dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/taw_MW.json

{
  "tawny":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of the color tawny":[],
      ": of a warm sandy color":[
        "the lion's tawny coat"
      ],
      ": a brownish-orange to light brown color":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8t\u00e4-n\u0113",
      "\u02c8t\u022f-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blond",
      "blonde",
      "fair",
      "flaxen",
      "golden",
      "sandy",
      "straw"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the tawny coat of a lion",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Cabinet fronts in Benjamin Moore\u2019s Clay Beige or Templeton Gray, and oakwood\u2014as well as a lot of tawny brass hardware\u2014give the kitchen an established look. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 31 May 2022",
      "The tawny crust of Malta's sourdough gives way to a pillow-soft interior, ideal for rubbing with a fresh tomato or soaking up the islands' prized olive oils. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "Over two decades ago, scientists made the unfortunate discovery that tawny crazy ants, a species native to the Caribbean coast of South America, had arrived in Houston, Texas. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Originally hailing from South America, tawny crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva) get their name because of their unpredictable movements. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "To see how quickly the fungus would take down a colony of tawny crazy ants, scientists intentionally infected two different populations of ants. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The tawny crazy ant\u2019s success in Texas, though, has not gone unnoticed\u2014microbially speaking. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Enlarge / Microspordian spores collected from a tawny crazy ant at Pace Bend Park in central Texas. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Research undertaken recently by the University of Groningen Centre for Isotope Research in the Netherlands, commissioned by Dutch journalists, found by way of radiocarbon dating that some tawny Ports were not as old as their labels stated. \u2014 Lettie Teague, WSJ , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And there the animal was, in a photo made famous in 2013 in National Geographic: tawny , sinewy, prowling below the Hollywood sign. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "So when LeBrun and colleagues found a type of fungus that seems to only target tawny crazy ants, they were immediately intrigued. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Another key neutral in the block heel boot department is brown, from deep, chocolate tones to tawny and cinnamon shades. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "Wrapped in fur coats, one tawny and the other a deep chestnut, Grandma Bea and Aunt Doris are gilded, coiffed, and made up to the nines. \u2014 Naomi Fry, The New Yorker , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "For winemakers considering the port route, Karlicek said deciding whether to go ruby or tawny would be the first step. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 19 Aug. 2020",
      "From the air, this lowland delta, covering an area the size of Nebraska, is a tawny -and-cobalt expanse of tundra and tributaries and lakes, its looping rivers etching a dazzling curlicue. \u2014 Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 July 2019",
      "Belquis Zahir rents out Filicudi House, almost a companion piece to Zucco Grande, with the same tawny , Afghan smoothness. \u2014 Antonia Quirke, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 Aug. 2019",
      "Between us are a tawny Oriental rug and a table set with a pot of coffee and a spread of pastries in a striped Financier Patisserie box. \u2014 Amy Chozick, Vogue , 28 Aug. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French tan\u00e9, taun\u00e9 , literally, tanned, from past participle of tanner to tan":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193044"
  },
  "tawny birch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": sandstone sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215948"
  },
  "tawnily":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a tawny shade":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8t\u022fn\u1d4al\u0113",
      "-n\u0259\u0307l-",
      "\u02c8t\u00e4n-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101423"
  },
  "taw":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to tan (skins) usually by a dry process (as with alum or salt)":[],
      ": the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table":[],
      ": a marble used as a shooter":[],
      ": ringtaw":[],
      ": the line from which players shoot at marbles":[],
      ": a square-dance partner":[],
      ": to shoot a marble":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8t\u022ff",
      "\u02c8t\u00e4v",
      "\u02c8t\u022f",
      "\u02c8t\u00e4f",
      "\u02c8t\u022fv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, to prepare (soil), taw, from Old English tawian to prepare, make; akin to Old High German zawjan to hasten, Goth taujan to do, make":"Verb",
      "Hebrew t\u0101w , literally, mark, cross":"Noun",
      "origin unknown":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1701, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1863, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103809"
  },
  "tawa":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a New Zealand evergreen tree ( Beilschmiedia tawa ) of the family Lauraceae with slender branches and graceful foliage resembling that of the willow and white straight-grained wood used chiefly for rough work (as clothespins)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tau\u0307\u0259",
      "\u02c8t\u00e4w\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Maori":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112354"
  },
  "Tawney":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Richard Henry 1880\u20131962 English economic historian":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8t\u022f-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123651"
  },
  "Tawasa":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Muskogean people of northwestern Florida":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": the language of the Tawasa people \u2014 compare muskogee":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "t\u0259\u02c8w\u00e4s\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171016"
  },
  "tawkee":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": golden club":[],
      ": an arrow arum ( Peltandra virginica )":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8t\u022fk\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "of Algonquian origin; akin to Delaware p'tuckquen it is round, Natick p\u0115t\u016dkqui":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194026"
  },
  "tawny bunting":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": snow bunting":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202730"
  },
  "tawny-coat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an ecclesiastical apparitor":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225130"
  }
}