"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lag Verb (1) delay , procrastinate , lag , loiter , dawdle , dally mean to move or act slowly so as to fall behind. delay usually implies a putting off of something (such as a beginning or departure). we cannot delay any longer procrastinate implies blameworthy delay especially through laziness or apathy. procrastinates about making decisions lag implies failure to maintain a speed set by others. lagging behind in technology loiter and dawdle imply delay while in progress, especially in walking, but dawdle more clearly suggests an aimless wasting of time. loitered at several store windows children dawdling on their way home from school dally suggests delay through trifling or vacillation when promptness is necessary. stop dallying and get to work",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"we're now in the lag end of the project"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect lagga to go slowly":"Noun",
"probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse l\u01ebgg rim of a barrel":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1514, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1530, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1552, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1870, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
": lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind":[
"a laggard pace",
"\u2026 we arrived in Northville, to find \u2026 the celebrated ducks playing host to a laggard flock of dark-brown Canada geese.",
"\u2014 The New Yorker",
"With sugar prices weak, the stock has been laggard .",
"\u2014 Richard B. Hoey"
],
": someone or something that lags or lingers : someone or something that is slow especially compared to others of the same kind":[
"A few laggards slowed down the pace of the hike.",
"The company has been accused of being a laggard in adopting new technology.",
"They [brown bears] usually catch salmon by chasing them through shallow water and pouncing on the laggards .",
"\u2014 National Wildlife"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"I hate being stuck behind laggard motorists on the freeway.",
"Noun",
"The company has been a laggard in developing new products.",
"tried to spur on the laggards at the back of the line during the hike",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"These are all new cores from ARM, and the big and little cores are 64-bit only, with only the medium cores able to run any laggard 32-bit applications. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 21 Mar. 2022",
"However, the American pandemic response has also been faulted for an at times laggard pace at tracking and analyzing the spread of the virus compared to its counterparts abroad. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The sector is currently booming, and massive funding announcements are a common occurrence, a testament to the fact that the laggard construction industry has finally woken up to the need to innovate. \u2014 Angelica Krystle Donati, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Their laggard approach toward data can be attributed to a host of factors. \u2014 Deepak Mittal, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"This is not that surprising, when the great value add that product and process innovation can bring to the enormous and laggard construction sector is considered. \u2014 Angelica Krystle Donati, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The Kremlin has attributed the mounting contagion and deaths to a laggard vaccination rate. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The interior styling of laggard properties can be off-putting or set the imagination on fire. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2021",
"But stocks did recover somewhat yesterday, and the laggard Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) was able to regain the 34,000 mark when all was said and done. \u2014 Jj Kinahan, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The top sub-sectors were lithium and battery-related stocks, while online education was a laggard . \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Despite hosting some of the world\u2019s top tech companies, like LG and Samsung, South Korea has been a surprising laggard regarding cybercrime and only launched a National Cybersecurity Strategy under the Moon Jae-in administration in 2018. \u2014 Charlie Campbell, Time , 5 May 2022",
"Unfortunately, prior to Covid-19, the industry had been a digital laggard . \u2014 Ilja Gorelik, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"The Australian government is considered a laggard on climate action. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Amazon has reclaimed its longstanding title as a market leader after being a laggard in 2021. \u2014 Ryan Vlastelica, Bloomberg.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Auto stocks were the big laggard out of the gates thanks to a rough new batch of data: November new-car registrations in Europe hit an all-time low. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Google's Hardware division is the company's main laggard ; there is no AV1 support yet from the Pixel phone line or Chromecast/Google TV. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Consumer spending, a laggard in China\u2019s recovery from the pandemic, also showed new signs of weakening. \u2014 Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ , 15 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1702, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1705, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8la-g\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110206",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb or adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"laggardly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawler",
"dallier",
"dawdler",
"dragger",
"lagger",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"plodder",
"slowpoke",
"snail",
"straggler"
],
"definitions":{
": lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind":[
"a laggard pace",
