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{
"Lord":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": one having power and authority over others:":[],
": a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due":[],
": one of whom a fee or estate is held in feudal tenure":[],
": an owner of land or other real (see real entry 1 sense 2 ) property":[],
": the male head of a household":[],
": husband":[],
": one that has achieved mastery or that exercises leadership or great power in some area":[
"a drug lord"
],
": god sense 1":[],
": jesus":[],
": a man of rank or high position: such as":[],
": a feudal tenant whose right or title comes directly from the king":[],
": a British nobleman: such as":[],
": baron sense 2a":[],
": a hereditary peer of the rank of marquess , earl, or viscount":[],
": the son of a duke or a marquess or the eldest son of an earl":[],
": a bishop of the Church of England":[],
": house of lords":[],
": a person chosen to preside over a festival":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022frd"
],
"synonyms":[
"baron",
"captain",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"monarch",
"Napoleon",
"prince",
"tycoon"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He became a lord upon the death of his father.",
"as lords of the local real estate scene, they own nearly all of the city's prime pieces of property",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Someone who saw horror as the future of movies and who fought his powerful father, a lord of old Hollywood, to make that future a reality. \u2014 Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"The will of Zeus was realized From the time strife first rose between the son Of Atreus, lord of men, and bright Achilles. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Promethean Japanese director Akira Kurosawa with his masterpiece historical epic Ran about a feudal lord and his three sons vying for control of it. \u2014 Donald Liebenson, Town & Country , 31 Jan. 2022",
"This Emperor Palpatine-esque image that positioned commissioner Manfred as the dark lord of the Sith-like MLB faction. \u2014 Jules Posner, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Apple, lord of the iPhone, has nearly $17 billion in cash and more than $113 billion in marketable securities. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Who knew that 2021 was just waiting for a highbrow feminist gloss on Phantom of the Opera piano goth, curated by dark- lord production gods Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross? \u2014 Alex Suskind, EW.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
"In 1801, while Greece was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, several of these blocks were taken by Thomas Bruce, the lord of Elgin, who was then the British ambassador to Constantinople. \u2014 Zoe Chevalier, ABC News , 17 Nov. 2021",
"In England, Christian routinely stays with a future English lord whose father currently holds a seat in Parliament\u2019s House of Lords. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Nearly a decade ago, Zuckerberg recognized that Apple and Google could lord over his company via their respective mobile operating systems and app stores. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The cancelation of the game meant an entire year without someone being able to lord it over their best friends. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Neither the townsfolk nor the tourists lord it over the others or pity each other. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Do not lord over them \u2014 with direct orders or by implication. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Oct. 2021",
"That said, Kalmar doesn\u2019t plan to lord his experience over his future students, which will include instrumentalists as well as aspiring conductors. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 10 May 2021",
"The Spartans can lord it over the Wolverines in football until at least Oct. 16, 2021. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 1 Nov. 2020",
"The novel is the story of a great inversion, one in which the ruled replace their rulers but end up lording it over each other in just the same way as the old regime. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Yet right here, politicians act as if a health crisis gives them license to lord over the most private activities of America people in ways that are wholly inconsistent with the spirit and letter of the Constitution. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 13 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English loverd, lord , from Old English hl\u0101ford , from hl\u0101f loaf + weard keeper \u2014 more at loaf , ward":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224849"
},
"Lotharingian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to Lotharingia ( Lorraine )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6l\u014dth\u0259\u00a6rinj(\u0113)\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin Lotharingia Lorraine, region in western Europe + English -an":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233231"
},
"Lolo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": nosu":[],
": the Tibeto-Burman language of the Nosu people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d(\u02cc)l\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Chinese (Pekingese) lo 2 lo 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025912"
},
"Lothair II":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"( or III ) 1075\u20131137 king of Germany and Holy Roman emperor (1125\u201337)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-210623"
},
"Lolland":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"island of Denmark in the Baltic Sea south of Sj\u00e6lland area 477 square miles (1240 square kilometers), population 69,796"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-l\u0259nd"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222351"
