": to move or proceed with an irregular rocking or staggering motion or unsteadily and clumsily from side to side",
": tremble , quaver",
": waver , vacillate",
": to cause to wobble",
": a hobbling or rocking unequal motion (as of a wheel unevenly mounted)",
": an uncertainly directed movement",
": an intermittent variation (as in volume of sound)",
": to move from side to side in a shaky manner",
": a rocking motion from side to side"
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8w\u00e4-b\u0259l"
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"agitate",
"bucket",
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"joggle",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"judder",
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"shudder",
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"Verb",
"The vase wobbled but didn't fall over.",
"The boy was wobbling along on his bicycle.",
"The table wobbles a little.",
"They have been wobbling in their support of the president's policies.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The show certainly has fun stuff \u2014 watching the funny Kelvin Rolston Jr., wobble and skate around is a great time \u2014 but in Act 1, that crucial sense of truth is mostly elusive. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Damaged or dirty blades will cause the ceiling fan to wobble and rattle. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
"If the piece is in good condition, the arm won\u2019t wobble or creak. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Someone needed to sit on the cartridge, forcing it not to wobble . \u2014 Jolene Latimer, refinery29.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
"James looks so similar to Anderson in some scenes that the lines between truth and fiction seem to wobble a little. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Bridges can start to wobble even if there is no synchronization among the pedestrians. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 20 Dec. 2021",
"In the sixth bout, Ground Control fighter Jerome Featherstone hit Steve Moleski with an overhand right at the end of the first round and watched the Pennsylvania fighter wobble back to his corner. \u2014 Kevin Richardson, Baltimore Sun , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The company claims this reduces keycap wobble and makes the keyboard comfier. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Stop your ceiling fan from rattling with these straightforward steps to fix the wobble and balance the blades. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
"There was a little wobble about their name amongst the Island staff\u2014they were being called the U2s. \u2014 Chris Blackwell With Paul Morley, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"Watching her wobble between options was one of the year's distinct pleasures. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Implanting one of these devices in brain matter is like mounting a painting on Jell-O. With each wobble , there\u2019s a chance that the electrodes will tear up cells and connections, or drift and lose contact with their original neurons. \u2014 Kelly Clancy, Wired , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Seaweed custard gleamed beneath the spotlights, sealed with a wobble of bone marrow and a dollop of caviar shining like a ripe blackberry. \u2014 Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Isa, whose bar routines have hovered around the 9.875 range, had only a slight wobble on a handstand that prevented her from getting a 10.0 as well. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"On a normal track, that might lead to a wobble that drivers can often save, but slows them down. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Austria\u2019s Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller survived a wobble before the finish to get the bronze. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022"
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": to move or proceed with an irregular rocking or staggering motion or unsteadily and clumsily from side to side",
": tremble , quaver",
": waver , vacillate",
": to cause to wobble",
": a hobbling or rocking unequal motion (as of a wheel unevenly mounted)",
": an uncertainly directed movement",
": an intermittent variation (as in volume of sound)",
": to move from side to side in a shaky manner",
": a rocking motion from side to side"
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8w\u00e4-b\u0259l"
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"agitate",
"bucket",
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"Verb",
"The vase wobbled but didn't fall over.",
"The boy was wobbling along on his bicycle.",
"The table wobbles a little.",
"They have been wobbling in their support of the president's policies.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The show certainly has fun stuff \u2014 watching the funny Kelvin Rolston Jr., wobble and skate around is a great time \u2014 but in Act 1, that crucial sense of truth is mostly elusive. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Damaged or dirty blades will cause the ceiling fan to wobble and rattle. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
"If the piece is in good condition, the arm won\u2019t wobble or creak. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Someone needed to sit on the cartridge, forcing it not to wobble . \u2014 Jolene Latimer, refinery29.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
"James looks so similar to Anderson in some scenes that the lines between truth and fiction seem to wobble a little. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Bridges can start to wobble even if there is no synchronization among the pedestrians. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 20 Dec. 2021",
"In the sixth bout, Ground Control fighter Jerome Featherstone hit Steve Moleski with an overhand right at the end of the first round and watched the Pennsylvania fighter wobble back to his corner. \u2014 Kevin Richardson, Baltimore Sun , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The company claims this reduces keycap wobble and makes the keyboard comfier. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Stop your ceiling fan from rattling with these straightforward steps to fix the wobble and balance the blades. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
"There was a little wobble about their name amongst the Island staff\u2014they were being called the U2s. \u2014 Chris Blackwell With Paul Morley, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"Watching her wobble between options was one of the year's distinct pleasures. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Implanting one of these devices in brain matter is like mounting a painting on Jell-O. With each wobble , there\u2019s a chance that the electrodes will tear up cells and connections, or drift and lose contact with their original neurons. \u2014 Kelly Clancy, Wired , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Seaweed custard gleamed beneath the spotlights, sealed with a wobble of bone marrow and a dollop of caviar shining like a ripe blackberry. \u2014 Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Isa, whose bar routines have hovered around the 9.875 range, had only a slight wobble on a handstand that prevented her from getting a 10.0 as well. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"On a normal track, that might lead to a wobble that drivers can often save, but slows them down. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Austria\u2019s Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller survived a wobble before the finish to get the bronze. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022"
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"Verb",
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
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": strongly affected with woe : woeful",
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": being in a sorry state"
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"\u02c8w\u014d-bi-\u02ccg\u022fn",
"also"
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"bad",
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"examples":[
"His face had a woebegone expression.",
"the most woebegone people that I had ever seen in my life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Minnesota Vikings earned their second victory of the season when placekicker Greg Joseph banged home a 54-yard field goal on the final play of the game Sunday to give Mike Zimmer\u2019s crew a 19-17 victory over the woebegone Detroit Lions. \u2014 Steve Silverman, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The girl\u2019s father, a woebegone tea merchant named Jake (Colin Farrell), sets off on a repair-shop odyssey to try to bring the bot back to life, while his relationship with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) threatens to come apart. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The Aggies\u2019 current win streak includes at home game against woebegone Georgia on Feb. 22, at Mississippi last Saturday and Wednesday at Alabama. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"More than the once-formidable-now- woebegone New York Giants, which the 49ers also faced eight times in playoffs. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Jan. 2022",
"However, Samuel has 115 yards on 13 carries and has scored two touchdowns to help his recently woebegone team outscore their opponents, 61-20, in the past two games. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Heck, even the woebegone Falcons \u2014 who haven't had a winning NFL season since 2017 \u2014 are at .500 and hopeful of joining the party. \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Emmett and the stowaways\u2014a fast-talking rogue known as Duchess and his woebegone companion, Woolly\u2014are all 18, the age at which, Towles notes, having received advice from all quarters, a young person begins making decisions about his own life. \u2014 Time , 29 Sep. 2021",
"The Biden Administration\u2019s decision to allow Europeans once again to fly to the United States \u2013 beginning sometime in November \u2013 was cheered by leaders throughout the woebegone U.S. travel and tourism industry on Monday. \u2014 Dan Reed, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English wo begon , from wo , noun + begon , past participle of begon to go about, beset, from Old English beg\u0101n , from be- + g\u0101n to go \u2014 more at go entry 1 ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211003"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": full of woe : grievous",
": involving or bringing woe",
": lamentably bad or serious : deplorable",
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": bringing woe or misery",
": very bad"
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"\u02c8w\u014d-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8w\u014d-f\u0259l"
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"aching",
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"examples":[
"The puppy had woeful eyes.",
"The student's grades were woeful .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This was a fluke, and Mike Brown\u2019s team will go back to woeful . \u2014 The Enquirer , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The primary issues are a woeful lack of space, inadequate funding for improvements and routine turnover of the unit's top leaders, the report found. \u2014 Drew F. Lawrence And Katie Bo Lillis, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"More significant than the woeful results, which could be explained by the circumstances, are the earnings projections for the film that preceded the COVID flare-up. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
"February included being embarrassed on its home court by Duke and Pittsburgh and requiring overtime to beat a woeful Syracuse. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The Toreros were woeful behind the arc, shooting just 3 of 20. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"A thousand years later, Greeks still spoke nostalgically about that glorious era and lamented how woeful their current competitors were. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Last year, the Washington Football Team opened 1-3 before wobbling to a 7-9 finish, one that was still good enough to win a woeful NFC East. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
"When Roger Goodell read Burrow\u2019s name from his basement during a draft upended by the early days of the pandemic, the woeful Bengals finally had a hope that brighter days were ahead. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022"
"The rooms were filled with wonderful works of art.",
"It was a wonderful party.",
"You did a wonderful job.",
"She came home with wonderful news.",
"It's wonderful to finally meet you.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fair foods such as funnel cakes, turkey legs and corn dogs connect Black Americans to these spaces and are wonderful for celebrating Juneteenth, since the holiday falls near the start of summer, exactly when these foods are best to enjoy. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"As such, technology like this can be exceptionally wonderful . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 6 June 2022",
"While an accepting community is wonderful , the overarching reason most travelers come to Dawson City is for outdoor adventure \u2014 and the area has plenty to offer for all activity levels. \u2014 Paul J. Heney, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
"That was really wonderful because they were so fixated on their boy making this little milestone moment. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 16 May 2022",
"Lastly, the environment in Memphis for the playoffs is wonderful . \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"Oliver is wonderful , however, in her first screen role. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 11 May 2022",
"Despite the accommodation being more rustic than Solberg anticipated, the two had a wonderful time in Topanga. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"And the creative team has been so wonderful to encourage us to find our own imprint, our own voice. \u2014 Jenelle Riley, Variety , 6 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
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"noun"
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": that is to be marveled at : extraordinary",
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"\u02c8w\u0259n-dr\u0259s",
"\u02c8w\u0259n-dr\u0259s"
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"amazing",
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"prodigious",
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"examples":[
"The museum featured a display of wondrous tapestries.",
"what a wondrous discovery fire must have been"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, alteration of wonders , from genitive of wonder entry 1 ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223121"
},
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"biographical name"
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"Tiger 1975\u2013 Eldrick Woods American golfer"
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"\u02c8wu\u0307dz"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200755"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": made or consisting of wood",
": lacking ease or flexibility : awkwardly stiff",
": made of wood",
": lacking spirit, ease, or charm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wu\u0307-d\u1d4an",
"\u02c8wu\u0307-d\u1d4an"
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"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gauche",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
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"stiff",
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],
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"graceful",
"suave",
"urbane"
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"examples":[
"The guest speaker was wooden and uninspiring.",
"a movie with wooden dialogue",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Surrounded by polished wooden planks, the stunning pool is shaded overhead by an elegant canvas\u2014providing respite in the middle of this desert destination. \u2014 Sandra Macgregor, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"Groups of worshipers prayed in both in English and Spanish, with one man shouldering a tall wooden cross. \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
"Raised beds bordered with wooden planks took up the once large and open yard. \u2014 Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
"Bishop Lavrentij Mygovich, a white-bearded cleric dressed in a long gray tunic with a wooden cross around his neck, stepped out of the police van and walked to the back of the vehicle containing the coffin. \u2014 Isabelle Khurshudyan And Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
"The memorial was once a vibrant display of flowers, dozens of toys and bright pink ribbon laced around the bark of a regal tree, with a wooden cross at the base bearing the name Sema\u2019j Crosby encircled in a red heart. \u2014 Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"These car scents come in the form of thin credit-card-sized wooden planks infused with the aroma of choice. \u2014 Duncan Brady, Car and Driver , 20 Apr. 2022",
"A hundred or so people had gathered in the village of Paulding, in a barnlike building with high ceilings and walls of wide wooden planks, for a forum of Republican candidates. \u2014 The New Yorker , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The faithful often act out the events of Good Friday by carrying a large wooden cross and crown of thorns symbolic of the suffering of Christ. \u2014 al , 15 Apr. 2022"
": land covered with woody vegetation : timberland , forest",
": growing, living, or existing in woodland",
": of, relating to, or being woodland",
": land covered with trees and shrubs : forest",
"city in western California northwest of Sacramento population 55,468"
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"\u02c8wu\u0307d-l\u0259nd",
"-\u02ccland",
"\u02c8wu\u0307d-l\u0259nd",
"-\u02ccland",
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"forest",
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The swamp was surrounded by dense woodland .",
"the house is perched atop a hill amid a stretch of dense woodland",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Amidst the backdrop, two rivals, Cla\u00e9 and Bru\u00f3, reluctantly join forces in a bid to save their precious woodland and the Perlimps from giants surrounding the forest and regain peace. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 6 May 2022",
"Defensible space, a buffer between property and surrounding woodland and vegetation, is crucial in fire-prone areas of California. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The site is located within Long Crouch Woods, a 26-acre woodland that sits above Seaver Street in Roxbury. \u2014 Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"Join local artist Weina Dinata to learn how to create your own artful woodland or succulent tabletop native plant garden. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Join local artist Weina Dinata to learn how to create your own artful woodland or succulent tabletop native plant garden. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The 14-acre swath within the Wye Island Natural Resources Management Area in Queen Anne\u2019s County, is one of nature\u2019s rarest commodities: an old-growth forest \u2014 a woodland that has never been altered by humans. \u2014 Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The camp itself, set in a tranquil corner of the Serengeti amid an open woodland , affords expansive views of the bush. \u2014 Lavanya Sunkara, Travel + Leisure , 19 Dec. 2021",
"There is an area in the woodland that has been fenced off, though. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"One-third of Germany is woodland , and while most of that area is planted with trees that are harvested for timber, more trees are planted than are felled. \u2014 Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Studies have shown that, compared with urban walking, walking in a woodland setting more dramatically lowers stress, increases positive mood, and enhances working memory. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Thomas used mural-like wallpaper depicting a starry woodland scene, which Howard says reminds her of the mystical forest setting in My Neighbor Totoro, her favorite Miyazaki film. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"People who search for these woodland retreats, the more rustic and remote the better, are longing for peace, quiet, and simpler times. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"The otherworldly beings may be scary for the littlest ones, who might prefer the gentleness of Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro, about a friendly troll-like being (who mostly looks like a woodland creature). \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"Native understory woodland plants that grow in forests under large trees are best suited for full shade. \u2014 Jessica Damiano, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"The grasslands at Havenwoods steal the flower show in July and August, but spring is the time for woodland wildflowers in the state's only urban forest. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Down a woodland path off Yablunska Street, the body of a Ukrainian man, identified by his wife, had been left behind by Russian soldiers after their retreat. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"noun"
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": the soft wavy or curly usually thick undercoat of various hairy mammals and especially the sheep made up of a matrix of keratin fibers and covered with minute scales",
": a product of wool",
": a woven fabric or garment of such fabric",
": a dense felted pubescence especially on a plant : tomentum",
": a filamentous mass",
"\u2014 compare mineral wool , steel wool",
": soft wavy or curly usually thick hair especially of the sheep",
": a substance that looks like a mass of wavy hair",
": a material (as yarn) made from wool"
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"\u02c8wu\u0307l",
"\u02c8wu\u0307l"
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"coat",
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"pelage",
"pile"
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"examples":[
"She doesn't like wool because it can be itchy.",
"the wool from cashmere goats is considered by many to be the finest available",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anything and everything that's warm and cozy, like this adorable fuzzy plaid pullover that's now less than $60 and these supremely soft cashmere- wool sweater leggings that are $94 off. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Rather than tossing that beautiful wool sweater (or any other potentially irritating fabrics), Dr. Jaliman recommends wearing a cotton layer underneath. \u2014 Talia Abbas, SELF , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Strout doesn\u2019t dress language up in a tuxedo when a wool sweater will suffice. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Cooperative member Hazel Flett, 72, slight and apple-cheeked, waded through the grasses in a wool sweater and rubber boots during a tour of the ranch last month. \u2014 Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 June 2021",
"Also, midlength skirts pair nicely with structured, thick cotton T-shirts or a thin wool sweater. \u2014 CNN , 6 May 2022",
"Even a wool sweater can make some people break out in hives. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The company purchases its yak wool directly from producers in Tibet. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 2 Feb. 2021",
"Opt for natural fibers like cotton, wool , and linen. \u2014 Beth Krietsch, SELF , 19 May 2022"
],
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": resembling wool",
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": lacking in clearness or sharpness of outline",
": marked by mental confusion",
": marked by boisterous roughness or lack of order or restraint",
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"\u02c8wu\u0307-l\u0113",
"\u02c8wu\u0307-l\u0113",
"\u02c8wu\u0307-l\u0113"
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"still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of it",
"Noun",
"Get out your winter woollies .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Participants can enter their own woolly worms in the festival\u2019s series of racing heats, which take place upon a three-foot length of string. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"San Diego, California, spends money on scandals (101 Ash Street) and other expensive things that aren\u2019t necessary, or pie-in-the-sky projects (Grand Central Station) that are going to fly like woolly mammoths, just to piss people off. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The Central American woolly opossum and the kinkajou, too, were a bit blas\u00e9. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Artists craved new subject matter, especially, as time passed, wild and woolly subjects. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The fish might still bite the woolly buggers and yuk bugs in a fly-fishing kit from Bancroft. \u2014 Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Part of the appeal for those investors is less about woolly mammoths and the potential of genetic engineering to advance human health and enhance global food production. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Some believe the 13 segments or bands of the woolly worm, represent the 13 weeks of winter. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 2 Nov. 2021",
"This bald assertion is followed by a lofty shutting-down of any debate on the matter\u2014yet there\u2019s been no substantive rejection of my arguments, only woolly appeals to subjectivity and ad hominem remarks. \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"adjective",
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": marked by mental confusion",
