dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ank_MW.json

{
  "ankle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the joint between the cannon bone and pastern (as in the horse)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a\u014b-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Other residents told Fox 26 that the victim suffered an ankle bite from two of the dogs two months ago. \u2014 Emmett Jones, Fox News , 22 June 2022",
      "One was found in Lynnfield this week, and a third was seen hiding in plain sight, at ankle height, in Chestnut Hill, said Patty Neal. \u2014 Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
      "Griffin missed the entirety of her junior season with ankle and knee issues and later had to have surgery in January for a disc injury in her back. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
      "Stick to ankle -skimming pants or midi skirts to let the jewelry shine. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 June 2022",
      "Krahl found the stiffened elbow, knee, hand, and ankle joints were different than the functioning shoulder, hip, and finger joints. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
      "Woodruff, who was initially sidelined with an ankle issue but is now dealing with Raynaud's Syndrome, is scheduled to make his second minor-league rehab start Thursday at Class A Wisconsin. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
      "Briefly: Starter Anthony DeSclafani ( ankle ) joined the team and will travel with the Giants to Atlanta. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 June 2022",
      "The air was humid and earthy, the ground everywhere an ankle -turning carpet of fallen coconuts. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English ancle, ankill, perhaps going back to an unattested Old English outcome of Germanic *ankula- (whence Old Frisian & Middle Dutch ankel \"ankle,\" Old High German anchal ) alongside *ankila- (whence 16th-century Dutch enckel \"ankle,\" Middle Low German enkel, Old High German enchil ) and *ankil\u014dn-, *ankul\u014dn- (whence Old High German anchla, anchala, anchila \"ankle,\" Old Norse \u01ebkkla ), diminutive of a base seen in *ankj\u014dn- (whence Old High German ancha, anca \"limb, nape of the neck,\" Old Norse ekkja \"heel\"), of uncertain origin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060641"
  },
  "ankh":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cross having a loop for its upper vertical arm and serving especially in ancient Egypt as an emblem of life":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After slashing their victims\u2019 throats with blades hidden in matching golden ankh pendants, John and Miriam drink them up and immediately burn the remains in a basement incinerator. \u2014 Rina Nkulu, Vulture , 30 Oct. 2021",
      "This incarnation of Death was not a scythe-wielding Grim Reaper but rather a cute goth girl with a spunky attitude and a pretty ankh symbol. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 22 Aug. 2020",
      "The ancient Egyptian symbol for life, the ankh \u2014a cross shape with an oval loop\u2014influenced the development of the cross known as the crux ansata, used extensively in Coptic symbolism. \u2014 National Geographic , 19 Apr. 2019",
      "In ancient Egypt the ankh was the symbol of both eternal life and a sacred metal, copper. \u2014 Emily Dudding, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Mar. 2014",
      "Badu\u2014an Afrofuturistic artist who uses fictional worlds, technology, and outer space in her videos\u2014was perhaps the most stylistically influential with her larger-than-life head wraps, afro-wigs, face paint, and Egyptian ankh rings. \u2014 Taylor Hosking, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2018",
      "Holding a sparkling ankh , his cortege paused at Osiris's signature tables where he was cascaded with confetti and honorifics. \u2014 Michael Dumas, AL.com , 7 Feb. 2018",
      "While everyone is grabbing the popcorn for the Blac Chyna-Rob Kardashian beef, the real donnybrook was happening Monday on TV One\u2019s News One Now, when host Roland Martin had ankh -right leader Umar Abdullah-Johnson on his morning show. \u2014 Michael Harriot, The Root , 11 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Egyptian \u02bdn\u1e2b live":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1854, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115918"
  },
  "ankerite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a yellowish to brown mineral consisting of a carbonate of calcium and iron":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a\u014b-k\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German Ankerit , from M. J. Anker \u20201843 Austrian mineralogist":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1825, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120819"
  },
  "anker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a unit of capacity:":[],
      ": an old Dutch and German liquid measure used in various countries of Europe especially for spirits and equal to about 9 to 10.5 U.S. gallons (30 to 40 liters)":[],
      ": a U.S. unit equal to 10 gallons (37.85 liters)":[],
      ": a unit of South Africa equal to 7\u00b9/\u2082 imperial gallons (34.10 liters)":[],
      ": a cask or keg having a capacity of one anker":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-",
      "\u02c8\u00e4\u014bk\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Dutch, probably from Medieval Latin ancheria, anceria":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131655"
  },
  "ankyl-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": crooked : curved":[
        "Ancylo stoma"
      ],
      ": stiff, immobile, constricted, or closed because of adhesion":[
        "ankylo glossia",
        "ankyl urethria"
      ],
      ": ankylosis":[
        "ankylo phobia"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek ankyl-, ankylo- , from ankylos ; akin to Greek ankos glen":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200614"
  },
  "Ankeny":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "city in south central Iowa north of Des Moines population 45,582":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a\u014b-k\u0259-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000831"
  }
}