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"a collection of porny postcards of the type that American servicemen once brought back from Europe",
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"Some of the entries were so porny -sounding that the Empress had to dab repeatedly at her tiara \u2014 even when the story turned out to be about slipping a Visa into the card-reading machine. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Watching other races required going down one of three avenues: expensive pay-TV packages; a VPN that didn\u2019t always work; or dodgy pirate streams, littered with porny pop-up ads and, likely viruses. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 4 May 2018"
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"According to Roldin, environmentalists are suggesting the use of porous materials for the project's construction that allows for rainwater to seep into the ground and aquifer below. \u2014 Dan Carson, Chron , 9 June 2022",
"Remember containers or pots made of terra cotta, coco fiber, or other porous materials dry out fast, while those made of plaster, metal or other less permeable materials dry out more slowly. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
"The threat of terrorism due to our porous southern border grows every day. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
"Because we were forced to build the upper floors with porous construction materials, clouds outside of those floors pass right through the building. \u2014 David Guzman, The New Yorker , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Some pizza stones are glazed or coated to protect the porous materials below. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 Sep. 2021",
"The threat of terrorism due to our porous southern border grows every day. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
"The threat of terrorism due to our porous southern border grows every day. \u2014 al , 24 May 2022",
"Lack of immigration enforcement and a porous southern border have led to suffering from gangs like MS 13 who terrorize our District, opioid and fentanyl deaths, and increased human trafficking. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from porter to carry, from Latin portare":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English & Anglo-French, from Latin portus \u2014 more at ford":"Noun",
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": a reddish-purple superficial hemangioma of the skin commonly occurring as a birthmark":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pairing was to be achieved alphabetically, as if a third of the class wasn\u2019t coloured and Walter Ulbricht didn\u2019t have a port-wine stain eating half of his face. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 26 Sep. 2019",
"The woman was middle-aged, with a port-wine stain occupying the left side of her face and a full face of makeup concealing it. \u2014 Joel Barhamand, Allure , 31 Mar. 2018"
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"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Adjective",
"Portable devices such as MP3 players are becoming increasingly popular.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"SinKeu\u2019s portable charger is marked by its incredible versatility. \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"In the year 2020, that mantra quickly turned into phone, wallet, keys, face mask, hand sanitizer, portable charger, air pods. \u2014 Katie Dupere And Vanessa Powell, Men's Health , 19 May 2022",
"The device is portable enough to go anywhere, enabling meetings to be held in almost any space in a matter of seconds. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The size of the weapons ranges widely: Some are portable enough to be carried in backpacks, while others are 13 feet long and launched like a missile. \u2014 Roque Ruiz And Brian Mcgill, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"This Goal Zero power bank has enough juice for two full phone charges and is portable enough to throw in any daypack \u2014 just be sure to bring a cord with you. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Massachusetts startup Sparkcharge has developed a portable electric vehicle charger that fits inside the trunk of a car and can give a full charge. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The items missing included a laptop, iPad, iPhone, jacket and a black suitcase containing various clothing and a portable charger. \u2014 cleveland , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In 1991, Sony commercialized the first rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which was small and portable enough to power its handheld video cameras. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Apple touts its new notebooks as delivering the power of high-powered PC desktops in a portable . \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
"While there appeared to be strict COVID-19 rules inside the classroom, both students said that there appeared to be no rules inside the small portable , where a masked staff member was present. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Sep. 2021",
"It\u2019s an upscale portable oven that\u2019s about a fourth the size of a standard wall oven. \u2014 Scott Kramer, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021",
"But in the reveal of the new product there was a lot of detail, and one of these referred to the company\u2019s previous portable , the Sonos Move. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 9 Mar. 2021",
"And a device that portable is easy to lose, giving ne\u2019er-do-wells free reign over your information. \u2014 Whitson Gordon, Wired , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Since then, Sony's PSP and Vita portables stand out for using expensive and cumbersome proprietary memory card formats. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2020",
"Bose SoundLink Color II portable Bluetooth speaker for $99 at Amazon and B&H (normally $129). \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 7 May 2020",
"Bose SoundLink Color II portable Bluetooth speaker for $99 at Amazon and B&H (normally $129). \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2020"
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"Noun",
"a Web portal for baseball fans",
"the main portal to the estate is an elaborate wrought iron gate on the side facing the road",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Papitto Opportunity Connection, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people of color, also gave a three-year grant to support building and developing the Creative Survival learning portal . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Devil's Throat is known locally as a portal to the underworld: the Trigradska River rushes through the cave, but no object that floats in ever seems to float back out. \u2014 Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"Florida health department spokesman Jeremy Redfern said the Florida online portal for ordering vaccines from the federal government, Florida SHOTS, has always been available to hospitals, clinics and small doctor's offices. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"Brolin plays Royal Abbott, a ranching family patriarch who discovers a shimmering black void on his Wyoming property that seemingly functions as a portal through time. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"How Utahns can prepare Utah residents can assess their personalized wildfire risk through the state\u2019s assessment portal , which will generate a report based on location. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"In his feverish search for ecstatic truths, Herzog has given readers a portal into human folly, self-discipline and domination \u2014 surely his life\u2019s work. \u2014 Kristen Millares Young, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"In this way, an ostensible portal to ecological salvation contains a different implication\u2014in which Earth is, Eurydice-like, glimpsed only to be lost and abandoned. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Homeowners can apply online through the state's application portal at the Wisconsin Help for Homeowners website at homeownerhelp.wi.gov or by calling 1-855-246-6394. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Outfielder Anthony Hall, who hit .333 with 14 home runs and 56 RBIs in 2022, entered the transfer portal on Friday, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2022",
"Tchikou entered the transfer portal in March after playing only six minutes for the Tide last season. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 26 June 2022",