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"\u02c8wu\u0307-l\u0113",
"\u02c8wu\u0307-l\u0113",
"\u02c8wu\u0307-l\u0113"
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"Adjective",
"the dog's woolly coat will require a lot of grooming",
"still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of it",
"Noun",
"Get out your winter woollies .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Participants can enter their own woolly worms in the festival\u2019s series of racing heats, which take place upon a three-foot length of string. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"San Diego, California, spends money on scandals (101 Ash Street) and other expensive things that aren\u2019t necessary, or pie-in-the-sky projects (Grand Central Station) that are going to fly like woolly mammoths, just to piss people off. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The Central American woolly opossum and the kinkajou, too, were a bit blas\u00e9. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Artists craved new subject matter, especially, as time passed, wild and woolly subjects. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The fish might still bite the woolly buggers and yuk bugs in a fly-fishing kit from Bancroft. \u2014 Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Part of the appeal for those investors is less about woolly mammoths and the potential of genetic engineering to advance human health and enhance global food production. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Some believe the 13 segments or bands of the woolly worm, represent the 13 weeks of winter. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 2 Nov. 2021",
"This bald assertion is followed by a lofty shutting-down of any debate on the matter\u2014yet there\u2019s been no substantive rejection of my arguments, only woolly appeals to subjectivity and ad hominem remarks. \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174254"
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": news , information",
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": a quarrelsome utterance or conversation",
": the expressed or manifested mind and will of God",
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": logos",
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": a number of bytes processed as a unit and conveying a quantum of information in communication and computer work",
": a verbal signal : password",
": a favorable statement",
": good news",
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": in plain forthright language",
": not inclined to say more than is necessary : laconic",
": that can be relied on to keep a promise",
": with my assurance : indeed , assuredly",
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": news sense 1",
": promise entry 1 sense 1",
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"\u02c8w\u0259rd",
"\u02c8w\u0259rd"
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"state"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There's only one word to describe 114 Faubourg: chic. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"In this ever-expanding globalized word , many people, speaking many languages are challenged to communicate effectively. \u2014 Jerry Weissman, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Navarro may be uncommonly egotistical, desperate for relevance and mercenary in both word and deed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Miller summed up the sound of the band in one word \u2014 authentic. \u2014 Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Sequoia Capital, the storied venture capital firm known for playing doomsayer ahead of recessions, has one word for the startup industry: Cash. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"Ramiro Rocha had one word to describe what happened Friday: bittersweet. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 June 2022",
"For instance, the team introduced the Google Ngram Viewer, which lets users type in a word or phrase and observe its usage plotted over the centuries. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"One letter \u2013 in a word or among the multiple choice options \u2013 makes all the difference. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Gerritson said the new standards simply re- word the old standards. \u2014 Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al , 29 Mar. 2022",
"However, Hoffman would not say how the plan came together or whether the electors received advice on how to word the document. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"However, Hoffman would not say how the plan came together or whether the electors received advice on how to word the document. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"However, Hoffman would not say how the plan came together or whether the electors received advice on how to word the document. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"However, Hoffman would not say how the plan came together or whether the electors received advice on how to word the document. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"However, Hoffman would not say how the plan came together or whether the electors received advice on how to word the document. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"However, Hoffman would not say how the plan came together or whether the electors received advice on how to word the document. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"However, Hoffman would not say how the plan came together or whether the electors received advice on how to word the document. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022"
],
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b",
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220103"
},
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"noun"
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"\u02c8w\u0259r-dij"
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"circumlocution",
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"garrulousness",
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"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
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"somewhere, lost within all that wordage , is a modestly worthwhile idea"
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"first_known_use":[
"1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203011"
},
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"to perform work or fulfill duties regularly for wages or salary",
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"to exert oneself physically or mentally especially in sustained effort for a purpose or under compulsion or necessity",
"to function or operate according to plan or design",
"to produce a desired effect or result succeed",
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"to make way slowly and with difficulty move or progress laboriously",
"to sail to windward",
"to move slightly in relation to another part",
"to get into a specified condition by slow or imperceptible movements",
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"ferment sense 1",
"to permit of being worked react in a specified way to being worked",
"to set or keep in motion, operation, or activity cause to operate or produce",
"to bring to pass effect",
"to solve (a problem) by reasoning or calculation",
"to cause to toil or labor",
"to make use of exploit",
"to control or guide the operation of",
"to carry on an operation or perform a job through, at, in, or along",
"to greet and talk with in a friendly way in order to ingratiate oneself or achieve a purpose",
"to pay for or achieve with labor or service",
"to prepare for use by stirring or kneading",
"to bring into a desired form by a gradual process of cutting, hammering, scraping, pressing, or stretching",
"to fashion or create a useful or desired product by expending labor or exertion on forge , shape",
"to make or decorate with needlework",
"embroider",
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"excite , provoke",
"to practice trickery or cajolery on for some end",
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"to have effect upon operate on",
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"sustained physical or mental effort to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective or result",
"one's place of employment",
"something produced or accomplished by effort, exertion, or exercise of skill",
"something produced by the exercise of creative talent or expenditure of creative effort artistic production",
"something that results from a particular manner or method of working , operating, or devising",
"something that results from the use or fashioning of a particular material",
"structures in engineering (such as docks, bridges, or embankments) or mining (such as shafts or tunnels)",
"a fortified structure (such as a fort, earthen barricade, or trench)",
"a place where industrial labor is carried on plant , factory",
"the working or moving parts of a mechanism",
"everything possessed, available, or belonging",
"subjection to drastic treatment all possible abuse",
"the transference of energy that is produced by the motion of the point of application of a force and is measured by multiplying the force and the displacement of its point of application in the line of action",
"energy expended by natural phenomena",
"the result of such energy",
"effective operation effect , result",
"manner of working workmanship , execution",
"performance of moral or religious acts",
"the material or piece of material that is operated upon at any stage in the process of manufacture",
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"engaged in one's regular occupation",
"having effect operating , functioning",
"in process of preparation, development, or completion",
"in process of being done",
"in training",
"without regular employment jobless",
"suitable or styled for wear while working",
"used for work",
"involving or engaged in work",
"the use of a person's physical or mental strength or ability in order to get something done or get some desired result",
"occupation sense 1 , employment",
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"something that needs to be done or dealt with task , job",
"deed entry 1 sense 1 , achievement",
"something produced by effort or hard work",
"a place where industrial labor is done plant , factory",
"the working or moving parts of a mechanical device",
"the way someone performs labor workmanship",
"everything possessed, available, or belonging",
"to do something that involves physical or mental effort especially for money or because of a need instead of for pleasure labor or cause to labor",
"to have a job",
"to perform or act or to cause to act as planned operate",
"to force to do something that involves physical or mental effort",
"to move or cause to move slowly or with effort",
"to cause to happen",
"make entry 1 sense 1 , shape",
"to make an effort especially for a long period",
"excite sense 1 , provoke",
"to carry on an occupation in, through, or along",
"to invent or solve by effort",
"to go through an exercise routine"
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"cause",
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"composition",
"number",
"opus",
"piece"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"Customers are free to change their rebooked flight online or via Delta's digital messaging platform if the new itinerary doesn't work . \u2014 Zach Wichter, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Getting as many clients as possible doesn\u2019t typically work for this niche business model. \u2014 Marilisa Barbieri, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"If the experiments don\u2019t work , why not try something else? \u2014 The Enquirer , 16 June 2022",
"Manning's baseball fandom didn't work well for his alma mater last weekend. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"For me, that just didn't work because there's just too much conversation going on all the time. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 15 June 2022",
"The idea that younger people don't work as hard goes back to Ancient Greece, according researchers at the Policy Institute and the Institute of Gerontology at King's College London. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Quarantine hotels typically don\u2019t permit food deliveries, and that wouldn\u2019t work for me. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"Candice added that Dylan\u2019s truck was in four-wheel drive, but that was a feature of the truck that did not work . \u2014 Kyani Reid, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Opening reception for curatorial residency exhibition that brings together the work of visual artists practicing in printmaking, digital media and drawing. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 19 June 2022",
"The Yellow Line tunnel and bridge rehabilitation work is a separate project that will shut down the Yellow Line tunnel near the L\u2019Enfant Plaza station and the bridge across the Potomac River until about May 2023. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"The offseason work begins with trying to re-sign key contributors Bobby Portis and Pat Connaughton. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The work will support thousands of jobs at the shipyard for many years to come. \u2014 Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"Many of us over-manage the work of our colleagues and teams. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"However, the trend is expanding; the nonfiction community is entering the audio space too, not necessarily to seek out ideas, but to highlight the work that goes into making documentaries. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"Under Winters\u2019s guidance, Gunn traced lineages between classical poetry and the work of Modernists such as Robert Duncan, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, and Wallace Stevens. \u2014 Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Two former members of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, Jill Wine-Banks and George Frampton, were at the reunion discussing the work of the Jan. 6 committee over cocktails. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"As mopeds rumbled down nearby streets, neighbors set up speakers for post- work karaoke. \u2014 Michael Scott Moore, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"The supervisor not only encouraged him to revamp his schedule but used the event to tell other team members to follow their non- work interests as well. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"With social media star Tess Masazza as his guide, Tucci raised a glass to the Milanese mainstay of the post- work drink. \u2014 CNN , 21 Mar. 2021",
"The company agreed to allow organizing in non- work areas of its facilities and send notices informing workers of their rights. \u2014 Caitlin Harrington, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Either format gives workers an extra free day to deal with non- work issues, either weekly or every other week. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
"By that time, Jocinda has moved up the chain at NASA, whereas Brian is divorced (from his non- work wife) and on the verge of being evicted. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Recently, the forum has battled criticisms that its anti- work narrative and 1.7 million followers are fueling the U.S.'s labor shortage. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Atoboy is filled with a young crowd, half Korean and half not, who have made reservations weeks in advance, and their post- work chatter creates a pleasant din. \u2014 Monica Kim, Vogue , 5 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162325"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to subject to thorough examination, study, or treatment",
": to do over : rework",
": to beat up or manhandle with thoroughness"
],
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"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
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"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
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"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
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"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
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"those thugs really worked him over"
],
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"1832, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192730"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or suited for working days",
": ordinary , prosaic"
],
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"\u02c8w\u0259r-k\u0259-\u02ccd\u0101"
],
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"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"everyday",
"garden-variety",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"standard-issue",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual"
],
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"abnormal",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"odd",
"out-of-the-way",
"strange",
"unusual"
],
"examples":[
"Their vacation provided a welcome change from their workaday life.",
"the workaday struggles and concerns of the average person",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Against the big personalities of politics and business, workaday people can seem inconsequential. \u2014 Time , 5 Mar. 2020",
"But for workaday journalists, the cost of a muted campaign is significant. \u2014 Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
"Most of us are just workaday guys relying on a daily wage to support their families. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 24 Mar. 2020",
"In that regard, at least, producer-director Stanley Nelson\u2019s film does a service, introducing a general audience to Davis\u2019 remarkable narrative, albeit in a mostly workaday fashion. \u2014 Howard Reich, Detroit Free Press , 18 Oct. 2019",
"In that regard, at least, producer-director Stanley Nelson\u2019s film does a service, introducing a general audience to Davis\u2019 remarkable narrative, albeit in a mostly workaday fashion. \u2014 Howard Reich, Detroit Free Press , 18 Oct. 2019",
"In that regard, at least, producer-director Stanley Nelson\u2019s film does a service, introducing a general audience to Davis\u2019 remarkable narrative, albeit in a mostly workaday fashion. \u2014 Howard Reich, Detroit Free Press , 18 Oct. 2019",
"In that regard, at least, producer-director Stanley Nelson\u2019s film does a service, introducing a general audience to Davis\u2019 remarkable narrative, albeit in a mostly workaday fashion. \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Fleck dreams of becoming a stand-up comic, but his workaday existence is anything but funny. \u2014 John Wenzel, The Know , 3 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of earlier workyday , from obsolete workyday , noun workday",
"first_known_use":[
"1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181100"
},
"working":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the manner of functioning or operating : operation",
": an excavation or group of excavations made in mining, quarrying, or tunneling",
": engaged in work especially for wages or a salary",
": adequate to permit work to be done",
": assumed or adopted to permit or facilitate further work or activity",
": spent at work",
": being in use or operation",
": doing work especially for a living",
": relating to work",
": good enough to allow work or further work to be done"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0259r-ki\u014b",
"\u02c8w\u0259r-ki\u014b"
],
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"active",
"alive",
"functional",
"functioning",
"going",
"live",
"living",
"on",
"operating",
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"operative",
"running"
],
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"broken",
"dead",
"inactive",
"inoperative",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"nonactivated",
"nonfunctional",
"nonfunctioning",
"nonoperating",
"nonoperational",
"nonoperative"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"There is a good working relationship between the departments.",
"the working parts of the machine",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The pandemic forced many companies into a massive, unplanned experiment in remote working . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Well, in a business or working environment, people may overestimate their impact, work, influence and chances of success. \u2014 Arvid Buit, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Hall spent nearly six decades as a working actor, racking up 185 acting credits across film and TV (per IMDB), on top of over 100 theater roles, per a 2017 Washington Post profile. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
"For employers, the downside to remote working is the challenge of getting new employees to adapt to the company\u2019s culture. \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"On the other side of the Boston warehouse that served as the soundstage was the working kitchen where Tobin created the dishes that Julia Child was demonstrating on TV. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 11 June 2022",
"What was initially conceived as a playroom was upgraded with a new chimney and fireplace as well as a variety of seating options for reading and working . \u2014 Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful , 9 June 2022",
"This allowed the fabless (design only) industry to flourish and helped enable the large-scale ubiquitous deployment of the technologies that make remote working , online learning, the sharing economy, and entertainment streaming a reality today. \u2014 Mark Liu, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"Forecasters said that now was a good time to ensure that cooling systems were in good working order. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Very working -class Catholic upbringing, where the ultimate career was to be a priest. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 1 June 2022",
"What happened during that time frame, in a working -class neighborhood near the edge of Uvalde, has fueled mounting public anger and scrutiny over law enforcement's response to Tuesday's rampage. \u2014 Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"What happened in those 90 minutes, in a working -class neighborhood near the edge of the town of Uvalde, has fueled mounting public anger and scrutiny over law enforcement's response to Tuesday's rampage. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022",
"Fetterman rolled up big margins in white working -class areas of Pennsylvania, suggesting a successful path for populist Democrats willing to challenge their own party\u2019s brand weakness among rural voters. \u2014 Faiz Shakir, The New Republic , 27 May 2022",
"What happened in those 90 minutes, in a working -class neighborhood near the edge of the little town of Uvalde, has fueled mounting public anger and scrutiny over law enforcement's response to Tuesday's rampage. \u2014 CBS News , 27 May 2022",
"The Worst Ones, a film-within-a-film drama about a French film crew trying to cast locals in a working -class French town, has won the top prize for best film in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"What happened in those 90 minutes, in a working -class neighborhood near the edge of the town of Uvalde, has fueled mounting public anger and scrutiny over law enforcement\u2019s response to Tuesday\u2019s rampage. \u2014 Jim Vertuno And Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
"What happened in those 90 minutes, in a working -class neighborhood near the edge of the town of Uvalde, has fueled mounting public anger and scrutiny over law enforcement\u2019s response to Tuesday\u2019s rampage. \u2014 Jake Bleiberg, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022"
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": to function or operate according to plan or design",
": to produce a desired effect or result : succeed",
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": to sail to windward",
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": to bring to pass : effect",
": to solve (a problem) by reasoning or calculation",
": to cause to toil or labor",
": to make use of : exploit",
": to control or guide the operation of",
": to carry on an operation or perform a job through, at, in, or along",
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": to prepare for use by stirring or kneading",
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": sustained physical or mental effort to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective or result",
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": something produced by the exercise of creative talent or expenditure of creative effort : artistic production",
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": something that results from the use or fashioning of a particular material",
": structures in engineering (such as docks, bridges, or embankments) or mining (such as shafts or tunnels)",
": a fortified structure (such as a fort, earthen barricade, or trench)",
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": the working or moving parts of a mechanism",
": everything possessed, available, or belonging",
": subjection to drastic treatment : all possible abuse",
": the transference of energy that is produced by the motion of the point of application of a force and is measured by multiplying the force and the displacement of its point of application in the line of action",
": energy expended by natural phenomena",
": the result of such energy",
": effective operation : effect , result",
": manner of working : workmanship , execution",
": performance of moral or religious acts",
": the material or piece of material that is operated upon at any stage in the process of manufacture",
": engaged in working : busy",
": engaged in one's regular occupation",
": having effect : operating , functioning",
": in process of preparation, development, or completion",
": in process of being done",
": in training",
": without regular employment : jobless",
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": used for work",
": involving or engaged in work",
": the use of a person's physical or mental strength or ability in order to get something done or get some desired result",