},
"Lothair I":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"795\u2013855 Holy Roman emperor (840\u2013855)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u014d-\u02c8ter",
"\u02c8l\u014d-\u02ccter",
"-\u02ccther",
"-\u02c8ther"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233236"
},
"Lollard":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the followers of Wycliffe who traveled in the 14th and 15th centuries as lay preachers throughout England and Scotland":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-l\u0259rd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle Dutch lollaert , from lollen to mutter":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220620"
},
"Lochaber ax":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a weapon formerly used by Scottish Highlanders consisting of a pole with a long ax head often provided with a hook at its end":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u00e4\u1e35\u02c8|\u00e4b\u0259(r)-",
"|ab\u0259(r)-",
"l\u00e4\u02c8k|"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from Lochaber , district in Scotland":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165348"
},
"Love wave":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a seismic disturbance consisting of horizontal transverse vibrations of the earth's crust propagated near the surface":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after A. E. H. Love \u20201940 English mathematician":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070204"
},
"Longinian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or characteristic of Longinus":[
"the perennial dialectic between Horatian technique and Longinian inspiration",
"\u2014 Harry Levin"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u00e4n\u02c8jin\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dionysius Cassius Longin us, 3d century a.d. Greek philosopher and rhetorician + English -ian":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225555"
},
"Louangphrabang":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"town in northwestern Laos on the Mekong River north-northwest of Vientiane":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lw\u00e4\u014b-pr\u00e4-\u02c8b\u00e4\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034846"
},
"Lourdes":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"commune in southwestern France on the Gave de Pau south-southwest of Tarbes population 14,743"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lu\u0307rd",
"\u02c8lu\u0307rdz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182019"
},
"Loubet":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"\u00c9mile-Fran\u00e7ois 1838\u20131929 French statesman; president of France (1899\u20131906)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"l\u00fc-\u02c8b\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185834"
},
"LOC":{
"type":[
"abbreviation ()"
],
"definitions":[
"local",
"location",
"in the place",
"letter of credit",
"[Latin loco ]"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202618"
},
"Lookout Mountain":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"ridge 2126 feet (648 meters) high in southeastern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, and northeastern Alabama":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044910"
},
"Lofoten":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"island group of Norway off the northwest coast southwest of Vester\u00e5len area 475 square miles (1235 square kilometers)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-\u02ccf\u014d-t\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195823"
},
"Lorelei":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a siren of Germanic legend whose singing lures Rhine River boatmen to destruction on a reef"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"German"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1865, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-020816"
},
"Lordy":{
"type":[
"interjection"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Lordy \u2014 used to express surprise or strength of feeling"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022fr-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"lord entry 1 (God) + -y entry 4"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1843, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-093959"
},
"Lookout, Cape":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"cape in eastern North Carolina on the Atlantic southwest of Cape Hatteras"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105915"
},
"Lobatae":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Lobatae taxonomic synonym of lobata"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-t\u02cc\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from lob- + Latin -atae (feminine plural of -atus -ate"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132436"
},
"Lord Howe Island":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"island of Australia in the Tasman Sea east-northeast of Sydney belonging to New South Wales area 5 square miles (13 square kilometers)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u022frd-\u02c8hau\u0307"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113222"
},
"loaded":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": carrying a load":[
"a loaded freight train"
],
": such as":[
"a store loaded with goods",
"a report loaded with errors"
],
": containing an explosive charge":[
"a loaded warhead",
"a loaded handgun"
],
": having bullets inside":[
"a loaded warhead",
"a loaded handgun"
],
": having film inside":[],
": having a large amount of something":[
"a store loaded with goods",
"a report loaded with errors"
],
": having a large amount of money : wealthy":[
"She left them a fortune and the family is now loaded ."
