dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/but_MW.json

{
  "but":{
    "antonyms":[
      "apart from",
      "aside from",
      "bar",
      "barring",
      "beside",
      "besides",
      "except",
      "excepting",
      "except for",
      "excluding",
      "exclusive of",
      "other than",
      "outside",
      "outside of",
      "save",
      "saving"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": except for the fact":[
        "would have protested but that he was afraid"
      ],
      ": if not : unless":[],
      ": on the contrary : on the other hand : notwithstanding":[
        "\u2014 used to connect coordinate elements he was called but he did not answer not peace but a sword"
      ],
      ": only , merely":[
        "he is but a child"
      ],
      ": other than":[
        "this letter is nothing but an insult"
      ],
      ": outside":[],
      ": than":[
        "no sooner started but it stopped",
        "\u2014 not often in formal use"
      ],
      ": that":[
        "\u2014 used after a negative there is no doubt but that it must be done"
      ],
      ": that not : who not":[
        "nobody but has his fault",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": that \u2026 not":[
        "\u2014 used to indicate possibility or uncertainty I don't know but what I will go"
      ],
      ": the kitchen or living quarters of a 2-room cottage":[],
      ": to the contrary":[
        "who knows but that she may succeed"
      ],
      ": with the exception of":[
        "\u2014 used before a word often taken to be the subject of a clause none but the brave deserves the fair \u2014 John Dryden"
      ],
      ": with the exception of : barring":[
        "no one there but me"
      ],
      ": without , lacking":[],
      ": without the concomitant that":[
        "it never rains but it pours"
      ],
      ": yet":[
        "poor but proud"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare but entry 1 sense 2c":[
        "no one there but me"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Conjunction",
      "We had no choice but to leave.",
      "They've done nothing but argue all afternoon.",
      "Preposition",
      "There was no one there but him.",
      "I didn't tell anyone but my sister.",
      "Who but you would think that",
      "Adverb",
      "They have but two weeks to get ready.",
      "she is but a child and too young to understand such things",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Conjunction",
      "But scientists and doctors say things aren\u2019t that simple \u2014 and a belief that exposing children to marijuana, either directly or indirectly, is harmless isn\u2019t supported by the facts. \u2014 Daniel M. Jimenez, The Cannifornian , 22 June 2017",
      "But with a full and volatile season behind them, the two have grown closer, prompting check-ins from Bradford last month, seeking tidbits from his coach who watched OTA practices on a tablet from his Kentucky retreat. \u2014 Chad Graff, Twin Cities , 15 June 2017",
      "The tech firm didn\u2019t pull that video down, but reached out to police. \u2014 Queenie Wong, The Mercury News , 3 May 2017",
      "But campus leaders like Chancellor Vincent Fulginiti and many community donors had a bigger vision. \u2014 Matthew Wynia, The Denver Post , 1 May 2017",
      "Normally a chain moving here wouldn\u2019t pique my interest too much, but this place has got some serious fans \u2014 called \u2018 \u2014 Allyson Reedy, The Know , 24 Apr. 2017",
      "The powerhouse, year-round clubs might be peaking again but the strongest undercurrents Saturday came from team connections. \u2014 Dan Albano, Orange County Register , 22 Apr. 2017",
      "But enough do to make a significant dent in the prescription numbers. \u2014 Christopher Ingraham, The Cannabist , 21 Apr. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
      "Normally, big job losses trigger massive searches for full-time jobs, but this crisis has been anything but normal. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 1 June 2020",
      "Despite the pleas for calm, the nation seemed anything but as a fitful week drew to a close. \u2014 Robert Klemko, Washington Post , 30 May 2020",
      "Despite the pleas for calm, the nation seemed anything but as a fitful week drew to a close. \u2014 Robert Klemko, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2020",
      "The Big Ten hasn\u2019t enacted a conference-wide date but Ohio State, which is scheduled to visit Oregon a week after NDSU on Sept. 12, has said its players will begin workouts June 8. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 May 2020",
      "These assumptions are in need of scrutiny, not by comparison with other countries but of this country with itself a few generations ago. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020",
      "Nick has more power but Joey is a bit more nimble -- everything else is essentially equal. \u2014 John Owning, Dallas News , 27 May 2020",
      "Some people just believe that there\u2019s no way but to just fight back. \u2014 Chris Buckley, New York Times , 15 May 2020",
      "Facebook has no option but to get its act together in India. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "The wide-angle lens of television invites immersion in a pivotal midlife decade that\u2014for anyone juggling a career, children, and aging parents, as well as their own compromises, regrets, and unfulfilled ambitions\u2014is anything but dry. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The narrative thrust hangs on the hook of a seemingly ordinary American family ending up in a situation that\u2019s anything but , and the enterprise is to figure out what exactly happened. \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 5 Jan. 2021",
      "Mahomes likely won\u2019t get but deserves the MVP award after overcoming a slightly tougher road than Rodgers to get his conference\u2019s top seed. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "Anyone meeting its representatives and leaders cannot but be impressed by their knowledge, education, and intelligence. \u2014 Douglas Carr, National Review , 14 Sep. 2020",
      "Pliskova jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the second set, and while Wozniacki held her serve, Pliskova did not let up, winning all of her first serve points and all but two on her second serve. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, Cincinnati.com , 19 Aug. 2017",
      "The controversies of this presidency have made bipartisan cooperation all but impossible, and there is not enough unity among Republicans to pass politically charged legislation on a partisan basis. \u2014 James Capretta, National Review , 19 Aug. 2017",
      "However, according to reports from Argentine journalist Lucas Ajuria on Twitter, Simeone's future at Genoa is all but over, and Spurs are set to scrap it out with Serie A side Fiorentina for the player's signature. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Aug. 2017",
      "By 5 p.m. Tuesday, some 1,200 workers, including tree and line crews from KCP&L and other utilities, had restored power to all but 2,400 customers. \u2014 Lily O\u2019neill, Shane Sanderson, And Lily Oppenheimer, kansascity , 25 July 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But there was a but of confusion from the judges and fans at home. \u2014 Leah Rocketto, Woman's Day , 29 Oct. 2020",
      "But even the tech titans have lots of shrugs and buts . \u2014 Shira Ovide, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
      "That way there's no ifs, ands or buts about what's going on. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com , 4 Mar. 2020",
      "Ohio State yeah- buts teams like Rutgers all the time. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com , 16 Sep. 2019",
      "Investor advocates have long wanted one set of rules to apply to both advisors and brokers: that anyone handling money put investors\u2019 interests first, with no ifs, ands or buts . \u2014 Barry Ritholtz, latimes.com , 24 June 2019",
      "As for consumers who still subscribe to traditional cable and for whom these streaming services are just additive, there are no ifs, ands, or buts about it: the monthly fees are mounting. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 10 Oct. 2018",
      "Le meneur de jeu espagnol a marqu\u00e9 10 buts et a offert 18 passes d\u00e9cisives cette saison. \u2014 SI.com , 17 Apr. 2018",
      "Weigh-in daily No ifs, ands, or buts , about it, get on the scale. \u2014 Kimberly Garrison, Philly.com , 1 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
      "1724, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Preposition",
      "circa 1518, in the meaning defined above":"Pronoun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English b\u016btan , preposition & conjunction, outside, without, except, except that; akin to Old High German b\u016bzan without, except; akin to Old English be by, \u016bt out \u2014 more at by entry 1 , out entry 1":"Conjunction, Preposition, Adverb, and Pronoun",
      "Scots but , adjective (outer)":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259t",
      "\u02c8b\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "except",
      "excepting",
      "only",
      "saving",
      "yet"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042429",
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "conjunction",
      "noun",
      "preposition",
      "pronoun"
    ]
  },
  "butcher":{
    "antonyms":[
      "massacre",
      "mow (down)",
      "slaughter"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dealer in meat":[],
      ": a person who slaughters animals or dresses their flesh":[],
      ": a vendor especially on trains or in theaters":[],
      ": botch":[
        "butchered the play"
      ],
      ": one that bungles or botches":[],
      ": one that kills ruthlessly or brutally":[],
      ": to kill in a barbarous manner":[],
      ": to slaughter and dress for market":[
        "butcher hogs"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases",
      "Verb",
      "They've hired someone to butcher the hogs.",
      "Many innocent people were butchered under his regime.",
      "The band has butchered my favorite song.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The sign of support for Ukraine also hangs in the window, alongside loops of kielbasa and loaves of dark Lithuanian rye bread, at the East Village Meat Market, a butcher shop and grocery at 139 Second Avenue. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Treat dad to a premium steak from this steakhouse that was established in 1887 and is now selling their classic signature cuts nationwide (starting at $59.95) straight from their butcher shop. \u2014 Aly Walansky, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Residents were lining up at a butcher shop in Bucha on a recent afternoon after word spread of a delivery of fresh meat. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
      "The trendy neighborhood also includes nearby Sister Pie and the Marrow restaurant and butcher shop. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
      "Smoky River Meats, a local butcher shop, provides the restaurant's fresh meat ground daily. \u2014 Maxime Tamsett, CNN , 3 May 2022",
      "Inflation\u2019s impact is clear when looking at the freshly ground and sliced offerings at the nearly 80-year-old butcher shop at 2701 Taylorsville Road. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Javier Mart\u00ednez\u2019s butcher shop is an unlikely flash point in this war. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "With 125 years of operation, Ebert\u2019s is the oldest butcher shop in the state of Kentucky, according to its website. \u2014 Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There are no swimsuit competitions, but contestants may be required to butcher a sheep. \u2014 Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone , 12 May 2022",
      "After Christmas, when the winter was deep and the crops were in, families would gather at a farm, as if for a barn raising, to butcher hogs, putting meat away in a smokehouse for the coming year. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "When these immunological assassins happen upon a cell that\u2019s been hijacked by a virus, their first instinct is to butcher . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Between 2 million and 3 million years ago, early human ancestors began to make stone tools and used them to butcher animals. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Five adult volunteers had offered their pickup trucks, garage space and strength to help the children take apart the animal and eventually butcher it. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common \u2014 broadcasters butcher their names. \u2014 William J. Cole, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common \u2014 broadcasters butcher their names. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common \u2014 broadcasters butcher their names. \u2014 William J. Cole, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bocher , from Anglo-French, from buc he-goat, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish bocc he-goat \u2014 more at buck entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blunderbuss",
      "blunderer",
      "botcher",
      "bumbler",
      "bungler",
      "fumbler",
      "screwup"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065955",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butcherly":{
    "antonyms":[
      "benign",