": occupation sense 1 , employment",
": the place where someone works",
": something that needs to be done or dealt with : task , job",
": deed entry 1 sense 1 , achievement",
": something produced by effort or hard work",
": a place where industrial labor is done : plant , factory",
": the working or moving parts of a mechanical device",
": the way someone performs labor : workmanship",
": everything possessed, available, or belonging",
": to do something that involves physical or mental effort especially for money or because of a need instead of for pleasure : labor or cause to labor",
": to have a job",
": to perform or act or to cause to act as planned : operate",
": to force to do something that involves physical or mental effort",
": to move or cause to move slowly or with effort",
": to cause to happen",
": make entry 1 sense 1 , shape",
": to make an effort especially for a long period",
": excite sense 1 , provoke",
": to carry on an occupation in, through, or along",
": to invent or solve by effort",
": to go through an exercise routine"
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"\u02c8w\u0259rk",
"\u02c8w\u0259rk"
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"beget",
"breed",
"bring",
"bring about",
"bring on",
"catalyze",
"cause",
"create",
"do",
"draw on",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"engender",
"generate",
"induce",
"invoke",
"make",
"occasion",
"produce",
"prompt",
"result (in)",
"spawn",
"translate (into)",
"yield"
],
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"composition",
"number",
"opus",
"piece"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Customers are free to change their rebooked flight online or via Delta's digital messaging platform if the new itinerary doesn't work . \u2014 Zach Wichter, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Getting as many clients as possible doesn\u2019t typically work for this niche business model. \u2014 Marilisa Barbieri, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"If the experiments don\u2019t work , why not try something else? \u2014 The Enquirer , 16 June 2022",
"Manning's baseball fandom didn't work well for his alma mater last weekend. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"For me, that just didn't work because there's just too much conversation going on all the time. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 15 June 2022",
"The idea that younger people don't work as hard goes back to Ancient Greece, according researchers at the Policy Institute and the Institute of Gerontology at King's College London. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Quarantine hotels typically don\u2019t permit food deliveries, and that wouldn\u2019t work for me. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"Candice added that Dylan\u2019s truck was in four-wheel drive, but that was a feature of the truck that did not work . \u2014 Kyani Reid, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Opening reception for curatorial residency exhibition that brings together the work of visual artists practicing in printmaking, digital media and drawing. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 19 June 2022",
"The Yellow Line tunnel and bridge rehabilitation work is a separate project that will shut down the Yellow Line tunnel near the L\u2019Enfant Plaza station and the bridge across the Potomac River until about May 2023. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"The offseason work begins with trying to re-sign key contributors Bobby Portis and Pat Connaughton. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The work will support thousands of jobs at the shipyard for many years to come. \u2014 Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"Many of us over-manage the work of our colleagues and teams. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"However, the trend is expanding; the nonfiction community is entering the audio space too, not necessarily to seek out ideas, but to highlight the work that goes into making documentaries. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"Under Winters\u2019s guidance, Gunn traced lineages between classical poetry and the work of Modernists such as Robert Duncan, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, and Wallace Stevens. \u2014 Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Two former members of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, Jill Wine-Banks and George Frampton, were at the reunion discussing the work of the Jan. 6 committee over cocktails. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"As mopeds rumbled down nearby streets, neighbors set up speakers for post- work karaoke. \u2014 Michael Scott Moore, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"The supervisor not only encouraged him to revamp his schedule but used the event to tell other team members to follow their non- work interests as well. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"With social media star Tess Masazza as his guide, Tucci raised a glass to the Milanese mainstay of the post- work drink. \u2014 CNN , 21 Mar. 2021",
"The company agreed to allow organizing in non- work areas of its facilities and send notices informing workers of their rights. \u2014 Caitlin Harrington, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Either format gives workers an extra free day to deal with non- work issues, either weekly or every other week. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
"By that time, Jocinda has moved up the chain at NASA, whereas Brian is divorced (from his non- work wife) and on the verge of being evicted. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Recently, the forum has battled criticisms that its anti- work narrative and 1.7 million followers are fueling the U.S.'s labor shortage. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Atoboy is filled with a young crowd, half Korean and half not, who have made reservations weeks in advance, and their post- work chatter creates a pleasant din. \u2014 Monica Kim, Vogue , 5 Jan. 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211320"
},
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"noun"
],
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": a small establishment where manufacturing or handicrafts are carried on",
": workroom",
": a usually brief intensive educational program for a relatively small group of people that focuses especially on techniques and skills in a particular field",
": a shop where work and especially skilled work is carried on"
],
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"\u02c8w\u0259rk-\u02ccsh\u00e4p",
"\u02c8w\u0259rk-\u02ccsh\u00e4p"
],
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"factory",
"manufactory",
"mill",
"plant",
"shop",
"works"
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"examples":[
"He's in his workshop working on the lawnmower.",
"a workshop for making high-end furniture",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The workshop is not a hiring event, but a way for veterans to receive mentorship, resources, and tools to help support their move from the military into the work force. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"This workshop should be mandatory for every participant (just as mandatory as covid-19 tests and vaccination certificates are this year). \u2014 Nel-olivia Waga, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The workshop was a series of creative exercises to embrace creating art for the sake of the process, without any attachment to the end result or the need for perfection. \u2014 Jennifer Sodini, Rolling Stone , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Still, the crypto workshop at his house was not free: Guests paid one Bitcoin for a seat, or the cash equivalent, which is roughly $40,000. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"This workshop is for all adults who want to encourage outdoor play and foster an appreciation of the natural world in their preschool children. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 21 Feb. 2022",
"After that workshop , the group circulated guidance to focus efforts on legislators in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona. \u2014 Emma Brown, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"This free workshop offers insight on using social media to grow your business. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Also on Saturday, Projeto Paradiso unveiled Produire au Sud in Brazil, an international workshop dedicated to international co-production that will now have an edition especially for Brazilians, in partnership with Projeto Paradiso. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 21 May 2022"
"Hulu does not release viewing figures but the second season got very little buzz in a very crowded streaming world . \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 26 June 2022",
"Events in a turbulent world have a way of doing that to a living, breathing art form. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"This may be something that takes place within the same universe, as in a world where the Upside Down exists, but far, far away from Hawkins and the main cast. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"What are the thoughts of women who witnessed what happened then vs. those who have never lived in a world without legal abortions? \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"In a just world , though, all of them will find stiff competition in the men of Severance. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
"In a world notorious for fakes and fraud, people might be expected to be on high alert for deception\u2014but NFT fans had the wool pulled over their eyes by a fake Snoop Dogg at a huge conference in New York City this week. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 24 June 2022",
"The decision could become a major issue in this year\u2019s elections, as state and federal lawmakers look to position themselves in a post-Roe world . \u2014 Jess Bravin, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"Here\u2019s a list of nominations and winners in all categories presented on tonight\u2019s show except daytime dramas (which are a world unto themselves). \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 24 June 2022",
"Drama ensues, and so does a multi-year, cross- world tale of loving your family. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The new numbers are just the latest evidence that this is the world American workers are living in right now. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
"At one point, Borgov offers Beth a draw, which would leave her co- world champion. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 26 Oct. 2020",
"The former two-time United States Olympian and multi- world record holder was going to make sure his student-athletes stayed safe while addressing their physical and mental needs. \u2014 Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com , 17 Sep. 2020",
"The goal was to turn mainland Chinese citizens and world public opinion against the movement. \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2020",
"Tel Aviv\u2019s beaches are world famous, and with miles of shoreline, there\u2019s a perfect beach for everyone. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 12 Feb. 2020",
"But instead of making China\u2019s case, Beijing\u2019s ham-handed international efforts have largely failed to sway world public opinion. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Aug. 2019",
"The Swiss Air Force was left red-faced after its world famous flight demonstration team\u2014the Patrouille Suisse\u2014accidentally performed their routine over the wrong Swiss town. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 11 July 2019"
"Middle English, from Old English woruld human existence, this world, age (akin to Old High German weralt age, world); akin to Old English wer man, eald old \u2014 more at virile , old":"Noun"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
": any of numerous relatively small elongated usually naked and soft-bodied animals (such as a grub, pinworm, tapeworm, shipworm, or slowworm)",
": a human being who is an object of contempt, loathing, or pity : wretch",
": something that torments or devours from within",
": snake , serpent",
": helminthiasis",
": something (such as a mechanical device) spiral or vermiculate in form or appearance: such as",
": the thread of a screw",
": a short revolving screw whose threads gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or a rack",
": archimedes' screw",
": a conveyor working on the principle of such a screw",
": a usually small self-contained and self-replicating computer program that invades computers on a network and usually performs a destructive action",
": to move or proceed sinuously or insidiously",
": to proceed or make (one's way) insidiously or deviously",
": to insinuate or introduce (oneself) by devious or subtle means",
": to cause to move or proceed in or as if in the manner of a worm",
": to wind rope or yarn spirally round and between the strands of (a cable or rope) before serving",
": to obtain or extract by artful or insidious questioning or by pleading, asking, or persuading",
": to treat (an animal) with a drug to destroy or expel parasitic worms",
": a usually long creeping or crawling animal (as a tapeworm) that has a soft body",
": earthworm",
": a person hated or pitied",
": infection caused by parasitic worms living in the body",
": to move slowly by creeping or wriggling",
": to get hold of or escape from by trickery",
": to rid of parasitic worms",
": any of various relatively small elongated usually naked and soft-bodied parasitic animals (as of the phylum Platyhelminthes)",
": helminthiasis",
": to treat (an animal) with a drug to destroy or expel parasitic worms"
],
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"\u02c8w\u0259rm",
"\u02c8w\u0259rm",
"\u02c8w\u0259rm"
],
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"creep",
"encroach",
"inch"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"I often see worms in the garden.",
"We always used worms as bait for fishing.",
"Verb",
"He slowly wormed through the crowd.",
"He slowly wormed his way through the crowd.",
"You should have the dog vaccinated and wormed .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The magma-heated hydrothermal vents deep beneath the ocean is where animals like the Yeti crab and the remarkably heat-resilient Pompeii worm dwell in temperatures above 700\u00b0F. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
"Florida\u2019s 2022 political candidates are set following Friday\u2019s qualifying deadline, teeing up races that include the state Senate president taking on a worm farmer for agriculture commissioner and a COVID-19 Grim Reaper running for attorney general. \u2014 Steven Lemongello And Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"Here, Gad and Raver-Lampman reflect on Molly\u2019s evolution this season and how the show\u2019s catchiest ear worm , by Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, came together. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Enjoying life\u2019s frivolous pleasures, the U.K. drill favorite delivers a bite-sized summer anthem, fully equipped with a chant-able chorus and ear worm sample. \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 1 June 2022",
"Humanity did this with smallpox and could soon achieve this with polio and guinea- worm infections. \u2014 Nadia A. Sam-agudu, The Atlantic , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The Ohio State University Extension in Trumbull County warned residents earlier this month that a homeowner had spotted a hammerhead worm in their lawn. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 17 May 2022",
"News outlets have carried photos of the Caudry pizza factory showing food spilled on the floor, a worm on a production line and leaking engine oil. \u2014 Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"South Florida spirits enthusiasts searching for something different will gather this weekend at Mezcal Lauderdale, a celebration of tequila\u2019s underappreciated cousin, whose expanding popularity is no longer defined by a dead worm in the bottle. \u2014 Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Morfydd Clark stars as the titular Maud, a shy nurse with a murky past who can't help but worm her newfound faith into her work with hospice patients. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Rather, the flimsy excuse looks like Musk trying to worm his way out of the deal or open a window for negotiating down the price. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Although the interior designers don't coordinate their rooms together, inevitably colors and motifs worm their way into the home's zeitgeist. \u2014 Olivia Hosken, Town & Country , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Those vulnerabilities might be weird coding mistakes (writing software is hard) or just unforeseen paths a hacker could take to worm their way in. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
"As time goes on, bad actors will likely exploit log4j to install ransomware, steal data or worm their way into the back ends of critical systems like banks or government agencies. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Some work for weeks to gain entry to a company\u2019s network and then worm their way through the system, finding the most vital data to hold hostage. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Ivermectin is used to treat parasites such as worms and lice in humans and it is also used by veterinarians to de- worm large animals. \u2014 Amanda Watts, CNN , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Charlotte can easily worm its way into a playoff seed and break a five-year postseason drought. \u2014 Scooby Axson, USA TODAY , 17 Oct. 2021"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222022"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": mentally troubled or concerned : feeling or showing concern or anxiety about what is happening or might happen"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0259r-\u0113d",
"\u02c8w\u0259-r\u0113d"
],
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"aflutter",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"atwitter",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"goosey",
"het up",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"uptight"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"happy-go-lucky",
"nerveless",
"relaxed"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1624, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173833"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": choke , strangle",
": to harass by tearing, biting, or snapping especially at the throat",
": to shake or pull at with the teeth",
": to touch or disturb something repeatedly",
": to change the position of or adjust by repeated pushing or hauling",
": to assail with rough or aggressive attack or treatment : torment",
": to subject to persistent or nagging attention or effort",
": to afflict with mental distress or agitation : make anxious",
": strangle , choke",
": to move, proceed, or progress by unceasing or difficult effort : struggle",
": to feel or experience concern or anxiety : fret",
": mental distress or agitation resulting from concern usually for something impending or anticipated : anxiety",
": an instance or occurrence of such distress or agitation",
": a cause of worry : trouble , difficulty",
": to feel or express great concern",
": to make anxious or upset",
": to shake and tear with the teeth",
": concern about something that might happen : anxiety",
": a cause of great concern"
],
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"\u02c8w\u0259r-\u0113",
"\u02c8w\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02c8w\u0259r-\u0113"
],
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"bother",
"fear",
"fret",
"fuss",
"stew",
"stress",
"sweat",
"trouble"
],
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"agita",
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"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervosity",
"nervousness",
"perturbation",
"solicitude",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Traders are right to worry about Target's inventory problem and that surging energy prices are eating into profit margins across every major sector of the economy. \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Hynes said the town of Brookline does not have to worry about the house being turned into an Airbnb property. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"People in the armed forces, doing demanding jobs, had to worry about who was watching their children, and this could detract from their performance. \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
"And since Multiverse of Madness is a Marvel movie, Disney doesn\u2019t have to worry about licensing deals. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 May 2022",
"Minority shareholders are right to worry that their interests come second to those of the majority-holding state. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Those with sensitive skin using this product don\u2019t have to worry about skin breakouts or rashes. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Netflix hasn't announced when consumers might have to pay to share their account, though subscribers probably don't have to worry about it in the very immediate future. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The pandemic delays gave Marvel more time to finish the current slate of movies and TV shows before having to worry about the next wave of adventures. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Here in Naukati, a community that was founded as a logging camp, there\u2019s genuine worry about the speed and scale of the clear-cuts outside of town. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Enforcement of the new ordinance was set to begin Friday, sparking worry among some short-term rental owners who have described the permitting process as clunky and onerous. \u2014 J.d. Capelouto, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Most of all, Ms. Wiley and her fianc\u00e9 worry about their little boy\u2019s future. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Many worry Dmitry Rogozin is putting decades of a peaceful off-the-planet partnership at risk, most notably at the International Space Station. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"On this episode: Sisters Victoria and Katherine Potapenko of Clinton Township worry for their family in bomb shelters and a cousin who fled to Hungary. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 4 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s worry , too, about the unintentional consequences of requiring applicants to raise approximately $3,000 to make a marker a reality. \u2014 Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Experts who follow the Biden Administration\u2019s worry that USA trade policy has ground to a halt. \u2014 Rick Helfenbein, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
"For their part, advocates for more regulation worry that the big tech companies could emerge unscathed from the newest wave of regulation. \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2022"
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"Spending more money is only going to worsen the problem.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nearly 5,000 people have died in the last two years in Burkina Faso and conflict experts say there will be far-reaching consequences if the violence continues to worsen . \u2014 Sam Mednick, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"Russia\u2019s relationship with its European neighbors continues to worsen . \u2014 Andrew Jeong, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
"All things considered, the macro picture continues to worsen , dampening the odds of a notable price recovery in bitcoin and other risky assets. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"And despite a series of deals among the states to temporarily take less water from the river, the shortage continues to worsen . \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Parents are looking for answers and alternatives as the baby formula shortage continues to worsen in the US. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"On top of all of this, the pain from the cysts continues to worsen as time goes on. \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Also driving the shift are fears of growing vulnerability to U.S. sanctions as the bilateral relationship continues to worsen . \u2014 Lingling Wei, WSJ , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The deluge is only expected to worsen this summer as the container sector\u2019s peak shipping season kicks in and the port prepares for a surge in cargo volumes. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 1 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Diocese of Little Rock covers all 75 Arkansas counties and includes more than 154,000 Catholics, who worship in 130 parishes and missions across the state. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"The men and women who worship at Sacred Heart have much to be angry about. \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"In 1916, Hawaii\u2019s first Latter-day Saint temple was constructed, and within a year Iosepa was abandoned, as Hawaiian residents were now able to worship in their homeland. \u2014 Will Stamp, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"The track explores an interesting theme of celebrity worship in tandem with Christian concepts of savior complexes, but Kendrick also dives into pertinent racial issues and deeply contested political topics like COVID-19 and political correctness. \u2014 Ej Panaligan, Billboard , 13 May 2022",
"Imam Rahim Alsaedy said many of the people who worship at Al-Zahrah Islamic Center have been preparing for Ramadan by fasting prior and attending the Quran study group sessions. \u2014 Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, the church will hold Easter worship services at Englewood\u2019s Calahan Funeral Home, 7030 S. Halsted St., beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday with the church\u2019s pastor, Gerald Dew, according to the church\u2019s Facebook page. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Winfrey said planners have selected 12 churches throughout the city for alumni to gather and worship from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. \u2014 Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
