"former enclave in the Republic of South Africa set aside for Black people as part of a government policy of racial segregation":[]
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"A pioneer in vaccine research, he [Robert Johnston] and his co-workers used genetic engineering to develop a vaccine for Venezuelan equine encephalitis , a deadly disease in South and Central America that affects people and livestock and is transmitted by mosquitoes.",
"city and port on Santa Barbara Channel in southwestern California east-southeast of Santa Barbara population 106,433":[]
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"American Spanish":""
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"\u02c8ve\u014bk\u0259l\u0259"
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"noun"
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"buy",
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": to utter publicly":[]
},
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"vends snack foods and novelties at fairs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are a couple of machines onsite that will vend cash cards. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Jan. 2022",
"So, is the desire to possess or vend luxury items out of step",
"If the temperature inside were to stay above 41 degrees for over 20 minutes, the machine would shut off and would not vend , Tambuzzo told the TV station. \u2014 Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com , 9 Sep. 2021",
"That\u2019s a smart move in giving confidence to those who might not trust a machine to vend the right product, or just not work. \u2014 Kevin Rozario, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
"Concessions are cashless at Lucas Oil, but there are two machines that will vend cash cards. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Doing so effectively cut short a grace period for food sellers: Until then, L.A. had been enforcing some rules about where and how people could vend but not handing out citations for lacking a city permit. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyes Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2021",
"The city is proposing doing away with a requirement that food trucks rent a parking spot to vend in the downtown. \u2014 Rebecca Lurye, courant.com , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Local artists vend in driveways, front yards and parking areas. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 8 Sep. 2020"
],
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"1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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"borrowed from French & Latin; French vendre \"to sell,\" going back to Old French, going back to Latin v\u0113ndere , contraction of v\u0113num dare , literally, \"to give for sale\" \u2014 more at venial , date entry 2":""
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"\u02c8vend"
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"deal (in)",
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"merchandize",
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"sell"
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"definitions":{
": a whitefish ( Coregonus vandesius ) native to various lakes of Scotland and England":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin vandesius , from Middle French vandoise , probably of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish find white":""
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"\u02c8vend\u0259\u0307s also -\u02ccd\u0101s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111516",
"type":[
"noun"
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": a plastic or porcelain coating bonded to the surface of a cosmetically imperfect tooth":[],
": a protective or ornamental facing (as of brick or stone)":[],
": a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, display, or effect : facade , gloss":[
"a veneer of tolerance"
],
": a thin sheet of a material: such as":[],
": any of the thin layers bonded together to form plywood":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a wall with a stone veneer",
"a dresser with mahogany veneer",
"Verb",
"The cabinet was veneered in oak.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The vast majority of those posts criticized China\u2019s position, which is pro-Russia under a veneer of neutrality. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Cruz\u2019s rampage crushed the veneer of safety in Parkland, an upper-middle-class community outside Fort Lauderdale with little crime. \u2014 Terry Spencer, USA TODAY , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Cruz\u2019s rampage crushed the veneer of safety in Parkland, an upper-middle-class community outside Fort Lauderdale with little crime. \u2014 Terry Spencer, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Cruz\u2019s rampage crushed the veneer of safety in Parkland, an upper-middle-class community outside Fort Lauderdale with little crime. \u2014 Terry Spencer, chicagotribune.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The veneer of western paradise, no matter the impact on the ethos or environment or those who came first, is rebranded as a wholesome quest for purity. \u2014 Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
"Despite the total corporatization of the studios, there\u2019s still some veneer of glamour to them. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"This month\u2019s activity includes placing base asphalt for library parking, completion of south addition brick veneer , completion of south addition metal roofing, and the start of interior finishes at the south addition. \u2014 cleveland , 4 June 2022",
"Arnn has expanded Hillsdale\u2019s role as a platform for the CNP\u2019s network of megadonors, fundamentalist activists, and media outlets, providing their policy prescriptions with a thin veneer of academic respectability. \u2014 Anne Nelson, The New Republic , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Think natural oak veneer with rose quartz and brass accents. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Kurz\u2019s fall is seen as a major blow to Europe\u2019s conservatives, many of whom saw him as a charismatic role model, packaging hard-line conservative values under a slick, media savvy veneer . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Oct. 2021",
"These are just some of the microaggressions, quiet bigotries and structural hurdles that diplomats say ripple under the State Department's cosmopolitan veneer . \u2014 Nicole Gaouette, CNN , 6 May 2021",
"The organic lines of the desk and table, for instance, were achieved by meticulously hand-matching strips of solid wood veneer to express the timber\u2019s grain. \u2014 Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor , 5 Mar. 2021",
"The photo below shows a common deviation, where the masonry veneer actually touches the shingles. \u2014 Reuben Saltzman, Star Tribune , 10 Nov. 2020",
"And if Psyche does have a rocky mantle, ferrovolcanic seeps could have veneered it with metal from the asteroid\u2019s core. \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Some sported muscle sheaths that swell when exposed to ethanol vapor; others were veneered with a material that shrinks when soaked in a glucose solution. \u2014 Sid Perkins, Scientific American , 11 July 2019",
"Some sported muscle sheaths that swell when exposed to ethanol vapor; others were veneered with a material that shrinks when soaked in a glucose solution. \u2014 Sid Perkins, Scientific American , 11 July 2019"
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"1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1742, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"noun derivative of veneer entry 2 , or borrowed directly from German (17th-century) furner, fornier (modern Furnier ), noun derivative of fourniren, furniren \"to apply thin strips of wood or other material (to cabinetwork, etc.)\" \u2014 more at veneering":"Noun"
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"v\u0259-\u02c8nir",
"v\u0259-\u02c8ni(\u0259)r"
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": deserving to be venerated":[
"\u2014 used as a title for an Anglican archdeacon or for a Roman Catholic who has been accorded the lowest of three degrees of recognition for sanctity"
],
": impressive by reason of age":[
"under venerable pines"
],
": made sacred especially by religious or historical association":[]
},
"examples":[
"[Julie] Powell never met Julia Child (who died last year), but the venerable chef's spirit is present throughout, and Powell imaginatively reconstructs episodes from Child's life in the 1940s. Her writing is feisty and unrestrained, especially as she details killing lobsters, tackling marrowbones and cooking late into the night. \u2014 Publishers Weekly , 13 June 2005",
"Under her stewardship, the onetime boardinghouse came to be heralded as the South's most venerable family restaurant, a reliquary of old-fashioned cooking\u2014collard greens enriched with fatback, creamed corn straight from the cob, fried chicken with a pepper-flecked crust\u2014where the tables groaned beneath the weight of a quintessential midday repast, and history stood still on the plate for all to admire. \u2014 John T. Edge , Gourmet , January 2003",
"The lower the P/E, as a rough rule of thumb, the cheaper the stock. Though this guide to value has lots of exceptions, it remains a venerable market benchmark. \u2014 Jonathan Weil , Wall Street Journal , 21 Aug. 2001",
"I then descended to the Courts of justice, over which the judges, those venerable sages and interpreters of the law, presided, for determining the disputed rights and properties of men, as well as for the punishment of vice, and protection of innocence. \u2014 Jonathan Swift , Gulliver's Travels , 1726",
"the venerable old man was a cherished source of advice and wisdom for the villagers",
"a venerable tradition that colleges have been maintaining for centuries",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cowboy still roam the west at this venerable Oklahoma City institution, dating back to 1955. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"The venerable home-improvement show joins Sesame Street and 60 Minutes as the only programs, as opposed to individuals, to receive lifetime achievement awards from NATAS. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Ratings have been in decline leading to doubts about the relevancy of the venerable awards show. \u2014 Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The venerable club in Bloomfield Township was among five future sites announced for the women\u2019s national championship, including Inverness Club in Toledo. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Facing competitive pressure from professional services firms and from clients that want to solve more business problems in one stop, law firms\u2014among the most venerable American business institutions\u2014have begun to branch out. \u2014 Richard Vanderford, WSJ , 28 May 2022",
"One of the 21st century\u2019s most venerable franchises is back. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 6 Oct. 2021",
"For tonight, at least, the venerable show is generating headlines of its own. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"Electronic Arts, the venerable video game company, is facing a turning point in its critical sports division. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
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"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin vener\u0101bilis \"entitled to respect,\" from vener\u0101r\u012b \"to solicit the good will of (a deity), hold in awe, venerate \" + -bilis \"capable of (acting or being acted upon)\" \u2014 more at -able":""