],
": equipped with an abundance of features":[
"a fully loaded car"
],
": filled or topped with many things":[
"a loaded baked potato"
],
": featuring a great amount of top-level talent":[
"a basketball team with a loaded roster",
"a loaded competition"
],
": carrying a hidden or secondary meaning that is capable of causing unease":[
"Because \"asylum\" is a loaded term, it can draw attention to crucial issues facing vulnerable Americans, but it also tends to foreclose discussion of real solutions.",
"\u2014 The New York Times",
"\"You tell me,\" Cora said. \"Do you think I had a therapist?\" Aaron's mouth fell open. That was a loaded question . Any answer would be wrong.",
"\u2014 Parnell Hall"
],
": weighted to favor a specific outcome":[
"loaded dice"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-d\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"chockablock",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"packed",
"stuffed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He said he didn't know the gun was loaded .",
"the department stores were loaded with goods for the holiday shopping season",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Police searched Laberge\u2019s car and found a bag that contained a loaded 9mm handgun and multiple rounds of ammunition, according to the statement. \u2014 Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"Inside the console was a loaded handgun and a realistic-looking airsoft gun resembling a handgun. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"Officials said deputies found a loaded , unserialized handgun in the vehicle, which was stolen in Vista on Saturday evening. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Police searched it and found a loaded .380 handgun. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"Police searched it and found a loaded .380 handgun. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"Police marine unit officers later recovered a loaded 9 mm handgun from the river, Murphy said. \u2014 William Lee, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Interim Chief Teresa Theetge said when the officers approached the house, Coulter came outside with a loaded handgun and refused to drop it despite being ordered to do so. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Court documents filed in preparation for Friday's detention hearing detailed the evidence investigators recovered during their search: a loaded handgun, tactical gear, a sledgehammer, rounds of ammunition, handcuffs, a drone, and even police lights. \u2014 Sara Cook, Nicole Sganga, CBS News , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231752"
},
"loadstar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043912"
},
"loafer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one that loafs : idler":[],
": a low step-in shoe":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-f\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"couch potato",
"deadbeat",
"do-nothing",
"drone",
"idler",
"layabout",
"lazybones",
"lotus-eater",
"slouch",
"slug",
"slugabed",
"sluggard"
],
"antonyms":[
"doer",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"self-starter"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Eight digital clones joined him on the stroll, with all of them holding up an arm to try to prevent a giant foot in a loafer from slamming down on them. \u2014 Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel , 5 June 2022",
"The bit loafer is a shoe that comes with its own hardware\u2014and cultural baggage. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
"The slipper, an ubiquitous symbol of daily life, was designed from their signature silhouette, a slide-in flat shoe, which can be worn as a loafer or, with a fold down heel feature, worn as a slipper. \u2014 Jennifer Lee, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Add a bit of polished edge to your look with the Urban Outfitters Sara loafer . \u2014 SELF , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Hush Puppies' slip-on loafer might just be your new favorite dress shoe. \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Due to the shoe's extra cushioning in the heel, this loafer provides a comfy bed for your feet to rest all day. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The pre-fall Proenza Schouler white square-toe loafer , meanwhile, hits the refresh on polished prep, as does The Row\u2019s Margaret\u2014a slim-line, block-heel iteration. \u2014 Vogue , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Embrace embellishments for a luxe touch to any style of loafer \u2014adornments run the gamut from subtle designer logos to oversize buckles and sculptural metalwork. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 19 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps short for landloafer , from German Landl\u00e4ufer tramp, from Land + L\u00e4ufer runner":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223321"
},
"loath":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant":[
"She was loath to admit her mistakes."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dth",
"\u02c8l\u014dt\u035fh"
],
"synonyms":[
"cagey",
"cagy",
"disinclined",
"dubious",
"hesitant",
"indisposed",
"reluctant",
"reticent"
],
"antonyms":[
"disposed",
"inclined"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for loath disinclined , hesitant , reluctant , loath , averse mean lacking the will or desire to do something indicated. disinclined implies lack of taste for or inclination. disinclined to move again disinclined for reading hesitant implies a holding back especially through fear or uncertainty. hesitant about asking for a date reluctant implies a holding back through unwillingness. a reluctant witness loath implies hesitancy because of conflict with one's opinions, predilections, or liking. seems loath to trust anyone averse implies a holding back from or avoiding because of distaste or repugnance. averse to hard work not averse to an occasional drink",
"examples":[