"Among the most interesting founder stories is that of Ed Beccle, the 23-year-old Thiel Fellow who cofounded and serves as CEO of mobile app for Christian prayers and daily worship Glorify. \u2014 Igor Bosilkovski, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With a population of 5.7 million in 1930, California had plenty of houses of worship , many of them planted by the Northern branches of Protestant denominations. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"The shooting is the latest in a house of worship amid a national reckoning on guns in America and their availability. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"The Alabama shooting is the latest attack carried out at a place of worship . \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Daniel Lucey, 42, faces charges of arson, interfering with civil rights, and destruction to a place of worship , Salem Police Chief Lucas J. Miller said in a statement on Saturday. \u2014 Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The program selects teens who volunteer in their local community, school or house of worship , or otherwise demonstrate their future leadership potential. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"From my Lutheran perspective, the purpose of worship is to preach the Gospel, praise God and administer the sacraments. \u2014 WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"An elderly worship leader wiped away tears as a photo of Cheng lighted up a screen. \u2014 Jeong Parkstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
"An hour after the Jewish event, up the street outside the Supreme Court, about 150 antiabortion protesters rallied with evangelical worship leader and right-wing former congressional candidate Sean Feucht. \u2014 Ellie Silverman, Washington Post , 17 May 2022"
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": reverence offered a divine being or supernatural power",
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": a person of importance",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Diocese of Little Rock covers all 75 Arkansas counties and includes more than 154,000 Catholics, who worship in 130 parishes and missions across the state. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"The men and women who worship at Sacred Heart have much to be angry about. \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"In 1916, Hawaii\u2019s first Latter-day Saint temple was constructed, and within a year Iosepa was abandoned, as Hawaiian residents were now able to worship in their homeland. \u2014 Will Stamp, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"The track explores an interesting theme of celebrity worship in tandem with Christian concepts of savior complexes, but Kendrick also dives into pertinent racial issues and deeply contested political topics like COVID-19 and political correctness. \u2014 Ej Panaligan, Billboard , 13 May 2022",
"Imam Rahim Alsaedy said many of the people who worship at Al-Zahrah Islamic Center have been preparing for Ramadan by fasting prior and attending the Quran study group sessions. \u2014 Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, the church will hold Easter worship services at Englewood\u2019s Calahan Funeral Home, 7030 S. Halsted St., beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday with the church\u2019s pastor, Gerald Dew, according to the church\u2019s Facebook page. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Winfrey said planners have selected 12 churches throughout the city for alumni to gather and worship from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. \u2014 Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
"Among the most interesting founder stories is that of Ed Beccle, the 23-year-old Thiel Fellow who cofounded and serves as CEO of mobile app for Christian prayers and daily worship Glorify. \u2014 Igor Bosilkovski, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With a population of 5.7 million in 1930, California had plenty of houses of worship , many of them planted by the Northern branches of Protestant denominations. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"The shooting is the latest in a house of worship amid a national reckoning on guns in America and their availability. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"The Alabama shooting is the latest attack carried out at a place of worship . \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Daniel Lucey, 42, faces charges of arson, interfering with civil rights, and destruction to a place of worship , Salem Police Chief Lucas J. Miller said in a statement on Saturday. \u2014 Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The program selects teens who volunteer in their local community, school or house of worship , or otherwise demonstrate their future leadership potential. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"From my Lutheran perspective, the purpose of worship is to preach the Gospel, praise God and administer the sacraments. \u2014 WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"An elderly worship leader wiped away tears as a photo of Cheng lighted up a screen. \u2014 Jeong Parkstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
"An hour after the Jewish event, up the street outside the Supreme Court, about 150 antiabortion protesters rallied with evangelical worship leader and right-wing former congressional candidate Sean Feucht. \u2014 Ellie Silverman, Washington Post , 17 May 2022"
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"an injury to the body (as from violence, accident, or surgery) that typically involves laceration or breaking of a membrane (such as the skin) and usually damage to underlying tissues",
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"a mental or emotional hurt or blow",
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"an injury or hurt to a person's feelings or reputation",
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"to hurt the feelings or pride of",
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"Noun",
"She suffered a knife wound to her thigh.",
"Her mother's scorn left a wound that never healed.",
"Verb",
"Four people were seriously wounded in the explosion.",
"The soldier's leg was wounded by a grenade.",
"Losing the match wounded his pride .",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Authorities found Michael Redlick dead from a stab wound in a pool of his own blood, with more blood smeared across the floor, walls and furniture. \u2014 Monivette Cordeiro, Orlando Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"The day prior, on Saturday, police found Kennetta Taylor, 38, dead from a stab wound at a Pirtle Street home. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"In 1962, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, Lieutenant General Leonard D. Heaton, released a landmark study of wound ballistics. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
"An autopsy determined Cole's gunshot wound was not life threatening. \u2014 Antonio Planas, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Hunched over, incredulous, the apostle extends his hand as Christ pulls back his robe, revealing a lance wound left by a Roman soldier. \u2014 Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Mark Collins' injuries included a shotgun wound to the abdomen, his report noted. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"As if putting salt into an open wound , the IEA\u2019s executive director Fatih Birol warned that Europe could be forced to start rationing energy this winter especially if the winter is cold and China\u2019s economy rebounds. \u2014 Tilak Doshi, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Though the wound to his leg is healing, the experience has changed their child forever, Corina Camacho and Michael Mart\u00ednez told CNN. \u2014 Theresa Waldrop, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"The bandage idea was inspired by hospital gowns and wound care. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
"The Maryland Department of Health is donating more than 485,000 bandages and wound care supplies, 95 Eternity mechanical ventilators for intensive care units and 50 Astral portable ventilators, the governor\u2019s office said. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 10 May 2022",
"Police have been investigating the area of North Kerby Avenue near the on-ramp of Interstate 405 since officers found 59-year-old Robert Chambers suffering from a gunshot wound April 11. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The actor\u2019s circa 1966 watch (Ref No. 3647N) \u2014 with an estimate of $20,000-$40,000 \u2014 is in stainless steel with a 35mm case, black dial, hand- wound Valjoux movement and a leather strap. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Though there's aren't additional risks for teens, potential side effects of a nose job, for example, include bleeding, infection, poor wound healing or scarring according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
"While the service was due to be wound down by March 2020, pressures caused by the Covid pandemic meant it was extended for a further three years. \u2014 Emma Woollacott, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Yet no amount of compulsive litigation can explain how your soul mate wound up such an inscrutable mystery. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Investigators found a small piece of neon green fabric while examining the woman's head wound that appeared similar to work shirts used by Dunigan. \u2014 Ron Wood, Arkansas Online , 12 Mar. 2022"
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": most corrupt, bad, evil, or ill",
": most unfavorable, difficult, unpleasant, or painful",
": most unsuitable, faulty, unattractive, or ill-conceived",
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": most wanting in quality, value, or condition",
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"get around",
"lick",
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"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
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"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
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"upend",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Amid a drought that scientists say is now the worst in the region in more than 1,000 years, Lake Mead is 28% full. \u2014 Jim Carlton, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Inflation subsided, but the recession then was the worst since the Great Depression until the financial crisis earlier this century. \u2014 Hamza Shaban, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
"And right now, quite honestly, is the worst it's ever been. \u2014 Julia Callahan, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"All three have a hand in managing state and federal lands in South Florida, where the python problem is the worst . \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"The worst part was the massive amount of online hate Heard received in relation to Depp. \u2014 Tom Spiggle, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Litter boxes are total eyesores and might be the worst part about owning a cat. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 11 June 2022",
"For Ksenia and friends opposed to the war, the worst part is thinking of the Ukrainian civilians, including children, being killed and the women raped by Russian soldiers. \u2014 Robyn Dixon, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"The damage to public health, democracy, the right to self-determination, and competition by Facebook is arguably the worst by any corporation in a century or more. \u2014 Roger Mcnamee, Time , 2 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Somalia is by far the worst affected country, with around 1.4 million children facing acute malnutrition by the end of 2022. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"An avian influenza sweeping across the Northern Hemisphere killed nearly 38 million birds - mostly turkeys and egg-laying hens - in the U.S., one of the worst -ever outbreaks. \u2014 Megan Durisin, Jen Skerritt, Michael Hirtzer, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"Golden State ended a franchise- worst 12-year playoff drought that season and won a best-of-seven series for the first time in 31 years. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"Along with sending in your best (or worst ) selfie, select from a range of colors and write up to 15 lines of text. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"The stern measures failed to prevent the city's worst -ever outbreak. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
"The number of executed surpassed even the toll of a January 1980 mass execution for the 63 militants convicted of seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979, the worst -ever militant attack to target the kingdom and Islam\u2019s holiest site. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The number of executed surpassed even the toll of a January 1980 mass execution for the 63 militants convicted of seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979, the worst -ever militant attack to target the kingdom and Islam\u2019s holiest site. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, chicagotribune.com , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Wyoming ranked worst in the U.S. in 2020 and consistently has one of the highest rates of occupational fatalities, according to U.S. Labor Department data cited by the newspaper. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If this is Warhol at his provocative worst , at least the exhibition for the most part reveals Warhol at his colorful and kitschy best. \u2014 John J. Miller, National Review , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Shortly after taking office in July, Mr Johnson confirmed his critics\u2019 worst fears by suspending Parliament in order to try to stop it from legislating against no-deal. \u2014 The Economist , 21 Dec. 2019",
"But here\u2019s my follow-up question that shows how conflicted this season really is: Does the front office want the Dolphins to win these next three games against the bad Jets, awful Giants and worst -in-the-world Bengals? \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
"The offense managed to score only 22 total points against the Hilltoppers, Volunteers and Golden Eagles, and was held to less than 300 yards each time out and three of its four worst rushing performances of the season. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 12 Nov. 2019",
"The effect was most clearly seen around the three-year Red Sox whiplash era of worst -to-first-to-worst again from 2012-14. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Sep. 2019",
"Before departing, get a copy of everyone\u2019s travel information in case of worst -scenario situations. \u2014 Dan Q. Dao, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 23 Sep. 2019",
"The team\u2019s hope was to create more takeaways after finishing with NFL worsts of two interceptions and seven forced turnovers in 2018. \u2014 Si Wire, SI.com , 15 Sep. 2019",
"Another strange, strange window, and perhaps my choices for best and worst might be controversial. \u2014 SI.com , 10 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As with most rating systems, the Medicare star rating helps rank plans from best (5 stars) to worst (1 star). \u2014 The Oregonian/oregonlive And Nerdwallet, oregonlive , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Turkey\u2019s disinflationary momentum is staying intact even after the lira suffered the emerging world\u2019s worst depreciation last month against the dollar. \u2014 Taylan Bilgic, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"OUTLOOK Chicago allowed a whopping 291 goals last season, second worst in the league behind Ottawa, and finished with the NHL\u2019s worst penalty kill at 72.7%. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Europe\u2019s worst hit countries - Italy, Spain, and France - saw coronavirus death tolls declining this weekend as weeks of lockdowns prove effective. \u2014 David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Maryland officials late Saturday reported the deaths of three additional residents at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Carroll County, bringing the death toll at the site of the state\u2019s worst outbreak to nine. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2020",
"As the country battles Europe\u2019s worst outbreak after Italy, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced plans for even tighter restrictions on public life, ordering those who work in nonessential services to stay home during the Easter period. \u2014 Boris Groendahl, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2020",
"The fact that Richards is 75.4% from the free throw line makes him a more viable option than most big men in that scenario when the opponent is looking to send the team\u2019s worst free throw shooter to the line. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 24 Feb. 2020",
"Here are three takeaways from the Aggies\u2019 loss to the Gamecocks: Gamecocks roll over the Aggies Saturday was one of A&M\u2019s worst games this season with the Aggies suffering their third-most lopsided loss of the year. \u2014 Alex Miller, Dallas News , 8 Feb. 2020"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": not expressed in or accompanied by words",
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"\u02c8w\u0259rd-l\u0259s"
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"he stood wordless before his accusers",
"a wordless fondness for each other",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But, Arrow's Nathan Mitchell plays him with a wordless stoicism that is cool and bone-chilling. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 3 June 2022",
"David Loy, legal director of the First Amendment Coalition, said courts, and neighbors, can usually tell the difference between free expression and disruptive or dangerous noise, even when the sound is wordless . \u2014 Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Mar. 2022",
"One of the most moving scenes is largely wordless : During a long drive, Cal tells his sister about the car crash that killed his mother two years ago. \u2014 Pat Padua, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"Happening is most effective in its wordless sequences, when the audience can stay absorbed in the intense physicality of Anne\u2019s predicament, the all-consuming anxiety that drains her intellectual and emotional energies. \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 12 May 2022",
"The surgeon joined me, accompanied by a wordless young female assistant with immaculate makeup. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"For some, walking 24,000 miles in wordless silence is the route to enlightenment. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 6 May 2022",
"Indeed, Better Call Saul regularly says more in a single wordless sequence than many scriptwriters manage across an entire season. \u2014 Jon O'brien, The Week , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Then L\u2019Rain\u2019s voice, hummed and ethereal, repeating a short, wordless melody. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to pursue casual sexual relationships with multiple women"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Na\u00efve young newlyweds Fred and Rose (Odessa Young and Logan Lerman) are new in town and make the questionable decision take up residence with the reclusive Jackson and her womanizing hubby (Michael Stuhlbarg). \u2014 Kathy Passero, cleveland , 5 June 2020",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019"
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"circa 1586, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": using or containing many and usually too many words",
": of or relating to words : verbal",
": using or containing many words or more words than are needed"
],
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"\u02c8w\u0259r-d\u0113",
"\u02c8w\u0259r-d\u0113"
],
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"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"garrulous",
"logorrheic",
"long-winded",
"pleonastic",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy"
],
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"compact",
"concise",
"crisp",
"pithy",
"succinct",
"terse"
],
"examples":[
"The original script was too wordy .",
"her writing style is far too wordy for my tastes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not everyone in the community responded in the same way to the wordy , precocious, slightly effeminate Black kid in the neighborhood. \u2014 Jameel Mohammed, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
"The aforementioned shows are staged similarly, too, with small casts and wordy songs that reveal a character\u2019s interiority to open-hearted audiences. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"This is not a plea, asking companies, institutions and organizations to take an amorphous, wordy pledge, post it on social media and roll it into future talking points. \u2014 Brenda D. Wilkerson, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Among the other flavors are the menu are double-fold vanilla, freckled mint chocolate chip, arbequina olive oil, strawberry honey balsamic, choloate tres leches and the wordy salted, malted, chocolate chip cookie dough. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
"McLaren had drawn up a ceasefire document full of wordy stipulations, which Caver signed in front of Evelyn. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Introverted presenters should prepare brief talking points that are not too wordy and cover the main points. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Lamar and Eminem, prot\u00e9g\u00e9s of sorts, both write wordy , caustic, cerebral raps that move faster than any mind or mouth should. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 14 Feb. 2022",
"This update will move the test entirely to a digital platform, reduce testing time by one-third, shorten reading passages, make math questions less wordy , and provide a built in Desmos calculator. \u2014 Akil Bello, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-020805"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name ()",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": any of several large predatory canids (genus Canis ) that are active mostly at night, live and hunt in packs, and resemble the related dogs",
": gray wolf",
": the fur of a wolf",
": a fierce, rapacious, or destructive person",
": a man forward, direct, and zealous in amatory attentions to women",
": dire poverty : starvation",
": the maggot of a warble fly",
": dissonance in some chords on organs, pianos, or other instruments with fixed tones tuned by unequal temperament",
": an instance of such dissonance",
": a harshness due to faulty vibration in various tones in a bowed instrument",
": one who cloaks a hostile intention with a friendly manner",
": to eat greedily : devour",
": a large bushy-tailed wild animal that resembles the related domestic dog, eats meat, and often lives and hunts in packs",
": a crafty or fierce person",
": to eat fast or greedily",
"Friedrich August 1759\u20131824 German philologist",
"Hugo Philipp Jakob 1860\u20131903 Austrian composer",
"[German; from the howling sound]"
],
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"\u02c8wu\u0307lf",
"nonstandard",
"\u02c8wu\u0307lf",
"\u02c8v\u022flf"
],
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"Casanova",
"Don Juan",
"lecher",
"lothario",
"lounge lizard",
"masher",
"philanderer",
"satyr",
"womanizer"
],
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"bolt",
"cram",
"devour",
"glut",
"gobble",
"gorge",
"gormandize",
"gulp",
"ingurgitate",
"inhale",
"raven",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"slop"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"no sooner had the lottery winner's name been made public than the wolves with their investment schemes showed up on her doorstep",
"Verb",
"the way you wolf your food it's no wonder you have intestinal distress",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The wolf relatives of modern-day dogs began the evolutionary process of becoming humans\u2019 best friends more than 10,000 years ago. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 9 June 2022",
"Although visitors can catch a glimpse of Diego in the zoo's wolf enclosure, the mom and pup will likely stay close to their den for a few more weeks, according to the zoo. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"Or maybe the sight of a ripped, shirtless man sprinting through a forest and narrowly avoiding a midair collision between an angry wolf and an even angrier tiger is your investment tipping point. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022",
"Then the craft was acquired by the Heiltsuk people, perhaps as a dowry, and there it was adorned with sea- wolf imagery and carved benches. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"The report also highlighted a sharp rise in wolf deaths, 26 in 2021, up from 10 the previous year. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 May 2022",
"Any wolf has the ability to kill a gentle porcupine. \u2014 Roger Wicker, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"The question comes as the DNR is revising its wolf management plan. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Driven to near extinction by the middle of the 20th century by poisoning, trapping and shooting, the Endangered Species Act and wolf restoration projects have pushed their numbers to more than 6,000, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For the time being, project assistants buzz around with power tools and lots of questions, pausing occasionally to wolf down slices of pizza. \u2014 Naomi Waxman, sun-sentinel.com , 14 July 2021",
"The letter also said there were cultural considerations that should be accounted for in a delisting, alluding to the opposition by some Native Americans to wolf hunting. \u2014 Star Tribune , 19 Dec. 2020",
"Mexicano and my sisters and I would wolf it down whenever Mom made it. \u2014 Anita L. Arambula, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Sep. 2020",