"\u2026 we arrived in Northville, to find \u2026 the celebrated ducks playing host to a laggard flock of dark-brown Canada geese.",
"\u2014 The New Yorker",
"With sugar prices weak, the stock has been laggard .",
"\u2014 Richard B. Hoey"
],
": someone or something that lags or lingers : someone or something that is slow especially compared to others of the same kind":[
"A few laggards slowed down the pace of the hike.",
"The company has been accused of being a laggard in adopting new technology.",
"They [brown bears] usually catch salmon by chasing them through shallow water and pouncing on the laggards .",
"\u2014 National Wildlife"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"I hate being stuck behind laggard motorists on the freeway.",
"Noun",
"The company has been a laggard in developing new products.",
"tried to spur on the laggards at the back of the line during the hike",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"These are all new cores from ARM, and the big and little cores are 64-bit only, with only the medium cores able to run any laggard 32-bit applications. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 21 Mar. 2022",
"However, the American pandemic response has also been faulted for an at times laggard pace at tracking and analyzing the spread of the virus compared to its counterparts abroad. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The sector is currently booming, and massive funding announcements are a common occurrence, a testament to the fact that the laggard construction industry has finally woken up to the need to innovate. \u2014 Angelica Krystle Donati, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Their laggard approach toward data can be attributed to a host of factors. \u2014 Deepak Mittal, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"This is not that surprising, when the great value add that product and process innovation can bring to the enormous and laggard construction sector is considered. \u2014 Angelica Krystle Donati, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The Kremlin has attributed the mounting contagion and deaths to a laggard vaccination rate. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The interior styling of laggard properties can be off-putting or set the imagination on fire. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2021",
"But stocks did recover somewhat yesterday, and the laggard Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) was able to regain the 34,000 mark when all was said and done. \u2014 Jj Kinahan, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The top sub-sectors were lithium and battery-related stocks, while online education was a laggard . \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Despite hosting some of the world\u2019s top tech companies, like LG and Samsung, South Korea has been a surprising laggard regarding cybercrime and only launched a National Cybersecurity Strategy under the Moon Jae-in administration in 2018. \u2014 Charlie Campbell, Time , 5 May 2022",
"Unfortunately, prior to Covid-19, the industry had been a digital laggard . \u2014 Ilja Gorelik, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"The Australian government is considered a laggard on climate action. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Amazon has reclaimed its longstanding title as a market leader after being a laggard in 2021. \u2014 Ryan Vlastelica, Bloomberg.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Auto stocks were the big laggard out of the gates thanks to a rough new batch of data: November new-car registrations in Europe hit an all-time low. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Google's Hardware division is the company's main laggard ; there is no AV1 support yet from the Pixel phone line or Chromecast/Google TV. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Consumer spending, a laggard in China\u2019s recovery from the pandemic, also showed new signs of weakening. \u2014 Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ , 15 Dec. 2021"
],
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"1702, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1705, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8la-g\u0259rd"
],
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"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073332",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb or adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"lagger":{
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"opening",
"original",
"pioneer",
"primary",
"starting"
],
"definitions":{
": a barrel stave":[],
": a jail sentence : stretch":[],
": a person transported for crime":[],
": a space of time especially between related events or phenomena : interval":[],
": a stave, slat, or strip (as of wood or asbestos) forming part of a covering for a cylindrical object":[],
": a usually long putt struck with the aim of having the ball stop near the hole":[],
": an amount of lagging or the time during which lagging continues":[],
": an ex-convict":[],
": arrest":[],
": comparative slowness or retardation":[],
": convict":[],
": last , hindmost":[],
": one that lags or is last":[],
": the act or the condition of lagging":[],
": the action of lagging for opening shot (as in marbles or billiards)":[],
": to become retarded in attaining maximum value":[],
": to cover or provide with lags":[],
": to hit (a golf ball or putt) with the aim of having the ball stop near the hole":[
"Woods lagged his first putt to within four feet and then sank his second one to win.",
"\u2014 Tim Crothers"
],
": to hit a lag putt (see lag entry 1 sense 4 )":[],
": to lag behind":[
"current that lags the voltage"
],
": to move, function, or develop with comparative slowness":[],
": to pitch or shoot (a coin, a marble, etc.) at a mark":[],
": to slacken or weaken gradually : flag":[],
": to stay or fall behind : linger , loiter":[],
": to toss or roll a marble toward a line or a cue ball toward the head cushion to determine order of play":[],