},
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"\u02c8ve-n\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8ve-n\u0259r(-\u0259)-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8ven-r\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for venerable old , ancient , venerable , antique , antiquated , archaic , obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence. old houses an old sweater of mine ancient applies to occurrence, existence, or use in or survival from the distant past. ancient accounts of dragons venerable stresses the impressiveness and dignity of great age. the family's venerable patriarch antique applies to what has come down from a former or ancient time. collected antique Chippendale furniture antiquated implies being discredited or outmoded or otherwise inappropriate to the present time. antiquated teaching methods archaic implies having the character or characteristics of a much earlier time. the play used archaic language to convey a sense of period obsolete may apply to something regarded as no longer acceptable or useful even though it is still in existence. a computer that makes earlier models obsolete",
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"sacred",
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"noun"
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": to honor (an icon, a relic, etc.) with a ritual act of devotion":[],
": to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference":[]
},
"examples":[
"a writer venerated by generations of admirers",
"She is venerated as a saint.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Zakrajsek\u2019s patriotic stance is commonplace in nations that venerate the military. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The easiest way to venerate ancestors is simple: put a photo of the deceased beside a glass of water and a white candle, and talk to them or recite their favourite prayers. \u2014 Yvette Montoya, refinery29.com , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Smith also proved to be deeply controversial among conservative legal scholars who typically venerate Scalia. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 17 June 2021",
"Holding the remains violates the constitutional right to freedom of religion, because the Okinawans don\u2019t have the opportunity to venerate their ancestors, says Yasukatsu Matsushima, an economist at Ryukoku University who is one of the plaintiffs. \u2014 Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS , 14 June 2021",
"That\u2019s because Europeans venerate the freedom to risk one\u2019s own life but not the freedom to endanger others. \u2014 Daniel Duane, Outside Online , 18 May 2021",
"If the mob\u2019s bewilderment over the great building before them is one dominant feature of the day \u2014 whether to trash it or venerate it \u2014 its bewilderment over the police is even greater. \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 17 Jan. 2021",
"Like any good advertisement, the most sizzling sequences venerate his latest products. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2020",
"Thatcher and Obama are symbols for causes bigger than themselves, icons to venerate , characters to mourn\u2014ambassadors from a lost age. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2020"
],
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"circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"borrowed from Latin vener\u0101tus , past participle of Latin vener\u0101r\u012b \"to solicit the good will of (a deity), worship, pay homage to, hold in awe,\" verbal derivative of vener-, venus \"sexual desire, qualities exciting desire, charm, (as proper noun) goddess personifying sexual attractiveness\" (probably originally in cognate accusative phrase Venerem vener\u0101r\u012b \"to propitiate Venus,\" extended to other deities) \u2014 more at venus":""
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for venerate revere , reverence , venerate , worship , adore mean to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully. revere stresses deference and tenderness of feeling. a professor revered by her students reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring. reverenced the academy's code of honor venerate implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age. heroes still venerated worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony. worships their memory adore implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment. we adored our doctor",
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"revere",
"reverence",
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": to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference":[]
},
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"a writer venerated by generations of admirers",
"She is venerated as a saint.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Zakrajsek\u2019s patriotic stance is commonplace in nations that venerate the military. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The easiest way to venerate ancestors is simple: put a photo of the deceased beside a glass of water and a white candle, and talk to them or recite their favourite prayers. \u2014 Yvette Montoya, refinery29.com , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Smith also proved to be deeply controversial among conservative legal scholars who typically venerate Scalia. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 17 June 2021",
"Holding the remains violates the constitutional right to freedom of religion, because the Okinawans don\u2019t have the opportunity to venerate their ancestors, says Yasukatsu Matsushima, an economist at Ryukoku University who is one of the plaintiffs. \u2014 Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS , 14 June 2021",
"That\u2019s because Europeans venerate the freedom to risk one\u2019s own life but not the freedom to endanger others. \u2014 Daniel Duane, Outside Online , 18 May 2021",
"If the mob\u2019s bewilderment over the great building before them is one dominant feature of the day \u2014 whether to trash it or venerate it \u2014 its bewilderment over the police is even greater. \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 17 Jan. 2021",
"Like any good advertisement, the most sizzling sequences venerate his latest products. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2020",
"Thatcher and Obama are symbols for causes bigger than themselves, icons to venerate , characters to mourn\u2014ambassadors from a lost age. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2020"
],
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"circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"borrowed from Latin vener\u0101tus , past participle of Latin vener\u0101r\u012b \"to solicit the good will of (a deity), worship, pay homage to, hold in awe,\" verbal derivative of vener-, venus \"sexual desire, qualities exciting desire, charm, (as proper noun) goddess personifying sexual attractiveness\" (probably originally in cognate accusative phrase Venerem vener\u0101r\u012b \"to propitiate Venus,\" extended to other deities) \u2014 more at venus":""
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for venerate revere , reverence , venerate , worship , adore mean to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully. revere stresses deference and tenderness of feeling. a professor revered by her students reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring. reverenced the academy's code of honor venerate implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age. heroes still venerated worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony. worships their memory adore implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment. we adored our doctor",
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"reverence",
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": respect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person":[],
": the act of venerating":[],
": the condition of one that is venerated":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the move away from veneration may bring collateral benefits. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"The monolithic perception of death and who is worthy of care and veneration plays a key role in reinforcing queerphobia and transphobia, which renders these identities silent and invisible both in life and death. \u2014 Cheyenne M. Davis, refinery29.com , 17 May 2022",
"What to expect Under Putin, Victory Day has become Russia's central national holiday and veneration of the Soviet victory a cornerstone of his regime. \u2014 Byguy Davies, ABC News , 7 May 2022",
"Providing an immersive, soulful and above all tranquil tropical oasis, the resort honors the legacy of the Huichol people, while also underscoring their veneration of the natural world. \u2014 Jeffrey Steele, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Everything about his persona is carefully engineered to inspire veneration but not too much. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Most traditions of ancestor veneration regard only some of the dead as having power over the living, and commemorate just those figures accordingly. \u2014 Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"The federal commission charged with removing Confederate names from nine Army posts issued its final recommendations Tuesday, moving the Pentagon a step closer to ending its veneration of the rebel army. \u2014 Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"For them, these female goddesses were still awesome, in the Biblical sense of that term, worthy of fear and veneration alike. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English veneracioun , borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French veneratiun , borrowed from Latin vener\u0101ti\u014dn-, vener\u0101ti\u014d \"act of soliciting the good will (of a deity), demonstration of respect or awe,\" from vener\u0101r\u012b \"to solicit the good will of (a deity), hold in awe, venerate \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d , suffix of action nouns":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162915",
"type":[
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]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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"venereal sarcoma"
],
": of or relating to sexual pleasure or indulgence":[],
": of, relating to, or affected with venereal disease":[
"a high venereal rate"
],
": resulting from or contracted during sexual intercourse":[
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mining camps and boomtowns were cesspools rife with cholera, meningitis, typhoid fever, venereal diseases and scurvy, among many other maladies. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"By the end of their stay, however, Cook and his men had worn out their divine welcome, spreading venereal diseases among the Indigenous population, quarrelling about ships and supplies, and destroying part of a burial ground. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"In 1971, Corky Lee drew inspiration from the Black Panthers' social service programs to help organize a health fair in Manhattan's Chinatown, providing free testing for tuberculosis, lead poisoning, venereal diseases and other conditions. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Mar. 2021",