"Maestas said Catron County, New Mexico, long a holdout to wolf releases, has joined the conservation effort. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral , 19 Mar. 2020",
"America is the world\u2019s second-biggest meat market; the average American wolfs down more than 100kg a year. \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2020",
"After wolfing down the food, Rojas said, the couple ordered 10 burritos to go before heading off to the flight back to Denver. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Jan. 2020",
"The aliens are still out there, of course, and probably getting pretty hungry, having wolfed down so much of Earth's population in the first film. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 1 Jan. 2020",
"And yes, my stomach hurts after wolfing down the whole thing in a matter of minutes. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 6 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1862, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-132751"
},
"woe":{
"type":[
"interjection",
"noun"
],
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": a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief",
": ruinous trouble : calamity , affliction",
": great sorrow, grief, or misfortune : trouble",
": something that causes a problem"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u014d",
"\u02c8w\u014d"
],
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"alack",
"alas",
"ay",
"wirra"
],
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"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"distress",
"excruciation",
"hurt",
"misery",
"pain",
"rack",
"strait(s)",
"torment",
"torture",
"travail",
"tribulation"
],
"examples":[
"Interjection",
"ah, woe , with the death of the last of my siblings I am alone in this world!",
"Noun",
"The city's traffic woes are well-known.",
"a tale of misery and woe",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Like Manolete\u2019s face, something about this arrangement seems to project gloominess, loneliness or woe . \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"What begins as an admirable, if naive, act of atonement gradually spirals, in quietly terrifying and mordantly funny fashion, into a waking nightmare as a lifetime of class resentment and economic woe comes writhing to the surface. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The return of the summer box office is here after two years of woe due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 May 2022",
"Their tales of woe are being shared online, weeks after millions of residents were first confined to their homes without adequate access to food, medicine and other necessities. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Other businesses shared similar tales of woe , like Trade Street Jam Co., which saw a 38 percent drop in reach on the platform. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Garage doors, a straightforward finishing touch, have become a source of woe for the home-building industry, thanks to supply-chain issues. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"In his play, the celebrated 19th-century theatrical ne\u2019er-do-well, who died in New York in 1890 after spending his career shuttling back and forth across the Atlantic, told a succulent tale of melodramatic woe . \u2014 Terry Teachout, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Earlier this summer, discussion about the eventual end of cookies started to shift from woe to celebration of an opportunity. \u2014 Gil Becker, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Interjection",
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"Interjection",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-155231"
},
"worthlessness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking worth : valueless",
": useless",
": contemptible , despicable",
": lacking worth",
": useless"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0259rth-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8w\u0259rth-l\u0259s"
],
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"chaffy",
"empty",
"junky",
"no-good",
"null",
"vain",
"valueless"
],
"antonyms":[
"useful",
"valuable",
"worthy"
],
"examples":[
"The boots may be nice, but they're worthless if they don't fit you.",
"She's depressed and believes that she's worthless .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two decades ago Enron became the poster boy for how not to run a 401(k) plan when it was revealed that 60% of its employees\u2019 nest eggs were in its worthless stock. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"On-chain data provided by Nansen suggests that Celsius lost at least 35,000 ETH as a result, being left with the now- worthless Stakehound ETH tokens. \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"When no one is willing to pay a higher price, leading investors are left with worthless assets. \u2014 Maria Gracia Santillana-linares, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"More recent examples, Venezuela, Zimbabwe have had hyperinflation, that money in those countries becomes nearly worthless . \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
"While some thought went into production designer Tink\u2019s settings, the notion that this film was shot in 17 countries plays as a worthless gimmick, since we\u2019re almost entirely trapped in rooms with characters\u2019 laptops and phones. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"Digital images, once viewed as worthless because they could be easily copied, could now be owned and assigned monetary value. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Some financial institutions were left holding trillions of dollars in nearly worthless subprime mortgages, including global investment companies like Bear Stearns, which saw two of its hedge funds go belly up. \u2014 Aliyah Thomas, ABC News , 12 May 2022",
"Franchot, a candidate for governor, said he was baffled by the outgoing Hogan administration\u2019s sudden rush to transfer the property and questioned the administration\u2019s appraisal of the sprawling property as worthless . \u2014 Bryn Stole, Baltimore Sun , 11 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190909"
},
"wonk":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person preoccupied with arcane details or procedures in a specialized field",
": nerd"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u00e4\u014bk",
"\u02c8w\u022f\u014bk"
],
"synonyms":[
"bookworm",
"dink",
"dork",
"geek",
"grind",
"nerd",
"swot",
"weenie"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the policy wonks in the government",
"the candidate has an army of policy wonks ready to write for him a position paper on virtually any issue",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a wonk -fest like the World Economic Forum, jargon is everywhere. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 26 May 2022",
"The post is still a dream job for Wu \u2014 a former Democratic city councilor and policy wonk in the mold of mentor Sen. Elizabeth Warren. \u2014 Steve Leblanc, ajc , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Up until the last year or so, Jack Ciattarelli was mostly known as a moderate policy wonk with a hard-to-pronounce last name. \u2014 Dustin Racioppi, USA TODAY , 4 Nov. 2021",
"But in spite of the mounting body count in America\u2019s cities, the prospect of defunding America\u2019s police force still seems to capture the imagination of a certain class of progressive wonk . \u2014 Nate Hochman, National Review , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The Senate\u2019s wonk -in-chief has once again shown who\u2019s really in charge as lawmakers try to push $3.5 trillion in spending through an arcane budget rule. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 20 Sep. 2021",
"George Skelton looked at the effort by Republican Kevin Faulconer, the former San Diego mayor, to run his recall election campaign as a policy wonk . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 July 2021",
"These similarities have little to do with actual policy, but neither Bryan nor Trump sold himself as a policy wonk . \u2014 Sean-michael Pigeon, National Review , 9 July 2021",
"Amanda's husband is an embassy wonk who lured his family to the African country under dangerously false pretenses. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 8 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1954, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191048"
},
"woman":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an adult female person",
": a woman belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupation)",
": womankind",
": distinctively feminine nature : womanliness",
": a woman who is a servant or personal attendant",
": wife",
": mistress",
": girlfriend sense 2",
": a woman who is extremely fond of or devoted to something specified",
": an adult female person",
": women considered as a group"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wu\u0307-m\u0259n",
"especially Southern",
"or",
"\u02c8wu\u0307-m\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"female",
"lady",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She grew up to become a confident and beautiful woman .",
"She is a grown woman .",
"The store sells shoes for both men and women .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The woman who submitted the winning name received a year's pass to the theater for her family. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
"Lierman, if elected, would become the first woman to win a popularly and independently elected state-level office in Maryland. \u2014 Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"The officer talked to the woman , who was drunk and smelled like booze. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"Alex Rodriguez was spotted cozying up to a woman in Italy over the weekend. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"Technically, the law still allows abortions if there is a serious risk to a woman \u2019s health and life. \u2014 Katrin Bennhold, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"The day he was sentenced, Scott clung to the woman \u2019s words. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"Technically, the law still allows abortions if there is a serious risk to a woman \u2019s health and life. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"Attorneys for Deadspin and the Athletic said Bauer\u2019s attorneys, in filing for defamation, did not deny their client had caused injury to the woman . \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English w\u012bfman , from w\u012bf woman, wife + man human being, man",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191124"
},
"womanish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": associated with or characteristic of women rather than men",
": suggestive of a weak character : effeminate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wu\u0307-m\u0259-nish"
],
"synonyms":[
"effeminate",
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly"
],
"antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"examples":[
"such displays of emotion were once considered womanish and unseemly for a man",
"she had a womanish gentleness, especially when dealing with children, that he loved"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200230"
},
"wordiness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": using or containing many and usually too many words",
": of or relating to words : verbal",
": using or containing many words or more words than are needed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0259r-d\u0113",
"\u02c8w\u0259r-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"garrulous",
"logorrheic",
"long-winded",
"pleonastic",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy"
],
"antonyms":[
"compact",
"concise",
"crisp",
"pithy",
"succinct",
"terse"
],
"examples":[
"The original script was too wordy .",
"her writing style is far too wordy for my tastes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not everyone in the community responded in the same way to the wordy , precocious, slightly effeminate Black kid in the neighborhood. \u2014 Jameel Mohammed, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
"The aforementioned shows are staged similarly, too, with small casts and wordy songs that reveal a character\u2019s interiority to open-hearted audiences. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"This is not a plea, asking companies, institutions and organizations to take an amorphous, wordy pledge, post it on social media and roll it into future talking points. \u2014 Brenda D. Wilkerson, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Among the other flavors are the menu are double-fold vanilla, freckled mint chocolate chip, arbequina olive oil, strawberry honey balsamic, choloate tres leches and the wordy salted, malted, chocolate chip cookie dough. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
"McLaren had drawn up a ceasefire document full of wordy stipulations, which Caver signed in front of Evelyn. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Introverted presenters should prepare brief talking points that are not too wordy and cover the main points. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Lamar and Eminem, prot\u00e9g\u00e9s of sorts, both write wordy , caustic, cerebral raps that move faster than any mind or mouth should. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 14 Feb. 2022",
"This update will move the test entirely to a digital platform, reduce testing time by one-third, shorten reading passages, make math questions less wordy , and provide a built in Desmos calculator. \u2014 Akil Bello, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201351"
},
"wobbly":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of the Industrial Workers of the World"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u00e4-bl\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1913, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203215"
},
"wood":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective ()",
"biographical name ()",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the hard fibrous substance consisting basically of xylem that makes up the greater part of the stems, branches, and roots of trees or shrubs beneath the bark and is found to a limited extent in herbaceous plants",
": wood suitable or prepared for some use (such as burning or building)",
": a dense growth of trees usually greater in extent than a grove and smaller than a forest",
": woodland",
": something made of wood",
": a golf club having a thick wooden head",
": a golf club having a similar head made of metal",
": clear of danger or difficulty",
": wooden",
": suitable for cutting or working with wood",
": living, growing, or existing in woods",
": to gather or take on wood",
": to cover with a growth of trees or plant with trees",
": violently mad",
": a thick growth of trees : a small forest",
": a hard fibrous material that makes up most of the substance of a tree or shrub beneath the bark and is often used as a building material or fuel",
": wooden sense 1",
": used for or on wood",
": living or growing in woodland",
"Grant (DeVolson) 1892\u20131942 American painter",
"Leonard 1860\u20131927 American physician and general"
],
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"\u02c8wu\u0307d",
"\u02c8wu\u0307d",
"\u02c8wu\u0307d",
"\u02c8w\u00fcd",
"\u02c8w\u014dd",
"\u02c8wu\u0307d",
"\u02c8wu\u0307d",
"\u02c8wu\u0307d"
],
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"lumber",
"timber"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
"Adjective (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1613, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
"Adjective (2)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-211148"
},
"workmanlike":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": characterized by the skill and efficiency typical of a good workman",
": competent and skillful but not outstanding or original"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0259rk-m\u0259n-\u02ccl\u012bk"
],
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"adroit",
"artful",
"bravura",
"deft",
"delicate",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"skillful",
"virtuoso"
],
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"amateur",
"amateurish",
"artless",
"rude",
"unprofessional",
"unskillful"
],
"examples":[
"He did a workmanlike job on the boat.",
"She showed workmanlike thoroughness in everything she did.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bogeys on five of the final eight holes by Faldo enabled Strange to employ his workmanlike game and bask in the sunshine. \u2014 Jim Mccabe, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Texas coach Chris Beard, a rising star in the profession, improved to 5-0 in first-round games as his No. 6 Longhorns posted a workmanlike 81-73 win over a tough 11th-seeded Virginia Tech squad. \u2014 Jim Litke, ajc , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The show demystifies him in the workmanlike way that today\u2019s cinematic universes inevitably treat their bit players: by turning them into boring old heroes. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Severna Park got a goal in each half and used its suffocating defense to keep Potomac\u2019s Winston Churchill quiet in a workmanlike 2-0 win Saturday night, giving the defending champion Falcons their 25th title to extend their own state record. \u2014 Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
"In a competitive year, Hanks didn\u2019t secure an Oscar nomination, perhaps because his workmanlike effort refused to call too much attention to itself in Howard\u2019s earnest ensemble adventure. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 9 July 2021",
"In a competitive year, Hanks didn\u2019t secure an Oscar nomination, perhaps because his workmanlike effort refused to call too much attention to itself in Howard\u2019s earnest ensemble adventure. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 9 July 2021",
"In a competitive year, Hanks didn\u2019t secure an Oscar nomination, perhaps because his workmanlike effort refused to call too much attention to itself in Howard\u2019s earnest ensemble adventure. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 9 July 2021",
"In a competitive year, Hanks didn\u2019t secure an Oscar nomination, perhaps because his workmanlike effort refused to call too much attention to itself in Howard\u2019s earnest ensemble adventure. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 9 July 2021"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"examples":[
"The puppy had woeful eyes.",
"The student's grades were woeful .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This was a fluke, and Mike Brown\u2019s team will go back to woeful . \u2014 The Enquirer , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The primary issues are a woeful lack of space, inadequate funding for improvements and routine turnover of the unit's top leaders, the report found. \u2014 Drew F. Lawrence And Katie Bo Lillis, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"More significant than the woeful results, which could be explained by the circumstances, are the earnings projections for the film that preceded the COVID flare-up. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
"February included being embarrassed on its home court by Duke and Pittsburgh and requiring overtime to beat a woeful Syracuse. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The Toreros were woeful behind the arc, shooting just 3 of 20. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"A thousand years later, Greeks still spoke nostalgically about that glorious era and lamented how woeful their current competitors were. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Last year, the Washington Football Team opened 1-3 before wobbling to a 7-9 finish, one that was still good enough to win a woeful NFC East. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
"When Roger Goodell read Burrow\u2019s name from his basement during a draft upended by the early days of the pandemic, the woeful Bengals finally had a hope that brighter days were ahead. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022"
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"\u02c8w\u014dnt",
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"Noun",
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"adjective"
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": exhausted or used up by or as if by wear",
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"done",
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"jaded",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"circumlocutory",
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"logorrheic",
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"pithy",
"succinct",
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"The original script was too wordy .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not everyone in the community responded in the same way to the wordy , precocious, slightly effeminate Black kid in the neighborhood. \u2014 Jameel Mohammed, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
"The aforementioned shows are staged similarly, too, with small casts and wordy songs that reveal a character\u2019s interiority to open-hearted audiences. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"This is not a plea, asking companies, institutions and organizations to take an amorphous, wordy pledge, post it on social media and roll it into future talking points. \u2014 Brenda D. Wilkerson, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Among the other flavors are the menu are double-fold vanilla, freckled mint chocolate chip, arbequina olive oil, strawberry honey balsamic, choloate tres leches and the wordy salted, malted, chocolate chip cookie dough. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
"McLaren had drawn up a ceasefire document full of wordy stipulations, which Caver signed in front of Evelyn. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Introverted presenters should prepare brief talking points that are not too wordy and cover the main points. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Lamar and Eminem, prot\u00e9g\u00e9s of sorts, both write wordy , caustic, cerebral raps that move faster than any mind or mouth should. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 14 Feb. 2022",
"This update will move the test entirely to a digital platform, reduce testing time by one-third, shorten reading passages, make math questions less wordy , and provide a built in Desmos calculator. \u2014 Akil Bello, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-221057"
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": a practice or exercise to test or improve one's fitness for athletic competition, ability, or performance",
": a test of one's ability, capacity, stamina, or suitability",
": an undertaking or plan intended to resolve a problem of indebtedness especially in lieu of bankruptcy or foreclosure proceedings",
": to bring about by labor and exertion",
": to solve (something, such as a problem) by a process of reasoning or calculation",
": to devise, arrange, or achieve by resolving difficulties",
": develop",
": to discharge (a debt) by labor",
": to exhaust (something, such as a mine) by working",
": to prove effective, practicable, or suitable",
": to amount to a total or calculated figure",
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"\u02c8w\u0259rk-\u02ccau\u0307t"
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"practice",
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"routine",
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"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The team had a good workout at practice today.",
"Her workout includes running on the treadmill and lifting weights.",
"Verb",
"by putting our heads together, we were able to work out the problem",
"worked out a compromise between the warring factions",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Moore was at the complex but not participating in the workout . \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Cole was Cole Strange, the star two-way lineman for Farragut High, a perennial Tennessee powerhouse, and the future Patriots first-round draft pick who was looking to get in a late-summer afternoon workout . \u2014 Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Two to three minutes is an optimal rest period between sets in a conventional workout . \u2014 Oliver Lee Bateman, Men's Health , 19 May 2022",
"The above description is what occurs in a typical weight training workout . \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 12 May 2022",
"Byers, the Bearcats\u2019 left fielder and a distance runner in track who also excels in cross country, typically wakes up at 4 a.m. to get in a workout for track before school. \u2014 Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"With all the things that moms do on a daily basis, fitting in a workout may not always be an easy feat. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s why these in-ear workout headphones are often considered the best Apple Airpods Pro alternative. \u2014 Terri Williams, SELF , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Tying a franchise record for wins didn\u2019t stop the Phoenix Suns from getting in a postgame workout right after Wednesday\u2019s 107-103 win at Golden State. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There were no conflicting ideas or plan B in case a bodybuilding career did not work out . \u2014 Kumar Mehta, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The fund is hoping to reach an agreement with creditors that would give it more time to work out a plan. \u2014 Serena Ng, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Along with related artworks, these help rewrite the narrative around the European Modernists working in Southern California \u2014 that L.A. offered them freedom and oodles of empty space in which to work out their ideas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"That upends a proposal made in 2021 by Mr. Adams\u2019s predecessor, Bill de Blasio, to temporarily shore up the highway for 20 years at a cost of more than $500 million to give the city more time to work out a permanent solution. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Planet Fitness has their High School Summer Pass where teens 14-19 can work out for free for the entire summer at any of the Planet Fitness locations in the United States and Canada. \u2014 Seventeen , 10 June 2022",