": to transport or jail for crime":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"we're now in the lag end of the project"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1514, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1530, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1552, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1870, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Verb",
"probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect lagga to go slowly":"Noun",
"probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse l\u01ebgg rim of a barrel":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lag"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lag Verb (1) delay , procrastinate , lag , loiter , dawdle , dally mean to move or act slowly so as to fall behind. delay usually implies a putting off of something (such as a beginning or departure). we cannot delay any longer procrastinate implies blameworthy delay especially through laziness or apathy. procrastinates about making decisions lag implies failure to maintain a speed set by others. lagging behind in technology loiter and dawdle imply delay while in progress, especially in walking, but dawdle more clearly suggests an aimless wasting of time. loitered at several store windows children dawdling on their way home from school dally suggests delay through trifling or vacillation when promptness is necessary. stop dallying and get to work",
"synonyms":[
"bottommost",
"closing",
"concluding",
"final",
"hindmost",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"rearmost",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070339",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lagging":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a lag (see lag entry 4 sense 2 ) or material used for making lags: such as":[],
": material for thermal insulation especially around a cylindrical object":[],
": planking used especially for preventing cave-ins in earthwork or for supporting an arch during construction":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8la-gi\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235148",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lagniappe":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"the meal was served with a lagniappe of freshly made cornbread",
"the hotel threw in some free shampoo as a lagniappe",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2017 the Oscars served up an unscripted lagniappe with the flubbed Best Picture announcement. \u2014 Brenda Cronin, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Anything beyond the quarterfinals would be straight-up lagniappe . \u2014 Jim Derry | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 25 Nov. 2020",
"The tradition of lagniappe in liquid form continues at Caf\u00e9 Degas (four courses $44), which adds a glass of port. \u2014 Ian Mcnulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 25 Nov. 2020",
"Also included were two lemons and a large mandarin, a lagniappe of citrus in an otherwise greens-heavy crate. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Murray is five foot ten and one eighth of an inch, that extra point being lagniappe thrown in by the football gods. \u2014 Rich Cohen, Harper's magazine , 19 Aug. 2019",
"That the club's salary cap situation also improved was lagniappe . \u2014 Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com , 8 May 2018",
"Jones agreed that the bonds forged through service are a lagniappe of JAS membership. \u2014 Carol Wolfram, NOLA.com , 2 May 2018",
"Any success in the playoffs looking back should have been lagniappe . \u2014 Larry Holder, NOLA.com , 7 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"American French, from American Spanish la \u00f1apa the lagniappe, from la + \u00f1apa, yapa , from Quechua yapa something added":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"lan-\u02c8yap",
"\u02c8lan-\u02ccyap"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bonus",
"cumshaw",
"dividend",
"donative",
"extra",
"gratuity",
"gravy",
"gravy train",
"perk",
"perquisite",
"throw-in",
"tip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014246",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lager":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a beer (such as a bock or pilsner) that is brewed at cool temperatures by slow fermentation with a slow-acting yeast (especially Saccharomyces pastorianus synonym S. carlsbergensis )":[
"Known for being crisper, cleaner and more refreshing than ales, lagers are lighter in body and alcohol while being moderate to high in carbonation.",
"\u2014 Kara Newman",
"All true lagers are aged before consumption. Lager in fact comes from the German word meaning to store.",
"\u2014 Dave Martin",
"Lager beer had developed in Central Europe and probably was introduced in the United States by Philadelphia brewer John Wagner \u2026",
"\u2014 Donna R. Gabaccia"
],
": to store (beer and especially lager) at cold temperatures during a period of aging often accompanied by a secondary fermentation to improve flavor and clarity":[
"The basic American beer is properly described as \"lager,\" which means that the brew has been fermented in the bottom of a tank and then stored\u2014 lagered \u2014for two to six weeks in order to smooth and mellow its flavor.",
"\u2014 Anthony Dias Blue"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-g\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Among discerning drinkers, craft beer\u2019s hot new thing is a cold, crisp lager that couldn\u2019t be further from long-popular IPAs. \u2014 Mike Jordan, WSJ , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Conley also brewed an amber lager , a collaboration with Bookhouse Brewing. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 11 Oct. 2021",
"And one super cool part of being here is access to the third release of Eagle Rock Brewery\u2019s popular Local Source beer, a lager infused with three plants native to Southern California \u2014 woolly bluecurls, black sage and California bay laurel. \u2014 Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"The Lab Collaborative, a new restaurant in Oceanside, has teamed up with its neighbor South O Brewing Company to create its first Mexican-style lager : The Lab Cerveza. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Listermann Brewing Company has been celebrating Cinco de Mayo all week long with its new Mexican lager , Outnumbered. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 5 May 2022",