"And, as a hold-over from classical traditions, leprosy in particular was linked to Venus and thus to venereal sins. \u2014 Lily Rothman, Time , 31 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English venerealle , from Latin Venerius, Venereus \"of Venus, of or relating to sexual desire or sexual activity, erotic,\" adjective derivative of vener-, venus \"sexual desire, sexual intercourse, (as proper noun) goddess personifying sexual attractiveness\" + -alle -al entry 1 \u2014 more at venus":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213513",
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"antonyms":[],
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": a contagious disease (such as gonorrhea or syphilis) that is typically acquired in sexual intercourse \u2014 compare std":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In circulars distributed to school boards, public health crusaders like Charles V. Chapin implored teachers to instruct children on the dangers of venereal disease and the virtues of toothbrushing. \u2014 John Last, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
"At the time, the public was anxious about the spread of venereal disease in public facilities. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"The bulls tested positive for trichomoniasis, or Trich, a venereal disease caused by a protozoa and spread between cattle during breeding, the veterinarian\u2019s office reported Thursday. \u2014 Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"Late in life, Arbuckle\u2019s first wife, Minta Durfee, repeated the preposterous tale that Rappe had spread so much venereal disease at Keystone that Mack Sennett had to fumigate the studio. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Prosecutors in Brooklyn allege that Kelly knowingly infected women with herpes, in violation of public health laws that require people who have an infectious venereal disease to notify their partners about their diagnosis. \u2014 Sonia Moghe, CNN , 22 Aug. 2021",
"The pills were supposed to protect her from venereal disease . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Aug. 2021",
"And also efforts to control the spread of venereal disease , both in the First World War and especially in the Second World War. \u2014 The Atlantic , 27 May 2021",
"The study recruited hundreds of Black men with syphilis who were told they\u2019d be treated for the venereal disease ; instead, researchers gave them placebos and monitored the disease\u2019s deadly progression. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2021"
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"He thought briefly of the long-dead woman bound to this stone in 1654 and burnt alive as a witch. And for what",
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"As it turns out, police crackdowns in the 1990's did not so much destroy Los Angeles street gangs as temporarily displace them to Central America. Soon they returned with a vengeance ; gang-related homicide rose 50 percent between 1999 and 2002. \u2014 Richard Brookhiser , New York Times Book Review , 9 Jan. 2005",
"He is trying to do in his corner of Texas what death-penalty opponents say is impossible: enforce capital punishment flawlessly, ensuring that the innocent never spend a day on death row and the guilty are sent there only after trials free of bias and vengeance . \u2014 John Cloud , Time , 14 July 2003",
"A holy war may be launched to root out terrorism, but its form must be a punitive crusade, an angry god's vengeance exacted upon sinners, since no proper war can exist when there is no recognition of the other's list of grievances, no awareness of the relentless dynamic binding the powerful and powerless. \u2014 John Edgar Wideman , Harper's , March 2002",
"The fire was set as an act of vengeance .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trump, of course, launched a campaign of vengeance that helped lose two winnable Senate races in the January 2021 runoffs. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 26 May 2022",
"As wounds and humiliations from her past resurface, the smooth atmosphere of the cruise will be disturbed by Verna\u2019s quiet, yet shocking act of vengeance . \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"Since weddings are back with a vengeance after the coronavirus crisis forced the cancellation of indoor events, brides are making their own rules. \u2014 Susan Shapiro, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
"Once a dated peer of matching furniture sets, the trend of swathing a room's walls, upholstery, and window treatments in the exact same pattern has returned with a vengeance . \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 25 May 2022",
"Although having a dog was my son\u2019s desire Rocco latched onto his new mama with a vengeance . \u2014 cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"Racist ideas that seemed to be relegated to history's dustbin after watershed civil rights, legal and legislative victories have returned with a vengeance . \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"The weather was balmy, even cool at times until Sunday evening, then the temperature rose, and the humidity hit with a vengeance . \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 9 May 2022",
"To be sure, leisure travel by pandemic-weary vacationers has returned with a vengeance , but that hasn\u2019t necessarily been the case for business travelers and conventioneers. \u2014 Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 May 2022"
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"Middle English vengeaunce , borrowed from Anglo-French, from venger \"to exact satisfaction for\" (going back to Latin vindic\u0101re \"to lay claim to, exact retribution for\") + -aunce -ance \u2014 more at vindicate":""
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"The robbery was committed by a vengeful former employee.",
"The fire was a vengeful act of destruction.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And more than any single moment, McCarty\u2019s vengeful beating of Lemieux on March 26 convinced this team that no opponent could contain its spirit. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"By the end of episode 3, Tala\u2019s saved old Ben Kenobi\u2019s life not once but twice\u2014first from Stormtroopers and second from a vengeful Vader himself. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 2 June 2022",
"So far Marvel has billed Moon Knight as a one-season miniseries, but Jake's appearance is a major cliffhanger, raising questions about how Marc and Steven might cope with this vengeful new alter. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
"Suppose an employee leaves on bad terms and resigns without returning company equipment or even with a vengeful attitude. \u2014 Stephen Cavey, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Prince Amleth is the hunky, heroically vengeful killing machine with a heart that Skarsg\u00e5rd was born to play. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Apr. 2022",
"That failure culminated in vengeful rioters storming the United States Capitol. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Sevigny is excellent, worn in different ways before and after her son\u2019s death, handling him with care but not kid gloves in life, more sorrowful than vengeful afterward. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Victorious, gloating, vengeful Taliban fighters were riding around in Ford Rangers. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"taking the restaurant's menu as a souvenir seems like a venial offense",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But logging off\u2014and returning to the sphere in which people are apt to forgive one another for venial affronts\u2014is no longer an option. \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"And that loyalty has been reciprocated with job security and forgiveness of venial sins. \u2014 cleveland , 12 Dec. 2021",
"The list is long of international companies, and even celebrities, who\u2019ve groveled in apology for sins as venial as recognizing Taiwan. \u2014 Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune , 8 Sep. 2021",
"This is, of course, the day-to-day venial reality for attorneys who don\u2019t prosecute serial killers, and Saul can always extrapolate small crimes into tall tales. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 18 June 2020",
"Taibbi favors a cynical style evenly applied across the universe of real and perceived journalistic trespasses, challenging a reader to sort mortal from venial . \u2014 Ann Marie Lipinski, Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2019",
"His presence was more difficult to justify than the venial offenses of Spygate or Deflategate. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Sep. 2019",
"How much damage must populism do before conservatives treat the worst excesses of its flagship as warranting as much attention as the most venial mainstream media sins",
"That said, your sin was venial at best, whereas your aunt\u2019s behavior is churlish and wildly out of proportion. \u2014 Mallory Ortberg, Slate Magazine , 16 May 2017"
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"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin veni\u0101lis , from Latin venia \"favor, kindness, indulgence, pardon\" (derivative of a verbal base *wen- \"desire,\" whence also vener-, venus \"sexual desire\") + -\u0101lis -al entry 1 \u2014 more at venus":""
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"She spoke of him with venom in her voice.",
"He spewed venom against his rival.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When a young child, older adult, or person with heart or breathing problems is stung more than a dozen times, the venom can become toxic, according to the Mayo Clinic, which can also cause a medical emergency. \u2014 Eleesha Lockett, SELF , 24 June 2022",
"Different cone snail species have distinct venom cocktails, likely including unique insulin types and other valuable molecules. \u2014 Anna Rogers, Scientific American , 21 June 2022",
"Snake venom , used in the manufacture of drugs and to treat snake bites, can earn as much as $120 per gram. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 15 June 2022",
"While dino alums Tyrannosaurus Rex and the venom -spitting Dilophosaurus make their mark, director Colin Trevorrow also brought in bigger, badder and even feathered dinosaurs. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 11 June 2022",
"It\u2019s one of 10 dinosaur species making their franchise debut alongside returning beasts like the venom -spitting Dilophosaurus. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"Snake venom contains blood thinners than can prevent clotting and cause damage to limbs and organs. \u2014 al , 5 June 2022",
"The motives in each case varied \u2014 racist venom , in some \u2014 but the end result was the same: shock, heartbreak and bottomless grief, families and friends scrambling to make sense of the senseless. \u2014 Daniel Arkin, NBC News , 25 May 2022",
"Stingrays have venom in their tails that can be deadly, according to the online medical journal Merck Manual. \u2014 al , 30 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"References to venom as medical treatments also go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. \u2014 Samantha Bresnahan, CNN , 9 Nov. 2020"
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"Middle English venim , borrowed from Anglo-French venim, venyn , going back to Vulgar Latin *ven\u012bmen , re-formation of Latin ven\u0113mum \"magical herb, poison,\" going back to *wenes-no-m , from *wenes- (whence vener-, venus \"sexual desire, qualities exciting desire, charm\") + *-no- , instrumental suffix \u2014 more at venus":"Noun",
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"\u02c8ve-n\u0259m",