"Bowman, a source confirmed, entered the transfer portal Friday and will now seek his third college. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"O'Neal originally entered the transfer portal in March but also entered the NBA draft pool. \u2014 Nick Gray, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"The 6-foot-6 lefty entered the transfer portal this spring and visited Michigan State, which is 80 miles east and which just lost its top two wings. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"CBS Sports reported that more than 2,000 players entered the transfer portal this academic year. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 4 May 2022",
"The sophomore quarterback entered the transfer portal a month after Riley left Oklahoma, only to join Riley at USC a month after that. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Now, after two years at LSU, Shareef has entered the transfer portal and is on the move yet again. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin portale city gate, porch, from neuter of portalis of a gate, from Latin porta gate \u2014 more at port":"Noun",
"New Latin porta transverse fissure of the liver, from Latin, gate":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8p\u022frt-\u1d4al",
"\u02c8p\u022fr-t\u1d4al"
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": a small pocketbook or purse":[]
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},
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]
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},
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"The distant thunder portended a storm.",
"If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The nosedive, along with a drop in soybean oil and similar commodities, could portend cheaper household items such as chocolate, margarine and shampoo. \u2014 Michael Hirtzer, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"Europe\u2019s regulations could portend changes in the United States, where the Food and Drug Administration has some oversight of inks and pigments. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Its latest warning could portend a promotional bloodbath among retailers this summer. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"But does the war portend the end of the post-Cold War era of heightened globalization",
"Several recent rulings portend legal showdowns that could go against the FTC and other federal agencies in the Biden administration. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"Russia's limited gains in Donbas and the Ukrainian goal of reclaiming the entire territory portend a long battle in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"What do all these developments portend for fans of Claire DeWitt",
"Last week\u2019s decision to restrict Medicare coverage for Alzheimer\u2019s drugs that are fast-tracked through the Food and Drug Administration doesn\u2019t portend changes in other disease areas, a top government official said. \u2014 John Tozzi, Bloomberg.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"a red sky in the morning can be a portent of a coming storm",
"a scout was sent to have a look at this teenage pitcher who was supposed to be the latest portent of the baseball world",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Whether delivered via text, WhatsApp, email or \u2014 shudder \u2014 Slack, these three words appear in front of you like a portent of terrible things to come. \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"From the vantage of 2021, the novel is a double portent : a dystopian fantasy and an early spark in the tinderbox of the curriculum wars. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 Dec. 2021",
"That need has come into sharp focus in recent days, with separatist forces shelling dozens of Ukrainian military positions and civilian targets along the front \u2013 a possible portent of wider Russian aggression against Ukraine. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The astonishing night two skate propelled him to fifth overall -- off the medal stand but a portent of things to come. \u2014 Mark Osborne, ABC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Yet Maserati promises that the MC20 isn't an abstract halo car but a portent for the more attainable models as well. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Gregory of Tours interpreted the ball lightning as a portent of the death of King Chilperic's son. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 5 Feb. 2022",
"After Astroworld, many noted that the rampant gate-crashing could have been seen as a portent of what was to come. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Pointing out similar legislation that has already been passed in California, New York, New Jersey, and Nevada, MacArthur sees Canada as a portent of trends already manifesting in the United States. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 17 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin portentum , from neuter of portentus , past participle of portendere":""
},
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"\u02c8p\u022fr-\u02cctent"
],
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"augury",
"auspice",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"foreshadowing",
"omen",
"prefiguring",
"presage"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000035",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": portentous":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin portentus + English -ive":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095027",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[
"unthreatening"
],
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"portentous decisions"
],
": eliciting amazement or wonder : prodigious":[],
": of, relating to, or constituting a portent":[
"suspense, portentous foreshadowing, hints of sinister and violent mysteries",
": self-consciously solemn or important : pompous":[
"portentous declamation unsalted by the least trace of humor",
"\u2014 W. H. Pritchard"
]
},
"examples":[
"an eerie and portentous stillness hung over the camp the night before the battle",
"in 1969 people regarded the first landing on the moon as a truly portentous event",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first sentence sounds the alarm in a portentous poetic rhythm (The fight is here). \u2014 Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
"Recent public declarations from Garland, whose spokespeople did not respond to multiple requests for interviews with him or his top aides, regarding where the investigation is headed have been portentous , but also ambiguous. \u2014 Mark Hosenball, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"Occasionally, a voice-over will intone portentous , poetic, and obscure observations. \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"One episode, complete with portentous flashbacks, is partly dedicated to her difficult relationship with her fraudster father, the traumatic loss of her brother to cancer, and her fears of abandonment. \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The president will sign the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act \u2014 which speeds up the process of sending aid to Ukraine \u2014 on Monday, the anniversary of Nazi Germany\u2019s defeat, and a day of portentous significance in Russia. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
"There are mysteries that are obvious or boring, so many portentous clues about characters' futures. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 11 May 2022",
"It was first published in 1966, the year of my birth, which struck me as terribly portentous . \u2014 Design Art B., Longreads , 7 Apr. 2022",
"By all means, fully embrace Christopher Nolan's triumvirate of lengthy, portentous treatises from the aughts, starring Christian Bale. \u2014 Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"p\u022fr-\u02c8ten-t\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for portentous ominous , portentous , fateful mean having a menacing or threatening aspect. ominous implies having a menacing, alarming character foreshadowing evil or disaster. ominous rumblings from the volcano portentous suggests being frighteningly big or impressive but now seldom definitely connotes forewarning of calamity. an eerie and portentous stillness fateful suggests being of momentous or decisive importance. the fateful conference that led to war",
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"baleful",
"dire",
"direful",
"doomy",
"foreboding",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"inauspicious",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022509",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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": a heavy dark brown ale typically brewed from browned or charred malt":[],
": a parlor-car or sleeping-car attendant who waits on passengers and makes up berths":[],
