": to crowd about in an aggressive, excited, or annoying way"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4b",
"\u02c8m\u00e4b"
],
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"army",
"bike",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"swarm",
"throng"
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"crowd",
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The angry mob smashed store windows and attacked people on the streets.",
"The police had to be called in to handle the growing mob .",
"He was jailed for his dealings with the Mob .",
"Verb",
"The actor's fans mobbed him wherever he went.",
"Shoppers mobbed the stores during the holidays.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Though lynchings have come to be seen as a singularly Southern phenomenon, that was not the case, as historian Dray skillfully and painfully shows in his in-depth examination of the murder of Black man Robert Lewis at the hands of a mob . \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
"Capitol Police officer, Caroline Edwards, who suffered a traumatic brain injury at the hands of the mob , was the first witness to testify. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 10 June 2022",
"Guilty or innocent, he was subjected to the summary justice of the mob . \u2014 Emma Coleman Jordan, CNN , 29 May 2022",
"Watkins and the others who marched up the Capitol steps became part of the mob that violently shoved their way inside the building, sending members of Congress, their staffs and Vice President Mike Pence into hiding. \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"The reference to the Revolutionary War was echoed throughout the day by rally organizers and members of the mob that stormed the Capitol. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Ace in the Hole spends the most time with one representative of the mob , an insurance salesman from Gallup named Al Federber. \u2014 Steve Larkin, The Week , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Finley will play one of the mob \u2019s hitmen, gangster Anthony Senter. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was at the head of a mob when a Capitol police officer fatally shot her. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Detmers needed 108 pitches to complete his masterpiece, the Angels storming out of their dugout to mob a teammate for the second time in three days. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"The Angels poured out of their dugout to mob Rendon. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"And who, in the eyes of manager Joe Maddon, were the stars of a game that sent a Mother\u2019s Day crowd of 32,337 into a frenzy and the Angels pouring out of their dugout to mob Rendon? \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
"As clues pile up, more and more of Gotham's power players get drawn into that web, with the Penguin (an unrecognizable Colin Farrell), the top henchman to mob boss Falcone (John Turturro), adding to the Rogues Gallery of villains. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The National Park Service does not generally release that data, hoping to protect P-22 from poachers and fans who could try to mob him. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"As clues pile up, more and more of Gotham's power players get drawn into that web, with the Penguin (an unrecognizable Colin Farrell), the top henchman to mob boss Falcone (John Turturro), adding to the Rogues Gallery of villains. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The play was initially ruled an out, but replay review overturned the call, and the Tigers came pouring out of the dugout to mob Baez as the crowd went wild. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 8 Apr. 2022",
"As clues pile up, more and more of Gotham's power players get drawn into that web, with the Penguin (an unrecognizable Colin Farrell), the top henchman to mob boss Falcone (John Turturro), adding to the Rogues Gallery of villains. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Noun",
"1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"adjective",
"verb"
],
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": to put into movement or circulation",
": to release (something stored in the organism) for bodily use",
": to assemble and make ready for war duty",
": to marshal (something, such as resources) for action",
": to undergo mobilization",
": to assemble (as military forces) and make ready for action",
": to put into movement or circulation : make mobile",
": to release (something stored in the body) for body use",
": to assemble (as resources) and make ready for use",
": to separate (an organ or part) from associated structures so as to make more accessible for operative procedures",
": to develop to a state of acute activity",
": to undergo mobilization : assemble and organize for action"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
"\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
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"marshal",
"marshall",
"muster",
"rally"
],
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"demob",
"demobilize"
],
"examples":[
"They couldn't mobilize enough support to pass the new law.",
"Several groups have mobilized to oppose the proposed new law.",
"They have the ability to mobilize quickly.",
"The government had to mobilize the army quickly.",
"More than 10,000 troops were mobilized for war.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On May 24, 17 elementary-school students and two teachers were shot and killed in a school in Uvalde, Texas, prompting the organization to mobilize another march in less than three weeks. \u2014 Haben Kelati, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"Biden is also expected to pitch foreign leaders on a new economic plan to mobilize investment in the region, a senior administration official told reporters earlier this week. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Leading the movement Rising to global stardom as a leading critic of the west African Franc (CFA), S\u00e9ba has railed against \u2018la Fran\u00e7afrique\u2019 and built a grass roots platform to mobilize demonstrations across much of Francophone west Africa. \u2014 Tom Collins, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
"Fink helped found Neighbors for Refugees in 2016 and then started the Westchester Jewish Coalition for Immigration three years later, aiming to mobilize volunteer groups and sources of funding. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"When he is scheduled to be executed, Kardashian is in a race against time to mobilize her powerful friends \u2013 actors, athletes and preachers among them \u2013 to tweet pleas for Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt to grant Julius Jones clemency. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"In 2004, Durant was among several war heroes and military veterans who joined an effort to mobilize veterans to vote for George W. Bush\u2019s re-election campaign, according to an Associated Press story at the time. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 15 May 2022",
"Why not allow governors, who are accountable to their states\u2019 voters, to decide whether to mobilize National Guard units if law-enforcement capabilities prove inadequate? \u2014 John Bolton, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"Hazel Chandler works to mobilize older people to take action on the climate crisis with Arizona\u2019s chapter of Elders Climate Action. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 24 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195747"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a member of a criminal gang"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4b-st\u0259r"
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"bully",
"gangbanger",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo"
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"examples":[
"the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Spoilers below for Peaky Blinders season 5. Alfie Solomons is back, and fans of the Jewish mobster are officially freaking out. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
"O'Brien plays a hot-tempered young mobster named Richie, who helps run his father's crime organization out of an unassuming tailor shop owned by Leonard (Rylance), an English immigrant with a mysterious past, and his assistant, Mable (Zoey Deutch). \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
"As Billy gains the mobster 's trust, a career criminal named Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) infiltrates the police department and reports on its activities to his syndicate bosses. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"And the fascination of it is that the movie, for all its hypnotic gangland escapades, was powered by a teasing question: Was Henry Hill, the real-life mobster portrayed by Liotta, a sociopath just like that other Ray? \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"Holding a silver briefcase and wearing a black muscle T-shirt, the mobster bellowed at the class, interrupting the lecture. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Under the leadership of his father, Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Michael gets sucked into the cycle of violence and crime as life as a mobster . \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
"An aspiring chef is hired to bring home a mobster \u2019s son from the Amazon but becomes involved in the fight against an oppressive town operator and the search for a legendary treasure. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
"The mobster \u2019s ominous words were captured by the FBI\u2019s recorder. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1917, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190745"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride",
": to disappoint the hopes of",
": defy , challenge",
": to imitate (someone or something) closely : mimic",
": to mimic in sport or derision",
": jeer , scoff",
": an act of ridicule or derision : jeer",
": one that is an object of derision or scorn",
": mockery",
": an act of imitation",
": something made as an imitation",
": of, relating to, or having the character of an imitation : simulated , feigned",
": in an insincere or counterfeit manner",
": to treat with scorn : ridicule",
": mimic entry 2 sense 2",
": not real : make-believe"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4k",
"\u02c8m\u022fk",
"\u02c8m\u00e4k"
],
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"burlesque",
"caricature",
"do",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"parody",
"send up",
"spoof",
"travesty"
],
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"butt",
"derision",
"jest",
"joke",
"laughingstock",
"mark",
"mockery",
"sport",
"target"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Poets are referenced and quoted again and again\u2014Wordsworth, Donne, Rossetti\u2014sometimes just to mock the quoter. \u2014 Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Not the theatrical kind of worry that conservative talk-show hosts mock on prime-time TV. \u2014 Dan Schwartz, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The Illuminati might mock 616-Strange for being more arrogant than their own Strange. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 May 2022",
"Others mock the practice or deliberately misgender as a way to demean or insult. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Teams flagrantly mock the Rooney Rule by bringing in Black coaches for sham interviews. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The visuals are intense and make biblical references to Jesus, showing Farruko carrying a cross as people mock and jeer him. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022",
"His goal, however, was not to mock or criticize the industry but to show its human side. \u2014 Lise Pedersen, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Government and non-government users alike will be forced to remove content featuring prisoners of war if it is shared with the intent to mock , insult or call for retaliation against them, Twitter added. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mathurin is widely expected to be a lottery pick in the 2022 NBA draft, while some NBA mock drafts have Terry sneaking into the first round. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Here's what the initial mock drafts say about the No. 6 pick. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"That was the case in one of our Baltimore Sun mock drafts, too. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"However, in his latest mock released Tuesday, the former Draft Express analyst has the Pistons going with another standout from the Big Ten. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"Zierlein has a surprise at the top of his mock with Detroit taking Oregon\u2019s Kayvon Thibodeaux instead of Michigan\u2019s Aidan Hutchinson at No. 2. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Doug Lesmerises had the Browns taking Pickens in his latest mock . \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
"While most have Miami going in another direction, at least one mock believes the Dolphins will be searching for a quarterback in the first round by this time next year. \u2014 David Furones, Sun Sentinel , 4 May 2022",
"Here\u2019s a look at the mock up of what the space will look like: Listen, part of the fun of doing a weekly column is just writing what everyone is talking about. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That\u2019s not a problem for cleveland.com\u2019s Dan Labbe who will put himself in Berry\u2019s shoes in his final Browns mock draft of the 2022 draft season. \u2014 Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Most mock drafts have pegged Lewis as a second-round pick. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"The outfit is floor-length with long sleeves and a mock neck, decorated with abstract graphic details that accentuate her body\u2014there\u2019s even an illusion of legs on the front of the skirt. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 16 May 2022",
"With all that in mind, here's USA TODAY Sports' final 2022 NFL mock draft: 1. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"For an extra-flirty feel, try layering a turtleneck with this mock -neck A-line dress during transitional weather. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"These clues swayed me to pick Kayvon Thibodeaux for Lions in my new NFL mock draft Last year, the Lions finished 25th in scoring offense and 24th in yards per pass play. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Kyler Murray trade speculation has found its way into an NFL mock draft. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 12 Feb. 2022",
"On Thursday, Kiper released his first 2022 NFL mock draft leading up to the big day in April. \u2014 Dan Kadar, The Enquirer , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Perhaps most famously, Mr. Remy and Orsillo, in between convulsions of laughter, mock -analyzed an incident in which one fan in the Fenway stands threw a slice of pizza at another in April 2007. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Clifford looked at him mock -sternly, channelling Diana. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 8 June 2020",
"Stokes continued, mock yelling in a West Hollywood hotel. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2020",
"But as the conflict in the country dragged on for years, the banner became a symbol over which critics would mock Bush. \u2014 John Gage, Washington Examiner , 16 Mar. 2020",
"The included photo of the model/ mock up of this case is close but not exact. \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 26 Feb. 2020",
"Some of the more witless pundits mock all this as mere conspiracy theory. \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 26 Dec. 2019",
"That same week provides a test, as many of the acts Nation of Smooth members love/ mock will perform down the street from Revolution Live at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Nov. 2019",
"The artists Kenya (Robinson) and Doreen Garner are sitting mock -regally on a divan in a moody Gramercy cocktail bar. \u2014 Adam Davidson, The New Yorker , 28 Jan. 2017"
],
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"Adverb",
"circa 1625, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184426"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride",
": to disappoint the hopes of",
": defy , challenge",
": to imitate (someone or something) closely : mimic",
": to mimic in sport or derision",
": jeer , scoff",
": an act of ridicule or derision : jeer",
": one that is an object of derision or scorn",
": mockery",
": an act of imitation",
": something made as an imitation",
": of, relating to, or having the character of an imitation : simulated , feigned",
": in an insincere or counterfeit manner",
": to treat with scorn : ridicule",
": mimic entry 2 sense 2",
": not real : make-believe"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4k",
"\u02c8m\u022fk",
"\u02c8m\u00e4k"
],
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"burlesque",
"caricature",
"do",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"parody",
"send up",
"spoof",
"travesty"
],
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"butt",
"derision",
"jest",
"joke",
"laughingstock",
"mark",
"mockery",
"sport",
"target"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Poets are referenced and quoted again and again\u2014Wordsworth, Donne, Rossetti\u2014sometimes just to mock the quoter. \u2014 Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Not the theatrical kind of worry that conservative talk-show hosts mock on prime-time TV. \u2014 Dan Schwartz, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The Illuminati might mock 616-Strange for being more arrogant than their own Strange. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 May 2022",
"Others mock the practice or deliberately misgender as a way to demean or insult. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Teams flagrantly mock the Rooney Rule by bringing in Black coaches for sham interviews. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The visuals are intense and make biblical references to Jesus, showing Farruko carrying a cross as people mock and jeer him. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022",
"His goal, however, was not to mock or criticize the industry but to show its human side. \u2014 Lise Pedersen, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Government and non-government users alike will be forced to remove content featuring prisoners of war if it is shared with the intent to mock , insult or call for retaliation against them, Twitter added. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mathurin is widely expected to be a lottery pick in the 2022 NBA draft, while some NBA mock drafts have Terry sneaking into the first round. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Here's what the initial mock drafts say about the No. 6 pick. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"That was the case in one of our Baltimore Sun mock drafts, too. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"However, in his latest mock released Tuesday, the former Draft Express analyst has the Pistons going with another standout from the Big Ten. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"Zierlein has a surprise at the top of his mock with Detroit taking Oregon\u2019s Kayvon Thibodeaux instead of Michigan\u2019s Aidan Hutchinson at No. 2. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Doug Lesmerises had the Browns taking Pickens in his latest mock . \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
"While most have Miami going in another direction, at least one mock believes the Dolphins will be searching for a quarterback in the first round by this time next year. \u2014 David Furones, Sun Sentinel , 4 May 2022",
"Here\u2019s a look at the mock up of what the space will look like: Listen, part of the fun of doing a weekly column is just writing what everyone is talking about. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That\u2019s not a problem for cleveland.com\u2019s Dan Labbe who will put himself in Berry\u2019s shoes in his final Browns mock draft of the 2022 draft season. \u2014 Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Most mock drafts have pegged Lewis as a second-round pick. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"The outfit is floor-length with long sleeves and a mock neck, decorated with abstract graphic details that accentuate her body\u2014there\u2019s even an illusion of legs on the front of the skirt. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 16 May 2022",
"With all that in mind, here's USA TODAY Sports' final 2022 NFL mock draft: 1. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"For an extra-flirty feel, try layering a turtleneck with this mock -neck A-line dress during transitional weather. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"These clues swayed me to pick Kayvon Thibodeaux for Lions in my new NFL mock draft Last year, the Lions finished 25th in scoring offense and 24th in yards per pass play. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Kyler Murray trade speculation has found its way into an NFL mock draft. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 12 Feb. 2022",
"On Thursday, Kiper released his first 2022 NFL mock draft leading up to the big day in April. \u2014 Dan Kadar, The Enquirer , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Perhaps most famously, Mr. Remy and Orsillo, in between convulsions of laughter, mock -analyzed an incident in which one fan in the Fenway stands threw a slice of pizza at another in April 2007. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Clifford looked at him mock -sternly, channelling Diana. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 8 June 2020",
"Stokes continued, mock yelling in a West Hollywood hotel. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2020",
"But as the conflict in the country dragged on for years, the banner became a symbol over which critics would mock Bush. \u2014 John Gage, Washington Examiner , 16 Mar. 2020",
"The included photo of the model/ mock up of this case is close but not exact. \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 26 Feb. 2020",
"Some of the more witless pundits mock all this as mere conspiracy theory. \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 26 Dec. 2019",
"That same week provides a test, as many of the acts Nation of Smooth members love/ mock will perform down the street from Revolution Live at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Nov. 2019",
"The artists Kenya (Robinson) and Doreen Garner are sitting mock -regally on a divan in a moody Gramercy cocktail bar. \u2014 Adam Davidson, The New Yorker , 28 Jan. 2017"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
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"Adverb",
"circa 1625, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191117"
},
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"noun"
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": insulting or contemptuous action or speech : derision",
": a subject of laughter, derision , or sport",
": a counterfeit appearance : imitation",
": an insincere, contemptible, or impertinent (see impertinent sense 1a ) imitation",
": something ridiculously or impudently (see impudent sense 1 ) unsuitable",
": ridicule entry 1",
": a bad imitation"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-k(\u0259-)r\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u022f-",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-k\u0259-r\u0113"
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"farce",
"joke",
"parody",
"sham",
"travesty"
],
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"examples":[
"His kind of personality invites mockery .",
"the children's cruel mockery of each other",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At first, Lewyn\u2019s worldly sophistication seems to make a mockery of his new friend\u2019s white-bread lifestyle and theatrical spirituality. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"There are many other moments that make a mockery of Alison\u2019s privacy. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 12 May 2022",
"Their acquiescence in efforts to undermine the Supreme Court\u2019s deliberations make a mockery of their own condemnations of that shameful episode. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"Many have noted that the bill initially failed to include a minimum age \u2014 an omission that has opened the door to widespread mockery . \u2014 NBC News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The self- mockery strikes a tone of gothic camp which relieves the gloom. \u2014 Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"But one thing is clear: a lot of people owe an apology to the Rockets' franchise for their mockery over the team's gamble last year in preferring the Nets' unprotected picks over some of the other packages offered. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 2 June 2022",
"In response to reader Mark Sherwin\u2019s letter regarding the Savannah Bananas\u2019 innovations to keep fans interested as a mockery of the game of baseball: Quite obviously Mr. Sherwin has never been to a minor league game or heard of Bill Veeck. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
"There\u2019s no mockery of the hippie-dippy arts community, just a warm acknowledgment of the eccentricities of the mutually supportive, nonconformist environment. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181514"
},
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"noun ()",
"noun,",
"verb"
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": one who wears mod clothes",
": of, relating to, or being the characteristic style of 1960s British youth culture",
": hip , trendy",
"moderate",
"modification; modified",
"modulo; modulus",
": a modification made to something usually by its owner or user in order to change its appearance or function",
": a modification made to a software application (such as a video game) by a user in order to change the way the application looks or functions",
": to modify (something) from its original state in order to change its appearance or function",
": to modify (a software application, such as a video game)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4d"
],
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"contemporary",
"current",
"designer",
"hot",
"modern",
"modernistic",
"new",
"new age",
"new-fashioned",
"newfangled",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute"
],
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"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"fusty",
"musty",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the young artist's converted loft is decorated in a self-consciously mod style",
"a chichi boutique for mod dressers with deep pockets",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This liner is very mod , with a sharp wing right at the lash line and another eyeliner line right at the crease that both angle upwards towards her temple. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 13 Aug. 2021",
"The collection allows buyers to join Saweetie\u2019s cool girl aesthetic which is heavily influenced by the \u201990s with a mod 2020 twist. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 1 June 2020",
"Some ladies even added a heel and did their hair and makeup for a mod illusion. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Yet WhatsApp mod developers advise users not to register with their primary phone numbers in other to circumvent the risk of a ban. \u2014 Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa , 5 Mar. 2020",
"But the news that the services of hangmen are no longer needed attracts fresh faces to the pub, including a mod young stranger from London with a gift for vexation. \u2014 Dan Barry, New York Times , 4 Mar. 2020",
"With precious few exceptions, ever since the midcentury fashions of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn's day gave way to the 1960s mod rebellion, gloves have symbolized the staid, uptight, and regressive (case in point: ). \u2014 Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country , 13 Feb. 2020",
"These are no primitive dugouts, though, but mod -con homes excavated from the rock using diggers. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Feb. 2020",
"The Cape, A Thompson Hotel A mod -Mexican restaurant from Enrique Olvera, four bars with note-perfect cocktails (over 100 and counting), two pools, an amazing spa, and not a trace of hacienda-style architecture\u2014in short, just what Cabo needed. \u2014 Ann Abel, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 17 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"1960, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1964, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1943, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1956, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190931"
},
"model":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a usually miniature representation of something",
": a pattern of something to be made",
": a type or design of product (such as a car)",
": a type or design of clothing",
": a system of postulates , data, and inferences presented as a mathematical description of an entity or state of affairs",
": a computer simulation (see simulation sense 3a ) based on such a system",
": archetype",
": an example for imitation or emulation",
": one who is employed to display clothes or other merchandise",
": a person or thing that serves as a pattern for an artist",
": one who poses for an artist",
": version sense 2",
": a description or analogy used to help visualize something (such as an atom) that cannot be directly observed",
": structural design",
": an organism whose appearance a mimic imitates",
": animal model",
": copy , image",
": a set of plans for a building",
": to construct or fashion in imitation of a particular model",
": to shape or fashion in a plastic material",
": to produce a representation or simulation (see simulation sense 3a ) of",
": to display by wearing, using, or posing with",
": to plan or form after a pattern : shape",
": to make into an organization (such as an army, government, or parish)",
": to work or act as a fashion or art model",
": to design or imitate forms : make a pattern",
": serving as or capable of serving as a pattern",
": being a usually miniature representation of something",
": a small but exact copy of a thing",
": a pattern or figure of something to be made",
": a person who sets a good example",
": a person who poses for an artist or photographer",
": a person who wears and displays garments that are for sale",
": a special type of a product",
": worthy of being imitated",
": being a miniature copy",
": to plan or shape after a pattern",
": to make a model of",
": to act or serve as a model",
": a pattern of something to be made : a cast of a tooth or oral cavity",
": something (as a similar object or a construct) used to help visualize or explore something else (as the living human body) that cannot be directly observed or experimented on \u2014 see animal model",
": a system of postulates, data, and inferences presented as a mathematical description of an entity or state of affairs",
": to produce (as by computer) a representation or simulation of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u1d4al",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u1d4al",
"\u02c8m\u00e4d-\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"miniature"
],
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"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"classic",
"definitive",
"exemplary",
"imitable",
"paradigmatic",
"quintessential",
"textbook"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The timeframe required to earn back the financial costs of turbine manufacturing and installation is dependent on factors such as local wind resources, the turbine model , electricity prices and the financing agreement. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"The least expensive model to insure for 2022, according to the website, is the Subaru Forester compact SUV in its 2.5I Wilderness trim, at an average $1,353 per year. \u2014 Jim Gorzelany, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not as quick as some of the other options out there, or even the M50 model , which gets to 60 in under four seconds. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 3 June 2022",
"Until 2017, Netflix used the standard 5-star rating model , a system that is very familiar to consumers. \u2014 Ian Morris, Rolling Stone , 3 June 2022",
"But there\u2019s one EV model that\u2019s notably bucking the trend: the Chevy Bolt. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 3 June 2022",
"The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model , 38, and husband Brian welcomed their second baby together, a daughter named Colette Jane, on Tuesday, May 24, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
"The 6-3-2 model , which includes the closing of Parma High School, Parma Park Elementary and Renwood Elementary, will be voted on by the board of education at a June 9 meeting scheduled for the Parma Senior High School Little Theater. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"The first model , the 12-passenger Viceroy, will start flying in 2025, the company says, with a 160-nautical mile range. \u2014 Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"She also was linked to model Charlie Wilson after they were spotted kissing in Los Angeles last fall. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Apple TV changes that model with today's announcement. \u2014 Samuel Axon And Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Koehl and her colleagues have even used flying frogs to help model dinosaur flight. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
"In addition, in order to enforce the new law, companies could also avoid pertinent diversity trainings which model inclusivity and increased racial understanding for employees. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
"Leaders can model other behavior that shows your workplace values and prioritizes mental health and overall well-being. \u2014 Naz Beheshti, Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
"By 2008, a teenage Ayesha had moved to Los Angeles to model and act. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
"Which brings us to our first trade-off: limited selection, both in make and model . \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 29 May 2022",
"The gun used in this demonstration is not the same make and model as the Rudolph's gun. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Fossil fuel companies have long been generous donors to foreign policy institutions\u2014a model tech companies are now starting to follow. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean star as a super- model couple who come from nothing, with beauty as their only ticket to the high life. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 May 2022",
"To support that capability, IBM researchers are working on multi- model pipelines that could accommodate the needs of predictive and prescriptive models. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"While this study has not been peer reviewed, these model -comparison techniques have been peer-reviewed in the past and are now widely used and accepted. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"This can be repeated for model simulations of future warming. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
"His first blockbusters are that the iPhone mini line is dead, and only the two Pro- model iPhones will get the new A16 processor. \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 14 Mar. 2022",
"At 65, the uncomplaining, modestly dressed Hornclaw appears to be a model senior citizen. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Biden praised retiring Supreme Court Justice Breyer as a model public servant and reaffirmed his commitment to nominate a Black woman to fill his seat, pledging to make an announcement before the end of February. \u2014 WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 14",
"Verb",
"1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4",
"Adjective",
"1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184900"
},
"moderate":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"avoiding extremes of behavior or expression observing reasonable limits",
"calm , temperate",
"tending toward the mean or average amount or dimension",
"having average or less than average quality mediocre",
"not violent, severe, or intense",
"professing or characterized by political or social beliefs that are not extreme",
"limited in scope or effect",
"not expensive reasonable or low in price",
"of medium lightness and medium chroma",
"to lessen the intensity or extremeness of",
"to preside over or act as chairman of",
"to act as a moderator",
"to become less violent, severe, or intense",
"one who holds moderate views or who belongs to a group favoring a moderate course or program",
"neither too much nor too little",
"neither very good nor very bad",
"not expensive reasonable",
"not extreme or excessive",
"to make or become less extreme or severe",
"avoiding extremes of behavior observing reasonable limits",
"Inland areas still relatively close to the coast, including Los Angeles County, were shaded orange, moderate risk. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"According to the National Weather Service in Phoenix, the Valley will experience above-normal temperatures resulting in widespread moderate heat risk. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"John Green with BlackStar says the company was created to help with low- to moderate -income families primarily trapped in Contract for Deeds (CFD). \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"In Wyoming and New Mexico, two-thirds of all properties have at least a moderate risk of fire; in Utah and Arizona, almost 60% do, and in Montana and Oklahoma about half do. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 16 May 2022",
"The vast majority of Alabama\u2019s 67 counties are now classified as having \u2018 moderate \u2019 risk of community spread or higher, according to ADPH and guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2014 Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al , 10 May 2022",
"There is a moderate risk, Level 4 of 5, in northeastern Oklahoma. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 2 May 2022",
"Eastern Arkansas is at a moderate risk for severe weather conditions, including hail up to the size of a golf ball, winds of up to 80 mph and a medium potential for tornadoes, according to the briefing. \u2014 Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The severe threat shifts east on Wednesday as a moderate risk has been issued from Greenville, MS, just east of Little Rock to Memphis to Evansville, IN. \u2014 Aliyah Thomas, ABC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"We are left, then, with this Individual income tax increases on working families could moderate inflation but add to the hardship of those already struggling. \u2014 Howard Gleckman, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"You can get married in Allbirds, moderate a real estate panel in New Balance, bar hop in high tops. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"In some ways, ToxMod is similar to how many social media companies already moderate their platforms, with a combination of humans and AI. \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"If supply chains heal and factories catch up, rising prices for cars, equipment, couches and clothing could moderate on their own, and the Fed\u2019s policies would not have to do as much to slow demand. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Manufacturing growth could further moderate in the months ahead, in response to shifts in demand. \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"Maybe [the next goal is to] moderate one more debate? \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
"How can social-media companies gain our trust in their ability to moderate , much less shadowban, for the public good and not their own convenience? \u2014 Gabriel Nicholas, The Atlantic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Ask for someone like Sean Hannity or Christina Bobb to moderate , probably. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Bradley was a political moderate a Black councilman in South Los Angeles who had spent more than two decades on the LAPD. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Cohen was a genuine moderate at a time when there were loads of moderates in both parties, even a sprinkling of actual liberals in the Republican Party. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 3 May 2022",
"The conservative mayor sought to unseat more incumbents in the Assembly\u2019s moderate -to-liberal-leaning majority, but Anchorage voters rejected three other conservative candidates. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
"And children under 18 need at least 60 minutes of moderate -to-vigorous exercise (mostly aerobic activities) daily. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The continuing trends indicate that three Assembly incumbents will overcome challenges from a group of conservative supported by Mayor Dave Bronson and who coordinated efforts to unseat the moderate -to-liberal-leaning Assembly members. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The rain is much needed in the south, forecasters said, due to an ongoing moderate to extreme drought. \u2014 Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The Primary Sinema Project has already raised over $300,000 for the Arizona moderate 's challenger in the 2024 primary. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The vaccine was also 75% effective against moderate -to-severe disease and about 58% effective against symptomatic disease. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 23 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1648, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"moderately":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in a moderate manner",
": to a moderate degree or extent : rather , fairly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d(\u0259-)r\u0259t-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"enough",
"fairly",
"kind of",
"kindly",
"like",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"something",
"somewhat",
"sort of"
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221823"
},
"modest":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"placing a moderate estimate on one's abilities or worth",
"neither bold nor self-assertive tending toward diffidence",
"arising from or characteristic of a modest nature",
"observing the proprieties of dress and behavior decent",
"limited in size, amount, or scope",
"unpretentious",
"not overly proud or confident not boastful",
"limited in size or amount",
"not showy",
"decent in thought, conduct, and dress"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259st",
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"median",
"medium",
"middle",
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"midsized",
"moderate"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Workers\u2019 wages have stagnated, and the recent, modest increases in wages have not kept up with the rate of inflation. \u2014 David Cicilline, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"And yet, given the urgency of Li's warnings, the State Council's policy response is curiously modest . \u2014 Grady Mcgregor And Clay Chandler, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"Far from radical, the opinion is actually modest in scope \u2014 leaving conservatives still in need of an alternative theory of rights. \u2014 John Yoo, National Review , 1 June 2022",
"But, so far, the tech takeover of the entertainment business has been surprisingly modest . \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Companies are starting to realize that CPC metrics are easy to game, masking very modest increases in lift (customers who would not make a purchase without exposure to digital ads). \u2014 Michael Adair, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Despite offering worker public praise and modest wage increases, these companies rewarded shareholders far more generously, the researchers concluded. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The budget makes modest , incremental increases to a wide variety of programs and initiatives. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The election of Mayor Eric Adams in New York City and ascendance of new Gov. Kathy Hochul was the occasion for optimism followed by a familiar letdown as state and city leaders announced modest increases in funding for housing. \u2014 Deborah Padgett, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin modestus moderate; akin to Latin modus measure",
"first_known_use":[
"1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"modestly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": placing a moderate estimate on one's abilities or worth",
": neither bold nor self-assertive : tending toward diffidence",
": arising from or characteristic of a modest nature",
": observing the proprieties of dress and behavior : decent",
": limited in size, amount, or scope",
": unpretentious",
": not overly proud or confident : not boastful",
": limited in size or amount",
": not showy",
": decent in thought, conduct, and dress"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259st",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259st"
],
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"average",
"intermediate",
"mean",
"median",
"medium",
"middle",
"middling",
"midsize",
"midsized",
"moderate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Workers\u2019 wages have stagnated, and the recent, modest increases in wages have not kept up with the rate of inflation. \u2014 David Cicilline, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"And yet, given the urgency of Li's warnings, the State Council's policy response is curiously modest . \u2014 Grady Mcgregor And Clay Chandler, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"Far from radical, the opinion is actually modest in scope \u2014 leaving conservatives still in need of an alternative theory of rights. \u2014 John Yoo, National Review , 1 June 2022",
"But, so far, the tech takeover of the entertainment business has been surprisingly modest . \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Companies are starting to realize that CPC metrics are easy to game, masking very modest increases in lift (customers who would not make a purchase without exposure to digital ads). \u2014 Michael Adair, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Despite offering worker public praise and modest wage increases, these companies rewarded shareholders far more generously, the researchers concluded. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The budget makes modest , incremental increases to a wide variety of programs and initiatives. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The election of Mayor Eric Adams in New York City and ascendance of new Gov. Kathy Hochul was the occasion for optimism followed by a familiar letdown as state and city leaders announced modest increases in funding for housing. \u2014 Deborah Padgett, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin modestus moderate; akin to Latin modus measure",
"first_known_use":[
"1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221457"
},
"modify":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": to make less extreme : moderate",
": to limit or restrict the meaning of especially in a grammatical construction",
": to change (a vowel) by umlaut",
": to make minor changes in",
": to make basic or fundamental changes in often to give a new orientation to or to serve a new end",
": to undergo change",
": to make changes in",
": to lower or reduce in amount or scale",
": to limit in meaning : qualify",
": to make a change in"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
"\u02c8m\u00e4d-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
],
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"qualify"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His obsessive way of covering every surface with his glyphs, transforming them into something else, is actually very similar to my obsession to metamorphose, to modify and mutate. \u2014 Tiziana Cardini, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
"Instagram, for example, can use user content for promotional purposes, as well as distribute, copy, modify and sell users\u2019 material. \u2014 Tomas Andren, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"But guilty pleas resulting in life sentences could force the Biden administration to modify its ambition of ending detention operations at Guant\u00e1namo Bay and instead rebrand it as a military prison for a few men. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Commissioners decided to modify the property involved in the rezoning request and consider the rest of the area while updating the comprehensive growth map. \u2014 Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Attacks such as these can be used to elevate an attacker\u2019s privileges or modify data that is otherwise restricted through Allowlisting and filesystem integrity. \u2014 Michael Mehlberg, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Signs and symptoms can vary and, according to the Mayo Clinic, there is no cure, though treatments can help speed recovery from attacks, modify the course of the disease and manage symptoms. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 27 May 2022",
"So concrete is really a two-stage invention, as humans modify what ocean life provided. \u2014 Helen Czerski, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The recommendation now goes to a three-member panel, which can accept, reject or modify the two-year ban. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English modifien , from Anglo-French modifier , from Latin modificare to measure, moderate, from modus ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210305"
},
"modish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fashionable , stylish"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u014d-dish"
],
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"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"au courant",
"chic",
"cool",
"exclusive",
"fashionable",
"fresh",
"happening",
"hip",
"in",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"supercool",
"swell",
"swish",
"trendy",
"voguish"
],
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"dowdy",
"out",
"outmoded",
"styleless",
"unchic",
"uncool",
"unfashionable",
"unmodish",
"unstylish"
],
"examples":[
"He wore a modish gray suit and hat.",
"the strikingly modish gowns that actresses wear to award shows",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The women, meanwhile, are reduced to modish caricature: Gertrude, sung by Sarah Connolly, assumes arch poses, while Ophelia, played by Brenda Rae, lurches from pitiful fretting to orgasmic writhing. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Still, \u00d6stlund\u2019s Triangle of Sadness feels like a worthy winner\u2014and having been snapped up already by the modish distribution outfit Neon, expect to see it on a cinema screen near you soon. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 28 May 2022",
"Available on their website and at their New York City showroom, the Batsheva furniture collection includes a sofa and two different types of chairs, all adorned in a modish mismatch of motifs. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Thanks to a modish navy mini and black leather racing jacket combo, Venus Williams stole the show in Louis Vuitton\u2019s front row in a look that kept things short and sweet. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2022",
"This Mario Bava film takes place in a Rome fashion house, with scenes of runway shows and dress fittings displaying an entire look book of modish dresses. \u2014 Caitlin Morton, Vogue , 29 Oct. 2021",
"In the early days, modish pandemonium prevailed at Kings Road. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
"At last night\u2019s Brit Awards ceremony, Styles picked up his Best British Single award in a modish wool and silk double-breasted suit from Alessandro Michele\u2019s Gucci Aria collection. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 13 May 2021",
"Later came the crown of modish white hair, the DeLorean trademark. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 29 July 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1652, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192519"
},
"moiety":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one of two equal parts : half",
": one of two approximately equal parts",
": one of the portions into which something is divided : component , part",
": one of two basic complementary tribal subdivisions",
": one of the portions into which something is divided",
": half of something (as an estate)",
"\u2014 compare entirety sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fi-\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u022fi-\u0259t-\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u022fi-\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"half"
],
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"examples":[
"the lot was split into two equal moieties"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English moite , from Anglo-French meit\u00e9, moit\u00e9 , from Late Latin medietat-, medietas , from Latin medius middle \u2014 more at mid ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211338"
},
"moil":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make wet or dirty",
": to work hard : drudge",
": to be in continuous agitation : churn , swirl",
": hard work : drudgery",
": confusion , turmoil"
],
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"\u02c8m\u022fi(-\u0259)l"
],
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"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
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"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth",
"the angry mob moiled around the courthouse",
"Noun",
"went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world",
"fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
"Noun",
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220508"
},
"moisture":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": liquid diffused or condensed in relatively small quantity",
": a small amount of liquid that makes something slightly wet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fis-ch\u0259r",
"\u02c8m\u022fish-",
"\u02c8m\u022fis-ch\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"damp",
"dampness",
"humidity",
"moistness"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"These flowers grow best with moisture and shade.",
"Wool socks will pull moisture away from your skin.",
"The leaves absorb moisture from the air.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Around the same time, a cold front developed near the Great Lakes and drew in some of Agnes\u2019s moisture . \u2014 Jacob Feuerstein, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"And stray moisture out of the Gulf of Mexico could spark some random thunder showers in the mountains and deserts on Wednesday and Thursday. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The fiber has high resistance to everyday wear and moisture , excellent abrasion and crush resistance, a reliable yarn memory to hold twist, and good stain resistance when a stain treatment has been applied. \u2014 Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"Sensors in each field can monitor soil, collecting data about its temperature, moisture and fertility. \u2014 Jonathan Seelig, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Since the 1940s, chemical makers have used the highly durable compounds to make nonstick cookware, moisture -repellent fabrics and flame-retardant equipment. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"Since the 1940s, chemical makers have used the highly durable compounds to make nonstick cookware, moisture -repellent fabrics, and flame-retardant equipment. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"The self-tan preparation process strips hydration from the skin, so Dr. Mikailov suggests grabbing self-tanners enriched with nourishing ingredients like coconut or jojoba oil, and squalane to hydrate and replenish moisture in skin. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 13 June 2022",
"The CubeSats will capture key measurements such as moisture , temperature, and precipitation to predict the direction and intensity of storms, and will join NASA's TROPICS Pathfinder probe already in orbit. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 13 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from moiste ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185825"
},
"mold":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"transitive verb",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
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": a cavity in which a substance is shaped: such as",
": a matrix for casting metal",
": a form in which food is given a decorative shape",
": a molded object",
": prototype",
": a fixed pattern : design",
": an example to be followed",
": distinctive nature or character : type",
": the frame on or around which an object is constructed",
": molding",
": to knead or work (a material, such as dough or clay) into a desired consistency or shape",
": to form in a mold",
": to determine or influence the quality or nature of",
": to give shape to",
": to fit the contours of",
": to ornament with molding or carving",
": a superficial often woolly growth produced especially on damp or decaying organic matter or on living organisms by a fungus (as of the order Mucorales)",
": earth that is the substance of the human body",
": a hollow form in which something is shaped",
": something shaped in a mold",
": to work and press into shape",
": to shape in a hollow form",
": to influence or affect the character of",
": an often fuzzy surface growth of fungus on damp or decaying material",
": a fungus that forms mold",
": to become moldy",
": light rich crumbly earth that contains decaying material",
": a cavity in which a fluid or malleable substance is shaped",
": to give shape to especially in a mold",
": to become moldy",
": a superficial often woolly growth produced by a fungus especially on damp or decaying organic matter or on living organisms",
": a fungus (as of the order Mucorales) that produces mold",
"town in northeastern Wales south-southwest of Liverpool, England population 10,000"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u014dld",
"\u02c8m\u014dld",
"\u02c8m\u014dld"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Verb (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1530, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (3)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192927"
},
"mole":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a pigmented spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body",
": nevus",
": any of numerous burrowing insectivores (especially family Talpidae) with tiny eyes, concealed ears, and soft fur",
": one who works in the dark",
": a machine for tunneling",
": a spy (such as a double agent) who establishes a cover long before beginning espionage",
": one within an organization who passes on information",
": an abnormal mass in the uterus especially when containing fetal tissues",
": a massive work formed of masonry and large stones or earth laid in the sea as a pier or breakwater",
": the harbor formed by a mole",
": the base unit of amount of pure substance in the International System of Units that is defined as having exactly 6.02214076 x 10 23 indivisible units (such as atoms or molecules) of that substance",
": a spicy sauce made with chiles and usually chocolate and served with meat",
": a small usually brown spot on the skin",
": a small burrowing animal with soft fur and very small eyes",
": a pigmented spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body",
": nevus",
": an abnormal mass in the uterus:",
": a blood clot containing a degenerated fetus and its membranes",
": hydatidiform mole",
": the base unit in the International System of Units for the amount of pure substance that contains the same number of elementary entities as there are atoms in exactly 12 grams of the isotope carbon 12"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014dl",
"\u02c8m\u014dl",
"\u02c8m\u014d-l\u0101",
"\u02c8m\u014dl",
"\u02c8m\u014dl"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (4)",
"circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (5)",
"1902, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (6)",
"1882, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221324"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention",
": a pampered or effeminate man or boy"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02cck\u00e4-d\u1d4al"
],
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"baby",
"cocker",
"coddle",
"cosset",
"dandle",
"indulge",
"nurse",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"wet-nurse"
],
"antonyms":[
"abuse",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The coach has been mollycoddling the team's star players.",
"refused to mollycoddle her malingering son and sent him off to school",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So football generally, and pro football specifically, helped reassure the country that American men were not mollycoddled softies. \u2014 James Surowiecki, New York Times , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Koenig may have supported Bernie Sanders in 2016, but Sanders\u2019s mollycoddling platform never approaches the real-life perplexities that Koenig \u2014 a pop poet \u2014 sings about. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Dec. 2019",
"Her poise is the result of a loving yet punctilious upbringing by parents determined that their fame and its accompanying perks were not going to mollycoddle their two children. \u2014 Michael Callahan, Town & Country , 1 Aug. 2018",
"Both sides are mollycoddling their own predicaments with this talk. \u2014 Chad Pergram, Fox News , 15 Mar. 2018",
"This mollycoddled outdated practices, like harvesting by hand. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Dec. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Frankly, mollycoddle is the word that comes to term. \u2014 CBS News , 5 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1865, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1837, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213935"
},
"molten":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": fused or liquefied by heat : melted",
": having warmth or brilliance : glowing",
": made by melting and casting",
": melted especially by very great heat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u014dl-t\u1d4an",
"\u02c8m\u014dl-t\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the core, the radioactive thorium heats the molten salt, which turns water into steam and activates a turbine to make electricity. \u2014 Jacopo Prisco, CNN , 3 June 2022",
"According to Rile Smith, this craft begins with molten glass from a furnace that\u2019s kept at an average of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"When Russia invaded, nearly 600 workers were forced to stop production and about 300 tons of molten glass solidified inside, the New York Times reported. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Companies are banking heat in molten salt, volcanic rocks, and other materials. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Concentrated solar power, for example, stores energy from the sun by heating molten salt and using it to produce steam to drive electric generators, similar to how a coal power plant would generate electricity. \u2014 Stacy Morford, The Conversation , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Most jadeite pieces were made by pouring molten glass into molds, an economical method of production that allowed companies to easily turn out large quantities in a variety of patterns and styles. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Thousands of mirrors, called heliostats, concentrate the sun\u2019s energy to a tower that heats molten salt. \u2014 Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment will have a core that\u2019s as small as a refrigerator and molten salt to cool it instead of water. \u2014 Jennifer Mcdermott, chicagotribune.com , 18 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from past participle of melten to melt",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204338"
},
"mome":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": blockhead , fool"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u014dm"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"examples":[
"he's a mome , but a harmless fellow for all of that"
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1550, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173134"
},
"moment":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a minute portion or point of time instant",
"a comparatively brief period of time",
"present time",
"a time of excellence or conspicuousness",
"importance in influence or effect",
"a cause or motive of action",
"a stage in historical or logical development",
"tendency or measure of tendency to produce motion especially about a point or axis",
"the product of quantity (such as a force) and the distance to a particular axis or point",
"the mean (see mean entry 4 sense 1b ) of the n th powers of the deviations (see deviation sense b ) of the observed values in a set of statistical data from a fixed value",
"the expected value of a power of the deviation (see deviation sense b ) of a random variable from a fixed value",
"a very brief time",
"present time",
"importance"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8m\u014d-m\u0259nt",
"synonyms":[
"occasion",
"time"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the moment , funding cuts have not affected Abbott\u2019s ability to provide testing, according to John Koval, a spokesman. \u2014 Akila Muthukumar, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"These efforts are geared toward preparing for any complaints about the lack of protection against conflicts of interest and fraud, which are cause for significant concern at the moment . \u2014 Gary Fowler, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Drake\u2019s surprise release stuck to the old, pre-pandemic rules of superstars announcing new product at a moment \u2019s notice. \u2014 Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"Most colors and sizes are in stock at the moment , but that may not last long. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"China\u2019s movie industry is going through a lull of its own at the moment , with theaters across the country shut down due to an ongoing COVID-19 wave. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"In any case, the stagnation critique holds little weight with Pusha T, who is more focused on specific tasks that are directly in front of him at the moment . \u2014 Julian Kimble, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"At the moment , McIlroy isn\u2019t concerned with his strong stance against LIV Golf. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"At the moment , Spiderhead has a low 62 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 39 reviews right now. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin momentum movement, particle sufficient to turn the scales, moment, from mov\u0113re to move",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"momentarily":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": for a moment",
": instantly",
": at any moment : in a moment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccm\u014d-m\u0259n-\u02c8ter-\u0259-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"anon",
"before long",
"by and by",
"directly",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The wind let up momentarily , allowing us to start a campfire.",
"He paused momentarily before finishing his speech.",
"We expect them to arrive momentarily .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Having said that, when Brown and Green hopped to their feet and were momentarily face-to-face, there was a chance that the situation was going to rise to a level that would have left the officials no choice but to hand out technical fouls. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"Representatives from the school\u2019s counseling and psychological services who were in attendance agreed, and hearing that confirmation momentarily put Frazier at ease. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Helicopter crew members watched anxiously as several sailors were momentarily sucked beneath the waves after jumping from the submarine. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"His homer to left field extended that streak, which momentarily left him in the major league lead before the next contest for Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Trea Turner, the only other player to reach base in 16 straight games this season. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The nuns apparently prepared it as a typical pastry that could be served during carnival, when chaos ruled and Christian, moral laws were momentarily overhauled with pagan rituals. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"To return to the field, the training staff taped his hand to momentarily stem the bleeding. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
"The victim fell to the floor, rose and left the room momentarily . \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 12 May 2022",
"The woman driving the vehicle stopped momentarily , allowing four people to jump out of the back seat of the car and run off, Michael said in a statement. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171408"
},
"momentary":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": continuing only a moment : fleeting",