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},
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"The cobra is a venomous snake.",
"a venomous attack on his character",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"David Lamfrom, vice president of regional programs at NPCA, recommends a 50-foot buffer around elephant seals and sea lions, whose males are territorial, and at least six feet between you and a venomous snake. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"At Trump rallies, his base (often urged on by the man himself) demonstrate the venomous flipside of their adulation by spewing insults at the journos in the rear. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"The Eastern Indigo is non- venomous , but still considered an apex predator that can grow more than 8 feet long. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Giant venomous spiders infiltrated the southeastern US and are expected to spread rapidly, but experts say not to worry Please do not kill the beautiful, hand-sized nightmares. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"All spiders are venomous , but not all are harmful to humans. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 29 Apr. 2022",
"South Florida is home to 47 species of snakes, but only four of those are venomous . \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The venomous , very public spat between two heavyweights would be shocking under any circumstance. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Gila monsters are one of two venomous lizards in North America, the other being the Mexican beaded lizard in Mexico. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022"
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"\u02c8ve-n\u0259-m\u0259s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The effect is to put people with this mutation at higher risk for abnormal blood clotting, such as a deep venous thrombosis or blood clots in the lung (pulmonary embolism). \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 24 May 2022",
"The condition can be particularly dangerous if the blood clot affects the brain, such as in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), which is a rare but life-threatening type of stroke that prevents blood from draining out of the brain. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022",
"Compression therapy is used in some medical settings to reduce the risk of blood clots and venous pooling in long-term hospital patients. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 21 Mar. 2022",
"This was considered to be a cement embolism, because the piece had broken its origin in the man\u2019s spine, entered his blood circulation through a vein and traveled through the venous system to his heart. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Originally patented in 1967, hydrocolloids have been widely used since the 1970s to dress wounds, especially venous leg ulcers. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 July 2021",
"People who have been hospitalized a long time or who have breathing tubes, feeding tubes or central venous catheters appear to be at highest risk. \u2014 Alexandra Larkin, CBS News , 23 July 2021",
"This is supposed to safely restrict venous blood flow back to the heart from working muscles while still allowing arterial blood flow from heart to the muscles. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 May 2021",
"These blood clots in the brain -- called cerebral venous sinus thromboses or CVST -- are dramatic on their own, but the clots may be forming elsewhere, also. \u2014 Maggie Fox, CNN , 16 Apr. 2021"
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"1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"borrowed from Latin v\u0113n\u014dsus , from v\u0113na vein entry 1 + -\u014dsus -ous":""
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],
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"chimneys vent smoke"
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},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Windows should be opened to vent the fumes.",
"She vented her frustrations by kicking the car.",
"Don't vent your anger on me.",
"I screamed because I needed to vent ."
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English vent, fente , borrowed from Anglo-French fente \"split, crack, opening,\" derivative of fendre \"to split\" (going back to Latin findere ), probaby by analogy with pairs such as rendre \"to yield,\" rente \"income\" \u2014 more at bite entry 1 , render entry 1 , rent entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English venten \"to provide with an air hole,\" in part verbal derivative of vent \"anus, outlet, vent entry 2 ,\" in part short for aventen \"to cool (oneself, as by removing a helmet), release, let air out of,\" borrowed from Anglo-French aventer \"to allow to escape, release, fan,\" probably altered by vowel reduction from Old French esventer \"to fan, cool by stirring the air,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *exvent\u0101re , from Latin ex- ex- entry 1 + -vent\u0101re , verbal derivative of ventus \"wind\" \u2014 more at wind entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English, \"anus, outlet,\" probably borrowed from Anglo-French, \"wind, cold air, draft, outlet\" (continental Old French, \"wind\"), going back to Latin ventus \"wind\" \u2014 more at wind entry 1":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8vent"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vent Verb express , vent , utter , voice , broach , air mean to make known what one thinks or feels. express suggests an impulse to reveal in words, gestures, actions, or what one creates or produces. expressed her feelings in music vent stresses a strong inner compulsion to express especially in words. a tirade venting his frustration utter implies the use of the voice not necessarily in articulate speech. utter a groan voice does not necessarily imply vocal utterance but does imply expression or formulation in words. an editorial voicing their concerns broach adds the implication of disclosing for the first time something long thought over or reserved for a suitable occasion. broached the subject of a divorce air implies an exposing or parading of one's views often in order to gain relief or sympathy or attention. publicly airing their differences",
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"loose",
"release",
"take out",
"unleash"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052728",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"vent stack":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a pipe placed vertically or nearly so and connected to the traps of plumbing fixtures in such a manner as to ventilate them and prevent the water seal from being siphoned out of them":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131759",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vent tank":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a primary still used in the manufacture of natural gasoline to remove absorbed gases that are too volatile for gasoline":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024836",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ventail":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the lower movable front of a medieval helmet":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ventaile , borrowed from Anglo-French ventaille , from venter \"to blow, fan\" (derivative of vent \"wind,\" going back to Latin ventus ) + -aille , deverbal and denominal suffix, originally collective (going back to Latin -\u0101lia -al entry 2 ) \u2014 more at wind entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ven-\u02cct\u0101l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200352",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ventilate":{
"antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"definitions":{
": to cause fresh air to circulate through (a place, such as a room or a mine)":[],
": to examine, discuss, or investigate freely and openly : expose":[
"ventilating family quarrels in public"
],
": to free from chaff by winnowing":[],
": to make public : utter":[
"ventilated their objections at length"
],
": to pass or circulate through so as to freshen":[],
": to provide an opening in (a burning structure) to permit escape of smoke and heat":[],
": to subject the lungs to ventilation":[
"artificially ventilate a patient in respiratory distress"
]
},
"examples":[
"She opened the windows to ventilate the room.",
"The room was adequately ventilated .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Make sure to properly ventilate spaces by opening windows if outdoor air quality and weather conditions allow. \u2014 Roei Friedberg, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Window units are placed within a window frame and help ventilate and cool your home. \u2014 Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Chandler fire crews on Thursday used a robot to open a door and ventilate a massive battery in Chandler that has been smoldering since Monday. \u2014 Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"As the blaze in a multistory, Soviet-style apartment building grew, firefighters donned oxygen tanks on top of bulletproof vests before attempting to put out the flames from both sides of the building and ventilate the roof. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The $2 million project also adds a 5,000-gallon water tank with pump to fill trucks, and a new exhaust system to ventilate the vehicle bay. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Observers have pointed out a high-voltage line linked to a 110-kilovolt, and ventilation points near the mountain hideout, enough to power and ventilate a small city. \u2014 Carmela Chirinos, Fortune , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Crews also cut holes in the roof of the garage to help ventilate the space, Scott said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Unlike great whites and tiger sharks, which must keep swimming to ventilate their gills, draughtsboard sharks are a species of buccal pumping sharks, which manually push water over their gills to take in oxygen while stationary. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, \"discussed, aired,\" borrowed from Latin ventil\u0101tus , past participle of ventil\u0101re \"to expose to the air, fan, expose to consideration,\" from ventus \"wind\" + -il\u0101re , verbal suffix, variant of -ul\u0101re originally in derivatives of nouns ending in -ulus, -ula, -ulum -ule \u2014 more at wind entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vent-\u1d4al-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8ven-t\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"air",
"expound",
"express",
"give",
"look",
"raise",
"sound",
"state",
"vent",
"voice"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100544",
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"ventral":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a ventral part (such as a scale or fin)":[],
": being or located near or on the anterior or lower surface of an animal opposite the back":[],
": being or located on the lower surface of a dorsiventral plant structure":[],
": of or relating to the belly : abdominal":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The researchers found that, when presented with photos of their exes, participants had increased activity in the ventral tegmental area of the brain, which plays a significant role in pleasure and joy. \u2014 Suzy Katz, SELF , 12 May 2022",
