employing a special locking collar instead of a nut":[],
      ": a bolt for securing an adjustable part of a machine in a desired position":[]
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      "commune on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore in southeast central Switzerland population 15,200":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "New environmental laws would be an even longer shot\u2014none have passed since 1990 because of partisan lockjaw . \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2021",
      "Week-long stays can, in select circumstances, feel more like confinement when the annoying uncle unleashes an onslaught of jokes that practically elicit lockjaw from the intensity of cringe. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "This will require the financier to relax his lockjaw on the company, now that the firm will be held by a wider range of shareholders\u2014while maintaining the discipline that has prevented Blackstone from blowing its money at the top of the cycle. \u2014 The Economist , 29 June 2019",
      "Has this crazy weather given the fish lockjaw in your favorite area",
      "The website also includes signs once used to warn people of diseases such as whooping cough and a set of forceps used to force open the jaws of people with tetanus, or lockjaw . \u2014 Erin Blakemore, Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2017",
      "The trout bite slowed last week, but that may have more to do with anglers still looking for where the fish are concentrated than a case of lockjaw . \u2014 Sacbee, sacbee.com , 30 May 2017"
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      "1768, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": any of several leguminous plants (genera Astragalus and Oxytropis ) of western North America that cause locoism especially in livestock":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The unincorporated community got its name after the locoweed , a common North American poisonous plant synonymous for causing livestock to grow weak and lose muscular control. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "The drug is usually produced from wild hemp or locoweed which can be found on vacant lots and along railroad tracks in every state. \u2014 Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics , 20 Apr. 2018"
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      "1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061010"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061810"
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      "noun"
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      ": the interval between the releasing of the hammer on a firearm and the striking of the primer by the firing pin":[]
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      ": a box (such as a post-office box) that locks":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Always stash a spare key, either secured externally in a lockbox or carried on the person of another traveler at all times. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 31 May 2021",
      "Meanwhile, Max uses his hacking expertise to try and take down the bad guys, while Megan searches for a lockbox that holds life-saving evidence against the North Koreans. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 1 May 2022",
      "Breaking up that rhythm are the comings and goings of several unidentified men, periodically depositing parcels in a mysterious lockbox affixed to the back wall of the shop, and at other times showing up to collect them. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The lockbox outside a building would be accessible only to the Olmos Park Fire Department and would contain keys to get into a structure. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "After the efforts to enact the transportation lockbox amendment and tie annual gas tax increases to the rate of inflation, both contractors and their workers are loath to see anything that might rollback those gains. \u2014 Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "The thieves reportedly displayed a handgun and demanded the victim open the lockbox where car keys are stored. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Use a lockbox , like those offered by Amazon, for expensive items or pick up items in-store. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Staff must obtain physical keys from an electronic lockbox using their employee identification card. \u2014 Skyler Swisher, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Oct. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": dreadlock sense 2":[],
      ": a fastening (as for a door) operated by a key or a combination":[],
      ": the mechanism for exploding the charge or cartridge of a firearm":[],
      ": an enclosure (as in a canal) with gates at each end used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level":[],
      ": air lock":[],
      ": a locking or fastening together":[],
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      ": one that is assured of success or favorable outcome":[],
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      ": to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts":[
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      ": to hold in a close embrace":[],
      ": to invest (capital) without assurance of easy convertibility into money":[],
      ": to move or permit to pass (something, such as a ship) by raising or lowering in a lock":[],
      ": to become locked":[],
      ": to be capable of being locked":[],
      ": interlace , interlock":[],
      ": to go or pass by means of a lock (as in a canal)":[],
      ": to come into conflict":[],
      ": to acquire (something, such as a target or signal) automatically using a sensor (such as radar)":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "Verb",
      "They locked the door when they left and unlocked it when they returned.",
      "She locked the bicycle to the railing with a chain.",
      "He forgot to lock the car.",
      "The car locks automatically when you start the engine.",
      "The wheels locked and the car skidded off the road.",
      "They were locked in each other's arms.",
      "She locked her hands around the steering wheel.",
      "The file is locked for editing."