": having a very brief life",
": operative or recurring at every moment",
": lasting only a very brief time"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u014d-m\u0259n-\u02ccter-\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u014d-m\u0259n-\u02ccter-\u0113"
],
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"brief",
"deciduous",
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"flash",
"fleeting",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"impermanent",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"temporary",
"transient",
"transitory"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"examples":[
"He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness.",
"the pain of the flu shot was only momentary",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After the Covid recession ended, unemployment fell and hourly wages, after a momentary tumble, rose sharply. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 31 May 2022",
"But for so many, that momentary distraction from their daily struggles is what keeps them coming back year after year. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 27 May 2022",
"Anyone with a shred of modesty will admit to having asked a bad question or 10 over three decades plus, whether due to ignorance, ineptitude or momentary brain-lock. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"At one point, with the sort of momentary , one-off technical flourish at which Diaz excels, a long exchange in English is rendered on the page as near-gibberish, not for comic effect but as Hakan\u2019s sincere effort to make sense of it. \u2014 Jonathan Dee, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Like other consumer-facing companies that tap into retail trader nostalgia\u2014like GameStop, AMC, Bed Bath & Beyond, Blackberry, and even Blockbuster\u2014Redbox is just another momentary Wall Street meme. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
"Thanksgiving traffic helped provide a momentary bump in air travel nationwide, but the numbers remain considerably off compared to a year ago. \u2014 al , 8 Dec. 2020",
"Although momentary relief came when multiple attempts to escape one particularly problematic river bend finally yielded success, the subsequent hour between our boats and the take-out point added a heavy dose of reality. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 4 May 2022",
"Tilting his thick, hefty tail backward to seesaw the front half of his body up, the dinosaur slowly steps and scrapes and rubs against the rough trunks, the friction sending momentary relief over the pebble-like scales covering his body. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182024"
},
"momentous":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"having great or lasting importance consequential , significant",
"very important"
],
"pronounciation":"m\u014d-\u02c8men-t\u0259s",
"synonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"earth-shattering",
"earthshaking",
"eventful",
"historic",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"monumental",
"much",
"significant",
"substantial",
"tectonic",
"weighty"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"examples":[
"My college graduation was a momentous day in my life.",
"a momentous occasion that will go down in the history books",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the momentous occasion, Carey wore a strapless black gown by Oscar de la Renta. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"The return of Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi, a momentous occasion of geektacular anticipation for fans, has been marred by the vitriol of online racist taunts. \u2014 David Betancourt, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Soaked in sweat and decadence, Ugly Season marks a watershed for Perfume Genius, one nearly as momentous for his career as the release of Too Bright in 2014. \u2014 Jason Kyle Howard, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
"For central banks, a task as momentous as fixing climate change may be one job too many. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 9 July 2021",
"Your baby\u2019s first flight can be as momentous as their first steps, first solid food, or first drop off at daycare. \u2014 Laura Dannen Redman, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 13 Apr. 2021",
"The momentous occasion on Sunday afternoon marked the grand finale of the four-day Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend, honoring Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch, for her 70 years of service. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 6 June 2022",
"Here's how the U.K. is celebrating their majesty the queen for the momentous occasion and what the events mean to royal watchers worldwide. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Adelfio suggests telling them at a momentous occasion, such as a birthday party or family event. \u2014 Nevin Martell, Washington Post , 12 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":[
"1631, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a property (see property sense 1a ) of a moving body that the body has by virtue of its mass (see mass entry 2 sense 1c ) and motion and that is equal to the product of the body's mass and velocity",
": a property of a moving body that determines the length of time required to bring it to rest when under the action of a constant force or moment",
": strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events",
": the force that a moving body has because of its weight and motion",
": a property of a moving body that the body has by virtue of its mass and motion and that is equal to the product of the body's mass and velocity",
": a property of a moving body that determines the length of time required to bring it to rest when under the action of a constant force"
],
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"m\u014d-\u02c8men-t\u0259m",
"m\u0259-",
"m\u014d-\u02c8men-t\u0259m",
"m\u014d-\u02c8ment-\u0259m, m\u0259-\u02c8ment-"
],
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"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
],
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"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
],
"examples":[
"The company has had a successful year and hopes to maintain its momentum by introducing new products.",
"The movie loses momentum toward the end.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Challenges to cultural norms can gain momentum from shocking, novel items like the The TaTa Top, according to Ashlee Humphreys, a Northwestern University integrated marketing communications professor. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"With cameras in the courtroom, millions of people have followed the trial, and interest seemed to gain momentum as the weeks went on and both Depp and Heard testified about the ugly details of their relationship. \u2014 Matthew Barakat, ajc , 26 May 2022",
"As ethical data concerns continue to gain momentum , fair-trade data should become the norm across business landscapes. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The push to pass children's online safety legislation in California comes as attempts at the federal level have failed to gain momentum . \u2014 Musadiq Bidar, CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"Ukrainian and Russian forces are fighting village by village as Moscow struggles to gain momentum in the Donbas, the eastern industrial heartland that the Kremlin says is now its chief objective. \u2014 Jon Gambrell And Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 5 May 2022",
"Ukrainian and Russian forces are fighting village by village, as Moscow struggles to gain momentum in the Donbas. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 May 2022",
"However not all dream careers remained as appealing as The Great Resignation began to gain momentum . \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
"History suggests that such movements gain momentum over time and are not easily reversed. \u2014 Eyck Freymann, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Latin, movement",
"first_known_use":[
"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202522"
},
"moneybags":{
"type":"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction",
"Fortunately, the talented Corey Stoll is on hand, and his moneybags entrepreneur character, Michael Prince, is taking over Axe Capital. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Fortunately, the talented Corey Stoll is on hand, and his moneybags entrepreneur character, Michael Prince, is taking over Axe Capital. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Fortunately, the talented Corey Stoll is on hand, and his moneybags entrepreneur character, Michael Prince, is taking over Axe Capital. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Fortunately, the talented Corey Stoll is on hand, and his moneybags entrepreneur character, Michael Prince, is taking over Axe Capital. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Fortunately, the talented Corey Stoll is on hand, and his moneybags entrepreneur character, Michael Prince, is taking over Axe Capital. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Fortunately, the talented Corey Stoll is on hand, and his moneybags entrepreneur character, Michael Prince, is taking over Axe Capital. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Fortunately, the talented Corey Stoll is on hand, and his moneybags entrepreneur character, Michael Prince, is taking over Axe Capital. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Fortunately, the talented Corey Stoll is on hand, and his moneybags entrepreneur character, Michael Prince, is taking over Axe Capital. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having money : wealthy",
": consisting in or derived from money",
": consisting in or derived from money"
],
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"\u02c8m\u0259-n\u0113d",
"\u02c8m\u0259-n\u0113d"
],
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"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"examples":[
"a member of the moneyed classes",
"luxury goods that are purchased mainly by moneyed tourists from abroad",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For centuries, Kyoto\u2019s geisha reserved their art for a moneyed few behind closed paper doors. \u2014 Miho Inada, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Nevertheless, both have shown full support for their moneyed quarterback since they were hired for their current positions. \u2014 Steve Silverman, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The poignancy of a life snuffed out too soon pervades the show, attesting to the Basquiat allure that has captivated aspiring painters, graffiti artists, museum curators and moneyed collectors. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Desmond, on the other hand, retains the respect of most of the moneyed homeowners here. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 26 Mar. 2022",
"In fact, Andoh explains, there were many people of African descent living in Regency London, making their own fortunes, marrying into wealth, and living this highly respectable, well- moneyed lifestyle. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 25 Mar. 2022",
"De Luca and Abdy are credited with revitalizing the flagging studio, going toe-to-toe with moneyed players like Apple and Netflix for big projects including Licorice Pizza and the Ryan Gosling starrer Project Hail Mary. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Dando was brought up in Back Bay, a historic and moneyed neighborhood in Boston. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The Council must be diligent to ensure that appeals are handled with the community in mind and not the developers, donors, or big- moneyed special interest groups as is currently the case. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202729"
},
"mongrel":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed entry 2 sense 1 ) or strains (see strain entry 1 sense 1 )",
": one of unknown ancestry",
": a cross between types of persons or things",
": an animal of mixed or uncertain origin",
": of mixed or uncertain origin"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4\u014b-gr\u0259l",
"\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-",
"\u02c8m\u00e4\u014b-gr\u0259l",
"\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-"
],
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"cross",
"crossbred",
"crossbreed",
"hybrid",
"intercross"
],
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"examples":[
"She owns several dogs, including a mongrel named Stella.",
"mongrels often suffer fewer health problems than purebreds",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kelso was the first thoroughbred to fly in a jet and always traveled with his sidekick, a scruffy mongrel named Charlie Potatoes. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The mongrel \u2019s mother, separated from her baby, bleats piteously outside the couple\u2019s house, until Maria, plagued by troubling dreams, drags the animal out into a field and shoots it. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 9 Oct. 2021",
"After his election Emmanuel Macron adopted a mongrel , Nemo, from a rescue shelter. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Mar. 2021",
"The dog, a male mongrel , arrived with its owner at the hospital in Wuhan \u2013 where the coronavirus outbreak began \u2013 in February, the U.K.\u2019s Metro reported. \u2014 Fox News , 26 May 2020",
"Although the big Art Deco and Second Empire mongrel at 422 Fulton \u2014 now Macy\u2019s \u2014 continued to give the strip solidity into the 21st century, the iron-front building deteriorated. \u2014 John Freeman Gill, New York Times , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Disney unveiled the first trailer during D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, and gave a glimpse into the romantic adventures of Lady, the American Cocker Spaniel, and Tramp, a mongrel pup. \u2014 Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Disney released the first official trailer Friday at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, and gave a glimpse into the romantic adventures of Lady, the American Cocker Spaniel, and Tramp, a mongrel pup. \u2014 Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Children loved him and residents regarded the mongrel as a neighborhood alarm system, friendly but loud. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com , 22 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, probably from mong mixture, short for ymong , from Old English gemong crowd \u2014 more at among ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185345"
},
"monicker":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": name , nickname"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-ni-k\u0259r"
],
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"alias",
"byname",
"cognomen",
"epithet",
"handle",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"surname"
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"examples":[
"He earned the moniker \u201cGator\u201d from his days wrestling alligators in Florida.",
"I think \u201cHappy\u201d is an appropriate moniker for someone who smiles so much.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Born and raised in Southeast Washington, LB199X owes much to the decade alluded to in his moniker . \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Decades after its successful detour, the Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. gave its old moniker the shaft, officially rebranding itself as Sunbeam Corp. in 1946. \u2014 Gregg Opelka, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"As its moniker implies, the Aventura 164 is outfitted for adventures, too. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 17 May 2022",
"In 2007, the company shed its longtime corporate moniker \u2014 Apple Computer Inc. \u2014 and became simply Apple, an electronics juggernaut six years in the making. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"By 2014, Kamala had superhuman abilities, her own solo series and her own superhero moniker . \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 4 May 2022",
"Lamar announced the arrival of his album with a press release featuring the letterhead of his company pgLang, and signed with his Oklama moniker . \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
"This year marks the team\u2019s first season since ditching its previous Indians moniker , which had been in use since 1915; Hanks also helped the team announce the name change last summer. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The singer, who's been actively promoting the collection (which shares a name with her childhood moniker ) on social media in recent weeks, has officially launched her first-ever fashion brand \u2014 and there's a lot to love. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably from Shelta (language of Irish itinerants) m\u016dnnik , modification of Irish ainm ",
"first_known_use":[
"1851, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220310"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": having money : wealthy",
": consisting in or derived from money"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205932"
},
"monkey (around)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to do things that are not useful or serious : to waste time"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194801"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": having or consisting of one color or hue",
": monochrome sense 2",
": consisting of radiation of a single wavelength (see wavelength sense 1 ) or of a very small range of wavelengths",
": of, relating to, or exhibiting monochromatism",
": lacking variety, creativity, or excitement : colorless",
": having or consisting of one color or hue",
": consisting of radiation of a single wavelength or of a very small range of wavelengths",
": of, relating to, or exhibiting monochromatism"
],
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"\u02ccm\u00e4-n\u0259-kr\u014d-\u02c8ma-tik",
"\u02ccm\u00e4n-\u0259-kr\u014d-\u02c8mat-ik"
],
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"monochrome",
"monochromic",
"self",
"self-colored",
"solid"
],
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"chromatic",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated"
],
"examples":[
"It's a monochromatic room with a blue rug and blue furniture.",
"although marble and bronze sculptures are monochromatic , they can be amazingly lifelike",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the event, the duchess wore a monochromatic look, pairing a belted ivory blazer with a matching skirt including a sheer top layer. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 June 2022",
"But the real fun comes in the form of statement-making hosiery\u2014think unexpected colors like white, burgundy, and navy to complement a printed or monochromatic ensemble. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Meghan Markle kept her look monochromatic , from her Stephen Jones hat and diamond earrings all the way down to her gloved fingertips and stiletto heels. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 3 June 2022",
"On Friday night, Millie Bobby Brown had the TV show debut of her new blonde hair, wearing it with a monochromatic purple look on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 15 May 2022",
"All in all, the 27-year-old's monochromatic look, complete with patent leather, was one for the books. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
"Japanese Breakfast's Matchy-Matchy Pop star Japanese Breakfast was determined to look as bright as the sun with her monochromatic yellow look. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Design pros often bring this mostly monochromatic flourish indoors\u2014adorning walls, upholstery and painted furniture in various shades of a single color\u2014but your average person rarely does. \u2014 Kathryn O\u2019shea-evans, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"The highly Instagrammable pink caf\u00e9 is about to dominate your feed all over again with its new monochromatic makeover\u2014this time, a golden yellow sheen. \u2014 Claire Stern, ELLE , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin monochromatos , from Greek monochr\u014dmatos , from mon- + chr\u014dmat-, chr\u014dma color",
"first_known_use":[
"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184244"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue",
": of, relating to, or made with a single color or hue",
": involving or producing visual images in a single color or in varying tones of a single color (such as gray)"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02cckr\u014dm"
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"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"self",
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"motley",
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"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"rainbow",
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"varied",
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"an artist who produces monochrome pencil drawings",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Duchess of Cambridge's elegant monochrome ensemble featured the soft pastel shade from head to toe, plus a few fancy accessories that added unexpected depth to her look. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"So does Carol Bove\u2019s immense homage to the monochrome at Zwirner (B14). \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Ditto the funeral march of the second movement, which often takes on the monochrome of a monument but on Thursday built to extraordinary drama and color. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The monochrome finds at each site suggest that workshops specialized in one color, Rehren says. \u2014 Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Kate Middleton embraced monochrome dressing for her second garden party of the season. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 26 May 2022",
"Something small but budding, like a wad of paper uncrumpling, sullenly radiant and monochrome \u2014like a sequence out of a silent film. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"For the outing, Kate wore a monochrome , all-blue outfit consisting of matching navy trousers and an overcoat, and an azure blouse with a mock turtleneck. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 May 2022",
"The actress went for simple makeup to go with her monochrome ensemble to let her auburn hair and bright red nail polish pop. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"However, certain aggressively monochrome outfits could double as Halloween costumes. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Most startling are two small, fragmentary paintings that are irregular forms layered with nearly monochrome paint. \u2014 Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News , 28 Apr. 2021",
"With this launch, a historically monochrome collection turns technicolor thanks to the widest selection of colored gemstones that has ever been used in a Richard Mille series. \u2014 Harper's BAZAAR , 9 Dec. 2020",
"There were plenty of period references in the toy-block geometries of the silhouettes, the drop-waist dresses, the skinny skirts in an almost monochrome palette. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Madewell Three-Pack Non-Medical Face Masks These simple, monochrome masks come in packs of three and are made out of three layers of cotton, from leftover clothing scraps. \u2014 Hanna Horvath, NBC News , 22 May 2020",
"On a recent listless winter Saturday afternoon, the only thing grayer than the cool, monochrome buildings at Glenstone was the flat, impenetrable sky. \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Throughout the film, her look hinges on loose chestnut finger waves and soft, monochrome washes of crimson on the eyes and mouth. \u2014 Vogue , 5 Jan. 2019",
"The best of these is the title number, which concludes the show in a blaze of uplift and redeems Segarra\u2019s emotionally monochrome performance. \u2014 Julia M. Klein, Philly.com , 5 June 2018"
],
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"Noun",
"1662, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190433"
},
"monocratic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": government by a single person"
],
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"m\u00e4-\u02c8n\u00e4-kr\u0259-s\u0113",
"m\u0259-"
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"examples":[],
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"1606, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225146"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": consisting of one syllable or of monosyllables",
": using or speaking only monosyllables",
": conspicuously brief in answering or commenting : terse"
],
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"\u02ccm\u00e4-n\u0259-s\u0259-\u02c8la-bik"
],
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"aphoristic",
"apothegmatic",
"brief",
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"compact",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"pithy",
"sententious",
"succinct",
"summary",
"telegraphic",
"terse",
"thumbnail"
],
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"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
],
"examples":[
"The movie star was monosyllabic with newspaper reporters.",
"the sullen teenager would give only a monosyllabic response to even the friendliest question",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mat, 48, spends most of his time tending to things in the basement, speaks in monosyllabic murmurs, and wears Keens and Carhartt. \u2014 Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"For every assessment Hess relayed, Allen offered a monosyllabic response. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Though there are cameos from theater personnel (Kenan Thompson, Taylor-Joy), this is basically a monologue by Vin, monosyllabic dope. \u2014 Matthew Love, Vulture , 23 May 2021",
"Only Chip fielded the phone calls, awkward, monosyllabic , for fear his mother would overhear and be hurt. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2021",
"During the interview, Laurent was a typical 9-year-old, giving short or monosyllabic answers. \u2014 Elian Peltier, New York Times , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Voi Scooter companies often seem indistinguishable, with their monosyllabic names (Scoot, Skip, Spin) and identikit hardware. \u2014 Alison Griswold, Quartz , 16 Dec. 2019",
"And there was Shane, an irresistible, monosyllabic lothario, who inspired both ire and emulation. \u2014 Crispin Long, The New Yorker , 11 Dec. 2019",
"There, Smith shed more tears as reporters asked questions between sniffles and snippets of monosyllabic answers in which the former Mount Saint Joseph star blamed himself. \u2014 Don Markus, baltimoresun.com , 2 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably from French monosyllabique , from monosyllabe ",
"first_known_use":[
"1635, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223650"
},
"monotonous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone : marked by a sameness of pitch and intensity",
": tediously uniform or unvarying",
": boring from always being the same"
],
"pronounciation":[
"m\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-t\u0259-n\u0259s",
"-\u02c8n\u00e4t-n\u0259s",
"m\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-t\u0259-n\u0259s"
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"arid",
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"colorless",
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"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
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"old",
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"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
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"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"examples":[
"Altogether, millions of mostly obscure entries in the public record offer details of a forced labor system of monotonous enormity. \u2014 Douglas A. Blackmon , Slavery By Another Name , 2008",
"At times, the grayness of the place was consumed by its own monotonous noise, of bars clanging, of inmates being led through the corridors, of guards yelling out orders \u2026 \u2014 Benjamin Weiser , New York Times Magazine , 6 Aug. 2000",
"The monotonous chant of the indoctrinated, ideologically armored from head to foot \u2026 \u2014 Philip Roth , American Pastoral , 1997",
"The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note. \u2014 John Updike , The Witches of Eastwick , 1984",
"the lecturer's monotonous delivery threatened to put us to sleep",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The end-of-inning recaps were getting monotonous for those keeping score Saturday morning, but Antioch sophomore pitcher Jacey Schuler was oblivious. \u2014 Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Such work typically involves long, monotonous flights to monitor illicit trade, such as clandestine fuel transfers at sea to circumvent UN restrictions on selling oil to North Korea. \u2014 Austin Ramzy, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"These folks do well when they are allowed to disengage, take time for themselves, and dedicate their lives to a cause rather than a monotonous job or singular person. \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
"In maybe the sharpest illustration of what his life has become, the first episode (confidently directed by showrunner and The Mandalorian vet Deborah Chow) follows him to his monotonous factory job on Tatooine not once, not twice, but three times. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"In the workforce, robotics holds a lot of potential for both highly routine and monotonous tasks and those that are unsafe for human workers\u2014especially when combined with machine learning. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The pacing in the first few scenes could slow so the beauty of the language and characters don\u2019t get lost in a monotonous tread. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"In a throwback music video directed by PTA and filmed during the shoot, the Haim sisters become banquet hall socialites locked in monotonous routines, with one freely unhinged character among them. \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 1 Mar. 2022",
"No matter how enjoyable at first, whooshing round and round the constrained oval of an ice rink can get monotonous for even the most die-hard skater. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"First, recognize that tantrums are a normal stage of psychosocial development and do not indicate that your child is a small monster . \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Event winner Adelaide Aquilla of Ohio State broke the collegiate record with her first attempt, a monster of 64-5\u00bc. \u2014 Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
"There are any number of devious plot complications that involve a sea monster , help from the gods and the heroic ministrations of a ploughboy, Giustino. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"Wong created a cardboard sculpture based on a Japanese manga series about monster -like giants who feed on humans. \u2014 Vic Chiang, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"So when Conrad pulled him up, Joel looked like a swamp monster . \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"Is there a monster keeping the Upside Down constantly updated for every change in the Right-side Up? \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 29 May 2022",
"The Duffer brothers also revealed there would be a new monster for the gang to battle the aforementioned Vecna. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
"Can Eleven regain her powers in time to save her friends from a new monster ? \u2014 cleveland , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"As Yennefer runs off with Ciri, Geralt stays behind, and The Witcher delivers one of the better non- monster fight scenes of its entire run. \u2014 Scott Meslow, Vulture , 17 Dec. 2021",
"This set of beach toys from Kohl's is only $10, and features an adorably themed set of tools like a sifter, rake, shovel, mini- monster truck and more. \u2014 Felicity Warner, USA TODAY , 29 June 2021",
"There are other, younger humans in Godzilla vs. Kong, to further tip the monster -human scale in the wrong direction. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 31 Mar. 2021"
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"Had Czar Nicholas II remained in power, Russia would likely have evolved into an imperfect constitutional monarchy, not the murderous monstrosity of the past 100 years. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"The infamous 1953 mansion of the late Indiana pimp-turned-magnate, Jerry Hostetler, is once again on the market and this time, the long-suffering, long-unwanted monstrosity might finally be sold. \u2014 Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Beyond center field sits Mount Davis, the massive vista-obstructing seating structure that was built when Al Davis brought the Raiders back from Los Angeles \u2014 a monstrosity that might be the only stadium section visible from outer space. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"In particular, the two sides take divergent views on what crimes against humanity the Nazis committed that define their monstrosity . \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 20 Apr. 2022",
"But some saw this gender paradox as a kind of monstrosity . \u2014 Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Fortunately for pasta lovers, such a monstrosity does not exist. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
"That film\u2019s sequel opens with an elaborate preamble that involves a young Poirot, WWI and PTSD, all at the service of explaining how and why that monstrosity now perches above his mouth. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Their talk began with a single query from the actor, whose costume as Q in TNG was a bit of a monstrosity . \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"Smith\u2019s monstrous dunk was the buzz of Greenville for the next 24 hours, with the reactions from his teammates \u2014 Green in particular \u2014 going viral in the wake of the opening-round result. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Simultaneously, Wednesday tries to prevent a monstrous killing spree that's taking over the local town, while attempting to uncover the supernatural mystery involving her parents that took place 25 years ago. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Ridloff plays Makkari, one of 10 Eternals who arrived on Earth 7,000 years ago at the dawn of civilization to help humanity progress and protect them against monstrous creatures called Deviants. \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Among the new footage is a shot of Don Lee's Gilgamesh using his powers to defend himself against a Deviant \u2014 monstrous creatures who the Eternals protect humans from. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 3 Oct. 2021",
"More than 15,000 firefighters were battling dozens of California blazes, including another monstrous blaze, the Dixie Fire about 65 miles north. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The Stoneman Douglas baseball team kept its state title defense going, using a five-run fifth inning that included a monstrous Jake Clemente home run to power back against Miami Christopher Columbus in the 7A regional final on Tuesday. \u2014 Franco Panizo, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"Leaving Bruce, Allison, and Lennon was a monstrous act and one that led Allison down a spiral of grief and confusion that has lasted for years. \u2014 Benjamin Rosenstock, Vulture , 12 Nov. 2021",
"That an opportunistic owner could relocate a team to some other city, as is common in the United States, would be a monstrous act in Europe. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2021"
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"Smith\u2019s monstrous dunk was the buzz of Greenville for the next 24 hours, with the reactions from his teammates \u2014 Green in particular \u2014 going viral in the wake of the opening-round result. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Simultaneously, Wednesday tries to prevent a monstrous killing spree that's taking over the local town, while attempting to uncover the supernatural mystery involving her parents that took place 25 years ago. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Ridloff plays Makkari, one of 10 Eternals who arrived on Earth 7,000 years ago at the dawn of civilization to help humanity progress and protect them against monstrous creatures called Deviants. \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Among the new footage is a shot of Don Lee's Gilgamesh using his powers to defend himself against a Deviant \u2014 monstrous creatures who the Eternals protect humans from. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 3 Oct. 2021",
"More than 15,000 firefighters were battling dozens of California blazes, including another monstrous blaze, the Dixie Fire about 65 miles north. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The Stoneman Douglas baseball team kept its state title defense going, using a five-run fifth inning that included a monstrous Jake Clemente home run to power back against Miami Christopher Columbus in the 7A regional final on Tuesday. \u2014 Franco Panizo, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"Leaving Bruce, Allison, and Lennon was a monstrous act and one that led Allison down a spiral of grief and confusion that has lasted for years. \u2014 Benjamin Rosenstock, Vulture , 12 Nov. 2021",
"That an opportunistic owner could relocate a team to some other city, as is common in the United States, would be a monstrous act in Europe. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2021"
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"The sequence is a montage that shows Michael working out, and cuts to the investigators working on the case and ends with the revelation that Michael was a part of this gay subculture that existed in Durham. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"There is a montage of explosions, fight scenes, and an attack by a creepy, faceless android host, plus a brief shot of Teddy Flood (James Marsden) looking far more violent than his original programming intended. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
"There may be one montage too many set to the strains of a mood-appropriate pop track. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"The centerpiece of the first episode is a montage of dicks, proudly displayed for the staff\u2019s discerning eyes as part of a centerfold casting session. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The 20-second video is a montage of three clips showing different types of military aircraft flying above an apparent residential area. \u2014 Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The video was a montage of all the times Beckham was either open and Baker Mayfield didn\u2019t throw him the ball, or missed him. \u2014 cleveland , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Unfortunately, Tardif\u2019s is also a montage of dishes that are badly composed, poorly executed or any of the more bless-your-heart ways of saying ugly. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Jonathan shared a sweet video montage of their most special moments. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The first two episodes, on COVID-19 and the Trump Presidency, ricochet from story to montage to interview to speculation. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
"The residences will be similar to Montage Residences. \u2014 Orange County Register , 20 Mar. 2017"
"borrowed from French, \"act of rising, act of moving things to a higher place, assembly of a mechanism from its components, editing of film shots to make a coherent whole,\" from monter \"to climb, get up onto (a horse), move to a higher place, assemble from component parts, assemble (film shots) into a coherent whole\" (going back to Old French, \"to climb, get up onto a horse, set up\") + -age \u2014 more at mount entry 2":"Noun",
"It's more than a mistake; it's a case of monumental stupidity.",
"the monumental complexity of the issue",
"Repairing the damage will be a monumental task.",
"The class was about modern monumental architecture.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In news that is monumental despite being expected, WNBA icon and Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird announced Thursday that the 2022 season will be her last. \u2014 Howard Megdal, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Cathedral the following day and while visiting Wales for the monumental moment. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 4 June 2022",
"The biggest, of course, was the U.S. hockey team\u2019s monumental upset of the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 12 Feb. 2022",
"For many viewers, Sara's portrayal of Callie was monumental in accurately and appropriately depicting a LGBT+ character of color on screen. \u2014 Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping , 3 Feb. 2022",
"None were as monumental as Lollapalooza, the largest and most controversial in size of the bunch. \u2014 Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Court documents say Lynne Spears' attorneys were monumental in moving the case forward. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 4 Nov. 2021",
"One was too monumental ; the other ignored that so many dead were not officially counted due to lack of testing. \u2014 Fox News , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The news out of Georgia last week was monumental , and many took notice. \u2014 Ari Schaffer, National Review , 2 June 2022"
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": to move slowly or apathetically : to wander aimlessly",
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"I suspect she's mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Where teens mooch away afternoons savoring their content-free existence. \u2014 Alex Beam, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"And some of you freeloaders, who mooch the password to other peoples\u2019 accounts, are partly to blame. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Just mooch off your neighbor's vacuum and clean up the smaller messes with this awesome OXO dustpan. \u2014 Gear Team, Wired , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Long story short: Costco memberships start at $60, so your time mooching off its food court for free could be running out. \u2014 cleveland , 24 Feb. 2020",
"Even a baby left to itself on the dungy farmyard ground, with cows mooching around, seems O.K. Hatidze, typically, welcomes these intruders and befriends the young. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 19 July 2019",
"Over time, Koonin argues, the parasitic genetic elements remained unable to replicate on their own and evolved into modern-day viruses that mooch off their cellular hosts. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 July 2014",
"In other words, viruses mooch off cells, so without cells, viruses can\u2019t exist. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 July 2014",
"Much of Wrangell looked unchanged since 1899: false-front buildings and clapboard churches, including one where Muir had mooched a night sleeping on the floor his very first night on Alaska soil. \u2014 Mark Adams, New York Times , 21 May 2018"
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"Not entirely surprising, as online vintage shopping is a haven for people who have worked in editorial but don\u2019t quite have the moola to spend on the products featured in their magazines. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Behind the film lie the Panama Papers\u2014the millions of files, leaked in 2016, that demonstrated how the wealthy stash their moola offshore and thereby avoid the plebeian vulgarity of tax. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2019",
"The moola -saving-palooza started on July 15 at midnight PT and will end on July 16 at 11:59 PT. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 15 July 2019",
"The result is a lot of human misery and lost moola . \u2014 Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 July 2018",
"Thankfully, there are tax-free holidays happening across the country this month, meaning there's a lot of moola to be saved on all of those back-to-school necessities, like school supplies and clothes. \u2014 Madison Alcedo, Country Living , 11 Aug. 2017",
"Everyone agrees the bundles of moola are a lure for criminals, but merchants who can\u2019t access traditional banking have no other way to settle up. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Jan. 2018",
"Lots of hoopla, but, sadly, precious little moola in the offing. \u2014 Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com , 6 July 2017",
"Clean highs and punchy midrange provide plenty of realistic sound for relatively little moola . \u2014 Charlie White, WIRED , 23 Oct. 2007"
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"we dropped some serious moola on that home theater system",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not entirely surprising, as online vintage shopping is a haven for people who have worked in editorial but don\u2019t quite have the moola to spend on the products featured in their magazines. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Behind the film lie the Panama Papers\u2014the millions of files, leaked in 2016, that demonstrated how the wealthy stash their moola offshore and thereby avoid the plebeian vulgarity of tax. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2019",
"The moola -saving-palooza started on July 15 at midnight PT and will end on July 16 at 11:59 PT. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 15 July 2019",
"The result is a lot of human misery and lost moola . \u2014 Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 July 2018",
"Thankfully, there are tax-free holidays happening across the country this month, meaning there's a lot of moola to be saved on all of those back-to-school necessities, like school supplies and clothes. \u2014 Madison Alcedo, Country Living , 11 Aug. 2017",
"Everyone agrees the bundles of moola are a lure for criminals, but merchants who can\u2019t access traditional banking have no other way to settle up. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Jan. 2018",
"Lots of hoopla, but, sadly, precious little moola in the offing. \u2014 Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com , 6 July 2017",
"Clean highs and punchy midrange provide plenty of realistic sound for relatively little moola . \u2014 Charlie White, WIRED , 23 Oct. 2007"
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1936, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222221"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a foolish or absentminded person : simpleton"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00fcn-\u02cckaf",
"-\u02cck\u00e4f"
],
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"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
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"doofus",
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"he was a helpless mooncalf when it came to making decisions about even the most trivial things"
"Go moonshine and wine sampling at the many stops along the Gatlinburg strip. \u2014 Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
"His novels too are set in a lawless South, their characters so surreal and disturbed they could be found only in dead-end towns marked by dirt roads and moonshine . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Bourbon is new to this generation of distillers, but the Neeleys have been making moonshine in Eastern Kentucky for 11-generations but only the most recent two have been legal. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
"The best way to describe it is as the Irish version of moonshine . \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Jeni\u2019s previously experimented with other savory flavors, including Parmesan and zucchini bread, and young Gouda with moonshine cranberries. \u2014 Katie Deighton, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
"In America, where the most popular racing events feature the stock cars that were born of moonshine runners, the opposite usually obtains. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The event will also feature Ole Smoky moonshine frozen slushies with dozens of flavor combinations to choose from, as well as Miller/Coors and Braxton beers and Coca-Cola fountain drinks. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
"Sliabh Liag is named for the peninsula in Donegal that was among the most prolific poit\u00edn (Irish moonshine ) producing areas in the County. \u2014 Jeanne O'brien Coffey, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022"
"police asked psychiatrists to put together a portrait of the moonstruck marksman who was responsible for the shootings"
],
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"1674, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212651"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an expanse of open rolling infertile land",
": a boggy area",
": one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges",
": to make fast with or as if with cables, lines, or anchors : anchor",
": to secure a boat by mooring : anchor",
": to be made fast",
": one of the Arab and Berber conquerors of Spain",
": berber",
": an area of open land that is too wet or too poor for farming",
": to fasten in place with cables, lines, or anchors"
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"\u02c8mu\u0307r",
"\u02c8mu\u0307r",
"\u02c8mu\u0307r"
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"campo",
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"lea",
"ley",
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"pampa",
"plain",
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"savannah",
"steppe",
"tundra",
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"veldt"
],
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"anchor",
"catch",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"secure",
"set"
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"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"as she wanders the windswept moor , the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar",
"a mysterious figure who was said to have haunted the moors of southwest England",
"Verb",
"We found a harbor and moored the boat there for the night.",
"The boat was moored alongside the dock.",
"We need to find a place to moor for the night.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The view from the dining room is already shaping up, as lush mounds of bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii), catmint (Nepeta x faassenii Walker\u2019s Low) and Baptisia Ivory Towers consort with purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea subsp. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
"One measure would create a six-cents-per-pound tax on fish exports and a six-cent-per-foot mooring fee for any vessels that anchor or moor in Alaska harbors. \u2014 Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Warm moor mud and cocoa essence are the first application followed by a body brushing and fondue before being wrapped in a warm blanket. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Tramon Thompson, 25, of the 6500 block of S. Kenwood Ave, Chicago, was charged with expired license plate, no valid drivers license, unlawful possession of cannabis by driver and operating an uninsured moor vehicle, at 1:18 p.m. Nov. 4. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 15 Nov. 2021",
"When bad things go down in Charles Dickens, the scene is set in a forbidding moor . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Omar\u2019s cohort stares at a television in an underfurnished room; the four stand in artful compositions, waiting to use a pay phone that sits glowing on the island\u2019s wide moor . \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 1 May 2021",
"Because this bank was shallow and prone to sand deposits, piers perpendicular to the bank were installed into deeper waters for vessels to moor . \u2014 Richard Campanella, NOLA.com , 1 Jan. 2021",
"Conan Doyle explored the moor with journalist Bertram Fletcher Robinson. \u2014 Eliza Mcgraw, WSJ , 29 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Grounds planted with lavender, freesia and olive trees run down to a private beachfront with cabanas on oceanfront decking and two pontoons are ready to moor arriving yachts. \u2014 Lauren Jade Hill, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"The company plans to moor a 100-foot-long barge at the site with equipment to support divers and store artifacts that are removed from the water for analysis and documentation. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"The company plans to moor a 100-foot-long barge at the site with equipment to support divers and store artifacts that are removed from the water for analysis and documentation. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Sutton Lake has 40 miles of shoreline to explore and clear waters to swim in backed by forested hills, with hundreds of coves to moor in for a night under the inky skies of central West Virginia. \u2014 Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022",
"The company plans to moor a 100-foot-long barge at the site with equipment to support divers and store artifacts that are removed from the water for analysis and documentation. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"The company plans to moor a 100-foot-long barge at the site with equipment to support divers and store artifacts that are removed from the water for analysis and documentation. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"The company plans to moor a 100-foot-long barge at the site with equipment to support divers and store artifacts that are removed from the water for analysis and documentation. \u2014 CBS News , 1 May 2022",
"Another looks as if a group of sailing yachts managed to moor themselves on a hilltop overlooking the Caribbean Sea. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220759"
},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": open to question : debatable",
": subjected to discussion : disputed",
": deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic",
": to bring up for discussion : broach",
": debate",
": to discuss from a legal standpoint : argue",
": a deliberative assembly primarily for the administration of justice",
": one held by the freemen of an Anglo-Saxon community",
": argument , discussion",
": to make moot",
": deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic",
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"\u02c8m\u00fct",
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"arguable",
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"bring up",
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"place",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Media outlets had no access to images of the shooting\u2019s aftermath, so decisions about whether to publish graphic images from this situation are moot . \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Cawthorn recently argued the case was moot because of his May 17 Republican primary loss to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, despite support for his reelection bid from ex-President Donald Trump. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Cawthorn suggested his case was moot given his primary loss, but the court disagreed, given that the election had not yet been certified and because the same issue could come up in another campaign. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Defendants argued in a motion filed earlier this month the claims are moot because the plaintiffs are no longer detainees in the jail, so the court doesn't have jurisdiction to hear the case. \u2014 Ron Wood, Arkansas Online , 9 May 2022",
"Regardless of where Formula One ends up, the biggest priority is making sure its prized possessions are still easily accessible and available to its U.S. fans because without fans, Domenicali says, the point is moot . \u2014 Michael Lor\u00e9, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"With a razing that started April 19 on the Main Street icon now well underway, attorneys for Hines, a global development firm, and for the city\u2019s Redevelopment Agency told a judge the issue of saving the theater was moot . \u2014 Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 May 2022",
"Post-Casey laws in Arizona, like the 2012 ban on most abortions after 20 weeks, would be moot . \u2014 Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic , 3 May 2022",
"For Mustaffa Kigundu, who used to import and sell building tiles in Kampala, the issue is moot . \u2014 Apophia Agiresaasi, Quartz , 1 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The report increases pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s administration, which plans to decide soon whether to proceed with HS2, which was first mooted in 2009 and has proven deeply unpopular with communities along its route. \u2014 Alex Morales, Bloomberg.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
"The deal, first mooted in August, gives Tencent a stake in a firm whose catalogue spans artists from ABBA and Bob Marley to Jay-Z and Taylor Swift. \u2014 The Economist , 2 Jan. 2020",
"Legends take shape; a miracle is reported; a mystery is mooted ; competing cults are born. \u2014 William Deresiewicz, The Atlantic , 17 May 2020",
"Worrying about the specific identities of those affected by COVID-19 may soon be moot , says Stephen Latham, director of Yale University\u2019s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics in Connecticut. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2020",
"The panel recommended a 600,000 to 1 million-barrel-a-day reduction in the second quarter, more ambitious than curbs mooted in February but still short of some estimates of the demand loss. \u2014 Grant Smith, BostonGlobe.com , 5 Mar. 2020",
"What\u2019s more, the possibility of this tie-up has been so long mooted that some bid premium should have been baked into the target\u2019s share price for a while. \u2014 Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2019",
"That such a plan could even be mooted reflects the fact that, again, Trump does not understand the cure. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Firms welcomed the removal of a cap on migrant numbers, the opening up of routes for skilled workers and the lowering of the \u00a330,000 salary threshold initially mooted . \u2014 The Economist , 19 Feb. 2020"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185012"
},
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"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a concluding action or phase",
": to consume eagerly",
": to gather as if by absorbing",
": garner",
": to overcome decisively : trounce",
": to clear (an area) of remaining pockets of resistance in the wake of a military offensive",
": to complete a project, transaction, or task"
],
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],
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"Noun",
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"Verb",
"circa 1811, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200833"
},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to move slowly or aimlessly : dawdle",
": to act in a dazed or stupid manner",
": one that mopes",
": blues sense 1",
": to be in a dull and sad state of mind"
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"delay",
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"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"Like a little child, he often moped when he didn't get what he wanted.",
"we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to Limitless International owner Dawaun Wells, St. Louis accepted that as a challenge and didn\u2019t mope . \u2014 Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"As this revelation sinks in, Nany and Kaycee mope on the sidelines thinking about how their dream of crossing the finish line together as a couple has died. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Joe Exotic isn\u2019t the type to mope around after a paramour dumps him for a bright (ha!) future in butthole lighteners. \u2014 Joan Kubicek, Vulture , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Brosnahan looks sad and exquisite, kind of like if a Renoir painting came to life and wanted to mope on a chaise lounge for a few hours to contemplate sentiency. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 14 Nov. 2021",
"While everyone watched with heated anticipation to see how the spider (his clothing brand\u2019s symbol) would spring to life, the arachnid did little but stand still and mope \u2014 a Spinal Tap-like Stonehenge totem. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Those with college ambitions either could mope and wallow in sorrow or figure out ways to move forward on their own. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Moffett and Nathanson note that many cable providers, which make much better margins selling internet access, no longer mope much about TV cord cutting. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Rather than mope about a No Texan Day, the ever-optimistic HLSR plans to push ahead with a virtual celebration of Go Texan Day, extending it to a month via its social media accounts with #GoTexanDay. \u2014 Andrew Dansby, Preview | Houston Arts & Entertainment Guide , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Segel delivers another of his compellingly muted takes on a wary mope , constantly on the lookout for what will go wrong next. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Rather than mope after the trip's cancellation, the students chose to make a major impact on the lives of others by using the money to help the Navajo Nation, which is struggling amid the pandemic. \u2014 David Blank, CNN , 3 June 2020",
"Amid that, though, a guy who had every reason to mope , was instead busy looking for blessings. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Rob \u2014 the loafer and the mope , the impressively successful Lothario and pretentious little troll \u2014 is the protagonist of this book, which could be called autofiction (the author is also named Rob Doyle), anti-woke polemic or obsessive riff. \u2014 Parul Sehgal, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020",
"What do the helmets so many of you carp-brained mopes opt to leave at home actually protect against? \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 17 Sep. 2019",
"Edmunds, giving away 6 inches and a good 50 pounds to Gronkowski, didn\u2019t mope or waste a second trying to shake the cobwebs out. \u2014 Will Graves, The Seattle Times , 26 Dec. 2018",
"In Gilmore Girls, Jared Padalecki played the often mope -y Dean, who wasn't always great at expressing his feelings. \u2014 Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue , 10 Oct. 2018",
"Other than that, all you can is stay inside, mope , and wait for summer. \u2014 Katie Heaney, The Cut , 19 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Noun",
"1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224007"
},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to give oneself up to brooding : become listless or dejected",
": to move slowly or aimlessly : dawdle",
": to act in a dazed or stupid manner",
": one that mopes",
": blues sense 1",
": to be in a dull and sad state of mind"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014dp"
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"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
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"course",
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"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"Like a little child, he often moped when he didn't get what he wanted.",
"we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to Limitless International owner Dawaun Wells, St. Louis accepted that as a challenge and didn\u2019t mope . \u2014 Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"As this revelation sinks in, Nany and Kaycee mope on the sidelines thinking about how their dream of crossing the finish line together as a couple has died. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Joe Exotic isn\u2019t the type to mope around after a paramour dumps him for a bright (ha!) future in butthole lighteners. \u2014 Joan Kubicek, Vulture , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Brosnahan looks sad and exquisite, kind of like if a Renoir painting came to life and wanted to mope on a chaise lounge for a few hours to contemplate sentiency. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 14 Nov. 2021",
"While everyone watched with heated anticipation to see how the spider (his clothing brand\u2019s symbol) would spring to life, the arachnid did little but stand still and mope \u2014 a Spinal Tap-like Stonehenge totem. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Those with college ambitions either could mope and wallow in sorrow or figure out ways to move forward on their own. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Moffett and Nathanson note that many cable providers, which make much better margins selling internet access, no longer mope much about TV cord cutting. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Rather than mope about a No Texan Day, the ever-optimistic HLSR plans to push ahead with a virtual celebration of Go Texan Day, extending it to a month via its social media accounts with #GoTexanDay. \u2014 Andrew Dansby, Preview | Houston Arts & Entertainment Guide , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Segel delivers another of his compellingly muted takes on a wary mope , constantly on the lookout for what will go wrong next. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Rather than mope after the trip's cancellation, the students chose to make a major impact on the lives of others by using the money to help the Navajo Nation, which is struggling amid the pandemic. \u2014 David Blank, CNN , 3 June 2020",
"Amid that, though, a guy who had every reason to mope , was instead busy looking for blessings. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Rob \u2014 the loafer and the mope , the impressively successful Lothario and pretentious little troll \u2014 is the protagonist of this book, which could be called autofiction (the author is also named Rob Doyle), anti-woke polemic or obsessive riff. \u2014 Parul Sehgal, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020",
"What do the helmets so many of you carp-brained mopes opt to leave at home actually protect against? \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 17 Sep. 2019",
"Edmunds, giving away 6 inches and a good 50 pounds to Gronkowski, didn\u2019t mope or waste a second trying to shake the cobwebs out. \u2014 Will Graves, The Seattle Times , 26 Dec. 2018",
"In Gilmore Girls, Jared Padalecki played the often mope -y Dean, who wasn't always great at expressing his feelings. \u2014 Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue , 10 Oct. 2018",
"Other than that, all you can is stay inside, mope , and wait for summer. \u2014 Katie Heaney, The Cut , 19 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
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"Verb",
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Noun",
"1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173246"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": baby , darling",
": child"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-p\u0259t"
],
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"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
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"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth"
],
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"adult",
"grown-up"
],
"examples":[
"a host of adorable moppets were hired for the ad campaign",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bonnie has an 11-year-old son, Charlie (Evan Whitten), who\u2019s a metal-head moppet , scornful of his mother. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 5 Sep. 2021",
"No need to worry if little blond moppet Cindel Towani (Aubree Miller) will make it off Endor. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 4 May 2021",
"Yet some boys couldn\u2019t help but get flustered, kicking at the dirt, slapping their gloves against their thighs \u2014 because who\u2019s expecting to be taunted by a moppet in an over-large helmet? \u2014 Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads , 15 Apr. 2020",
"In fact, the best elements are intrinsically related to the little green moppet . \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 22 Nov. 2019",
"With Andrea McArdle replacing Kristen Vigard as the red-haired moppet Annie and Dorothy Loudon added as Miss Hannigan, the production went on to open in New York in April 1977 with a bang. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, azcentral , 8 July 2019",
"Jane and Michael Banks, played with tender sincerity and maximum adorableness by the moppet actors Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber in 1964, are now played by Emily Mortimer and Ben Whishaw. \u2014 Annie Leibovitz, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2018",
"With Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd, Gabriel Byrne and Milly Shapiro as the requisite creepy moppet . \u2014 Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times , 4 May 2018",