"The region\u2014called the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)\u2014may produce a fundamental model of our self and place it in mental time. \u2014 Robert Martone, Scientific American , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The dorsal section plays a role in distinguishing self from other and appears to be task related, whereas the ventral section, the vmPFC, contributes more to emotional processing. \u2014 Robert Martone, Scientific American , 21 Dec. 2021",
"By 2012, neuroscientists were using deep neural networks to model the primate ventral visual stream. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 Nov. 2021",
"In one study, for instance, MRIs show an area of the brain ( ventral striatum), that tracks reward satisfaction, is significantly more activated in adolescents than either in children or adults. \u2014 Gerald Posner, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
"And in 2015, the singer underwent surgery for a ventral hernia. \u2014 Diana Garc\u00eda, The Arizona Republic , 14 Aug. 2021",
"In Sarah's case, the circuit ran from her amygdala, an area known to control fear and other strong emotions, to her ventral striatum, which is involved in decision-making. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021",
"And in 2015, the singer underwent surgery for a ventral hernia. \u2014 Diana Garc\u00eda, The Arizona Republic , 14 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The dorsal is the back and the ventral is in the front. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
"This mental effort pays off: As the hippocampus activates, so too does the ventral striatum, another of the brain\u2019s dopaminergic reward centers. \u2014 Popular Science , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Earlier studies had shown that specific nerve pathways leading to a structure known as the ventral tegmental area (VTA) were important for the aversive nature of the foot shock. \u2014 Robert Martone, Scientific American , 27 Aug. 2019",
"Return as of 5/13/17 is 68 hatchery adult, 2 natural origin, 12 Cowlitz origin ( ventral clipped), and 0 Lewis origin. \u2014 Mark Yuasa, The Seattle Times , 17 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1739, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1834, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Late Latin ventr\u0101lis , from Latin ventr-, venter \"belly, abdomen\" + -\u0101lis -al entry 1 \u2014 more at venter":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ven-tr\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204034",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"venture":{
"antonyms":[
"adventure",
"chance",
"crapshoot",
"enterprise",
"flier",
"flyer",
"flutter",
"gamble",
"speculation",
"throw"
],
"definitions":{
": a venturesome act":[],
": at random":[
"a certain man drew a bow at a venture , and smote the king",
"\u2014 1 Kings 22:34 (King James Version)"
],
": destiny , fortune , chance":[],
": something (such as money or property) at stake in a speculative venture":[],
": to expose to hazard : risk , gamble":[
"ventured a buck or two on the race"
],
": to offer at the risk of rebuff, rejection, or censure":[
"venture an opinion"
],
": to proceed especially in the face of danger":[],
": to undertake the risks and dangers of : brave":[
"ventured the stormy sea"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We ventured out into the woods.",
"He nervously ventured out onto the ice.",
"The pups never ventured far from home.",
"The company is venturing into the computer software industry.",
"a writer venturing on a new project",
"The group's lead singer is now venturing on a solo career.",
"It's important to plan carefully before venturing on a long journey.",
"Noun",
"a venture into the unknown",
"their latest business venture failed big-time",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"More celebrities and public figures will venture into the industry. \u2014 Igor Dunaevsky, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
"Many would-be travelers willing to venture out of their COVID caves feel much more comfortable in their cars than on mass transit. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Instead, the winner here will venture to Bowling Green and face the Fremont district champion. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"Amelia's Bread, which also has locations in Fletcher's Place and Windsor Park, will venture downtown with the opening of a new location. \u2014 Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Voyages will venture to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, and most journeys will be sail for seven to 10 days. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Don\u2019t venture on without at least trying to find the words from the clues. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Seals are even returning to the islands, and whales not infrequently venture into the deeper channels. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Auburn\u2019s basketball team will venture to Israel this summer as part of an 11-day foreign tour that will include three exhibition games, the program announced Monday afternoon. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The documentary starts with clips of various media outlets hailing the singer\u2019s latest album, but quickly shifts to clips of hatred from the rock community and social media outrage over Kelly\u2019s new musical venture . \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 28 June 2022",
"Brothers Jon and Lee are on the hunt for a herd of muskox; Kim and Pierre venture deep into the bush to expand their Yukon trapline; Becky travels into the wilderness. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Out of that movement, numerous incubators, accelerators, and venture funds dedicated to addressing racial and social inequalities were started. \u2014 Legal Equalizer, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Last week, Sheen's father -- Richards' ex-husband -- Charlie Sheen publicly expressed his disapproval of his daughter's business venture . \u2014 Toyin Owoseje, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"And instead of today's robust private-financing market with networks of venture and private equity firms, most small companies relied on debt financing from commercial banks. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The Brookfield shop is Scratch\u2019s first solo venture . \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"If your Pride day partying leads you east towards Discovery Green, venture into the lobby bar at Hilton Americas for a whimsical cocktail. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 23 June 2022",
"That\u2019s another venture , more on the creative side. Is there something specific in mind to direct"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English venteren , aphetic form of aventuren, auntren \"to occur by chance, expose to risk, take a chance\" \u2014 more at adventure entry 2":"Verb",
"Middle English, aphetic form of aventure \u2014 more at adventure entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ven(t)-sh\u0259r",
"\u02c8ven-ch\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043248",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"venture capital":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": capital (such as retained corporate earnings or individual savings) invested or available for investment in the ownership element of new or fresh enterprise":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But others say that the market downturn and the hardening of the late-stage venture capital environment have had a sobering effect on the economics of the cybersecurity industry. \u2014 James Rundle, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"So, what steps should be taken to help the venture capital ecosystem finally catch up",
"Just last month, Silicon Valley venture capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz announced a $500 million venture fund in India. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Eavesdropping on the next table might mean listening to a venture capital deal go down or overhearing a tech team analyze an algorithm over a round of beers. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"Mark Two will provide venture capital for new tech companies to aid in product development, software engineering and design. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
"Amid talk of a global slowdown in venture capital activity, African startups have raised more in each of the first five months this year than in the same months in the past four years (thanks to mega rounds by Wasoko and others). \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 9 June 2022",
"The difficulties that women faced in tech were highlighted by Ellen Pao, a venture capital investor who sued her employer, Kleiner Perkins, for discrimination in 2012. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"The advent of driverless cars has taken far longer than the industry was promising over the last decade, as startups hyped the future while raising venture capital financing and pushing for friendly regulations. \u2014 Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004828",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"venturesome":{
"antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising"
],
"definitions":{
": inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring":[
"a venturesome investor"
],
": involving risk : hazardous":[
"a venturesome journey"
]
},
"examples":[
"a venturesome child tried to climb the huge tree",
"the first solo pilot to undertake the venturesome crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by air",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to chronicling episodes from this brave, venturesome life, Drury depicts modern-day nurses, mothers and other caregivers, sometimes imagining them as time-traveling avatars of Seacole herself \u2014 hence the plural of the title. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Transitioning from live performances to virtual presentations neither intimidated nor inhibited the co-artistic directors of San Diego\u2019s venturesome Project [BLANK], Leslie Ann Leytham and Brendan Nguyen. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Jan. 2022",
"But now consumers are more venturesome and subscriptions are less necessary. \u2014 Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
"There are good VCs being venturesome with their capital. \u2014 Paul Ford, Wired , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Befitting its location among a new wave of youthful, venturesome downtown dwellers, the shop will cater to a buzzy subculture of drinkers, specializing in natural wine. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
"For Bitcoin believers, where the business world's top trendsetter goes, venturesome corporate captains will follow. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 3 May 2021",
"But those venturesome pioneers crafted a system that unleashed human potential, and their successors built upon it. \u2014 WSJ , 25 Feb. 2017",
"Marys Seacole\u2019 The venturesome 19th-century Jamaican nurse played so forbiddingly by the fearless Quincy Tyler Bernstine is but one of the health workers in this tornado-like play by Jackie Sibblies Drury. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 3 Dec. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1661, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"venture entry 1 + -some entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ven(t)-sh\u0259r-s\u0259m",