      "benignant",
      "compassionate",
      "good-hearted",
      "humane",
      "kind",
      "kindhearted",
      "sympathetic",
      "tenderhearted"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling a butcher : savage":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Genghis Khan and his butcherly horde even massacred the livestock of the villages they overran."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1513, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-ch\u0259r-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "atrocious",
      "barbaric",
      "barbarous",
      "brutal",
      "brute",
      "cruel",
      "fiendish",
      "heartless",
      "inhuman",
      "inhumane",
      "sadistic",
      "savage",
      "truculent",
      "vicious",
      "wanton"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181649",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "butchery":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": botch":[],
      ": cruel and ruthless slaughter of human beings":[],
      ": slaughterhouse":[],
      ": the preparation of meat for sale":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the butchery of civilians during the war",
      "butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Designed in metal in the Parisian Baltard style, the covered market on Place Carnot is flanked by businesses such as the Mas butchery , the Champollion bookstore and the popular Sphinx restaurant, with tables spilling across the pavement. \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "Quinn, who previously served as the executive sous chef at EMP, has turned his attention to the seasonal and local at the Noortwyck, which will feature in-house butchery , bread making and dry-aging. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
      "Marrow on Kercheval is two culinary businesses with the restaurant focus on nose-to-tail butchery and farm-to-table with an emphasis on minimizing waste. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
      "When that kind of butchery is done by weapons purchased legally, clearly the laws need to change. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has become a rare exception, its butchery in plain view via saturation coverage for anyone with a video screen. \u2014 John Harwood, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "This Ukrainian town, not far from the capital, Kyiv, is where the war\u2019s worst atrocities have been discovered, and as the days pass the full scope of the terror and butchery only grows. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "The children learned history and geography, but also shoe-cobbling, sewing, butchery , and aircraft mechanics. \u2014 Rachel Lu, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Butcher Erika Nakamura, who discovered her love for the craft of whole animal butchery while working in New York City restaurants, easily disputes the idea that bone marrow is a cheap dish. \u2014 Stacey Lastoe, Robb Report , 21 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-ch\u0259-",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307ch-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bloodbath",
      "carnage",
      "death",
      "holocaust",
      "massacre",
      "slaughter"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180738",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "butt":{
    "antonyms":[
      "derision",
      "jest",
      "joke",
      "laughingstock",
      "mark",
      "mock",
      "mockery",
      "sport",
      "target"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a backstop (such as a mound or bank) for catching missiles shot at a target":[],
      ": a blind for shooting birds":[],
      ": a blow or thrust usually with the head or horns":[
        "a head butt to the ribs"
      ],
      ": a large cask especially for wine, beer, or water":[],
      ": a lean upper cut of the pork shoulder":[],
      ": abut":[
        "\u2014 used with on or against where the floorboards butt against each other The apartment building butts up against an old church."
      ],
      ": an object of abuse or ridicule : victim":[
        "the butt of all their jokes"
      ],
      ": an unused remainder (as of a cigarette or cigar)":[],
      ": buttocks":[
        "slipped and fell on his butt",
        "\u2014 often used as a euphemism for ass in idiomatic expressions Get your butt over here. kick butt saved our butts"
      ],
      ": cigarette":[],
      ": goal":[
        "here is my journey's end, here is my butt",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": limit , bound":[],
      ": range sense 5c":[
        "shooting butts"
      ],
      ": target":[],
      ": the base of a plant from which the roots spring":[],
      ": the large or thicker end part of something:":[],
      ": the part of a hide or skin corresponding to the animal's back and sides":[],
      ": the thicker or handle end of a tool or weapon":[
        "the butt of a rifle"
      ],
      ": to come into conflict":[],
      ": to place end to end or side to side without overlapping":[
        "butt the boards together"
      ],
      ": to reduce (something, such as a cigarette) to an unused remainder by stubbing or stamping : to reduce to a butt (see butt entry 1 sense 3a )":[],
      ": to strike or shove with the head or horns":[
        "got butted by a goat",
        "butting their horns together"
      ],
      ": to thrust or push headfirst : strike with the head or horns":[],
      ": to trim or square off (something, such as a log) at the end":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2d":"Noun",
      "1579, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1634, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1642, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French but, bout , from Old Occitan bota , from Late Latin buttis":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French buter, boter , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German b\u014dzan to beat \u2014 more at beat":"Verb and Noun",
      "Middle English, partly from Middle French but target, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse b\u016btr log, Low German butt blunt; partly from Middle French bute goal, target, mound, from but target":"Noun",
      "Middle English; probably akin to Middle English buttok buttock, Low German butt blunt":"Noun",
      "partly from butt entry 1 , partly from butt entry 2":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backside",
      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
      "bottom",
      "breech",
      "bum",
      "buns",
      "buttocks",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "derriere",
      "derri\u00e8re",
      "duff",
      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213903",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butt (on":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a guard on the tip of a fencing foil":[],
      ": a hidden sensitivity that can be manipulated to produce a desired response":[
        "knows how to push my buttons"
      ],
      ": a small globule of metal remaining after fusion (as in assaying)":[],
      ": a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a fastener by passing it through a buttonhole or loop":[],
      ": a usually box-shaped computer icon that initiates a specific software function":[],
      ": a usually circular metal or plastic badge bearing a stamped design or printed slogan":[
        "campaign button"
      ],
      ": any of various parts or growths of a plant or of an animal: such as":[],
      ": bud":[],
      ": push button":[],
      ": something (such as a push button) that has the real or symbolic capability of initiating a catastrophe (such as a nuclear attack)":[
        "has his finger on the button"
      ],
      ": something that resembles a button: such as":[],
      ": the point of the chin especially as a target for a knockout blow":[],
      ": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle":[],
      ": to close (the lips) to prevent speech":[
        "button your lip"
      ],
      ": to close or fasten with buttons":[
        "\u2014 often used with up button up your overcoat"
      ],
      ": to close or seal tightly":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up button up the house for winter"
      ],
      ": to furnish or decorate with buttons":[],
      ": to have buttons for fastening":[
        "this dress buttons at the back"
      ],
      ": to pass (a button) through a buttonhole or loop":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a dress with buttons down the back",
      "I lost a button on my jacket.",
      "He took off his tie and undid the top button of his shirt.",
      "Will you please push the \u2018play\u2019 button on the CD player",
      "With a fax machine, you can send a document across the country with the touch of a button .",
      "If the information on the registration form is correct, click the \u2018OK\u2019 button .",
      "Verb",
      "He rarely buttons the top button on his shirt.",
      "Will you button the baby's jacket for her",
      "The skirt buttons on the side.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The button for today\u2019s column will go to our friend Marion Harrell in Maryland, who helped inspire it. \u2014 Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "Just look at those heels (which would make great wedding-guest shoes) and those white sneakers (which are just begging to be paired with a long-sleeve button -down and high-waist denim). \u2014 Kelsey Clark, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
      "Tap on the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 July 2022",
      "The handle can be retracted with a button on the bar and by squeezing the sides to move it back. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
      "The housing fits all iPhones from iPhone 7 and up (including Max sizes), and has an easy-to-use shutter button and other controls. \u2014 Stephen Slaybaugh, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
      "The decadent cream is like a reset button for skin, using proprietary technology to deliver softer, smoother, fresher-looking skin with each application. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
      "If your return policy already shines, though, imagine what adding the amenity of front door returns to your already awesome return policy would do to encourage customers to click that buy button without any worries. \u2014 Brandon Batchelor, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Pelton in early 2021 bought two keyloggers, devices that surreptitiously record every time someone hits a button on a particular computer, according to court records. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And there\u2019s mounting pressure to act, including from a lame-duck governor hoping to button up the last of his legislative legacy. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "How To Sign Up For The Hulu Streaming Offer Step 1: Head to Hulu and activate this limited-time deal by clicking the Try Now button below. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 20 May 2022",
      "And, in some cases, people may have had to button up even more amid COVID due to toxic environments. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Thinking fast, Antonia and Margarita hang bags around their necks and button up their coats over them. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English boton , from Anglo-French butun rose hip, stud, from buter to thrust \u2014 more at butt entry 3":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192724",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a fastener by passing it through a buttonhole or loop",
      ": a usually circular metal or plastic badge bearing a stamped design or printed slogan",
      ": something that resembles a button: such as",
      ": any of various parts or growths of a plant or of an animal: such as",
      ": bud",
      ": an immature whole mushroom",
      ": button mushroom",
      ": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle",
      ": a small globule of metal remaining after fusion (as in assaying)",
      ": a guard on the tip of a fencing foil",
      ": push button",
      ": something (such as a push button) that has the real or symbolic capability of initiating a catastrophe (such as a nuclear attack)",
      ": a hidden sensitivity that can be manipulated to produce a desired response",
      ": a usually box-shaped computer icon that initiates a specific software function",
      ": the point of the chin especially as a target for a knockout blow",
      ": exactly",
      ": exactly on target : on the nose",
      ": to furnish or decorate with buttons",
      ": to pass (a button) through a buttonhole or loop",
      ": to close or fasten with buttons",
      ": to close (the lips) to prevent speech",
      ": to close or seal tightly",
      ": to have buttons for fastening",
      ": a small ball or disk used for holding parts of a garment together or as an ornament",
      ": a small often round part of a machine that makes the machine do something when pushed",
      ": to close or fasten with buttons",
      ": something that resembles a small knob or disk: as",
      ": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle",
      ": cotyledon sense 1"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "If that sounds like just your speed, these Halloween flicks are available for all Hulu subscribers at the click of a remote control button . \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