": a person stationed at a door or gate to admit or assist those entering":[],
": a person who does routine cleaning (as in a hospital or office)":[],
": to act as a porter":[],
": to transport or carry as or as if by a porter":[],
"American short-story writer":[
"O. Henry \\ (\u02c8)\u014d-\u200b\u02c8hen-\u200br\u0113 \\"
],
"Cole Albert 1891\u20131964 American songwriter":[],
"David 1780\u20131843 and his son David Dixon 1813\u20131891 American naval officers":[],
"Eliot Furness 1901\u20131990 American photographer":[],
"Gene 1868\u20131924 n\u00e9e Stratton American novelist":[],
"Katherine Anne 1890\u20131980 American writer":[],
"Noah 1811\u20131892 American philosopher and lexicographer":[],
"William Sydney 1862\u20131910 pseudonym":[
"O. Henry \\ (\u02c8)\u014d-\u200b\u02c8hen-\u200br\u0113 \\"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1609, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English portour , from Anglo-French porteour , from Late Latin portator , from Latin portare to carry \u2014 more at fare":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin portarius , from Latin porta gate \u2014 more at port":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u022fr-t\u0259r"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131145",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"portia tree":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tropical tree ( Thespesia populnea ) that is closely related to the majaguas, has rounded cordate leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers, yields a valuable pinkish to dark red close-textured wood resistant to warping and an oil from its seeds, and is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Tamil pura\u015bu":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u014drsh\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204012",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portion":{
"antonyms":[
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"prorate"
],
"definitions":{
": a share received by gift or inheritance":[],
": an individual's lot, fate, or fortune : one's share of good and evil":[],
": an individual's part or share of something: such as":[],
": an often limited part of a whole":[],
": dowry":[],
": enough food especially of one kind to serve one person at one meal":[],
": to allot a dowry to : dower":[],
": to divide into portions : distribute":[
"portioned out the food equally"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"A portion of the donations will be given to the orphanage.",
"Portions of land were used for farming.",
"A considerable portion of the city was flooded.",
"The restaurant gives large portions .",
"She divided the pie into six equal portions .",
"Verb",
"The work was portioned to each member of the staff.",
"portioned out the medical supplies equally",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The tribute \u2014 a designation for a portion of State Road A1A backed by state legislators and city commissioners \u2014 will honor a man who dedicated more than two decades of his life to the community. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"The American Kennel Club says dogs should generally be fed twice a day, with a portion size based on your dog\u2019s breed, size, age and health condition. \u2014 Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"The service received top scores for portion sizes and satiety of meals too. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"This portion of the footage was not included in the edited video released to The Arizona Republic. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
"But, a lot of guys tend to skip out on this portion of their health care routine, which leaves them susceptible to premature aging and more serious consequences like skin cancer. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"This portion and Blackness or Brown skin thriving a placing is center stage in that joy. \u2014 Osahon Akpata, Essence , 26 May 2022",
"Tuesday's big primary day brought some resolutions to the key questions looming over this first portion of the primary calendar. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 25 May 2022",
"Austria and Switzerland are about as welcoming to speeders as the Commonwealth of Virginia is, and this portion of our journey was perhaps more representative of US cruising speeds. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Using a 1 3/4-inch (No. 40) cookie scoop or 2 tablespoons, portion the dough and roll into balls. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The results are hearty, easy to portion and extremely versatile. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Sometimes that\u2019s the best, or only way, to portion out a large slab pie or pizza. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Use a spoon to portion some half-moons of perfectly ripe avocado on top. \u2014 Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Workers portion them out precisely, measuring the stiff salmon into boxes, then boating them to other communities in the region. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2021",
"If your gluttonous best friend plows through food too fast, a slow-feed option can portion out the meal over 15 minutes. \u2014 Sal Vaglica, WSJ , 21 July 2021",
"At the table, portion out souffl\u00e9 into individual bowls. \u2014 Odette Williams, WSJ , 18 June 2021",
"Mix up a batch of brownie batter, portion it into a muffin tin, and bake as directed. \u2014 Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living , 21 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English porcioun , from Anglo-French, from Latin portion-, portio ; akin to Latin part-, pars part":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8p\u022fr-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8p\u014dr-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for portion Noun part , portion , piece , member , division , section , segment , fragment mean something less than the whole. part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required. they ran only part of the way portion implies an assigned or allotted part. cut the pie into six portions piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole. a puzzle with 500 pieces member suggests one of the functional units composing a body. a structural member division applies to a large or diversified part. the manufacturing division of the company section applies to a relatively small or uniform part. the entertainment section of the newspaper segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage. the retired segment of the population fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off. only a fragment of the play still exists fate , destiny , lot , portion , doom mean a predetermined state or end. fate implies an inevitable and usually an adverse outcome. the fate of the submarine is unknown destiny implies something foreordained and often suggests a great or noble course or end. the country's destiny to be a model of liberty to the world lot and portion imply a distribution by fate or destiny, lot suggesting blind chance it was her lot to die childless , portion implying the apportioning of good and evil. remorse was his daily portion doom distinctly implies a grim or calamitous fate. if the rebellion fails, his doom is certain",
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"circumstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"fortune",
"kismet",
"lot"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091441",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"portlight":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a glass-paned porthole that admits light but cannot be opened : deadlight":[],
": the glass pane in a ship's porthole":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"port entry 3 + light":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140123",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portliness":{
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
],
"definitions":{
": dignified , stately":[],
": heavy or rotund of body : stout":[]
},
"examples":[
"a portly gentleman who clearly didn't get enough exercise",
"walked with the portly grace of the grande dame that she was",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Facebook groups dedicated to Texas barbecue fandom, a recently popular meme shows a portly man dancing on a stripper pole. \u2014 Elizabeth Findell, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Made of steel, the watch had in its dial a sketch of a portly man, his face framed by round glasses and his broad shoulders clad in a wide-lapelled jacket. \u2014 Sonia Paul, Wired , 1 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s when the portly orphan, who was riding in the van with her, slices off her face to wear it as his own. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 18 Feb. 2022",