"But our brains need vigorous exercise and the best way to work out those cranial muscles is to attach a book to them. \u2014 Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel , 4 June 2022",
"Rivian has yet to include the tank-turn function in the production R1T, but with the EQG not expected to arrive until 2024, Mercedes has some time to work out the kinks. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 23 May 2022",
"It\u2019s not unfair to expect a show to work out its kinks by the second season after a bumpy debut. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-234507"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": capable of being worked",
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"\u02c8w\u0259r-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"hopeless",
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"unrealizable",
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],
"examples":[
"I think the plan is quite workable .",
"Chill the cookie dough until it is more workable .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some experts have said an event gathering together a large and disparate collection of countries for whom only general geography is shared is no longer workable . \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"In other words, according to the experts, these ways to get happier both work and are workable . \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Pterosaur remains are often fragile, and finding them in workable shape is rare. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Here are some ways my company and others have transformed their office into a workable space that\u2019s worth the rental payment. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Wages have been stagnant for 20 years and people getting a workable income is a good idea. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022",
"And so, in this theoretical way, Kl\u00e1ri kept working towards a terrifying potential reality: a workable hydrogen bomb. \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Wisconsin was the first state to impose a workable income tax in 1911. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The maximum workable distance from a railhead is considered to be 90 to 120 miles. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-032246"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs",
": possessing or displaying significant experience and knowledge about life and the world : worldly-wise",
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0259r(-\u0259)ld-l\u0113",
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"\u02c8w\u0259rld-l\u0113"
],
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"smart",
"sophisticated",
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"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"unsophisticated",
"untutored",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
],
"examples":[
"She is more worldly than her younger sister.",
"she returned from her year as an exchange student a much more worldly person",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the dramatic Dubai skyline fades away into the distance, the air is filled with birdsong rather than car horns in this other- worldly natural wonderland, its lights just visible from the Dubai shoreline. \u2014 Melanie Swan, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Having a global team is an incredible opportunity to learn more about other individualized experiences and even boost your team's worldly viewpoints. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The documentary depicts a peripatetic man seemingly incapable of contentment in his growing worldly success, always inventing, trying new things, and traveling the world. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"Cases with ceramics and lacquer wares show that Zen also introduced more worldly predilections. \u2014 Lee Lawrence, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"In H-Town, worldly decadence meets Texas-sized portions with a dash of Southern charm at the table. \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 2 May 2022",
"From the patterned floor tiles to the two-tone orange accent wall, this layout boasts an attractive worldly flair. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Zeus, Greek mythology\u2019s god of the sky, was thought to be omnipresent and observant of people\u2019s worldly affairs. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Homer of The Gulf Stream is both more worldly and more elusive than the Homer of little red schoolhouses and sou\u2019westers. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022"
],
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": an undertaking or plan intended to resolve a problem of indebtedness especially in lieu of bankruptcy or foreclosure proceedings",
": to bring about by labor and exertion",
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": develop",
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": to exhaust (something, such as a mine) by working",
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"The team had a good workout at practice today.",
"Her workout includes running on the treadmill and lifting weights.",
"Verb",
"by putting our heads together, we were able to work out the problem",
"worked out a compromise between the warring factions",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Moore was at the complex but not participating in the workout . \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Cole was Cole Strange, the star two-way lineman for Farragut High, a perennial Tennessee powerhouse, and the future Patriots first-round draft pick who was looking to get in a late-summer afternoon workout . \u2014 Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Two to three minutes is an optimal rest period between sets in a conventional workout . \u2014 Oliver Lee Bateman, Men's Health , 19 May 2022",
"The above description is what occurs in a typical weight training workout . \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 12 May 2022",
"Byers, the Bearcats\u2019 left fielder and a distance runner in track who also excels in cross country, typically wakes up at 4 a.m. to get in a workout for track before school. \u2014 Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"With all the things that moms do on a daily basis, fitting in a workout may not always be an easy feat. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s why these in-ear workout headphones are often considered the best Apple Airpods Pro alternative. \u2014 Terri Williams, SELF , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Tying a franchise record for wins didn\u2019t stop the Phoenix Suns from getting in a postgame workout right after Wednesday\u2019s 107-103 win at Golden State. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There were no conflicting ideas or plan B in case a bodybuilding career did not work out . \u2014 Kumar Mehta, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The fund is hoping to reach an agreement with creditors that would give it more time to work out a plan. \u2014 Serena Ng, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Along with related artworks, these help rewrite the narrative around the European Modernists working in Southern California \u2014 that L.A. offered them freedom and oodles of empty space in which to work out their ideas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"That upends a proposal made in 2021 by Mr. Adams\u2019s predecessor, Bill de Blasio, to temporarily shore up the highway for 20 years at a cost of more than $500 million to give the city more time to work out a permanent solution. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Planet Fitness has their High School Summer Pass where teens 14-19 can work out for free for the entire summer at any of the Planet Fitness locations in the United States and Canada. \u2014 Seventeen , 10 June 2022",
"But our brains need vigorous exercise and the best way to work out those cranial muscles is to attach a book to them. \u2014 Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel , 4 June 2022",
"Rivian has yet to include the tank-turn function in the production R1T, but with the EQG not expected to arrive until 2024, Mercedes has some time to work out the kinks. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 23 May 2022",
"It\u2019s not unfair to expect a show to work out its kinks by the second season after a bumpy debut. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022"
],
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"Noun",
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"verb"
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"intersperse",
"introduce",
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"I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup.",
"managed to work in several references to baseball in his paper on the merits of teamwork"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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},
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"noun"
],
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": the act or manner of expressing in words : phraseology",
": the way something is put into words"
],
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"\u02c8w\u0259r-di\u014b"
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"verbiage"
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"examples":[
"What's the exact wording of the agreement?",
"it's important to get the wording of this law precisely correct",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The $10 million would be spent over several years to fund Census Bureau field tests of different wording and placement of questions that would appear on its annual American Community Survey. \u2014 Mike Schneider, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"The $10 million would be spent over several years to fund Census Bureau field tests of different wording and placement of questions that would appear on its annual American Community Survey. \u2014 CBS News , 11 June 2022",
"The $10 million would be spent over several years to fund Census Bureau field tests of different wording and placement of questions that would appear on its annual American Community Survey. \u2014 Mike Schneider, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"In Nebraska, lawmakers are considering a bill that the American Civil Liberties Union said may create barriers for women struggling with infertility due to the ambiguity of the wording regarding when life begins. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"Some well-meaning taxpayers forget to sign, or may unwittingly change the penalties of perjury wording . \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Regardless of the final wording adopted, however, Zietlow-DeJesus says the mission and work of the ADAMHS Board has not changed through any iterations. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Some experts who have studied consumer responses to recalls have been critical of the wording that companies sometimes choose for their recall press releases. \u2014 Katie Wedell, USA TODAY , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Few of us would want to read a novel devoid of colorful wording . \u2014 Lawrence Krauss, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There are so many on the market these days, so judging their worth is a hard game to play. \u2014 ELLE , 15 June 2022",
"Your child\u2019s temper tantrum doesn\u2019t reflect poorly on your worth as a parent. \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Woods is also involved in many sports-adjacent business ventures, helping add to his net worth . \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 10 June 2022",
"For those of us who want an organic unisex product with natural ingredients, Maryann Organics has the background to prove its worth . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Now, the principles of this platform are beginning to prove their worth for B2B marketing as well. \u2014 Lora Kratchounova, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"And like decades of pop royalty before him, Styles is proving his worth by selling a lot of records\u2026 on vinyl. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
"While the legends are still at it, an alluring new generation of tennis talent is also proving its worth . \u2014 Sean Gregory, Time , 1 June 2022",
"Set your phone on airplane mode, say no more times than you\u2019re used to, and stand firmly in your worth . \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"Both of those prop bets came through for bettors and there are several others for postseason team performance and individual awards worth keeping an eye on. \u2014 Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Finally, at a meeting in Zambia, where giraffes and zebras wandered the grounds of the hotel, the board members approved eight projects worth a total of $168 million. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Aug. 2021",
"In that case, there are plenty of Memorial Day furniture sales worth a browse. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
"Pompeo also reported receiving two carpets worth a total of $19,400 from the president of Kazakhstan and the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates. \u2014 Matthew Lee, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2021",
"In that case, there are plenty of Memorial Day furniture sales worth a browse. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
"In that case, there are plenty of Memorial Day furniture sales worth a browse. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
"In that case, there are plenty of Memorial Day furniture sales worth a browse. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
"In that case, there are plenty of Memorial Day furniture sales worth a browse. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Forbes , 28 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Diocese of Little Rock covers all 75 Arkansas counties and includes more than 154,000 Catholics, who worship in 130 parishes and missions across the state. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"The men and women who worship at Sacred Heart have much to be angry about. \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"In 1916, Hawaii\u2019s first Latter-day Saint temple was constructed, and within a year Iosepa was abandoned, as Hawaiian residents were now able to worship in their homeland. \u2014 Will Stamp, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"The track explores an interesting theme of celebrity worship in tandem with Christian concepts of savior complexes, but Kendrick also dives into pertinent racial issues and deeply contested political topics like COVID-19 and political correctness. \u2014 Ej Panaligan, Billboard , 13 May 2022",
"Imam Rahim Alsaedy said many of the people who worship at Al-Zahrah Islamic Center have been preparing for Ramadan by fasting prior and attending the Quran study group sessions. \u2014 Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, the church will hold Easter worship services at Englewood\u2019s Calahan Funeral Home, 7030 S. Halsted St., beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday with the church\u2019s pastor, Gerald Dew, according to the church\u2019s Facebook page. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Winfrey said planners have selected 12 churches throughout the city for alumni to gather and worship from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. \u2014 Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
"Among the most interesting founder stories is that of Ed Beccle, the 23-year-old Thiel Fellow who cofounded and serves as CEO of mobile app for Christian prayers and daily worship Glorify. \u2014 Igor Bosilkovski, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With a population of 5.7 million in 1930, California had plenty of houses of worship , many of them planted by the Northern branches of Protestant denominations. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"The shooting is the latest in a house of worship amid a national reckoning on guns in America and their availability. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"The Alabama shooting is the latest attack carried out at a place of worship . \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Daniel Lucey, 42, faces charges of arson, interfering with civil rights, and destruction to a place of worship , Salem Police Chief Lucas J. Miller said in a statement on Saturday. \u2014 Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The program selects teens who volunteer in their local community, school or house of worship , or otherwise demonstrate their future leadership potential. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"From my Lutheran perspective, the purpose of worship is to preach the Gospel, praise God and administer the sacraments. \u2014 WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"An elderly worship leader wiped away tears as a photo of Cheng lighted up a screen. \u2014 Jeong Parkstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
"An hour after the Jewish event, up the street outside the Supreme Court, about 150 antiabortion protesters rallied with evangelical worship leader and right-wing former congressional candidate Sean Feucht. \u2014 Ellie Silverman, Washington Post , 17 May 2022"
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"We have a workforce of 2,400 people.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Remember that salary negotiations are a standard process in the workforce . \u2014 Kwame Christian, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Even before the pandemic Italy had one of the lowest representations of women in the workforce , a fact Italian Minister for Equal Opportunities Elena Bonnetti acknowledged. \u2014 Melissa Mahtani, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"That would just be the start of the fallout from a ruling with implications that stretch far beyond reproductive health care, to encompass suppression of female participation in the workforce and the amplification of racial and economic inequities. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"Georgia now has about 94,000 more people in the workforce than when the pandemic began. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 16 June 2022",
"Cardona said education leaders were struggling to fill vacancies and increase diversity in the workforce . \u2014 Daniella Silva, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Clever marketing can help cultivate this appeal\u2013and usher in the workforce of tomorrow. \u2014 Pritma Chattha, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"At a time when women, in particular, are in the workforce but earning less than their male counterparts, often while doing vital care work at the same time, this feels particularly pernicious. \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022",
"Many women have far more input at home and in the workforce . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 June 2022"
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": having worth or value : estimable",
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"\u02c8w\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0113",
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"Your donations will be going to a worthy cause.",
"I consider him a worthy opponent.",
"She is a worthy successor to the mayor.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"At 76 percent off, the investment- worthy , Kelsyus Premium Canopy Chair is in bargain territory at Amazon right now. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 19 June 2022",
"Instead, McIlory was there to hug runner-up Will Zalatoris, and watch as Matt Fitzpatrick embraced his title- worthy 6-under-par finish. \u2014 Jayna Bardahl, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Pretty has officially been created into the newest binge- worthy TV series. \u2014 al , 17 June 2022",
"For the final hour of the gala, Lopez took the stage for a stadium- worthy concert, performing her hits amid five costume changes and elaborate choreography with a dozen backup dancers. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"The cafe area, inside the Limelight co-working building at 2515 Jay Ave., will now get an Instagram- worthy design, akin to downtown\u2019s Milk + Honey layout. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"This set of on-sale armchairs is easy to assemble and looks resort- worthy arranged in a guest bedroom or a reading nook. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
"In a video clip posted to her Instagram page on June 14, Lizzo provided the first glimpse of her hot ombre-pink layered curls with some music-video- worthy choreography. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 15 June 2022",
"Getting an Insta- worthy picture with your significant other is a process in itself. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Country Living , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Unfortunately, the Celtics stayed consistent only in producing third-quarter bleeding worthy of triage. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"But gifts for kids that age can be tricky, and finding one worthy of a graduation can be even tougher. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
"The vast majority don\u2019t make it onto the Vatican\u2019s list of those worthy of belief. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Yet there are several beaches in Oslo worthy of attention if the weather is kind. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"In August, the Gossip Girl alum celebrated another trip around the sun with an epic slow-motion spin in the most twirl- worthy of dresses: a Teuta Matoshi gown that features a corset bodice, cherry appliqu\u00e9 and a tulle skirt with matching tie straps. \u2014 Hanna Flanagan, PEOPLE.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Harris showed why top-seeded Philadelphia might have its own Big 3 worthy of winning a championship. \u2014 Dan Gelston, ajc , 23 May 2021",
"Harris showed why top-seeded Philadelphia might have its own Big 3 worthy of winning a championship. \u2014 Dan Gelston, Star Tribune , 23 May 2021",
"There are far too many individual posters in Cyberpunk worthy of analysis, but just taking a handful highlights the exploitative nature of Night City\u2019s world. \u2014 Stacey Henley, Wired , 1 Feb. 2021"
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"adjective or adverb"
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": mentally unclear or hazy",
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"She was already feeling woozy after her first drink.",
"the blood donor started to feel a little woozy after rising too quickly from the cot",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The western music industry\u2019s indulgence in a woozy cocktail of pills, powders and booze is absent in South Korea. \u2014 Taylor Glasby, Billboard , 19 May 2022",
"An immersive audiovisual album, Eyeye pairs shimmering synthpop with woozy visual loops to tell a cyclical story of love, addiction, relapse, and obsession. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 18 May 2022",
"The aesthetic mixed dreamy harmony vocals with woozy lo-fi instrumentals\u2014synths and guitar might sound like they were recorded to a cassette and then left on a dashboard in the sun for too long. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
"These elixirs often made people feel woozy , hence the later iteration of cocktails comprised of spirits and libations. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This line-up stayed together for just two albums, and the second, Sailin\u2019 Shoes, is a fun exercise in shaggy rock freedom, effortlessly blending woozy blues, energetic R&B, and crunchy country. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In the clip, Claire begins to feel woozy as Briana (Sophie Skelton) wonders where the Sin Eater (David Gany) is \u2014 the show\u2019s character who eats bread off dead bodies to take their sins away \u2014 noting no one has seen him in a while. \u2014 Sharareh Drury, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Over the course of six hours in the studio, Chahayed casually tosses off literally hundreds of musical ideas, coaxing Steve Wonder-worthy harmonica parts or a woozy New Orleans horn section or eerie choirs of voices from his keyboard. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 16 Mar. 2022",
"All directed with a woozy after-hours flair by Amy Seimetz. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"adjective",
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": of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs",
": possessing or displaying significant experience and knowledge about life and the world : worldly-wise",
": of or relating to the affairs of life rather than with spiritual affairs",
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"\u02c8w\u0259r(-\u0259)ld-l\u0113",
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"wide-eyed"
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"examples":[
"She is more worldly than her younger sister.",
"she returned from her year as an exchange student a much more worldly person",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the dramatic Dubai skyline fades away into the distance, the air is filled with birdsong rather than car horns in this other- worldly natural wonderland, its lights just visible from the Dubai shoreline. \u2014 Melanie Swan, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Having a global team is an incredible opportunity to learn more about other individualized experiences and even boost your team's worldly viewpoints. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The documentary depicts a peripatetic man seemingly incapable of contentment in his growing worldly success, always inventing, trying new things, and traveling the world. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"Cases with ceramics and lacquer wares show that Zen also introduced more worldly predilections. \u2014 Lee Lawrence, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"In H-Town, worldly decadence meets Texas-sized portions with a dash of Southern charm at the table. \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 2 May 2022",