      "Finally, start the recording by clicking the big red button , then press play on the voice mail on your phone. \u2014 Chris Velazco, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "The programmed options, the ease of cleaning, the safety button on the basket, the price, just to name a few. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
      "Hot-glue the alternating points to the center, top with a button , and attach to a dowel. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 6 June 2022",
      "What's great is the watch is easy to use thanks to its four button design and automatic connection to satellites to begin displaying course information. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 6 June 2022",
      "Smith and Jennings also placed a donate button on their website and, quickly, members, friends and others chipped in. \u2014 Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Some at the time expressed doubts that the button -light technology would usurp the then-beloved BlackBerry, or even succeed at all, but the iPhone has come to dominate the market today, accounting for roughly half of the smartphone market share. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Click the + button in the upper right to Follow the new version of Rocking the RV Life. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "How To Sign Up For The Hulu Streaming Offer Step 1: Head to Hulu and activate this limited-time deal by clicking the Try Now button below. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 20 May 2022",
      "And, in some cases, people may have had to button up even more amid COVID due to toxic environments. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Thinking fast, Antonia and Margarita hang bags around their necks and button up their coats over them. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225934",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butt in":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to meddle in the affairs of others : interfere":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "stop butting in on my personal life"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1899, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "interfere",
      "interlope",
      "intermeddle",
      "intrude",
      "meddle",
      "mess",
      "muck (about ",
      "nose",
      "obtrude",
      "poke",
      "pry",
      "snoop"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032519",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butter":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a buttery substance: such as":[],
      ": a solid emulsion of fat globules, air, and water made by churning milk or cream and used as food":[],
      ": any of various fatty oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures":[],
      ": flattery":[],
      ": to spread with or as if with butter":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Would you like some butter for your potato",
      "Saut\u00e9 the onions in melted butter .",
      "Verb",
      "butter a piece of bread",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Oils like grapeseed oil or vegetable oil can withstand higher temperatures before burning than butter or olive oil. \u2014 Joe Difazio, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "In addition to the new drinks, Starbucks also announced two new food items: the chicken, maple butter and egg sandwich and the cookies & cream cake pop. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
      "Roasted corn on the cob, served with such condiments as mayo, butter and cheese. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "Ditch the messiness that is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and make them into bite-sized muffins instead. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 16 June 2022",
      "Instead, Verrier paints peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the elevated flair in which Chardin captured his renowned peaches. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 June 2022",
      "Through the decades, however, my dream peanut butter -and-chocolate gaming combo has yet to succeed: a first-person rhythm game. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "Bright shining acidity, with aromas of honey and butter and almonds. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "The basics were shrimp, white wine, onion, garlic, mushrooms and lemon juice, all cooked in a mixture of olive oil and butter . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Line the bottom with a round of parchment paper and butter the paper. \u2014 Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "From a nutritional standpoint, this menu addition doesn\u2019t exactly butter Yawitz\u2019s biscuit. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "After a little coaxing from Blake, who is trying to butter Ariana up in hopes of winning over her legions of fans, Hailey joins Team Ariana. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Top with the remaining bread slices; butter the side facing out. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "Rough spots of pavement make their way through the steering wheel with soft thumps, enough to communicate a sense of the road but nothing that would turn your cream to butter on the way home from the grocery store. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Shape the dough: Lightly oil or butter the inside surfaces of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan or Detroit pizza pan. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "Generously butter a 3-quart baking dish that is at least 2 inches deep. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Generously butter a deep, 8-inch or 9-inch square baking dish. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English butere , from Latin butyrum , from Greek boutyron , from bous cow + tyros cheese; akin to Avestan t\u016biri- curds \u2014 more at cow":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adulation",
      "blarney",
      "flannel",
      "flattery",
      "incense",
      "overpraise",
      "soft soap",
      "sweet talk",
      "taffy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175126",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butter duck":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several American ducks: such as":[],
      ": bufflehead":[],
      ": ruddy duck":[],
      ": shoveler":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134340",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "butter up":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to charm or beguile with lavish flattery or praise":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1819, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adulate",
      "belaud",
      "blarney",
      "flatter",
      "hero-worship",
      "honey",
      "massage",
      "overpraise",
      "puff",
      "soft-soap",
      "stroke"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091819",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butter-and-eggs":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a common Eurasian perennial herb ( Linaria vulgaris ) of the snapdragon family that has showy yellow and orange flowers and is naturalized in much of North America":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1756, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8\u0101gz",
      "\u02ccb\u0259-t\u0259r-\u1d4an-\u02c8egz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084248",
    "type":[
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ]
  },
  "buttered joint":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a thin masonry joint made by applying the mortar to one end and on the four edges of the bottom of the brick before it is laid":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035938",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "butterfat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the natural fat of milk and chief constituent of butter consisting essentially of a mixture of glycerides (such as those derived from butyric, capric, caproic, and caprylic acids)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "European butter is typically churned longer and has a higher butterfat content compared to its American counterpart. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "The mold gives Roquefort a sharp tang that livens up the high- butterfat creaminess of the sheep\u2019s milk. \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "Ghee is butter that has been heated and clarified\u2014that is, had its milk solids and water removed to produce pure butterfat . \u2014 Jane Black, WSJ , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Melting causes the milk solids and water in butter to separate from the butterfat . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "By increasing the palmitic acids in cattle feed, dairy farmers would be able to change the mix in their cows\u2019 milk, increasing butterfat without increasing the overall quantity of milk. \u2014 Karen Ho, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "The route winds through the Hocking Hills, graced with waterfalls and towering hemlocks, and passes through the farms of Amish country rich in buggies, bonnets and butterfat . \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 2 July 2021",
      "Buffalo milk is 8 percent butterfat , compared to 3 to 5 percent for most cows. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 9 June 2021",
      "This specific livestock feed supplement, which is federally approved for use in Canada, helps increase the output of the fatty portion of milk, known as butterfat . \u2014 Karen Ho, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfat",
      "-\u02ccfat"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030006",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "butterfingered":{
    "antonyms":[
      "deft",
      "dexterous",
      "dextrous",
      "handy",
      "sure-handed"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apt to let things fall or slip through the fingers : careless":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'm so butterfingered this morning\u2014I keep dropping things."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1615, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfi\u014b-g\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "awkward",
      "cack-handed",
      "clumsy",
      "graceless",
      "ham-fisted",
      "ham-handed",
      "handless",
      "heavy-handed",
      "left-handed",
      "maladroit",
      "unhandy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210045",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ]
  },
  "butterfingers":{
    "antonyms":[
      "deft",
      "dexterous",
      "dextrous",
      "handy",
      "sure-handed"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apt to let things fall or slip through the fingers : careless":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'm so butterfingered this morning\u2014I keep dropping things."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1615, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfi\u014b-g\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "awkward",
      "cack-handed",
      "clumsy",
      "graceless",
      "ham-fisted",
      "ham-handed",
      "handless",
      "heavy-handed",
      "left-handed",
      "maladroit",
      "unhandy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101142",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ]
  },
  "butterfish":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of numerous bony fishes (especially family Stromateidae) with a slippery coating of mucus":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dad will also enjoy these seasonal dishes, shrimp skewers, Rockefeller butterfish , Baja scallops and shrimp scampi pasta, carrot lava cake and strawberry citrus martini. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
      "Seasonal specials are also available including Rockefeller butterfish , Baja scallops, shrimp scampi pasta, and molten chocolate lava cake. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a plump little sea urchin on a bed of rice and seaweed; thin, tender slices of Wagyu short rib; and a bite of butterfish , artfully plated with a touch of yuzu chili paste. \u2014 Fortune , 8 Sep. 2019",
      "That causes squid and butterfish , which aren\u2019t good puffin food, to dominate local waters, Major said. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "The birds can suffer when waters warm and squid and butterfish , which aren\u2019t good puffin food, dominate local waters, Major said. \u2014 Patrick Whittle, The Denver Post , 5 Aug. 2019",
      "Creative sashimi are also strong, like butterfish tataki wrapped around crisp white asparagus with a touch of herb and yuzu. \u2014 Dominic Armato, azcentral , 1 July 2019",
      "Millie Clark, Acworth A: Also known as butterfish , blue cod, candlefish and coal cod, sablefish isn\u2019t really part of the cod family at all. \u2014 Atlanta Life, ajc , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "Misoyaki Butterfish That melt-in-your-mouth feeling of the misoyaki butterfish is delightful. \u2014 Steffi Victorioso, Los Angeles Magazine , 23 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1673, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfish"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163350",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "butterflier":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who observes and identifies butterflies in their natural environment":[