"She was loath to admit her mistakes.",
"I was loath to accept his claim of having climbed Mount Everest.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The girls were happy in Warsaw and loath to move again. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Most journalists are loath to cover negative news about the company and few US policymakers, save for Marco Rubio, dare to challenge Apple, one of the world\u2019s richest and most powerful companies. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Even as drivers are loath to change their habits, with Americans eager to get on the road after pandemic cabin fever, the fallout from high gas prices is touching every corner of society. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Belarus was an important transit country for Russian gas exports to Europe, and Lukashenko knew Putin was loath to see political instability along the border. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Having won the costly test of wills with Mr. Putin, the Saudi leadership is loath to upset an arrangement upon which its entire economic transformation is built. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Mar. 2022",
"So, physically numbed and loath to leave the effort, the stubborn tailback kept trying to pop his dislocated elbow back in place \u2013 to no avail. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Their Republican colleagues seemed loath to join in during the first day of the Supreme Court nominee's confirmation hearings. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Since then, political leaders have been loath to put in place and enforce restrictions. \u2014 Marc Santora, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English loth loathsome, from Old English l\u0101th ; akin to Old High German leid loathsome, Old Irish lius loathing":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062139"
},
"loathing":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": extreme disgust : detestation":[
"She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-t\u035fhi\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She expressed her intense loathing of his hypocrisy.",
"She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fear and loathing are on the rise in Hollywood as top execs and rank-and-file employees grapple with growing uncertainty about their place in a rapidly changing entertainment industry. \u2014 Diane Garrett, Variety , 4 May 2022",
"An initial mutual loathing arises from their own inability to process their feelings. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Two people suffering from immense self- loathing abandon their much more interesting partners for a naked pity party: a love story. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 15 May 2022",
"Replete with resentments, desires, and fractured relationships, Hud is an early case study in how the myth of the West and self- loathing can twist a man's soul. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The idea of grown men writing about immature antics and self- loathing is weird. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Online, such opportunities for self- loathing are boundless, often at the expense of greater goals. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, Wired , 30 Jan. 2022",
"By the 1990s, identitarian loathing had become conservatism\u2019s main point. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 13 May 2022",
"The reality is that Thatcher\u2019s premiership was marked not just by iron determination and ideological mission but by political pragmatism, incrementalism, diplomatic failure abroad, and widespread public loathing at home. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"a loathsome disease",
"Smoking is a loathsome habit."
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"\u02c8l\u014dth-s\u0259m",
"\u02c8l\u014dt\u035fh-"
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"we traced the foul smell to a pile of loathsome garbage by the back wall",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Celtics swept the loathsome Nets, dethroned Giannis Antetokounmpo and the champion Bucks by coming back from a 3-2 deficit, and won a Game 7 in Miami. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"The hypocrisies were overwhelming; the business, loathsome . \u2014 Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
"There's no lack of frisson between Foy and Bettany, who bring equally compelling heat to Margaret and Ian's alternating periods of lustful connection and loathsome mutual abuse. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Lovable has been replaced by loathsome , say critics who include a former Browns executive, now-former team fans and pundits in Northeast Ohio. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Some of the most loathsome of its dictates aren\u2019t even legal. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
"That includes Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, and Justice League, which are generally loathsome , infamously misbegotten, and (of course) passionately defended. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The opening episodes, in which Rand is so mistreated and Tommy so loathsome , evolves into something much deeper and richer than an exploitation flick about good-looking stupid people. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The second season of Euphoria, HBO\u2019s popular high-school drama, has spent some time delving into the mind of one of the show\u2019s adult \u2014 and most loathsome \u2014 characters: Eric Dane\u2019s Cal Jacobs. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Jan. 2022"
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"Middle English lothsum , from loth evil, from Old English l\u0101th , from l\u0101th , adjective":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"She lobbed a throw to the pitcher.",
"The soldier lobbed a grenade into the bunker.",
"He lobbed the ball over his opponent's head."