"One day, Lem held forth about H. G. Wells and Jules Verne to a portly man who turned out to run a publishing house. \u2014 Caleb Crain, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Boyega had suggested a portly version of the young Sidney Poitier crossed with the facile charisma of the young Denzel Washington. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 Aug. 2021",
"He was locked away to serve several life sentences, aging into a portly man with a thick white beard. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2021",
"One of my favorite shots is of a portly man in a business suit, rubbing his hands together over and over, in an age-old gesture of distress. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Henry himself, looking more like the portly statesman of Hans Holbein\u2019s famous portrait than a swashbuckling Renaissance man, rides in a procession at the bottom left. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 June 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"port entry 3":""
},
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"\u02c8p\u022frt-l\u0113"
],
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"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004852",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"portly":{
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
],
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": dignified , stately":[],
": heavy or rotund of body : stout":[]
},
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"walked with the portly grace of the grande dame that she was",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Facebook groups dedicated to Texas barbecue fandom, a recently popular meme shows a portly man dancing on a stripper pole. \u2014 Elizabeth Findell, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Made of steel, the watch had in its dial a sketch of a portly man, his face framed by round glasses and his broad shoulders clad in a wide-lapelled jacket. \u2014 Sonia Paul, Wired , 1 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s when the portly orphan, who was riding in the van with her, slices off her face to wear it as his own. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 18 Feb. 2022",
"One day, Lem held forth about H. G. Wells and Jules Verne to a portly man who turned out to run a publishing house. \u2014 Caleb Crain, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Boyega had suggested a portly version of the young Sidney Poitier crossed with the facile charisma of the young Denzel Washington. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 Aug. 2021",
"He was locked away to serve several life sentences, aging into a portly man with a thick white beard. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2021",
"One of my favorite shots is of a portly man in a business suit, rubbing his hands together over and over, in an age-old gesture of distress. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Henry himself, looking more like the portly statesman of Hans Holbein\u2019s famous portrait than a swashbuckling Renaissance man, rides in a procession at the bottom left. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 June 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"port entry 3":""
},
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"\u02c8p\u022frt-l\u0113"
],
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"blubbery",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222941",
"type":[
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"noun"
]
},
"portman":{
"antonyms":[],
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": an inhabitant or burgess of a port":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English, from port entry 1 + man":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174258",
"type":[
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]
},
"portmanteau":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a large suitcase":[],
": a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (such as smog from smoke and fog )":[],
": being a portmanteau":[
"a portmanteau word"
],
": combining more than one use or quality":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"carried her possessions with her in an old portmanteau",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The winery was the first to use the word Meritage \u2014 a portmanteau of merit and heritage \u2014 on its Bordeaux-style red wines. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"The term is a portmanteau of oligarch and siloviki, a Russian word for the country\u2019s military and security elite. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"In between public displays of French kissing and a multitude of designer fittings, Fox even christened herself and Ye with their very own portmanteau . \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Peneloise \u2014 Bridgerton viewers' favorite platonic portmanteau \u2014 is seemingly no more. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Only the Puerto Rican superstar himself could get away with naming his farewell full-length with a portmanteau as cocksure as Legendaddy, a title fittingly in line with his perception of himself (with respect to Don Omar) as the King of Reggaeton. \u2014 Gary Suarez, Rolling Stone , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The name is a portmanteau of its main ingredients: bananas and toffee pudding. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Its name is a portmanteau of the world Element \u2014 the brand's four fragrances are Heaven, Earth, Fire, Water \u2014 and Korea. \u2014 Alaina Demopoulos, Allure , 8 Mar. 2022",
"In its original use, phygital\u2014a portmanteau of physical and digital\u2014meant something in-part live and in-part virtual. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"So many of the words created our dozens of neologism contests over the decades are portmanteau words, the combination of two words. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 July 2019",
"So many of the words created our dozens of neologism contests over the decades are portmanteau words, the combination of two words. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French portemanteau , from porter to carry + manteau mantle, from Latin mantellum \u2014 more at port":"Noun"
": of, relating to, or being a rectangular document having the vertical dimension longer than the horizontal dimension":[
"switching from landscape to portrait mode"
],
"\u2014 compare landscape sense 3":[
"switching from landscape to portrait mode"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The queen posed for her portrait .",
"The book presents a portrait of life in a small town.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The hat is the brainchild of Dali; Jean Schlumberger creates cherub pins that will be immortalized in a Picasso portrait . \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
"Find the menu slipped inside an old manga, then scan the room filled with tchotchkes, including Rescue Rangers figurines and a portrait of the samurai film legend Toshiro Mifune. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2022",
"The handover Two Royal Navy sailors remove a portrait of Britain\u2019s Queen Elizabeth II ahead of Hong Kong\u2019s handover on July 1, 1997. \u2014 Molpasorn Shoowong, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
"Slowly a portrait of those who were inside the tractor trail is coming together. \u2014 Arelis R. Hern\u00e1ndez, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Keane thanked him by painting a portrait of his wife, complete with big eyes. \u2014 Steve Marbleobituaries Editor, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"The result is a colorful cast over a more standard Polaroid portrait . \u2014 Aemilia Madden, refinery29.com , 29 June 2022",
"Consisting of one long run-on sentence, the story offers a brief but illuminating portrait of its young subject\u2019s life. \u2014 Erin Overbey, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"This bizarre example of Italian Baroque still-life painting, which can be interpreted as a portrait , is also shown for the first time by Trinity Fine Art of London. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The small park behind Tahrir Square has been divided by tents, one of which has become a steadily expanding portrait gallery with photographs of those who have been killed by the security forces. \u2014 Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Yet for all the darkness, there\u2019s a welcome and important dose of levity too, from a hilarious video of a beauty products fair by Mar\u00eda Luisa Bemberg to Regina Vater\u2019s playful, costumed self- portrait photographs. \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2018",