"\u02c8ven-ch\u0259r-s\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for venturesome adventurous , venturesome , daring , daredevil , rash , reckless , foolhardy mean exposing oneself to danger more than required by good sense. adventurous implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence. adventurous pioneers venturesome implies a jaunty eagerness for perilous undertakings. venturesome stunt pilots daring implies fearlessness in courting danger. daring mountain climbers daredevil stresses ostentation in daring. daredevil motorcyclists rash suggests imprudence and lack of forethought. a rash decision reckless implies heedlessness of probable consequences. a reckless driver foolhardy suggests a recklessness that is inconsistent with good sense. the foolhardy sailor ventured into the storm",
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"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nerved",
"nervy",
"venturous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214137",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"venturous":{
"antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising"
],
"definitions":{
": venturesome":[]
},
"examples":[
"at the time, any woman venturous enough to want to be an astronaut faced ridicule",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Whether it\u2019s jet-boating in Machu Picchu with Red Savannah, rock-climbing in Colorado River\u2019s write water rapids, or racing across Norway\u2019s glaciers on snowmobiles, these destinations are sure to fuel an Arian\u2019s venturous spirit. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 11 Jan. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1565, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"aphetic form of adventurous , after venture entry 1 , venture entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ven(t)-sh(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
"\u02c8ven-ch\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nerved",
"nervy",
"venturesome"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220910",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"venue":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a statement showing that a case is brought to the proper court or authority":[],
": outlet sense 1c":[],
": the place from which a jury is drawn and in which trial is held":[
"requested a change of venue"
],
": the place or county in which take place the alleged events from which a legal action arises":[]
},
"examples":[
"The venue of the trial has been changed.",
"The nightclub provided an intimate venue for her performance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The venue combines the atmosphere of a sanctuary with stunning British open air woodlands. \u2014 Lisa Kocay, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Lights from phones spread throughout the venue as Groban\u2019s velvety vocals soared through the summer sky, raising the mood, or at least the emotional level, of all in attendance. \u2014 Hayden Grove, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"The venue could fit about 40 people comfortably, assuming at least half of them are seated at arcade games, and not occupying the single-file corridor that runs through its lobby. \u2014 Khari Nixon, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
"Theatrical lighting and sound equipment would be needed to use the venue as a working theater, said Broffman, who declined to let the Orlando Sentinel into the space to take photographs of its condition. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"The government will foot the bill for half of the venue \u2019s operating expenses; ticket sales will cover the rest. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Variety first reported Thursday that the owners of the beloved screening venue , Decurion Corp., obtained a liquor license for two bars and a restaurant. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Others are brand-new arrivals, like olula negre, a resident artist at the venue Elastic Arts who co-curates its AfriClassical Futures series. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Evacuees waiting for 45 minutes before they were allowed back into the venue . \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 28 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Anglo-French, probably alteration (by assimilation to venue \"arrival, attendance\") of vinn\u00e9, visn\u00e9 , literally, \"neighborhood, neighbors,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *v\u012bc\u012bn\u0101tus , re-formation of Latin v\u012bc\u012bnit\u0101s vicinity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ven-\u02ccy\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"forum",
"medium",
"outlet",
"platform",
"soapbox"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101133",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ventricular assist device":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a device that is implanted in the chest or upper abdomen to assist the left or right ventricle in pumping blood in a damaged or weakened heart":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259-\u02c8sist-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As Elodie waited for a new heart, a Berlin EXCOR pediatric ventricular assist device was surgically placed to help her pump blood. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Powers is now using a left ventricular assist device (LAVD), which helps pump blood from her left ventricle to the rest of her body. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 2 Feb. 2022",
"For five years, Vreeman relied on an LVAD \u2014 a left ventricular assist device \u2014 to pump his failing heart until a more permanent solution was available. \u2014 Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News , 17 May 2020",
"The transplant program has also successfully implanted three ventricular assist devices -- electromechanical heart pumps -- without complications in the last year, according to OHSU. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Black patients were more likely to be prescribed ventricular assist devices , pumps that helps blood flow, than heart transplants, especially if their health care provider was over 40. \u2014 Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland , 11 Nov. 2019",
"After a heart attack, Young received a mechanical pump, known as a left ventricular assist device , or LVAD, in 2014, according to his sister and medical records. \u2014 Caroline Chen, ProPublica , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Hospital staff told the Hogans that Morgan would pick up where Frazier left off with his plans for a ventricular assist device , Georgeann Hogan said. \u2014 Mike Hixenbaugh/houston Chronicle, Houston Chronicle , 15 May 2018",
"One suffered permanent renal damage and a weakened heart requiring a left ventricular assist device , his suit states. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com , 29 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205744"
},
"ventriloquist":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"ven-\u02c8tri-l\u0259-kwist",
"ven-\u02c8tri-l\u0259-kw\u0259st"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The secret to being a ventriloquist , Taylor confides, is not throwing your voice or keeping your lips from moving. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The comedian and ventriloquist will headline the Wisconsin State Fair on Aug. 6, fair officials announced Friday. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Other eye-catching events include the pie-eating contest on Feb. 19 and entertainment from racing pigs, an illusionist and a ventriloquist . \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Or in the case of Stine\u2019s beloved horror series, dozens of books starring a bevy of spooky frights: werewolves, ghosts, haunted Halloween masks and even an evil ventriloquist 's dummy. \u2014 Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Ron Workman, 76, a puppeteer and ventriloquist , drove five hours from Amery just to be in the plaza. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 July 2021",
"Last year, when his tour of Australia was abruptly canceled midway through because of Covid, comic ventriloquist David Strassman found himself back home in America and bored. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Curator Jos\u00e9-Luis Blondet is the invisible ventriloquist , speaking through the selection and juxtaposition of mute objects. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2021",
"In addition to being an accomplished ventriloquist and TV host, in his spare time Winchell was the first person to build and patent an implantable artificial heart. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin ventriloquus \"person who appears to produce speech sounds from within his or her body (as during spirit possession or under control of a deity)\" (from Latin ventr-, venter \"belly, abdomen\" + -i- -i- + -loquus , agent derivative of loqu\u012b \"to speak\") + -ist entry 1 \u2014 more at venter , eloquent":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214826"
},
"ventriloquism":{
"type":[
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": the production of the voice in such a way that the sound seems to come from a source other than the vocal organs of the speaker":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the myriad other attractions in town \u2014 music, magic, ventriloquism , the tables and slots \u2014 could scatter visitors, something that didn\u2019t occur in Tennessee. \u2014 Barry Wilner, Chicago Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The dances became her favorite part, so Sutherland chose that for her talent at the homecoming pageant, where other students sang opera or performed ventriloquism . \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Cohen\u2019s ventriloquism of Roth is a gambit one has to think the author would have admired. \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Harper's Magazine , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The urn, the simulation, doesn\u2019t actually speak about \u2018beauty\u2019 or \u2018truth\u2019 at all apart from the chameleon poet\u2019s ventriloquism . \u2014 Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
"The Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau forgave a loan a local ventriloquism museum had with the bureau for a rare ventriloquist collection the bureau paid $50,000 for in 1979, according to a press release from the bureau. \u2014 Julia Fair, The Enquirer , 24 Nov. 2020",
"Over daily gatherings with parishioners on Zoom and 11 a.m. Sunday services on Facebook, Garland shares these stories, interweaving them with Scripture, hope and even a little ventriloquism . \u2014 Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com , 16 May 2020",
"Melchor has an exceptional gift for ventriloquism , as does her translator, Sophie Hughes, who skillfully meets the challenge posed by a novel so rich in idiosyncratic voices. \u2014 Julian Lucas, New York Times , 31 Mar. 2020",
"Terry Fator, Paul Zerdin and Darci Lynne wowed with their witty ventriloquism , Olate Dogs performed stunning dog tricks, and Mat Franco and Shin Lim had some magic tricks up their sleeves. \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 18 Feb. 2020"
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"borrowed from Anglo-French ventre \"belly, womb, mother,\" going back to Latin ventr-, venter \"belly, womb, bulge\"; perhaps, if going back to *wet-ri- or *wed-ri- (with nasal of uncertain origin), akin to Latin uterus \"womb,\" Sanskrit udara- \u2014 more at uterus":""
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"noun"
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": false vocal cord":[]