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"1508, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"vivify"
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"1943, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"locating the reigns of the pastoral kings"
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"We tried to locate the border of the property.",
"Can you locate your town on the map?",
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"Reporters have been unable to locate the mayor for his comments.",
"The company chose to locate its factory near the airport.",
"The company located near the airport.",
"His parents located in Ohio.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Moses has helped locate a mushroom hunter who\u2019d lost his way while foraging for spring morels, and a few college students lugging Walmart gear with the tags still attached, confused and separated from the rest of their group. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Fifteen members of the state\u2019s congressional delegation and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot are throwing their support behind the effort to locate the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health in the Chicago area. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Try to locate another Organic Balm with more than 4% CBD. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Crates littered the road as troopers searched for monkeys on foot, and firefighters used thermal imaging and a helicopter to try to locate the animals. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Valley Township firefighters used thermal imaging to try to locate the animals, and a helicopter also assisted, the Press Enterprise newspaper of Bloomsburg reported. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Valley Township firefighters used thermal imaging to try to locate the animals, and a helicopter also assisted, the Press Enterprise newspaper of Bloomsburg reported. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Valley Township firefighters used thermal imaging to try to locate the animals, and a helicopter also assisted, the Press Enterprise newspaper of Bloomsburg reported. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Cyberattackers prey on vulnerabilities and will try to locate any IoT device at risk. \u2014 Sean Mcdermott, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"Latin locatus , past participle of locare to place, from locus":""
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"1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ravens celebrate in the locker room with the divisional trophy after winning the AFC Championship Game against the Oakland Raiders. \u2014 Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"But the day before, in that locker room , Biggie was riding a stationary bike. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"He's provided a veteran presence on the floor and mentorship in the locker room , and is comfortable playing under his former coach with the Toronto Raptors, Dwane Casey. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"When asked pregame whether the mood in the locker room was angry or nervous, Celtics coach Ime Udoka didn't flinch. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"While the Commanders players asked about Del Rio's remarks declined comment or brushed off their significance in the locker room , multiple Virginia lawmakers expressed concern about the team's latest in a long line of offseason issues. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"While the Commanders players asked about Del Rio\u2019s remarks declined comment or brushed off their significance in the locker room , multiple Virginia lawmakers expressed concern about the team\u2019s latest in a long line of offseason issues. \u2014 Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"The Celtics should be applying Krazy Glue to their fingertips in the locker room . \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"How could anyone expect Ime Udoka to walk into that locker room and command any? \u2014 Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News , 7 May 2022"
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lawmakers in Louisiana passed new restrictions on the use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities following an investigation by NBC News, ProPublica and The Marshall Project into harsh conditions in a youth lockup . \u2014 Erin Einhorn, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"Included in the filing were two reports from doctors who evaluated Kelly in the federal lockup in Brooklyn late last month, Bonjean said. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Like everyone on Paperny\u2019s consulting team, Rouse has served time in federal lockup . \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"If not, a judge may have to hear evidence and decide whether Gendron can remain in the county lockup , where he has been held without bail since his arraignment hours after the shooting. \u2014 Shayna Jacobs, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"Campos was then held in the Gresham District station\u2019s lockup for about five hours. \u2014 Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"The stock sank to an all-time low Monday, after reports that Ford\u2014an early investor in Rivian\u2014sold about 8% of its stockholdings, following the expiration of a post-IPO lockup period. \u2014 Sean Mclain, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"Electric vehicle maker Rivian dropped by nearly 14% as the insider lockup period for selling the stock expires. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"Compare this to an IPO, where there is a mandatory lockup period that prevents existing shareholders from selling their shares for a certain amount of time. \u2014 Spenser Skates, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Verb",
"years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher",
"Adjective",
"The crowd went loco when she walked out on the stage.",
"He's not just weird, he's positively loco .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Or fresh-cut strawberries covered in a thin layer of cream or even elotes loco , the popular street snack that puts a fright wig of condiments on a humble ear of corn. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2021",