"Arneson sets the tone through a ceramic self- portrait head from 1973, wall-mounted near the entry. \u2014 Leah Ollman, latimes.com , 3 July 2018",
"In portrait orientation, the left side of the bottom bar only has space for about three to four app icons. \u2014 Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica , 23 June 2018",
"And even though the demand for photographers in traditional media has declined, there\u2019s still a high-demand for commercial and portrait photographers. \u2014 Jenny Knizner, USA TODAY , 4 June 2018",
"Dorothea Tanning\u2019s self- portrait Birthday (1942) shows her bare-breasted, standing with a small winged monster with her back to a house full of open doors. \u2014 Thomas Hine, Philly.com , 12 Apr. 2018",
"The heads presage a self- portrait print from 1990, displayed nearby, as well as the soft fabric figurative sculptures that Bourgeois took up in the late \u201990s. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 27 Sep. 2017",
"Portrait sessions for families whose memories were stolen by the wind. \u2014 Southern Living , 1 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1975, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, from past participle of portraire":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8p\u022fr-tr\u0259t",
"-\u02cctr\u0101t"
],
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"definition",
"delineation",
"depiction",
"description",
"picture",
"portraiture",
"portrayal",
"rendering",
"sketch",
"vignette"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191544",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"portrait attachment":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an attachment lens used on a fixed-focus camera for photographing near objects":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192304",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portrait bust":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bust representing the actual features of an individual":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111619",
"type":[
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]
},
"portraiture":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": portrait":[],
": the making of portraits : portrayal":[]
},
"examples":[
"The museum is exhibiting portraiture from the late 19th century.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the roles of portraiture is to anchor you in history. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The work in this book, in particular, is very much in dialogue with painting and art historical conventions surrounding both portraiture and still life images. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 29 Mar. 2022",
"His work comprises photojournalism, portraiture , and sports photography, as well as advertising and corporate projects. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Special exhibitions are going up around the country, too, including two at Sotheby\u2019s London, as Smithsonian magazine\u2019s Sarah Kuta reports\u2014a tiara exhibition and an exhibition of British female monarch portraiture . \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"In eighteenth-century portraiture , leopard pelt or print was a marker of wealth and luxury, though artists also drew upon its connotations in classical mythology to suggest the individual characters of their sitters. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Then there\u2019s the work of photojournalist Jed Fielding, who specializes in spontaneous street portraiture in places like Naples and Mexico City. \u2014 Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The book is elegantly written, in a brisk style that plays to Ms. Goldstone\u2019s strengths in portraiture and the theatrical set-piece. \u2014 A. Wess Mitchell, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"German photographer Thomas Peschak adopted an unconventional approach to photographing the curious animals, using techniques normally employed in human portraiture . \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Presenting narratives in the YA category that accurately portray the struggles and joy of queerness let young LGBTQ+ people feel seen, and feel empowered in their identity. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 24 June 2022",
"Some portray the artist\u2019s longtime muse, the coyote \u2014 a character in many Native American myths. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Trump\u2019s post-election interaction with top DOJ officials portray a president pressing for specific investigations that could potentially help him keep his grip on power. \u2014 Alexander Mallin, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"Most surf films portray riding waves in a purely positive light. \u2014 Andrew S. Lewis, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
"These ads portray a vote in favor of impeaching former President Donald Trump for inciting the 2021 attack on the Capitol as a negative. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Some of the most poignant scenes portray the unlikely friendship that develops between Issam and Frank (Mark Camacho), the family\u2019s initially gruff sponsor. \u2014 Vanessa H. Larson, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Oftentimes, stereotypes portray outdoor adventurers to look a certain way or have a specific background. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
"Few gambling movies portray gambling less as a talent and more as a coping mechanism, like Paul Schrader\u2019s 2021 crime drama The Card Counter. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"The actor was twice nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of an action-hero who struggles to uphold his family\u2019s noble values in a brutal world. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Dustin Hoffman won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Raymond Babbitt, an autistic savant brought on a cross country road trip during his brother\u2019s bid to grab a piece of their father\u2019s fortune. \u2014 cleveland , 11 June 2022",
"Phoenix won a best actor Academy Award for his portrayal of the title character, and Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir won an Oscar for best original score for the film. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"For his portrayal of the titular role, Phoenix won the Oscar for Best Actor, and Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir won for Best Original Score. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 8 June 2022",
"Kotsur earned his historic Oscar for his portrayal of Frank, the Deaf fisherman and father of a hearing daughter, Ruby (Emilia Jones) who desires to be a singer in the 2021 best picture winner directed by Sian Heder. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"One of the best performances, however, has always been that of John Roberts, who was nominated for a 2015 Emmy for his portrayal of Bob\u2019s wife, Linda. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Based on the tragic true story of Brandon Teena, who was raped and later murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, Hillary Swank won Best Actress for her portrayal of Brandon. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
"Fanning, who will probably get an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Carter, works hard and the scripts attempt to contextualize the teen, if not humanize her. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"The defense of the porcupine \u2019s quills, which can rip through the predator\u2019s mouth and throat, is the deterrent that protects the small creature in the violent woods. \u2014 Roger Wicker, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"But the porcupine grew to an unimaginable size and transformed into a brown bear clawing its way out of the snow. \u2014 Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Any wolf has the ability to kill a gentle porcupine . \u2014 Roger Wicker, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Enamel and industrial, metallic paints, manipulated with a porcupine quill create sharp detail and rich surface textures, including coral, feathers and flowers. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"On Friday, March 25, the baby cape porcupine entered the world and delighted visitors at the ZSL London Zoo when mom Hettie gave birth in front of guests. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Sipping from an endless succession of wedding libations at some kind of barn in Northern California, her Carlo makes like a porcupine , shooting quills in the form of quips. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"He is inspired by Boris, a real porcupine , and was fabricated by Jim Henson\u2019s Creature Shop in Burbank. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"According to a release from the Chicago zoo, their 9-year-old porcupine Lucia gave birth to a baby \u2014 also known as a porcupette \u2014 on March 19. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 5 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The solution: a 3.3-mile portage (5,305 meters) between Bonfield and Dickson Lakes, one of the longest in the park. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 9 Sep. 2020",
