dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/gil_MW.json

{
  "Gila woodpecker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large red-crowned woodpecker ( Melanerpes hypopolius uropygialis ) of southwestern North America having the back finely barred with black and white and the underparts grayish brown":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Gila river":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132750",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Gilbert":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetomotive force equivalent to 10/4\u03c0 ampere-turn":[],
      "Cass 1859\u20131934 American architect":[],
      "Sir Humphrey circa 1539\u20131583 English navigator":[],
      "Sir William Schwenck 1836\u20131911 English librettist and poet":[],
      "William 1544\u20131603 English physician and physicist":[],
      "town in southwest central Arizona southeast of Mesa population 208,453":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1893, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "William Gilbert":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gil-b\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102110",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Gilbert Islands":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "islands of Kiribati along the Equator in the western Pacific":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005714",
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun or adjective"
    ]
  },
  "Gilbert and Ellice":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "island group in the western Pacific; until 1976 a British colony; now the Gilbert Islands are part of independent Kiribati and the Ellice Islands are independent Tuvalu":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-lis"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101409",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Gilbert's relief grass":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": southern canary grass":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the name Gilbert":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gilb\u0259(r)ts-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080817",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Gilboa, Mount":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "mountain 1631 feet (497 meters) high in northern Israel west of the Jordan River and south of the Plain of Esdraelon":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "gil-\u02c8b\u014d-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021540",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "gild":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a group of organisms that use the same ecological resource in a similar way":[
        "a feeding guild"
      ],
      ": to add unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right":[],
      ": to give an attractive but often deceptive appearance to":[
        "was hired to gild the company's image"
      ],
      ": to give money to":[],
      ": to make bloody":[],
      ": to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Political candidates often gild their story and, so far, in the race for the Republican Senate nomination with the backing of former President Donald Trump, Walker\u2019s troubled background, falsehoods and contradictions have not carried a price. \u2014 Brian Slodysko, ajc , 21 May 2022",
      "Not afraid to gild the lily, Diner Grill\u2019s cooks top the whole affair with a shimmering lava flow of chili and two eggs sunny side up. \u2014 Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Just to gild the lily, there\u2019s one more stat to add to the staggering list. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "The brand\u2019s very first frame, also an 18-karat piece, used gold for its functional and non-reactive properties, as in dentistry, rather than to gild the face. \u2014 Alexander Freeling, Robb Report , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "It\u2019s no longer enough to just gild the lily; the lily must now be ballyhooed as a veritable garden, in full bloom. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 July 2021",
      "But the up-to-the-minute plotlines gild what insiders say has been a very tumultuous time. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2020",
      "The sauce should gild , not asphyxiate, the noodles. \u2014 Saveur Editors, Saveur , 30 May 2017",
      "Apple first rose to fame as a troubadour of sad songs gilded with rage, her voice burning with emotion. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English gyldan ; akin to Old English gold gold":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gild"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113133",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "gilded":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": covered or tinged with gold or a golden color":[
        "gilded icons",
        "The reception room, just off the entryway, features colorful wall and ceiling decorations and a gilded overmantel mirror and matching cornices.",
        "\u2014 Stephen May"
      ],
      ": having a background of wealth and luxury : prosperous , luxurious":[
        "Emily Post was raised among New York's gilded elite.",
        "\u2014 Susan Berfield",
        "\u2026 despite the upper-crust background and the gilded r\u00e9sum\u00e9, Bonham Carter is a pretty modern chick off stage.",
        "\u2014 Elizabeth Gleick"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from past participle of gild entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gil-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020735",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "gilded flicker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a flicker ( Colaptes chrysoides ) of the southwestern U.S. resembling the common eastern flicker in having the undersurface of the wings and tail yellow but lacking the red nape":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203054",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gilder's wax":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a preparation of wax, verdigris, and other substances for imparting a tint to gilding by burning off the wax so that the copper from the verdigris combines with the gold":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103817",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gilder's whiting":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": whiting ground to medium fineness":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135850",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gill":{