"The Passion mango is a variation of the popular mangoneada or mango loco flavor, which often includes fresh pieces of mango laced with fruity Chamoy sauce and Tajin chile powder. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Professional and amateur cooks compete for bragging rights in this festival and cook-off devoted to the homey South Texas staple fideo loco . \u2014 Jim Kiest And Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Look for future specials like a curry loco moco with Japanese curry instead of the typical gravy. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Raspados Imperial has both a mango loco and a passion mango flavor on their menu. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 16 Sep. 2021",
"When Morning Wood returns, so will its popular loco moco, matcha mochi pancakes and Japanese breakfast with housemade Portuguese sausage. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 July 2021",
"While the plantations eventually closed, the plate lunch endured, moving to food carts and later stand-alone restaurants, which also expanded the cultural fusion with items like loco moco, the ultimate Hawaiian comfort food. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Jan. 2021",
"And Alvarado would give away fideo loco to keep people grooving. \u2014 Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com , 17 Dec. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Real investors survey the landscape and look for signs of a market gone loco . \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 2 July 2017",
"As one of my colleagues said, this was straight loco . \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, New Republic , 28 July 2017"
],
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"Italian dialect, there, from Latin in loco in the place":"Adverb or adjective",
"Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, crazy":"Noun",
"Spanish":"Adjective"
},
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"1786, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective",
"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1852, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065703"
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"noun"
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": one filling an office for a time or temporarily taking the place of another":[
"\u2014 used especially of a doctor or clergyman"
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"\u02ccl\u014d-k\u0259m-\u02c8t\u0113-\u02ccnenz, -n\u0259nz",
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"examples":[
"I'm just a locum tenens , so any major decisions should be deferred until your regular doctor returns from vacation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Whittingham stepped in as Meyer\u2019s replacement in 2005, there were holes in the program after an undefeated season, and there were many lessons for the locum tenens to learn. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Nov. 2021",
"When service units are forced to hire temporary locum tenens physicians in lieu of decreasing services, the quality of care can change dramatically. \u2014 WSJ , 17 July 2017"
],
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"Medieval Latin, literally, (one) holding a place":""
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"1640, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015221"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": one that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u014dd-\u02ccst\u00e4r"
],
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"focus",
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"examples":[
"The idea of public service has been a lodestar for her throughout her life.",
"a society seemingly with unbridled greed as its only lodestar",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kim Kardashian, the billionaire lodestar of the Kardashian-Jenner universe, sat in a witness box in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday and denied ever trying to tank Blac Chyna\u2019s TV career. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Amazing \u2014 a common man who has dedicated his public life to make America the lodestar for all nations. \u2014 Star Tribune , 29 Apr. 2021",
"Locke\u2019s most important political work, Two Treatises of Government, which profoundly influenced the American revolutionaries, made this religious idea its lodestar . \u2014 Joseph Loconte, National Review , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Elsewhere, Jackson invoked the late Justice Antonin Scalia, a legal lodestar for Republicans, to ground her approach to the law. \u2014 Tierney Sneed, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Friendly outlets routinely portray Russia as a champion of peace and lodestar of Christian values, while casting NATO as a warmongering menace. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"While Green\u2019s film largely succeeded on all those fronts, becoming a smash hit, Garcia\u2019s feels unnecessary and anonymous, leaning on crass visual shocks while failing to match the unsparing brutality of its lodestar . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 18 Feb. 2022",
"As the Internet\u2019s lineup has shifted, Syd has remained its lodestar , leading the group\u2019s increasingly eclectic charge into experimental music. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Mira counts Cha as a lodestar , a breakthrough figure in addressing the Asian American experience through experimentation. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Middle English lode sterre , from lode course, from Old English l\u0101d":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"biographical name",
"noun",
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],
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],
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"\u2014 G. B. Shaw"
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": to place or vest especially in a source, means, or agent":[
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"\u2014 John Dollard"
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"\u2014 Priscilla Hughes"
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"a Masonic lodge"
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],
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"Thomas 1558\u20131625 English poet and dramatist":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4j"