"There will be a portage built in case paddleboarders or kayakers don\u2019t want to use the step down rocks in their boats. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 July 2021",
"Race rules require that layover to happen at one of the Yukon River checkpoints, and Kaltag is mushers\u2019 last option before an 85-mile portage from the river over to the coast, which is notorious for its fickle weather. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Goddard, now in his mid-eighties and living in Los Angeles, had published a story about the adventure in the May 1955 issue of National Geographic, which Coetzee discounted due to Goddard\u2019s 125-mile portage along the Murchison Falls area. \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011",
"More than a thousand lakes, many linked by rivers and historic portage trails. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 5 Oct. 2018",
"The idea of a long portage has been in his head in various forms for years. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Our first clue to the character of the upper Delta River was a cigar-shaped obstacle in the water right after the portage . \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Of course, there, too, are numerable dams to portage ; as many as 27 lock and dams to navigate between the metro and St. Louis; countless barges to avoid; and who knows what else. \u2014 Bob Timmons, Star Tribune , 6 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Brecksville Dam was removed in 2020, meaning paddlers have safe access to continue north past Station Road Bridge on the river without having to portage . \u2014 John Pana, cleveland , 19 Apr. 2021",
"The group tried to portage before needing to leave four canoes in muck, Williams said, and outfitters later retrieved them. \u2014 Bob Timmons, Star Tribune , 30 July 2020",
"Or couples could paddle a two-person raft on easier stretches of river, with instruction from guides, and portage their boats around more difficult rapids. \u2014 Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2020",
"While several paddlers made it through unscathed, others got hung up on the rocks or opted to portage out past the rapids. \u2014 Annie Gentile, Courant Community , 1 May 2018",
"And because seasonal dams erected near Johnson\u2019s Beach and Vacation Beach usually come down after Labor Day, fall paddlers don\u2019t have to portage boats, either. \u2014 Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018",
"Slatten said that the tributary is one of the many streams and rivers that connect the lakes in the area and can take away the need for canoeists to portage from one waterway to the next. \u2014 Andrew Krueger, Twin Cities , 1 June 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In the library, scholars can pore through official White House documents to extract fuller, less flattering stories of the Bush years. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"The kids pore over the atlas in the back seat, getting a kick out of finding town names that are dangerously close to being dirty words, like Bullocks and Blichton. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 12 July 2021",
"While Auburn could pore through the transfer portal to fill that spot, that option appears unlikely at this time. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 31 May 2022",
"Almost immediately after the arrests, the hyperactive community that discusses cryptocurrency on social media and message boards began to pore over Ms. Morgan\u2019s bizarre digital trail. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Long before Wisconsin opened spring football practice last month, Bob Bostad carved out time to pore over video of the offensive linemen coming back for the 2022 season. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The researchers have gained limited experimental approval to pore through general data but the Army, Dawson says, still has no policy. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Activist groups and senators will pore over the nominee's record. \u2014 Melissa Macaya, CNN , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The committee will pore over the visitor logs from the Trump White House, discerning details that will inform their decisions on who next to subpoena, and eventually be released to the public. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This cleanser washes pore -clogging dirt, oil, and makeup off your face while moisturizing ceramides condition your skin. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 1 July 2022",
"Or, this oil-free sunscreen that helps absorb pore -clogging oils\u2014a solve for acne-prone skin types. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
"The cabin is quiet and richly appointed, especially in our Inscription-level test car, which wore light-gray leather upholstery with a matching open- pore wood veneer dividing the upper and lower dash panels. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 30 June 2022",
"Material choice is very traditional too, meaning our seats are covered in a thick layer of comfy leather, and the center console is finished in an open- pore ash wood veneer. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"The interior features open- pore carbon fiber finishers, ebony leather upholstery and exclusive sunset gold satin detailing across the dashboard, steering wheel, gear shift paddles and seats, which are both heated and cooled. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Interior color options include six different hues, including red and brown, while bamboo, open- pore wood, and aluminum trims will be available. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 1 June 2022",
"Many products will list the filter\u2019s pore size, which are the holes that the water runs through. \u2014 Beth Krietsch, SELF , 19 May 2022",
"These magical particles remove excess oil to prevent blackheads from forming and reduce pore size. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The solution: a 3.3-mile portage (5,305 meters) between Bonfield and Dickson Lakes, one of the longest in the park. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 9 Sep. 2020",
"There will be a portage built in case paddleboarders or kayakers don\u2019t want to use the step down rocks in their boats. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 July 2021",
"Race rules require that layover to happen at one of the Yukon River checkpoints, and Kaltag is mushers\u2019 last option before an 85-mile portage from the river over to the coast, which is notorious for its fickle weather. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Goddard, now in his mid-eighties and living in Los Angeles, had published a story about the adventure in the May 1955 issue of National Geographic, which Coetzee discounted due to Goddard\u2019s 125-mile portage along the Murchison Falls area. \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011",
"More than a thousand lakes, many linked by rivers and historic portage trails. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 5 Oct. 2018",
"The idea of a long portage has been in his head in various forms for years. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Our first clue to the character of the upper Delta River was a cigar-shaped obstacle in the water right after the portage . \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Of course, there, too, are numerable dams to portage ; as many as 27 lock and dams to navigate between the metro and St. Louis; countless barges to avoid; and who knows what else. \u2014 Bob Timmons, Star Tribune , 6 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Brecksville Dam was removed in 2020, meaning paddlers have safe access to continue north past Station Road Bridge on the river without having to portage . \u2014 John Pana, cleveland , 19 Apr. 2021",
"The group tried to portage before needing to leave four canoes in muck, Williams said, and outfitters later retrieved them. \u2014 Bob Timmons, Star Tribune , 30 July 2020",
"Or couples could paddle a two-person raft on easier stretches of river, with instruction from guides, and portage their boats around more difficult rapids. \u2014 Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2020",