"With actress Andrea McArdle replacing Kristen Vigard as the red-haired moppet Annie and Dorothy Loudon added as Miss Hannigan, the production went on to open in New York in April 1977 with a bang. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, chicagotribune.com , 23 Aug. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The moments were moving: a legal and moral victory, even as Britain harrumphed. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"The message of that hearing was that Trump bore both moral and criminal responsibility for this attack. \u2014 Norman Eisen, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"The government of President Biden does not have the minimum moral or political authority to criticize this. ... \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Well, to be fair, Tolstoy was trying to make moral and ethical points about human behavior. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Using economic incentives to kick-start innovation is likely to be a lot more effective than expecting a mass moral and behavioral conversion. \u2014 Sam Gill, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Television viewers looking for tension, drama and urgent historical, political and moral relevance now have something to move to the top of their must-watch list. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Opponents to debt forgiveness, meanwhile, cite a range of concerns, including not just economic but ethical and moral considerations. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
"The nonprofit fosters the mental, moral and physical development of its members, who are typically ages 8 through 18. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The moral of this story is plants ultimately reach a point when the rate of growth slows considerably. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 18 June 2022",
"The moral of the story is that, much like the spirits haunting its fringes, Supernatural will never truly die. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"The moral of the story is part of what attracted ICAF co-founder, Katty Guerami, to the project. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a certain moral repeated a few times throughout Hulu\u2019s Candy, including in its first few minutes and its last. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
"The stories read like fables, and like Aesop\u2019s, are mostly populated by archetypes and come with a too-neat moral at the end. \u2014 Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This movie comes with a very powerful moral : Never, ever underestimate a hottie. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 25 Mar. 2022",
"She was turned into a saint so that her life could be turned into a moral . \u2014 Blair Mcclendon, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The moral of this film appears to be: every male, regardless of age and social status, means harm to womankind. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 May 2022"
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"examples":[
"The group is calling for a return to traditional morality .",
"two groups with clashing moralities",
"The decision may be legally justified, but I question its morality .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As oil and gas fuel a new war in Europe, Alex Perry pieces together, shot by shot, a stunning morality tale for the global economy. \u2014 Alex Perry, Outside Online , 1 June 2022",
"Humans love a good, old-fashioned morality tale told from the perspective of an animal. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"The mini-series by Shonda Rhimes works as a clich\u00e9d morality tale but stumbles as a piece of storytelling, writes our critic. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Unless Irene\u2019s judgment and fear of Clare is seen in the context of her desire to be and possess her, there isn\u2019t anything to the story but a conventional passing morality tale. \u2014 Rebecca Hall, Los Angeles Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
"But where the Flint saga was a dramatic, prefab morality tale that featured outsize characters, moments of glaring symbolism, and national protest, what\u2019s happening in Benton Harbor has been decidedly more muted. \u2014 Derek Robertson, The New Republic , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Holmes\u2019 story has become a Silicon Valley morality tale \u2013 a founder who flew too high, too fast \u2013 despite the fact that male tech executives have been accused of similar actions or worse without facing charges. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, USA TODAY , 4 Jan. 2022",
"But Cuomo's rapid fall from grace is a morality tale for our times. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But the extension of these findings to subtler experiential influences is tenuous at best, and related studies tend to be freighted with morality . \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most people who have been infected with the Heartland virus have made a full recovery with this kind of supportive care, the CDC says, but there have been several deaths among elderly individuals with co- morbid conditions. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Not to get too morbid , but death looms over season 4 in unexpected ways. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"If that\u2019s too morbid for you, consider Philly neuroscientist Brian Salzberg, 76, who has run every single Falmouth road race. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 11 Feb. 2019",
"The researchers also dug deeper into the association between social anxiety and relationship satisfaction, exploring its connection with co- morbid depression. \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
"For instance, even though individuals ages 19 to 29 with no co- morbid conditions were the group least likely to have complications, 21.2% of them\u2014about one in five\u2014still had at least one complication. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 26 July 2021",
"Okay, that might have gotten too morbid for a second. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 3 July 2021",
"Set up a Legacy Contact \u2013 Not to get too morbid , but the harsh reality is that when a loved one dies, accessing their iPhone can be impossible if the device is secured. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 14 June 2021",
"And Leona had a reason for such a seemingly morbid request. \u2014 Hayley Vaughn, NBC News , 1 June 2021"
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"noun"
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": a biting and caustic quality of style : incisiveness",
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"the surprising mordancy with which the two physicians contested each other's claim to having discovered an effective vaccine for polio"
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"my herald of the morn is my cat, sticking his paw in my face to wake me up",
"so, how are you this lovely morn ?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The next morn , my son had those beignets for breakfast! \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 4 Apr. 2022",
"In the gray and murky darkness of each night, there's a promise up ahead of a new and glorious morn \u2014 and its coming doesn't depend on us working harder or being better. \u2014 Carrie Mckean, The Week , 25 Dec. 2021",
"As of Tuesday morn , Pastrnak led the league with 20 strikes, followed by Edmonton\u2019s Connor McDavid (18). \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Nov. 2019",
"The same amount of time separates you from the next frosty morn with a rifle or bow in your hand. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 13 Jan. 2020",
"As of Wednesday morn , the Bruins had led for 61.8 percent of their playing time through 12 games. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
"The next several years were a sorry mixture of supermarket pastries or yogurt smoothies to greet the dewy morn . \u2014 Bulletin Board, Twin Cities , 23 June 2019",
"ForgeRock provides identity management services for customers such as investment manager Morningstar ( morn , -0.19%), telecom firm Vodafone (vod, -0.60%), and insurer Geico as well as the governments of Norway, New Zealand, and Belgium. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 5 Sep. 2017"
],
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": a foolish or stupid person",
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": having a sullen and gloomy disposition",
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"examples":[
"She thought of the bootlegger at home\u2014a raddled, skinny old man, morose and suspicious. He sat on his front step with a shotgun on Halloween night. \u2014 Alice Munro , Runaway , 2004",
"We have little finished footage to go by, but enough to give us pause: an exquisite clip of Rochefort, sitting with a book in the half-darkness, his eyes wet, gleaming, and morose . \u2014 Anthony Lane , New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2003",
"I have never known if Momma sent for us, or if the St. Louis family just got fed up with my grim presence. There is nothing more appalling than a constantly morose child. \u2014 Maya Angelou , I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , 1969",
"He became morose and withdrawn and would not talk to anyone.",
"those morose job seekers who have grown accustomed to rejection",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But if that\u2019s too morose , imagine a lifetime achievement award. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Between the album\u2019s many attempts at confessional music is a sprinkling of the indistinct pop that Post has been refining over the years, clearly meant to keep things from getting too morose . \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"In the first couple of episodes of the new show, Pike is morose and obsessing about his future. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"While one game in the collection hinges on death and the afterlife in a slightly morose way, and another includes black-and-white, small-sprite samurai combat (and is awesome), this content is fine for anyone 12 and up. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 18 Apr. 2022",
"All of Degas\u2019s ironic, morose and unsentimental intelligence is on display in these sentences. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Nov. 2021",
"This is a morose serial-killer thriller, visually muted like a TV movie. \u2014 Gem Seddon, Vulture , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Campus was quiet and morose , the silences quivering with early-term nerves. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2021",
"Even as tech optimism is obvious, sentiment in much of the rest of the market remains morose . \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 6 Sep. 2020"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221926"
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": a small piece of food : bite",
": a small quantity : fragment",
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"Noun",
"the chef's cuisine is so good that diners will want to savor every morsel",
"searching for any morsel of useful information",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So is five seconds on the floor the critical threshold that separates an edible morsel from a case of food poisoning? \u2014 Paul Dawson, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"Naming some prospective new morsel of California is the easy, fun part. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Their young core \u2014 Smith, freshman Destiny Agubata, sophomore Jaiya Mix \u2014 went into the offseason with just a morsel of what a championship team could feel like. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Consumer audiences are being constructed from every morsel of data that companies can get their hands on. \u2014 Anil Malhotra, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The gulls began tearing at the morsel with violent enthusiasm. \u2014 Colin Barrett, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Junior guard Ellie Esplin actually found the first morsel in Springville\u2019s five-steal first half and finished with four of her own, as well as 13 points. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Dibi finds chunks of lamb or goat that benefit from an overnight sit with garlic and chile powder and Omar\u2019s knack for making sure each morsel leaves the charcoal fire crisp on all sides, but never burnt. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2021",
"Nearly a dozen such festivities have already transpired, and much to the dismay of Dark Hallway, the Observer\u2019s burly bodyguard, not a morsel remained in any of the chafing dishes, nor were there many openings on the dance floors. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The actual act of killing gets morseled out as a tension-creating Big Reveal, fodder for flashforwards and cliffhangers. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 28 May 2020"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": causing or having caused death : fatal",
": subject to death",
": possible , conceivable",
": deadly sense 3",
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": mortally",
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": certain to die",
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": very great or overpowering",
": human entry 1 sense 1",
": a human being",
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"Every living creature is mortal .",
"He suffered a mortal wound in the battle.",
"Noun",
"stories about gods interfering in the lives of mortals",
"the troubles that come to ordinary mortals",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In one retelling, Zeus\u2019s dear dog was stolen by the mortal Pandareus. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
"Her husband, Tim, had suffered mortal injuries in a hard parachute landing at a New Mexico wildfire. \u2014 Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"One of two Republicans on the nine-person committee, Cheney has been dressed in shades of blue with her blonde hair glinting under the lights and her speech measured and unflinching, like a coroner detailing a body\u2019s mortal wounds. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Sailors' paradise Since Morpheus has been gone, several dreams and nightmares have ended up scattered across the mortal realm. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
"Kevin Durant looked more mortal than ever, Kyrie Irving was reduced to spectator status after Game 1, and Ben Simmons never even saw the floor. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Human life is cheap and mortal danger constant and pulpable. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Then the Celtics bore down, bared their fangs, and ripped the Heat to shreds over a 6:20 span with a 24-2 barrage, opening a mortal wound and an 83-60 advantage. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"But Michalski\u2019s writing moves light as a specter between moments of pain and action, keeping readers breathless in an enchanted race to find out who will receive the true gift: ordinary mortal existence. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The closest thing to one is Lemercier\u2019s insistence that Dion wasn\u2019t simply a larger-than-life icon but a mortal , too, with relatable worries about her children, her sleep schedule and, er, getting lost in her 40-room mansion. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Embedded in an experimental comedy is the tale of a tragic overreacher, a mortal who has come to assume a godlike dominion over the rest of the planet. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Semele, a pretty young mortal , caught the eye of Jupiter. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Then a mortal named Kid Cudi wanders by with an evenhanded guest verse, reminding us that this music is still of this world. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Enraged by the mortal \u2019s hubris, the gods seek vengeance and sentence her to an eternity of lower-back pain and overcooked steaks. \u2014 Laura Mishkin, The New Yorker , 9 July 2021",
"The all-powerful wizard or a mere mortal \u2014 the man behind the curtain? \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022",
"While the six-figure sum for the 2002 card may sound high to a mere mortal , Brady cards have gone for far more. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Hardwick explains the aim of mummification: the subject is being transitioned from a mortal into a god. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 22 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Adverb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"I'm mortally certain that I've seen that guy before.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"History suggests that Monday\u2019s vote leaves Mr. Johnson mortally wounded. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Alfredo Gonzalez, who was mortally wounded and awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"Officers would mortally wound the alleged hit man in a firefight at his house, police said. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Analysts said Johnson was badly bruised, but not mortally wounded in the local elections. \u2014 Amanda Ferguson And Karla Adam, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
"The invasion force is not yet mortally wounded or ready to collapse. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In Sloviansk, a town in northern Donbas, the AP witnessed two soldiers arriving at the town\u2019s hospital, one of them mortally wounded. \u2014 David Keyton, Yesica Fisch, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"When the Hanover Park duo was caught in 1991, she was mortally wounded in a chase with FBI officers and he was arrested and taken to the Metropolitan Correctional Center. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The desperate struggle of medics, doctors and nurses to save a 6-year-old girl who was mortally wounded in Russian shelling of a residential area captured the world's attention in recent days as images of the girl in an ambulance began to circulate. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Mar. 2022"
": a conveyance (see conveyance sense 2a ) of or lien against property (as for securing a loan) that becomes void upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms":[
"took out a mortgage in order to buy the house"
],
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": to subject to a claim or obligation : pledge":[]
"Thanks in part largely to the increase in mortgage rates due to the rate hikes announced by the Federal Reserve, the once very hot housing market in the United States has been experiencing a serious cooling off in recent months. \u2014 Andrew Depietro, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The typical calculations for buying vs. renting also are under new strains as mortgage rates surge alongside rental fees. \u2014 Alina Dizik, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"America's red-hot housing market is starting to cool as mortgage rates spike. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"This time, high mortgage rates, which began climbing earlier this year, have narrowed his prospects even further. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"Those rising mortgage rates have already had a huge impact. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which helps set mortgage rates, held steady at 3.19%. \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"And even at 6%, mortgage rates sit well below the May CPI reading of 8.5%. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates inched up this week following last week\u2019s mammoth jump, the biggest in 35 years. \u2014 Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"The additional interest associated with higher rates is adding hundreds of dollars to mortgage payments. \u2014 Michele Lerner, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Germany\u2019s decision to mortgage its energy future (and economy) to Russian oil and gas looks to be a strategic blunder of the first order \u2014 achieving neither energy security nor a more climate-friendly outcome. \u2014 John Hillen, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
"And coach Kyle Shanahan and GM John Lynch didn't mortgage the future to keep youngster Trey Lance, the No. 3 pick of the 2021 draft, on the bench for another year. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The bill also proposed lowering the limit to mortgage debt of $250,000 or less. Supporters, including the Oregon Association of Realtors, have billed the policy as one that benefits and rewards homeowners. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Now that rates are spiking, so will mortgage payments for new borrowers. \u2014 Fortune , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The operation of the law school, however, was hampered by conflicts between the Cahns and the faculty, disorganization and financial woes that prompted the couple, at one point, to mortgage their house to sustain its operation. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
"And with numerous Fed rate hikes expected, the rate on the 10-year note could rise over time \u2014 and by extension, so would mortgage rates. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The company offers homebuyers mortgage financing and title agency services through its financial services segment. \u2014 Charles Rotblut, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021"
": a place in which dead bodies are kept until burial",
": funeral home",
": of or relating to the burial of the dead",
": of, relating to, or characteristic of death",
": a place in which dead bodies are kept and prepared for burial or cremation"
],
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"\u02c8m\u022fr-ch\u0259-\u02ccwer-\u0113",
"-ch\u00fc-\u02ccer-",
"\u02c8m\u022fr-ch\u0259-\u02ccwer-\u0113"
],
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"dead",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"mortal"
],
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the huge department store's mortuary atmosphere in its sad, last weeks of operation",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Fowles studied mortuary science on and off during her playing career and will eventually return to school. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"His future ambitions are to offer a free hospice and mortuary service in Mogadishu and to expand the ambulance service beyond the capital, eventually catering to the entire country. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Kwok Hoi-bong, chairman of the Funeral Business Association, said that public mortuary refrigerators are so overwhelmed that temporary ones had to be installed outside the facilities. \u2014 Shibani Mahtani And Theodora Yu, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"During his peaceful and prosperous reign, Amenhotep III built his mortuary temple in the ancient city of Thebes along the Nile River, now modern-day Luxor. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Archaeologists in Egypt recently rediscovered two sphinxes that guarded the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, the grandfather of Tutankhamun. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 27 Jan. 2022",
"These mortuary tablets represent people who migrated from Vietnam to Japan with the promise of a job or education. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2022",
"No other animal species is so consistently included in human mortuary rituals. \u2014 Virginia Morell, Scientific American , 1 July 2015",
"At the start of the war, Sparks' attention was almost exclusively on the mortuary staff. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The convoy escorted the body of Darin Banks, 26, on Friday from Modesto to a mortuary in his home city of Red Bluff, 125 miles north of Sacramento. \u2014 Fox News , 13 May 2022",
"The same night, a body landed in the local mortuary with wounds all over. \u2014 Supriya Sharma, Quartz , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Authorities have placed 50 repurposed storage containers in a parking deck near an overflowing public mortuary to house 2,300 bodies. \u2014 Dan Strumpf And Elaine Yu, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Enlarge / Health care workers wearing personal protective equipment transport the body of a deceased patient onto a hearse outside the mortuary at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Father Timothy celebrated Mass for his St. Therese community in private home parlors, a tavern, even a mortuary . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Amelia is in her late 20s and working at her stepfather\u2019s mortuary . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Two days after her husband hanged himself, Rebecca Brown went to a mortuary to make final arrangements. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Bhekinkosi Ngcobo's family found his body at a local mortuary with a deep gash across his neck. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1865, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203531"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a large sluggish fish (such as a largemouth bass)",
": an extremely old-fashioned or reactionary person : fogy"
],
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"\u02c8m\u022fs-\u02ccbak"
],
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"antediluvian",
"Colonel Blimp",
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fossil",
"fud",
"fuddy-duddy",
"reactionary",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stuffed shirt"
],
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"hipster",
"modern",
"trendy"
],
"examples":[
"those mossbacks at the intelligence agency didn't get the memo that the world had changed"
],
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"1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230120"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a large sluggish fish (such as a largemouth bass)",
": an extremely old-fashioned or reactionary person : fogy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fs-\u02ccbak"
],
"synonyms":[
"antediluvian",
"Colonel Blimp",
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fossil",
"fud",
"fuddy-duddy",
"reactionary",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stuffed shirt"
],
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"hipster",
"modern",
"trendy"
],
"examples":[
"those mossbacks at the intelligence agency didn't get the memo that the world had changed"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175927"
},
"most":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective suffix",
"adverb",
"adverb ()",
"noun",
"pronoun, singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": greatest in quantity, extent, or degree",
": the majority of",
": to the greatest or highest degree",
": to a very great degree",
": the greatest amount",
": as an extreme limit",
": the greatest number or part",
": almost",
": most",
": most toward",
": the majority of : almost all",
": greatest in amount or extent",
": to the greatest or highest level or extent",
": very entry 1 sense 1",
": the greatest amount, number, or part"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014dst",
"\u02c8m\u014dst"
],
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"consummate",
"last",
"max",
"maximum",
"nth",
"outside",
"paramount",
"supreme",
"top",
"ultimate",
"utmost",
"uttermost"
],
"antonyms":[
"max",
"maximum",
"outside"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Choosing a color took the most time.",
"That family owned the most land.",
"Unfortunately the negative aspects of our schools get the most attention.",
"Noun",
"this room will accommodate 50 people at the most"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Adverb (1), Noun, and Pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adverb (2)",
"circa 1538, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174220"
},
"mote":{
"type":[
"auxiliary verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small particle : speck",
": may , might",
": a small particle : speck"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u014dt",
"\u02c8m\u014dt"
],
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"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The world\u2019s smallest battery is smaller than a dust mote . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 1 Mar. 2022",
"How lonely, and how far away everything is compared to that mote of dust. \u2014 NBC News , 22 July 2021",
"George was nearly beyond retrieval, a tiny glint of a mote , like a wayward flea. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker , 14 June 2021",
"The mote also features a layer of special conductive film and a thin sheet of copper. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 11 June 2021",
"Even in the narrow disk, which is less than half an inch wide, Trichoplax is so small that finding it with the naked eye is like searching for a dust mote in a gymnasium. \u2014 Emily Underwood, The Atlantic , 8 June 2020",
"But the superconducting sensors could measure only the average field across the zircons, which are as small as motes of dust. \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 22 Apr. 2020",
"The larvae, which live in the water, attach themselves to rocks by one end, and use feathery appendages at the other end as a kind of net to catch the tiniest bits of edible detritus \u2014 motes that are too small for fish and other insects. \u2014 James Gorman, New York Times , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Viruses infiltrate every aspect of our natural world, seething in seawater, drifting through the atmosphere, and lurking in miniscule motes of soil. \u2014 Lynn Johnson, National Geographic , 15 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Auxiliary verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170526"
},
"moth-eaten":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": eaten into by moth larvae",
": dilapidated",
": antiquated , outmoded"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fth-\u02cc\u0113-t\u1d4an"
],
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"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"out-of-date",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220402"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
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": a female parent",
": a woman in authority",
": the superior of a religious community of women",
": an old or elderly woman",
": source , origin",
": maternal tenderness or affection",
": motherfucker",
": something that is an extreme or ultimate example of its kind especially in terms of scale",
": of, relating to, or being a mother",
": bearing the relation of a mother",
": derived from or as if from one's mother",
": acting as or providing parental stock",
": to give birth to",
": to give rise to : produce",
": to care for or protect like a mother",
": mother of vinegar",
": a female parent",
": a nun in charge of a convent",
": cause entry 1 sense 1 , origin",
": of or having to do with a mother",
": being in a relation suggesting that of a mother to others",
": to be or act as a mother to",
": a female parent"
],
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"\u02c8m\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r",
"\u02c8m\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r",
"\u02c8m\u0259t\u035fh-\u0259r"
],
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"maternal",
"motherly"
],
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"bear",
"birth",
"deliver",
"drop",
"have",
"produce"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"she often offered to babysit for friends, hoping to satisfy her mother urges until she had children of her own",
"Verb",
"She mothered two sons but no daughters.",
"I hope to mother at least one child."
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1), Adjective, and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"1682, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222530"
},
"mother lode":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the principal vein or lode of a region",
": a principal source or supply"
],
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"synonyms":[
"argosy",
"cornucopia",
"gold mine",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"wellspring"
],
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"examples":[
"the university has long been a mother lode of athletic talent, with many alumni joining the rarefied ranks of the professionals",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cattle that once sold for $4 a head in Southern California was worth 25 times more in Northern California\u2019s mother lode country. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Many a stalwart Texan backed away after one look at the Tuscan red woodwork, lumbering swaths of green granite countertops, and mother lode of gaudy golds that once defined the interiors of this Dallas home. \u2014 Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
"Regardless, with California\u2019s sports-enthusiastic population of 39 million trouncing that of the over 19 million in New York, legalizing online sports betting is expected to generate a taxable mother lode of riches. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
"Museums all over North America showcase fossils from this very site, but Dinosaur National Monument is the mother lode . \u2014 Eve Chen, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Then in 2013, researchers uncovered the mother lode . \u2014 Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022",
"If conversions are the mother lode of profitable marketing, what\u2019s the best strategic approach to improving them? \u2014 Paul Talbot, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"In the early 1980s, divers found the mother lode of such exchanges off the coast of Turkey in a sunken vessel from the 1300s BCE called the Uluburun shipwreck. \u2014 Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Nov. 2021",
"And in the still small U.S. market, the mother lode for VanMoof and its many competitors, NPD Group said e-bike sales had more than doubled to $681 million in the first four months of 2021. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 3 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222349"
},
"motherland":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": mother country sense 1",
": a country regarded as a place of origin (as of an idea or a movement)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r-\u02ccland"
],
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"birthplace",
"cradle",
"home",
"mother country"
],
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"examples":[
"for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines",
"all his life he longed to return to his motherland",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For more than 60 years, the Old Canteen on Atwells Avenue, has served old-school Italian dishes on white tablecloths surrounded by decor that transports diners to the motherland . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Proceed directly to Nigerian chef Ope Amosu\u2019s scrumptious cafe to dine on cuisine from the motherland : fish, fowl, meats, grains, fruits and vegetables prepared via West African culinary traditions. \u2014 Dwight Brown, Essence , 18 May 2022",
"The boys were getting some vests, night vision goggles, whatever, to ship to Ukraine to help common people protect our motherland . \u2014 Stella Kalinina, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"Especially for a fellow African who shares his passion for our motherland , an audience with Burna feels a bit like one with a dignitary. \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
"The motherland and Stalin are the subject of snide jokes that Sergey and his fellow soldiers like to tell one another. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Though details are currently scant, what Fagbenle did share is his interest in seeing and telling stories from the motherland . \u2014 Veronica Wells, Essence , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Canadian Foreign Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly has said her government understood that people of Ukrainian descent would want to help defend their motherland and that doing so would be up to them. \u2014 Brett Forrest, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Russia\u2019s typical response to external threats, from Napoleon to Hitler, has been to unite in defense of the motherland . \u2014 Alex Garcia, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193351"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an act, process, or instance of changing place : movement",
": an active or functioning state or condition",
": an impulse or inclination of the mind or will",
": a proposal for action",
": a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly",
": an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction",
": a puppet show",
": puppet",
": mechanism",
": an act or instance of moving the body or its parts : gesture",
": activities , movements",
": melodic change of pitch",
": running parallel to the line of scrimmage before the snap",
": to signal by a movement or gesture",
": to direct by a motion",
": an act or process of changing place or position : movement",
": a movement of the body or its parts",
": a formal plan or suggestion for action offered according to the rules of a meeting",
": to direct or signal by a movement or sign",
": an act, process, or instance of changing place : movement",
": an evacuation of the bowels",
": the matter evacuated",
": a proposal for action",
": a formal proposal made in a legislative assembly",
": an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction",
": a document containing such an application",
": the initiative of a court to issue an order, ruling, or direction",
": a motion that is filed before an answer and that requests the court to order the plaintiff to clarify allegations in the complaint because the claims are so vague or ambiguous that an answer cannot reasonably be framed",
": a motion made after pleadings have been entered that requests the court to issue a judgment at that point \u2014 compare summary judgment at judgment sense 1a",
": a usually pretrial motion that requests the court to issue an interlocutory order which prevents an opposing party from introducing or referring to potentially irrelevant, prejudicial, or otherwise generally inadmissible evidence until the court has finally ruled on its admissibility",
": a motion in a civil trial to remove from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter",
": a motion in a criminal trial to exclude evidence from the record",
": a pretrial motion requesting the court to exclude evidence that was obtained illegally and especially in violation of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment protections",
": a motion that makes multiple requests",
": move",
"Sir Andrew 1952\u2013 British poet; poet laureate (1999\u20132009)"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n"
],
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"move",
"movement",
"shift",
"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"beckon",
"flag",
"gesture",
"signal",
"wave"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The denial of Kardashian\u2019s motion to enforce settlement was confirmed in a minute order posted on the court\u2019s website Thursday evening. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"The ripples were set in motion by chef-owners Anne Ng and Jeremey Mandrell and business partner Charlie Biedenharn when Bakery Lorraine opened on Grayson Street in 2012 then moved to the Pearl in 2014. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 17 June 2022",
"Now that the judge has denied Kardashian's motion in the latest court filing, the case will go to trial. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Since running involves a repetitive forward motion , a good running shoe will be light with a flexible outsole, which helps keep the foot moving while absorbing the impact of the foot striking the ground. \u2014 Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"He could be expected to find a cutting player who gets open within a motion offense. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
"Applying that more rigorous standard to California\u2019s meal-and-rest-break rules, the district court here denied Virgin and Alaska\u2019s motion . \u2014 Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Razanajatovo points out that the workshop is for non-beginners, therefore excluding debuting filmmakers, and that its focus on stop- motion is not accidental. \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Seals could use their whiskers to detect movement as far as 130 feet away, tens of seconds after the object creating motion in the water had already passed by. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to a plea agreement dated March 17, Reeder pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, and the government will motion for the other charges against him to be dropped at his sentencing hearing. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Every now and then, a teammate will motion directions in between drills. \u2014 Sarah Mclellan, Star Tribune , 7 Jan. 2021",
"Trubisky tried to motion Mooney back toward the middle of the field but ultimately launched a trust throw into Soldier Field\u2019s north end zone. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 22 Sep. 2020",
"But when the Falcons motion their fullback left, Bosa decreases his split from a 7 to a 6i. \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 20 Aug. 2020",
"DeWine handed the microphone to Acton, dressed in a dark suit, and had to motion her toward the podium. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com , 13 June 2020",
"The push, the pulls\u2019 At the Emergency Operations Center, Fire Chief Charles Hood motioned for Emerick to step out of a meeting of the testing task force and into the central command space. \u2014 Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com , 16 May 2020",
"Tatum motioned to Gordon Hayward, who caught a pass well beyond the left arc with 14 seconds left. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Board Chairwoman Kathleen Causey raised the topic of the election for chair and vice chair, and Vice Chair Julie Henn immediately motioned to move the board into a closed administrative session without a closing statement that is required by law. \u2014 Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com , 5 Dec. 2019"
],
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"These were not just for large companies like automotive OEMs and suppliers but a wide range of industries that benefit from robotics, vision, motion control and AI. \u2014 John Hayes, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The sentence caps a slow- motion fall for Kelly, who was adored by legions of fans and sold millions of albums even after allegations about his abuse of young girls began circulating publicly in the 1990s. \u2014 Tom Hays, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"Each day, the actors would don full motion -capture suits and facial rigs to record their expressions. \u2014 Alyse Stanley, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Sound effects emerged in the late nineteenth century, as the motion -picture industry experimented with accompaniment to silent films. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Among the participants were producer and PR strategist Ngoc Nguyen, CAA motion pictures co-head Maha Dakhil, Del Shaw partner Nina Shaw, multihyphenates including Amy Schumer and feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 26 June 2022",
"Without filtering, this drive is essentially a continuous, nine-mile-long alert due to the motion detectors everywhere. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022",
"Here\u2019s a look at Haggis\u2019 life after his shift to motion -picture work began to pay off. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"In addition, Ludacris, though named in the category of motion pictures, is probably even better known for music. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 17 June 2022",
"According to a plea agreement dated March 17, Reeder pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, and the government will motion for the other charges against him to be dropped at his sentencing hearing. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Every now and then, a teammate will motion directions in between drills. \u2014 Sarah Mclellan, Star Tribune , 7 Jan. 2021",
"Trubisky tried to motion Mooney back toward the middle of the field but ultimately launched a trust throw into Soldier Field\u2019s north end zone. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 22 Sep. 2020",
"But when the Falcons motion their fullback left, Bosa decreases his split from a 7 to a 6i. \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 20 Aug. 2020",
"DeWine handed the microphone to Acton, dressed in a dark suit, and had to motion her toward the podium. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com , 13 June 2020",
"The push, the pulls\u2019 At the Emergency Operations Center, Fire Chief Charles Hood motioned for Emerick to step out of a meeting of the testing task force and into the central command space. \u2014 Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com , 16 May 2020",
"Tatum motioned to Gordon Hayward, who caught a pass well beyond the left arc with 14 seconds left. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Board Chairwoman Kathleen Causey raised the topic of the election for chair and vice chair, and Vice Chair Julie Henn immediately motioned to move the board into a closed administrative session without a closing statement that is required by law. \u2014 Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com , 5 Dec. 2019"
": something (such as a need or desire) that causes a person to act",
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": motif",
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": motivate",
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": causing motion",
": something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act",
": something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act"
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"\u02c8m\u014dt-iv"
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"Noun",
"Their motive in running away was to avoid being punished.",
"I think he's guilty of the crime. He had the motive , the means, and the opportunity.",
"She denied that her offer to help was based on selfish motives .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Isabella\u2019s alleged motive was to get rid of all these potential royal baby-making machines and clear the way to the French throne for her own children. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"No motive has been identified and no arrests have been made. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 19 June 2022",
"Baltimore Police spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge said the fire investigation is active and police are determining the cause and motive . \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"Investigators are trying to identify a motive behind Brevosky's actions, the statement said. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"Court documents filed on Friday indicate the motive for the shooting grew out of a domestic dispute. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Officials have not commented on any potential suspects or potential motive . \u2014 Oren Oppenheim, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
"One day a fellow plant worker from years ago arrives for a visit with a mysterious motive . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Limited information was provided about the shooting Monday morning, but police said the circumstances and motive were under investigation. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"After all, a guilty criminal must have means, motive , and opportunity. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 7 June 2022",
"Still, with the gunman dead, questions remain about the motive and other circumstances of the shooting, as details of his troubled childhood come to light. \u2014 Andrew Jeong, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"In remained unclear what, if any, motive Mr. Abdullah had for the killing. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"The task for any manager coming into a struggling side in the middle of the season is to motive players, to lift them and provide new ideas and new purpose, but Rangnick singularly failed to do that. \u2014 Sam Pilger, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Steve had motive to try to help the FBI, and decided to exploit Hamzeh to do so. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"The motive and suspect in the shooting are under investigation, police said. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 21 May 2022",
"Up substantially from the outgoing model's 87 horsepower, electric motive force gets directed to the rear wheels, while the gas engine takes care of the fronts. \u2014 Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022",
"On an internal combustion four-wheel drive vehicle, power is distributed through a center differential or coupling that, when locked, apportions 50 percent of motive force to each axle. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 21 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The coming together of both aspects of his game has also led him to become more vocal on the court, both to keep himself motivated and to motive others. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Aug. 2020",
"Defense attorneys tried to get those allegations blocked by the court, but U.S. District Judge Thomas Whelan ruled the allegations were relevant to whether campaign money was spent illegally and spoke to motive and intent. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 Dec. 2019",
"Police did not immediately offer information as to motive or suspect description. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle , 21 Jan. 2018",
"Of course, with all reports like this, speculation as to motive for such stories must be questioned. \u2014 Mark Heim, AL.com , 12 Oct. 2017",
"My photography is first and foremost a catalyst or reason to motive human action. \u2014 Olivier Laurent, Time , 30 June 2017"
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": variegated in color",
": made up of many different people or things",
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": a garment made of motley",
": the characteristic dress of the professional fool",
": jester , fool",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4t-l\u0113",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4t-l\u0113"
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"Noun",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"From there, the list is a motley hodgepodge of Netflix originals and third-party titles. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 1 June 2022",
"Over the past few months, a new range of sanctions have begun rippling across the West, targeting a motley crew of Russian oligarchs, all of whom have profited from their relationship with the Kremlin and pushed Moscow\u2019s interests abroad. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Our motley crew of anthropomorphic criminals is resting on their laurels when a goading from the governor (Zazie Beetz) convinces Mr. Wolf (Sam Rockwell) to go for a needlessly high-risk score. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, some folks keep their dogs in kennels, and these dogs may perform exceptionally well in field trials or excel in ways that put our motley pack to shame. \u2014 Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Sep. 2021",
"Only five countries voted against the motion, a motley crew of Belarus, Eritrea, North Korea, Russia itself and Syria \u2014 hardly beacons of diplomacy. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"This dark musical, with a book by John Weidman, assembles a motley crew of historical figures who have each attempted to assassinate a United States president. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The Afterparty\u2019s motley mix of forms tidily expresses that turmoil. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Starches \u2014 legumes, tubers, grains, to name a few \u2014 are a motley bunch. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His tall, broad-shouldered hunchback stomps around the court in the multi-colored motley teasing his master and his henchmen with seeming good-natured gaiety. \u2014 Bill Hirschman, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"My father was a motley of sound, a funk band with bottomless drums and songs that knew nothing of fatigue. \u2014 David Roderick, SFChronicle.com , 6 July 2018",
"This motley of topics swirls and eddies and reforms, with exchanges of goofy insults and gossipy asides about whoever happens to be absent from the field at the moment. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 11 Sep. 2016"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": one that imparts motion",
": prime mover",
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": a small compact engine",
": internal combustion engine",
": a gasoline engine",
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": a machine that produces motion or power for doing work",
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"fly",
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"hasten",
"hie",
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"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
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"jet",
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"ram",
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"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
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"Noun",
"the device was equipped with a small electrical motor to make the gears spin",
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"Adjective",
"motor areas of the brain",
"Verb",
"We spent the afternoon motoring through the countryside.",
"The car motored slowly up the hill.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The machine is powered by an electric motor that does all the churning for you. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"Ferrari has only plug-in hybrid cars today: the SF90 Stradale, which marries a twin-turbo V8 with three electric motors, and the entry-level 296 GTB, which has both its twin-turbo V6 and an electric motor driving the rear axle. \u2014 Michael Taylor, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The finger, moved by an electric motor , is only one small part of the human anatomy but its movements do represent a way to explore how the skin can cover moving parts in a lifelike way. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"More than 85% of the energy that goes through an electric motor is converted into movement. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"The engine lineup carries over, with the 330i using a four-cylinder, the 330e pairing the four-pot with an electric motor , and the M340i powered by an inline-six. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 17 May 2022",
"Under the hood lies a 3.0-liter turbocharged V-6 good for 577 hp and 431 ft lbs of torque, along with an electric motor that churns out an additional 94 horses and 161 ft lbs of twist. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
"Stick-type edgers use a long handle\u2013like a weed whacker\u2013 with a gas engine or electric motor at the top, and the cutter at the bottom. \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2022",
"First, the manual transmission as gear-multiplier behind an electric motor . \u2014 Jim Resnick, Ars Technica , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Motor symptoms can include jerking, muscle twitching, or lip-smacking; non- motor symptoms can include changes in sensation, emotions, or thinking. \u2014 Patti Greco, Health.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Large battery packs, multi- motor powertrains and complex electric systems often result in a car that costs thousands more than those with traditional internal combustion powertrains. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 22 Sep. 2021",
"But there are non- motor symptoms that are more likely to develop later in the disease, too, and a doctor may take those into consideration when assessing someone with the disorder. \u2014 Patti Greco, Health.com , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Given the symptoms, dementia is considered one of the most destructive non- motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. \u2014 Patti Greco, Health.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This small Mojave Desert city has traded on its crossroads location since before pop singers advised 20th century travelers to motor west on Route 66. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Soak in hot springs, hike the trails on Mount Shasta, tour the steamy mud pots and geysers of Lassen Volcanic National Park, then motor up to Lava Beds National Monument and explore countless caves and lava tubes. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The rest of the world will motor on, in ever-increasing comfort and efficiency. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 21 Apr. 2022",
"According to legend, much of which may very well may have been self-invented, the architect liked to motor around town in his automobile \u2014 reportedly one of the first in Kyiv \u2014 in the company of a monkey. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Then the ship would motor for several hours to the next research location, 60 nautical miles away. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Then the ship would motor for several hours to the next research location, 60 nautical miles away. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Burglaries to motor vehicles have increased 200% compared to last year, said police Chief Ana Lalley, who released February crime statistics on her Lalley in the Valley webcast. \u2014 Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But active defense requires that the tanks be ready, on short notice, to motor out of their dugouts and mass with nearby armor for a destabilizing counterattack against the invaders. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021"
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"Noun",
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"Adjective",
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"Verb",
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": an automotive vehicle not operated on rails",
": one with rubber tires for use on highways",
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"auto",
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"wheels"
],
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"examples":[
"You can register your car at the Registry of Motor Vehicles .",
"got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Andrew Marcus Belsher was cited for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle , but additional charges may be added in the future, the sheriff\u2019s office said in a statement. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"The 61-year-old male pedestrian sustained fatal injuries as a result of the collision and the 67-year-old female driver of the motor vehicle sustained minor injuries, according to Martin. \u2014 Courant Staff, Hartford Courant , 3 June 2022",
"Further charges against Yinger include grand theft, grand theft of a motor vehicle , tampering with evidence, and criminal use of a personal ID. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The event was staged in an effort to ensure teens understand and are practicing safe driving techniques while behind the wheel of a motor vehicle , and to show students the danger and reality of distracted driving. \u2014 Matt Button, Baltimore Sun , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Any stunting or unsafe operation of a motor vehicle is prohibited. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Adna Habibovic, 20, of the 1500 block of Florence Avenue in Evanston, was charged with possession of cannabis in a motor vehicle in the 4600 block of Church Street on May 11. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"Trial proceedings began for this case in December 2019, but a mistrial was declared after Galloway\u2019s defense attorney was struck by a motor vehicle and injured. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
"An investigation showed the toddler was injured by a motor vehicle at a home on South Whitney Street. \u2014 Stephen Singer, courant.com , 1 May 2021"
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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"I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If no one has the courage to address this, a group intervention may be needed to stanch the motormouth . \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
"With its stylized neon visuals, motormouth quips and burst of Henry Mancini, Marco and Slippin' Jimmy's dive bar hustles play out like a scene from The Big Lebowski. \u2014 Jon O'brien, The Week , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Yet her snarling, motormouth raps stood out amid a wave of indie women rappers, from bloghouse darling Uffie to Chicago party-starter Kid Sister. \u2014 Nolan Feeney, Billboard , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As did our own newsroom motormouths and, of course, the soul of any paper, printed or digital \u2014 you, our readers. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Rome works mostly in comic mode as the fussy motormouth Marian, who at one point cajoles her entire household, male and female, to participate in a ritual exploration of the Sacred Yoni. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2020",
"His Bufalino is a million miles from the aggressive motormouth Pesci played in Goodfellas; this is a portrait of real, frightening authority, of a man who never needs to raise his voice to command a room. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 1 Nov. 2019",
"The smackdown reign of Dwayne Johnson: Peaks in 'Hobbs & Shaw' Ryan Reynolds can kill as Locke Reynolds working his motormouth against the 6-foot-5 Johnson is the verbal screen match-up the world desperately needed. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 2 Aug. 2019",
"At a conference in Tel Aviv, Giuliani, the motormouth lawyer for President Donald Trump, was asked whether his employer respects women. \u2014 Jeet Heer, The New Republic , 7 June 2018"
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],
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"Verb",
"old papers that were mottled by mold",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Remember to continue your daily sunscreen use to stave off more mottle . \u2014 Katie Becker, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 Oct. 2015",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Then there was the salt: sprinkled generously enough to mottle the fry\u2019s golden skin and amplify the earthy flavors trapped inside. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Steckly had a long and mottled driving history, dating back to age 19. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2020",
"The 11 brought to White Lake on Tuesday are still mottled brown and white. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Nov. 2019",
"So dire was the state of U.S. dentition that in 1901, Frederick McKay\u2019s discovery that many of his patients\u2019 teeth were mottled with ugly brown stains generated little notice. \u2014 Charles C. Mann, The Atlantic , 17 Mar. 2020",
"The next day, as the bananas were mottling , a brainstorm hit. \u2014 Susan Gubar, New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
"Down the slope ahead of him, 500 black Drakensberger and mottled Nguni cows graze cheek by jowl. \u2014 David Mckenzie, CNN , 6 Mar. 2020",
"Some of species' pitchers have mottled coloring that looks a bit like tasty carrion, which lures prey inside the pitcher. \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 30 Oct. 2019",
"The light from these sources danced unpredictably and was always mottled by the smoke of imperfect combustion. \u2014 Christopher Preston, Smithsonian , 26 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1602, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213758"
},
"mound":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enclose or fortify with a fence or a ridge of earth",
": to form into a mound",
": hedge , fence",
": an artificial bank or hill of earth or stones",
": one constructed over a burial or ceremonial site",
": the slightly elevated ground on which a baseball pitcher stands",
": a rounded hill or natural formation",
": heap , pile",
": a small rounded mass",
": a small hill or heap of dirt or stones",
": heap entry 1 sense 1 , pile",
": the slightly raised ground on which a baseball pitcher stands",
": to make a pile or heap of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mau\u0307nd",
"\u02c8mau\u0307nd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bank",
"hill"
],
"antonyms":[
"bank",
"bar",
"drift"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He mounded the food onto his plate.",
"a desk mounded with books and papers",
"Noun",
"the burial mounds of an ancient people",
"a mound of dirty laundry",
"a mound of mashed potatoes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The simplest method is to mound shredded leaves or bark mulch around the base of the plant to about 12 inches or so. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Just don\u2019t mound mulch up directly against the plant\u2019s stems or trunk, which invites diseases and pests. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Transfer to a shallow serving bowl, then mound the scallions and cucumber on top. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2021",
"Tear the bread into 1-inch pieces and mound them on the baking sheet. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2021",
"Spice up a sandwich, garnish a salad, mound them up on just about anything that deserves the glory of their intense flavor and color. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Grasp the corners of the parchment and pull them toward the center to mound the granola in a pile. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2021",
"On the baking sheet, mound the potatoes and cauliflower in the center and sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of the olive oil. \u2014 Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Feb. 2021",
"If the dough is cracking, mound it into a ball and roll out again. \u2014 Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Nov. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Verburg appeared to yell at Peirce from the mound after the strikeout, and Peirce replied to him loudly. \u2014 al , 11 June 2022",
"The ball hit L\u00f3pez\u2019s wrist and bounced away from the mound . \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Berger was replaced on the mound in the inning by Sam Stacy. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
"Also in Worcester, righthander Connor Seabold, out since May 15 with a pectoral strain, has resumed throwing off a mound . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"May is throwing off a mound and has begun to mix in breaking pitches among his fastballs. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"So in stood L\u00f3pez, on the mound in the eighth and ninth innings, looking to close out a four-out save for the Orioles at Fenway Park. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 29 May 2022",
"After a walk and a fly out, Nick Powell singled to left, scoring Cole and chasing Jake Jones from the mound . \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 29 May 2022",
"DeGrom has a stress reaction in his right shoulder blade and has not begun throwing off a mound . \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Verb",
"1515, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200709"
},
"mount":{
"type":"noun (1)",
"definitions":[
"a high hill mountain",
"earthwork sense 1",
"mound sense 2a(1)",
"rise , ascend",
"to increase in amount or extent",
"to get up on something above the level of the ground",
"to seat oneself (as on a horse) for riding",
"to go up climb",
"to seat or place oneself on",
"to climb on top of for copulation",
"to lift up raise",
"to put or have in position",
"to have as equipment",
"to organize and equip (an attacking force)",
"to launch and carry out (something, such as an assault or a campaign)",
"to set on something that elevates",
"to cause to get on a means of conveyance",
"to furnish with animals for riding",
"to post or set up for defense or observation",
"to attach to a support",
"to arrange or assemble for use or display",
"to prepare (something, such as a specimen) for examination or display",
"to prepare and supply with materials needed for performance or execution",
"an act or instance of mounting",
"an opportunity to ride a horse in a race",
"frame , support such as",
"the material (such as cardboard) on which a picture is mounted",
"a jewelry setting",
"an undercarriage or part on which a device (such as a motor or an artillery piece) rests in service",
"an attachment for an accessory",
"a hinge, card, or acetate envelope for mounting a stamp",
"a glass slide with its accessories on which objects are placed for examination with a microscope",
"a means of conveyance",
"saddle horse",
"a high hill mountain",
"to go up climb",
"to get up onto something",
"to increase rapidly in amount",
"to prepare for use or display by fastening in position on a support",
"to organize and carry out",
"a frame or support that holds something",
"a horse used for riding",
"to prepare for examination or display",
"to place (an object) on a slide for microscopic examination",
"a glass slide with its accessories on which objects are placed for examination with a microscope",
"a specimen mounted on a slide for microscopic examination"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8mau\u0307nt",
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Their troubles have continued to mount .",
"The pressure mounted as the crisis continued.",
"The cowboy mounted his horse and then quickly dismounted.",
"She mounted her bicycle and rode away."