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"accommodate",
"bestow",
"billet",
"bivouac",
"board",
"bunk",
"camp",
"chamber",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"put up",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter",
"take in"
],
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"auberge",
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"hospice",
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"hostelry",
"hotel",
"inn",
"public house",
"tavern"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"The workers were lodged in temporary camps.",
"The refugees needed to be lodged and fed.",
"We lodged at the resort.",
"The bullet lodged in his brain.",
"The bullet lodged itself in his brain.",
"The group has lodged a grievance.",
"Noun",
"He's a member of a Masonic lodge .",
"an annual dinner at the lodge",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Improve our process for those who want to lodge complaints or request corrections. \u2014 USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"While embracing the original designs of their Burlington home, the husband-wife duo weaved in modern, eclectic and rustic elements to turn this former student lodge into a bright, colorful and relaxing retreat. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"Mount Healthy Police Chief Vincent Demasi says authorities traced the origin of the bones, which are thought to be about a century old, by speaking with a family who had purchased an Odd Fellows\u2019 lodge nearby when the group left town decades ago. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Did a few themes lodge themselves in my subconscious that summer? \u2014 Elinor Lipman, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Why do certain experiences lodge in our memories while others\u2014more triumphant perhaps, or more traumatic\u2014leave barely a trace? \u2014 Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The drones would pay little attention to the border between the two countries\u2014from the Russian perspective, there soon wouldn't be a Ukrainian government left to lodge a complaint. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Any citizen who has concerns about the data practices of their local entity can contact the State Auditor\u2019s hotline (hotline.utah.gov) and lodge a complaint that Phillips can investigate and work to resolve. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The study, published in the journal Environment International, tested 22 anonymous blood samples and found plastic particles in 80% of people tested\u2014indicating plastic particles may be able to travel around the body and lodge themselves in organs. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"By staying at the lodge , guests can access the 18.5 miles of trails at the sanctuary and may be greeted by a goose that lives on the property's pond. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"In this Swedish film, an avalanche descends on a ski lodge and a man named Tomas races away to avoid it, leaving behind his stunned wife and children. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Community amenities include a David McLay Kidd golf course, a wellness center, a restaurant, a pool, seven fishing ponds, and a members-only ski lodge at Grand Targhee Resort. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Renting a fancy four-bedroom ski lodge in the Rockies or an expansive estate with its own pool and outdoor kitchen in the French countryside\u2014an established tradition among the well-heeled\u2014has suddenly caught on with a broader swath of Americans. \u2014 Christian L. Wright, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Set in a historic 1928 ski lodge , Cottonwood serves atmosphere and delicious farm-fresh food for dinner and weekend brunch. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 Mar. 2022",
"But young activists had briefed more than two-dozen members of Team USA in the run-up to the Winter Olympics, including selfie diplomacy at a ski lodge with Shaun White and the Tibetan flag. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 11 Feb. 2022",
"With its high ceilings, polished concrete, and formidable vase of plum blossoms, the restaurant, in the Flatiron district, resembles an apr\u00e8s-ski lodge for the modern aristocracy. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The family settled in Vermont in the early 1940s and opened a ski lodge in Stowe. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Oct. 2021"
],
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"Middle English loge , from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German louba porch":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201234"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a lodging place : shelter",
": accommodations , lodgings",
": the act, fact, or manner of lodging",
": a placing, depositing, or coming to rest",
": an accumulation or collection deposited in a place or remaining at rest",
": a place of rest or deposit"
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"\u02c8l\u00e4j-m\u0259nt"
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"accretion",
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"cumulation",
"cumulus",
"gathering",
"pileup"
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"the lodgment of a week's worth of newspapers in the doorway was a telltale sign that the family was away",
"dismayed at the shabby lodgments that were the only option of cross-country travelers at the time"
],
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"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"noun"
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"found lodging in the barn"
],
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"a lodging for the night"
],
": a room in the house of another used as a residence":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
],
": the act of lodging":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4-ji\u014b"
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"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"fireside",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"hearthstone",
"home",
"house",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"roof"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"There is gas, food, and lodging at the next highway exit.",