"While several paddlers made it through unscathed, others got hung up on the rocks or opted to portage out past the rapids. \u2014 Annie Gentile, Courant Community , 1 May 2018",
"And because seasonal dams erected near Johnson\u2019s Beach and Vacation Beach usually come down after Labor Day, fall paddlers don\u2019t have to portage boats, either. \u2014 Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018",
"Slatten said that the tributary is one of the many streams and rivers that connect the lakes in the area and can take away the need for canoeists to portage from one waterway to the next. \u2014 Andrew Krueger, Twin Cities , 1 June 2017"
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"To keep Klondike relevant to newer, younger consumers, Shepard-Rashkin said Unilever is collaborating Klondike with other popular frozen brands in its portfolio . \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 29 June 2022",
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"Les Funtleyder is a health care portfolio manager with E Squared Capital Management and chief investment officer of Technic Health, which makes investments in private health care companies. \u2014 Adam Feuerstein, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"This stunning deluxe-level property is one of the newest in their portfolio , but it has already been deemed an instant favorite. \u2014 Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022",
"Jensen, who leads investments for Bridgewater Associates alongside co-CIO Bob Prince, said the Fed could engage in drastic quantitative tightening by selling off securities in its portfolio , a common tactic to combat inflation. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Across its Vision Funds portfolios and its investments made before them, SoftBank has 21 Indian unicorns, or companies worth over $1 billion, in its portfolio , according to the data shared by Tracxn Technologies. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"That sentiment was echoed by Jackson Wood, a portfolio manager and advisor at Freedom Day, a financial planning advisory. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 22 May 2022",
"Gamepires is based in Zagreb, Croatia, and includes the Gas Guzzlers Extreme game series in its portfolio . \u2014 Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022"
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"The only risotto with fresh funghi porcini and thyme equal to Fasano\u2019s in New York is the one my son learned to make as a cook at Marea. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Clean the porcini mushrooms and cut them into rather thick \u00bc-inch (\u00bd-centimeter) slices. \u2014 Foren Clark, Cnn. Recipe From Alice Caporicci, CNN , 15 May 2022",
"Potential fungi finds include turkey tail, chicken of the woods, porcini and morels; other possible goodies include miner\u2019s lettuce, wild radish and pine pollen. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"There are sixteen sandwiches on the menu, including the New Yorker, which features roast beef and onion- porcini cream. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In the small bowl of a food processor or a mini-chopper, process the porcini until finely ground. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Wild mushrooms like porcini are almost never found fresh in U.S. markets. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Nebbiolo enchants with precise, pure notes of cherry and strawberry, and its nuances become even more pronounced with age, developing secondary notes of rose, porcini and sage. \u2014 Janice O'leary, Robb Report , 3 May 2021",
"The combination of porcini and roasted cremini mushrooms gives this luxurious risotto a serious hit of umami. \u2014 Staff Reports Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 21 Oct. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another common offshore species is the porbeagle shark. \u2014 Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Aug. 2019",
"Skomal said porbeagles look similar to mako and great white sharks. \u2014 Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Aug. 2019",
"Tracking a wide range of species \u2014 blue shark, tiger shark, shortfin mako, great hammerhead, scalloped hammerhead, porbeagle , and dusky shark \u2014 the researchers sought to visualize all the human infrastructure that sharks must navigate. \u2014 Radhika Viswanathan, Vox , 26 July 2018",
"The catch follows a story in June last year when another group caught a porbeagle off the coast of Whitby. \u2014 Nathan Sandhu, Fox News , 16 May 2018",
"The victim, aged 21, was bitten on the leg by a porbeagle shark after it was hauled onto the vessel 'Govenek of Ladram' in one of their fishing nets. \u2014 John Bett, Fox News , 14 May 2018"
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"We need to cut the pork out of the federal budget.",
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"On a first glance, combing pork with PB may sound a little strange, but if the kiddos can't get enough of PB&J sandwiches, then this dish will agree with their taste buds. \u2014 Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day , 24 June 2022",
"Toyota Field headwear/meal mashups includes nachos pulled pork , beef brisket and jackfruit with fries for $22. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
"Pork is the essential meat in China, and the country produces and consumers the most pork in the world. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Notice the habanero heat in the pork filling of the Chinese steamed bun",
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"Cuban sandwiches packed with artery-clogging ingredients like ham and pork and anything sweet, like a slice of flan, his favorite dessert. \u2014 Carmen Cusido, refinery29.com , 20 June 2022",
"Taking influence from her Latin roots and using food that is sourced close to the Yukon, chef Sibja's pork carnitas, arctic char, and avocado creations will fulfill your taco dreams and then some. \u2014 Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022",
"Food is available for purchase and includes ribs, pulled pork , chicken, corn and a variety of fair food. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 16 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hotel commissioned Kaja Dahl to reenvision a stone drinking fountain that once stood in the wellness area and to fashion vases in granite-like porphyry for the guest suites. \u2014 James Stewart, Robb Report , 23 Apr. 2022",
"By the 1590s, artists were looking at slate, marble, lapis lazuli, agate, amethyst, alabaster, obsidian, onyx, jasper, limestone and porphyry to envision a new kind of painting. \u2014 Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Western South Dakota has some of the finest hunks of sandstone, mica schist, granite, and phonolite porphyry in the American West. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 18 Aug. 2020",
"The collection includes numerous examples of quartz, granite, porphyry and other kinds of minerals commonly found around New England. \u2014 Reed Gochberg, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The walls were covered with ones, jasper, porphyry , and a dozen different marbles and, set in this crazy quilt, were carved, crystal medallions. \u2014 Lucy Yeomans, House Beautiful , 10 June 2021",
"The step leading to the chapel is a big block of red Egyptian porphyry with white spots carved from an ancient monolith that Chigi bought for a small fortune. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Sep. 2020",
"Verrocchio constructed monumental bronze sculptures, carved delicate marble and terra-cotta portrait busts, designed porphyry tombs and marble fountains, as well as painting exquisite panel paintings. \u2014 Cammy Brothers, WSJ , 15 Aug. 2018"
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"Mix a batch of mortar in a wheelbarrow [7] by combining portland cement , sand, and water, following the instructions on the cement bag. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 24 July 2021",
"The plant's primary product is portland cement , a product widely used by the construction industry to produce concrete across the country. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 5 June 2021",
"The very high temperatures required to drive the water out of limestone and transform it into portland cement also ensure the complete combustion of the rubber and fabric in tires. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 9 Oct. 2018",
"Modern concrete swaps out the volcanic ash for portland cement . \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 9 Aug. 2018",
"Some estimates suggest the practice has the potential to lower emissions by as much as 40 to 80 percent compared with portland cement , White said. \u2014 Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American , 9 July 2018",