        "Already, like birders, butterfliers are trekking the world in search of ever more exotic species.",
        "\u2014 Margo Harakas , Houston Chronicle , 24 Apr. 1994"
      ],
      ": a swimmer who specializes in the butterfly : butterflyer":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccfl\u012b-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfl\u012br"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010915",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "butterflower":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": buttercup sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114915",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buttock":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": rump sense 1a":[],
      ": the back of a hip that forms one of the fleshy parts on which a person sits":[],
      ": the seat of the body":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries to her arm and buttock and was later released. \u2014 CBS News , 16 May 2022",
      "Women have increasingly opted for buttock -augmentation procedures in recent years, according to practitioners \u2014 a surgery that has grown as fast as any other cosmetic procedure in recent memory. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Also on Sunday, a 30-year-old was shot in his back and buttock in the early morning, police said. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 2 May 2022",
      "According to prosecutors, the shooter, then-19-year-old John Timothy Earnest, first shot congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, in the back of her right shoulder and right buttock . \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Its protagonist: a cosmetic dermatologist to the stars, known for his Botox and buttock -enhancement procedures, who tried his luck as a megamansion developer. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The homeless victim suffered gunshot wounds to his head, face, chest, thigh, buttock and hand, according to court records. \u2014 Mark Morales, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Police found a 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound in his left buttock at the residence. \u2014 Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "There\u2019s the fall onto the right or left buttock , followed by the roll onto the gut. \u2014 Chuck Culpepper, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English buttok \u2014 more at butt entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u0259k",
      "also -(\u02cc)t\u00e4k",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backside",
      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
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      "breech",
      "bum",
      "buns",
      "butt",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "derriere",
      "derri\u00e8re",
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      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
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      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202435",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": rump sense 1a":[],
      ": the back of a hip that forms one of the fleshy parts on which a person sits":[],
      ": the seat of the body":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries to her arm and buttock and was later released. \u2014 CBS News , 16 May 2022",
      "Women have increasingly opted for buttock -augmentation procedures in recent years, according to practitioners \u2014 a surgery that has grown as fast as any other cosmetic procedure in recent memory. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Also on Sunday, a 30-year-old was shot in his back and buttock in the early morning, police said. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 2 May 2022",
      "According to prosecutors, the shooter, then-19-year-old John Timothy Earnest, first shot congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, in the back of her right shoulder and right buttock . \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Its protagonist: a cosmetic dermatologist to the stars, known for his Botox and buttock -enhancement procedures, who tried his luck as a megamansion developer. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The homeless victim suffered gunshot wounds to his head, face, chest, thigh, buttock and hand, according to court records. \u2014 Mark Morales, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Police found a 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound in his left buttock at the residence. \u2014 Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "There\u2019s the fall onto the right or left buttock , followed by the roll onto the gut. \u2014 Chuck Culpepper, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English buttok \u2014 more at butt entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259k",
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u0259k",
      "also -(\u02cc)t\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
      "bottom",
      "breech",
      "bum",
      "buns",
      "butt",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "derriere",
      "derri\u00e8re",
      "duff",
      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110332",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "button cell":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small, round, flat battery typically used in watches or other small electronic devices (such as hearing aids)":[
        "Part of the discussion at the forum centered on ways area residents can help curb mercury emissions by avoiding throwing away products that contain mercury\u2014thermometers, button cell batteries , fluorescent lights, and the like\u2014into the trash.",
        "\u2014 Matt Gunderson , Boston Globe , 13 Dec. 2007"
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      "1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105238",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": a tropical tree or shrub of the genus Gomphia (family Ochnaceae)":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005321",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055205",
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      "noun"
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      "1963, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200731",
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      "noun"
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      ": a usually small white mushroom ( Agaricus bisporus synonym A. brunnescens ) in which the pileus has not yet expanded":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The quintessential, rustic dish Coq au Vin\u2014chicken braised with wine, lardons, button mushrooms , and brandy\u2014traditionally calls for it. \u2014 Alex Erdekian, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 15 Apr. 2020",
      "Hot and Sour Soup is full of tofu, fresh (not canned) bamboo shoot, button mushroom , and egg. \u2014 Eric Velasco, al , 21 Jan. 2020",
      "Layered in a large baking dish and left overnight to absorb the eggs, the pudding bakes and puffs up, its top a lovely golden brown, with eggy bread cubes, sauteed button mushrooms , sharp cheddar, and pockets of herb ricotta tucked inside. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "Young\u2019s only true Mushroom House, its owners specifically asked the architect to create a dwelling resembling a button mushroom . \u2014 Jay Jones, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2019",
      "Small button mushrooms are juicy and delicious, and a gingery warm broth will help with any sniffles. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Oct. 2019",
      "For lunch, add cooked button mushrooms to your otherwise humdrum bowl of grains and greens. \u2014 Mushroom Council, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 Sep. 2019",
      "The ideas kept coming: Cobb salad, wedge salad, little gem salad, salad of fennel and button mushrooms . \u2014 Elizabeth G. Dunn, New York Times , 16 Aug. 2019",
      "Quiznos\u2019 melt is made with white button mushrooms and, based on an advertisement, what appears to be bread with food coloring on top. \u2014 Josie Sexton, The Know , 21 June 2019"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1708, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203610",
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      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181200",
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122157",
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      "noun"
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      "liberal",
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      "unconventional",
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      ": having buttons from the collar to the waist":[],
      ": having the ends fastened to the garment with buttons":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1924, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
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      "brassbound",
      "conservative",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045018",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      "progressive",
      "unconventional",
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      ": having the ends fastened to the garment with buttons":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1924, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
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      "conservative",
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      "old-fashioned",
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      "orthodox",
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      "reactionary",
      "standpat",
      "traditional",
      "traditionalistic",
      "ultraconservative",
      "unprogressive"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004835",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      "sociable",
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      ": coldly reserved or standoffish":[
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1767, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4and-\u02c8\u0259p"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aloof",
      "antisocial",
      "asocial",
      "cold",
      "cold-eyed",
      "cool",
      "detached",
      "distant",
      "dry",
      "frosty",
      "offish",
      "remote",
      "standoff",
      "standoffish",
      "unbending",
      "unclubbable",
      "unsociable"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192533",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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  "buttonhead":{
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      ": having a head with a spherical exposed surface and plane shoulder, the height of the head being usually less than a hemisphere":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035213",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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  "buttonhold":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": buttonhole entry 3":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from buttonholder one who buttonholes a person, from button entry 1 + holder":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190321",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
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      ": a slit or loop through which a button is passed":[],
      ": boutonniere":[],
      ": to detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of":[],
      ": to furnish with buttonholes":[],
      ": to work with buttonhole stitch":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1848, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of buttonhold":"Verb"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02cch\u014dl"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222043",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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  "buttonhole stitch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a closely worked loop stitch used to make a firm edge (as on a buttonhole)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1829, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114611",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a small troublesome weed ( Diodia teres ) with linear leaves and small flowers and fruits resembling buttons":[],
      ": any of several plants of the genus Spermacoce (family Rubiaceae) of similar appearance to buttonweed":[],
      ": clustered bluet":[],
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      ": knapweed":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115346",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "buttress":{
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      "bear",
      "bolster",
      "brace",
      "carry",
      "prop (up)",
      "shore (up)",
      "stay",
      "support",
      "sustain",
      "undergird",
      "underpin",
      "uphold"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a horny protuberance on a horse's hoof at the heel \u2014 see hoof illustration":[],
      ": a projecting part of a mountain or hill":[],
