dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/lio_MW.json

{
  "lion":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large heavily built social cat ( Panthera leo ) of open or rocky areas chiefly of sub-Saharan Africa though once widely distributed throughout Africa and southern Asia that has a tawny body with a tufted tail and a shaggy blackish or dark brown mane in the male":[],
      ": a member of a major national and international service club":[],
      ": a person felt to resemble a lion (as in courage or ferocity)":[],
      ": a person of outstanding interest or importance":[
        "a literary lion"
      ],
      ": leo":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the roar of the lion",
      "He was a literary lion among the writers of his time.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Then, as the device began narrating a scene of the cowardly lion begging for courage, Alexa\u2019s robotic twang was replaced by a more human-sounding narrator. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "When the World Cup comes in November, they are stocked with British World Cup fan gear in blue and red with the lion courant pattern. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
      "He is known for hunting the most dangerous game in the world and his entire costume is made out of animal skins, including a lion \u2019s face split in half. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "But the dogs\u2019 small size puts them at a serious disadvantage, and a single 420-pound male lion can easily step in and claim a pack\u2019s fresh catch as his own. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
      "The lion will be taken to the California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab in San Bernardino for a full necropsy. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "The prowling lion goes first, the guardian cat goes next. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
      "The process started last year when Kwanza, a male African lion the zoo, died after a battle with lymphoma. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
      "But there is another way to chart this literary lion \u2019s peripatetic rise. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Town & Country , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lioun , from Anglo-French leun, lion , from Latin leon-, leo , from Greek le\u014dn":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "baron",
      "captain",
      "czar",
      "tsar",
      "tzar",
      "king",
      "lord",
      "magnate",
      "mogul",
      "monarch",
      "Napoleon",
      "prince",
      "tycoon"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102828",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lion's share":{
    "antonyms":[
      "minority"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the largest portion":[
        "received the lion's share of the research money"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She claimed the lion's share of the credit for the show's success.",
      "the lead actress deservedly got the lion's share of credit for the show's success",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Because those two are rookies, and rookies take a while to grasp all the run concepts of a playbook and to build spacial awareness and chemistry with a quarterback, expect Alie-Cox to get the lion's share of the targets, at least early on. \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 7 June 2022",
      "For a long time, men continued to enjoy the lion's share of prestige, including lucrative contracts, literary prizes, and high-profile media appearances. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 23 May 2022",
      "California's cougars are getting the lion's share of attention for this crossing, as their enclosure threatens their very existence, the NPS said. \u2014 Cheri Mossburg, CNN , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "The lion's share of the investments will go into modernizing the terminals, which will transform the passenger experience at O'Hare. \u2014 Jacopo Prisco, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "On the east side of the park, the lion's share of bike racks are located near the Right Field entrance along Preston Street, sandwiched between the ballpark and the Diamond Lot South. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The funding for the Four Lakes Task Force represents the lion's share of money intended for dam safety and repairs. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Equity and equity swaps/ CFDs again accounted for the lion's share of volumes throughout 2021. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The US Department of Housing and Urban Development is sending $3 billion in funds to 13 states, with Louisiana getting the lion's share . \u2014 Ella Nilsen, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1742, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bulk",
      "generality",
      "majority",
      "mass",
      "preponderance"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181259",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lionhearted":{
    "antonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "chickenhearted",
      "chicken-livered",
      "coward",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "dastardly",
      "fainthearted",
      "fearful",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "nerveless",
      "poltroon",
      "poor-spirited",
      "pusillanimous",
      "spineless",
      "spiritless",
      "timorous",
      "uncourageous",
      "ungallant",
      "unheroic",
      "weakhearted",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": courageous , brave":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "traditionally young Masai men are consigned to a period of isolation in the bush in order to turn them into strong, lionhearted warriors"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1616, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259n-\u02cch\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bold",
      "brave",
      "courageous",
      "dauntless",
      "doughty",
      "fearless",
      "gallant",
      "greathearted",
      "gutsy",
      "gutty",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "manful",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "stouthearted",
      "undauntable",
      "undaunted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214653",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "lion's face":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a heraldic representation of a lion's head affront\u00e9 without any of the neck showing but usually with part of the mane visible \u2014 compare leopard's face":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031519"
  },
  "lion's-ear":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various woolly-leaved South American plants constituting two genera ( Culcitium and Espeletia ) of the family Compositae":[],
      ": motherwort sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054631"
  },
  "lion's den":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a place or state of extreme disadvantage, antagonism, or hostility":[
        "a young reporter thrown into the lion's den"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He knew that he would be facing an angry crowd, but he entered the lion's den without hesitating.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most recently, Scott disclosed to the Fr\u00edas sisters, around the time of her appearance on their ongoing IG Live With series on Instagram, that she was motivated to get on the lion's den show after seeing their June 2021 episode air. \u2014 C. Shardae Jobson, Allure , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Ricky knows that when the studio is packed with comics of their ilk the room becomes a lion's den with comedic murder assassins. \u2014 Scott King, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
      "Senator Elizabeth Warren is inviting one of her more vocal critics to join her in the lion's den . \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "There were agents who sent actresses into the lion's den over and over again, as well as Weinstein lieutenants who summoned a taxi after each harrowing hotel meeting \u2014 nearly all of whom still work in significant roles in the industry. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Feb. 2020",
      "Quique Sanchez Flores has stepped back into the lion's den , where no manager would normally dare to return. \u2014 SI.com , 7 Sep. 2019",
      "Each component of the Lincoln Center complex got its own architect but Wallace Harrison, who designed the Opera House, was given the extra burden of being in charge of the whole complex, a kind of architectural ringmaster thrust into a lion's den . \u2014 Kenneth Turan, latimes.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "By seeking a deal in Russia, Trump's associates may have unwittingly wandered right into the lion's den . \u2014 Cristina Alesci, CNN , 6 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1680, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081515"
  },
  "lion's beard":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pasqueflower ( Pulsatilla ludoviciana ) of North America":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084958"
  },
  "lion's foot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": edelweiss sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175343"
  },
  "lion's-heart":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": dragonhead":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213901"
  },
  "lion's-mouth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": snapdragon":[],
      ": foxglove sense 1":[],
      ": toadflax sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221621"
  }
}