"The tiles on the front facade are made from portland cement and rendered in a range of hues to give the surface a mottled look. \u2014 Barbara Eldredge, Curbed , 15 Mar. 2018"
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"To Stevens, the movie critic at Slate, Keaton \u2014 with his stone face, porkpie hat and calm acrobatics \u2014 was the ultimate 20th century man. \u2014 Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
"And the promise of Luke Kirby inevitably wearing a bomber jacket and a porkpie hat in the next episode has given me the strength to keep tuning in. \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 5 Aug. 2021",
"And the promise of Luke Kirby inevitably wearing a bomber jacket and a porkpie hat in the next episode has given me the strength to keep tuning in. \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 5 Aug. 2021",
"And the promise of Luke Kirby inevitably wearing a bomber jacket and a porkpie hat in the next episode has given me the strength to keep tuning in. \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"And the promise of Luke Kirby inevitably wearing a bomber jacket and a porkpie hat in the next episode has given me the strength to keep tuning in. \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 5 Aug. 2021",
"And the promise of Luke Kirby inevitably wearing a bomber jacket and a porkpie hat in the next episode has given me the strength to keep tuning in. \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 5 Aug. 2021",
"And the promise of Luke Kirby inevitably wearing a bomber jacket and a porkpie hat in the next episode has given me the strength to keep tuning in. \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"geographical name"
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"town on the Atlantic in westernmost Gabon; the nation's chief seaport population 109,000":[]
},
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"\u02ccp\u022fr-zh\u00e4\u207f-\u02c8t\u0113"
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"noun"
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": a cement (see cement entry 1 sense 1b ) that sets under water and that is made by finely pulverizing the clinker produced by heating a mixture of clay and limestone or similar materials to a high temperature just short of fusing":[
"Drexel engineers have found a way to improve upon ordinary Portland cement \u2026, the glue that's bonded much of the world's construction since the late 1800s.",
"\u2014 Swiss National Science Foundation",
"Once the joints are open, refill them with a dry mix of stone dust and portland cement , mixed at a ratio of 1 part cement to 6 parts dust.",
"\u2014 This Old House"
]
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"\u02c8p\u022frt-l\u0259n(d)-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mix a batch of mortar in a wheelbarrow [7] by combining portland cement , sand, and water, following the instructions on the cement bag. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 24 July 2021",
"The plant's primary product is portland cement , a product widely used by the construction industry to produce concrete across the country. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 5 June 2021",
"The very high temperatures required to drive the water out of limestone and transform it into portland cement also ensure the complete combustion of the rubber and fabric in tires. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 9 Oct. 2018",
"Modern concrete swaps out the volcanic ash for portland cement . \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 9 Aug. 2018",
"Some estimates suggest the practice has the potential to lower emissions by as much as 40 to 80 percent compared with portland cement , White said. \u2014 Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American , 9 July 2018",
"The tiles on the front facade are made from portland cement and rendered in a range of hues to give the surface a mottled look. \u2014 Barbara Eldredge, Curbed , 15 Mar. 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Isle of Portland , England; from its resemblance to a limestone found there":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
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"portal vein":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No, the pressure had pushed the air into the walls of his intestines and his portal vein . \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"The study ended with a liver biopsy, which detected only inflammation of my portal vein with no evidence of cirrhosis. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 11 May 2022",
"The portal vein is the blood vessel that carries blood from your gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen to your liver. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"The couple learned scar tissue from the 2007 transplant surgery completely closed off Hanks\u2019 portal vein (the vessel that drains blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to the liver). \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 23 Aug. 2021",
"The portal vein brings venous blood to the liver, while this artery brings oxygenated arterial blood. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 29 May 2019",
"First, the glucose molecules travel from the small intestine to the liver via the portal vein , Linsenmeyer explains. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 23 May 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"portal entry 2":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1765, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003137"
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"pork barrel":{
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And he was best known for bringing federal projects, earmarks or pork barrel , to his state. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Fawell was the chief sponsor of 23 bills that eliminated some $2 billion in pork barrel projects, his wife said. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 14 Nov. 2021",
"The infrastructure bill is a sweeping public works and jobs bill with something for everyone, the type of pork barrel measure that used to be the bread and butter of Congress. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Aug. 2021",
"In some years, Warner has played host on his farm to a pig roast, an incongruous gesture for political figures practiced in pork barrel legislation perhaps but a productive initiative nonetheless. \u2014 David M. Shribman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 July 2021",
"There\u2019s not enough pork barrel that can be shipped to West Virginia to attempt to rent Joe Manchin\u2019s vote on big issues. \u2014 John Fund, National Review , 11 Oct. 2020",
"But hey, don't worry, the Democrats have already put this into their $45 billion infrastructure pork barrel so that we taxpayers get to pay for it. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 17 June 2019",
"The pork barrel bonanza courtesy of Gov. J.B. Pritzker\u2019s massive construction package that lawmakers approved last weekend is signature away from becoming law. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 10 June 2019",
"The Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper estimated that the consequences of Temer\u2019s pork barrel and pledges could cost Brazil almost $10 billion. \u2014 Anna Jean Kaiser, Washington Post , 25 Oct. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013201"
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"port watch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the half of a ship's company that alternates with the starboard watch in working the ship in successive daily duty periods":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"port entry 8":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020558"
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"portance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": bearing , carriage , demeanor":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u014drt\u1d4an(t)s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, from porter to carry + -ance":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024731"
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"pore over":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to read or study (something) very carefully":[
"He pored over the map for hours."
]
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"Porphyrula":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of birds (family Rallidae ) that includes the purple gallinule":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u022f(r)\u02c8fir(y)\u0259l\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek porphyra purple + New Latin -ula":""