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      ": something that resembles a buttress: such as":[],
      ": something that supports or strengthens":[
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      ": the broadened base of a tree trunk or a thickened vertical part of it":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times",
      "after the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress",
      "Verb",
      "The treaty will buttress the cause of peace.",
      "The theory has been buttressed by the results of the experiment.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Don Ware, who lives up the hill in Niguel Summit and worked for decades as a petroleum geologist, is skeptical that building below the buttress is safe. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
      "He was attracted to the backyard view of the buttress , which looks more like a lush hillside than a strategy to keep landslides at bay. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
      "It was advertised as a stately financial district and as a buttress to stop the rapid erosion of Victoria Island\u2019s shoreline. \u2014 Maggie Andresen, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Scientists have discovered a series of worrying weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica\u2019s most dangerous glaciers, suggesting that this important buttress against sea level rise could shatter within the next three to five years. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "This promotion has been broadly criticized as a fever dream conceived in the memetic bowels of the internet and as a convenient buttress for bad arguments against vaccination. \u2014 James Heathers, The Atlantic , 23 Oct. 2021",
      "Yet the detrimental impact of canceling football, which is the economic buttress of many athletic departments, would have rippled across college sports. \u2014 Jason Wingard, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "In addition to saving power overall, this feature acts as a buttress to support all the other power-intensive operations the GeForce laptops perform without overtaxing the system. \u2014 Lynne Peskoe-yang, Popular Mechanics , 27 May 2021",
      "These nonscholarly mentions buttress reports that open access enables a broader audience, beyond the core scientific community, to read research findings. \u2014 Jeffrey Brainard, Science | AAAS , 1 Jan. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The law\u2019s definition of national defense explicitly cites energy production as an industry that the government is allowed to buttress . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 8 June 2022",
      "The win was secured in the bottom of the eighth inning on the strength of two Red Sox pillars who have tried to buttress their crumbling offense all season. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
      "And the Puerto Rican woman on the jury kept coming back to the failure of the police to provide additional evidence to buttress Clanton. \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 4 June 2022",
      "Hollywood Brown arrived in trades to buttress the receiving corps, but Christian Kirk left in free agency, as did the most dangerous player on defense\u2014pass-rusher Chandler Jones. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
      "In testimony leading up to the vote, Poseidon and its supporters argued that building the desalination plant would buttress local water supplies and make the area more resilient. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
      "Investors were surprised Thursday because they\u2019ve been conditioned to believe the Fed will always come through with a put to buttress the market. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The fines will buttress the public perception that while ordinary Britons faced severe restrictions on socializing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the premier and his aides were partying in government buildings. \u2014 Emily Ashton, Fortune , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "What further additions and subtractions among the rest of the team need to happen to buttress their particular games"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English butres , from Anglo-French ( arche ) boteraz thrusting (arch), ultimately from buter to thrust \u2014 more at butt entry 3":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-tr\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "anchor",
      "dependence",
      "dependance",
      "mainstay",
      "pillar",
      "reliance",
      "standby"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083659",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
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  },
  "buttress root":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": an adventitious root serving as an added support to a tree (as in the banyan and ceiba) \u2014 compare knee":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195917",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "buttress thread":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a screw thread in which the driving face is made perpendicular to the axis of the screw (as in a square thread) while the back face makes an angle with the axis (as in a V thread) in order to combine efficiency in the transmission of power with strength":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192247",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144940"
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  "button-on":{
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      "adjective"
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      ": attached with buttons":[
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from button on , verb":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152445"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": plane entry 4":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That's about the same market capitalization as the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange, which is the largest stock exchange in the world and was famously started under a buttonwood tree in 1792. \u2014 Stephen Gandel, CBS News , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "Trading, whether under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street in the 18th century or in a New Jersey data center in the 21st, has always been about making quick calculations. \u2014 John Detrixhe, Quartz , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "Some signs of disrepair are obvious, and caused by the recent hurricane: Along the Rowdy Bend walking trail, toppled white mangroves and buttonwoods crisscross the path every 30 feet or so. \u2014 Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald , 29 Jan. 2018",
      "The sycamore is also called the buttonwood tree or American planetree. \u2014 C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times , 31 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1670, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163349"
  },
  "buttonhook":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hook for drawing small buttons through buttonholes":[],
      ": an offensive play in football in which the pass receiver runs straight downfield and then abruptly cuts back toward the line of scrimmage":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02cchu\u0307k"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The approach establishes the stakes: No access to legal abortions for a long time meant death for many women, who resorted to poking corset ribs, buttonhooks , hairpins and knitting needles through the cervix to disrupt unwanted pregnancies. \u2014 Elizabeth Rusch, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163749"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a fastener by passing it through a buttonhole or loop":[],
      ": a usually circular metal or plastic badge bearing a stamped design or printed slogan":[
        "campaign button"
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      ": something that resembles a button: such as":[],
      ": any of various parts or growths of a plant or of an animal: such as":[],
      ": bud":[],
      ": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle":[],
      ": a small globule of metal remaining after fusion (as in assaying)":[],
      ": a guard on the tip of a fencing foil":[],
      ": push button":[],
      ": something (such as a push button) that has the real or symbolic capability of initiating a catastrophe (such as a nuclear attack)":[
        "has his finger on the button"
      ],
      ": a hidden sensitivity that can be manipulated to produce a desired response":[
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      ],
      ": a usually box-shaped computer icon that initiates a specific software function":[],
      ": the point of the chin especially as a target for a knockout blow":[],
      ": to furnish or decorate with buttons":[],
      ": to pass (a button) through a buttonhole or loop":[],
      ": to close or fasten with buttons":[
        "\u2014 often used with up button up your overcoat"
      ],
      ": to close (the lips) to prevent speech":[
        "button your lip"
      ],
      ": to close or seal tightly":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up button up the house for winter"
      ],
      ": to have buttons for fastening":[
        "this dress buttons at the back"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a dress with buttons down the back",
      "I lost a button on my jacket.",
      "He took off his tie and undid the top button of his shirt.",
      "Will you please push the \u2018play\u2019 button on the CD player",
      "With a fax machine, you can send a document across the country with the touch of a button .",
      "If the information on the registration form is correct, click the \u2018OK\u2019 button .",
      "Verb",
      "He rarely buttons the top button on his shirt.",
      "Will you button the baby's jacket for her",
      "The skirt buttons on the side.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The button for today\u2019s column will go to our friend Marion Harrell in Maryland, who helped inspire it. \u2014 Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "Just look at those heels (which would make great wedding-guest shoes) and those white sneakers (which are just begging to be paired with a long-sleeve button -down and high-waist denim). \u2014 Kelsey Clark, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
      "Tap on the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 July 2022",
      "The handle can be retracted with a button on the bar and by squeezing the sides to move it back. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
      "The housing fits all iPhones from iPhone 7 and up (including Max sizes), and has an easy-to-use shutter button and other controls. \u2014 Stephen Slaybaugh, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
      "The decadent cream is like a reset button for skin, using proprietary technology to deliver softer, smoother, fresher-looking skin with each application. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
      "If your return policy already shines, though, imagine what adding the amenity of front door returns to your already awesome return policy would do to encourage customers to click that buy button without any worries. \u2014 Brandon Batchelor, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Pelton in early 2021 bought two keyloggers, devices that surreptitiously record every time someone hits a button on a particular computer, according to court records. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And there\u2019s mounting pressure to act, including from a lame-duck governor hoping to button up the last of his legislative legacy. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "How To Sign Up For The Hulu Streaming Offer Step 1: Head to Hulu and activate this limited-time deal by clicking the Try Now button below. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 20 May 2022",
      "And, in some cases, people may have had to button up even more amid COVID due to toxic environments. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Thinking fast, Antonia and Margarita hang bags around their necks and button up their coats over them. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022"
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      "Middle English boton , from Anglo-French butun rose hip, stud, from buter to thrust \u2014 more at butt entry 3":"Noun"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164532"
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      ": a collection of buttons (see button entry 1 sense 3d ) on a computer screen arranged in a single strip or block":[
        "This is the part that's not very obvious: There is no visible button to attach a photo. In the body of the email message, you need to touch the screen where you want to insert the photo. If you hold your finger on the screen for more than one second, you should see a black button bar appear.",
        "\u2014 Jim Rossman"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The new navigation system saves a ton of space, with only a transparent gesture bar at the bottom of the screen, just like on an iPhone X. Three functions do not quite cover all of the functionality of the old three- button bar , however. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 10 July 2019",