    "antonyms":[
      "gal",
      "girl",
      "girlfriend",
      "inamorata",
      "lady",
      "ladylove",
      "old lady",
      "woman"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a narrow stream or rivulet":[],
      ": a unit of liquid capacity equal to four fluid ounces \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table":[],
      ": an organ (as of a fish) for obtaining oxygen from water":[],
      ": as full or as much as possible":[
        "a suitcase packed to the gills"
      ],
      ": gillnet":[],
      ": girl , sweetheart":[],
      ": one of the radiating plates forming the undersurface of the cap of a mushroom fungus":[],
      ": ravine":[],
      ": the flesh under or about the chin or jaws":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": to become entangled in a gill net":[],
      ": wattle entry 3":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1884, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English gile , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish g\u00e4l gill, Old Norse gj\u01eblnar lips; akin to Greek chelyn\u0113 lip, jawbone":"Noun",
      "Middle English gille , from Medieval Latin gillus , from Late Latin gillo, gello water pot":"Noun",
      "Middle English gille , from Old Norse gil ; akin to Old High German gil hernia":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Gill , nickname for Gillian":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gil",
      "\u02c8jil"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "canyon",
      "ca\u00f1on",
      "col",
      "couloir",
      "defile",
      "flume",
      "gap",
      "gorge",
      "gulch",
      "gulf",
      "kloof",
      "linn",
      "notch",
      "pass",
      "ravine",
      "saddle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232552",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "gilt-edge":{
    "antonyms":[
      "atrocious",
      "awful",
      "execrable",
      "lousy",
      "pathetic",
      "poor",
      "rotten",
      "terrible",
      "vile",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a gilt edge":[],
      ": of the best quality or rating":[
        "gilt-edged securities"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gilt-\u02ccejd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "A-OK",
      "A1",
      "awesome",
      "bang-up",
      "banner",
      "beautiful",
      "blue-chip",
      "blue-ribbon",
      "boffo",
      "bonny",
      "bonnie",
      "boss",
      "brag",
      "brave",
      "bully",
      "bumper",
      "capital",
      "choice",
      "classic",
      "cool",
      "corking",
      "crackerjack",
      "cracking",
      "dandy",
      "divine",
      "dope",
      "down",
      "dynamite",
      "excellent",
      "fab",
      "fabulous",
      "famous",
      "fantabulous",
      "fantastic",
      "fine",
      "first-class",
      "first-rate",
      "first-string",
      "five-star",
      "four-star",
      "frontline",
      "gangbusters",
      "gangbuster",
      "gone",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "groovy",
      "heavenly",
      "high-class",
      "hot",
      "hype",
      "immense",
      "jim-dandy",
      "keen",
      "lovely",
      "marvelous",
      "marvellous",
      "mean",
      "neat",
      "nifty",
      "noble",
      "number one",
      "No. 1",
      "numero uno",
      "out-of-sight",
      "par excellence",
      "peachy",
      "peachy keen",
      "phat",
      "prime",
      "primo",
      "prize",
      "prizewinning",
      "quality",
      "radical",
      "righteous",
      "sensational",
      "slick",
      "splendid",
      "stellar",
      "sterling",
      "superb",
      "superior",
      "superlative",
      "supernal",
      "swell",
      "terrific",
      "tip-top",
      "top",
      "top-notch",
      "top-of-the-line",
      "top-shelf",
      "topflight",
      "topping",
      "unsurpassed",
      "wizard",
      "wonderful"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232019",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "gilt-edged":{
    "antonyms":[
      "atrocious",
      "awful",
      "execrable",
      "lousy",
      "pathetic",
      "poor",
      "rotten",
      "terrible",
      "vile",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a gilt edge":[],
      ": of the best quality or rating":[
        "gilt-edged securities"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gilt-\u02ccejd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "A-OK",
      "A1",
      "awesome",
      "bang-up",
      "banner",
      "beautiful",
      "blue-chip",
      "blue-ribbon",
      "boffo",
      "bonny",
      "bonnie",
      "boss",
      "brag",
      "brave",
      "bully",
      "bumper",
      "capital",
      "choice",
      "classic",
      "cool",
      "corking",
      "crackerjack",
      "cracking",
      "dandy",
      "divine",
      "dope",
      "down",
      "dynamite",
      "excellent",
      "fab",
      "fabulous",
      "famous",
      "fantabulous",
      "fantastic",
      "fine",
      "first-class",
      "first-rate",
      "first-string",
      "five-star",
      "four-star",
      "frontline",
      "gangbusters",
      "gangbuster",
      "gone",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "groovy",
      "heavenly",
      "high-class",
      "hot",
      "hype",
      "immense",
      "jim-dandy",
      "keen",
      "lovely",
      "marvelous",
      "marvellous",
      "mean",
      "neat",
      "nifty",
      "noble",
      "number one",
      "No. 1",
      "numero uno",
      "out-of-sight",
      "par excellence",
      "peachy",
      "peachy keen",
      "phat",
      "prime",
      "primo",
      "prize",
      "prizewinning",