"From the patterned floor tiles to the two-tone orange accent wall, this layout boasts an attractive worldly flair. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Zeus, Greek mythology\u2019s god of the sky, was thought to be omnipresent and observant of people\u2019s worldly affairs. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Homer of The Gulf Stream is both more worldly and more elusive than the Homer of little red schoolhouses and sou\u2019westers. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":"Italian dialect guappo swaggerer, tough, from Spanish guapo , probably from Middle French dialect vape, wape weak, insipid, from Latin vappa wine gone flat",
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"1906, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194123"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": in the manner of a woman"
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"\u02c8wu\u0307-m\u0259n-\u02ccl\u012bk"
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"womanly"
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"the photograph shows the silhouette of a full, womanlike figure framed against the backlight from an open farmhouse door"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being womanly (as in having qualities such as beauty or gentleness that are traditionally associated with a woman)"
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"noun"
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": the sequence of steps involved in moving from the beginning to the end of a working process"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"ModuleQ\u2019 s focus on using AI to improve the seller experience and enhance the day-to-day seller workflow is paying off. \u2014 Stephen Diorio, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The camera accommodates a range of lenses, including anamorphic and spherical, Super 35 and large format, and has a selection of accessories and new workflow apps. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
"Electronic prescribing created lasting, transformative change because the technology was built to streamline medical workflow issues like routing, medication history, and prior authorization while automating mundane processes like renewals. \u2014 Sean Doolan, STAT , 4 Apr. 2022",
"This implicit trust approach must be replaced with a zero-trust model that assumes that every user, device, application and workflow may have already been compromised. \u2014 Michael Xie, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"The goal is to help the employee better understand the broader workflow or value chain as well as keep their interest level high and on the lookout for other opportunities within the company. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Tatusian is looking forward to strengthening the design voice of The Times\u2019 out-of-the-box builds, helping establish a pipeline and workflow for those projects and taking the organization\u2019s typography into the future. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The result is that some offerings do not address the right clinical or operational need, are not suitably integrated into existing workflow , or simply do not work. \u2014 Kathleen Walch, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Your supervisor may be limiting restroom breaks so the workflow of the warehouse is not disrupted. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022"
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": a member of the working class",
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"If management doesn't make the changes, the workers will go on strike.",
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"The average hourly wage for a private care worker was \u00a39 ($11) for the 2020-21 financial year, according to charity Skills for Care. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Taken together, East says the 4% pay bump and the \u00a32,000 bonus would amount to a 9% worker pay increase for the year, which is in line with current inflation rates but saves the company from committing to salary increases beyond 4% long-term. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Three poll workers working the Munster early-voting satellite polling location during the 2022 primary election filed a complaint against a fellow poll worker for being racist, unprofessional and rude. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Others testifying Tuesday will be Raffensperger\u2019s top deputy Gabriel Sterling and Shaye Moss, a Georgia elections worker . \u2014 Jennifer Haberkornstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"In Fusagasug\u00e1, Nina Cruz, 27, a cafe worker , said Mr. Petro would fail Colombia\u2019s struggling families, and she was particularly repulsed by his past as a member of a leftist rebel group. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett star in Carol, which follows Therese, a young department store worker who begins seeing the titular older woman in the early 1950s. \u2014 Lia Beck, EW.com , 18 June 2022",
"Soon after that, other groups arrived, including one that claimed to represent a former Russian government minister, according to Mr. Skorniakov, who was told by a worker who witnessed it. \u2014 Alistair Macdonald, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Alliance Global is chaired by tycoon Andrew Tan, the son of a factory worker who made his fortune by developing high-end residential condominiums and commercial properties in Metro Manila in the 1990s. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 16 June 2022"
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"\u02c8w\u00e4ps",
"\"",
"\""
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": a feeling of doubt or uncertainty",
": to be in a state of wonder",
": to feel surprise",
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": to be curious or in doubt about",
": wondrous , wonderful : such as",
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"Stevie 1950\u2013 born Stevland Hardaway Judkins American singer, songwriter and instrumentalist"
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"\u02c8w\u0259n-d\u0259r",
"\u02c8w\u0259n-d\u0259r",
"\u02c8w\u0259n-d\u0259r"
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"sensation",
"splendor"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Trusting in wonder \u2019s resonant effects is something akin to faith. \u2014 Anelise Chen, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"There is no wonder so many people are leaving cable for streaming. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 13 May 2022",
"After soaking in the wonder of Hawai\u2019i\u2019s rainforests in the early morning, Alohilani Resort scheduled an off-road planting experience at Gunstock Ranch on the North Shore of O\u2019ahu. \u2014 Malik Peay, Essence , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Even at its 47-degree coldest, the almost-spring morning did not deter an observer from standing barefoot on a stone balcony, and gazing up in wonder . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
"As one of Earth\u2019s most familiar sights in the sky, the moon has inspired billions of people to gaze upward in wonder . \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Near the Pacific coastline at the base of a hillside, visitors gaze up in wonder at more than 50 acres of ranunculus plants in rows of vibrant pink, red, orange, white, salmon and yellow flowers. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"On one hand, there was the brilliance of Anna Shcherbakova, who skated a triumphant and history-making performance, redemptive in its wonder . \u2014 Robert Samuels, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Feb. 2022",
"After two years on the sidelines, many in the biz wonder if the industry will ever return to its usual privileged position, although the table sales revenue is traditionally vital for the Brit Trust charity that the Brits benefit. \u2014 Mark Sutherland, Variety , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Some wonder if this stance might help explain the departure over the last two years of 46 faculty members, especially women and those of color. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"As are many in the country, Gilbert\u2019s parents wonder how authorities allowed the gunman to rampage for more than an hour-and-a-half before intervening and killing him. \u2014 Theresa Waldrop, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"As Trump weighs another run for the White House, other Republicans wonder quietly if the committee hearings will have an impact on the public \u2014 or if Jan. 6 will simply be forgotten. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Looking at that history, some who have known De Luca over the years wonder what happens next. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Many investors wonder if the Federal Reserve can manage to tame inflation without sending the U.S. into recession. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Experts wonder if that's still possible now that the court has a 6-3 conservative majority. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"While there are no tooth marks or shed teeth on the Confractosuchus fossil, the authors wonder whether its missing hind limbs and tail were scavenged. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"But some wonder if the approach has staying power the longer Mr. Trump is out of office. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This was half a century ago, but there is still wonder in his voice. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 7 Dec. 2021",
"It\u2019s no wonder European markets are drooling at the prospect of grabbing a bigger slice of the SPAC pie. \u2014 Adrian Croft, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2021"
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": to feel surprise",
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"\u02c8w\u0259n-d\u0259r",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Trusting in wonder \u2019s resonant effects is something akin to faith. \u2014 Anelise Chen, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"There is no wonder so many people are leaving cable for streaming. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 13 May 2022",
"After soaking in the wonder of Hawai\u2019i\u2019s rainforests in the early morning, Alohilani Resort scheduled an off-road planting experience at Gunstock Ranch on the North Shore of O\u2019ahu. \u2014 Malik Peay, Essence , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Even at its 47-degree coldest, the almost-spring morning did not deter an observer from standing barefoot on a stone balcony, and gazing up in wonder . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
"As one of Earth\u2019s most familiar sights in the sky, the moon has inspired billions of people to gaze upward in wonder . \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Near the Pacific coastline at the base of a hillside, visitors gaze up in wonder at more than 50 acres of ranunculus plants in rows of vibrant pink, red, orange, white, salmon and yellow flowers. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"On one hand, there was the brilliance of Anna Shcherbakova, who skated a triumphant and history-making performance, redemptive in its wonder . \u2014 Robert Samuels, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Feb. 2022",
"After two years on the sidelines, many in the biz wonder if the industry will ever return to its usual privileged position, although the table sales revenue is traditionally vital for the Brit Trust charity that the Brits benefit. \u2014 Mark Sutherland, Variety , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Some wonder if this stance might help explain the departure over the last two years of 46 faculty members, especially women and those of color. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"As are many in the country, Gilbert\u2019s parents wonder how authorities allowed the gunman to rampage for more than an hour-and-a-half before intervening and killing him. \u2014 Theresa Waldrop, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"As Trump weighs another run for the White House, other Republicans wonder quietly if the committee hearings will have an impact on the public \u2014 or if Jan. 6 will simply be forgotten. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Looking at that history, some who have known De Luca over the years wonder what happens next. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Many investors wonder if the Federal Reserve can manage to tame inflation without sending the U.S. into recession. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Experts wonder if that's still possible now that the court has a 6-3 conservative majority. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"While there are no tooth marks or shed teeth on the Confractosuchus fossil, the authors wonder whether its missing hind limbs and tail were scavenged. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"But some wonder if the approach has staying power the longer Mr. Trump is out of office. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This was half a century ago, but there is still wonder in his voice. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 7 Dec. 2021",
"It\u2019s no wonder European markets are drooling at the prospect of grabbing a bigger slice of the SPAC pie. \u2014 Adrian Croft, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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",
"Their encounter is a Pyrrhic victory for womankind , a pluckable symbol for women who believe that their best selves could flourish in the professional sphere, if only men would stop intruding. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 17 Oct. 2020",
"There's no reason that celebrating and empowering women should be restricted to one particular section of the calendar, but having an extra special day to rejoice for all womankind and spread awareness is pretty great. \u2014 Lauren Swanson, Allure , 6 Mar. 2020",
"That\u2019s teamwork at its finest, not a defeat for womankind . \u2014 Marsha Ivins, Time , 28 Aug. 2019",
"Simone Rocha\u2019s gilded sequined dresses glinted at the heart of a moving show, which addressed all ages and shapes of womankind . \u2014 Sarah Mower, Vogue , 20 Feb. 2019",
"Glamour interviewed 1,147 men about the #MeToo movement and the survey results are an emotional roller coaster for womankind . \u2014 Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com , 31 May 2018",
"But are Americans really expected to celebrate as a great victory for womankind the fact that a woman's only option for doing her job is to haul a 10-day-old baby to work? \u2014 Erin Geiger Smith, Marie Claire , 20 Apr. 2018",
"Celebrating and empowering women should absolutely not be restricted to one day, but having an extra special day to rejoice for all womankind and spread awareness is pretty great. \u2014 Lauren Swanson, Allure , 7 Mar. 2018"
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"What is she so worked up about?",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Think long term and stay open minded, and avoid shutting down new ideas from people who may have just worked up the courage to pitch a thought for the first time. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Carry Me Home strays from both Staples and Helm\u2019s typical set lists of the time, comprising a number of old standards, covers, and originals that the two spontaneously worked up that weekend. \u2014 Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
"The eradication of darkness may seem like a fringe, superficial issue to get worked up about\u2014more of an aesthetic problem than a load-bearing one. \u2014 Suzannah Showler, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s the odd exception\u2014the Russian state is fond of battering Ukraine, for example\u2014but for most people in most countries, cyber has not been much to get worked up about. \u2014 Ciaran Martin, Wired , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The characters were worked up about the U.S. running out of oil, which definitely hasn\u2019t happened and won\u2019t anytime soon. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"We get worked up about what people will think about us, but the truth is people don\u2019t think about us at all. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Like most strong stylists, though, Didion worked up her craft as a sensitive reader of other masters. \u2014 Nathan Heller, The New Yorker , 23 Dec. 2021",
"As the players rushed off the field, some fans pelted them with boos, but that\u2019s as worked up as the chilly crowd got. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"verb"
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": to sue for the affection of and usually marriage with : court",
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"\u02c8w\u00fc"
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"The store had a sale in an effort to woo new customers.",
"The company must find creative ways to woo new employees.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even Marvin Lewis, whose good work here set the table for what\u2019s happening now, didn\u2019t exactly woo top tier players. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"Will Smith stars as a smooth-talking who man falls for a columnist (Eva Mendes) while helping a shy accountant (Kevin James) woo a beautiful heiress. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Quarterback Nicholaus Iamaleava of Downey Warren will woo college football scouts with his volleyball skills in the spring, then provide oohs and ahhs by throwing 50 touchdowns in the fall. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Crossdressing in pursuit of love is a centuries-old theatrical device; even Viola, Shakespeare\u2019s noblest heroine, costumed herself like a man to woo one, albeit with significantly more poetry. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Indeed, like so many movements that purport to criticize corporate capitalism, woo itself is largely a product of cutting-edge advertising techniques, the profit motive, and capitalist ideology. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Suburban home builders woo buyers by slathering them with gables and bays and balustrades and porticos and portholes, a profusion that the critic Kate Wagner has chronicled magnificently in her blog McMansion Hell. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 24 Nov. 2021",
"In July, Lightfoot traveled to the Bay Area to woo companies, selling Chicago as a tech destination. \u2014 Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
"The federal government is trying to woo people by putting vaccines in community hubs like barber shops; making plans to offer child care; and by organizing rides to vaccination sites. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 6 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those who stayed worked shifts lasting hundreds of hours under Russian supervision, often not resting for days while trying to keep the station safe and systems running. \u2014 Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Although, as of recently, there are handfuls of people who have decided to prioritize self-care, many Black women and women of color overall still find themselves severely over worked and constantly exhausted. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"From that day on, Serena\u2019s worked hand-in-hand with Nike designers to bring her legendary on-court looks to life and change the modern-day tennis outfit forever. \u2014 Essence , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The Tecnica prototype felt much closer to production than that first STO did, with a near-finished interior and a welcome absence of the funk of sweaty engineers that tends to permeate hard- worked test mules. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 12 Apr. 2022",
"For more than a century, his plan more or less worked . \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Its mainplate and bridges are made of solid 18-karat rose gold that is open- worked and meticulously finished. \u2014 Roberta Naas, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
"For more than a century, his plan more or less worked . \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 5 Feb. 2022",
"For more than a century, his plan more or less worked . \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 5 Feb. 2022"
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"noun"
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"\u02c8wu\u0307-m\u0259n-l\u0113",
"\u02c8wu\u0307-m\u0259n-l\u0113"
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"womanish",
"womanlike"
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"She gave off a womanly radiance.",
"the novelist displays a womanly sensitivity to the characters' feelings",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That ancient rite of womanly passage has been degraded into faux horror tales by fashion magazines that fetishize prepubescent bodies for profit. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The paradox of Aretha\u2019s womanly songs and her patriarchal upbringing is too complex for a movie this shallow. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Reddy sings of determination and steadfastness as womanly virtues, getting stronger as women overcome daily changes. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2021",
"But Pankhurst had long since dispensed with a womanly need for approbation. \u2014 Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic , 20 Dec. 2020",
"Now acting as the mother to the collective unborn, other womanly duties followed. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 27 Aug. 2020",
"Whewell praised Somerville for applying her womanly art to the project of unifying the rapidly fragmenting sciences. \u2014 Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books , 17 June 2020",
"Those pirates thrived under the protection of the island\u2019s capricious sultana, cruel in her poverty, weakness, fearful isolation, and unnatural state of unmarried womanly rule. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
"In fact, Barrie\u2019s text sets her up as an aspirational womanly figure, positioning her against competing visions of womanhood in Tiger Lily, a Native American Neverland princess, and Tinker Bell, Peter\u2019s fairy best friend. \u2014 Anne Cohen, refinery29.com , 2 Mar. 2020"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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": things one owns : possessions"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": popular music originating from or influenced by non-Western musical traditions and often having a danceable rhythm"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The North Park store\u2019s vast, ever-changing collection of vinyl offers everything from jazz, soul and soundtracks to blues, folk, rock, electronica and world music . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Plans were in the works that year to host a world music festival with a group of performers from Mongolia. \u2014 Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Their sophomore set, 2007\u2019s Global Drum Project, won the Grammy for best contemporary world music album in 2009. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The Celebrity Series of Boston presents classical music, vocalists, world music , and dance. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"Planet Drum, the Grammy-winning, all-star collective led by the Grateful Dead\u2019s Mickey Hart and world music artists Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hildalgo and Sikiru Adepoju, will return with their first album in 15 years on Aug. 5. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The performance features ensembles from across the School of Music performing a wide variety of genres from classical and jazz to gospel and world music . \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The group, a product of a 2017 reality show in South Korea, did have two previous releases that did well on the world music chart. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Derince, the namesake of the band, is the Eddie Van Halen of the elektrobaglama \u2014 his fingers moved up and down the neck of his lute-like instrument with lightning speed, effortlessly connecting the genres of world music , folk, and even metal. \u2014 Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"1982, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": one engaged in the same work with another : companion in work"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"work entry 1 + fellow"
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"1526, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-041310"
},
"word on the street":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
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": what people are saying"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-052935"
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"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make effeminate",
": to pursue casual sexual relationships with multiple women"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wu\u0307-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Na\u00efve young newlyweds Fred and Rose (Odessa Young and Logan Lerman) are new in town and make the questionable decision take up residence with the reclusive Jackson and her womanizing hubby (Michael Stuhlbarg). \u2014 Kathy Passero, cleveland , 5 June 2020",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019",
"In fact, Warren Beatty\u2019s character in 1975\u2019s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring\u2019s womanizing ways. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2019"