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162612"
},
"mountain":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings and is higher than a hill",
": an elongated ridge",
": a great mass",
": a vast number or quantity",
": a raised area of land higher than a hill",
": a great mass or huge number"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mau\u0307n-t\u1d4an",
"\u02c8mau\u0307n-t\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"alp",
"hump",
"mount",
"peak"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She watched the sun set behind the mountains .",
"a cabin in the mountains",
"They both like mountain climbing.",
"We've received a mountain of mail.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first two incidents were in the area of Avalanche Gulch, a snowy glacier climb on the mountain , the sheriff's office said. \u2014 Melissa Gaffney, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
"Rescuers responded to three incidents on the mountain near the Oregon border over the course of several hours, the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office said. \u2014 Fox News , 7 June 2022",
"Querios wonders how the modern world would have reacted to the classic expeditions on the mountain . \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 6 June 2022",
"That same month, the body of Austrian solo climber Matthias Rimml was recovered following his death on the mountain . \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 6 June 2022",
"The manor on the mountain doubled, then tripled in size. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The annual gathering \u2014 which because of the pandemic is taking place unusually in springtime \u2014 gets routinely pilloried by its critics as an elitist talkshop on the mountain , avant-ski. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
"But fate has other plans, and when Pietro (now Marinelli) and Bruno (now Alessandro Borghi) reconnect years later, Bruno has given himself over entirely to life on the mountain . \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"The mid-May conditions there have earned the approval of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team, which was on the mountain for its spring training camp. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French muntaine , from Vulgar Latin *montanea , from feminine of *montaneus of a mountain, alteration of Latin montanus , from mont-, mons ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214048"
},
"mounting":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": mount entry 3 sense 2",
": a frame or support that holds something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mau\u0307n-ti\u014b",
"\u02c8mau\u0307n-ti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"brace",
"buttress",
"mount",
"prop",
"reinforcement",
"shore",
"spur",
"stay",
"support",
"underpinning"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a mounting for an engine",
"a mounting for a diamond",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Why is Cleveland mounting and offensive to stop a move by the state to shift the burden of police and fire pension costs to the [00:10:00] cities. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The discovery brought immediate condemnation from Ukrainian officials and once again underscored the mounting , often hidden, toll of the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The Fred Flintstone floorboards would need to be cut out, and the front subframe would require a weekend's worth of time and countless spot-weld drill bits to free it from its original mounting position. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The most noteworthy for both country and beyond was the mounting of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"With lawsuits over Purdue\u2019s role mounting , the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2019. \u2014 Geoff Mulvihill, courant.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Matthew Gardiner, Signature\u2019s new artistic director, offers up a fresh, in-the-round mounting of Jonathan Larson\u2019s richly melodic tapestry of love, gentrification and AIDS at the end of the millennium. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Nov. 2021",
"The new robust frame comprises a solid mounting point for the updated front and all-new rear suspension, and proper tuning of the steering and brakes complement the package. \u2014 Michael Harley, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The Colts built a 19-point lead with 3:06 left in the third quarter, but with injuries in the secondary mounting , former MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson seemed poised to mount a comeback. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1618, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173056"
},
"mourn":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to feel or express grief or sorrow",
": to show the customary signs of grief for a death",
": to wear mourning",
": to murmur mournfully",
": to feel or express grief or sorrow for",
": to utter mournfully",
": to feel or show grief or sorrow especially over someone's death"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022frn",
"\u02c8m\u022frn"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"sorrow",
"suffer"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She is still mourning her husband, who died last year.",
"Thousands of people mourned his death.",
"She was mourned by everyone who knew her.",
"She mourned the loss of her youth.",
"He still mourns the fact that he never went to college.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nick Cave continues to mourn the death of his eldest son Jethro Lazenby. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 24 May 2022",
"The numbers ebulliently nourish the spirit in this musical about a family gathering to mourn the death of its matriarch, a master chef of black-eyed peas with bacon and stewed okra and tomato. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
"But soon after it was released, colleagues took to Twitter to mourn her death. \u2014 Uliana Pavlova, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Many celebrities took to Twitter to mourn the star\u2019s death. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Family and friends took to social media to mourn Varnado\u2019s death over the weekend, posting photos from local events and videos of his performances over the years. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Jan. 2022",
"The entertainment industry continues to mourn the death of comedian and Full House star Bob Saget, who died Sunday, Jan. 9, at 65. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Celebrities and public figures took to social media to mourn White\u2019s death. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Those celebrity friends and her many fans took to social media Friday to express their appreciation for her and to mourn her death. \u2014 Nancy Clanton, ajc , 31 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English murnan ; akin to Old High German morn\u0113n to mourn, Greek merm\u0113ra care \u2014 more at memory ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175025"
},
"mournfully":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": expressing sorrow : sorrowful",
": full of sorrow : sad",
": causing sorrow or melancholy : gloomy",
": full of sorrow or sadness",
": causing sorrow"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022frn-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8m\u022frn-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died",
"the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Attendees posted several videos from Thursday\u2019s vigil along with mournful messages eulogizing Orr. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"Als\u2019s mournful essay shows how a virus upended an entire social world, and despite our effective treatments for the disease, the emotional scars haven\u2019t healed. \u2014 Joseph Osmundson, The Atlantic , 8 June 2022",
"Anchored by a mournful performance from Christopher Walken and produced by the Hollywood legend Dino De Laurentiis, the film was well reviewed and made back double its budget. \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"The resulting music is dynamic, at times mournful , fiery, and tender, but almost always culminates in an epic jam session. \u2014 Jenni Moore | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"Wiley is a master of structure and pacing, with a gift for ending chapters at their most gripping moments, which gives this quiet, mournful novel the page-turning quality of a thriller. \u2014 Jung Yun, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Suddenly the sound of seagulls is temporarily drowned out by the mournful wail of the pipes. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"The 1964 repeats, of which Warhol did five, are much cheerier works, bigger and brighter and crisper, far more celebratory than mournful . \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"The song\u2019s mournful melody is first played by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, and then sung by vocalist and guitarist Camila Meza. \u2014 Larry Blumenfeld, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170538"
},
"mournfulness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": expressing sorrow : sorrowful",
": full of sorrow : sad",
": causing sorrow or melancholy : gloomy",
": full of sorrow or sadness",
": causing sorrow"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022frn-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8m\u022frn-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died",
"the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Attendees posted several videos from Thursday\u2019s vigil along with mournful messages eulogizing Orr. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"Als\u2019s mournful essay shows how a virus upended an entire social world, and despite our effective treatments for the disease, the emotional scars haven\u2019t healed. \u2014 Joseph Osmundson, The Atlantic , 8 June 2022",
"Anchored by a mournful performance from Christopher Walken and produced by the Hollywood legend Dino De Laurentiis, the film was well reviewed and made back double its budget. \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"The resulting music is dynamic, at times mournful , fiery, and tender, but almost always culminates in an epic jam session. \u2014 Jenni Moore | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"Wiley is a master of structure and pacing, with a gift for ending chapters at their most gripping moments, which gives this quiet, mournful novel the page-turning quality of a thriller. \u2014 Jung Yun, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Suddenly the sound of seagulls is temporarily drowned out by the mournful wail of the pipes. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"The 1964 repeats, of which Warhol did five, are much cheerier works, bigger and brighter and crisper, far more celebratory than mournful . \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"The song\u2019s mournful melody is first played by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, and then sung by vocalist and guitarist Camila Meza. \u2014 Larry Blumenfeld, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201841"
},
"mouse":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": any of numerous small rodents (as of the genus Mus ) with pointed snout, rather small ears, elongated body, and slender tail",
": a small mobile manual device that controls movement of the cursor and selection of functions on a computer display",
": a timid person",
": a dark-colored swelling caused by a blow",
": black eye",
": to hunt for mice",
": to search or move stealthily or slowly",
": to search for carefully",
": bite , gnaw",
": to toy with roughly",
": to use a mouse to position a cursor over (a specific location or element on a computer screen) without clicking the mouse's button",
": a very small furry gnawing animal that is a rodent with a pointed snout and long slender tail",
": a person without spirit or courage",
": a small movable device that is connected to a computer and used to move the cursor and select functions on the screen",
": any of numerous small rodents with pointed snout, rather small ears, elongated body, and slender hairless or sparsely haired tail, including all the smaller members of the genus Mus (as the medically significant house mouse, M. musculus ) and many members of other rodent genera and families having little more in common than their relatively small size",
": a dark-colored swelling caused by a blow",
": black eye"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mau\u0307s",
"\u02c8mau\u0307z",
"\u02c8mau\u0307s",
"\u02c8mau\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurk",
"mooch",
"pussyfoot",
"shirk",
"skulk",
"slide",
"slink",
"slip",
"snake",
"sneak",
"steal"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The house was infested with mice and rats.",
"He moved the mouse to click on the icon.",
"Verb",
"a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In an isolated ancient village set among fields of sheep, Brian lives in a stone house called Plox Green Cottage, his only company a mouse called Mr. Williams. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Whether dangling a feather toy, tossing a catnip mouse or setting up a robot for your cat to chase, engaging with your pet can strengthen your relationship. \u2014 Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"The small case has two compartments: one with two mesh pockets for tech like a phone and a power bank or external hard drive, the other for cables, adapters, headphones, a mouse and/or small wall chargers. \u2014 Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure , 27 May 2022",
"On May 5, 2000, an elderly mouse named Cumulina, whose birth had captured international headlines, died of natural causes. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"Jack, a speed demon and a danger mouse , but above all a gentleman, would wait for me at every telephone pole. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Clues this time included a horse, a Disney-like mouse , Simon Cowell, hail. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"The prisoner, a Solon man, 23, resisted fingerprinting and broke a computer mouse . \u2014 cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"The Razer Viper Ultimate has been replaced by the new Viper V2 Pro, but at today's deal price the former is still worth recommending for those who want a high-performing wireless gaming mouse . \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So users can mouse across devices and drag and drop files between them. \u2014 Mark Knapp, PCMAG , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Volume and mute are easy to access without having to mouse over to your video application. \u2014 Zane Pickett, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The viewer can mouse over each element and read a brief description, and then perhaps click a link to access more details. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"At the end of a long day of video calls and Slack messages, workers unable or unwilling to meet up at the bar can mouse over to another tab for some virtual socialization on apps such as Discord and Clubhouse. \u2014 Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Zoom in on the map to find individual restaurants and mouse over locations to access the latest state inspection reports. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
"In what will be the office of incoming press secretary Jen Psaki, a computer keyboard and mouse on her desk were encased in plastic. \u2014 The Associated Press, NOLA.com , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Nonadjustable armrest height and width means this chair won't support keyboard and mouse hands properly for many, if not most, people. \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 1 Dec. 2020",
"To figure out how cells do this, researchers tested two known for going the distance\u2014a soil-dwelling amoeba (Dictyostelium discoideum) and mouse pancreatic cancer cells. \u2014 Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS , 27 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222918"
},
"mousy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or resembling a mouse : such as",
": quiet , stealthy",
": timid , retiring",
": grayish brown"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mau\u0307-s\u0113",
"-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"timorous",
"tremulous"
],
"antonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"venturesome",
"venturous"
],
"examples":[
"The movie is a fantasy about a mousy housewife who is transformed into a glamorous star.",
"a mousy little girl who hid behind her mother the entire time we were there",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Seydoux stars alongside Viggo Mortensen, who plays her brooding partner, Saul, and Kristen Stewart, who plays a mousy assistant at an organ registry, eager to learn more about the couple. \u2014 Douglas Greenwood, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"Boras sees each of Christie's characters in this story, from a glamorous princess and a beautiful countess to a brusque businessman and a mousy missionary, as a diamond. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"The narrative has changed: Suddenly the unpopular girl is the queen bee, the underdog is the top dog, the mousy loser has become the shiny-haired winner. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"When a local reporter interviews a mousy housewife about her life-changing encounter with a coyote, their eerie trek in the woods leaves them forever bonded with each other\u2026 and the beast. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Gone are the days of her mousy brown hair (a wig worn by Witherspoon), now replaced by a shade of blonde that perfectly blends in with The Morning Show's sunshiny vibe. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Staring back at my reflection, my hair is now very long and flat and my outgrown highlights have turned a dark, brassy blonde, revealing my natural mousy brown hair underneath. \u2014 Amelia Bell, refinery29.com , 25 Aug. 2021",
"The story is of an opposites-attract romance: a WASP-y jock, Hubbell, who aspires to be a novelist, and a mousy , Jewish student radical, Katie, who refuses to bend her communist beliefs to fit in. \u2014 Christina Newland, Vulture , 18 Aug. 2021",
"In Shadow and Bone, Alina is depicted as plain (if not homely), with mousy brown hair and pale, sallow skin. \u2014 Lauren Puckett, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 Apr. 2021"
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"first_known_use":[
"1812, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193024"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": grimace",
": an individual requiring food",
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": a tendency to excessive talk",
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": something that resembles a mouth especially in affording entrance or exit: such as",
": the place where a stream enters a larger body of water",
": the surface opening of an underground cavity (see cavity sense 1 )",
": the opening of a container",
": an opening in the side of an organ flue pipe",
": dejected , sulky",
": speak , pronounce",
": to utter bombastically : declaim",
": to repeat without comprehension or sincerity",
": to form soundlessly with the lips",
": to utter indistinctly : mumble",
": to take into the mouth",
": eat",
": to talk pompously : rant",
": to talk insolently or impudently",
": to move the mouth especially so as to make faces",
": the opening through which food passes into the body and which in humans is surrounded on the outside by the lips and contains the tongue and teeth",
": an opening that is like a mouth",
": the place where a stream enters a larger body of water",
": to form with the lips without speaking",
": to repeat without being sincere or without understanding",
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"\u02c8mau\u0307th",
"\u02c8mau\u0307t\u035fh",
"also",
"\u02c8mau\u0307th",
"\u02c8mau\u0307t\u035fh",
"\u02c8mau\u0307th"
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"mug",
"piehole",
"trap",
"yap"
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"grimace",
"mug"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Reds reliever Jeff Hoffman stood up and covered his mouth with his hand. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
"The smell of urine and feces reeked so badly that Lowe often breathed through his mouth and used jail clothing to cover his nose. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"On Tuesday that act came from Zeno Sputafuoco, who appeared to twist a spiral nail through his nose and out through his mouth . \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"The problem, of course, is exactly as Klon has laid out, which is that Congress is speaking out of both sides of its mouth , right. \u2014 CBS News , 8 June 2022",
"Just gotta hope that Morrissey keeps his mouth shut in real life and doesn\u2019t ruin the moment. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 7 June 2022",
"The man seldom opens his mouth , though his eyes speak for him. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 5 June 2022",
"Remember me on all fours attempting to pick up a squeaky dog toy with just my mouth ? \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
"Plaques can show up around your eyes, in and around your mouth , around and behind your ears, and in the ear canal. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Fish will be moving slowly and may mouth it, then spit it out and swim off. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Still afraid that Nurse Vivian would somehow mouth the words off key, the director told her to stay as far from the microphone as possible. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Some of them would just stand there and mouth the words, beer delivery. \u2014 David Lahuta, Travel + Leisure , 7 Oct. 2020",
"These days, designers who\u2019d rather die than gain ten pounds, designers who\u2019d rather make clothes for purse dogs than fat people, could mouth the right platitudes and make the right gestures. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 5 May 2020",
"Who is speaking the truth, and on what basis, and who is merely mouthing what people want to hear? \u2014 Richard Gunderman, The Conversation , 1 May 2020",
"Big fish, say a 2-pound female, will mouth it gently without moving. \u2014 Bill Heavey, Field & Stream , 25 Mar. 2020",
"His peers are out there right now bad- mouthing the Bearcats. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 5 Feb. 2020",
"For months, Trump and his allies bad- mouthed her to Zelenskiy and others in Kyiv. \u2014 Jonathan Allen, NBC News , 16 Nov. 2019"
],
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210804"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": as much as a mouth will hold",
": the quantity usually taken into the mouth at one time",
": a small quantity",
": a very long word or phrase",
": a comment or a statement rich in meaning or substance",
": as much as the mouth will hold",
": the amount put into the mouth at one time",
": a word or phrase that is very long or difficult to say"
],
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"\u02c8mau\u0307th-\u02ccfu\u0307l",
"\u02c8mau\u0307th-\u02ccfu\u0307l"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite",
"morsel",
"nibble",
"nugget",
"taste",
"tidbit",
"titbit"
],
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"examples":[
"It was a delicious meal. We enjoyed every mouthful .",
"His last name is a real mouthful .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So, while the T-Mobile United States Sail Grand Prix | Chicago at Navy Pier may be a mouthful to say. \u2014 Bill Springer, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Green Superfoods Oil Jelly Serum is definitely a mouthful , but that shouldn\u2019t turn you away from this unique serum-oil hybrid. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"That mouthful suggests an amalgam of various versions, though the big hurdle is the off-putting character piloting the narrative, who creates a hole at its center. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"This cab uses grapes from 24 vineyard blocks, blending together in a silky mouthful with punctuating notes of vanilla and oak. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"That mouthful of a title describes a patent application Microsoft first filed in November 2020 but which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office just last week (as noticed by Game Rant). \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 12 May 2022",
"Sausages splashed with mustard and chimichurri sauce are the savory makings of this classic Argentinean mouthful whose name is a mash-up of chorizo (sausage) and pan (bread). \u2014 Terry Ward, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"During the trial, prosecutors played the 911 recording in which Lindsay told dispatchers through a mouthful of blood that he had been shot. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, The Arizona Republic , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Individuals would emerge for an instant to gulp a mouthful of krill, or breathe, then dive and appear minutes later somewhere else. \u2014 Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200824"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": arousing the appetite : tantalizingly delicious or appealing"
"an eye-catching display of mouthwatering cakes and pastries",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The prospect of what the Dynamic HDR Enhancer might be able to do with the VW1025ES\u2019s 2,200 lumens of peak brightness (versus 2,000 on the already spectacular VW915ES) is pretty mouthwatering . \u2014 John Archer, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
"The world\u2019s most mouthwatering cider doughnuts still come from Bartlett\u2019s Orchard in Richmond. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Oct. 2020",
"Between watching clips of dogs being absolutely adorable and mouthwatering shots of Thanksgiving food being prepared by friends, something caught my eye on Instagram today. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 27 Nov. 2019",
"So, in order to make this year's Labor Day festivities truly memorable, do yourself a favor and stock up on a few six-packs (or several) of the finest, most mouthwatering brews this summer had to offer. \u2014 Fox News , 24 Aug. 2017",
"The Ruth\u2019s Chris chefs create mouthwatering dishes including handcrafted, house-prepared classics and indulgent new creations. \u2014 Ruth's Chris Steak House, Bon Appetit , 14 May 2018",
"There will, of course, be plenty of drama when the second legs are played next month: Barcelona\u2019s home meeting with Chelsea, Juventus\u2019s visit to Tottenham, even Real Madrid\u2019s trip to Paris Saint-Germain all remain mouthwatering prospects. \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 22 Feb. 2018",
"For summertime wedding cakes, Amy Beck Cake Design has had mouthwatering success with a vibrant passionfruit curd. \u2014 Molly Fitzpatrick, Bon Appetit , 25 July 2017",
"Atl\u00e9tico Madrid will play their opening match in the Audi Cup tomorrow - a four team tournament being held in Munich, with Napoli, Liverpool and the hosts Bayern Munich completing the mouthwatering lineup. \u2014 SI.com , 1 Aug. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1897, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192228"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to go or pass to another place or in a certain direction with a continuous motion",
": to proceed toward a certain state or condition",
": to become transferred during play",
": to keep pace",
": to start away from some point or place : depart",
": to change one's residence or location",
": to carry on one's life or activities in a specified environment",
": to change position or posture : stir",
": to take action : act",
": to begin operating or functioning or working in a usual way",
": to show marked activity",
": to move a piece (as in chess or checkers) during one's turn",
": to make a formal request, application, or appeal",
": to change hands by being sold or rented",
": evacuate",
": to change the place or position of",
": to dislodge or displace from a fixed position : budge",
": to transfer (something, such as a piece in chess) from one position to another",
": to cause to go or pass from one place to another with a continuous motion",
": to cause to advance",
": to cause to operate or function : actuate",
": to put into activity or rouse up from inactivity",
": to cause to change position or posture",
": to prompt or rouse to the doing of something : persuade",
": to stir the emotions, feelings, or passions of",
": to affect in such a way as to lead to an indicated show of emotion",
": beg",
": to make a formal application to",
": to propose formally in a deliberative assembly",
": to cause (the bowels) to void",
": to cause to change hands through sale or rent",
": to change one's residence",
": the act of moving a piece (as in chess)",
": the turn of a player to move",
": a step taken especially to gain an objective : maneuver",
": the action of moving from a motionless position",
": one of a pattern of dance steps",
": a change of residence or location",
": an agile or deceptive action especially in sports",
": in a state of moving about from place to place",
": in a state of moving ahead or making progress",
": to go from one place to another",
": to change the place or position of : shift",
": to set in motion",
": to cause to act : persuade",
": to affect the feelings of",
": to change position",
": to change residence",
": to suggest according to the rules in a meeting",
": the action of changing position, place, or residence",
": the act of moving a piece in a game",
": the turn of a player to move",
": an action taken to accomplish something",
": to go or pass from one place to another",
": to eject fecal matter : evacuate",
": to change the place or position of",
": to cause (the bowels) to void",
": to make a motion",
": to request (a court) by means of a motion"
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"\u02c8m\u00fcv",
"\u02c8m\u00fcv",
"\u02c8m\u00fcv"
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"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"relocate",
"remove",
"reposition",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
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"expedient",
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"measure",
"shift",
"step"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Some residents are eager to move forward, such as SanMiguel in Pilsen. \u2014 Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"After Morris\u2019 sudden death in February due to a pulmonary embolism, Blue Heart leaders wrestled with how to move the foundation forward in his stead. \u2014 Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Form an opinion on how digital health can help advance strategic imperatives and move forward. \u2014 Dwight Raum, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The Kellys began to move forward with a suit against the state. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"On Tuesday, commissioners are scheduled to decide how to move forward with a new search. \u2014 Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Yet Dominion chooses to instead invent a bioengineered food crisis to move its story forward. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"Lawmakers erupted in arguments throughout the hearing, signaling the lack of consensus on how to move forward. \u2014 Anumita Kaurstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"As part of the effort to move forward, the deputies needed to construct a convincing narrative about the events of the previous year. \u2014 Lynn Hunt, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For the Connecticut Sun, another roster move is already underway. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
"The simple act of repeating one move for the length of a song (often on the beat) can become a powerful exercise in mindful awareness when woven through with reminders to return to the present moment. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"This week, in the wake of hot consumer-level inflation data released on Friday, markets have moved from expecting a half-percentage point increase from the Federal Open Market Committee meeting to the larger size move . \u2014 Michael S. Derby, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"The move is also designed to spur more 5G adoption among consumers who have been largely ambivalent about the faster connections. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The move drew emotions across various social media platforms Tuesday. \u2014 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"The move to sell Channel 4 will also deal a major blow to jobs of U.K. freelancers, who are critical to the success of the broadcasting sector. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"Ikea's move is the latest in a series of changes big Western companies have made to their businesses in mainland China in recent months. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"Those bets hardened on Monday afternoon following a report in the Wall Street Journal suggesting the larger move was now in play. \u2014 Molly Smith, Fortune , 13 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a(1)",
"Noun",
"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214311"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of moving",
": change of place or position or posture",
": a particular instance or manner of moving",
": a tactical or strategic shifting of a military unit : maneuver",
": the advance of a military unit",
": action , activity",
": tendency , trend",
": a series of organized activities working toward an objective",
": an organized effort to promote or attain an end",
": the moving parts of a mechanism that transmit a definite motion",
": motion sense 7",
": the rhythmic character or quality of a musical composition",
": a distinct structural unit or division having its own key, rhythmic structure, and themes and forming part of an extended musical composition",
": particular rhythmic flow of language : cadence",
": the quality (as in a painting or sculpture) of representing or suggesting motion",
": the vibrant quality in literature that comes from elements that constantly hold a reader's interest (such as a quickly moving action-filled plot)",
": an act of voiding (see void entry 3 sense 2a ) the bowels : bowel movement sense 3a",
": matter expelled from the bowels at one passage : stool sense 3a",
": the act or process of moving and especially changing place or position : an instance of moving",
": a program or series of acts working toward a desired end",
": a mechanical arrangement (as of wheels) for causing a particular motion (as in a clock or watch)",
": a section of a longer piece of music",
": an emptying of waste matter from the bowels",
": the act or process of moving",
": an act of voiding the bowels : bowel movement",
": matter expelled from the bowels at one passage : stool"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00fcv-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8m\u00fcv-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8m\u00fcv-m\u0259nt"
],
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"motion",
"move",
"shift",
"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"motionlessness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As an idealistic child of the 1960s, Zia had moved from Boston to Detroit in the 1970s to be part of the labor movement in a place known nationally known for its strong unions. \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
"In this movie, the action jumps to the year 2040, when the anti-Purge movement has grown so large that a senator has decided to run for president using the ending of The Purge as a platform. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"But the worst movement disorders are progressive and incurable. \u2014 Dan Horn, The Enquirer , 16 June 2022",
"Roswell firefighters devised a plan and cut the crowbar while limiting the victim\u2019s movement as much as possible. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 16 June 2022",
"The conductor defaulted to conducting the rest of the first movement from memory without so much as a flinch. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"One study of nongolfers, for instance, discovered that an external focus of attention, such as focusing on the club during the swing, was more effective for performance than an internal focus on arm movement . \u2014 Paul Christianson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"This is also the perfect time to update your concealer to something that's as flexible as your expressive face, like the new movement -friendly formulas from Honest Beauty and Huda Beauty. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 15 June 2022",
"The pieces\u2019 designs are inspired by different art periods, from the 1920s to the 1980s\u2014architecture, painting, but also interlacing movement echoing couture symbols. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 15 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215854"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television : motion picture",
": a showing of a motion picture especially in a theater",
": a theater that shows movies",
": the business of making movies : the motion-picture medium or industry",
": a story represented in motion pictures",
": a showing of a movie"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00fc-v\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u00fc-v\u0113"
],
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"film",
"flick",
"flicker",
"motion picture",
"moving picture",
"picture"
],
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"examples":[
"He wants to work in the movies .",
"a career in the movies",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite the false biography pushed by the movie studio, Rogers was not born a cowboy. \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 19 June 2022",
"And it could be argued that the movie races through his history, omitting any number of iconic moments that continue to define him, while still clocking in at 2 hours and 39 minutes. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
"Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is such an intimate and funny movie . \u2014 Amy Mackelden, ELLE , 18 June 2022",
"One Paseo\u2019s outdoor movie series, Moonlight Cinema, runs Saturdays in June and July, through July 30. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"That applies to both the fictional theme park, the setting and subject of Jurassic World, and the filmmakers and audiences for the movie series. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022",
"For the movie version, Netflix relocated the action to an unnamed setting that looks like Australia\u2014the home of its lead actor, Chris Hemsworth, who plays Abnesti with an American accent and a menacing smirk. \u2014 The New Yorker , 17 June 2022",
"In a rapidly aging society, some also wonder: Is the movie prescient? \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Annie Nickoloff has 20 events to check out, including a variety of Juneteenth festivals, movie showings, concerts and more. \u2014 cleveland , 17 June 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211658"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": motion picture",
": motion picture sense 1"
],
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"film",
"flick",
"flicker",
"motion picture",
"movie",
"picture"
],
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"examples":[
"in the 20th century moving pictures became an important form of artistic expression",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"First, a film director (Hugh Dancy), making a moving picture with actual stars (played, delightfully, by Dominic West and Laura Haddock), wants to use the Crawley estate as a location. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 May 2022",
"Based on the 1974 novel by James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk paints a bleak picture of racial injustice, but a moving picture of love in the face of adversity. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
"By stark contrast, no one these days runs screaming from a movie theater to escape certain ruin from the moving picture of an onrushing choo-choo. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Le Prince was a French artist who is believed to have been the first person to shoot a moving picture sequence, years before the Lumi\u00e8re brothers and Thomas Edison. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The moving picture companies pour thirty million dollars into Los Angeles every year. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Dec. 2021",
"According to the device\u2019s spec sheet, there\u2019s also a 1ms MPRT ( moving picture response time) and less than 3ms GtG (gray to gray) response times. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Sakamoto and a team at Nintendo worked with MAGES to remake the two stories, updating them with fancy new user interfaces and a gorgeous moving picture book look with 3D animations, music and effects. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 May 2021",
"When Edge finally stopped, association president T. Gilbert Pearson informed her that her questions had taken up the time allotted to the showing of a new moving picture , and that lunch was getting cold. \u2014 Melissa Groo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1894, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213646"
},
"mow (down)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to kill or knock down (a person or many people) in a sudden and violent way"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211502"
},
"moxie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": energy , pep",
": courage , determination",
": know-how"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4k-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"chops",
"experience",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"proficiency",
"savvy",
"skills"
],
"antonyms":[
"inexperience"
],
"examples":[
"He showed a lot of moxie in questioning the policy.",
"it was old-fashioned military moxie that got medical supplies to the disaster site in record time",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trade to end all trades: At the start of the season, after weeks of rumors and on-again, off-again negotiations, the Wings acquired power forward Brendan Shanahan from the lowly Hartford Whalers to add goals, size, toughness and moxie . \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022",
"Author Jen Hatmaker recounts some tales from her past that will truly speak to you and that exemplify her moxie . \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 9 May 2022",
"This new Polar Class 6 expedition vessel is a product of Hagen\u2019s visionary leadership as well as a testament to his moxie . \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Part of the reason for the DNC\u2019s show of moxie is that Biden won the 2020 nomination in the South Carolina primary, despite finishing an embarrassing fourth in the Iowa caucuses and fifth in the New Hampshire primary. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Tucker comes off as such a lovably tough cookie, though, some of that may not be that tough to figure out just from the lifelong moxie alone. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 13 Mar. 2022",
"The 5-foot-5 Turney displayed moxie with her tenacity on defense to go with a promising offensive game. \u2014 Bobby Narang, chicagotribune.com , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Now the Aztecs \u2014 who last won an NCAA Tournament game in 2015, losing four of the last five \u2014 will measure their own March moxie . \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Frot, a 10-time Caesar Award-nominee (and two-time winner), brings sufficient moxie and resilience to her part and proves a solid presence, but her character doesn\u2019t unfold and grow in satisfying enough ways. \u2014 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210204"
},
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"noun",
"verb"
],
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": lamentation , complaint",
": a low prolonged sound of pain or of grief",
": to bewail audibly : lament",
": to utter with moans",
": lament , complain",
": to make a moan : groan",
": to emit a sound resembling a moan",
": a long low sound showing pain or grief",
": a long low sound",
": to utter a long low sound",
": complain"
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"\u02c8m\u014dn",
"\u02c8m\u014dn"
],
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"groan",
"wail"
],
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"groan",
"wail"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Commenced with a fiddle introduction that evoked the long, slow moan of a steam-train whistle, the Zeppelin staple shook with Malian-leaning rhythms. \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Readers sent in their poems, The Times released a great moan , Making readers even more manic. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"Perhaps indie rock doesn\u2019t need another moan of 21st-century disaffection. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 28 May 2022",
"The air grew heavy with anticipation and then, low and deep and melancholy as whale song, came the first moan of a ship\u2019s horn. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Check out the ghostly moan below: This content is imported from YouTube. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 6 May 2022",
"The song is pulled together by \u2014 what else? \u2014 the lonesome moan of a saxophone, provided by P.E.\u2019s Benjamin Jaffe. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022",
"That's quieter than the regular CR-V's 78-decibel moan at full throttle. \u2014 Beth Nichols, Car and Driver , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The famous black writer had built a reputation for pyrotechnic readings that sometimes included slideshows of brutalized slave bodies and sometimes involved moan -singing. \u2014 Longreads , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So King came to the camp and fell into its desultory rhythm marked by the white noise of daytime traffic below and moan of the fog horns at night. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"In Europe, farmers used to moan about Ukraine\u2019s cheaper food imports coming into the market. \u2014 Aine Quinn, Bloomberg.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
"As Jessie continues to moan , the notion of the show dealing with a pregnancy becomes not just possible, but probable. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 24 Mar. 2022",
"But whereas Android phones would run out of puff quickly or occasionally moan about getting too hot, the 13 Pro just ticked along nicely. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The pianist is instructed by Mr. Crumb to sing, shout and moan at various points in the series. \u2014 Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Fans who complained that announcers talked too much didn\u2019t moan about the deadpan Summerall. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The Astros broke up the no-hot bid in the eighth when pinch-hitter Aledmys Diaz hit a blooper that fell just in front of of left fielder Eddie Rosario, who got a late jump on the ball, causing the sellout crowd of 42,898 to moan . \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"At highway speeds, the slightest throttle provocation causes the CVT to lower the drive ratio, which in turn causes the revs to jump and the engine to moan . \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 22 Sep. 2021"
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"noun"
],
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": automobile",
": a railroad car containing motors for propulsion",
": automobile"
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"\u02c8m\u014d-t\u0259r-\u02cck\u00e4r",
"\u02c8m\u014d-t\u0259r-\u02cck\u00e4r"
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"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
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"motor vehicle",
"wheels"
],
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"examples":[
"a convention for those who love antique motorcars",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ray\u2019s wears its history on its sleeve, in the corners, on the walls and out back in an antique Ford motorcar . \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 2 June 2022",
"It has been designed and engineered to the same exacting standards as our T.50, with the same emphasis on driver focus, performance, lightweight and superlative, pure design, but the outcome is a very different motorcar . \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"At Beaulieu, a 7,000-acre estate, Lord Montagu created a motorcar museum, and in 1956 started a series of jazz concerts that eventually drew more than 20,000 people. \u2014 Moira Hodgson, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The Classic\u2019s ladder chassis and body-on-frame design is as old as the motorcar , and a good platform for this example\u2019s significant upgrades. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 6 Sep. 2021",
"The precious metal contained in the four catalysts might be costly, but who's going to notice in a $65,000 motorcar ? \u2014 Michael Jordan, Car and Driver , 21 Apr. 2020",
"The grand prize wasn\u2019t a gift basket with certificates for fine dining, a weekend getaway to Lake Geneva or even a brand new motorcar . \u2014 Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 21 July 2019",
"Soon, a racing motorcar with four men inside drew Bayer\u2019s attention. \u2014 Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times , 21 Aug. 2019",
"Creative destruction reallocates society\u2019s resources from less productive pursuits to more productive ones\u2014from spinning jennies to factories, for example, or from horse-and-buggies to motorcars . \u2014 Alan Greenspan, WSJ , 12 Oct. 2018"
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"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
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},
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": an overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture",
": marsh , swamp"
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"m\u0259-\u02c8ras",
"m\u022f-",
"m\u0259-\u02c8ras"
],
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"entanglement",
"mesh(es)",
"net",
"noose",
"quagmire",
"quicksand",
"snare",
"tanglement",
"toil(s)",
"trap",
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"advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible",
"the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But several critics focus on the CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio, in part because it\u2019s one of the clearest numbers in the morass of proxy-statement legalese. \u2014 Maria Aspan, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
"In Washington, much of the Biden agenda is frozen in a congressional morass . \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
"And Jordan Poole, out of the morass of Golden State\u2019s two seasons on dynastic hiatus, has emerged as one of the most dynamic young scorers in the league. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"The way out of this morass is unclear, but McArthur argues that tech companies are just responding to the environment, so a broader societal shift will be required. \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This chant has risen ceaselessly over the past many weeks from the depths of fury raging in Sri Lanka, a country deep in an economic morass . \u2014 Quartz , 4 May 2022",
"The Father\u2014lost in the morass of his own mind, always falling through trap doors to alternate realities. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Howard, the Financial Planner, devotes hours to guiding my father through the monetary morass of buying, selling, and moving. \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
"All the while, questions are mounting about how a Russian leader steeped in security policy and known for railing against the folly of regime-change wars could have sleepwalked into a such a strategic morass . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a nonhuman primate mammal with the exception usually of the lemurs and tarsiers",
": any of the smaller longer-tailed catarrhine or platyrrhine primates as contrasted with the apes",
": a person resembling a monkey",
": a ludicrous figure : dupe",
": any of various machines, implements, or vessels",
": the falling weight of a pile driver",
": a desperate desire for or addiction to drugs",
": a persistent or annoying encumbrance or problem",
": mimic , mock",
": to act in a grotesque or mischievous manner",
": fool , trifle",
": tamper",
": a furry animal of warm regions that has a long tail and that along with the apes is most closely related to humans",
": to spend time in an idle or aimless way",
": to handle secretly or in a careless or incorrect way",
": a nonhuman primate mammal with the exception usually of the lemurs and tarsiers",
": any of the smaller longer-tailed primates as contrasted with the apes"
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"\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-k\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-k\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-k\u0113"
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"dependence",
"dependance",
"habit",
"jones"
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"Noun",
"He's quite a cheeky little monkey , isn't he?",
"I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Now recipients get pictures of the monkey via Slack. \u2014 Te-ping Chen, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Hammonds booked travel for the capuchin with wildlife transporters who were not permitted to possess the capuchin species of monkey in neither Florida nor Nevada, where the buyer agreed to meet for the deal. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Or a painting of a monkey feeding a cat with a spoon? \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"According to legend, much of which may very well may have been self-invented, the architect liked to motor around town in his automobile \u2014 reportedly one of the first in Kyiv \u2014 in the company of a monkey . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
"One of the NFTs, Doodle #6914, a depiction of a monkey with a golden crown, sold for $1.1 million on Jan. 5 of this year, and is currently valued at 1,500 ETH, the equivalent of $3.6 million. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 29 Jan. 2022",
"So far, as of April 2021, Neuralink has released a video of a monkey with a Neuralink device playing pong. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Giraffe, rhino, monkey , gemsbok and lions are among the many animal species depicted. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The current owners didn't ' monkey ' around when paying attention to details. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"With supply running low toward the end of most evenings, savvy bun fanatics don\u2019t monkey around, routinely calling ahead to request an extra skillet of rolls set aside just for them. Ettan. \u2014 Valerie Demicheva And Flora Chang, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 July 2021",
"But this experiment isn't about monkeying around\u2014this a real security and safety hazard, the researchers point out in a new paper. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 31 Jan. 2020",
"To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
"To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
"To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
"To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
"To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
"Wayne Newton\u2018s pet likely won\u2019t be monkeying around any longer. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 9 Aug. 2019"
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": a tendency in theology to accommodate traditional religious teaching to contemporary thought and especially to devalue supernatural elements",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This Edwardian period is also the era of modernism \u2014 its awful and exciting legacy connects us to how Sassoon\u2019s consciousness developed. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 3 June 2022",
"Rhyming poets tended to be liberals, trying to make poetry high-hearted and popular again at a moment when the hermetic side of modernism seemed exhausted. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"And yet, in the realm of mid-century poetry, rhymesters of either camp were up against the arid abstentions of high modernism . \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Soon after, his work began to evolve farther away from the traditional style and into modernism . \u2014 Susannah Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Suzi Gablik, an art critic who published books on Ren\u00e9 Magritte, Pop Art and the failures of modernism , is dead at 87. \u2014 Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"Designed by the famed Palermo architect Ernesto Basile and opened in 1900, the villa is a masterpiece of Belle \u00c9poque modernism , a style known in Italy as Liberty \u2014 named for the London department store. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Early supporters of modernism might be surprised to realize that modern is now historic, and needs as much protection from the wrecking ball as Victorian-era and Craftsman-style houses. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
"These questions emerged in the wake of theological modernism , a European and North American movement dating back to the mid-19th century that sought to reinterpret Christianity to accommodate the emergence of modern science, history and ethics. \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022"
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": in addition to what has been said : besides"
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"m\u022fr-\u02c8\u014d-v\u0259r",
"\u02c8m\u022fr-\u02cc\u014d-",
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"again",
"also",
"besides",
"either",
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"then",
"too",
"withal",
"yet"
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"The cameras will deter potential criminals. Moreover , they will help police a great deal when a crime actually is committed.",
"swimming alone is against the rules and, moreover , it's dangerous",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The proclamation moreover guaranteed freedom to enslaved people in secessionist states like Texas, but not Union states like Maryland, which did not secede during the Civil War. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"This year marks the 30th anniversary of Everclear and moreover , the anniversary of their first LP, World of Noise. \u2014 Niko Stratis, SPIN , 14 June 2022",
"The scale of the fruit, moreover , shifts the viewer\u2019s perception of the figure of the friar himself\u2014who, suddenly, appears to be shown on a much larger scale than the trees around him. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"During Rector\u2019s time there, moreover , Detroit recorded the highest rate of childhood asthma among the nation\u2019s largest cities. \u2014 Scott W. Stern, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Abbott, moreover , has refused to back away from his own loosening of gun regulations in Texas. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Her job on the network, moreover , ultimately won\u2019t be that different than the former acting chief-of-staff\u2019s\u2014or, for that matter, her former one. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 25 May 2022",
"In particular, the world should take a closer look at the WHO, and moreover , Taiwan\u2019s exclusion from it, including its ... \u2014 James K. J. Lee, National Review , 24 May 2022",
"That money, moreover , went directly to Trump himself and was not tied to his political operation, as is typically the case with such fundraisers. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 9 May 2022"
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": an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval sense 2 )",
": a rhythmical (see rhythm sense 2 ) scheme (as in 13th and 14th century music)",
": mood entry 2 sense 2",
": mood entry 2 sense 1",
": the modal (see modality sense 2 ) form of the assertion or denial of a logical proposition",
": a particular form or variety of something",
": a form or manner of expression : style",
": a possible, customary, or preferred way of doing something",
": a manifestation (see manifestation sense 1 ), form, or arrangement of being",
": a particular form or manifestation of an underlying substance",
": a particular functioning arrangement or condition : status",
": the most frequent value of a set of data",
": a value of a random variable for which a function of probabilities (see probability sense 1 ) defined on it achieves a relative maximum",
": any of various stationary vibration patterns of which an elastic body or oscillatory system is capable",
": a prevailing fashion or style (as of dress or behavior)",
": a particular form or variety of something",
": a way of doing something",
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": a popular fashion or style",
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"\u02c8m\u014dd"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This Edwardian period is also the era of modernism \u2014 its awful and exciting legacy connects us to how Sassoon\u2019s consciousness developed. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 3 June 2022",
"Rhyming poets tended to be liberals, trying to make poetry high-hearted and popular again at a moment when the hermetic side of modernism seemed exhausted. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"And yet, in the realm of mid-century poetry, rhymesters of either camp were up against the arid abstentions of high modernism . \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Soon after, his work began to evolve farther away from the traditional style and into modernism . \u2014 Susannah Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Suzi Gablik, an art critic who published books on Ren\u00e9 Magritte, Pop Art and the failures of modernism , is dead at 87. \u2014 Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"Designed by the famed Palermo architect Ernesto Basile and opened in 1900, the villa is a masterpiece of Belle \u00c9poque modernism , a style known in Italy as Liberty \u2014 named for the London department store. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Early supporters of modernism might be surprised to realize that modern is now historic, and needs as much protection from the wrecking ball as Victorian-era and Craftsman-style houses. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
"These questions emerged in the wake of theological modernism , a European and North American movement dating back to the mid-19th century that sought to reinterpret Christianity to accommodate the emergence of modern science, history and ethics. \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to crumble into particles : disintegrate , decay",
": one that molds something or someone",
": one that exerts a determining influence on an attitude or course of development"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014dl-d\u0259r",
"\u02c8m\u014dl-d\u0259r"
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"corrupt",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate",
"fester",
"foul",
"mold",
"perish",
"putrefy",
"rot",
"spoil"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"leaves moldering in the compost pile",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This is more important in warm weather when wet seeds can molder . \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 2 Feb. 2021",
"The antic Schwitters, by contrast, barks like a dog, sleeps in a basket and, for lack of better material, makes sculptures out of porridge that then molder and turn green. \u2014 Peter Saenger, WSJ , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Reeling from decades of decline, the area was a patchwork of potholed streets, weeded lots, moldering homes and drive-thru liquor marts. \u2014 Desperation Town, ProPublica , 11 May 2020",
"Quarantine \u2014 forced isolation \u2014 has left people moldering . \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 2 May 2020",
"But the scale of the land deal at Dara Sakor \u2014 which secures 20 percent of Cambodia\u2019s coastline for 99 years \u2014 has raised eyebrows, especially since the portion of the project built so far is already moldering in malarial jungle. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2019",
"Weariness was in the air, along with the smell of sweat, urine and moldering trash. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Aug. 2019",
"But the Alvarado was torn down in 1970, and other Harvey Houses, like the Casta\u00f1eda, were moved, repurposed or left to molder . \u2014 Susan Spano, Los Angeles Times , 31 Aug. 2019",
"Millions of documents were burned; millions more were left soaking wet, and soon began to molder in the muggy Missouri heat. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2019"
],
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": to limit or restrict the meaning of especially in a grammatical construction",
": to change (a vowel) by umlaut",
": to make minor changes in",
": to make basic or fundamental changes in often to give a new orientation to or to serve a new end",
": to undergo change",
": to make changes in",
": to lower or reduce in amount or scale",
": to limit in meaning : qualify",
": to make a change in"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
"\u02c8m\u00e4d-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
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"qualify"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His obsessive way of covering every surface with his glyphs, transforming them into something else, is actually very similar to my obsession to metamorphose, to modify and mutate. \u2014 Tiziana Cardini, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
"Instagram, for example, can use user content for promotional purposes, as well as distribute, copy, modify and sell users\u2019 material. \u2014 Tomas Andren, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"But guilty pleas resulting in life sentences could force the Biden administration to modify its ambition of ending detention operations at Guant\u00e1namo Bay and instead rebrand it as a military prison for a few men. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Commissioners decided to modify the property involved in the rezoning request and consider the rest of the area while updating the comprehensive growth map. \u2014 Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Attacks such as these can be used to elevate an attacker\u2019s privileges or modify data that is otherwise restricted through Allowlisting and filesystem integrity. \u2014 Michael Mehlberg, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Signs and symptoms can vary and, according to the Mayo Clinic, there is no cure, though treatments can help speed recovery from attacks, modify the course of the disease and manage symptoms. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 27 May 2022",
"So concrete is really a two-stage invention, as humans modify what ocean life provided. \u2014 Helen Czerski, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The recommendation now goes to a three-member panel, which can accept, reject or modify the two-year ban. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
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"moke":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": donkey",
": nag entry 3"
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"\u02c8m\u014dk"
],
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"ass",
"burro",
"donkey",
"jackass"
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"scolded his assistant for having no more intelligence than a moke"
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"circa 1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": a person who talks excessively"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014d-t\u0259r-\u02ccmau\u0307th"
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"babbler",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"blowhard",
"cackler",
"chatterbox",
"chatterer",
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"gabbler",
"gasbag",
"jabberer",
"jay",
"magpie",
"prattler",
"talker",
"windbag"
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"examples":[
"I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If no one has the courage to address this, a group intervention may be needed to stanch the motormouth . \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