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      "Middle English lok , from Old English locc ; akin to Old High German loc lock, Greek lygos withe, Latin luxus dislocated":"Noun",
      "Middle English lok , from Old English loc ; akin to Old High German loh enclosure and perhaps to Old English locc lock of hair":"Noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112257"
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      "noun"
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      ": wire thrust through matching holes (as in a nut and bolt) to lock parts together, the ends often being secured by a metal seal":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123719"
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      "noun"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Examples include gellan gum, locust bean gum, soy lecithin and, in the case of oat milk, vegetable oil. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "To ensure ice cream stays creamy, manufacturers typically add emulsifiers like lecithin and stabilizers like guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, and pectin. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Ousman also cites the stock cube, which has usurped locust bean (known regionally as sounbareh or dawadawa) and fermented sesame seeds (ogeri) as West Africa\u2019s principal flavor enhancer. \u2014 James Patterson, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "Eight that made the cut: beta-glucan soluble fiber, psyllium husk (the stuff found in Metamucil), cellulose, guar gum, pectin, locust bean gum, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, and cross linked phosphorylated RS4. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 12 July 2019",
      "The creamy texture, thanks to the beautiful food science that is locust bean gum and other emulsifiers, ends on a near slimy note, reminiscent of the inside of the cardboard chocolate milk carton. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit , 14 Mar. 2018",
      "September 1977) Cream cheese usually contains one or more of a trio of ingredients\u2014xanthan gum, guar gum, and locust bean gum\u2014that help thicken and stabilize it. \u2014 Popular Mechanics , 5 Jan. 2018",
      "Eight that made the cut: beta-glucan soluble fiber, psyllium husk (the stuff found in Metamucil), cellulose, guar gum, pectin, locust bean gum, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, and cross linked phosphorylated RS4. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 12 July 2019",
      "The creamy texture, thanks to the beautiful food science that is locust bean gum and other emulsifiers, ends on a near slimy note, reminiscent of the inside of the cardboard chocolate milk carton. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit , 14 Mar. 2018"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1731, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123840"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a joint in which the elements joined are interlocked (as in a dovetail joint) with or without other fastening (as glue, solder, or pinning)":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130141"
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      "noun"
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      ": a screw collar connecting the tube and jacket of some types of guns of minor caliber":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131316"
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  "locust bean gum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": carob gum":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135857"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the mechanism on or in locks : the parts of a lock":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145308"
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      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to locusts or to the genus Locusta":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-t\u1d4al"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Locusta + English -al":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154736"
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  "locofocoism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the principles of the Locofocos":[
        "the most arrant democracy and locofocoism that I ever happened to hear",
        "\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8f\u014dk\u014d\u02cciz\u0259m"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162712"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the place of or for the seal":[
        "\u2014 abbreviation L. S."
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-s\u0259\u02c8ji\u02ccl\u012b"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180527"
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  "locustarian":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": locust sense 1 , cicada sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u014dk\u0259\u02c8sta(a)r\u0113\u0259n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Locustariae , old name designating a group of saltatorial insects (from Locusta + Latin -ariae , feminine plural of -arius -ary) + English -an":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182248"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a nut screwed down hard on another to prevent it from slacking back":[],
      ": a nut so constructed that it locks itself when screwed tight against another part":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02ccn\u0259t"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191517"
  },
  "locust bean gum powder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": carob flour":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192809"
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      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to move about":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u014d-k\u0259-\u02ccm\u014dt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "budge",
      "move",
      "shift",
      "stir"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "freeze",
      "still"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "most babies begin to locomote \u2014by crawling\u2014when they are seven to ten months old",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All reasonably healthy individuals can locomote at the necessary speed to beat the cutoffs for any ultramarathon. \u2014 Jason Koop, Outside Online , 19 July 2017",
      "The general idea of this research is to get robots to learn to locomote in much the way human toddlers do. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 5 Jan. 2021",
      "The idea of connecting to our ancestral past requires us to locomote as we are evolved to do, using our senses and making sure the mind and body are in union. \u2014 Bill Hatcher, National Geographic , 28 Feb. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from locomotion":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1831, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195400"
  },
  "locomotiveman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": engineer sense 4b":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200553"
  },
  "lockaid gun":{
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      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tool consisting of a barrel with a thin vibrator blade used to force open a lock":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "lock entry 2 + aid":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200850"
  },
  "locus in quo":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
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    "definitions":{
      ": place in which : the place where a legal cause of action arose":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u022f-ku\u0307s-in-\u02c8kw\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215124"
  },
  "lock, stock, and barrel":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": wholly , completely":[
        "the only thing which had not been sold lock, stock, and barrel with the \u2026 house was this piano",
        "\u2014 Marcia Davenport"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the principal parts of a flintlock":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1817, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220109"
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  "lockstitch":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sewing machine stitch formed by the looping together of two threads one on each side of the material being sewn":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02ccstich"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Floresha Mehmetllari, a native of Albania who has worked at Eder for a decade, spent 45 minutes stitching the stripe back on the flag using a Juki double needle lockstitch sewing machine. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223742"
  },
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      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or characterized by locks":[
        "a loose locky fleece"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4k\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224416"
  },
  "lock stile":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the stile on the free edge of a door that receives the lock \u2014 compare lock rail":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232656"
  },
  "Locrian mode":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": hypodorian mode":[],
      ": a hypothetical Renaissance church mode represented as a diatonic scale from B to B on the white keys of the piano with B as its final (see final entry 2 sense c ) \u2014 see church mode illustration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Locrian entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234612"
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