      "quality",
      "radical",
      "righteous",
      "sensational",
      "slick",
      "splendid",
      "stellar",
      "sterling",
      "superb",
      "superior",
      "superlative",
      "supernal",
      "swell",
      "terrific",
      "tip-top",
      "top",
      "top-notch",
      "top-of-the-line",
      "top-shelf",
      "topflight",
      "topping",
      "unsurpassed",
      "wizard",
      "wonderful"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000414",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "gill arch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of the bony or cartilaginous arches or curved bars extending dorsoventrally and placed one behind the other on each side of the pharynx and supporting the gills of fishes and amphibians":[],
      ": any of the rudimentary ridges in the embryos of all higher vertebrates that correspond to the gill arches":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174508"
  },
  "Gillard":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Julia (Eileen) 1961\u2013 prime minister of Australia (2010\u201313)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gi-\u02ccl\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174542"
  },
  "Gila":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "river 630 miles (1014 kilometers) long in New Mexico and Arizona flowing west into the Colorado River":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0113-l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031728"
  },
  "Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "site of cliff-dweller ruins in southwestern New Mexico":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083138"
  },
  "Gilaki":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a forest people of northern Persia inhabiting the southwestern shore of the Caspian sea":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": the Iranian language of the Gilaki people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "g\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u00e4k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101038"
  },
  "gillar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a disease of East Indian sheep marked by loss of appetite, weakness, and diarrhea, usually found fatal within a few days, and caused by infestation with immature paramphistome flukes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "g\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "native name in India":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123745"
  },
  "gillaroo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an Irish trout ( Salmo stomachicus ) in which the distal part of the stomach has thickened walls resembling a gizzard and serving to crush the shells of freshwater mollusks":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6gil\u0259\u00a6r\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Irish Gaelic giolla ruadh , from giolla boy + ruadh red":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125915"
  },
  "gillnet":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to catch (fish) with a gill net":[],
      ": a flat net suspended vertically in the water with meshes that allow the head of a fish to pass but entangle the gills upon withdrawal":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gil-\u02ccnet"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Spring gill net surveys showed a more widespread downturn for the species. \u2014 Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Coastwide, those gill nets showed a 20 percent decrease from the long-term average as well as from 2019 (2020 gill net sampling did not occur because of the COVID-19 pandemic). \u2014 Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "To assess the effects of trap and gill nets on sport fish, over the last two years a UW-Green Bay graduate student accompanied commercial fishermen and documented the results of 593 trap net lifts and 29 large mesh gill net lifts. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Since then, at least one vaquita has died in a gill net , according to advocates. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "In addition to limits on the crab season, the state is also phasing out the use of what are called drift gill net fishing gear used for swordfish fishery that can kill turtles. \u2014 Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Southern flounder have suffered a precipitous, long-term decline for decades, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department data such as seine bag and gill net surveys. \u2014 Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "The essentials of the gill net fishery haven\u2019t changed all that much over the decades. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "The drift gill net fishery for swordfish began off the coast of Southern California in the late 1970s and quickly grew into one of the major commercial fleets in the state. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1949, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1796, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153058"
  },
  "Gila monster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large, stout, venomous lizard ( Heloderma suspectum ) that has rough, bumpy, black and orange, pinkish, or yellowish skin, a thick tail, and venom glands in the lower lip and that is found especially in arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0113-l\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Gila River, Arizona":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1877, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174211"
  },
  "Gillmore needles":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": two needles used in determining the rate of setting of cement paste":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gil\u02ccm\u014d(\u0259)r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the name Gillmore":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202721"
  },
  "gilliver":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": carnation sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jil\u0259v\u0259(r)"
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