"With its stylized neon visuals, motormouth quips and burst of Henry Mancini, Marco and Slippin' Jimmy's dive bar hustles play out like a scene from The Big Lebowski. \u2014 Jon O'brien, The Week , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Yet her snarling, motormouth raps stood out amid a wave of indie women rappers, from bloghouse darling Uffie to Chicago party-starter Kid Sister. \u2014 Nolan Feeney, Billboard , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As did our own newsroom motormouths and, of course, the soul of any paper, printed or digital \u2014 you, our readers. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Rome works mostly in comic mode as the fussy motormouth Marian, who at one point cajoles her entire household, male and female, to participate in a ritual exploration of the Sacred Yoni. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2020",
"His Bufalino is a million miles from the aggressive motormouth Pesci played in Goodfellas; this is a portrait of real, frightening authority, of a man who never needs to raise his voice to command a room. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 1 Nov. 2019",
"The smackdown reign of Dwayne Johnson: Peaks in 'Hobbs & Shaw' Ryan Reynolds can kill as Locke Reynolds working his motormouth against the 6-foot-5 Johnson is the verbal screen match-up the world desperately needed. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 2 Aug. 2019",
"At a conference in Tel Aviv, Giuliani, the motormouth lawyer for President Donald Trump, was asked whether his employer respects women. \u2014 Jeet Heer, The New Republic , 7 June 2018"
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"1955, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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": a sovereign ruler",
": a constitutional (see constitutional entry 1 sense 3 ) king or queen",
": one that holds preeminent position or power",
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": monarch butterfly"
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"-\u02ccn\u00e4rk",
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"a new history of French monarchs",
"the ruling monarch of Britain at that time was Queen Elizabeth I",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last night, there was a government dinner in honor of the future monarch , and then this evening, to toast their granddaughter, Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja threw Princess Ingrid Alexandra a glamorous gala at the Royal Palace. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"But in 1969\u2014two days before my father, Crown Prince Hasan, was to become king\u2014Libya\u2019s fledgling democracy, under the rule of a constitutional monarch , was overthrown in a coup, swept up in a tide of pan-Arabism and Cold War. \u2014 Mohammed El-senussi, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"The event takes place each year for Trooping the Colour, the celebration of the reigning monarch \u2019s birthday, but 2022 got a bit of an upgrade. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 2 June 2022",
"The photo is the latest of the queen released during this 70th year of her reign, the longest of any monarch in English or British history. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Platinum Jubilee, eight portraits of the monarch were beamed onto the ancient stone faces of Stonehenge, one from each decade of her 70-year reign. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
"Below, a look back at the sweetest photographs of the future monarch as a girl. \u2014 Hayley Maitland, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"To mark the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her taking on the role of monarch , Elizabeth posed for a royal portrait in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on February 6, 1977. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 24 May 2022",
"King Edward's son was born in the castle and named the Prince of Wales, the title given to the eldest son of the reigning monarch since that time. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 11 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-120235"
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"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": for the greatest part : mainly",
": for the greatest part"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014dst-l\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u014dst-l\u0113"
],
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"altogether",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially"
],
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"the weather this month has been mostly mild",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But, mostly , No. 27 is a waiting game even for the league\u2019s wisest guys. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"In the agricultural world, mega-threats are mostly fungi, which are responsible for the majority of plant diseases. \u2014 Jonathan Margolis, Scientific American , 20 June 2022",
"Its people are mostly Turkic, not Slav; Muslim, not Christian. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
"This year it's been mostly down: The S&P 500 has sunk 22%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost nearly 13% and the Nasdaq Composite has fallen more than 30%. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"That debate is raging right now as economists try to figure out whether the challenge is mostly a supply or a demand problem. \u2014 Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
"In that scenario, because the House would vote by individual state congressional delegations, which were mostly Republican majority, the numbers would align for Trump to win. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"The system is mostly a disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms, but could develop further after moving back over water, NHC forecasters said. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Give me summer all day and twice on Sundays, mostly because there is no humidity. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1563, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-144642"
},
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"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"noun"
],
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": a person bent on accumulating money"
],
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"1840, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-160002"
},
"mountain dew":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": moonshine sense 3"
],
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"bootleg",
"moonshine",
"white lightning"
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"one sip of the hillbilly's potent mountain dew left inexperienced drinkers gasping"
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"1816, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191029"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a little grimace : pout"
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"\u02c8m\u00fc"
],
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"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
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"mug",
"pout",
"scowl",
"snoot"
],
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"a moue of distaste at the display of bad manners"
],
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"1849, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191654"
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"noun",
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"verb ()"
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": a matrix for casting metal",
": a form in which food is given a decorative shape",
": a molded object",
": prototype",
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": an example to be followed",
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": the frame on or around which an object is constructed",
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": to knead or work (a material, such as dough or clay) into a desired consistency or shape",
": to form in a mold",
": to determine or influence the quality or nature of",
": to give shape to",
": to fit the contours of",
": to ornament with molding or carving",
": a superficial often woolly growth produced especially on damp or decaying organic matter or on living organisms by a fungus (as of the order Mucorales)",
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": a hollow form in which something is shaped",
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": to work and press into shape",
": to shape in a hollow form",
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": an often fuzzy surface growth of fungus on damp or decaying material",
": a fungus that forms mold",
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": a cavity in which a fluid or malleable substance is shaped",
": to give shape to especially in a mold",
": to become moldy",
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": a fungus (as of the order Mucorales) that produces mold",
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"\u02c8m\u014dld",
"\u02c8m\u014dld"
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"Noun (1)",
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"Verb (1)",
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"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1530, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (3)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": cat"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-g\u0113"
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],
"history_and_etymology":"probably from Moggy , from Mog , nickname from the name Margaret ",
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"circa 1911, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194013"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a measure of time corresponding nearly to the period of the moon's revolution and amounting to approximately 4 weeks or 30 days or \u00b9/\u2081\u2082 of a year",
": an indefinite usually extended period of time",
": one ninth of the typical duration of human pregnancy",
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],
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"\u02c8m\u0259n(t)th",
"\u02c8m\u0259nth"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Satinique promises that this shampoo and conditioner will save 1,800 strands per month when they are used together. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"More than 4 million people receive CalFresh benefits, with an average of $166 per month , and about 127,300 beneficiaries are college students, according to the state Department of Social Services. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"His company settled on providing trauma bandages \u2014 pieces of wide cloth that cover large wounds \u2014 and churned out roughly 2,000 per month . \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"The number of flights per month decreased after that but rose again in January, when there were 36. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Carvetise drivers automatically earn a $200 sign-on bonus and are then paid a flat rate of $100 per month . \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Those who bill annually will save 16 percent, bringing the price down to $4.17 to $8.33 per month . \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"The prices range from $1,700 per month for the Macan to $3,200 for the Porsche 911. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"In India, for example, a monthly premium subscription costs $2.30 per month , about one-fourth the price of a subscription in the U.S. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English m\u014dnath ; akin to Old High German m\u0101n\u014dd month, Old English m\u014dna moon",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194839"
},
"monarchic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, suggestive of, or characteristic of a monarch or monarchy"
],
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"m\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4r-ki-k\u0259l",
"m\u00e4-"
],
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"kingly",
"monarchal",
"monarchial",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal"
],
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"examples":[
"guests who stay in the hotel's most expensive suite live in monarchical splendor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But in conversation with Robb Report, Huddersfield managing director Iain Milligan was able to shine a little light on the monarchical fabric. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 2 June 2022",
"Versailles opposed the new world belief in meritocracy and the old world\u2019s rigid, hierarchical, often monarchical class system. \u2014 Vogue , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Monument ambivalence dates back to the beginnings of the republic, when many reasonable voices questioned whether memorials to men such as George Washington were fundamentally anti-democratic vestiges of monarchical thinking. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Stripped of the distinctive function Wilson imagined, the State of the Union has degenerated into a spectacle of almost monarchical deference. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Quakerism originated in the political turmoil of the English civil war and the disruption of monarchical rule in the mid-17th century. \u2014 Julie L. Holcomb, The Conversation , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Bismarck was fortunate to be left alone to craft his vision, free from monarchical meddling. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
"In the anti- monarchical mobilization of the Revolutionary War. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2021",
"In May, her government created a Republican Status Transition Advisory Committee, a 10-member group tasked with helping manage the transition from a monarchical system to a republic. \u2014 Lauren Said-moorhouse, CNN , 28 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1793, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195055"
},
"monotony":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": tedious sameness",
": sameness of tone or sound",
": a boring lack of change"
],
"pronounciation":[
"m\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-t\u0259-n\u0113",
"-\u02c8n\u00e4t-n\u0113",
"m\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-t\u0259-n\u0113"
],
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"humdrum",
"monotone",
"monotonousness",
"sameness"
],
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"examples":[
"She hated the monotony of the job.",
"The brief storm was a relief from the monotony of the hot summer afternoon.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, a mission to Mars, which could take months or years depending on the design of the spacecraft, could lead to feelings of monotony and confinement. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"Waldon relieves the monotony and pressures of being on the road through any means possible on her new release. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 6 May 2022",
"It\u2019s no guarantee, because for every moment like this, there are 10 others that loop me back to the beginning of this anecdote \u2014 the discomfort, monotony and frustrating effort. \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Then comes the biggest reveal so far in Stranger Things history: One is Victor Creel's son Henry, who was born with strange powers and was ostracized during his childhood, feeling oppressed by the monotony of human life. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 May 2022",
"Take the weights and exercise mat on a patio to switch up the monotony of your fitness routine. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
"Shipherd breaks up the monotony of training with off-day activities such as water-rafting trips and volleyball games. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"But somewhere in the bland monotony of my life, the thought of dating has become slightly terrifying. \u2014 Annie Lord, Vogue , 24 Apr. 2022",
"In a sunny district of Naples where everyone knows each other, Mario and Lino, two inseparable friends, live day by day in the monotony of neighborhood life until their fraternal friendship is put to the test. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see monotonous ",
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"1636, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202852"
},
"movable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being moved",
": changing date from year to year",
": something (such as an article of furniture) that can be removed or displaced",
": possible to move",
": changing date from year to year",
": capable of being moved",
": an item of movable property",
": a right or interest (as a chattel mortgage) in an item of movable property",
"\u2014 compare immovable"
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"\u02c8m\u00fc-v\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"mobile",
"portable"
],
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"immobile",
"immovable",
"irremovable",
"nonmobile",
"unmovable"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Thanksgiving is a movable holiday.",
"any furniture that is not movable will be covered with protective cloths by the painters",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Researchers note a barrier with movable gates on the Thames River has protected some portions of London from flooding during storm surges. \u2014 Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
"With movable arms and grippers\u2014meaning various degrees of freedom, or directions the robot can move in\u2014the machine can\u2019t be under a constant threat of breaking. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 31 May 2022",
"The perfect type of movable piece for Joe Barry, and one with a lot of room to grow, Walker brings on-the-ball/off-the-ball versatility, and should wind up going a little earlier than people might think. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"There were no federal safety standards at the time, but engineer Joseph Strauss insisted on hard hats, safety lines and a movable net for his crew. \u2014 Elvia Lim\u00f3n, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"Midcentury trademarks, however, can still be seen throughout the home, like walls of movable glass, oversized living spaces and a single-story layout. \u2014 Spencer Elliott, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Set and costume designer Soutra Gilmour taps only a few chairs, a single mirror, and a movable stage, while keeping the cast in modern streetwear. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Together, their series of cocktail parties, private art tours and pop-up shopping events is a movable feast of summertime chic. \u2014 Todd Plummer, Robb Report , 5 May 2022",
"Eid al-Fitr is known as a movable feast on the solar Gregorian calendar. \u2014 Manal Aman, Woman's Day , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Two weeks later, the Post published photos of escalators being installed and the cleanup of the area to which the movable seats would located in the baseball configuration. \u2014 Mark Schmetzer, Cincinnati.com , 16 May 2020",
"Pairing him with Budda Baker gives Arizona two dynamic movable chess pieces, which will help a defense that has struggled mightily on third down. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, azcentral , 27 Apr. 2020",
"In 2015, the draft became a movable feast, taking over a different city every year, because that\u2019s what out-of-control monsters do. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Baun would also be an outstanding movable JACK linebacker if the team opts to run any three-man fronts. \u2014 John Owning, Dallas News , 25 Mar. 2020",
"In 1941, the Ford Motor Company's engineers innovated a movable , affordable infant incubator that aimed to reduce infant deaths in hospitals. \u2014 A. J. Baime, Car and Driver , 31 Mar. 2020",
"The transportation agency is considering carving out temporary bike lanes and taking away traffic lanes from cars by using orange cones or movable barriers. \u2014 Winnie Hu, New York Times , 14 Mar. 2020",
"The shelves are movable , opening and closing with a giant crank. \u2014 Zach Helfand, The New Yorker , 6 Jan. 2020",
"At the end of the day, the people who are movable from Trump to the Democratic Party are for some reason also moved by Bernie and Biden. \u2014 Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner , 8 Jan. 2020"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past : contemporary",
": of, relating to, or characteristic of a period extending from a relevant remote past to the present time",
": involving recent techniques, methods, or ideas : up-to-date",
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the present or most recent period of development of a language",
": of or relating to modernism : modernist",
": a person of modern times or views",
": an adherent of modernism : modernist",
": a style of printing type distinguished by regularity of shape, precise curves, straight hairline serifs, and heavy downstrokes",
": of or characteristic of the present time or times not long past",
": of a style or way of thinking that is new and different",
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"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
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"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute"
],
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"modernist",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The notion that state legislatures could choose electors in defiance of voters would be a radical one in modern American history. \u2014 Rosalind S. Helderman, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Headlines blared that this was the first time in modern history that a major world city would be without running water. \u2014 Ryan Brown, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"But in California, in the middle of one of the most severe droughts in modern history, desalination at any meaningful scale is not an option. \u2014 Edward Ring, National Review , 17 June 2022",
"Jennifer Lopez and Shakira\u2019s halftime performance at the 2020 Super Bowl became one of the most memorable shows in modern history \u2014 Sixth best on Rolling Stone\u2018s all-time ranking. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"The agreement was announced on the sixth anniversary of the mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., where a gunman killed 49 people in what was then the deadliest shooting in modern American history. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, the Orlando Sentinel focuses not on the gunman and the act of terror, but on the victims, stories of hope and how Orlando became a city forever changed. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"TikTok might be the most powerful tool for procrastination in modern history. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 9 June 2022",
"Four of Daniel Defense's rifles were found in the arsenal used by the gunman to kill 58 people and injure hundreds in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What Hi-Tech builds in its 200,000-square-foot workshop in Gqeberha (formerly known as Port Elizabeth) is authenticity with a dash of the modern . \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"John Schuster, known best behind the decks as John Summit, is revered for his modern , driving and melodic sound that spans across house and techno. \u2014 Lisa Kocay, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Nothing could seem so uncannily alive to viewers, ancient, medieval, and early modern , as a marble statue. \u2014 Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Fusing the modern with the bygone is easier attempted than accomplished, but Paloma Elsesser's corset-meets-slip skirt look does the hard work. \u2014 ELLE , 4 May 2022",
"But there\u2019s also a flash of modern to them, with lightweight, sustainable materials, as well as a cool heel strap. \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The Laura Davidson Furniture Soho Management Chair has a mid-century modern feel that'll look great in just about any office setting. \u2014 Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Bieber was ready for the main event after achieving the modern , sultry Oscar night look of her dreams. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Director David Fincher's masterful adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name is a work of blunt, brutal violence, and commentary on the modern (well, 1999's) state of self and masculinity. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"Adjective",
"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": characterized by or expressive of a concern with morality",
": characterized by or expressive of a narrow moral attitude"
],
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"\u02ccm\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8li-stik",
"\u02ccm\u00e4r-"
],
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"didactic",
"homiletic",
"homiletical",
"moralizing",
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"sententious",
"sermonic"
],
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"examples":[
"While a moralistic speech won't convince kids not to try drugs, a story about people affected by drugs might.",
"parental opinion was divided on the school's moralistic curriculum",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show\u2019s tricky tonal blend\u2014violent, but not nihilistic; moral, but not moralistic \u2014was hard to nail. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"In the United States, its popularity spawned a variety of adaptations, some more moralistic , some more sentimental, and so on. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Getting trade wrong while stepping up the moralistic lectures is a surefire strategy for Indo-Pacific failure. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Instead, in their moralistic zeal, Utah lawmakers imposed a black-and-white solution that ignores the nuance, punishes women and jeopardizes their health and well-being. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"Joe Biden, like many (probably most) Democrats, often speaks about the economy in moralistic terms. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The counterculture had been a scruffy, literally hairy affair; the \u201980s, throwing over all that moralistic rebellion-against-the-system stuff, would be sleek, shaved, and beige. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Art has taken on an increasingly didactic and moralistic tone. \u2014 Michael W. Clune, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Ah, the National Football League\u2014an organization long admired for its progressive, scrupulous, and moralistic approach to race, money, player safety, public health, and popular music. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 14 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to give oneself up to brooding : become listless or dejected",
": to move slowly or aimlessly : dawdle",
": to act in a dazed or stupid manner",
": one that mopes",
": blues sense 1",
": to be in a dull and sad state of mind"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014dp",
"\u02c8m\u014dp"
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"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
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"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Like a little child, he often moped when he didn't get what he wanted.",
"we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to Limitless International owner Dawaun Wells, St. Louis accepted that as a challenge and didn\u2019t mope . \u2014 Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"As this revelation sinks in, Nany and Kaycee mope on the sidelines thinking about how their dream of crossing the finish line together as a couple has died. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Joe Exotic isn\u2019t the type to mope around after a paramour dumps him for a bright (ha!) future in butthole lighteners. \u2014 Joan Kubicek, Vulture , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Brosnahan looks sad and exquisite, kind of like if a Renoir painting came to life and wanted to mope on a chaise lounge for a few hours to contemplate sentiency. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 14 Nov. 2021",
"While everyone watched with heated anticipation to see how the spider (his clothing brand\u2019s symbol) would spring to life, the arachnid did little but stand still and mope \u2014 a Spinal Tap-like Stonehenge totem. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Those with college ambitions either could mope and wallow in sorrow or figure out ways to move forward on their own. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Moffett and Nathanson note that many cable providers, which make much better margins selling internet access, no longer mope much about TV cord cutting. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Rather than mope about a No Texan Day, the ever-optimistic HLSR plans to push ahead with a virtual celebration of Go Texan Day, extending it to a month via its social media accounts with #GoTexanDay. \u2014 Andrew Dansby, Preview | Houston Arts & Entertainment Guide , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Segel delivers another of his compellingly muted takes on a wary mope , constantly on the lookout for what will go wrong next. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Rather than mope after the trip's cancellation, the students chose to make a major impact on the lives of others by using the money to help the Navajo Nation, which is struggling amid the pandemic. \u2014 David Blank, CNN , 3 June 2020",
"Amid that, though, a guy who had every reason to mope , was instead busy looking for blessings. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Rob \u2014 the loafer and the mope , the impressively successful Lothario and pretentious little troll \u2014 is the protagonist of this book, which could be called autofiction (the author is also named Rob Doyle), anti-woke polemic or obsessive riff. \u2014 Parul Sehgal, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020",
"What do the helmets so many of you carp-brained mopes opt to leave at home actually protect against? \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 17 Sep. 2019",
"Edmunds, giving away 6 inches and a good 50 pounds to Gronkowski, didn\u2019t mope or waste a second trying to shake the cobwebs out. \u2014 Will Graves, The Seattle Times , 26 Dec. 2018",
"In Gilmore Girls, Jared Padalecki played the often mope -y Dean, who wasn't always great at expressing his feelings. \u2014 Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue , 10 Oct. 2018",
"Other than that, all you can is stay inside, mope , and wait for summer. \u2014 Katie Heaney, The Cut , 19 Apr. 2018"
],
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"Verb",
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Noun",
"1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-224448"
},
"moon":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the earth's natural satellite (see satellite sense 1a ) that shines by the sun's reflected light, revolves about the earth from west to east in about 29\u00b9/\u2082 days with reference to the sun or about 27\u00b9/\u2083 days with reference to the stars, and has a diameter of 2160 miles (3475 kilometers ), a mean distance from the earth of about 238,900 miles (384,400 kilometers), and a mass about one eightieth that of the earth",
": one complete moon cycle consisting of four phases (see phase entry 1 sense 1 )",
": satellite sense 1",
": a natural satellite of a planet",
": an indefinite usually extended period of time",
": moonlight",
": something that resembles a moon: such as",
": a highly translucent (see translucent sense 1 ) spot on old porcelain",
": lunule",
": naked buttocks",
": something impossible or inaccessible",
": very pleased : in high spirits",
": to spend in idle reverie : dream",
": to expose one's naked buttocks to",
": to spend time in idle reverie : behave abstractedly",
": the natural heavenly body that shines by reflecting light from the sun and revolves about the earth in about 29\u00b9/\u2082 days",
": satellite sense 1",
": daydream entry 2",
": lunula sense a"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00fcn",
"\u02c8m\u00fcn",
"\u02c8m\u00fcn"
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"aeon",
"eon",
"age",
"blue moon",
"coon's age",
"cycle",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Back in the first season of the revisionist sci-fi drama, the Soviets beat the U.S. to the moon , and the reverberations of that one altered moment are still being felt 30 years on\u2014for better and for worse. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
"The first season began after Russia had already won the race to the moon , the catalyst for the show\u2019s entire alternative history timeline. \u2014 Hunter Ingram, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"The name was given to the moon by the Algonquin tribes of the United States and Canada. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 8 June 2022",
"June 22: Find out the role Flagstaff played in training astronauts to go to the moon in the 1960s and '70s with Kevin Schindler, Lowell Observatory historian. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"Contemplating missions to the moon and Mars means accounting for how the human body will survive long-term spaceflight \u2013 not just physically but emotionally and mentally as well. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"President Joe Biden clapped back at Elon Musk for his pessimism about the U.S. economy by wishing the Tesla and SpaceX CEO good luck in his travels to the moon . \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"The space suit is being designed for work on the International Space Station and the Artemis program led by NASA with international and U.S. partners to return humans to the moon , specifically the lunar south pole, by 2025. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 2 June 2022",
"The experiment was green-lit as part of a recent boom in lunar research fueled by NASA\u2019s Artemis program, which aims to send humans back to the moon later this decade. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"An unruly passenger flying from Ireland to New York earlier this month got into trouble after allegedly creating multiple disturbances, going so far as to moon a flight attendant and throw an empty can at another passenger. \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Bart, meanwhile, makes a statement by pulling down his leather and denim trousers to moon the audience. \u2014 CNN , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Incredibly, #MeToo Marilyn, her body posed tilting slightly forward, will even be positioned to moon the museum. \u2014 Christopher Knight Art Critic, Los Angeles Times , 20 Mar. 2021",
"One of those includes Hayley\u2019s brother Jack (Sam Claflin), haplessly mooning over his dream girl (Olivia Munn), an American war journalist who gets a few muttered zingers, but is otherwise stuck acting, well, dreamy. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2020",
"He\u2019s even accused demonstrators of mooning security forces to provoke them. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2019",
"Many on social media, however, did not find the mooning pumpkin man offensive and hit out at HOA\u2019s policies. \u2014 Alexandra Deabler, Fox News , 16 Oct. 2019",
"The paintings in the last two groups show their backsides, as if mooning viewers. \u2014 David Pagel, Los Angeles Times , 10 Oct. 2019",
"This episode, best remembered for the moment in which Julia accidentally moons a crowd (including the mayor of Atlanta), is a reminder that the series excelled at physical comedy in addition to sharp and rapid-fire dialogue. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 26 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1836, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-225011"
},
"moribund":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": being in the state of dying : approaching death",
": being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence",
": being in the state of dying : approaching death"
"an actor who is trying to revive his moribund career",
"The peace talks are moribund .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"China\u2019s central bank cut a key interest rate while keeping another unchanged, an unexpected policy shift that economists said would likely help the country\u2019s moribund housing market but bring only limited relief to its struggling economy. \u2014 Jason Douglas, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Long before much of the current Red Sox Nation was even born, the American League champion Red Sox of 1967 breathed new life into a moribund franchise with a magical season unlike any other. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"Pre-Roe bans are currently moribund because the courts would block them under Roe if someone tried to enforce them. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 9 May 2022",
"Now all diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Russia are moribund . \u2014 Carlo Rovelli, Scientific American , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The wave of violence comes as Israel\u2019s government faces the prospect of fresh elections after losing its fragile parliamentary majority, and as peace negotiations between Israel and the widely unpopular Palestinian leadership remain moribund . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Although the dollar amounts pale compared to Biden's moribund $2 trillion Build Back Better proposal, these bills \u2014 once they're smooshed together \u2014 actually have a good chance of passing. \u2014 James Pethokoukis, The Week , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Allowing a moribund corporate culture also makes for a miserable employee experience. \u2014 Joe Mckendrick, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The two-game winning streak the Spurs bring into Saturday\u2019s visit to New Orleans \u2014 as well as a game at moribund Houston to end the road trip Monday \u2014 gives the team incentive to keep charging toward a play-in bid. \u2014 San Antonio Express-News , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin moribundus , from mori to die \u2014 more at murder ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1721, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-234903"
},
"mousey":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or resembling a mouse : such as",
": quiet , stealthy",
": timid , retiring",
": grayish brown"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mau\u0307-s\u0113",
"-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"timorous",
"tremulous"
],
"antonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"venturesome",
"venturous"
],
"examples":[
"The movie is a fantasy about a mousy housewife who is transformed into a glamorous star.",
"a mousy little girl who hid behind her mother the entire time we were there",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Seydoux stars alongside Viggo Mortensen, who plays her brooding partner, Saul, and Kristen Stewart, who plays a mousy assistant at an organ registry, eager to learn more about the couple. \u2014 Douglas Greenwood, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"Boras sees each of Christie's characters in this story, from a glamorous princess and a beautiful countess to a brusque businessman and a mousy missionary, as a diamond. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"The narrative has changed: Suddenly the unpopular girl is the queen bee, the underdog is the top dog, the mousy loser has become the shiny-haired winner. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"When a local reporter interviews a mousy housewife about her life-changing encounter with a coyote, their eerie trek in the woods leaves them forever bonded with each other\u2026 and the beast. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Gone are the days of her mousy brown hair (a wig worn by Witherspoon), now replaced by a shade of blonde that perfectly blends in with The Morning Show's sunshiny vibe. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Staring back at my reflection, my hair is now very long and flat and my outgrown highlights have turned a dark, brassy blonde, revealing my natural mousy brown hair underneath. \u2014 Amelia Bell, refinery29.com , 25 Aug. 2021",
"The story is of an opposites-attract romance: a WASP-y jock, Hubbell, who aspires to be a novelist, and a mousy , Jewish student radical, Katie, who refuses to bend her communist beliefs to fit in. \u2014 Christina Newland, Vulture , 18 Aug. 2021",
"In Shadow and Bone, Alina is depicted as plain (if not homely), with mousy brown hair and pale, sallow skin. \u2014 Lauren Puckett, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 Apr. 2021"
],
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"1812, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-235924"
},
"moralizing":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to explain or interpret morally",
": to give a moral quality or direction to",
": to improve the morals of",
": to make moral reflections"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
"\u02c8m\u00e4r-"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an essay moralizing about the evils of alcohol",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And in retrospect, this refusal to moralize makes its comics sort of heroic. \u2014 Scott Bradfield, The New Republic , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The book doesn\u2019t lecture, moralize or lavishly mourn but rather considers three lives and the meaningful points in those lives where promise stalls, improves or goes south. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
"In depicting these situations, Krauss is notably dispassionate, reticent to moralize about the men who force women into positions of submission. \u2014 Timothy Aubry, The New Republic , 17 Dec. 2020",
"That dismissal also jibes with the music geek\u2019s tendency to moralize suffering: a belief that pleasure needs to be both earned and accounted for. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 4 Dec. 2020",
"International conservation and animal welfare organizations are using the outbreak to moralize about the traditional Chinese practice of eating a wider range of animal species than people of European heritage consider acceptable. \u2014 Robert Dingwall, Wired , 29 Jan. 2020",
"My job here is not moralizing , just to assess the numbers. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 11 Jan. 2020",
"There\u2019s no such danger in the movie, which offers some of the stories\u2019 more gruesome elements but, by framing them skillfully, moralizes their fabrications by undergirding them with (fictitious) facts. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2019",
"The more dynamic relationship is between Williams\u2019 moralizing Serena and Blue\u2019s Bess. \u2014 Crystal Paul, The Seattle Times , 14 Aug. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-011341"
},
"modesty":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality of not being too proud or confident about yourself or your abilities",
": propriety in dress, speech, or conduct",
": the quality of being decent or not boastful"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259-st\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259-st\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"lowliness",
"meekness"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"examples":[
"She accepted the award with modesty .",
"He is known for his modesty , an uncommon characteristic for a politician.",
"There was no false modesty in her victory speech.",
"the modesty of her clothing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But could that same modesty keep it from Oscar\u2019s top spot? \u2014 New York Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
"To them, bikes were not symbols of hip urbanism but of unwelcome intrusion\u2014particularly by women riders whose clothes offended the community\u2019s religious mandate of strict modesty . \u2014 Zo\u00eb Beery, The Atlantic , 31 May 2022",
"Anyone with a shred of modesty will admit to having asked a bad question or 10 over three decades plus, whether due to ignorance, ineptitude or momentary brain-lock. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"There is an air of modesty here, something that is common within Bukharian communities. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 8 Mar. 2022",
"British colonizers in India wanted saris to conform to their ideas of modesty . \u2014 Saratatyana, Longreads , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Unlike some of Wright\u2019s grander visions, Hanna House stands out for its low-key elegance and middle-class modesty . \u2014 David Hochman, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The devastation of Mariupol and other Ukrainian cities suggests that there is little mercy or modesty in Putin\u2019s faith. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The interview with billionaire businesswoman Lubna Olayan, 66, had people praising her modesty and candor on social media. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022"
"called for the prompt mobilization of all national resources to combat the deadly epidemic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 1982 mobilization of Chinese workers was also a wake-up call for union leaders to work more closely with Asian American workers, Quan said. \u2014 Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News , 15 May 2022",
"Analysts wonder whether a bigger mobilization by Moscow is on the horizon. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, the border mobilization is nearly out of cash. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Historic precedents show that labor mobilization can be infectious. \u2014 John Logan, The Conversation , 4 Apr. 2022",
"This will require a coordinated effort on the part of government, business, and labor alike, just as our spectacularly successful World War II mobilization did. \u2014 Robert Hockett, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Most Ukrainians who signed up during the first days of the general mobilization were assigned to the Territorial Defense Forces, a kind of national reserve. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"Washington may also be driven by a desire to deprive the Russian leader of any element of surprise for his mobilization . \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Seizing on dysfunction in America and the West, China has spun its mobilization against the virus into a narrative of fortitude and triumph\u2014one that obscures key failings to control the outbreak\u2019s initial spread. \u2014 Dan Xin Huang, The New Republic , 24 May 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-103639"
},
"mortification":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sense of humiliation and shame caused by something that wounds one's pride or self-respect",
": the cause of such humiliation or shame",
": necrosis , gangrene",
": the subjection and denial of bodily passions and appetites by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort",
": local death of tissue in the animal body : necrosis , gangrene"
"the mortification of being dumped the night before the prom",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He\u2019s fascinated by ritual, runic mysticism and physical mortification , as well as visual compositions that favor firelight, shadows and bravura camera work. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This metamorphosis is triggered by that all-powerful force known as matriarchal mortification , or in layman\u2019s terms, an embarrassing mom. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Now, after years of admiring such filmmakers to the point of mortification , Hader, 43, is becoming something more akin to a peer, taking on greater creative responsibility for one of TV\u2019s most cinematic shows. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But both actors dive into the setup with such zeal that the characters\u2019 helplessness, the threat of social mortification and their frustrated inability to communicate with their daughter become quite endearing. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
"That the flippant nickname stuck to so august a trophy was a source of mortification to Mrs. Herrick. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Recent novels, however, are marked by mortification . \u2014 Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
"There\u2019s mortification , bewilderment, klutzy desire and sometimes, between rounds of beer pong, the stirrings of self-discovery. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Nov. 2021",
"In another, Vincent casually but cruelly subjects himself to a self- mortification of vast symbolic import. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 Oct. 2021"
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": expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior",
": conforming to a standard of right behavior",
": sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment",
": capable of right and wrong action",
": probable though not proved : virtual",
": perceptual or psychological rather than tangible or practical in nature or effect",
": the moral significance or practical lesson (as of a story)",
": a passage pointing out usually in conclusion the lesson to be drawn from a story",
": moral practices or teachings : modes of conduct",
": ethics",
": morale",
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": able to teach a lesson of how people should behave",
": good entry 1 sense 13 , virtuous",
": able to tell right from wrong",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The moments were moving: a legal and moral victory, even as Britain harrumphed. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"The message of that hearing was that Trump bore both moral and criminal responsibility for this attack. \u2014 Norman Eisen, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"The government of President Biden does not have the minimum moral or political authority to criticize this. ... \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Well, to be fair, Tolstoy was trying to make moral and ethical points about human behavior. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Using economic incentives to kick-start innovation is likely to be a lot more effective than expecting a mass moral and behavioral conversion. \u2014 Sam Gill, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Television viewers looking for tension, drama and urgent historical, political and moral relevance now have something to move to the top of their must-watch list. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Opponents to debt forgiveness, meanwhile, cite a range of concerns, including not just economic but ethical and moral considerations. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
"The nonprofit fosters the mental, moral and physical development of its members, who are typically ages 8 through 18. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The moral of this story is plants ultimately reach a point when the rate of growth slows considerably. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 18 June 2022",
"The moral of the story is that, much like the spirits haunting its fringes, Supernatural will never truly die. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"The moral of the story is part of what attracted ICAF co-founder, Katty Guerami, to the project. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a certain moral repeated a few times throughout Hulu\u2019s Candy, including in its first few minutes and its last. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
"The stories read like fables, and like Aesop\u2019s, are mostly populated by archetypes and come with a too-neat moral at the end. \u2014 Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This movie comes with a very powerful moral : Never, ever underestimate a hottie. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 25 Mar. 2022",
"She was turned into a saint so that her life could be turned into a moral . \u2014 Blair Mcclendon, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The moral of this film appears to be: every male, regardless of age and social status, means harm to womankind. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 May 2022"
],
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"Adjective",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-023705"
},
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group",
": moral attitudes",
": habits , manners"
],
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"\u02c8m\u022fr-\u02cc\u0101z",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"etiquette",
"form",
"manner",
"proprieties"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Time and changing social mores would eventually do what Bolles\u2019 journalism couldn\u2019t: turn off the cash spigot at the dog track. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"The Court\u2019s ruling in the case was simply not grounded either in what the Constitution says or in the long-standing, widely embraced mores and practices of the country. \u2014 Akhil Reed Amar, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Perhaps the best example of a social network whose mores are now working against it is Meta, n\u00e9e Facebook. \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In a world focussed on buying better and mores sustainably, a purchase could be an investment piece that lasts even if that is from a reseller or the cyclical fashion marketplace. \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Thousands of vampire films and shows have followed in the century since, several hundred featuring Dracula, with depictions evolving to reflect changing tastes and mores . \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"And through the rhythms of migration and relocation, the island\u2019s confluence of cultures and mores changed forms, taking what it was given and continually adapting. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The declaration arrives as Playboy struggles to navigate changing gender mores and A&E airs a 10-part documentary series examining its seedier side. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Giving the work its ache as well as its edge is the tension created between the deeply felt emotions of the characters\u2019 inner lives and the restrained formality of the language and mores of the period. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, plural of mor-, mos custom",
"first_known_use":[
"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110014"
},
"molecule":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property sense 1a ) of the substance and is composed of one or more atoms (see atom sense 1a )",
": a tiny bit : particle",
": the smallest portion of a substance having the properties of the substance",
": the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties of the substance and is composed of one or more atoms"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-li-\u02ccky\u00fcl",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-li-\u02ccky\u00fcl",
"\u02c8m\u00e4l-i-\u02ccky\u00fc(\u0259)l"
],
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"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"There is not a molecule of evidence to support these charges.",
"not a molecule of sense in that girl",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because human bodies don\u2019t naturally produce this molecule , its presence on, say, a pig organ causes immune rejection. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"How quickly can the new organism produce the target molecule ? \u2014 Erik Kobayashi-solomon, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"This breakdown is the result of oxidation, which is the process where iron surface molecules react with oxygen in the environment and produce a new molecule , Fe2O3, otherwise known as iron oxide. \u2014 Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics , 8 Sep. 2020",
"Both Moderna and Pfizer use a molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA), which is newer technology. \u2014 Helena Oliviero, ajc , 6 June 2022",
"According to the Mayo Clinic, when a Lone Star tick bites someone, the bite transmits a sugar molecule called alpha-gal into a person's body, which can trigger an immune reaction in some people. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 6 May 2022",
"And the most likely molecule is the protein cryptochrome. \u2014 Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American , 4 Aug. 2021",
"This process produces strings of numbers representing the three-dimensional structure of the protein molecule . \u2014 Sofia Quaglia, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 May 2022",
"The chemistry of the bridging molecule also influenced the behavior of a device made using this approach. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French mol\u00e9cule , from New Latin molecula , diminutive of Latin moles mass",
"first_known_use":[
"1701, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-115756"
},
"mortify":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame",
": to subdue or deaden (the body, bodily appetites, etc.) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort",
": to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of",
": to practice mortification",
": to become necrotic or gangrenous",
": to embarrass greatly",
": to become necrotic or gangrenous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fr-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
"\u02c8m\u022fr-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
"\u02c8m\u022frt-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"nonplus",
"rattle"
],
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"examples":[
"It mortified me to have to admit that I'd never actually read the book.",
"was mortified by her children's atrocious manners",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Combining meticulous scholarship with chilling storytelling, her book should mortify any reader who still doubts that America was in many ways built on a foundation of white supremacy and black oppression. \u2014 Harold Holzer, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2021",
"Sometimes someone would burst in without knocking, and I\u2019d be mortified at having to spit out what had accumulated before conversation could begin. \u2014 Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times , 20 Jan. 2020",
"Being stalked by an invisible enemy surely mortifies those with an obsessive-compulsive fear of germs, and deepens the distress of many who have experienced waves of uncontrollable anxiety before the epidemic. \u2014 Benedict Carey, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Viewers of the Hulu drama were mortified at Elena's behavior throughout the episode, shocked that the woman could behave so terribly without a shred of remorse. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Jane\u2019s skill at Mozart\u2019s Sonata in F shocks and amuses but isn\u2019t pleasing enough in the film to mortify us on Emma\u2019s account. \u2014 The Conversation , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Environmental groups that fended off oil rigs in the Arctic Refuge for four decades were mortified . \u2014 Dan Joling, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Oct. 2019",
"Environmental groups that fended off oil rigs in the Arctic Refuge for four decades were mortified . \u2014 Dan Joling, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Oct. 2019",
"In the aftermath, Emira, mortified , resolves to find a new job, while the well-meaning but delusional mom-blogger who employs her becomes obsessed with winning her affection and loyalty. \u2014 Elizabeth C. Gorski, The New Yorker , 13 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English mortifien , from Anglo-French mortifier , from Late Latin mortificare , from Latin mort-, mors ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3"
"And just as its allover, uninflected red doesn\u2019t entirely flatten out the space (perspective lines, painted in reserve, remain to suggest depth), the colored works arrayed around the studio break up the monochrome with exquisite harmonies. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The artist would first block the position of the flower with a monochrome underpainting and then flesh out the details by applying semi-transparent paints such as glazes for the shadows. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Zendaya, of course, tried out the trend for herself, at the very show where the collection was launched: Gigi Hadid put her spin on the color with a monochrome outfit. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 6 June 2022",
"Her monochrome outfit consisted of a pale yellow dress by Emilia Wickstead, a matching hat, a clutch, nude pumps, and pearl drop earrings. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 June 2022",
"Kate's monochrome outfit coordinated perfectly with Alfie's fur. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 29 May 2022",
"Kate Middleton isn\u2019t the only celebrity to wear a monochrome cream outfit today. \u2014 ELLE , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Chimbala donned a simple monochrome outfit and shades, while El Alfa rocked a Canadian tuxedo and pristine braids. \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The Duchess of Cambridge's elegant monochrome ensemble featured the soft pastel shade from head to toe, plus a few fancy accessories that added unexpected depth to her look. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"However, certain aggressively monochrome outfits could double as Halloween costumes. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Most startling are two small, fragmentary paintings that are irregular forms layered with nearly monochrome paint. \u2014 Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News , 28 Apr. 2021",
"With this launch, a historically monochrome collection turns technicolor thanks to the widest selection of colored gemstones that has ever been used in a Richard Mille series. \u2014 Harper's BAZAAR , 9 Dec. 2020",
"There were plenty of period references in the toy-block geometries of the silhouettes, the drop-waist dresses, the skinny skirts in an almost monochrome palette. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Madewell Three-Pack Non-Medical Face Masks These simple, monochrome masks come in packs of three and are made out of three layers of cotton, from leftover clothing scraps. \u2014 Hanna Horvath, NBC News , 22 May 2020",
"On a recent listless winter Saturday afternoon, the only thing grayer than the cool, monochrome buildings at Glenstone was the flat, impenetrable sky. \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Throughout the film, her look hinges on loose chestnut finger waves and soft, monochrome washes of crimson on the eyes and mouth. \u2014 Vogue , 5 Jan. 2019",
"The best of these is the title number, which concludes the show in a blaze of uplift and redeems Segarra\u2019s emotionally monochrome performance. \u2014 Julia M. Klein, Philly.com , 5 June 2018"
": of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother",
": resembling a mother : maternal",
": of or characteristic of a mother",
": like a mother"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r-l\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"maternal",
"mother"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She took her motherly duties very seriously.",
"she showed a sweet motherly tenderness toward the tiny kitten she was taking care of",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There's romance with Hamlet, naturally, but also a deeper, motherly relationship with Queen Gertrude. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"Breast milk is revered as the ideal food for newborns and a sign of motherly nurture. \u2014 Sushma Subramanian, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"However, instead of reliving his days as a high-scoring defenseman and captain for a team in Finland, McCrimmon wanted to make known the role motherly influences have played in his life. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 7 May 2022",
"The annual celebration of moms and all motherly types comes on the second Sunday of May, and there are always plenty of ways to express your gratitude for those maternal figures in your life. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 2 May 2022",
"That unconditional motherly love is one of the main reasons to spoil our moms this upcoming Mother\u2019s Day. \u2014 Nel-olivia Waga, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Her satisfaction, naturally rooted in motherly pride, included a distinctive element \u2014 because Paolo Banchero also counts as her star pupil, in a sense. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Among them were Sylvia Rivera, herself an important figure in New York\u2019s transgender history, who stayed with Ms. Moore for more than a decade, taking on a motherly role by doling out wisdom, advice and loans to other residents. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Emma plays a motherly role in her family and with the basketball team. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 8 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-130905"
},
"moiling":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": requiring hard work",
": industrious",
": violently agitated : turbulent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fi-li\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
],
"examples":[
"the kind of moiling work that was done by unskilled laborers before the age of mechanization"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-132114"
},
"mollify":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to soothe in temper or disposition : appease",
": to reduce the rigidity of : soften",
": to reduce in intensity : assuage , temper",
": soften , relent",
": to soothe in temper or disposition"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
],
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"appease",
"assuage",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"gentle",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
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"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"madden",
"outrage"
],
"examples":[
"He tried to mollify his critics with an apology.",
"All attempts to mollify the extremists have failed.",
"The landlord fixed the heat, but the tenants still were not mollified .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That didn't mollify Regent Denise Ilitch, who said U-M needs to do better on holding down tuition, noting the school has increased tuition every year for the past 38 years. \u2014 David Jesse, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
"Once again, the question is what will mollify Mr. Erdogan and ensure his support for admitting Sweden and Finland. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"No, the November trade for Texas Rangers shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa and the March deal that sent powerful but defensively deficient catcher Gary Sanchez to Minnesota did not mollify the masses. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"The British government, eager to mollify the unionists, is weighing legislation that would throw out parts of the trade protocol. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"In an attempt to mollify its critics, the Trump Organization each year cut a check to the U.S. Treasury for what the company said were its profits from foreign governments. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"This did not mollify the fans, especially when two French Canadian players taken just after Lafleur in the 1971 draft, Marcel Dionne (Detroit Red Wings) and Richard Martin (Buffalo Sabres), started scoring immediately. \u2014 David Shoalts, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Those moves to mollify the Republican base are anathema to Democrats, leaving compromise at an impasse. \u2014 Deepa Fernandes, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The Academy's decision to change the format to mollify ABC, which broadcasts the show, has created some buzz about finding a different TV home, one that will celebrate artistry without as much concern about ratings. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English mollifien , from Middle French mollifier , from Late Latin mollificare , from Latin mollis soft; akin to Greek amaldynein to soften, Sanskrit m\u1e5bdu soft, and probably to Greek malakos soft, amblys dull, Old English meltan to melt",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-162818"
},
"mouthy":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by bombast or back talk",
": excessively talkative : garrulous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mau\u0307-th\u0113",
"-t\u035fh\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"talkative",
"talky"
],
"antonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"examples":[
"those mouthy motorists who can't seem to stay off their cell phones",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the mouthy matriarchal role, Thomas is a special magnitude of irresistible. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Taylor, drawn to the ring by her boxer father and brothers, is the antithesis of her mouthy countryman, former UFC champion Conor McGregor. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, Nick gets mouthy and weird while Meredith and Nick's best resident, Jordan, cut Brian open. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Sam\u2019s consciousness as the third person will allow, channels the mouthy freedom and inchoate urgency of an unhinged post. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"How chapped would his lips have to be to take a smudge of it from her mouthy tube? \u2014 Sarah Braunstei, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Game 2 between the Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets became physical, players became mouthy and tensions ran high. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 May 2021",