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"circa 1586, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-062923"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a political unit (such as a nation or state) powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ukrainian is a world power in food production, one of the biggest wheat exporters in the world, one of the biggest corn producers in sunflower oil, so multiple crops. \u2014 Fortune Editors, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"Once a world powerhouse that produced other inline-to-ice stars such as Chad Hedrick, Derek Parra and Jennifer Rodriguez \u2014 Olympic medalists all \u2014 the American inline program has been left in the dust by a new world power , Colombia. \u2014 Paul Newberry, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Twitter purchase is likely just the beginning of a bigger shift, as the rich become more emboldened, and social media reach becomes more akin to real world power . \u2014 Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Venice that day was eerily tranquil, as at various times since the start of the pandemic, and this must also have been true during the great plague that permanently altered its history as a great world power . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Once a world powerhouse that produced other inline-to-ice stars such as Chad Hedrick, Derek Parra and Jennifer Rodriguez \u2014 Olympic medalists all \u2014 the American inline program has been left in the dust by a new world power , Colombia. \u2014 Paul Newberry, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Ukraine\u2019s position today is far weaker than that faced by Churchill in 1940, when Britain was still a world power with an empire, an advanced economy, and formidable naval defenses. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Before this season, the Bengals hadn\u2019t won a playoff game since the Soviet Union was a world power \u2013 meaning a large chunk of millennials and all of Generation Z had never witnessed a postseason victory. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Once a world powerhouse that produced other inline-to-ice stars such as Chad Hedrick, Derek Parra and Jennifer Rodriguez \u2014 Olympic medalists all \u2014 the American inline program has been left in the dust by a new world power , Colombia. \u2014 Paul Newberry, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Feb. 2022"
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"1855, in the meaning defined above"
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"woo-woo":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": dubiously or outlandishly mystical, supernatural, or unscientific"
],
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"\u02c8w\u00fc-\u02ccw\u00fc"
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"probably from the interjection woo-woo as a conventional representation of an eerie or ghostly sound"
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"1992, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-110743"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": filled pockets of noodle dough served boiled in soup or fried"
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"\u02c8w\u00e4n-\u02cct\u00e4n"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Highlights include a firecracker shrimp snack, which marinates Gulf shrimp in ginger and lime, then wraps them in a crispy wonton shell, served with sweet chile sauce. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 4 May 2022",
"Regarding the taste, McDonald's describes the flavor as savory and soy-forward, probably akin to your favorite wonton dipping sauce. \u2014 Men's Health Editorial, Men's Health , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The corunda was the size of a mega- wonton but was luscious; the two Oaxacan tamales were soft and spectacular. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
"The spicy Sichuan wonton , or chao shou, comes to the table drenched in a spicy chili oil flavored with Sichuan peppercorn and a black vinegar sauce. \u2014 CNN , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Crisp wonton shells filled with ahi tuna, avocado and sesame soy. \u2014 Paul Walsh, Star Tribune , 29 June 2021",
"Lay the wonton wrappers on the baking sheet without overlapping. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2021",
"The spicy wonton soup is a new entry into the Anchorage soup hall of fame. \u2014 Mara Severin, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Order standouts like kaya toast sandwiching coconut jam; wontons filled with shrimp, cod and country ham in chile oil; and the ever-wonderful seafood laksa. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Chinese (Guangdong) w\u00e0hn-t\u0101n"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1934, in the meaning defined above"
],
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"worse off":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having less money and possessions : less wealthy",
": in a worse position"
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"wobbegong":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": carpet shark",
": any of various bottom-dwelling carpet sharks (family Orectolobidae ) found mainly in the western Pacific Ocean and having a flattened body with intricate mottled patterns on the skin, a broad head, and long barbels near the nostrils"
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"1553, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a day on which work is performed as distinguished from a day off",
": the period of time in a day during which work is performed"
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"\u02c8w\u0259rk-\u02ccd\u0101"
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"examples":[
"On workdays I usually wake up at six o'clock.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The intent is to maintain traffic with the use of flaggers during the workday and then return the road to full operation the rest of the time. \u2014 cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Koch was criticized for working a second job on school district time as well as organizing a private rally for former Superintendent Robert Runcie that was held during the workday at the district headquarters. \u2014 Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
"When the workday is over, head to the nearby Kaunas Reservoir beach, just a short walk away. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
"Palmer loved her six years of military service, traveling, the colors every workday at 7:55 a.m. and caring for sailors and their families. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 30 May 2022",
"The announcement states that students and staff are required to wear a mask during the school and workday , and while on school buses and vans. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 23 May 2022",
"Russia\u2019s state media did not immediately report on Mr. Bondarev\u2019s resignation, and the Foreign Ministry had not commented as the end of the workday approached in Moscow. \u2014 Anton Troianovski, New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"The process of acclimating a dog to spending the workday alone should be gradual, Mahaney advises. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 22 May 2022",
"The workday has changed quite a bit over the past two years. \u2014 Peter Ord, Forbes , 16 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": diligent , industrious"
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"\u02c8w\u0259rkf\u0259l"
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"1731, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-032559"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the portion of honeycomb composed of worker cells"
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"1838, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": lacking worth : valueless",
": useless",
": contemptible , despicable",
": lacking worth",
": useless"
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"\u02c8w\u0259rth-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8w\u0259rth-l\u0259s"
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"chaffy",
"empty",
"junky",
"no-good",
"null",
"vain",
"valueless"
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"valuable",
"worthy"
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"examples":[
"The boots may be nice, but they're worthless if they don't fit you.",
"She's depressed and believes that she's worthless .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two decades ago Enron became the poster boy for how not to run a 401(k) plan when it was revealed that 60% of its employees\u2019 nest eggs were in its worthless stock. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"On-chain data provided by Nansen suggests that Celsius lost at least 35,000 ETH as a result, being left with the now- worthless Stakehound ETH tokens. \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"When no one is willing to pay a higher price, leading investors are left with worthless assets. \u2014 Maria Gracia Santillana-linares, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"More recent examples, Venezuela, Zimbabwe have had hyperinflation, that money in those countries becomes nearly worthless . \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
"While some thought went into production designer Tink\u2019s settings, the notion that this film was shot in 17 countries plays as a worthless gimmick, since we\u2019re almost entirely trapped in rooms with characters\u2019 laptops and phones. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"Digital images, once viewed as worthless because they could be easily copied, could now be owned and assigned monetary value. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Some financial institutions were left holding trillions of dollars in nearly worthless subprime mortgages, including global investment companies like Bear Stearns, which saw two of its hedge funds go belly up. \u2014 Aliyah Thomas, ABC News , 12 May 2022",
"Franchot, a candidate for governor, said he was baffled by the outgoing Hogan administration\u2019s sudden rush to transfer the property and questioned the administration\u2019s appraisal of the sprawling property as worthless . \u2014 Bryn Stole, Baltimore Sun , 11 May 2022"
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"circa 1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": notable , distinguished",
": giving or expressing worship or veneration"
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"\u02c8w\u0259r-sh\u0259p-f\u0259l",
"also"
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"worshipping",
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"She was greeted by thousands of worshipful fans.",
"a movie fan's worshipful stare upon finally meeting her idol",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Countless new books have appeared on the Queen and her reign, most of them reverent if not worshipful in tone. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"His gift for messaging has rankled some: even people who support Ukraine and its fight have criticized Zelensky\u2019s celebrity appearances, or at least the public\u2019s worshipful response to him. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 May 2022",
"Like Gatsby, Holmes invented her celebrity and fortune out of virtually nothing: a smile, a wide and worshipful gaze, and genealogy. \u2014 Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"But Lorenzo has a new modesty about him, and his clothing feels intimate in a way that Lauren\u2019s, which is much more like a worshipful encyclopedia of American style, simply cannot. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Caught in the right mood at Javi\u2019s seaside estate, Cage responds favorably to the billionaire\u2019s worshipful pitch. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Hardy's performance is as goofy as anything in the Joel Schumacher movies precisely because the movie's worshipful tone is so askew. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"After her death on December 23, countless worshipful , literary New Yorkers began posting on Instagram the inevitable Julian Wasser photographs of Didion with her Corvette Stingray, taken in Hollywood in 1968. \u2014 Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country , 5 Jan. 2022",
"On Friday night, Brooks was still extravagantly worshipful of the space. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 22 Nov. 2021"
],
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"Middle English, \"deserving honor or respect, of noble character, worthy of veneration,\" from wur\u00f0scip, worschip \"honor, esteem, renown, veneration, rank\" + -ful -ful entry 1 \u2014 more at worship entry 2"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": drunken saw"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-175417"
},
"wool grade":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one of the recognized standard categories into which wool is divided, based chiefly on fineness of fiber \u2014 compare blood sense 7 , spinning count"
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": most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202132"
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"wontless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": unaccustomed , unwonted"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-204720"
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"type":[
"noun phrase"
],
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": a stylish woman/man"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084423"
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"definitions":[
"Definition of worn past participle of wear"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084936"
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"wor":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"worshipful"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": maxim sense 4"
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"worker + major , adjective"
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"1858, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090637"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that grades or classes fleeces"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-124044"
},
"woolgather":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to engage in woolgathering"
],
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"\u02c8wu\u0307l-\u02ccga-t\u035fh\u0259r",
"-\u02ccge-t\u035fh\u0259r"
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"1796, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142221"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-145741"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": swash plate"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-172024"
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"woo":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to sue for the affection of and usually marriage with : court",
": to solicit or entreat especially with importunity",
": to seek to gain or bring about",
": to court a woman",
": to try to gain the love of",
": to try to gain"
],
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"\u02c8w\u00fc",
"\u02c8w\u00fc"
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"ask (for)",
"court",
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"invite"
],
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"examples":[
"The store had a sale in an effort to woo new customers.",
"The company must find creative ways to woo new employees.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even Marvin Lewis, whose good work here set the table for what\u2019s happening now, didn\u2019t exactly woo top tier players. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"Will Smith stars as a smooth-talking who man falls for a columnist (Eva Mendes) while helping a shy accountant (Kevin James) woo a beautiful heiress. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Quarterback Nicholaus Iamaleava of Downey Warren will woo college football scouts with his volleyball skills in the spring, then provide oohs and ahhs by throwing 50 touchdowns in the fall. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
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"Suburban home builders woo buyers by slathering them with gables and bays and balustrades and porticos and portholes, a profusion that the critic Kate Wagner has chronicled magnificently in her blog McMansion Hell. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 24 Nov. 2021",
"In July, Lightfoot traveled to the Bay Area to woo companies, selling Chicago as a tech destination. \u2014 Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
"The federal government is trying to woo people by putting vaccines in community hubs like barber shops; making plans to offer child care; and by organizing rides to vaccination sites. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 6 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most concrete layer, called the surface structure, captured facts about the overt shape of the sentence ( word order , inflection, and pronunciation). \u2014 Geoffrey K. Pullum, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"English speakers use word order for this function, but this is by no means the only option. 5. \u2014 Michelle Sheehan, Quartz , 3 July 2019",
"The world\u2019s many modern signing systems have different rules for pronunciation, word order , and grammar. \u2014 National Geographic , 28 May 2019",
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"For example, Alice Walker creating womanism , a term specific for Black women. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Dec. 2021",
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"Audre Lorde, Alice Walker, and Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw couldn\u2019t create terms like Black feminism, womanism , and intersectionality to spread the word about our struggle without that knowledge. \u2014 refinery29.com , 8 Mar. 2018"
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"And then there\u2019s Trump\u2019s temperament, which is, and not to be a traitor to my sex, on the womanish side. \u2014 Lili Anolik, Vanities , 19 June 2017",
"And then there\u2019s Trump\u2019s temperament, which is, and not to be a traitor to my sex, on the womanish side. \u2014 Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com , 14 June 2017"
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"Experts say traders use the data for just about every kind of investment around the world, from U.S. stocks to the Korean won . \u2014 Chris Gayomali, The Week , 5 Oct. 2018",
"JSerra will play host to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in a rematch of the Southern Section Division 1 final won by JSerra. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"At one point shortly after the 18-year-old won gold in the women\u2019s big air event, a third of the 50 trending hashtags on China\u2019s Weibo social media platform were about her. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Had Arsenal won and finished fourth, then Spurs would have missed out on the Champions League. \u2014 Steve Price, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Hedge funds have been selling currencies such as the Thai baht and the South Korean won . \u2014 Julia-ambra Verlaine, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"They were sentenced to up to two years in prison and fined up to 7 million won , about $5,700, each. \u2014 John Yoon, New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"The Korean won was also down, trading around 1274 per dollar. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 6 May 2022",
"The ring is the last won by Horry, who played for NBA title teams with the Houston Rockets in 1994 and 1995, Los Angeles Lakers in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and San Antonio Spurs in 2005 and 2007. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 2 May 2022"
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"Since texturism sets or influences the standard for hair, Black women and girls with kinky and type 4 hair are continuously considered less attractive and less feminine, and their womanhood is often invalidated for having those hair types. \u2014 Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, refinery29.com , 20 June 2022",
"Olympian Caster Semenya is sharing her frustration with trying to prove her womanhood to track officials to compete. \u2014 Melissa Noel, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"White Echo\u2014all offer a sideways, darkly fantastical take on womanhood and female friendship. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022",
"One wonders, then, about future productions that might further develop the play\u2019s articulations of Black womanhood with the inclusion of experiences of trans mothers, daughters and sisters. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Kuan conducted the world premiere of the opera in 2019 for New York City Opera. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
"The film will have its world premiere Saturday in the Viewpoints section of the Tribeca Film Festival. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Light and Sound Productions presents the world premiere of Martha Hansen\u2019s play for mature audiences about the intersecting lives of five older women who meet on a lesbian cruise. \u2014 Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Selections include the world premiere of a piece by senior Ian West. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
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"Huesera had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
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"But two of Emmett\u2019s friends from the work farm , Duchess and Woolly, join them and force Emmett and Billy east to New York. \u2014 Richard J. Chang, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Emmett Watson, 18, has just returned to Nebraska from 15 months at a juvenile work farm in Kansas. \u2014 Joanne Kaufman, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Margaret, Waley\u2019s wife, landed at a Michigan work farm . \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Her father, who had served in Chiang Kai-shek\u2019s Nationalist Army, was arrested when Ms. Liu was an infant and did not see his daughter again for more than 40 years, when Ms. Liu found him on a rural work farm . \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Aug. 2021",
"In another road trip, Tarbell visits Terra Farm and Manor near Prescott, a working farm and guest house where visitors can take cooking courses with chefs, farmers and winemakers. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral , 5 Feb. 2020",
"Among the victims are the ranunculus that carpet the Flower Fields near the San Diego Freeway in Carlsbad \u2014 a working farm that also is an important agritourism destination. \u2014 Geoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2020",
"Many of the dishes were prepared with food from the school, which has the city\u2019s only working farm , according to school officials. \u2014 Javonte Anderson, chicagotribune.com , 27 Nov. 2019",
"We\u2019re outside of Stockholm off this dirt road on a big, working farm . \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2020"
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"The more comprehensive documents might be worthwhile to facilitate tax planning (or on the opposite end of the wealth spectrum Medicaid planning). \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"That\u2019s admirable, of course, but taking a few hours out to support the top award in your industry is also worthwhile . \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 24 June 2022",
"Even if people think your ideas are worthwhile , implementing them could seem all but impossible. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Putting Autolist's findings into context with other EV surveys is worthwhile . \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 27 May 2022",
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"Meanwhile, for those who identify as spiritual or religious, reflecting on our collective history and the future of our society through thoughtful meditation and prayer quotes can also be a worthwhile activity. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
"Southern California thankfully doesn\u2019t get as cold as Denmark, but stopping by hot springs for a day of relaxation is still a worthwhile winter activity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Despite the far-out nature of the solar gravitational lens, Turyshev, Macintosh and Madurowicz are of one mind: thinking about its possibilities now is worthwhile . \u2014 Allison Gasparini, Scientific American , 25 May 2022"
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"examples":[
"He felt a sense of wonderment .",
"gazed in wonderment at the holiday decorations",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, there isn\u2019t any AI today that has a semblance of common sense and nor has any of the cognitive wonderment of robust human thinking. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Some of the new dinos have red feathers, a cute touch, but there's little of the wonderment of the first film, barring an image of a sad bronto at a logging site. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, there isn\u2019t any AI today that has a semblance of common sense and nor has any of the cognitive wonderment of robust human thinking. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"One lot expressed wonderment at my grasp of the English language. \u2014 Deepa Mehta, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"In the streaming age, such instances were liable to incite wonderment from other art-rock bands. \u2014 Zach Schonfeld, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The look on his face was a pure smile and pure wonderment . \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
"In those days, the focus was the usual tech wonderment preoccupation about whether or not AI could be devised to drive a car. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Like many observers, Troy basketball coach Scott Cross looks at the events of Jan. 12, 1992, with wonderment . \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 10 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135912"
},
"woolfell":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English wolle felle , from wolle wool + felle, fel fell":""