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": a fossil sponge of Ventriculites or related genus":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Images showed the left ventricle of each of their hearts -- which is the main pumping chamber -- had ballooned into a strange shape oddly reminiscent of a takotsubo, a pot used by Japanese fishermen to trap octopus. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Morales added that doctors were able to do an additional \u2013 and relatively newly developed \u2013 procedure, called an LV exclusion, which excluded Sammy\u2019s left ventricle during Sammy\u2019s first open-heart surgery after he was born. \u2014 Fox News , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In that form, blood flow is partially blocked from the left ventricle , the heart\u2019s main pumping chamber, to the aorta. \u2014 Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Your right atrium takes in blood from your body and sends it to the right ventricle , where it gets oxygenated in your lungs. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 19 Feb. 2022",
"From there, blood that\u2019s now rich in oxygen travels from your lungs to the left atrium and then the left ventricle , which delivers the blood to the aorta. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 19 Feb. 2022",
"In the species with the largest genome, the ventricle resembled an empty bag made of a flimsy film of muscle, as little as one cell thick. \u2014 Douglas Fox, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Thick cushions of embryonic tissue will grow toward one another to create walls, and a ridge on the floor of the ventricle will rise to meet them to partition the heart. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Powers is now using a left ventricular assist device (LAVD), which helps pump blood from her left ventricle to the rest of her body. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 2 Feb. 2022"
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"Middle English, borrowed from Latin ventriculus \"belly, stomach, cavity in an organ,\" from ventr-, venter \"belly, womb\" + -culus , diminutive suffix (variant of -ulus -ule with nouns of the 3rd, 4th and 5th declensions) \u2014 more at venter":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Why not experiment, mess around a little, throw your voice, ventriloquize , pick up one form and put it down and move on to another",
"Julius was played by a wooden dummy that Leonard failed to ventriloquize . \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2020",
"Phoebe\u2019s chapters are just Will\u2019s best attempt to ventriloquize Phoebe\u2019s voice, to erase his ego and become Phoebe\u2019s living conduit. \u2014 Constance Grady, Vox , 3 Aug. 2018",
"The Wylies ventriloquize Janice and reveal her dear and reckless self. \u2014 James Ellroy, Vanities , 7 Oct. 2017",
"The sound was immense, seeming to ventriloquize the orchestra sitting silently by. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 9 Jan. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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"adjective",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103957"
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"ven-\u02c8tri-ky\u0259-l\u0259s",
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"borrowed from Latin ventriculus \"stomach, cavity in an organ\" \u2014 more at ventricle":""
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"\u02c8ven-tri-\u02cck\u014ds"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin ventric\u014dsus , from Latin ventr-, venter \"belly, womb\" + -ic\u014dsus (in varic\u014dsus varicose ) \u2014 more at venter":""
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"1756, in the meaning defined above":""
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": an entire panel from which a jury is drawn":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the alternative, the defense wants a jury brought in from another area, called a change of venire . \u2014 Mitch Weiss And Holbrook Mohr, charlotteobserver , 29 May 2017"
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"earlier, \"judicial writ ordering jurors to be summoned,\" short for venire facias":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An entrepreneur with a successful vending machine business, Cooney will be attending Howard University to study musical theatre. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"Pix is going all out this Valentine\u2019s Day with an array of events at both the East Burnside Street dessert bar and its on-site Pix-O-Matic vending machine . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In November 2015, Garcia, Huston and Keeton revealed their first vending machine in Nashville. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 2 June 2021",
"The water girls are a thing of the past: a vending machine sells plastic cups, and each source has several self-serve taps, which create a burbling soundscape that brings to mind a meditation app. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Additionally, instead of hitting the vending machine at the office for drinks, Iyer chooses to sip flavored water from his own reusable container. \u2014 Charisse Jones, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
"State lottery officials said Edwards purchased the winning 200X Scratchers ticket for $30 in November from a Lottery Scratchers vending machine at a Vons Supermarket in Tarzana, Calif., a neighborhood in Los Angeles. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The smart vending machine makes sense for all kinds of products: soda, coffee, electronics, and frozen foods. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"An innie knows nothing except a series of eight-hour days, filled with the same people, doing the same tasks, eating the same lunches and vending machine snacks. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 7 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin ventus \"wind\" + (art)ifact \u2014 more at wind entry 1":""
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195147"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": surgical puncture of a vein especially for the withdrawal of blood or for intravenous medication":[]
"One vine plunges a thick spine into my inner elbow with the precision of a phlebotomist doing a venipuncture . \u2014 Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS , 5 Sep. 2019",
"In an interview last week before her lawsuit was filed, Brengle said that intense reactions to venipuncture have been an issue in her family for generations. \u2014 Ben Rothenberg, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2018",
"Months after the last of her 2016 drug tests, Brengle was found to have complex regional pain syndrome induced by venipuncture . \u2014 Ben Rothenberg, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2018"
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"veni- + puncture entry 1":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200740"
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"definitions":{
": any of various toxic substances in snake venom":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"venin from ven(om) + -in; venene from Latin venenum poison":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200843"
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"definitions":{
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": a bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex":[]
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My reservations have little to do with standard criticisms like awkward performances or clunky production values \u2014 venial sins , surely, for new filmmakers trying to find their way. \u2014 Justin Chang, latimes.com , 30 Mar. 2018"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a judicial writ directing the sheriff to summon a specified number of qualified persons to serve as jurors":[]
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"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Ventriculitidae of the class Hyalospongiae) of fossil often vase-shaped or mushroom-shaped chiefly Cretaceous sponges having a latticed skeleton in which the nodes formed by the crossing of the spicular threads are perforated":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin ventriculus ventricle + New Latin -ites":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213235"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": capable of being vended : salable":[]
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"vendible , going back to Middle English, borrowed from Latin v\u0113ndibilis , from v\u0113ndere \"to sell\" + -bilis \"capable of (acting or being acted upon)\"; vendable , going back to Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, from vendre \"to sell\" + -able -able \u2014 more at vend , -able":""
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"type":[
"French phrase"
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"definitions":{
": belly to the ground : at full speed : flat out":[]
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"v\u00e4\u207f-tr\u00e4-ter"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":{
": toward the ventral aspect or surface":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the act of selling : sale":[]
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"Latin vendition-, venditio , from venditus (past participle of vendere to sell) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
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"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": originating in, characterized by, or associated with corrupt bribery":[
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"\u02c8v\u0113-n\u1d4al"
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"bribable",
"corruptible",
"dirty",
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"that judge is known for being venal and easily bought",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That the venal and violent years of Bongbong's parents reign were anything but halcyon times filled with prosperity and law and order is simply shouted down as false. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 6 May 2022",
"Companies that, for decades, accommodated his venal impulses can now clearly see that those efforts have backfired. \u2014 Alexandra Wrage, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Top Stories Not so long ago, Montana rapscallion Stu Long\u2019s pursuit of venal success would have been sold as a redemption story. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s the thumb in the eye arm, and Buddhists is doing all sorts of venal stuff in his last year. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
"And glorious language, artfully structured, can overpower what\u2019s limited and banal, even venal . \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"At the root of it, what went wrong in 2002 centered on a scoring system that had been widely decried for years as being, at best, problematically subjective and, at worst, incestuously venal . \u2014 Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"That\u2019s how the sophomoric Coen wit made The Ladykillers a more brilliant comedy on race traditions vs. venal liberalism than Get Out. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Campion\u2019s shrewdest stunt was to validate the young, murderous, fascist gay character (Kodi Smit-McPhee) \u2014 making a venal parable about generational politics. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