"The blackberry, mint, bourbon and that red wine floater had a mouthy , sweet, balanced taste to it that lingered on your tongue. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Lisa Hall, a short, mouthy blonde who acted and sang, was behind the bar. \u2014 Elon Green, Vulture , 24 Feb. 2021"
"Corn syrup can be used to moisten and flavor baked foods.",
"The chemical reaction begins as soon as the powder is moistened .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Your goal should be to moisten the top 6 inches of soil. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"Slightly moisten some premium potting soil (not soil from the garden), and put it in the bottom of the new container. \u2014 Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
"Tomorrow night: Skies turn mostly cloudy as the air mass continues to moisten . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Spritzing a saline mist into your nose can help moisten your nasal passages and clear out allergens that could be lurking in there, Dr. Tolliver says. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Use the grapefruit slice to moisten the rim of a rocks glass, then roll the rim into a mix of cinnamon and salt. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Dab your finger into remaining egg white, then moisten and pat each mound to make them all as smooth and round as possible. \u2014 Odette Williams, WSJ , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Consider changing the irrigation schedule to once a week, or twice a month; then run the system long enough to moisten the soil to 12 inches deep. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Lively also suggested using a dab of liquor to moisten the rim of your glass before salting it \u2014 like with tequila for a virgin margarita. \u2014 Ana Calderone, PEOPLE.com , 18 Nov. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1559, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-170651"
},
"money":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment: such as",
": officially coined or stamped metal currency",
": money of account",
": paper money",
": wealth reckoned in terms of money",
": an amount of money",
": sums of money : funds",
": a form or denomination of coin or paper money",
": the first, second, and third place winners (as in a horse or dog race)",
": prize money",
": persons or interests possessing or controlling great wealth",
": a position of wealth",
": according to one's preference or opinion",
": exactly right or accurate",
": involving or reliable in a crucial situation",
": something (such as coins or bills) used to buy goods and services and to pay people for their work",
": a person's wealth",
": an accepted or authorized medium of exchange",
": coinage or negotiable paper issued as legal tender by a government",
": assets or compensation in the form of or readily convertible into cash",
": capital dealt in as a commodity to be lent, traded, or invested",
": sums of money"
],
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"\u02c8m\u0259-n\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u0259-n\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u0259-n\u0113"
],
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"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Adherence to ethics restraints doesn\u2019t always preclude making money via the revolving door. \u2014 Eric Fan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The remaining 35% will be paid with money from the village\u2019s Dundee Crossings Tax Incremental Financing district. \u2014 Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"In one, Father Harrison talks about getting into nonfungible tokens and making enough money to pay off some student loans. \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"The airlines were \u2014 and are \u2014 making more money from their frequent flyer programs than operating as airlines. \u2014 Peter Greenberg, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"Vista City Council members allocated $460,000 to fund the two-year, four-person pilot program in August 2021 with money from $26 million received from the Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. \u2014 Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Some investors saw bitcoin as a safe place to park cash after central banks flooded the economy with money , creating fears of inflation. \u2014 Erin Griffith, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"On the other side of the street were the people with money . \u2014 David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Real consumer spending was up 5.2% in the United States on a per capita basis between February 2020 and April 2022, Grimes said, even though people weren't making a great deal more money . \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Median valuations for early-stage companies have generally been on the climb each month of this year, per AngelList data, but later-stage post- money valuations have been more sporadic. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"The main reason the U.S. jumped to the top of the list, according to experts: a lack of funding for the Treasury Department to enforce a new anti- money laundering law. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 18 May 2022",
"The funding puts the company\u2019s post- money valuation at $3.1 billion valuation, according to a person familiar with the deal first reported by Insider. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Bermuda is known for its crypto-friendly regulations and compliance with anti- money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures, according to Jewel\u2019s leadership. \u2014 Elizabeth Napolitano, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"The lapse arose because the broker failed to properly implement and test a new version of its internal anti- money laundering (AML) transaction monitoring and alert system adopted in January 2019, the SEC said. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"The funding gave Trace a $190 million post- money valuation, five times higher than following its previous round, according to David Lokshin, the company\u2019s co-founder and chief executive. \u2014 Tim Casey, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"VASPs must also employ anti- money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) standards. \u2014 Oluwaseun Adeyanju, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"Instead, investors may decide to reduce their pre- money valuation, increase their investment amount (e.g., to pay for the rewrite) or rework the business plan with the management team. \u2014 Bernard Fraenkel, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-180334"
},
"motile":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exhibiting or capable of movement",
": a person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action",
": exhibiting or capable of movement",
": a person whose prevailing mental imagery is motor rather than visual or auditory and takes the form of inner feelings of action \u2014 compare audile entry 1 , tactile entry 2 , visualizer"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u014d-t\u1d4al",
"-\u02cct\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8m\u014dt-\u1d4al",
"\u02c8m\u014d-\u02cct\u012bl"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Moreover, having normal semen volumes, sperm motility, sperm concentration, and total motile sperm counts are not guarantees of fertility. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
"Some of the chloroplasts changed into more primitive, more motile proto-plastids that could get as small as 0.2 microns. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Unencumbered by truth, the face becomes interesting, motile \u2014a work of art. \u2014 The New Yorker , 1 Dec. 2020",
"This process involves washing it to remove unwanted substances like non- motile sperm, white blood cells and prostaglandins (hormone-like chemicals that can cause painful cramping when deposited into the uterus). \u2014 Christina Caron, New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
"In that Human Fertility study, only 37 percent of the sperm-containing precum samples had a fair amount of motile sperm, as in, ones that could make the journey toward an egg. \u2014 Kasandra Brabaw, SELF , 7 Mar. 2019",
"For Mr. Ala\u00efa, each stitch, every motile moment, has to have an integral (as opposed to decorative) reason for being. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 8 July 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But one of my dreams at the time was to do 3-D imaging in real-time on live, motile cells. \u2014 Jen Christiansen, Scientific American , 21 May 2013",
"The bank guarantees a vial will have 10 million or 15 million total motile sperm. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Jan. 2021",
"While the majority of male animals produce large numbers of small sperm, ostracods, the report authors said, produce small numbers of oversized sperm, with long motile tails. \u2014 Amy Woodyatt, CNN , 17 Sep. 2020",
"Then the motile dendritic cells circulate through the body and spread the prion via TNTs to the spleen and lymph nodes (which are immune system organs) and peripheral nerves. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 Apr. 2018",
"At their headquarters in Front Royal, Virginia, SCBI scientists performed Rizzo\u2019s artificial insemination with a sample of approximately 300 million motile oryx sperm\u201410 times more than previously used for such procedures. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 10 July 2018",
"Floor-length silk fringe created a motile surface on capes and gowns, ever adrift in the wind. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 6 Mar. 2018",
"Others saw the motile creatures in the semen and believed them to be the source of the future baby. \u2014 Abraham Verghese, New York Times , 23 June 2017"
"The mommy -and-me account is doubly successful with 6.6 million followers and 68 million likes. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 26 Apr. 2022",
"This easy version looks polished, feels comfy, and even comes in a mini version for a mommy -and-me moment. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The tennis superstar shared a new dancing clip of herself and her four-year-old, in which the duo wear adorable mommy -and-me dresses. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 May 2022",
"And of course, one of the best things about having a toddler is the mommy -and-me dressing, so there are plenty of ideas for clothes and accessories that'll make for the perfect Mother's Day Instagram moment and caption. \u2014 Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The film stars Kendrick, 36, as Stephanie, a mommy vlogger who attempts to figure out why and how her best friend Emily goes missing. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
"She\u2019s a proud sissy, auntie, God mommy , big cousin, and mentor to a lot of cool kids. \u2014 Kwentoria A. Williams, Essence , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In the second season of Russian Doll, Natasha Lyonne\u2014the show\u2019s creator, writer, director, and star\u2014dives deeper into her character Nadia Vulvokov\u2019s mommy issues. \u2014 Shannon Carlin, Time , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Nadia\u2019s tics and mannerisms are her author\u2019s tics and mannerisms; ditto her heritage, mommy issues, former problems with addiction, and personal style. \u2014 Philippa Snow, The New Republic , 18 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1833, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-013726"
},
"moniker":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": name , nickname"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4-ni-k\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"alias",
"byname",
"cognomen",
"epithet",
"handle",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"surname"
],
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"examples":[
"He earned the moniker \u201cGator\u201d from his days wrestling alligators in Florida.",
"I think \u201cHappy\u201d is an appropriate moniker for someone who smiles so much.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Born and raised in Southeast Washington, LB199X owes much to the decade alluded to in his moniker . \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Decades after its successful detour, the Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. gave its old moniker the shaft, officially rebranding itself as Sunbeam Corp. in 1946. \u2014 Gregg Opelka, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"As its moniker implies, the Aventura 164 is outfitted for adventures, too. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 17 May 2022",
"In 2007, the company shed its longtime corporate moniker \u2014 Apple Computer Inc. \u2014 and became simply Apple, an electronics juggernaut six years in the making. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"By 2014, Kamala had superhuman abilities, her own solo series and her own superhero moniker . \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 4 May 2022",
"Lamar announced the arrival of his album with a press release featuring the letterhead of his company pgLang, and signed with his Oklama moniker . \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
"This year marks the team\u2019s first season since ditching its previous Indians moniker , which had been in use since 1915; Hanks also helped the team announce the name change last summer. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The singer, who's been actively promoting the collection (which shares a name with her childhood moniker ) on social media in recent weeks, has officially launched her first-ever fashion brand \u2014 and there's a lot to love. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably from Shelta (language of Irish itinerants) m\u016dnnik , modification of Irish ainm ",
"first_known_use":[
"1851, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091639"
},
"moneymaking":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that accumulates wealth",
": one (such as a plan or product) that produces profit"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259-n\u0113-\u02ccm\u0101-k\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Today, the Mafia\u2019s role in Las Vegas is considered insignificant, but nostalgia for the era of made men has emerged as a big moneymaker . \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Angry motorists and civil-rights advocates, claim the devices only serve as a moneymaker for local governments, infringe on due-process rights, and intrude on their privacy. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"Still, the movie proved to be a moneymaker , grossing over $179 million worldwide, and a popular seller on DVD at the time. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
"Typically most charter vessels do double-duty and the owner uses any charters to offset operating expenses, rather than as a moneymaker . \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Memory chips, which have proved to be a key moneymaker for Samsung, will continue to be a focus area with further investment planned, according to the firm. \u2014 Michelle Toh, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"Even as streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ have lured millions of people from broadcast networks, sports have remained a reliable moneymaker . \u2014 John Koblin, New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The drinks business has been an alluring moneymaker for Hollywood celebrities over the last few years, from beer to wine to gin to hard seltzer to even non-alcoholic beverages primarily marketed as mixers. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Unlike companies such as Pfizer and Moderna, which have reaped billions of dollars in profits, Johnson & Johnson did not find the Covid vaccine to be a big moneymaker . \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093721"
},
"morning":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": dawn",
": the time from sunrise to noon",
": the time from midnight to noon",
": a period of first development : beginning",
": the early part of the day : the time from sunrise to noon"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fr-ni\u014b",
"\u02c8m\u022fr-ni\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"forenoon",
"morn"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The camp also partnered with Hartford Public Schools to make sure that campers have the opportunity to catch up with their school work in the morning , and they will be picked up for camp in the afternoon. \u2014 Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
"Calm wind heading east around 6 mph in the morning . \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
"The Type 1 team will take over in the morning on June 16. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"The mayor of Sievierodonetsk, Oleksandr Stryuk, said after the early morning deadline passed that Russian forces were trying to storm the city from several directions but Ukrainian forces continued to defend it and were not completely cut off. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"Where to Stay: With its proximity to Tokyo, stay in the city and hop over to Yokohama in the morning . \u2014 Christina Liao, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"Perhaps at some point your doctor will tell you to drop two F-bombs and call her in the morning . \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"The days of buying tickets first thing in the morning are gone. \u2014 cleveland , 5 June 2022",
"After voting at Highland Park Senior Citizen Center in the morning , De Le\u00f3n continued his last-minute sprint to win over and turn out working-class votes in the city\u2019s Asian and Latino communities. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from morn + -ing (as in evening )",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
"Outside of standard dry, moist , and wet cat foods, Dr. Simpson cautions cat owners against feeding cats all-raw or homemade diets. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 13 June 2022",
"Mayapples reproduce by creeping rhizomes and form dense colonies that spread in every direction, especially when growing in moist , rich organic woodland soils. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"There's a reason ferns are often found in moist , shady forests: Their favorite environment is where there's light shade provided by tree branches. \u2014 Lauren Smith Mcdonough, House Beautiful , 25 May 2022",
"The euphoria that accompanied Friday\u2019s victory over Vanderbilt vanished into moist air at the Corvallis Regional, where Oregon State dealt the Toreros a decisive setback at Goss Stadium. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Try this Gochujang-Glazed Meatloaf that uses saltines instead of breadcrumbs for a flavorful and moist family favorite. \u2014 Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"Surface low pressure strengthened west of Lake Michigan, and that drew warm, moist air north across the state and created the instability to support the storms, the weather service said. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 20 May 2022",
"The canvas was moist in spots, and after a punch knocked him down, the referee called it off. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022",
"Mild temperatures, relatively moist air and a seasonal onshore breeze. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English moiste , from Anglo-French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muscidus , alteration of Latin mucidus slimy, from mucus nasal mucus",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-102316"
},
"momentousness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having great or lasting importance : consequential , significant",
": very important"
],
"pronounciation":[
"m\u014d-\u02c8men-t\u0259s",
"m\u0259-",
"m\u014d-\u02c8men-t\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"earth-shattering",
"earthshaking",
"eventful",
"historic",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"monumental",
"much",
"significant",
"substantial",
"tectonic",
"weighty"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"examples":[
"My college graduation was a momentous day in my life.",
"a momentous occasion that will go down in the history books",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the momentous occasion, Carey wore a strapless black gown by Oscar de la Renta. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"The return of Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi, a momentous occasion of geektacular anticipation for fans, has been marred by the vitriol of online racist taunts. \u2014 David Betancourt, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Soaked in sweat and decadence, Ugly Season marks a watershed for Perfume Genius, one nearly as momentous for his career as the release of Too Bright in 2014. \u2014 Jason Kyle Howard, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
"For central banks, a task as momentous as fixing climate change may be one job too many. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 9 July 2021",
"Your baby\u2019s first flight can be as momentous as their first steps, first solid food, or first drop off at daycare. \u2014 Laura Dannen Redman, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 13 Apr. 2021",
"The momentous occasion on Sunday afternoon marked the grand finale of the four-day Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend, honoring Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch, for her 70 years of service. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 6 June 2022",
"Here's how the U.K. is celebrating their majesty the queen for the momentous occasion and what the events mean to royal watchers worldwide. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Adelfio suggests telling them at a momentous occasion, such as a birthday party or family event. \u2014 Nevin Martell, Washington Post , 12 May 2022"
"the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What remains striking about Dealey Plaza, where Kennedy was shot as crowds lined the streets to greet his motorcade , is its ordinariness. \u2014 Richard Quest And Joe Minihane, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"In the cold, the schoolgirls line up along the front of the main building and wait for his motorcade . \u2014 Solmaz Sharif, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"His motorcade from Elmendorf to the hotel became an impromptu parade, surrounded by a crowd despite the late hour and falling sleet. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Afterward a motorcade of notables followed a dozen snowplows to a celebratory luncheon in a restaurant at the Lake-Cook county line, the highway\u2019s northern terminus. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Trump\u2019s detail leader told senior White House staff such a motorcade plan during an even larger rally in January was unsafe and should not happen. \u2014 Jacqueline Alemany, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Most of de Blasio\u2019s term was spent engaged in petty feuds with rivals and the media\u2014or with taking a motorcade to Park Slope to exercise. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Let the motorcade travel up Pennsylvania Avenue, reversing the direction of the inaugural parade, to symbolically enact the undoing of our own power, the uselessness of political leadership in a culture bought and paid for by the gun lobby. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"No traffic infractions were observed as the motorcade continued on Chagrin River Road, crossing Fairmount Boulevard and approaching Cedar Road, where Gates Mills police were also apprised of the situation. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 7 May 2022"
": the part of a barn where hay or straw is stored",
": to cut down with a scythe or sickle or machine",
": to cut the standing herbage (such as grass) of",
": to kill or destroy in great numbers or mercilessly",
": to cause to fall : knock down",
": to overcome swiftly and decisively : rout",
": to cut down standing herbage (such as grass)",
": grimace",
": to make grimaces",
": the part of a barn where hay or straw is stored",
": to cut down with a blade or machine",
": to cut the standing plant cover from",
": to cause to fall in a violent way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mau\u0307",
"\u02c8m\u014d",
"\u02c8mau\u0307",
"\u02c8m\u014d",
"\u02c8mau\u0307",
"\u02c8m\u014d",
"\u02c8mau\u0307",
"\u02c8m\u014d"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-112233"
},
"monthlies":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a monthly periodical",
": a menstrual period",
": once a month : by the month",
": lasting a month",
": of or relating to a month",
": payable or reckoned by the month",
": occurring or appearing every month",
": happening, done, or published every month",
": figured in terms of one month",
": lasting a month",
": a magazine published every month"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259n(t)th-l\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u0259nth-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He reads one of the travel monthlies .",
"Adjective",
"The monthly meeting is today.",
"The regional manager visits the office on a monthly basis.",
"She writes a monthly column for the magazine.",
"the monthly total of traffic accidents",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In an age when editors of monthlies must compete, seemingly impossibly, with the daily dopamine hits of \u2019grams and memes and TikToks, The World of Interiors appears to occupy an earlier, more dignified era. \u2014 Steven Kurutz, New York Times , 4 Dec. 2019",
"This week\u2019s chart presents a more nuanced element of the study in which neighborhoods were ranked based on what percent of the list price monthlies made up. \u2014 Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times , 14 Nov. 2019",
"NoHo, where the median list price for one-bedrooms was $1.8 million, had the city\u2019s highest median monthlies , $1,876 a month. \u2014 Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times , 14 Nov. 2019",
"For Lennar purchasers, Blackstone has memberships on its 7,313-yard course available for a $2,000 initiation and monthlies starting from just $244. \u2014 Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post , 5 Sep. 2019",
"But this evening felt more specifically like an elegy \u2014 Elle-gy? \u2014 for a thoughtful time in women\u2019s monthlies , before the incursions of Instagram and other digital media. \u2014 Hayley Krischer, New York Times , 19 Oct. 2017",
"The June monthly pass and all 31-day CharmCard passes can be purchased at half price Thursday through June 24. \u2014 Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com , 24 May 2017",
"The open interest for CBOE Volatility Index calls has surged 79 percent since the April monthly expiration, reaching a record 9.8 million contracts and more than three times the number of puts. \u2014 Cecile Vannucci, Bloomberg.com , 17 May 2017",
"Her monthly Everyday Hero feature does just that, highlighting achievements of some of Orange County\u2019s most dedicated volunteers and non-profit leaders. \u2014 Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register , 24 Apr. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Operating losses are totaling upwards of $2 billion monthly across the nation's children's hospitals, according to an analysis conducted by the Children's Hospital Association. \u2014 Mark Wietecha For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 6 May 2020",
"As a result, the company scaled back the once monthly publication to bi- monthly in 2017 and quarterly in 2019. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 19 Mar. 2020",
"Criminologist and author Amanda Howard corresponded with Milat almost monthly since 1997. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Xbox software and services revenue increased 36 percent, attributed to third-party titles, and Xbox Live monthly active users stand at 57 million, up 8 percent, year on year. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 20 July 2018",
"IPSWICH Explore Castle Hill on the Crane Estate after hours through Cocktails at the Castle events which take place monthly through Sept. 12 at 290 Argilla Road. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2018",
"Bitcoin trading has helped fuel growth for the app, which had more than 7 million monthly active customers in December. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2018",
"Share Cluster members began meeting monthly in 1988 after the the county's first Drug Abuse Commission levy was approved by voters. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland.com , 30 Apr. 2018",
"Glass-fusing workshop Head to KitscheCoo Art & Craft Shed, 5668 Broad St., Greendale, for its monthly open glass-fusing workshop. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Jan. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Teen Open Mic Night, 7-9 p.m. July 15 through Nov. 18, Bi- monthly creative outlet for teens, featuring music, poetry and more. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"Teen Open Mic Night, 7-9 p.m. July 15 through Nov. 18, Bi- monthly creative outlet for teens, featuring music, poetry and more. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"Teen Open Mic Night, 7-9 p.m. July 15 through Nov. 18, Bi- monthly creative outlet for teens, featuring music, poetry and more. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
"Join Mayor Kevin Corcoran from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. March 23 for his monthly Coffee & Conversation in council chambers at city hall, 7307 Avon Belden Road. \u2014 cleveland , 13 Mar. 2022",
"In Greece, unvaccinated people 60 and older are facing monthly fines as a rise in infections has put sustained pressure on hospitals. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Mayor Kevin Corcoran is continuing his monthly Coffee & Conversation with the Mayor for 2022. \u2014 cleveland , 24 Dec. 2021",
"While the Parkville Market has grabbed a lot of attention in the past year and is now planning an expansion, the Hog River Brewery and the Know Good Market, a monthly food festival, have been staples. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 28 Nov. 2021",
"This is the same total amount that most other families have been receiving in up to six monthly payments that began in July. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 15 Nov. 2021"
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
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"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)",
": a dominant idea or central theme",
": a single or repeated design or color",
": a distinctive, usually recurrent, molecular sequence (as of amino acids or base pairs) or structural element (as of secondary protein structures)",
": a distinctive usually recurrent molecular sequence (as of amino acids or base pairs) or structural elements (as of secondary protein structures)"
],
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"m\u014d-\u02c8t\u0113f",
"m\u014d-\u02c8t\u0113f"
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"content",
"matter",
"motive",
"question",
"subject",
"theme",
"topic"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One popular motif was a picture of an empty chair, echoing the way the Nobel Prize committee honored Mr. Liu at the 2010 ceremony. \u2014 Javier C. Hern\u00c1ndez, New York Times , 14 July 2017",
"There are so many opportunities for midnight movie audience interaction too \u2014 bizarre and strange little motifs practically screaming out for a handful of popcorn to be thrown at the screen. \u2014 Katie Walsh, chicagotribune.com , 13 July 2017",
"If florals are the must-have print of spring, then gingham is the go-to motif come summer. \u2014 Maria Ward, Vogue , 13 July 2017",
"Brees, who customarily leads a ceremonial procession around the edge of Bayou St. John wearing an American-flag motif dress and carrying a triumphant sword, said that the symbolism seems off-base since the election of President Donald Trump. \u2014 Doug Maccash, NOLA.com , 13 June 2017",
"There were no familiar motifs and few conventional turns of phrase, Potter blurring lines that separate mainstream and avant-garde improvisation. \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 2 June 2017",
"Many of them feature elaborate flora, fauna and landscapes, her signature motif . \u2014 Ming Liu, CNN , 28 May 2017",
"The overture communicates the drama of negotiations through the counterpoint of the clarinet with the other instruments, striking a klezmer motif that exits quickly when met with the aggressive staccato passages of the strings and piano. \u2014 Sean Erwin, miamiherald , 21 June 2017",
"A motif of human-like figures encased in milky-white liquid pops up repeatedly until a dead-eyed child gets lit on fire amid a horde of zombie-like antagonists. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 12 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, motive, motif, from Middle French \u2014 more at motive ",
"first_known_use":[
"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": expressing sorrow : sorrowful",
": full of sorrow : sad",
": causing sorrow or melancholy : gloomy",
": full of sorrow or sadness",
": causing sorrow"
],
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"\u02c8m\u022frn-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8m\u022frn-f\u0259l"
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"aching",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
],
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"examples":[
"she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died",
"the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The surrounding Soundsuits are similarly mournful , draped in black, then covered in rows of faux flowers, vintage materials and sequined appliqu\u00e9s. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Or Myroslav Skoryk, a composer whose lyrically mournful work includes inflections of folk music. \u2014 Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Attendees posted several videos from Thursday\u2019s vigil along with mournful messages eulogizing Orr. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"Als\u2019s mournful essay shows how a virus upended an entire social world, and despite our effective treatments for the disease, the emotional scars haven\u2019t healed. \u2014 Joseph Osmundson, The Atlantic , 8 June 2022",
"Anchored by a mournful performance from Christopher Walken and produced by the Hollywood legend Dino De Laurentiis, the film was well reviewed and made back double its budget. \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"The resulting music is dynamic, at times mournful , fiery, and tender, but almost always culminates in an epic jam session. \u2014 Jenni Moore | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"Wiley is a master of structure and pacing, with a gift for ending chapters at their most gripping moments, which gives this quiet, mournful novel the page-turning quality of a thriller. \u2014 Jung Yun, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Suddenly the sound of seagulls is temporarily drowned out by the mournful wail of the pipes. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-190435"
},
"monkeyshine(s)":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": mischievous or playful activity : prank",
": prank"
],
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"\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-k\u0113-\u02ccsh\u012bn",
"\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-k\u0113-\u02ccsh\u012bn"
],
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"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clowning",
"foolery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"horsing around",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"roughhouse",
"roughhousing",
"shenanigan(s)",
"skylarking",
"slapstick",
"tomfoolery"
],
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"examples":[
"hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice",
"on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for morose sullen , glum , morose , surly , sulky , crabbed , saturnine , gloomy mean showing a forbidding or disagreeable mood. sullen implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be sociable. remained sullen amid the festivities glum suggests a silent dispiritedness. a glum candidate left to ponder a stunning defeat morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy. morose job seekers who are inured to rejection surly implies gruffness and sullenness of speech or manner. a typical surly teenager sulky suggests childish resentment expressed in peevish sullenness. grew sulky after every spat crabbed applies to a forbidding morose harshness of manner. the school's notoriously crabbed headmaster saturnine describes a heavy forbidding aspect or suggests a bitter disposition. a saturnine cynic always finding fault gloomy implies a depression in mood making for seeming sullenness or glumness. a gloomy mood ushered in by bad news",
"She thought of the bootlegger at home\u2014a raddled, skinny old man, morose and suspicious. He sat on his front step with a shotgun on Halloween night. \u2014 Alice Munro , Runaway , 2004",
"We have little finished footage to go by, but enough to give us pause: an exquisite clip of Rochefort, sitting with a book in the half-darkness, his eyes wet, gleaming, and morose . \u2014 Anthony Lane , New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2003",
"I have never known if Momma sent for us, or if the St. Louis family just got fed up with my grim presence. There is nothing more appalling than a constantly morose child. \u2014 Maya Angelou , I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , 1969",
"He became morose and withdrawn and would not talk to anyone.",
"those morose job seekers who have grown accustomed to rejection",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But if that\u2019s too morose , imagine a lifetime achievement award. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Between the album\u2019s many attempts at confessional music is a sprinkling of the indistinct pop that Post has been refining over the years, clearly meant to keep things from getting too morose . \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"In the first couple of episodes of the new show, Pike is morose and obsessing about his future. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"While one game in the collection hinges on death and the afterlife in a slightly morose way, and another includes black-and-white, small-sprite samurai combat (and is awesome), this content is fine for anyone 12 and up. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 18 Apr. 2022",
"All of Degas\u2019s ironic, morose and unsentimental intelligence is on display in these sentences. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Nov. 2021",
"This is a morose serial-killer thriller, visually muted like a TV movie. \u2014 Gem Seddon, Vulture , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Campus was quiet and morose , the silences quivering with early-term nerves. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2021",
"Even as tech optimism is obvious, sentiment in much of the rest of the market remains morose . \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 6 Sep. 2020"
": a motivating force, stimulus, or influence : incentive , drive",
": the act or process of motivating",
": the condition of being motivated",
": a motivating force, stimulus, or influence (as a drive or incentive)"
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"\u02ccm\u014d-t\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccm\u014dt-\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"boost",
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"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
],
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"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
],
"examples":[
"Some students need motivation to help them through school.",
"Many people have questioned her motivations in choosing to run for office at this time.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Excessive exercise can also damp motivation and hurt performance. \u2014 Betsy Morris, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"So way up on the pathway, the interventions tend to focus on trying to effect motivation . \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"The genesis of Zach Puentes\u2019 motivation for 2022 came a year ago. \u2014 Franco Panizo, Sun Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"Both athletic, Courtney said her initial inspiration was workout motivation posts. \u2014 Kat Tenbarge, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Golden State Warriors, Boston\u2019s young core is vowing to use the pain as motivation heading into the offseason. \u2014 Kyle Hightower, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
"The fate of Andronov, other Russian military officers and the rank-and-file is likely more than sufficient motivation for the makeshift armor seen on the trucks in the Telegram post. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Not surprisingly, research published in Movement Science and Sport Psychology shows that enjoyment and exercise motivation \u2014as well as continuing on with exercise\u2014are deeply connected. \u2014 SELF , 11 June 2022",
"Players draw motivation in different ways and the desire to land a lucrative contract is always high on the list. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022"
],
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"1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-200710"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the act of sorrowing",
": an outward sign (such as black clothes or an armband) of grief for a person's death",
": a period of time during which signs of grief are shown",
": the act of feeling or expressing sorrow",
": an outward sign (as black clothes or an arm band) of grief for a person's death"
],
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"\u02c8m\u022fr-ni\u014b",
"\u02c8m\u022fr-ni\u014b"
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"examples":[
"a day of national mourning",
"She is still in mourning for her dead husband.",
"The whole town was in mourning .",
"a period of deep mourning",
"His widow was dressed in mourning .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s when the mourning starts, particularly from the dead man\u2019s brother Matalusa (played by Kaya Free). \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"Now, the mourning has evolved into something more individualized. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"On April 30, after a yearlong customary Ethiopian mourning period following the death of Ms. Mengesha and then two postponements caused by the pandemic, Ms. Makonnen and Mr. Robinson were married before 216 guests at SS. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Sam, sleepwalking through the mourning period after her sister Holly\u2019s death as a professional essay-grader for a College Board-like company, is convinced that the window for making life happen has passed her by. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The Bhutanese practice of contemplating death has grown out of a larger cultural context that does not shirk from mortality, as evidenced by the country\u2019s elaborate funeral rites and the tradition of observing a 49-day mourning period. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The city has declared an official mourning period that will last until Friday. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 5 Jan. 2022",
"But another source claimed that police have carried out a similar mandate since the beginning of the month to ensure an appropriate mood for the mourning period. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The general's home state of Uttarakhand, in northern India, announced a three-day mourning period on Wednesday. \u2014 Esha Mitra, Vedika Sud And Rhea Mogul, CNN , 9 Dec. 2021"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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},
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"verb"
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": an act, process, or instance of changing place : movement",
": an active or functioning state or condition",
": an impulse or inclination of the mind or will",
": a proposal for action",
": a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly",
": an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction",
": a puppet show",
": puppet",
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": activities , movements",
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": running parallel to the line of scrimmage before the snap",
": to signal by a movement or gesture",
": to direct by a motion",
": an act or process of changing place or position : movement",
": a movement of the body or its parts",
": a formal plan or suggestion for action offered according to the rules of a meeting",
": to direct or signal by a movement or sign",
": an act, process, or instance of changing place : movement",
": an evacuation of the bowels",
": the matter evacuated",
": a proposal for action",
": a formal proposal made in a legislative assembly",
": an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction",
": a document containing such an application",
": the initiative of a court to issue an order, ruling, or direction",
": a motion that is filed before an answer and that requests the court to order the plaintiff to clarify allegations in the complaint because the claims are so vague or ambiguous that an answer cannot reasonably be framed",
": a motion made after pleadings have been entered that requests the court to issue a judgment at that point \u2014 compare summary judgment at judgment sense 1a",
": a usually pretrial motion that requests the court to issue an interlocutory order which prevents an opposing party from introducing or referring to potentially irrelevant, prejudicial, or otherwise generally inadmissible evidence until the court has finally ruled on its admissibility",
": a motion in a civil trial to remove from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter",
": a motion in a criminal trial to exclude evidence from the record",
": a pretrial motion requesting the court to exclude evidence that was obtained illegally and especially in violation of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment protections",
": a motion that makes multiple requests",
": move",
"Sir Andrew 1952\u2013 British poet; poet laureate (1999\u20132009)"
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"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n"
],
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"move",
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"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring"
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"beckon",
"flag",
"gesture",
"signal",
"wave"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The denial of Kardashian\u2019s motion to enforce settlement was confirmed in a minute order posted on the court\u2019s website Thursday evening. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"The ripples were set in motion by chef-owners Anne Ng and Jeremey Mandrell and business partner Charlie Biedenharn when Bakery Lorraine opened on Grayson Street in 2012 then moved to the Pearl in 2014. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 17 June 2022",
"Now that the judge has denied Kardashian's motion in the latest court filing, the case will go to trial. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Since running involves a repetitive forward motion , a good running shoe will be light with a flexible outsole, which helps keep the foot moving while absorbing the impact of the foot striking the ground. \u2014 Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"He could be expected to find a cutting player who gets open within a motion offense. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
"Applying that more rigorous standard to California\u2019s meal-and-rest-break rules, the district court here denied Virgin and Alaska\u2019s motion . \u2014 Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Razanajatovo points out that the workshop is for non-beginners, therefore excluding debuting filmmakers, and that its focus on stop- motion is not accidental. \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Seals could use their whiskers to detect movement as far as 130 feet away, tens of seconds after the object creating motion in the water had already passed by. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to a plea agreement dated March 17, Reeder pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, and the government will motion for the other charges against him to be dropped at his sentencing hearing. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Every now and then, a teammate will motion directions in between drills. \u2014 Sarah Mclellan, Star Tribune , 7 Jan. 2021",
"Trubisky tried to motion Mooney back toward the middle of the field but ultimately launched a trust throw into Soldier Field\u2019s north end zone. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 22 Sep. 2020",
"But when the Falcons motion their fullback left, Bosa decreases his split from a 7 to a 6i. \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 20 Aug. 2020",
"DeWine handed the microphone to Acton, dressed in a dark suit, and had to motion her toward the podium. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com , 13 June 2020",
"The push, the pulls\u2019 At the Emergency Operations Center, Fire Chief Charles Hood motioned for Emerick to step out of a meeting of the testing task force and into the central command space. \u2014 Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com , 16 May 2020",
"Tatum motioned to Gordon Hayward, who caught a pass well beyond the left arc with 14 seconds left. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Board Chairwoman Kathleen Causey raised the topic of the election for chair and vice chair, and Vice Chair Julie Henn immediately motioned to move the board into a closed administrative session without a closing statement that is required by law. \u2014 Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com , 5 Dec. 2019"
],
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"abbreviation",
"noun"
],
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": a female parent : mother",
"middle of month",
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],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4m",
"\u02c8m\u0259m",
"\u02c8m\u00e4m",
"\u02c8m\u0259m"
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"ma",
"mama",
"mamma",
"momma",
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"mater",
"mommy",
"mother",
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"Noun",
"be sure to tell your mom and dad that you'll be home late for supper",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As a new mom , I\u2019ve been drawn to and inspired by other fellow moms who are dynamically entrepreneurial - starting businesses in their own homes and using their ingenuity and the power of social media to share their talent with the world. \u2014 Tiffany Leigh, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"As a mom , however, the thought of two months of unstructured time is actually incredibly daunting! \u2014 Cindy Eng, Chron , 12 June 2022",
"Kardashian\u2019s sisters \u2014 Kim Kardashian, Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner \u2014 and mom Kris Jenner were all in attendance along with Barker\u2019s bandmate Mark Hoppus and close pal and collaborator Machine Gun Kelly. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"As cameras entered the room, Kim was on the phone with mom Kris Jenner. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The actress, who is currently juggling many hats as a new mom , a producer, and book club founder, felt the need to prioritize her beauty routine \u2014 which her to her new role as the brand's new representative. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
"It\u2019s this tragic and unsettling case that was recently dramatized as a five-night event series on Hulu, starring Melanie Lynskey as Betty and Jessica Biel as a do-it-all mom , Candy. \u2014 Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Even in 2022, the bold, printed top and classic mom jeans are a winning combo. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 1 June 2022",
"From her picturesque royal childhood set in a Stockholm palace to her life as working mom , take a peek at Princess Madeleine's life in photos here. \u2014 Maggie Maloney, Town & Country , 26 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"1846, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-215243"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": one who exploits the generosity of others : a person who mooches off others"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00fc-ch\u0259r"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": one that motivates or impels someone or something",
": such as",
": a factor or situation that causes people to feel motivated to do something : incentive",
": a person who motivates others"
],
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"1909, in the meaning defined above"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": serving as or resembling a monument : massive",
": highly significant : outstanding",
": of or relating to a monument",
": very great"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccm\u00e4n-y\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u1d4al"
],
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"august",
"baronial",
"epic",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
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"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
],
"examples":[
"It's more than a mistake; it's a case of monumental stupidity.",
"the monumental complexity of the issue",
"Repairing the damage will be a monumental task.",
"The class was about modern monumental architecture.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In news that is monumental despite being expected, WNBA icon and Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird announced Thursday that the 2022 season will be her last. \u2014 Howard Megdal, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Cathedral the following day and while visiting Wales for the monumental moment. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 4 June 2022",
"The biggest, of course, was the U.S. hockey team\u2019s monumental upset of the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 12 Feb. 2022",
"For many viewers, Sara's portrayal of Callie was monumental in accurately and appropriately depicting a LGBT+ character of color on screen. \u2014 Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping , 3 Feb. 2022",
"None were as monumental as Lollapalooza, the largest and most controversial in size of the bunch. \u2014 Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Court documents say Lynne Spears' attorneys were monumental in moving the case forward. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 4 Nov. 2021",
"One was too monumental ; the other ignored that so many dead were not officially counted due to lack of testing. \u2014 Fox News , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The news out of Georgia last week was monumental , and many took notice. \u2014 Ari Schaffer, National Review , 2 June 2022"
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"Our teacher warned us not to try any monkey business while she was out of the room.",
"the new nanny will not tolerate such monkey business from her charges",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Things get pretty hairy around the Zoo switchboard where monkey business is the order of the day... \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Monkeys who escaped after truck crash all accounted for No more monkey business . \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Whenever Doctor Strange shows up in a Marvel movie, audiences ought to be prepared for some magical monkey business \u2014 the kind of rule-bending that essentially makes anything possible. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 13 Dec. 2021",
"The College Football Playoff folks are meeting again on Wednesday to discuss, among other things, all of this monkey business in Texas. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Restaurants and companies including Gold Star Chili, Wardway Fuels, Java Jackets Coffee House and Ivory House all were among those getting into the spirit of monkey business on Facebook. \u2014 Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Authorities in Cincinnati spent Thursday caught up in monkey business . \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Gathering animals ahead of a hurricane, though, can be difficult and lead to some monkey business . \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Mar. 2021",
"In the film, Marion and Mank take a stroll through the grounds of Hearst's a 168,000 acre ranch in San Simeon, California, partaking in some monkey business with some very real monkeys. \u2014 Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com , 7 Dec. 2020"
"But the current political climate also leaves room for opportunity and a potential move away from France\u2019s traditionally monarchical style of leadership. \u2014 Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 June 2022",
"America has separation of powers for a very good reason, and part of that is to avoid monarchical -style rule by decree. \u2014 Iain Murray, National Review , 15 July 2021",
"But in conversation with Robb Report, Huddersfield managing director Iain Milligan was able to shine a little light on the monarchical fabric. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 2 June 2022",
"Versailles opposed the new world belief in meritocracy and the old world\u2019s rigid, hierarchical, often monarchical class system. \u2014 Vogue , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Monument ambivalence dates back to the beginnings of the republic, when many reasonable voices questioned whether memorials to men such as George Washington were fundamentally anti-democratic vestiges of monarchical thinking. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Stripped of the distinctive function Wilson imagined, the State of the Union has degenerated into a spectacle of almost monarchical deference. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Quakerism originated in the political turmoil of the English civil war and the disruption of monarchical rule in the mid-17th century. \u2014 Julie L. Holcomb, The Conversation , 2 Feb. 2022",
": provided with a motive : having an incentive or a strong desire to do well or succeed in some pursuit"
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": mischievous or playful activity : prank",
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"\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-k\u0113-\u02ccsh\u012bn",
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"\u02c8mau\u0307n-t\u0259-n\u0259s",
"\u02c8mau\u0307nt-n\u0259s",
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"the seemingly mountainous obstacles he had to overcome while growing up",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hurricane Agatha downgraded to Tropical Storm Agatha by Tuesday after moving over storm-shredding mountainous terrain near Oaxaca, Mexico. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"Southern Mexico\u2019s mountainous terrain quickly slowed Agatha down after landfall, the National Hurricane Center reported Tuesday late morning. \u2014 Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"The traditional method of truffle hunting with dogs and lots of digging in mountainous terrain can be difficult to maintain. \u2014 Janelle Davis And Foren Clark, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"The Quail fire had burned at least 150 acres in mountainous terrain and grassy lands by nightfall. \u2014 Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
"Not unlike the mountains of western Colombia, home to some of the world\u2019s best coffees, the stunning mountainous terrain surrounding Bozeman drew Van Dusen for a business. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The fire, which as been dubbed the Bemis Fire, is burning in steep, mountainous terrain near the Arethusa Falls trail. \u2014 Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"Check in to Reid\u2019s Palace, a Belmond hotel located in Funchal on a mountainous promontory that stretches out into the Atlantic Ocean. \u2014 Leena Kim And Hannah Seligson, Town & Country , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The Parco Naturale di Portofino, which occupies the mountainous Portofino promontory, is just one segment of the 419-mile Sentiero Liguria trail. \u2014 Adam H. Graham, WSJ , 28 May 2021"
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"noun"
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": a mast or yard of reduced size (as on a ship on which boys are trained as seamen)"
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"noun"
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": a magic spell, hex, or charm",
": magical power"
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"\u02c8m\u014d-(\u02cc)j\u014d"
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"examples":[
"He's been suffering from incredibly bad mojo lately.",
"The team has lost its mojo .",
"We need to get our mojos working again.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Although the country has never been a responsible actor on climate change, its peculiar inability to pass any significant legislative climate policy would set back its self-conception, international reputation, and economic mojo . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"So was there a lot of discussion on when Obi-Wan should get his mojo back? \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"The three-week pause in the schedule will give the team time to do more than just get its mojo back, though. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Much of this shoe\u2019s mojo , though, resides in its midsole. \u2014 Elizabeth Carey, Outside Online , 16 Sep. 2020",
"Look for the Warriors to get their shooting mojo back. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 4 May 2022",
"Porch swings, in addition to being a lot cozier and more fun than a standard stationary bench, are also an opportunity to express your design mojo and target your household\u2019s specific needs, thanks to the vast range of sizes and looks available. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 2 May 2022",
"True to his word, Gressett has working his stage mojo in May. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 22 May 2022",
"Whether or not Intel can regain its previous semiconductor mojo remains an open question. \u2014 Steven Leibson, Forbes , 18 May 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":"probably of African origin; akin to Fulani moco'o medicine man",
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"1926, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141139"
},
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"Definition of moka British spelling of mocha"
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"noun"
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": a series of pictures projected on a screen in rapid succession with objects shown in successive positions slightly changed so as to produce the optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects move",
": a representation (as of a story) by means of motion pictures : movie",
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"film",
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"examples":[
"He was given a starring role in a major motion picture .",
"a popular novel that was made into a major motion picture",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thorisdottir is nominated for a Make-up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Award for best contemporary makeup in a feature-length motion picture . \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Viertel, by contrast, was known to few outside the contentious and tight-knit community of intellectual and artistic \u00e9migr\u00e9s who fled the Nazis for Los Angeles in the hope of finding work in the motion picture industry. \u2014 Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"Most recently, Hudson portrayed Aretha Franklin in the biopic, Respect, which earned her the award for outstanding actress in a motion picture at the NAACP Image Awards. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The theatrical motion picture business remains in flux due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while there remains a high demand for indie dramas, documentaries and series in the streaming universe. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Pacific Coast Entertainment, a group led by former motion picture academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, this week made a multimillion-dollar bid to buy the Golden Globes. \u2014 Stacy Permanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Longtime representative Christina Bazdekis has joined UTA as an agent in the motion picture division. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. \u2014 Andrew Dalton, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"1891, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142828"
},
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"noun"
],
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": a modern convenience"
],
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"\u02ccm\u00e4d-\u02c8k\u00e4n"
],
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"accommodation",
"amenity",
"comfort",
"convenience",
"creature comfort",
"luxury",
"nicety"
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"burden",
"millstone",
"weight"
],
"examples":[
"bedrooms at the English country inn are filled with 18th-century charm, while the bathrooms have all the mod cons that 21st-century tourists demand"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from mod. conoun , abbreviation for modern convenience ",
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"1934, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143436"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143453"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being moved",
": changing date from year to year",
": something (such as an article of furniture) that can be removed or displaced",
": possible to move",
": changing date from year to year",
": capable of being moved",
": an item of movable property",
": a right or interest (as a chattel mortgage) in an item of movable property",
"\u2014 compare immovable"
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"mobile",
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"immobile",
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"nonmobile",
"unmovable"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Thanksgiving is a movable holiday.",
"any furniture that is not movable will be covered with protective cloths by the painters",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Researchers note a barrier with movable gates on the Thames River has protected some portions of London from flooding during storm surges. \u2014 Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
"With movable arms and grippers\u2014meaning various degrees of freedom, or directions the robot can move in\u2014the machine can\u2019t be under a constant threat of breaking. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 31 May 2022",
"The perfect type of movable piece for Joe Barry, and one with a lot of room to grow, Walker brings on-the-ball/off-the-ball versatility, and should wind up going a little earlier than people might think. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"There were no federal safety standards at the time, but engineer Joseph Strauss insisted on hard hats, safety lines and a movable net for his crew. \u2014 Elvia Lim\u00f3n, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"Midcentury trademarks, however, can still be seen throughout the home, like walls of movable glass, oversized living spaces and a single-story layout. \u2014 Spencer Elliott, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Set and costume designer Soutra Gilmour taps only a few chairs, a single mirror, and a movable stage, while keeping the cast in modern streetwear. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Together, their series of cocktail parties, private art tours and pop-up shopping events is a movable feast of summertime chic. \u2014 Todd Plummer, Robb Report , 5 May 2022",
"Eid al-Fitr is known as a movable feast on the solar Gregorian calendar. \u2014 Manal Aman, Woman's Day , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Two weeks later, the Post published photos of escalators being installed and the cleanup of the area to which the movable seats would located in the baseball configuration. \u2014 Mark Schmetzer, Cincinnati.com , 16 May 2020",
"Pairing him with Budda Baker gives Arizona two dynamic movable chess pieces, which will help a defense that has struggled mightily on third down. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, azcentral , 27 Apr. 2020",
"In 2015, the draft became a movable feast, taking over a different city every year, because that\u2019s what out-of-control monsters do. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Baun would also be an outstanding movable JACK linebacker if the team opts to run any three-man fronts. \u2014 John Owning, Dallas News , 25 Mar. 2020",