      "Gone is the traditional three- button bar on the bottom of your phone. \u2014 Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics , 8 May 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1989, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Other inhabitants include colorful Gouldian finches, waddling button quail , and terrariums filled with frogs, lizards, and other critters. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Mar. 2018"
    ],
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      "1854, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": any of a genus ( Buteo ) of hawks with broad rounded wings, relatively short tails, and soaring flight":[]
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      "New Latin, genus name, from Latin, a hawk":""
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      "1668, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": an herb ( Aster multiflorus ) resembling the bushy aster but having smaller flowers and spiny-tipped involucral bracts":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030140"
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      "Noun",
      "a dress with buttons down the back",
      "I lost a button on my jacket.",
      "He took off his tie and undid the top button of his shirt.",
      "Will you please push the \u2018play\u2019 button on the CD player",
      "With a fax machine, you can send a document across the country with the touch of a button .",
      "If the information on the registration form is correct, click the \u2018OK\u2019 button .",
      "Verb",
      "He rarely buttons the top button on his shirt.",
      "Will you button the baby's jacket for her",
      "The skirt buttons on the side.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The button for today\u2019s column will go to our friend Marion Harrell in Maryland, who helped inspire it. \u2014 Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "Just look at those heels (which would make great wedding-guest shoes) and those white sneakers (which are just begging to be paired with a long-sleeve button -down and high-waist denim). \u2014 Kelsey Clark, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
      "Tap on the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 July 2022",
      "The handle can be retracted with a button on the bar and by squeezing the sides to move it back. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
      "The housing fits all iPhones from iPhone 7 and up (including Max sizes), and has an easy-to-use shutter button and other controls. \u2014 Stephen Slaybaugh, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
      "The decadent cream is like a reset button for skin, using proprietary technology to deliver softer, smoother, fresher-looking skin with each application. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
      "If your return policy already shines, though, imagine what adding the amenity of front door returns to your already awesome return policy would do to encourage customers to click that buy button without any worries. \u2014 Brandon Batchelor, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Pelton in early 2021 bought two keyloggers, devices that surreptitiously record every time someone hits a button on a particular computer, according to court records. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And there\u2019s mounting pressure to act, including from a lame-duck governor hoping to button up the last of his legislative legacy. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "How To Sign Up For The Hulu Streaming Offer Step 1: Head to Hulu and activate this limited-time deal by clicking the Try Now button below. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 20 May 2022",
      "And, in some cases, people may have had to button up even more amid COVID due to toxic environments. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Thinking fast, Antonia and Margarita hang bags around their necks and button up their coats over them. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English boton , from Anglo-French butun rose hip, stud, from buter to thrust \u2014 more at butt entry 3":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195651",
    "type":[
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      "verb"
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including one superfamily (Papilionoidea) with broad often brightly colored wings and usually another superfamily comprising the skippers":[],
      ": a swimming stroke executed in a prone position by moving both arms in a circular motion while kicking both legs up and down":[],
      ": a feeling of hollowness or queasiness caused especially by emotional or nervous tension or anxious anticipation":[],
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      "willies"
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      "Noun",
      "They competed in the butterfly .",
      "Verb",
      "Butterfly the chicken before roasting.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Madison took first in the 50 butterfly (27.39) and 100 IM (1:03.26). \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
      "The bear's clue-merical package showed Santa Claus, a pillow fight, garbage, a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly and a directing chair with a laughing emoji. \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Thompson had closed into a butterfly but reopened just in time for the puck to shoot through. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Well, the notion of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly , that\u2019s nature\u2019s original miracle, right",
      "The novels often feature bizarre events, usually involving sudden transformations: One fox becomes four foxes, a stamp collector turns into a werewolf, a young man morphs into a black butterfly . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "In the mask-optional years, to drop into a butterfly meant putting one\u2019s face in the middle of the net. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Aug. 2021",
      "At this point the mature caterpillar begins the work of changing into a butterfly through the process of metamorphosis. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2021",
      "The model has several small tattoos on her body including a bird outline, a butterfly , and the number 555 on the back of her neck. \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Civic science initiatives, also known as citizen science initiatives, assist with everything from water quality monitors to butterfly counts. \u2014 Lucy Bernholz, The Conversation , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "From low-rise jeans to butterfly motifs to rimless shades, the early aughts have officially had a stylish comeback. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Madeline Champagne, an amateur lepidopterist \u2014 someone who studies moths and butterflies \u2014 said monarchs have a short life cycle, going from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly in about four weeks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "This is the first major survey of the French artist\u2019s work in the UK for over 50 years, showcasing four decades of Jean Dubuffet\u2019s career, from early portraits and fantastical statues, to butterfly assemblages and giant colorful canvases. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
      "Select a small tenderloin \u2014 about 1 pound \u2014 and use a sharp knife to butterfly it open to an even thickness that will cook in about 7 minutes. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "When Jacobsen transformed the specimen from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly with a flick of her wrists, Charlotte hopped as if about to take flight herself. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Mar. 2021",
      "In another week or so, the pupa inside completes its metamorphosis to butterfly , emerging in search of food and a mate. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 8 June 2020",
      "His son Bryan Babcock took over in the early 1980s and remains at the helm like a mad scientist of sorts, exploring everything from new trellising systems and psychedelic-pink pet nats to butterfly sanctuaries and new oak tree habitats. \u2014 Matt Kettmann, SFChronicle.com , 23 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1952, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034916"
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    "type":[
      "plural noun"
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    "definitions":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035754"
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      "verb"
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      ": boutonniere":[],
      ": to furnish with buttonholes":[],
      ": to work with buttonhole stitch":[],
      ": to detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of buttonhold":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1848, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041757"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042229"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a property of chaotic systems (such as the atmosphere) by which small changes in initial conditions can lead to large-scale and unpredictable variation in the future state of the system":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In this case, the butterfly effect could be significant. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 4 June 2022",
      "The butterfly effect , there for all to see in every roadside murmuration. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Straub is not so much concerned with time travel mechanics, the butterfly effect , or killing baby Hitler (or whatever the 1990s equivalent of that moral test would be). \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
      "One explanation is the butterfly effect , when something as inconsequential as a butterfly flapping its wings sets off a chain reaction that creates a major event such as a hurricane\u2014another name might be the law of unexpected consequences. \u2014 Justin Doebele, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "In an increasingly interconnected media marketplace, the butterfly effect ensures that geopolitical disruption in one region is felt in other parts of the platform. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "In an odd occurrence of the butterfly effect , the bombing is the entire reason Balderrama pursued a career in law enforcement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Your acts of kindness can produce the butterfly effect as your kind behavior triggers more kindness throughout the world. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "The butterfly effect \u2014an underlying principle of chaos theory\u2014holds that tiny, apparently inconsequential changes can produce enormous, globally felt repercussions. \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 21 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1976, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050438"
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      "adjective"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a North American milkweed ( Asclepias tuberosa ) with showy orange flowers borne on erect leafy stems":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Designed in collaboration with Geauga Park District and DERU Landscape Architects, the park will incorporate native perennials and shrubs such as butterfly weed , aster, purple coneflower, goldenrod, bluestem and Joe Pye weed. \u2014 cleveland , 8 June 2022",
      "Nineteen types of prairie plants are available this year and include favorites like butterfly weed , big bluestem, leadplant, purple prairie clover and more. \u2014 Beacon-news Staff, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The native milkweeds for our area include the antelope horn, the green milkweed and butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Feel the satiny fluff of butterfly weed gone to seed and the silky tufts of shoulder-high bushy bluestem. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "Milkweed exists in the form of several species native to areas around San Antonio including antelope horn, butterfly weed , common milkweed and green milkweed. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 4 June 2021",
      "Though there are many types of milkweed, at Saturday\u2019s event two kinds will be available \u2014 butterfly weed and rose milkweed. \u2014 Yadira Sanchez Olson, chicagotribune.com , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "In his garden shed, O\u2019Donnell set up a mesh enclosure to protect the larvae and fed them stalks of milkweed and butterfly weed . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "The pollinator garden is 5 feet by 12 feet and now contains monarda (bee balm), crocosmia, delphinium, foxglove, lupine, phlox, columbine, stiff goldenrod, liatris, Black-eyed Susan, and butterfly weed . \u2014 Judy Hake, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 17 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1798, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060524"
  },
  "butterfly kiss":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the act or an instance of fluttering one's eyelashes against another person's skin":[
        "\"\u2026 I've invented a new way of kissing. You do it with your eye-lashes.\" \"I've known that for years. It's called a butterfly kiss .\"",
        "\u2014 Evelyn Waugh",