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"borrowed from Latin v\u0113n\u0101lis \"that may be bought, for sale,\" from *v\u0113nus \"sale\" (attested only in accusative v\u0113num and dative v\u0113n\u014d, v\u0113nu\u012b ; akin to Greek \u00f4nos \"price,\" Sanskrit vasna- \"price, value\") + -\u0101lis -al entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232815"
},
"Vend\u00f4me":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Duc de 1654\u20131712 Louis-Joseph French soldier":[],
"town in north central France west-southwest of Orl\u00e9ans population 16,920":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"v\u00e4\u207f(n)-\u02c8d\u014dm",
"v\u00e4\u207f-\u02c8d\u014dm"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003040"
},
"ventriculo-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": ventricle":[
"ventriculo tomy"
],
": ventricular and":[
"ventriculo atrial"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin ventriculus stomach, ventricle of the heart":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003331"
},
"ventilating":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to subject the lungs to ventilation":[
"artificially ventilate a patient in respiratory distress"
],
": to examine, discuss, or investigate freely and openly : expose":[
"ventilating family quarrels in public"
],
": to make public : utter":[
"ventilated their objections at length"
],
": to pass or circulate through so as to freshen":[],
": to cause fresh air to circulate through (a place, such as a room or a mine)":[],
": to provide an opening in (a burning structure) to permit escape of smoke and heat":[],
": to free from chaff by winnowing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vent-\u1d4al-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8ven-t\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"expound",
"express",
"give",
"look",
"raise",
"sound",
"state",
"vent",
"voice"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She opened the windows to ventilate the room.",
"The room was adequately ventilated .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Make sure to properly ventilate spaces by opening windows if outdoor air quality and weather conditions allow. \u2014 Roei Friedberg, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Window units are placed within a window frame and help ventilate and cool your home. \u2014 Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Chandler fire crews on Thursday used a robot to open a door and ventilate a massive battery in Chandler that has been smoldering since Monday. \u2014 Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"As the blaze in a multistory, Soviet-style apartment building grew, firefighters donned oxygen tanks on top of bulletproof vests before attempting to put out the flames from both sides of the building and ventilate the roof. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The $2 million project also adds a 5,000-gallon water tank with pump to fill trucks, and a new exhaust system to ventilate the vehicle bay. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Observers have pointed out a high-voltage line linked to a 110-kilovolt, and ventilation points near the mountain hideout, enough to power and ventilate a small city. \u2014 Carmela Chirinos, Fortune , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Crews also cut holes in the roof of the garage to help ventilate the space, Scott said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Unlike great whites and tiger sharks, which must keep swimming to ventilate their gills, draughtsboard sharks are a species of buccal pumping sharks, which manually push water over their gills to take in oxygen while stationary. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, \"discussed, aired,\" borrowed from Latin ventil\u0101tus , past participle of ventil\u0101re \"to expose to the air, fan, expose to consideration,\" from ventus \"wind\" + -il\u0101re , verbal suffix, variant of -ul\u0101re originally in derivatives of nouns ending in -ulus, -ula, -ulum -ule \u2014 more at wind entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003620"
},
"ventricosity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being ventricose : convexity":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015339"
},
"venturesomely":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring":[
"a venturesome investor"
],
": involving risk : hazardous":[
"a venturesome journey"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ven(t)-sh\u0259r-s\u0259m",
"\u02c8ven-ch\u0259r-s\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nerved",
"nervy",
"venturous"
],
"antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for venturesome adventurous , venturesome , daring , daredevil , rash , reckless , foolhardy mean exposing oneself to danger more than required by good sense. adventurous implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence. adventurous pioneers venturesome implies a jaunty eagerness for perilous undertakings. venturesome stunt pilots daring implies fearlessness in courting danger. daring mountain climbers daredevil stresses ostentation in daring. daredevil motorcyclists rash suggests imprudence and lack of forethought. a rash decision reckless implies heedlessness of probable consequences. a reckless driver foolhardy suggests a recklessness that is inconsistent with good sense. the foolhardy sailor ventured into the storm",
"examples":[
"a venturesome child tried to climb the huge tree",
"the first solo pilot to undertake the venturesome crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by air",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to chronicling episodes from this brave, venturesome life, Drury depicts modern-day nurses, mothers and other caregivers, sometimes imagining them as time-traveling avatars of Seacole herself \u2014 hence the plural of the title. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Transitioning from live performances to virtual presentations neither intimidated nor inhibited the co-artistic directors of San Diego\u2019s venturesome Project [BLANK], Leslie Ann Leytham and Brendan Nguyen. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Jan. 2022",
"But now consumers are more venturesome and subscriptions are less necessary. \u2014 Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
"There are good VCs being venturesome with their capital. \u2014 Paul Ford, Wired , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Befitting its location among a new wave of youthful, venturesome downtown dwellers, the shop will cater to a buzzy subculture of drinkers, specializing in natural wine. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
"For Bitcoin believers, where the business world's top trendsetter goes, venturesome corporate captains will follow. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 3 May 2021",
"But those venturesome pioneers crafted a system that unleashed human potential, and their successors built upon it. \u2014 WSJ , 25 Feb. 2017",
"Marys Seacole\u2019 The venturesome 19th-century Jamaican nurse played so forbiddingly by the fearless Quincy Tyler Bernstine is but one of the health workers in this tornado-like play by Jackie Sibblies Drury. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 3 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"venture entry 1 + -some entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1661, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020500"
},
"ventricular":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or being a ventricle":[
"ventricular fibrillation",
"ventricular pressure",
"ventricular myocardium"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"v\u0259n-",
"ven-\u02c8tri-ky\u0259-l\u0259r",
"ven-\u02c8trik-y\u0259-l\u0259r, v\u0259n-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Mayo Clinic algorithm might help cardiologists detect left ventricular dysfunction (weak heart pump) early. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 3 May 2022",
"And ventricular tachycardias can be caused by other health problems that doctors would be able to diagnose and identify. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The ventricular pump provides lifesaving intervention for many people suffering from serious heart disease, but doctors decided that Devkota had proven worthy of a transplant with the Heart in a Box technology. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The cause of death was recurrent ventricular tachycardia, a heart condition, his longtime friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz announced. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Comedian Gilbert Gottfried died of recurrent ventricular tachycardia, a condition caused by the rare genetic muscle disorder type 2 myotonic dystrophy. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In a statement, his longtime friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz confirmed that Gottfried died of recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to type 2 myotonic dystrophy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"His representative said Gottfried's death was caused by a heart rhythm issue called recurrent ventricular tachycardia, which resulted from myotonic dystrophy type II. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Gottfried died of recurrent ventricular tachycardia, an abnormal rhythm in the lower chambers of the heart. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin ventricul\u0101ris , from Latin ventriculus \"stomach, ventricle \" + -\u0101ris -ar":""
": the circulation and exchange of gases in the lungs or gills that is basic to respiration":[],
": a system or means of providing fresh air":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccvent-\u1d4al-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccven-t\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His bedroom contains the apartment\u2019s only window; the ventilation is poor, and the apartment is often frigid. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"This max-support, high-impact bra has the works: a four-clasp back, adjustable straps, and molded cups that are perforated for ventilation . \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Improving ventilation , so that the air in a room is completely replaced at least four to six times an hour, is another important way to control airborne viruses. \u2014 Liz Szabo, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"By working together with advisors and designers, many companies in long-term leases have been working through the winter to reconfigure their spaces and ensure their ventilation is up to standards. \u2014 Kenny Kane, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
"Speaking of which, while last year the city was earmarking its $82,400 grant toward the purchase of a ventilation system for its service garage, rising costs put the project out of reach. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"With the use of electric go-karts and a ventilation system, the company was able to create a safe indoor option for the track. \u2014 Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022",
"Concerns about asbestos made the towers\u2019 ventilation system unusable, and residents complained about mold and incessant leaks during rainstorms. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The aircraft's jet engines power its ventilation system. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin ventil\u0101ti\u014dn-, ventil\u0101ti\u014d , from ventil\u0101re \"to expose to the air, ventilate \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d , suffix of action nouns":""