"In 1941, the Ford Motor Company's engineers innovated a movable , affordable infant incubator that aimed to reduce infant deaths in hospitals. \u2014 A. J. Baime, Car and Driver , 31 Mar. 2020",
"The transportation agency is considering carving out temporary bike lanes and taking away traffic lanes from cars by using orange cones or movable barriers. \u2014 Winnie Hu, New York Times , 14 Mar. 2020",
"The shelves are movable , opening and closing with a giant crank. \u2014 Zach Helfand, The New Yorker , 6 Jan. 2020",
"At the end of the day, the people who are movable from Trump to the Democratic Party are for some reason also moved by Bernie and Biden. \u2014 Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner , 8 Jan. 2020"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a verb (such as can, could, shall, should, ought to, will , or would ) that is usually used with another verb to express ideas such as possibility, necessity, and permission"
"Altogether, millions of mostly obscure entries in the public record offer details of a forced labor system of monotonous enormity. \u2014 Douglas A. Blackmon , Slavery By Another Name , 2008",
"At times, the grayness of the place was consumed by its own monotonous noise, of bars clanging, of inmates being led through the corridors, of guards yelling out orders \u2026 \u2014 Benjamin Weiser , New York Times Magazine , 6 Aug. 2000",
"The monotonous chant of the indoctrinated, ideologically armored from head to foot \u2026 \u2014 Philip Roth , American Pastoral , 1997",
"The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note. \u2014 John Updike , The Witches of Eastwick , 1984",
"the lecturer's monotonous delivery threatened to put us to sleep",
"The automation that comes with chatbots frees our human talent to focus on less monotonous and routine challenges within the business. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"His frenemy Pablo Picasso suggested that going back to the same subjects and ideas over and over again made for a rather monotonous oeuvre. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 15 June 2022",
"Whether in events on the ground or in the near- monotonous government spin, Whitlock underscores that Afghanistan wasn\u2019t a 20-year war but a one-year war fought 20 times. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Aug. 2021",
"The end-of-inning recaps were getting monotonous for those keeping score Saturday morning, but Antioch sophomore pitcher Jacey Schuler was oblivious. \u2014 Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Such work typically involves long, monotonous flights to monitor illicit trade, such as clandestine fuel transfers at sea to circumvent UN restrictions on selling oil to North Korea. \u2014 Austin Ramzy, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"These folks do well when they are allowed to disengage, take time for themselves, and dedicate their lives to a cause rather than a monotonous job or singular person. \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
"In maybe the sharpest illustration of what his life has become, the first episode (confidently directed by showrunner and The Mandalorian vet Deborah Chow) follows him to his monotonous factory job on Tatooine not once, not twice, but three times. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"In the workforce, robotics holds a lot of potential for both highly routine and monotonous tasks and those that are unsafe for human workers\u2014especially when combined with machine learning. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 1 June 2022"
": a succession of syllables, words, or sentences in one unvaried key or pitch",
": a single unvaried musical tone",
": a tedious sameness or reiteration",
": a person unable to produce or to distinguish between musical intervals",
": monotonic sense 2",
": having a uniform color"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02cct\u014dn"
],
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"humdrum",
"monotonousness",
"monotony",
"sameness"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"She read the story in a dull monotone .",
"He sang in a soft, low monotone .",
"She spoke in a monotone voice.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Step out of the monotone of daily life and remind your senses what adventure feels like with the captivating and intoxicating mix of aromas that is Pour Homme Parfum. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Onstage, Fred stands motionless and issues lines in a robotic monotone . \u2014 Karen Schoemer, SPIN , 1 May 2022",
"Four two-tone exterior color schemes will be available, along with six monotone exterior colors. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The sounds Kallmyer suggested in a calm monotone were such everyday occurrences as birds and children and a violin and a chorus. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Bill Ferguson wore a detached expression and spoke in a monotone . \u2014 Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun , 9 Apr. 2022",
"For one, there was that voice Warhol crafted for himself\u2014a monotone built from his Pittsburgh upbringing and years in the New York City art scene. \u2014 Angela Watercutter, Wired , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The monotone palette, gowns, suits, and cocktail dresses offer an element of shimmer and sparkle whether they be fully glistened throughout the look, or include a hint of it on the collar. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Belichick\u2019s blank expression and curt, monotone delivery were hardly new. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Right-hander Zac Gallen, speaking in his dry, monotone voice on Sunday afternoon, sounded like a pitcher coming off a rough performance. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 8 May 2022",
"Reading verbatim tends to flatten the vocal inflection and produce a monotone voice. \u2014 Jerry Weissman, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The artist, who died in 1987, was a master of his own cult of personality, and the robot was practically a manifestation of how the world perceived him: meticulously crafted, if a bit rigid and monotone in his conversational style. \u2014 Angela Watercutter, Wired , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Between the mix of monotone suits and emblazoned Gucci accessories lies a sense of control that is in some ways otherworldly. \u2014 Kimberly Aleah, Rolling Stone , 1 Mar. 2022",
"With a monotone color palette Maria Grazia Chiuri unveiled Dior\u2019s spring summer 2022 Haute Couture collection today from Mus\u00e9e Rodin in Paris. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"For Holland there's an appreciation for nature, even its monotone whiteness, where the only sounds are wind and an occasional seagull. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Hands in his sweatshirt\u2019s pocket, his voice nearly monotone , coach Tyronn Lue rattled off the same themes that have doomed so many losses: inconsistent transition play, anemic rebounding, an absence of physicality. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 8 Jan. 2022",
"The Brazilian President's speech was calmly given, even monotone at times, opening with a numbing sales pitch of his country to investors that touted developments in sanitation and transportation services. \u2014 Caitlin Hu, CNN , 21 Sep. 2021"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": one who makes movies"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00fc-v\u0113-\u02ccm\u0101-k\u0259r"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The world\u2019s first smart city, Metropolis, was born nearly 100 years ago in Berlin, in the minds of moviemaker Fritz Lang and his wife, Thea von Harbou. \u2014 Siemens Smart Infrastructure Contributor, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Vivid, beautiful work from our greatest living American moviemaker . \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 29 Nov. 2021",
"In 2007, the moviemaker was awarded an honorary doctorate and he was inducted into WKU's Hall of Distinguished Alumni. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Earlier this year, The Cincinnati metro area, which includes Middletown, was named one of the best places to live and work as a moviemaker by Moviemaker Magazine. \u2014 Randy Tucker, The Enquirer , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The Charlotte rapper, aka Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, subsequently made a tentative apology July 27 on Twitter but the backlash against him on social media has only grown, joined by celebrities the likes of Elton John and the moviemaker Questlove. \u2014 Doug George, chicagotribune.com , 1 Aug. 2021",
"Throughout childhood, long before the prospect of an acting career presented itself, Kilmer was not only an enthusiastic and joyful performer but also a moviemaker himself. \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 28 July 2021",
"More recently, paying the price for conduct, actual and alleged, in his private life, Allen has been exiled to the moviemaker equivalent of the Island of Misfit Toys. \u2014 Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Del Toro\u2019s elegantly grisly vampire movie established him as a witty, inventive moviemaker right out of the gate. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 30 Sep. 2020"
"More of a beer cocktail, the drink is muddled with mint leaves and fresh lime and served over ice, like a mojito . \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 12 May 2021",
"The companies hope to target those who like to host parties but don\u2019t want to stock a bar, don\u2019t know how to make drinks or would rather push a button than spend time putting together a mojito . \u2014 Joseph Pisani, The Denver Post , 12 Jan. 2020",
"Blueberry mojito popsicles are just the tip of the educational-opportunity iceberg. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2020",
"The restaurant offers a combination of standard restaurant fare (steak and pizza) and Indonesian dishes (chicken satay and beef redang) and a good mango mojito . \u2014 Debra Bruno, Washington Post , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Using the Highclere Castle Gin, Lady Carnarvon plans to fix herself a gin mojito . \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Also on the menu are a few classic tropical drinks including a mai tai and a mojito . \u2014 Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com , 25 Feb. 2020",
"For live music and drinks, Sia Kara does not disappoint (especially with its mango mojito ). \u2014 Kristin Braswell, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2020",
"Canchanchara never became famous like the daiquiri or the mojito because those other drinks were popular among Americans during Prohibition who came to the island to drink. \u2014 Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com , 5 Mar. 2020"
": biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive",
": acting as a mordant (as in dyeing)",
": burning , pungent",
": a chemical that fixes a dye in or on a substance by combining with the dye to form an insoluble compound",
": a corroding substance used in etching",
": to treat with a mordant",
": a chemical that fixes a dye in or on a substance by combining with the dye to form an insoluble compound"
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"\u02c8m\u022fr-d\u1d4ant",
"\u02c8m\u022frd-\u1d4ant"
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"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
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"Adjective",
"a writer famous for her mordant humor",
"a mordant review of the movie that compared it to having one's teeth pulled for two hours",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Even Komireddi, a mordant critic of Indian politics, ends his book with an appreciation of what the Congress Party had built before. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"The director has reunited with his Lonely Island comrade Andy Samberg, who voices the happy-go-lucky doofus Dale, while John Mulaney lends mordant energy to his straight-arrow partner, Chip. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 21 May 2022",
"Although they have been edited for this book, the journal entries are rawer and more honest than his polished essays, but with his same mordant humor and gentle crankiness. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Known for his whipsaw plotting and razor-sharp dialogue, McDonagh is back on Broadway with his spectacularly mordant Hangmen (at the Golden Theater, with previews opening April 8), helmed by Matthew Dunster and starring Alfie Allen. \u2014 Liz Appel, Vogue , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This mordant novel takes the form of a diary, with sections named for the women who have most profoundly shaped the narrator\u2019s life: his mistress, his girlfriend, his sister-in-law, his sister, and his mother. \u2014 The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Maureen Howard, a writer acclaimed for the mordant humor and refined, shimmering prose of novels that often examined the lives of self-critical women seeking to find their place in the world, died March 13 at a hospital in Manhattan. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Narrating from the perspective of a chorus of unseen Jidadans, Bulawayo displays a mordant wit with a delightful, off-kilter edge. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
"In James\u2019s often mordant writing, the series follows a chorus of shape-shifting characters who live at the edges of the animal and human worlds and are in search of an unidentified missing boy. \u2014 Tiana Reid, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The actors are nimble with Letts\u2019 mordant , deceptively situational humor, and in embodying their characters\u2019 chilling complacency. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Loudon, 70-something patriarch, inhabits the canopy; from folkie to singing surgeon to some measure of each, adjoining the mordant to the serious. \u2014 Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 1 Nov. 2021",
"But Stewart\u2019s take on Diana gives this film a wicked sense of humor too, emphasizing how her mordant sarcasm clashed just as uncomfortably with the royal family as her independent streak did. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 25 Sep. 2021",
"But another three words, albeit unspoken, also pulse beneath this mordant and inventive satire by James Ijames: Examine your assumptions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2021",
"Petite, quietly savage, with a sense of humor that can skew either goofy or mordant , Milioti, 35, is not the girl next door. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2021",
"The writing is brilliant, bringing to life a narrator with a penetrating gaze and a mordant , misanthropic voice. \u2014 Scott W. Stern, The New Republic , 11 Feb. 2021",
"Narrator George Blagden beautifully captures the tenor of Nana\u2019s mordant wit, his lofty view of himself, and his frequent spates of umbrage at human presumption and sheer stupidity. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2020"
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"Verb",
"1836, in the meaning defined above"
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},
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"abbreviation"
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"manuscript on vellum"
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},
"moist":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": slightly or moderately wet : damp",
": tearful",
": characterized by high humidity",
": slightly wet : damp",
": slightly or moderately wet",
": marked by a discharge or exudation of liquid",
": suggestive of the presence of liquid"
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"\u02c8m\u022fist",
"\u02c8m\u022fist",
"\u02c8m\u022fist"
],
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"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"wettish"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Outside of standard dry, moist , and wet cat foods, Dr. Simpson cautions cat owners against feeding cats all-raw or homemade diets. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 13 June 2022",
"Mayapples reproduce by creeping rhizomes and form dense colonies that spread in every direction, especially when growing in moist , rich organic woodland soils. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"There's a reason ferns are often found in moist , shady forests: Their favorite environment is where there's light shade provided by tree branches. \u2014 Lauren Smith Mcdonough, House Beautiful , 25 May 2022",
"The euphoria that accompanied Friday\u2019s victory over Vanderbilt vanished into moist air at the Corvallis Regional, where Oregon State dealt the Toreros a decisive setback at Goss Stadium. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Try this Gochujang-Glazed Meatloaf that uses saltines instead of breadcrumbs for a flavorful and moist family favorite. \u2014 Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"Surface low pressure strengthened west of Lake Michigan, and that drew warm, moist air north across the state and created the instability to support the storms, the weather service said. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 20 May 2022",
"The canvas was moist in spots, and after a punch knocked him down, the referee called it off. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022",
"Mild temperatures, relatively moist air and a seasonal onshore breeze. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English moiste , from Anglo-French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muscidus , alteration of Latin mucidus slimy, from mucus nasal mucus",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the fruit of the baobab",
": baobab"
],
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},
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"phrasal verb"
],
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": to walk around with no particular purpose"
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},
"morosoph":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a learned fool"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014dr\u0259\u02ccs\u00e4f",
"\u02c8m\u022fr-"
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"history_and_etymology":" morosoph from obsolete French morosophe , from Greek m\u014drosophos , from m\u014dros dull, stupid + sophos wise; morosophist from obsolete French morosophe + English -ist ",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-183642"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to provide with a motive : impel",
": to give or be a reason for doing something",
": to provide with a motive or serve as a motive for"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u014d-t\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"\u02c8m\u014d-t\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"\u02c8m\u014dt-\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t"
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"examples":[
"No one knows what motivated him to act in such a violent way.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hello, OnPolitics readers, Republicans are using a number of strategies to help motivate the base to turnout at the polls for the November midterms. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
"Democrats have argued that student-loan forgiveness could help motivate young voters and other progressives to go to the polls in November. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Affirmation can lead to empowerment, which can help motivate you to approach personal and leadership situations with greater confidence in your abilities. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 12 Aug. 2021",
"According to co-founder Arman Oganesyan, religious practice didn\u2019t motivate the decision \u2014 to the four Dave\u2019s founders, the halal tenders were simply a better product. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"Speakers Tuesday worked to encourage and motivate the crowd, with one rabbi reminding them of the core Jewish narrative of leaving and rejecting the values of Egypt and experiencing a long period in the desert. \u2014 Ellie Silverman, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"But the court\u2019s decision may also motivate Republican voters. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
"According to co-founder Arman Oganesyan, religious practice didn\u2019t motivate the decision \u2014 to the four Dave\u2019s founders, the halal tenders were simply a better product. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"So if idealism doesn\u2019t motivate you, but legal compliance does, digital accessibility is, again, a no-brainer. \u2014 Eamon Mcerlean, Forbes , 6 May 2022"
"history_and_etymology":"Italian, literally, movement, from movere to move (from Latin mov\u0113re ) + -mento -ment",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191948"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"noun",
"noun combining form",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of moving or being moved : movable",
": changeable in appearance, mood, or purpose",
": adaptable , versatile",
": migratory",
": characterized by the mixing of social groups",
": having the opportunity for or undergoing a shift in status within the levels of a society",
": marked by the use of vehicles for transportation",
": of or relating to a mobile",
": cellular sense 3",
": a construction or sculpture frequently of wire and sheet metal shapes with parts that can be set in motion by air currents",
": a similar structure (as of paper or plastic) suspended so that it moves in a current of air",
": cell phone , mobile phone",
": motorized vehicle",
": automotive vehicle bringing services to the public",
": easily moved : movable",
": changing quickly in expression",
": an artistic structure whose parts can be moved especially by air currents",
": capable of moving or being moved about readily",
": characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity",
"river 38 miles (61 kilometers) long in southwestern Alabama formed by the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers and flowing south into",
"city and port at the point where the Mobile River enters Mobile Bay in southwestern Alabama population 195,111"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259l",
"-\u02ccb\u012b-\u0259l",
"also",
"\u02c8m\u014d-\u02ccb\u0113l",
"\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259l",
"-\u02ccb\u0113l",
"-\u02ccb\u012bl",
"\u02c8m\u014d-\u02ccb\u0113l",
"\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259l",
"-\u02ccb\u012bl",
"m\u014d-\u02c8b\u0113l",
"\u02c8m\u014d-\u02ccb\u0113l"
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"movable",
"moveable",
"portable"
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"immobile",
"immovable",
"irremovable",
"nonmobile",
"unmovable"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Their armies are now fully mobile .",
"a mobile kitchen that helps bring food to homeless people",
"Noun",
"They hung a mobile over the baby's bed.",
"Even if I'm out of the office you can reach me on my mobile .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The data is out there and ready to be connected to the larger financial ecosystem as more and more unbanked have mobile phones and are digitally transacting in a way or another. \u2014 Michel Kilzi, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"In Ukraine, these objects are among hundreds of landmarks, cultural sites, monuments and everyday things that civilians have scanned on mobile phones through an app called Polycam. \u2014 Emma Tucker, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"The devices covered include mobile phones, tablets, e-readers, earbuds, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, handheld videogame consoles, keyboards and mice, portable speakers and navigation devices. \u2014 Kevin Chan, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"With more than 15 billion devices in circulation\u2014including computers, servers and mobile phones operating worldwide\u2014digital fluency and literacy remain challenges in the transforming cybersecurity landscape. \u2014 Prem Thudia, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The devices covered include mobile phones, tablets, e-readers, earbuds, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, handheld videogame consoles, keyboards and mice, portable speakers and navigation devices. \u2014 Kevin Chan, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"On Monday, a half-dozen national spokespersons for the BJP \u2014 Sharma\u2019s former peers \u2014 declined to comment to The Post about the issue or were not reachable on their mobile phones. \u2014 Gerry Shih, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"The devices covered include mobile phones, tablets, e-readers, earbuds, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, handheld videogame consoles and portable speakers. \u2014 Kelvin Chan, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"The new rules will apply to mobile phones, tablets, e-readers, digital cameras and a range of other small and medium-size electronics that charge using a wired cable. \u2014 Kim Mackrael, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The event showcased tools such as the new mobile Metro Area Crime Center, a bomb Truck, Star One helicopter, the Mobile Command Center, Dive Team equipment and drones. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
"Downloads and sharing are not possible and there are no current plans to integrate the service into a larger platform, cable TV or mobile platform. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"The Bayside Garden Center mobile plant truck will be there, and a destination garden will have more than 200 types of hostas to see and purchase. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"The deal for new customers requires signing up for autopay and having a premium 5G mobile plan. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"State regulators announced an expansion of sports wagering in Maryland on Thursday, launching one part of a process to seek and award mobile sports betting licenses. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"All eyes will now be on the General Court\u2019s ruling, scheduled for mid-September, on Google\u2019s appeal against a $5 billion fine that Vestager\u2019s team levied in 2018, over anticompetitive abuses in the Android mobile ecosystem. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Developers have been quick to tamp down those worries, though, stressing that Immortal's mobile -focused design is not a signal of things to come for Diablo IV. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Online banking\u2014especially using apps to occasionally deal with a check deposit and mobile payment services for everything from food orders to parking to paying the dog sitter on Rover\u2014has become my norm. \u2014 Eric Griffith, PCMAG , 13 June 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193825"
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"type":[
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": monarchical government or principles"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259r-\u02ccki-z\u0259m",
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],
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},
"monarch":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire: such as",
": a sovereign ruler",
": a constitutional (see constitutional entry 1 sense 3 ) king or queen",
": one that holds preeminent position or power",
": monarch butterfly",
": a person who reigns over a kingdom or an empire",
": monarch butterfly"
],
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259rk",
"-\u02ccn\u00e4rk",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259rk",
"-\u02ccn\u00e4rk"
],
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"autocrat",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran"
],
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"examples":[
"a new history of French monarchs",
"the ruling monarch of Britain at that time was Queen Elizabeth I",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last night, there was a government dinner in honor of the future monarch , and then this evening, to toast their granddaughter, Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja threw Princess Ingrid Alexandra a glamorous gala at the Royal Palace. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"But in 1969\u2014two days before my father, Crown Prince Hasan, was to become king\u2014Libya\u2019s fledgling democracy, under the rule of a constitutional monarch , was overthrown in a coup, swept up in a tide of pan-Arabism and Cold War. \u2014 Mohammed El-senussi, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"The event takes place each year for Trooping the Colour, the celebration of the reigning monarch \u2019s birthday, but 2022 got a bit of an upgrade. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 2 June 2022",
"The photo is the latest of the queen released during this 70th year of her reign, the longest of any monarch in English or British history. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Platinum Jubilee, eight portraits of the monarch were beamed onto the ancient stone faces of Stonehenge, one from each decade of her 70-year reign. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
"Below, a look back at the sweetest photographs of the future monarch as a girl. \u2014 Hayley Maitland, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"To mark the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her taking on the role of monarch , Elizabeth posed for a royal portrait in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on February 6, 1977. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 24 May 2022",
"King Edward's son was born in the castle and named the Prince of Wales, the title given to the eldest son of the reigning monarch since that time. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 11 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin monarcha , from Greek monarchos , from mon- + -archos -arch",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213146"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a monumental style"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213912"
},
"moocha":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a loincloth of animals' tails or strips of animal skin worn by native peoples of South Africa"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00fcch\u0259"
],
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},
"monarch butterfly":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a large migratory American butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) that has orange-brown wings with black veins and borders and a larva that feeds on milkweed",
": a large orange and black American butterfly"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To support the rebuilding of the monarch butterfly population, there are several plants that provide nectar and egg-laying sites. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Some of the seeds included in the library include mission manzanita, chaparral yucca and narrow leaf milkweed, which is the milkweed species that supports the monarch butterfly population. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"The Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is an otherworldly oasis on the central California coast that serves as an overwintering site for the beloved Western monarch butterfly . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 20 May 2022",
"Natural Habitat Adventures operates six-day trips, led by naturalists, to the heart of the monarch butterfly \u2019s breeding grounds in Angangueo, Mexico, a village among the volcanic mountains at the country\u2019s geographic center. \u2014 Greg Melville, Outside Online , 13 May 2014",
"Zitacuaro is one of the closest towns to the monarch butterfly wintering grounds in the mountains west of Mexico City. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Zitacuaro is one of the closest towns to the monarch butterfly wintering grounds in the mountains west of Mexico City. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Zitacuaro is one of the closest towns to the monarch butterfly wintering grounds in the mountains west of Mexico City. \u2014 Fabiola S\u00c1nchez, ajc , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District\u2019s annual milkweed seed pod collection -- which helps to create and enhance monarch butterfly habitat -- runs through Oct. 31. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Behavioral modification can also be useful for adults working to change specific challenging behaviors of their own. \u2014 Sourav Sengupta, The Conversation , 19 May 2022",
"The plan commission does not vote on the plan, but rather provides guidance to the applicant on whether the modification to the use and zoning of the parcel is something the commission would support. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 May 2022",
"In other words, while one company might secure a patent for a toaster with five settings, another company might struggle to patent a toaster with seven settings because that modification is not innovative or non-obvious over the first toaster. \u2014 Doug Ladden, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Pillonel's video announcing the Lightning Android phone was published on April 1, but while that tongue-in-cheek date was a conscious choice, the modification is real. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The only modification made to this car is a set of aftermarket Koni shock absorbers\u2014an upgrade made to many a sporty European sports sedan or sports car in the 1960s. \u2014 Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Fox also said the board already can refer matters to the auditors\u2019 office \u2014 which has no enforcement authority \u2014 and questions why any modification to existing law is necessary. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, courant.com , 19 Feb. 2022",
"If knowledge is power, then an education in motorsport is basically added horsepower, especially considering that any substantial modification to the driver\u2019s skill set is arguably the most important upgrade for any vehicle. \u2014 Manuel Carrillo Iii, Robb Report , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The modification of traditional commercial blood testing equipment to run the Theranos samples was a trade secret, and that is why Holmes could not be more forthcoming to investors and the public about the devices, Downey said. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Dec. 2021"
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},
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"noun"
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": a silicon carbide SiC found in the Diablo Canyon meteoric iron \u2014 compare carborundum"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-003546"
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"\u02c8m\u022f-s\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u022f-s\u0113"
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"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
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"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"out-of-date",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated"
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"examples":[
"mossy rules of etiquette that date from the Victorian era",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each of the scents is a new proposition; Skies leans aquatic and earthy with notes of quince, lotus flower, and seaweed, while Love is a woodsy nature walk through a mossy field of cloudberry. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The southern g\u00fci\u00f1a, Leopardus guigna guigna, inhabits the dense, mossy forests of southern Chile and is smaller and darker than Leopardus guigna tigrillo, the northern g\u00fci\u00f1a of central Chile\u2019s matorral shrubland. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 May 2020",
"Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA Home to the largest public moss garden in the United States, with more than 40 species of moss and lichen, the Bloedel Reserve\u2019s Moss Garden casts the same mossy magic as Kyoto\u2019s Saiho-ji. \u2014 Thomas Kierok, National Geographic , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Not Teddy, who\u2014when the clarion broke across the pastures at Seven Pines and Opequon, and the smoke bombs began to fly at Franklin and Fort Stedman\u2014lay down on the mossy forest path, or beside the bursting blooms of buttonbush, or in the fields. \u2014 Daniel Mason, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2020",
"High above the cardamom stood old trees whose mossy trunks and craggy branches soared hundreds of feet in the air. \u2014 National Geographic , 18 Jan. 2020",
"Winter\u2019s cold weather and black skies are countered by decorating inside with a mix of cedar branches and mossy twigs, nostalgic items like thick blankets, smile-producing kitsch Christmas ornaments and lots of lights. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Dec. 2019",
"Now, a new analysis of mossy plant remains from the Iceman\u2019s murder site may reveal details of his frantic, final climb. \u2014 Megan Gannon, National Geographic , 30 Oct. 2019",
"The others were mossy green, soft pink, and finally, my room, a deep, calming blue. \u2014 Megan Spurrell, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 8 Nov. 2019"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun"
],
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": a patch of brush or thickly grown shrubbery"
],
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"m\u0259\u02c8g\u014dt\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":"American Spanish, from Spanish, conical pile of fagots, knoll, budding antler, probably from Basque moko point",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004739"
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"noun"
],
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": white-fronted goose"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005005"
},
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an important family of carnivorous spiny-finned fishes of northeastern North America, Russia, and Siberia that comprises numerous food and sport fishes and is now usually included in the family Serranidae"
],
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"m\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Morone , type genus + -idae ",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-010154"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the country of one's parents or ancestors",
": fatherland",
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"birthplace",
"cradle",
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"examples":[
"Greece can boast to being the mother country of democracy.",
"even after decades of living in their adopted nation, they maintained a strong attachment to the mother country",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ashley Judd appeared on Good Morning America on Thursday morning (May 12) to discuss her mother country icon Naomi Judd\u2018s recent death by suicide. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
"At a steakhouse chain in the middle of Kentucky \u2014 more than 5,000 miles away from its mother country \u2014 the Ukrainian flag still flies. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Many British people felt that Auden had abandoned his mother country in its time of greatest need, and this was not soon forgotten. \u2014 Alan Jacobs, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"As the disagreements between the Colonies and the mother country worsened, Benjamin Franklin, over a period of three months in late 1774 and early 1775, regularly visited Caroline\u2019s home to play chess. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Sep. 2021",
"At a steakhouse chain in the middle of Kentucky -- more than 5,000 miles away from its mother country -- the Ukrainian flag still flies. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"When Britain needed labor after the Second World War, the Caribbean answered the call and many moved to the mother country seeking opportunities unavailable to them at home. \u2014 Kehinde Andrews, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
"And the long silences, late saliences of God and sound set like glyphs in the mother country , childhood. \u2014 Christian Wiman, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"For as Brand points out, the Loyalists were regarded as traitors for not having betrayed their country or, more precisely, their mother country . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Nov. 2021"
": avoiding extremes of behavior or expression : observing reasonable limits",
": calm , temperate",
": tending toward the mean or average amount or dimension",
": having average or less than average quality : mediocre",
": not violent, severe, or intense",
": professing or characterized by political or social beliefs that are not extreme",
": limited in scope or effect",
": not expensive : reasonable or low in price",
": of medium lightness and medium chroma",
": to lessen the intensity or extremeness of",
": to preside over or act as chairman of",
": to act as a moderator",
": to become less violent, severe, or intense",
": one who holds moderate views or who belongs to a group favoring a moderate course or program",
": neither too much nor too little",
": neither very good nor very bad",
": not expensive : reasonable",
": not extreme or excessive",
": to make or become less extreme or severe",
": avoiding extremes of behavior : observing reasonable limits",
": not severe in effect or degree",
": to reduce the speed or energy of (neutrons)"
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-d(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259-r\u0259t",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"\u02c8m\u00e4d-(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
"\u02c8m\u00e4d-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
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"temperate"
],
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"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away ",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The effort failed when two moderate Democrats refused to acquiesce in changing Senate rules. \u2014 Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"That series of votes followed a letter last week from 21 moderate Democrats asking to split up the package bill that the House Judiciary Committee advanced on Thursday. \u2014 Michael Macagnone, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"Calvert said rising gas prices, inflation and the president\u2019s unpopularity are putting moderate Democrats in play, not the other way around. \u2014 Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 June 2022",
"In an overwhelmingly Democratic city, liberals and independents will decide a recall that is receiving major funding from conservative donors in addition to backing from moderate Democrats. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Liberals want Congress to eliminate the clampdown, but moderate Democrats in both chambers facing tough reelections want to vote to retain it. \u2014 Alan Fram, ajc , 1 June 2022",
"And forcing moderate Democrats to take a symbolic, tough-on-guns stand could cost the party even more seats in the midterm elections this fall. \u2014 Michael D. Shear, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Political pressure from business and public safety groups and from moderate Democrats \u2014 along with vocal opposition from anti-vaccine activists \u2014 also contributed. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Under LaPierre, the NRA \u2014 which once supported moderate Democrats \u2014 has increasingly aligned itself with Republican positions and the ultraconservative side of America\u2019s culture wars. \u2014 Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Side effects were mild to moderate and were far less frequent with this young age group than with older ages, Paulsen said. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"We are left, then, with this: Individual income tax increases on working families could moderate inflation but add to the hardship of those already struggling. \u2014 Howard Gleckman, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"You can get married in Allbirds, moderate a real estate panel in New Balance, bar hop in high tops. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"In some ways, ToxMod is similar to how many social media companies already moderate their platforms, with a combination of humans and AI. \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"If supply chains heal and factories catch up, rising prices for cars, equipment, couches and clothing could moderate on their own, and the Fed\u2019s policies would not have to do as much to slow demand. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Manufacturing growth could further moderate in the months ahead, in response to shifts in demand. \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"Maybe [the next goal is to] moderate one more debate? \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
"How can social-media companies gain our trust in their ability to moderate , much less shadowban, for the public good and not their own convenience? \u2014 Gabriel Nicholas, The Atlantic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bradley was a political moderate : a Black councilman in South Los Angeles who had spent more than two decades on the LAPD. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Cohen was a genuine moderate at a time when there were loads of moderates in both parties, even a sprinkling of actual liberals in the Republican Party. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 3 May 2022",
"The conservative mayor sought to unseat more incumbents in the Assembly\u2019s moderate -to-liberal-leaning majority, but Anchorage voters rejected three other conservative candidates. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
"And children under 18 need at least 60 minutes of moderate -to-vigorous exercise (mostly aerobic activities) daily. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The continuing trends indicate that three Assembly incumbents will overcome challenges from a group of conservative supported by Mayor Dave Bronson and who coordinated efforts to unseat the moderate -to-liberal-leaning Assembly members. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The rain is much needed in the south, forecasters said, due to an ongoing moderate to extreme drought. \u2014 Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The Primary Sinema Project has already raised over $300,000 for the Arizona moderate 's challenger in the 2024 primary. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The vaccine was also 75% effective against moderate -to-severe disease and about 58% effective against symptomatic disease. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 23 Feb. 2022"
],
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"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1648, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020511"
},
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"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Henri 1852\u20131907 French chemist"
],
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"mw\u00e4-\u02c8s\u00e4\u207f"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020649"
},
"moratorium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt",
": a waiting period set by an authority",
": a suspension of activity",
": an authorized period of delay in the performance of an obligation (as the paying of a debt)",
"The Biden administration issued a new eviction moratorium , responding to pressure from progressive Democrats. \u2014 Andrew Ackerman, WSJ , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The city\u2019s new moratorium on new subdivisions and multi-unit complexes like apartments, however, is not retroactive. \u2014 al , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Congress didn\u2019t act and progressives instead pressured President Joe Biden to issue a new, slightly narrower moratorium . \u2014 Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News , 27 Aug. 2021",
"The moratorium on student loan payments and interest has been in effect for over two years at this point following multiple prior extensions by both President Trump and President Biden. \u2014 Adam S. Minsky, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Even Campos himself now acknowledges the moratorium was not a good idea. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Last year, in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a class represented by a female RV dweller in Venice, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the law \u2014 as long as the moratorium was in place. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Conservative advocacy groups, led by Grover Norquist\u2019s Americans for Tax Reform, say the moratorium has been overly generous to those with student loan debt at the expense of those without a higher education. \u2014 Chris Quintana, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The Biden administration allowed the federal evictions moratorium to lapse at the end of July, then revived it a few days later in response to pressure from political allies. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 25 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Late Latin, neuter of moratorius dilatory, from Latin morari to delay, from mora delay",
"only a modicum of skill is necessary to put the kit together",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The match occurred more than 100 years ago, but anyone with a modicum of knowledge of golf history is familiar with the tale of Ouimet\u2019s victory in the 1913 US Open. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"This must be the starting place for any corporate leader to have even a modicum of understanding in how to approach the Disability Economy. \u2014 Jonathan Kaufman, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"So much cruelty could have been avoided with a modicum of understanding of the realities of war. \u2014 John R. Macarthur, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Jones is trying to coast in calm waters, yet there\u2019s always some stress that comes with even a modicum of good fortune. \u2014 Brooklyn White, Essence , 13 May 2022",
"With Chinese military aircraft and naval vessels operating out of a place like the Solomon Islands, China\u2019s rogue sovereignty-eroding fishing fleets can still concentrate and operate with some modicum of safety in the deep Pacific. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
"Any Russian with a modicum of tech smarts can circumvent Kremlin efforts to starve Russians of fact. \u2014 Frank Bajak And Barbara Ortutay, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Now, countries across the world play the game, which requires a modicum of skill and physical activity. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 21 May 2022",
"Almost 6,000 Ukrainians approved for temporary resettlement in U.S. 'Witch hunt' or a modicum of justice? \u2014 Nury Turkel, The Week , 10 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin, neuter of modicus moderate, from modus measure",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-040253"
},
"mother cloves":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the dried fruits of the clove tree that resemble the true cloves but are less aromatic"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-041636"
},
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"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"former city in northern Kyushu, Japan \u2014 see kitakyushu"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mollify pacify , appease , placate , mollify , propitiate , conciliate mean to ease the anger or disturbance of. pacify suggests a soothing or calming. pacified by a sincere apology appease implies quieting insistent demands by making concessions. appease their territorial ambitions placate suggests changing resentment or bitterness to goodwill. a move to placate local opposition mollify implies soothing hurt feelings or rising anger. a speech that mollified the demonstrators propitiate implies averting anger or malevolence especially of a superior being. propitiated his parents by dressing up conciliate suggests ending an estrangement by persuasion, concession, or settling of differences. conciliating the belligerent nations",
"He tried to mollify his critics with an apology.",
"All attempts to mollify the extremists have failed.",
"The landlord fixed the heat, but the tenants still were not mollified .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That didn't mollify Regent Denise Ilitch, who said U-M needs to do better on holding down tuition, noting the school has increased tuition every year for the past 38 years. \u2014 David Jesse, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
"Once again, the question is what will mollify Mr. Erdogan and ensure his support for admitting Sweden and Finland. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"No, the November trade for Texas Rangers shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa and the March deal that sent powerful but defensively deficient catcher Gary Sanchez to Minnesota did not mollify the masses. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"The British government, eager to mollify the unionists, is weighing legislation that would throw out parts of the trade protocol. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"In an attempt to mollify its critics, the Trump Organization each year cut a check to the U.S. Treasury for what the company said were its profits from foreign governments. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"This did not mollify the fans, especially when two French Canadian players taken just after Lafleur in the 1971 draft, Marcel Dionne (Detroit Red Wings) and Richard Martin (Buffalo Sabres), started scoring immediately. \u2014 David Shoalts, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Those moves to mollify the Republican base are anathema to Democrats, leaving compromise at an impasse. \u2014 Deepa Fernandes, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The Academy's decision to change the format to mollify ABC, which broadcasts the show, has created some buzz about finding a different TV home, one that will celebrate artistry without as much concern about ratings. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The world\u2019s first smart city, Metropolis, was born nearly 100 years ago in Berlin, in the minds of moviemaker Fritz Lang and his wife, Thea von Harbou. \u2014 Siemens Smart Infrastructure Contributor, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Vivid, beautiful work from our greatest living American moviemaker . \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 29 Nov. 2021",
"In 2007, the moviemaker was awarded an honorary doctorate and he was inducted into WKU's Hall of Distinguished Alumni. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Earlier this year, The Cincinnati metro area, which includes Middletown, was named one of the best places to live and work as a moviemaker by Moviemaker Magazine. \u2014 Randy Tucker, The Enquirer , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The Charlotte rapper, aka Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, subsequently made a tentative apology July 27 on Twitter but the backlash against him on social media has only grown, joined by celebrities the likes of Elton John and the moviemaker Questlove. \u2014 Doug George, chicagotribune.com , 1 Aug. 2021",
"Throughout childhood, long before the prospect of an acting career presented itself, Kilmer was not only an enthusiastic and joyful performer but also a moviemaker himself. \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 28 July 2021",
"More recently, paying the price for conduct, actual and alleged, in his private life, Allen has been exiled to the moviemaker equivalent of the Island of Misfit Toys. \u2014 Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Del Toro\u2019s elegantly grisly vampire movie established him as a witty, inventive moviemaker right out of the gate. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 30 Sep. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"High Friday trends a touch cooler as a light to moderate breeze blows in from the northwest. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Partly sunny skies and a moderate breeze from the southwest (increasing to 10-15 mph during the afternoon) combine for a mild day with afternoon highs in the low 60s. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
"It\u2019s thanks to a moderate breeze out of the west-northwest recharging this cooler, drier Canadian air mass over us. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Sep. 2021",
"The only drawback is the return of a moderate breeze , gusting from the northwest around 25 mph during the afternoon. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2021",
"Highs are mostly in the mid-50s, with a light to moderate breeze from the west at 10 to 15 mph. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2020",
"Conditions were perfect for the final time The Players is held in May, with only a moderate breeze and warm sunshine. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Houston Chronicle , 10 May 2018",
"The wind storm subsided overnight and, by early Thursday morning, only moderate breezes occurred. \u2014 Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2018",
"That too would just be another house of cards ready to fall down with the next moderate breeze . \u2014 Bill Landis, cleveland.com , 18 Feb. 2018"
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"New Latin monarchomachus , from monarcho- (from Late Latin monarcha monarch) + Latin -machus one who fights (from Greek -machos ); akin to Greek machesthai to fight"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The district has nearly 68,000 more Republicans than Democrats and hasn't elected a Democrat to Congress since 1964. \u2014 Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Add 1 tablespoon more milk for a thinner dip, if desired. \u2014 Ellie Krieger, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Renter finances are being pushed to their limits in more cities, according to a new report from Moody\u2019s Analytics. \u2014 Will Parker And Nicole Friedman, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"But basketball, like art, is worth more than a final score or a price tag. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"Arredondo ordered the officers to wait for more tactical gear and a key to unlock the classroom door, McCraw said. \u2014 Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"Kid-friendly activities with bounce house, arts and crafts, prizes and more . \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 28 June 2022",
"During a virtual meeting with G-7 leaders on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told world leaders that his military needs more equipment. \u2014 Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"There are worries that creating a Guard structure would mean more overhead costs, including the need for a Space Guard commander and other senior staff. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"With hyaluronic acid, this serum will make your skin feel firmer and more contoured in just a few hours. \u2014 ELLE , 18 June 2022",
"Doing this allows the plant to develop new roots more easily. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 18 June 2022",
"If the charts become used more widely, the tool needs to be used in a focused manner with consideration of the negative impacts on self-image that could happen to people who fall outside of normal ranges. \u2014 Kasra Zarei, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"Securing the hundreds of unmanaged SaaS with a small number of users is more difficult, and nearly every company struggles with this. \u2014 Lior Yaari, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Making enough room could require millions of dollars\u2019 worth of refurbishment\u2014a task made more difficult by the unique design of the stadium, which is built inside a bowl below ground level. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Chapters that delve into her childhood were more difficult to conjure. \u2014 Kate Tuttle, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"While big scoring nights have been fairly rare for Wiggins in the latter portion of the year, there are some other outputs that are even more difficult to locate. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"However, experts told ABC News this charge might be more difficult to prove, going back to the question of Trump's intent. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Letters are leaky in all sorts of ways \u2014 the baby wakes from the nap and cries; the air-raid siren sounds; the social mores and psychodynamics of other eras filter in. \u2014 Megan O\u2019grady, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Readers will recall Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia, cast in a light similar to Austen\u2019s portrayal, each reflecting the social mores of their day. \u2014 Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Gone are the outdated mores and fancy window dressings of Barrie\u2019s story, however. \u2014 Lindsey Bahr, Detroit Free Press , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Strong, smart women battle tricky cultural and political mores in a series of intertwined stories set on both sides of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. \u2014 Elizabeth Mccracken, Washington Post , 21 Nov. 2019",
"By that day, as Factchecker.in reported, only three airports had begun screening passengers (four more started on that day), and then only travellers from Hong Kong and China, although 20 countries had reported infections. \u2014 Samar Halarnkar, Quartz India , 10 May 2020",
"Then there\u2019s the subtle, lasting impact on psyches, cultural mores , desires. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 19 Mar. 2020",
"Here are words that have changed history, governments, laws, morals, mores , marriages, and minds. \u2014 Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker , 29 Jan. 2020",
"But the extraordinary nature of the coronavirus crisis, its reach into every aspect of life, means that the country\u2019s economy, state apparatus, and social mores need rebuilding as well. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2020"
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"most couples in the survey said that they were more or less happy in their marriage",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tilt gives Earth its seasons, causing different parts of the planet to receive more or less sunlight. \u2014 Aylin Woodward, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"This marketing power is why shoe companies like Nike NKE +2.5% and Adidas more or less stick to marketing with celebrities in the music and professional sports space. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Where Mungiu\u2019s layered storytelling doesn\u2019t quite work is in a finale so suggestive as to remain more or less obtuse, which is unfortunate because until then, R.M.N. was building toward something powerful. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Those will determine the makeup of France\u2019s lower and more powerful house of Parliament, the National Assembly, and give Mr. Macron more or less leeway to get his bills passed. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
"Watching McCartney come up with masterpieces more or less on the spot. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
"At more or less this very moment, the radical activist group ACT UP was forming in New York. \u2014 Michael Waters, The New Yorker , 31 May 2022",
"Slaw Device also remains more or less a one-man show, with Oziab\u0142o doing all the manufacturing out of his home. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
"For those unfamiliar with the roving literary carnival, here\u2019s a rundown of AWP by the numbers ( more or less ). \u2014 Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"They have erected a monument in his honor.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some envision a major historical attraction focused on the trans-Atlantic slave trade, others a memorial akin to the monument to lynching victims that opened in 2018 in Montgomery, about 170 miles to the northeast. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"Critics objected to the monument \u2019s swirling, amorphous base and its silvery color. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 10 May 2022",
"Close to a Victorian era monument to a teenage girl who died in a carriage accident, an aerialist spun from a rope attached to the bun in her hair. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Sep. 2021",
"This wide-ranging, 750-page monument to the last century of art across South Asia puts its many movements and artists into authoritative context. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"His monument was everything Karen loved about Washington: The grandeur! \u2014 Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, UK. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"Utah leaders oppose the monument \u2019s designation and recent restoration, which was a request of Native American tribes with cultural ties to sacred lands encircling Bears Ears Buttes in San Juan County. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 May 2022",
"On Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, rests an extraordinary monument that has puzzled and inspired people for millennia: the circular set of rocks known as Stonehenge. \u2014 Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 May 2022"
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": a nonhuman primate mammal with the exception usually of the lemurs and tarsiers",
": any of the smaller longer-tailed catarrhine or platyrrhine primates as contrasted with the apes",
": a person resembling a monkey",
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": to spend time in an idle or aimless way",
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"\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-k\u0113",
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"Noun",
"He's quite a cheeky little monkey , isn't he?",
"I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Now recipients get pictures of the monkey via Slack. \u2014 Te-ping Chen, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Hammonds booked travel for the capuchin with wildlife transporters who were not permitted to possess the capuchin species of monkey in neither Florida nor Nevada, where the buyer agreed to meet for the deal. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Or a painting of a monkey feeding a cat with a spoon? \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"According to legend, much of which may very well may have been self-invented, the architect liked to motor around town in his automobile \u2014 reportedly one of the first in Kyiv \u2014 in the company of a monkey . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
"One of the NFTs, Doodle #6914, a depiction of a monkey with a golden crown, sold for $1.1 million on Jan. 5 of this year, and is currently valued at 1,500 ETH, the equivalent of $3.6 million. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 29 Jan. 2022",
"So far, as of April 2021, Neuralink has released a video of a monkey with a Neuralink device playing pong. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Giraffe, rhino, monkey , gemsbok and lions are among the many animal species depicted. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The current owners didn't ' monkey ' around when paying attention to details. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"With supply running low toward the end of most evenings, savvy bun fanatics don\u2019t monkey around, routinely calling ahead to request an extra skillet of rolls set aside just for them. Ettan. \u2014 Valerie Demicheva And Flora Chang, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 July 2021",
"But this experiment isn't about monkeying around\u2014this a real security and safety hazard, the researchers point out in a new paper. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 31 Jan. 2020",
"To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
"To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
"To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
"To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
"To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
"Wayne Newton\u2018s pet likely won\u2019t be monkeying around any longer. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 9 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some of the animal species that were imported, including a flying fox and monitor lizard , require a permit to import because of regulations on the trade of threatened and endangered animals. \u2014 Sara Tabin, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 May 2021",
"Up the road, a monitor lizard , a creature more crocodile than newt, lumbered across the tarmac, with little traffic to impede its crossing. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2021",
"Customers at a 7-Eleven in Thailand were in for a surprise when a giant Asian monitor lizard scurried into the convenience store. \u2014 Amy Wray, CNN , 9 Apr. 2021",