        "Studies suggest that the butterfly kiss occurs between people either who are madly in love or those who are crazy about each other.",
        "\u2014 Times Now News"
      ]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a swimmer who specializes in the butterfly":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfl\u012b(-\u0259)r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1954, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064706"
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      "noun"
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      ": a joint made by fastening the parts together end-to-end without overlap and often with reinforcement":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Check out the tricky butt joint between the burl walnut and the instrument-cluster surround. \u2014 John Phillips, Car and Driver , 20 May 2020",
      "Don\u2019t cut any plank shorter than 12 inches, and stagger end- butt joints from one row to the next by at least 6 inches, though 12 to 18 inches looks better. \u2014 Joesph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 8 Dec. 2019",
      "Also, be sure to also use the tapping block when striking the ends of the planks to close up the end- butt joints . \u2014 Joesph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 26 Jan. 2017",
      "Doing this for butt joints , especially, is a good idea. \u2014 Phillip Pantuso, Popular Mechanics , 27 May 2015"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1775, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085946"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": either of two isomeric hydrocarbons C 4 H 6 of the acetylene series:":[],
      ": an easily condensable gas CH\u2261CCH 2 CH 3":[],
      ": a volatile liquid CH 3 C\u2261CCH 3 of strong odor":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8by\u00fc\u02cct\u012bn"
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      "International Scientific Vocabulary but- + -yne, -ine":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091817"
  },
  "buttinski":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a person given to butting in : a troublesome meddler":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259t-\u02c8in-sk\u0113",
      "b\u0259-\u02c8din-sk\u0113"
    ],
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      "busybody",
      "interferer",
      "interloper",
      "intermeddler",
      "intruder",
      "kibitzer",
      "kibbitzer",
      "meddler",
      "nosey parker"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "there's always some buttinsky who has to tell you there's a better way to do whatever you're doing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Linda Tripp, world-famous buttinsky , Dropped a dime on M. Lewinsky. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "Rather, the story is set in motion by Kevin O\u2019Neill (Rick Holmes), a private-equity manager and arrogant buttinsky who takes an interest in Cara. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 6 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "butt in + -sky, -ski (last element in Slavic surnames)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1901, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091938"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a projection shaped like a knuckle usually of metal and designed to receive pressure (as from a window pole)":[]
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    "examples":[],
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      "butt entry 2":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092114"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a North American shrub ( Cephalanthus occidentalis ) of the madder family with globular flower heads":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02ccbu\u0307sh"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the heart of the garden, there are towering shrubs of buttonbush and bayberry amid lower drifts of lobelia, aster, swamp mallow, goldenrod and winterberry. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
      "Not Teddy, who\u2014when the clarion broke across the pastures at Seven Pines and Opequon, and the smoke bombs began to fly at Franklin and Fort Stedman\u2014lay down on the mossy forest path, or beside the bursting blooms of buttonbush , or in the fields. \u2014 Daniel Mason, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "Visitors to the preserve trundle along a wobbly wooden boardwalk, where they are welcomed by a breathtaking view of a serene, blue lake framed by stands of native flora: swamp loosestrife, pickerel weed, lotus flowers, swamp milkweed and buttonbush . \u2014 James F. Mccarty, cleveland.com , 6 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1754, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092757"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to place an unintended call to (someone) from a mobile phone (as by sitting on a phone placed in a back pocket) when the phone is not in use":[
        "Responding to a complaint about illegal fishing, a game warden tried to call one of the suspects but the suspect hung up and then butt-dialed the game warden back. \"Maybe the game warden didn't see,\" one of them said to the other as the warden listened in.",
        "\u2014 Christopher Collins",
        "Cops in Staffordshire, England easily nabbed two burglars on Jan. 6 after one of the suspects mistakenly butt-dialed the emergency number 999 during an alleged break-in.",
        "\u2014 Toronto (Canada) Sun"
      ],
      ": a call placed from a mobile phone by butt-dialing : an accidental mobile phone call":[
        "The drunk text is familiar now. It needs no more explanation than a butt-dial or an autocorrect typo or cellphones in general.",
        "\u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany",
        "Finally, I received a message from someone who clearly did not know they were making a call. Perhaps it was a butt dial .",
        "\u2014 Steve Pokin"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u02ccd\u012b(-\u0259)l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 2005, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "2008, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102948"
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  "butterfly knot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a knot used by mountain climbers to form a middle loop in the climbing rope":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114823"
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  "button lac":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": lac formed into cakes shaped like buttons by melting and solidifying":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121243"
  },
  "button pink":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a much-branched pink having flowers in clusters of two to four surrounded by bracts and being considered as a hybrid between the sweet william and the China pink or as a distinct species ( Dianthus latifolius )":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121302"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of four flammable alcohols C 4 H 9 OH (such as butanol) used in organic synthesis and as solvents":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As part of the project, the company will build a plant to refine tertiary butyl alcohol into fuel additives at its nearby Bayport facility in Pasadena. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 25 Oct. 2017",
      "The plant will have the biggest production capacity in the world for these chemicals, capable of manufacturing 1 billion pounds of propylene oxide and 2.2 billion pounds of tertiary butyl alcohol a year. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 25 Oct. 2017",
      "The new LyondellBasell plant will make propylene oxide, which is used to make bedding, carpeting, coatings, building materials and adhesives, and the by-product tertiary butyl alcohol , which is refined into an additive that makes fuels burn cleaner. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 25 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1868, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122614"
  },
  "button cactus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small cactus ( Epithelantha micromeris ) of Texas and adjacent Mexico shaped like a globe and having flattish tubercles, white spines, and edible fruits":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125502"
  },
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      "noun"
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      ": anus":[],
      ": a stupid, annoying, or detestable person":[
        "But I did like the one where he thought the trombone was a scientific instrument. That one I liked because he was such a butthole .",
        "\u2014 George Saunders , Harper's , April 1995"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u02cch\u014dl"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142257"
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  "button-seal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a stamp seal of the Near East (including Egypt) that is flat and resembles a button":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143737"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152047"
  },
  "butterfly chair":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a chair for lounging consisting of a cloth sling supported by a frame of metal tubing or bars":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Next to it, a butterfly chair is strategically placed underneath the shade of a towering fig tree. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "The American furniture company revived a Bastiano sofa by Tobia Scarpa and the famous Hardoy butterfly chair , designed in 1938 by Antonio Bonet, Juan Kurchan and Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy and sold by Knoll from 1947 to 1951. \u2014 Arlene Hirst, Curbed , 2 May 2018",
      "Photos via Finques Frigola A home by catalan architect Antoni Bonet Castellana, perhaps best known for designing the iconic B.K.F butterfly chair with Juan Kurchan and Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, is on the market in the seaside city of Calella, Spain. \u2014 Lauren Ro, Curbed , 20 Apr. 2018",
      "Interiors are filled with requisite Japanese touches like washi paper, charcoal-granite ofuro (soaking tubs), and rattan butterfly chairs . \u2014 Adam H. Graham, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 2 June 2017",
      "In the dining area, a tall tubular Muller Van Severen metal lamp looms above antique glassware once owned by Bjorn\u2019s grandparents and a rusting butterfly chair that Van Severen found on the street. \u2014 Alice Rawsthorn, New York Times , 14 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1950, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154452"
  },
  "butt out":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
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      ": to cease interference or involvement":[
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155104"
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  "butcher's-broom":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a European leafless plant ( Ruscus aculeatus ) that bears stiff-pointed cladophylls and is often cultivated for its twigs which are used for ornament and for whisk brooms":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155533"
  },
  "buteonine":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the genus Buteo or to the short-winged hawks \u2014 compare accipitrine , cathartine":[],
      ": buteo sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0259\u0307n",
      "\"",
      "by\u00fc\u02c8t\u0113-",
      "\u02c8by\u00fct\u0113\u0259\u02ccn\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Buteon-, Buteo + English -ine":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162339"
  },
  "butterfly clam":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a freshwater mussel ( Plagiola securis ) found in the Ohio and Illinois rivers and reported to produce pearls of fine quality":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171653"
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  "butt rot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fungal decay of the basal portion of a tree trunk generally involving primarily the heartwood and caused by polypores (such as species of Fomes )":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "butt entry 6":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172835"
  },
  "butyl aldehyde":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": butyraldehyde":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173040"
  },
  "butt plate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the usually metal plate on the butt end of a gunstock":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "butt entry 6":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174852"
  },
  "buttonball":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": plane entry 4":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02ccb\u022fl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1818, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180346"
  },
  "butcher block":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a block made with thick strips of usually laminated hardwood":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Designer Barrett Cooke revitalized the formerly dark, dreary\u2014and frankly, dysfunctional kitchen by reworking the layout and adding a walnut butcher block island with ample storage, durable walnut cabinetry, and high-end appliances. \u2014 Ann Abel, House Beautiful , 7 June 2022",