"While Montucky does offer its lager in 12-ounce cans, it\u2019s mostly found in 16-ounce tallboys. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 14 June 2021",
"The Kolsch \u2013 a hybrid between an ale and lager \u2013 is a crispy, summer sipper at 5.2% alcohol. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"In keeping with their mission of bridging the past to the present, the New Magnolia team is releasing their second historical beer, a pale lager named Magnolia Revisited, which will be on tap starting Friday. \u2014 Chris Barnett, Chron , 10 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German Lagerbier beer made for storage, from Lager storehouse + Bier beer":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1852, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1881, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013424"
},
"Lagenostoma":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a form genus of Carboniferous seed ferns based on fossil seeds":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u00e4st\u0259m\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from lageno- (from Greek lag\u0113nos flask) + -stoma":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082902"
},
"Lagerkvist":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"P\u00e4r Fabian 1891\u20131974 Swedish dramatist, poet, and novelist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cckwist",
"\u02c8l\u00e4-g\u0259r-\u02cckvist"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113748"
},
"lagoon":{
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water":[],
": a shallow artificial pool or pond (as for the processing of sewage or storage of a liquid)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u0259-\u02c8g\u00fcn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a turquoise lagoon , just 10 minutes by boat from Male, the Maldivian capital, a floating city, big enough to house 20,000 people, is being constructed. \u2014 CNN , 19 June 2022",
"A few hours later, the Bleu de N\u00eemes reached Peros Banhos, anchoring in its lagoon . \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"The water is fed by a network of underwater cenotes and the lagoon is surrounded by mangroves. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"In the meantime, Gatten, in Utqiagvik, remains in his Quonset hut, as his wife nudges him to try for another land exchange with UIC that wouldn\u2019t put his new house next to the town\u2019s sewage lagoon . \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Dec. 2021",
"To protect themselves from invading barbarians, the first inhabitants of the lagoon fled here during the fifth century. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Special touches that accentuate the look and feel of Polynesia include striking works of art, private pools and sliding doors by deep bathtubs for panoramic fresh-air views of the lagoon . \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 16 May 2022",
"While the surf school will take beginners to the main beach break, there are many other good spots for those who are up for an adventure across the lagoon or out by the rocks. \u2014 Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Halfway behind silk caramel curtains, a large window shows a heart-stopping view of the Lagos lagoon , now turned a gentle gray from pollution and dotted with boats and bridges leading to the island where the hotel is located. \u2014 Nelson C.j., Rolling Stone , 30 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French & Italian; French lagune , from Italian laguna , from Latin lacuna pit, pool, from lacus lake":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154326"
},
"Lagerl\u00f6f":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Selma Ottiliana Lovisa 1858\u20131940 Swedish novelist":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4-g\u0259r-\u02ccl\u0259rv",
"-\u02ccl\u0259v"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191003"
},
"lager lout":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a man who gets drunk and then behaves badly":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223632"
},
"Lagenophora":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small genus of composite herbs of New Zealand and Australia that have small solitary flower heads with white or light blue ray flowers and yellow disk flowers and that differ from members of the genus Bellis by possession of terminally beaked achenes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cclaj\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4f(\u0259)r\u0259"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from lageno- (from Greek lag\u0113nos, lagynos large flask) + -phora":""
": shaped like a flask : dilated below and tapering to a slender neck above":[]
},
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"l\u0259\u02c8j\u0113n\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin lagena large flask + English -iform":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-052406"
},
"Lagenidiales":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an order of chiefly aquatic fungi (subclass Oomycetes) that are mostly parasitic in algae and water molds and that have a simple or somewhat branched holocarpic thallus":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Lagenidium + -ales":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-075711"
},
"lag screw":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a screw having a wrench head and woodscrew threads terminating in a point":[],
": to fasten or join with a lag screw":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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": a genus consisting of the woolly monkeys":[]
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