"However, Godzilla\u2019s bite is by no means weak, and all of his teeth are flesh-piercing, similar to crocodile and monitor lizard teeth. \u2014 Kiersten Formoso, The Conversation , 29 Mar. 2021",
"At top are three extant species: the gharial, which eats fish; the American crocodile, which eats harder invertebrates like snails and crustaceans; and Grey\u2019s monitor lizard , which is an omnivore. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 28 Oct. 2020",
"In the days that followed, videos of other animals displaced in urban landscapes in the Philippines \u2014 a pig in Cebu City, a cow on an Iloilo highway, and a monitor lizard stalking a Davao suburb \u2014 also attracted online attention. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Aug. 2020",
"The reptiles were mostly snakes, but also tortoises, box turtles, monitor lizards , little alligators, and water dragons, said Kathy Shillinglaw, outreach coordinator at MADACC. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Apr. 2020",
"More than half the ball pythons, emperor scorpions, and savanna monitor lizards were destined for the U.S., which is the largest consumer of live wildlife globally and imports millions of animals a year, mostly for the pet trade. \u2014 Rachel Fobar, National Geographic , 3 Oct. 2019"
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-d(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"\u02c8m\u00e4d-(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The effort failed when two moderate Democrats refused to acquiesce in changing Senate rules. \u2014 Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"That series of votes followed a letter last week from 21 moderate Democrats asking to split up the package bill that the House Judiciary Committee advanced on Thursday. \u2014 Michael Macagnone, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"Calvert said rising gas prices, inflation and the president\u2019s unpopularity are putting moderate Democrats in play, not the other way around. \u2014 Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 June 2022",
"In an overwhelmingly Democratic city, liberals and independents will decide a recall that is receiving major funding from conservative donors in addition to backing from moderate Democrats. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Liberals want Congress to eliminate the clampdown, but moderate Democrats in both chambers facing tough reelections want to vote to retain it. \u2014 Alan Fram, ajc , 1 June 2022",
"And forcing moderate Democrats to take a symbolic, tough-on-guns stand could cost the party even more seats in the midterm elections this fall. \u2014 Michael D. Shear, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Political pressure from business and public safety groups and from moderate Democrats \u2014 along with vocal opposition from anti-vaccine activists \u2014 also contributed. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Under LaPierre, the NRA \u2014 which once supported moderate Democrats \u2014 has increasingly aligned itself with Republican positions and the ultraconservative side of America\u2019s culture wars. \u2014 Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Side effects were mild to moderate and were far less frequent with this young age group than with older ages, Paulsen said. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"We are left, then, with this: Individual income tax increases on working families could moderate inflation but add to the hardship of those already struggling. \u2014 Howard Gleckman, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"You can get married in Allbirds, moderate a real estate panel in New Balance, bar hop in high tops. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"In some ways, ToxMod is similar to how many social media companies already moderate their platforms, with a combination of humans and AI. \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"If supply chains heal and factories catch up, rising prices for cars, equipment, couches and clothing could moderate on their own, and the Fed\u2019s policies would not have to do as much to slow demand. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Manufacturing growth could further moderate in the months ahead, in response to shifts in demand. \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"Maybe [the next goal is to] moderate one more debate? \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
"How can social-media companies gain our trust in their ability to moderate , much less shadowban, for the public good and not their own convenience? \u2014 Gabriel Nicholas, The Atlantic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bradley was a political moderate : a Black councilman in South Los Angeles who had spent more than two decades on the LAPD. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Cohen was a genuine moderate at a time when there were loads of moderates in both parties, even a sprinkling of actual liberals in the Republican Party. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 3 May 2022",
"The conservative mayor sought to unseat more incumbents in the Assembly\u2019s moderate -to-liberal-leaning majority, but Anchorage voters rejected three other conservative candidates. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
"And children under 18 need at least 60 minutes of moderate -to-vigorous exercise (mostly aerobic activities) daily. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The continuing trends indicate that three Assembly incumbents will overcome challenges from a group of conservative supported by Mayor Dave Bronson and who coordinated efforts to unseat the moderate -to-liberal-leaning Assembly members. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The rain is much needed in the south, forecasters said, due to an ongoing moderate to extreme drought. \u2014 Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The Primary Sinema Project has already raised over $300,000 for the Arizona moderate 's challenger in the 2024 primary. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The vaccine was also 75% effective against moderate -to-severe disease and about 58% effective against symptomatic disease. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000252"
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"motion study":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": time and motion study"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-001253"
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"monitorial system":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": an educational system formerly in use by many charity schools that consisted in employing older pupils to teach the younger ones \u2014 see lancasterian"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a coastal Ecuadorian of mixed European, American Indian, and African descent"
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"m\u00e4n\u2027\u02c8t\u00fcv\u0113\u02cc\u014d"
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"American Spanish, from Spanish monte mountain, forested region"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-010730"
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":[
"strait in the West Indies between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico connecting the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic"
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"\u02c8m\u014d-n\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-015223"
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"modicity":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": moderateness"
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"pronounciation":[
"m\u014d\u02c8dis\u0259t\u0113",
"-\u0259t\u0113",
"-i"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French modicit\u00e9 , from Late Latin modicitat-, modicitas , from Latin modicus moderate + -itat-, -itas -ity"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-021444"
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"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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"definitions":[
": to do things that are not useful or serious : to waste time"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-034433"
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"Modiano":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
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"definitions":[
"(Jean) Patrick 1945\u2013 French novelist"
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"m\u014d-dy\u00e4-\u02c8n\u014d"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a house for persons under religious vows",
": an establishment for monks",
": a place where a community of monks lives and works"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccster-\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccster-\u0113"
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"abbey",
"cloister",
"friary",
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"priory"
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"examples":[
"Gregory Mendel worked out his concepts of genetics by doing breeding experiments using pea plants in the monastery's garden.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Until the fall of the Venetian Republic, the painter\u2019s masterpiece, The Wedding Feast at Cana, hung in the refectory at the monastery . \u2014 Max Vadukul. Styled By Nicoletta Santoro., Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
"Sanchez, who has worked at the monastery for 20 years, said the past few months have been unsettling. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"About 300 people, including 60 children, were sheltering in the monastery , Zelensky said. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"Music and sports are the other obvious forms of release, and of course any young man can join a monastery . \u2014 Michael Scott Moore, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"Her dad has disappeared, maybe to Australia, and her mom dies of ovarian cancer when Bran is 15, having left her to join a monastery when Bran was 10. \u2014 Lynn Steger Strong, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"In 1963, Father Barnabas Reasoner, the librarian of Mount Angel Abbey, sent Aalto, then at the height of his career, an unsolicited letter asking him to design a new library for the Benedictine monastery . \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
"Janice Moss\u2019 murder, shows up to the Burmese monastery where the former mafia rivals are celebrating and just \u2026 starts killing everyone. \u2014 Pete Keeley, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 May 2022",
"Like a monk leaving the monastery after a long monastic practice. \u2014 Ali Wentworth, Town & Country , 8 May 2022"
],
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"Middle English monasterie , from Late Latin monasterium , from Late Greek monast\u0113rion , from Greek, hermit's cell, from monazein to live alone, from monos single \u2014 more at monk"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns",
": resembling (as in seclusion or ascetic simplicity) life in a monastery",
": a member of a monastic order : a person (such as a monk) who lives under religious vows",
": of or relating to monks or monasteries"
],
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"m\u0259-\u02c8na-stik",
"m\u0259-\u02c8na-stik"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He founded a monastic order in Belgium.",
"He shows a monastic dedication to his job.",
"She studied for the test with monastic zeal.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Apparently, her office hours\u2014usually the most monastic of an academic\u2019s life\u2014were being mobbed. \u2014 Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"Then again, Nietzsche (with his famously irreligious views) might seem as curious a presence in a monastic library as a cartoon tiger. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"Like a monk leaving the monastery after a long monastic practice. \u2014 Ali Wentworth, Town & Country , 8 May 2022",
"Writings left behind by the monastic group, considered a cult by experts, explained the arrival of the Hale-Bopp comet meant the end of humanity, and a spaceship would carry them to a higher level of existence for all eternity. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"But the monks were aging, with no younger men, or novices, signing up for monastic life to take their place. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Families aren\u2019t the only ones who lament when young men break from the world and enter the monastic life. \u2014 Andrew Doran, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In the earliest convents, monastic orders painted fortresslike walls in somber grisaille, often filling the chapels where Indigenous initiates gathered for Mass with brutal images of the Last Judgment, a violent inducement to conversion. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"About 50 miles north of Poitiers in Saumur, the abbey was established in 1101 as one of the era\u2019s largest monastic communities, overseen by a string of impressive abbesses who were connected to the Plantagenets. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021"
"town on the Danube River in southern Hungary population 18,000"
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"\u02c8m\u014d-\u02cchach",
"-\u02cch\u00e4ch"
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"Moroni":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city and capital of Comoros facing Mozambique Channel on the largest of the nation's islands population 41,500"
],
"pronounciation":[
"m\u022f-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-101330"
},
"mother tongue":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one's native language",
": a language from which another language derives"
],
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"synonyms":[
"language",
"lingo",
"speech",
"tongue",
"vocabulary"
],
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"examples":[
"although the anthropologist could speak the local language fairly well, she was always glad to find someone who shared her mother tongue",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hindi was, is, and always will be our mother tongue and national language. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 28 Apr. 2022",
"From cell 16, Ng\u0169g\u0129 returned to G\u0129k\u0169y\u0169, his mother tongue , and began composing his next novel, Caitaani M\u0169tharabain\u0129 (Devil on the Cross), on toilet paper because regular paper was available to prisoners only to write confessions or appeals. \u2014 Dw Gibson, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
"Marathi, supposedly their mother tongue , is spoken in central and South India. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Kate, who has borrowed the horse without permission from her hostess, Lady Danbury, becomes annoyed by this and swears in Hindi, her character\u2019s mother tongue , before turning her morning ride into a sweaty horse race. \u2014 ELLE , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In New York, a poet who fled Odessa contemplates his mother tongue . \u2014 From Cnn Opinion, CNN , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Now, this brave man, whose mother tongue was Russian, has become a victim of the Russian invasion of Ukraine -- a tragedy and a shame. \u2014 Jens Christian-wagner, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Personality dissolves in an unfamiliar language like a sugar cube dropped into a cup of tea; estrangement from a mother tongue can be as painful as estrangement from an actual mother. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Stranded in Denmark, a refugee named Hiruko searches for fellow-survivors, torn between longing for her mother tongue and the desire to fashion a new one. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-103112"
},
"more often than not":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": happening more than half the time"
],
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": a half-hardy annual ( S. atropurpurea )"
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": a blackish-brown nymphalid butterfly ( Nymphalis antiopa ) that has a broad yellow border on the wings and is found in temperate parts of Europe, Asia, and North America"
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": consisting of one atom",
": having but one atom in the molecule",
": monovalent sense 1"
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"\u02ccm\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-mik",
"\u02ccm\u00e4n-\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4m-ik"
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"1848, in the meaning defined above"
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": mons veneris"
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": monastic life or practice : monasticism",
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": an active or functioning state or condition",
": an impulse or inclination of the mind or will",
": a proposal for action",
": a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly",
": an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction",
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": an act or instance of moving the body or its parts : gesture",
": activities , movements",
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": a formal plan or suggestion for action offered according to the rules of a meeting",
": to direct or signal by a movement or sign",
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": an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction",
": a document containing such an application",
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": a motion that is filed before an answer and that requests the court to order the plaintiff to clarify allegations in the complaint because the claims are so vague or ambiguous that an answer cannot reasonably be framed",
": a motion made after pleadings have been entered that requests the court to issue a judgment at that point \u2014 compare summary judgment at judgment sense 1a",
": a usually pretrial motion that requests the court to issue an interlocutory order which prevents an opposing party from introducing or referring to potentially irrelevant, prejudicial, or otherwise generally inadmissible evidence until the court has finally ruled on its admissibility",
": a motion in a civil trial to remove from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter",
": a motion in a criminal trial to exclude evidence from the record",
": a pretrial motion requesting the court to exclude evidence that was obtained illegally and especially in violation of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment protections",
": a motion that makes multiple requests",
": move",
"Sir Andrew 1952\u2013 British poet; poet laureate (1999\u20132009)"
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"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n"
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"move",
"movement",
"shift",
"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring"
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"wave"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These were not just for large companies like automotive OEMs and suppliers but a wide range of industries that benefit from robotics, vision, motion control and AI. \u2014 John Hayes, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The sentence caps a slow- motion fall for Kelly, who was adored by legions of fans and sold millions of albums even after allegations about his abuse of young girls began circulating publicly in the 1990s. \u2014 Tom Hays, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"Each day, the actors would don full motion -capture suits and facial rigs to record their expressions. \u2014 Alyse Stanley, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Sound effects emerged in the late nineteenth century, as the motion -picture industry experimented with accompaniment to silent films. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Among the participants were producer and PR strategist Ngoc Nguyen, CAA motion pictures co-head Maha Dakhil, Del Shaw partner Nina Shaw, multihyphenates including Amy Schumer and feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 26 June 2022",
"Without filtering, this drive is essentially a continuous, nine-mile-long alert due to the motion detectors everywhere. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022",
"Here\u2019s a look at Haggis\u2019 life after his shift to motion -picture work began to pay off. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"In addition, Ludacris, though named in the category of motion pictures, is probably even better known for music. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to a plea agreement dated March 17, Reeder pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, and the government will motion for the other charges against him to be dropped at his sentencing hearing. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Every now and then, a teammate will motion directions in between drills. \u2014 Sarah Mclellan, Star Tribune , 7 Jan. 2021",
"Trubisky tried to motion Mooney back toward the middle of the field but ultimately launched a trust throw into Soldier Field\u2019s north end zone. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 22 Sep. 2020",
"But when the Falcons motion their fullback left, Bosa decreases his split from a 7 to a 6i. \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 20 Aug. 2020",
"DeWine handed the microphone to Acton, dressed in a dark suit, and had to motion her toward the podium. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com , 13 June 2020",
"The push, the pulls\u2019 At the Emergency Operations Center, Fire Chief Charles Hood motioned for Emerick to step out of a meeting of the testing task force and into the central command space. \u2014 Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com , 16 May 2020",
"Tatum motioned to Gordon Hayward, who caught a pass well beyond the left arc with 14 seconds left. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Board Chairwoman Kathleen Causey raised the topic of the election for chair and vice chair, and Vice Chair Julie Henn immediately motioned to move the board into a closed administrative session without a closing statement that is required by law. \u2014 Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com , 5 Dec. 2019"
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"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English mocioun , from Anglo-French motion , from Latin motion-, motio movement, from mov\u0113re to move"
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1747, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-214226"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a footboard at the back of a vehicle (as for a footman or on an omnibus for the conductor)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-000826"
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"mollienisia":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a genus of brightly colored topminnows of the family Poeciliidae highly valued as aquarium fishes \u2014 see sailfin",
": any fish of the genus Mollienisia"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccm\u00e4l\u0113\u0259\u02c8nis\u0113\u0259"
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"New Latin, irregular after Comte Fran\u00e7ois N. Mollien \u20201850 French statesman"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-014901"
},
"monitress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a woman who admonishes or advises someone",
": a girl who is a monitor in a school (see monitor entry 1 sense 1a )"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4n\u0259\u2027tr\u0259\u0307s"
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"monitor entry 1 + -ess"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-022501"
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"Mother Earth":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
"Definition of Mother Earth \u2014 used to refer to the planet Earth as a woman or a goddess protecting the resources of Mother Earth"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-022841"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a machine that projects and shows motion pictures on a screen and that is usually fitted with suitable electrical or mechanical attachments for reproducing sound in synchronism with the picture \u2014 compare sound projector"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-035623"
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"monarchal":{
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"adjective",
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"definitions":[
": a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire: such as",
": a sovereign ruler",
": a constitutional (see constitutional entry 1 sense 3 ) king or queen",
": one that holds preeminent position or power",
": monarch butterfly",
": a person who reigns over a kingdom or an empire",
": monarch butterfly"
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259rk",
"-\u02ccn\u00e4rk",
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"-\u02ccn\u00e4rk"
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"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran"
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"a new history of French monarchs",
"the ruling monarch of Britain at that time was Queen Elizabeth I",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last night, there was a government dinner in honor of the future monarch , and then this evening, to toast their granddaughter, Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja threw Princess Ingrid Alexandra a glamorous gala at the Royal Palace. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"But in 1969\u2014two days before my father, Crown Prince Hasan, was to become king\u2014Libya\u2019s fledgling democracy, under the rule of a constitutional monarch , was overthrown in a coup, swept up in a tide of pan-Arabism and Cold War. \u2014 Mohammed El-senussi, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"The event takes place each year for Trooping the Colour, the celebration of the reigning monarch \u2019s birthday, but 2022 got a bit of an upgrade. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 2 June 2022",
"The photo is the latest of the queen released during this 70th year of her reign, the longest of any monarch in English or British history. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Platinum Jubilee, eight portraits of the monarch were beamed onto the ancient stone faces of Stonehenge, one from each decade of her 70-year reign. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
"Below, a look back at the sweetest photographs of the future monarch as a girl. \u2014 Hayley Maitland, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"To mark the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her taking on the role of monarch , Elizabeth posed for a royal portrait in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on February 6, 1977. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 24 May 2022",
"King Edward's son was born in the castle and named the Prince of Wales, the title given to the eldest son of the reigning monarch since that time. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 11 May 2022"
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"Late Latin monarcha , from Greek monarchos , from mon- + -archos -arch"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-040811"
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"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":[
"city in central Puerto Rico southwest of San Juan population 32,610"
],
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"m\u014d-\u02c8r\u014d-v\u0113s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-045632"
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"mossy cell":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one of the typical astrocytes of the gray matter distinguished by much-branched cytoplasmic processes \u2014 see spider cell"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-052636"
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"monkey-faced owl":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": barn owl"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-054117"
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"motion plate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a transverse plate usually of annealed cast steel which is situated between the cylinders and driving axle of an inside-cylinder locomotive and to which the slide bars and intermediate valve-rod guides are attached"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-065755"
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"monkey block":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small single block strapped with a swivel"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-070915"
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"Mother Superior":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a woman who is the head of a convent"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-085742"
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"mountain paca":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of several rodents of the mountains of western South America that constitute a genus ( Stictomys ) closely related to Dasyprocta"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-090710"
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"Mojave Desert":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":[
"desert in southern California southeast of the southern end of the Sierra Nevada"
],
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"m\u0259-\u02c8h\u00e4-v\u0113",
"m\u014d-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-122754"
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"moth orchid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an orchid of the genus Phalaenopsis (especially P. amabilis )"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-133111"
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"monkey about with (something)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious",
": to handle or play with (something) in a careless or foolish way"
"German moroxit , from Greek moroxos pipe clay, fuller's earth + German -it -ite"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-161912"
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"moderantist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an adherent of moderantism"
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"pronounciation":[
"-t\u0259\u0307st"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French mod\u00e9rantiste , from mod\u00e9rant + -iste -ist"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-164914"
},
"monantha vetch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a weak-stemmed viny vetch ( Vicia articulata ) of southern Europe used for forage and hay in parts of the U.S. having mild winters"
],
"pronounciation":[
"m\u0259\u02c8nan(t)th\u0259-"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin monantha (specific epithet of Vicia monantha ), from mon- + -antha (feminine of -anthus -anthous)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-171038"
},
"monkbird":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": friarbird"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-222022"
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"movable exchange":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": indirect exchange sense 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-012959"
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"modified American plan":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a hotel rate whereby guests are charged a fixed sum (as by the day or week) for room, breakfast, and lunch or dinner"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1958, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-023650"
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"mouton":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": processed sheepskin that has been sheared and dyed to resemble beaver or seal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00fc-\u02cct\u00e4n",
"m\u00fc-\u02c8t\u00e4n"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, sheep, sheepskin, from Middle French, ram \u2014 more at mutton"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1944, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-023654"
},
"Moreno Valley":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city east of Riverside in southern California population 193,365"
],
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"m\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174858"
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"monkey apple":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": pond apple",
": wild fig sense 3",
": a tropical Old World tree ( Anisophyllea laurina ) of the family Rhizophoraceae having an edible fruit resembling a plum"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175651"
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"Morpeth":{
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"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"town in northern England that serves as the administrative center of Northumberland population 14,500"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fr-p\u0259th"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181102"
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"mollisiaceae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a family of fungi (order Helotiales) having the hymenium of the apothecium surrounded by a pseudoparenchymatous rim of dark mostly thick-walled cells"
"New Latin, from Mollisia , type genus (irregular from Latin mollis soft + New Latin -ia ) + -aceae"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181121"
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": a device for observing a biological condition or function",
": monitor lizard",
": a heavily armored warship formerly used in coastal operations having a very low freeboard and one or more revolving gun turrets",
": a small modern warship with shallow draft (see draft entry 1 sense 8 ) for coastal bombardment",
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": to watch, keep track of, or check usually for a special purpose",
": a video screen used for display (as of television pictures or computer information)",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259-t\u0259r",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Watching on a monitor , Morahan realized the footage of Slash strutting down the aisle and out the church door would provide a perfect transition to his big solo. \u2014 Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Images on a surveillance monitor , linked to a camera outside in the deserted village, showed plumes of black smoke rising all around the compound. \u2014 WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"The results can be especially stunning on a PC monitor . \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 24 May 2022",
"Natural sunlight is encouraged during the day, but light from a TV monitor at night can confuse your circadian rhythm and delay relaxation and entry into the downstate repair period. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"Puig noted that the TEA placed a monitor at the district in 1990. \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Soliz, a graphic artist who had not received a Covid-19 vaccine, spent 28 days on a ventilator and heart monitor at the hospital in late August and much of September. \u2014 Noah Sheidlower And Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Richard Gibbs, 23, was sitting behind the wheel of a red van with a bus monitor at his side. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Oct. 2021",
"That tie-in would allow for a monitor at the police station from which a live feed from the Dorchester could be viewed. \u2014 cleveland , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"One answer to this is to monitor the driver to reduce complacency. \u2014 Brad Templeton, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The organization has been tagging juvenile fish to monitor those survival rates. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
"The commission plans to monitor Ukraine\u2019s progress in fulfilling these conditions and will report on them by the end of the year, according to the document. \u2014 Jorge Valero, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"The Dallas Morning News reported last year that Texas has the nation\u2019s highest number of school districts working with surveillance companies\u2014including Uvalde, which contracted with Social Sentinel to monitor keywords. \u2014 Sidney Fussell, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Chair Jenifer French said in a statement, which was posted to YouTube, said the commission continues to monitor the outages until power has been fully restored. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Just peek through the clear lid to monitor consistency. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"The additional measures that not enough members supported included a compensation fund for victims who were abused by church leaders and an independent commission to monitor churches\u2019 internal affairs. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
"The vote fell short of what some survivors of abuse in Southern Baptist churches sought, such as a compensation fund for victims and a more robust and independent commission to monitor its churches' handling \u2014 and mishandling\u2014 of abuse. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022"
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": red liquor sense 2"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a genus of aphids that cause disfiguring galls on cottonwood in western North America"
"He's been acting as a mouthpiece for the government on questions of foreign policy.",
"The company has hired an attorney as a mouthpiece to answer its critics.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now give them something memorable to do, other than just serving as a mouthpiece for the product. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 13 Feb. 2022",
"But this, coming from a man so widely seen as a mouthpiece for President Vladimir Putin that his villas in Italy have been attacked by pro-Ukraine protesters, appeared to be a threat of a wider war. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Allen is not only Darius Garland\u2019s lethal pick-and-roll partner on offense but the defensive mouthpiece -- an imposing shot-blocker who may get consideration for NBA All-Defense. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Foreign minister since 2004, he is not considered part of Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s inner-circle, and is sometimes dismissed by Kremlin scholars as more an apparatchik and mouthpiece than a policymaker. \u2014 Karen Deyoung, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"Knowing this -- and perhaps seeking to amplify the rift -- DeSantis has moved into the position of Fox's #1 mouthpiece in Republican politics. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"And to the screen, when a dockworker criticizing Jaskier\u2019s songs becomes a mouthpiece for fans. \u2014 Dawn Burkes, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Perhaps ironically, Meadows served as a key mouthpiece in amplifying Trump's repeated and baseless claims of widespread and outcome-altering voter fraud in 2020. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 13 Apr. 2022",
"That's when Bridges angrily threw his mouthpiece in the man's direction, striking a teenage girl in the first row. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022"
"the mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral",
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"Years before her death last summer at the age of 85, Lois Woodburn cornered a mortician at a party to ask if she could be buried in the ocean. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The mortician explained that a full body burial at sea is a bit more complicated than simply heaving a corpse overboard. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In the embalming room of Compassion and Serenity, the mortician had finished his work. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
"There was the time an elderly neighbor died, and Holley carefully prepared her body for the mortician . \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 9 Jan. 2022",
"But could a host of new challenges threaten its dominance? Before pursuing music full-time, John Roseboro was a mortician . \u2014 Rachel Yang, EW.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
"As a mortician , Miranda believes that viewing the body is of the utmost importance. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 29 July 2021",
"If a person dies with contacts in...does a mortician take them out? \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 18 May 2021",
"Bruce, a mortician and a high-school English teacher, concealed his homosexuality from his three children, and died at the age of forty-four; Helen, a devoted amateur actor, cultivated a chilly reserve. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 3 May 2021"
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"noun"
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": an agricultural people of the middle Volga provinces of European Russia",
": a member of such people",
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": filmgoer"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Generally, our Movie Club members on average visit theaters three times more than the average moviegoer . \u2014 Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"According to the report, in 2021, 168 million persons age 2+ (47%) in the North American market went to the movie theater at least once in 2021 with an average tickets per moviegoer 2.8 times. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Realizing many minority communities lacked nice first-run movie theaters, Johnson, a frequent moviegoer himself, set his sights on the movie exhibition business. \u2014 cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Annelise Holyoak, a spokesperson at Cin\u00e9polis, confirmed the news with CBS Austin and said the moviegoer was pulling a prank and not trying to actively harm anyone. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Colleagues described him as a regular moviegoer , fastidious in his habits, and an active participant in Democratic politics, aiding fundraisers and helping other candidates. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The awards attention can be the best form of advertising in terms of reaching the average moviegoer . \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Long exposition and new techy lore stuffed into stretches of talky, cerebral scenes with a runtime that\u2019s already pushing 2 1/2 hours isn\u2019t for every moviegoer . \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
"And apparently, the tiny moviegoer had spent about five days in that auditorium looking for his own way home. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 29 Dec. 2021"
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": a local population of a species that consists of interbreeding organisms and is distinguishable from other populations by morphology or behavior though capable of interbreeding with them",
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"The picture of a dog morphed into a picture of a cat.",
"Using the new software, we morphed a picture of a dog into a picture of a cat.",
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"He is trying to morph himself into a different person.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Already, America is watching BA.2\u2014the speedier sister to the viral morph that clobbered the country this winter (now retconned as BA.1)\u2014overtake its sibling and spark outbreaks, especially across the northeast. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The weather conditions were extreme for the rare 'blue morph ' Arctic fox. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"But should the current war morph into a longer-term insurgency, the scene for foreign fighters and supporters can change, with some sharpening ideological or political views or favoring extremist narratives. \u2014 Naureen Chowdhury Fink, CNN , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Nearly 80 percent of lemon frost geckos\u2014a type of genetic morph bred for their sunny color\u2014will develop this skin cancer that arises from pigment-producing cells called iridophores. \u2014 Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Dec. 2021",
"There have been some truly memorable fashion moments this year; from Amanda Gorman\u2019s Prada headband to Kim Kardashian\u2019s haute Balenciaga morph suit. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 19 Dec. 2021",
"As the years went by, Melfo saw the landscape morph . \u2014 Jonathan Moens, Wired , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Collins sported a green morph suit and a watermelon tunic. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Sep. 2021",
"But the Fed is watching closely to see which sectors continue to see prices climb, and if peoples\u2019 expectations around inflation morph over time, too. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So says Kristin Smith, president of the DTC furniture and d\u00e9cor rental service helping spaces morph into homes. \u2014 Jeffrey Steele, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"As parts of swathing budget cuts, the BBC announced late May that CBBC will morph from a broadcast to online channel. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"For a country which is not linked to French colonization, this could be a warning sign that events in the Sahel may eventually morph into something much more significant in Africa. \u2014 Tom Collins, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
"Hands that morph from a tree trunk gently hold a bird\u2019s nest. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"For now, there's no word on whether the O2 will morph into a real production model. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 2 Mar. 2022",
"As the virus continues to morph , Dr. Walensky said the CDC must evaluate the efficacy of vaccines, therapeutics and tests for each new variant. \u2014 Chip Cutter, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"In the song\u2019s music video, Lamar stands alone, using deepfake technology to morph into famous doppelg\u00e4ngers. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Like Facebook, YouTube and other internet companies, Twitter was forced to morph from hard-liner on free expression to speech nanny. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"Noun",
"back-formation from morpheme",
"Verb",
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"1947, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1982, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143012"
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"mountains in southwestern New Mexico; highest peak is Whitewater Baldy at an altitude of 10,895 feet (3320 meters)"
],
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"\u02ccm\u014d-"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a fabric or yarn made wholly or in part of the long silky hair of the Angora goat",
": this hair",
": a fabric or yarn made from the long silky hair of an Asian goat"
],
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"\u02c8m\u014d-\u02ccher"
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"a sweater made of mohair and silk",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pink mohair bedframe and fun prints throughout the room lighten the mood. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
"The way his majestic purple mohair coat (circa 1960) uses straight and bias grain to take weight off the shoulders and let the back sail like a spinnaker is stunning. \u2014 Laura Jacobs, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Props are due to Katarzyna Lewi\u0144ska\u2019s costumes, all vintage fabrics and fuzzy mohair knitwear, that bridge with precise tailoring and a pastel palette the two worlds in which the sisters live. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"Weaving through a group of passers-by on their daily commute, Styles first wears a boxy scarlet coat by the rising London designer Bianca Saunders, topped off with a long mohair scarf by Dries van Noten. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Skins, or strips of fabric made of directional nylon or mohair fibers, are also necessary. \u2014 Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online , 26 Dec. 2020",
"Instead, Roth was shrouded in an ornate overcoat made from mohair , satin, moir\u00e9, and velvet. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 4 May 2022",
"His need for a dark suit was beautifully fulfilled by his choice of a deep green mohair tuxedo by BOSS at Sunday\u2019s Oscars. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Rather than wear black tie, Vera was wearing my design: a charmeuse slip\u2014a little nothing of a dress\u2014with a mohair sweater tied around her waist and a down jacket. \u2014 Vogue , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"modification of obsolete Italian mocaiarro , from Arabic mukhayyar , literally, choice"
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"1569, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-144057"
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": the quality or state of being modal",
": a modal quality or attribute : form",
": the classification of logical propositions (see proposition sense 1 ) according to their asserting or denying the possibility, impossibility, contingency , or necessity of their content",
": one of the main avenues of sensation (such as vision)",
": a usually physical therapeutic agency",
": one of the main avenues of sensation (as vision)",
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": an apparatus for applying a modality"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is similar to the premise of art therapy, a therapeutic modality through which creativity is the primary tool used to process emotional distress. \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022",
"In its place, a new modality of communicating your non single-ness. \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
"Reiki is a hands-on healing modality utilizing the energy that is in and all around us. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
"But thanks to recent breakthroughs in AI, opportunities now exist for startups to build search tools for data modalities beyond text\u2014and no new modality represents a bigger opportunity than video. \u2014 Rob Toews, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"One modality of immune suppression deployed by SARS-CoV-2 is selective degradation. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"These findings make aqua jogging an important recovery modality in addition to be an optimal cross-training method. \u2014 Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online , 12 Oct. 2012",
"Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. \u2014 Merve Emre, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
"So, why has yoga \u2014 a modality associated with peace and tranquility \u2014 grown to be almost ubiquitous in a sport known for its roughness? \u2014 Dana Santas, CNN , 13 Feb. 2022"
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"type":[
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"definitions":[
": a prehistoric American Indian people inhabiting the mountains of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico"
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"Mogollon , mountain range and plateau in New Mexico"
],
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"1855, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-171143"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": an American dove ( Zenaida macroura ) with a pointed tail and a plaintive coo",
": a dove of the United States named for its mournful cry"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fitzsimmons says mourning dove numbers are slightly below the long-term average in the central and north zones, but the totals are up from the state\u2019s last spring survey in 2019. \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 21 Aug. 2021",
"Wildlife experts estimate the state\u2019s resident mourning dove population at around 25 million. \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The oblivious mourning dove outweighs many rivals, but proves relatively peaceful. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
"There are no reliable data on Los Angeles\u2019 mourning dove population. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Over George Washington\u2019s head, the mourning dove \u2019s glossy swirls ping against a matte sky. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Texas mourning dove hunters make up about one-third of the national total and typically account for about 33% of the national harvest on mourning doves and 90% of the whitewing total. \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 29 Aug. 2020",
"Bob McPherson of Mount Airy, Md., is partial to the calming coo of the mourning dove . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2020",
"Bill said, watching the distinctive outline of an airborne mourning dove appear amid the gathering light a few hundred yards distant. \u2014 Star Tribune , 3 Sep. 2020"
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"1833, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181745"
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": a mineral NiSO 4 .7H 2 O consisting of nickel sulfate and occurring in light green crystals or fibrous crusts"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-193732"
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"noun"
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": a headdress formerly worn by certain high functionaries of the law in France"
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"noun"
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": a shrub or small tree ( Acacia cheelii ) of Australia having the flowers in pairs or threes and in spikes and the fruit narrow and flat with a thickened margin"
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"\u02c8mau\u0307th-\u02ccp\u00e4rt",
"\u02c8mau\u0307th-\u02ccp\u00e4rt"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During the feeding process, the female mosquito uses a mouthpart called the proboscis\u2014which is also used to feed on flowers\u2014to pierce the skin and feed on the blood. \u2014 Eleesha Lockett, SELF , 8 June 2022",
"Mosquitoes, for instance, pierce the skin with their long, thin mouthparts , while certain biting flies boast serrated jaws that slash through flesh. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 2 Dec. 2019",
"The insect had a curved body and head for reaching inside flowers to feed, and its mouthparts include leglike appendages for collecting and transporting pollen similar to those of modern beetle pollinators. \u2014 Stephenie Livingston, Science | AAAS , 11 Nov. 2019",
"Looking at the shape of their mouthparts , the team predicted that the nematodes had different lifestyles; some were adapted for grazing on microbes, some were designed for predation and others were set up for parasitizing a host animal. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 1 Oct. 2019",
"Because moths had already developed strawlike mouthparts , one group was able to exploit the novel food source, and evolved into butterflies. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work , 23 Oct. 2019",
"When the material gets wet, however, their needle-like mouthparts slip right through. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 20 Aug. 2019",
"But the sensation is uniquely tactile, not at all unpleasant, as thousands of soft, plump grubs, each the size of a grain of rice, wriggle against your skin, tiny mouthparts gently poking your flesh. \u2014 Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post , 3 July 2019",
"Known as an assassin bug, Sycanus uses its mouthpart to stab its insect prey, including the fire caterpillar, one of the most important pests of oil palm trees. \u2014 Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Science | AAAS , 11 July 2019"
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": subject to depression : gloomy",
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"\u02c8m\u00fc-d\u0113",
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"I don't know why I get so moody sometimes.",
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"This one is also wonderfully dark and moody for late sleep-ins. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
"The two friends have no contact for 15 years, and Pietro grows moody and distant with his father, wounding him by accusing him of wasting his life. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"As a result, your devilish side loves to party and can be moody . \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Lanegan\u2019s affable volubility contrasts greatly with most of the reports in the press about the difficult, moody , tortured, urn, drunk Screaming Trees frontman. \u2014 Jim Greer, SPIN , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Some things are just meant to be together, like broken hearts, smoky bars, meandering drives and this moody , bluesy song that bears witness to emotional wreckage. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The pictures themselves are a mix of photography of structures, walls and overpasses along the San Diego/Tijuana border that Hern\u00e1ndez snapped and then re-rendered into moody , atmospheric and sometimes stark statements on love and existence. \u2014 Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The record is moody but propulsive, animated by the perpetual pull of noxious romance. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Jane Doe is unable to sleep, and Mary, who is typically joyful, is now moody , stressed and overwhelmed. \u2014 Casey Parks, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Mar. 2022"
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": an ancient culture of the plateau area of southwestern U.S. characterized by fired pottery, permanent pithouses, grooved hammers, notched axes, bows and arrows, the cultivation of beans and corn, and the domesticated turkey"
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": a ripple pattern on a stamp",
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"French mod\u00e9rantisme , from mod\u00e9rant (present participle of mod\u00e9rer to moderate, from Latin moderare ) + -isme -ism"
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"from the Monk's Tale in The Canterbury Tales (1386\u20131400) by Geoffrey Chaucer \u20201400 English poet, where such stanzas are used"
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": a relative of Esther who gave advice on saving the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman"
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"m\u014d-\u02c8ni-sh\u0259n",
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"Middle English monicioun , from Anglo-French monicion , from Latin monition-, monitio , from mon\u0113re"
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": leaf scorch sense b"
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": Monarchianism holding that Jesus Christ was not a distinct person of the Trinity but was rather one of three successive modes or manifestations of God"
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"monkey around":{
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"phrasal verb"
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": to do things that are not useful or serious : to waste time"
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": a large heavy knot resembling a Turk's head used to weight the end of a messenger or heaving line"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cybersickness\u2014an affliction akin to motion sickness common in virtual reality environments\u2014has been known to researchers for years, often accompanied by symptoms of nausea, dizziness, and headaches. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Park goers who suffer from motion sickness may want to avoid this one. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
"Holoride claims its tech can actually reduce motion sickness in riders prone to symptoms. \u2014 Jennifer Korn, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The good news is that NASA is offering basically the next best thing (with a lot less motion sickness ). \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 7 Mar. 2022",
"There are a number of problems standing in the way of the mass adoption: bulkiness and price of VR headsets, privacy and data security, health issues such as motion sickness for some workers and accessibility. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Sep. 2021",
"According to Kontos, concussions can exacerbate existing issues like migraines, motion sickness , and anxiety and mood disorders. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Health.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
"To be specific, these anti-queasiness effects have been most often studied in nausea occurring during pregnancy, motion sickness , and chemotherapy. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 15 June 2020",
"Getting a good match there can be key to providing a sharp focus and preventing eye strain and motion sickness in VR, which is why such lens sliders have been a common feature on headsets like the Oculus Rift and Quest for years now. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"1881, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090348"
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": a plant of the genus Mimulus",
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": monkey sense 10"
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": a system of philosophical idealism emphasizing the primacy of the One (as the Absolute or Nature) rather than of the many",
"\u2014 compare hegelianism , spinozism"
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"type":[
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"Definition of mortial dialectal variant of mortal"
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"definitions":[
": the surface layer of permanently frozen ground in which the ice melts during the summer"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102859"
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"definitions":[
": the dactylopodite of a chela"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-114232"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The funniest bits involve a dwarf Viking (Seth Rogen) done in the motion capture style pioneered to infamous effect by the likes of Robert Zemeckis. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
"The original movie used advanced motion capture technology to translate the performances of the actors to their realistic-looking alien characters, and the sequel is making this even more challenging by doing so underwater. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 5 May 2022",
"In another, clusters of children scampered around, their footsteps triggering images of stars and, again, snowflakes by way of live- motion capture technology. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Look to the Electric/City experience from Selfridges, designer Charli Cohen and Verizon\u2019s Yahoo Ryot Lab \u2013 a cyberpunk style world merging digital clothing software, motion capture and virtual collectibles. \u2014 Katie Baron, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Under this plan a large LED smart stage, which is being touted as Europe\u2019s largest LED wall, will be ready in early 2022, as will a green screen studio for motion capture and 3D shoots. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Dre donned a motion capture suit so that his in-game alter-ego would be informed by real-life habits. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Brun is nonetheless confident that demand for motion capture will continue to rise. \u2014 Martin Dale, Variety , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Founded by R\u00e9mi Brun in 2007, MocapLab offers state-of-the-art motion capture services, from its facilities based on the outskirts of Paris. \u2014 Martin Dale, Variety , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125912"
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": the type genus of the family Mordellidae":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111729"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113330"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113340"
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"definitions":{
": to beat to jelly : crush , pulverize":[]
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"This wooden swing set comes with an array of activities for kids to take part in, from swings to monkey bars to upper and lower playhouse spaces, and users say it's easily assembled, too. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 18 May 2022",
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"The present set, recorded in monaural sound, takes us only to the end of the 1950s, but contains 120 CDs. \u2014 Tim Page, WSJ , 1 July 2021",
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"Royal watchers had expected the review might be mentioned in the Sovereign Grant Report, the annual financial accounts of the monarchy \u2019s spending and income that was published on Thursday. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Since stepping back from royal life in March 2020, Harry and Meghan have praised the Queen but been scathing of the institution of the monarchy and made comments that have been seen as criticisms of other family members. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 29 June 2022",
"She was joined by Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis in a special moment representing the future of the monarchy . \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Based on a recent YouGov poll, roughly one in four Brits support the abolition of the monarchy , a percentage that has grown in recent years. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022",
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"Phil Lindberg\u2019s magnetometer moment involved the aforementioned mouth organ . \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The pines, acting like the reeds in a giant mouth organ , amplified the roar. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts, CNN , 6 Nov. 2020",
"As a teenager, Gen. Rowny performed in a Baltimore harmonica band alongside the mouth organ virtuoso Larry Adler. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2017"
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"On an April trip aboard the Lilly B, a small, pearly white motorboat , Greaver donned blue gloves to collect her samples. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Heavily day drinking, Casey still has the presence of mind to start up her motorboat to rescue from near drowning her neighbor, former supermodel Katherine Royce. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
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"Snorkel and dive with experienced divemasters, take a fishing excursion, explore by kayak or motorboat , or just relax in a hammock or hot tub on the beach. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Edgar-Jones also learned how to drive a motorboat around the swampy waterways of the film, and worked with a movement coach to tap into Kya's wild side. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
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"m\u0259\u02c8l\u00fc(\u02cc)g\u014d"
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"examples":[],
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"New Latin, from Latin, stickseed, from mollis soft":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140006"
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"mossy-cup oak":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": bur oak":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140026"
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"mother-sib":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sib based on matrilineal descent":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140245"
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"Modalistic Monarchian":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an adherent of Modalistic Monarchianism":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140833"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": fate sense 4":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fi-\u02ccr\u012b"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek, from plural of moira lot, fate; akin to Greek meros part \u2014 more at merit entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140937"
},
"Moratuwa":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city in western Sri Lanka on the Indian Ocean south of Colombo population 168,000":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259-\u02cct\u00fc-w\u0259",
"m\u0259-\u02c8r\u0259-t\u0259-w\u0259"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141025"
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"motherfucker":{
"type":[
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"noun"
],
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": one that is formidable, contemptible, or offensive":[
"\u2014 usually used as a generalized term of abuse"