      "The butcher block countertops in this kitchen designed by Leanne Ford are from IKEA. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 9 May 2022",
      "The solid 2x4 wood throughout, in-unit laundry, butcher block countertops and yard space are just some of the elements drawing so many customers to her listing, Rosas said. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Of the more than one in five renovating homeowners who select an island countertop material as a contrast from their primary countertops, more than one-third choose butcher block or wood slab. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "If your butcher block has developed a rough surface, lightly sand it with a fine-grit sandpaper and wipe away any dust. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The kitchen is separated from the living room with a stone arch and features maple cabinets and butcher block countertops. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The center section is anchored by an open kitchen that puts a custom La Cornue range front and center along with a butcher block counter that will eventually be used for cooking classes. \u2014 Lia Picard, Robb Report , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "The couple mounted the vanity cabinet to the wall, and Jarrod fashioned a waterfall countertop out of butcher block . \u2014 Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183329"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an oily liquid ester C 4 H 9 NO 2 of butyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is inhaled illicitly especially as an aphrodisiac \u2014 compare popper":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1889, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185724"
  },
  "butterfly window":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a small usually 3-cornered portion of the front window of an automobile that is independently hinged on a vertical axis":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "so called from its winglike shape and manner of opening":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190452"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a colorless liquid ester CH 3 COOC 4 H 9 of acetic acid that has a fruity odor and is used as a solvent especially in cellulose nitrate lacquers":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193336"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "preposition"
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      ": except for":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203122"
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  "butterfly flower":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a flower of the genus Schizanthus":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203857"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a valve consisting of two semicircular clappers hinged to a cross rib that permits fluid flow in only one direction":[],
      ": a damper or valve in a pipe consisting of a disk turning on a bisecting axis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The pipe typically features a butterfly valve \u2014which is designed to regulate the flow of liquids or air\u2014that has a rotating disk set on an axis. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 1 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211845"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jacky Parker PhotographyGetty Images Also called butterfly bush , this sturdy flowering shrub withstands drought, blooms all season long and attracts pollinators. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
      "In addition to the abundance of foliage and perennials \u2014 including salvia, daylilies, geraniums, butterfly bush , hydrangeas, and more \u2014 Lisa has also sprinkled other fun accents throughout the garden. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
      "Remove invasive plants such as butterfly bush , Himalayan blackberry, ivy, mullein, thistle and tree of heaven. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Buddleia Chrysalis: This butterfly bush is from Darwin Perennials, a division of Ball Horticulture. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Perennials that may rebloom if deadheaded include bleeding heart, butterfly bush , campanula, columbine, some types of roses, salvia, and yarrow. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "Of course, there is also the obligatory butterfly bush . \u2014 Judy Hake, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 17 Apr. 2021",
      "There are a lot of sterile butterfly bush (Buddleia) cultivars on this list from the Oregon Department of Agriculture. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Dec. 2020",
      "Your first option is to keep your pruners close by when your butterfly bush starts blooming. \u2014 Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens , 21 Sep. 2020"
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      ": any of several small delicate African bats (genus Glauconycteris ) with translucent pearly or amber-bronze wings":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An Easy-Bake Oven has more gravitas than this thing, which comes in colors including buttercup -yellow and baby blue and plays an obnoxious, twinkly little ditty when it is done. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
      "This park features a buttercup , misty mountain, ground spray, three ants, corn poppy, flutter, morning cross and three surf stones. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
      "As the lighting at the venue bathed the space in pleasing shades of buttercup , peach, lavender, sky blue, and sea foam green, models walked with the languid stride of \u201970s greats. \u2014 Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "As a reminder, lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) is an invasive spring ephemeral perennial plant, also known as fig buttercup , which has become more prevalent in home garden beds and lawns. \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 2 May 2021",
      "Columbine \u2013 Aquilegia \u2013 Columbine is a cool season perennial that is a member of the buttercup or ranunculus family. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 12 Apr. 2021",
      "Similar in shape to a butternut (but about half the size), this hybrid is a cross between a butternut and a buttercup . \u2014 Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com , 30 Oct. 2020",
      "The backdrop to those videos\u2014two elegant walls of cabinetry drenched in Farrow & Ball's Babouche, a warm buttercup \u2014is at once warm and playful, an apt backdrop to Sheehan's sunny disposition. \u2014 Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful , 17 Nov. 2020",
      "This diverse group of fruits of various members of the gourd family come in all shapes, sizes, color and patterns, including pumpkins, butternut, Hubbard, spaghetti, acorn and buttercup . \u2014 Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com , 30 Oct. 2020"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1688, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a swimming stroke executed in a prone position by moving both arms in a circular motion while kicking both legs up and down":[],
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      ": a defensive move by a goalie in ice hockey executed by dropping to the knees while spreading the lower legs outward":[],
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      "Noun",
      "They competed in the butterfly .",
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      "Butterfly the chicken before roasting.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Madison took first in the 50 butterfly (27.39) and 100 IM (1:03.26). \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
      "The bear's clue-merical package showed Santa Claus, a pillow fight, garbage, a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly and a directing chair with a laughing emoji. \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Thompson had closed into a butterfly but reopened just in time for the puck to shoot through. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Well, the notion of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly , that\u2019s nature\u2019s original miracle, right",
      "The novels often feature bizarre events, usually involving sudden transformations: One fox becomes four foxes, a stamp collector turns into a werewolf, a young man morphs into a black butterfly . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "In the mask-optional years, to drop into a butterfly meant putting one\u2019s face in the middle of the net. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Aug. 2021",
      "At this point the mature caterpillar begins the work of changing into a butterfly through the process of metamorphosis. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2021",
      "The model has several small tattoos on her body including a bird outline, a butterfly , and the number 555 on the back of her neck. \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Civic science initiatives, also known as citizen science initiatives, assist with everything from water quality monitors to butterfly counts. \u2014 Lucy Bernholz, The Conversation , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "From low-rise jeans to butterfly motifs to rimless shades, the early aughts have officially had a stylish comeback. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Madeline Champagne, an amateur lepidopterist \u2014 someone who studies moths and butterflies \u2014 said monarchs have a short life cycle, going from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly in about four weeks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "This is the first major survey of the French artist\u2019s work in the UK for over 50 years, showcasing four decades of Jean Dubuffet\u2019s career, from early portraits and fantastical statues, to butterfly assemblages and giant colorful canvases. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
      "Select a small tenderloin \u2014 about 1 pound \u2014 and use a sharp knife to butterfly it open to an even thickness that will cook in about 7 minutes. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "When Jacobsen transformed the specimen from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly with a flick of her wrists, Charlotte hopped as if about to take flight herself. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Mar. 2021",
      "In another week or so, the pupa inside completes its metamorphosis to butterfly , emerging in search of food and a mate. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 8 June 2020",
      "His son Bryan Babcock took over in the early 1980s and remains at the helm like a mad scientist of sorts, exploring everything from new trellising systems and psychedelic-pink pet nats to butterfly sanctuaries and new oak tree habitats. \u2014 Matt Kettmann, SFChronicle.com , 23 June 2020"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1952, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235024"
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      "noun"
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      ": a very spiny plant ( Eryngium leavenworthii ) of the central U.S. with palmately divided leaves and heads of flowers resembling thistles":[]
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        "\u2014 Louisa May Alcott , Little Men , 1871"
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      ": an enzyme related to acetylcholinesterase that has a soluble form occurring chiefly in blood plasma and promoting the hydrolysis of choline esters":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccby\u00fc-t\u0259-r\u0259l-\u02cck\u014d-l\u0259-\u02c8ne-st\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101s",
      "-\u02ccr\u0101z",
      "\u02ccby\u00fct-\u0259-r\u0259l-\u02cck\u014d-l\u0259-\u02c8nes-t\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101s, -\u02ccr\u0101z"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Carmel Harrington, a sleep medicine specialist at Children\u2019s Hospital in Westmead, Australia, tested for levels of the enzyme butyrylcholinesterase in the blood. \u2014 Dan Hurley, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "But the study was small, and the finding on low butyrylcholinesterase levels in SIDS was the first time such an observation has been made. \u2014 Dan Hurley, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "The researchers who worked on the study also believe the levels of butyrylcholinesterase eventually stabilize, which could explain why there is a peak of SIDS in the very early months of life. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 18 May 2022",
      "On average, those who died from SIDS had somewhat less butyrylcholinesterase activity in their blood than healthy newborns did. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
      "For their study, published May 6 in the journal eBioMedicine, the researchers measured levels of an enzyme called butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) in blood samples from 67 newborns who died of SIDS and other unknown causes between 2016 and 2020. \u2014 Katherine Dillinger And Jen Christensen, CNN , 13 May 2022"
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