"food and lodging are two of the largest expenses of living in the city",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Normally, travel agents authorized by the Saudi government control the process, organizing flights, lodging and visas for all-inclusive packages that can run tens of thousands of dollars. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Meanwhile, those candidates, who come from all over to visit him, pour money from campaign donors into Trump\u2019s properties, paying for food, lodging and conference space. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Match healthcare plans also help to cover travel and lodging costs for employees who need to travel to receive care, the spokesperson said. \u2014 Clare Duffy And Jennifer Korn, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"There\u2019s also the ancillary financial sting: the hundreds and thousands of dollars spent on travel to Vegas, food and lodging . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Sherrod envisions a trail with a dozen or more participating farm hosts offering lodging and experiences. \u2014 Ligaya Figueras, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"Travelers didn\u2019t come as part of a cruise or tour package that arranged for meals and lodging . \u2014 Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"Amphitheater construction is funded through the City of Huntsville\u2019s capital plan and a percentage of future lodging taxes. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
"The 700-acre Stanly Ranch completes a full Napa Valley takeover for Auberge, which now has high-end lodging and dining locations throughout the 40-mile-long valley. \u2014 Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205307"
},
"lodgment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a lodging place : shelter":[],
": accommodations , lodgings":[
"found lodgment in the city"
],
": the act, fact, or manner of lodging":[
"a hut for temporary lodgment of cattlemen"
],
": a placing, depositing, or coming to rest":[],
": an accumulation or collection deposited in a place or remaining at rest":[],
": a place of rest or deposit":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4j-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretion",
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"cumulation",
"cumulus",
"gathering",
"pileup"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the lodgment of a week's worth of newspapers in the doorway was a telltale sign that the family was away",
"dismayed at the shabby lodgments that were the only option of cross-country travelers at the time",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a week of hard fighting, the Ukrainians slowly established a lodgment on the far bank of the river. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185344"
},
"loftiest":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": elevated in character and spirit : noble":[
"lofty ideals"
],
": elevated in status : superior":[
"the less lofty customers of the bar"
],
": having a haughty overbearing manner : supercilious":[
"She showed a lofty disregard for their objections."
],
": rising to a great height : impressively high":[
"lofty mountains"
],
": remote , esoteric":[
"basic precepts are not lofty abstractions far removed from matters of daily living",
"\u2014 D. D. Eisenhower"
],
": having full-bodied, firm, and resilient textile fibers":[
"lofty flannel"
]
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"\u02c8l\u022ff-t\u0113"
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"altitudinous",
"high",
"tall",
"towering"
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"low",
"low-lying",
"short",
"squat"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lofty high , tall , lofty mean above the average in height. high implies marked extension upward and is applied chiefly to things which rise from a base or foundation or are placed at a conspicuous height above a lower level. a high hill a high ceiling tall applies to what grows or rises high by comparison with others of its kind and usually implies relative narrowness. a tall thin man lofty suggests great or imposing altitude. lofty mountain peaks",
"examples":[
"He set lofty goals for himself as a teacher.",
"She showed a lofty disregard for their objections.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This down quilt from Therm-a-Rest is lofty , warm, and provides queen-sized coverage. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 28 June 2022",
"With 2022 earnings-per-share believed to come out close to $12, the stock trades at a forward multiple of about 60x \u2014 lofty for most companies but justified according to bulls given that few companies around can match that kind of growth. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"This down alternative pillow from Slumber Cloud stands out for two key reasons: Its soft and lofty poly-fill feels like real down, and its Outlast fabric offers outstanding temperature-regulation capabilities. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"The shortening helps make the cake especially lofty and tender. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"At a different time, in a different context, those words might have felt lofty or untethered to the difficult reality on the ground. \u2014 Ashish K. Jha, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"But Faloni\u2019s crewneck feels substantial, with a firm but lofty hand that brings fresh meringue to mind. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 2 Feb. 2022",
"What was clear, however, was the impact the Avants have had during their long life together, on politics and sports and entertainment, on goals as lofty as civil rights and as humble as getting bikes to disadvantaged children. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The open letter, made worse by Sophie's choice to read it aloud on air, totally destroys Kendall's lofty but poorly executed personal rehabilitation efforts. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 3 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024158"
},
"lofty":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": elevated in character and spirit : noble":[
"lofty ideals"
],
": elevated in status : superior":[
"the less lofty customers of the bar"
],
": having a haughty overbearing manner : supercilious":[
"She showed a lofty disregard for their objections."
],
": rising to a great height : impressively high":[
"lofty mountains"
],
": remote , esoteric":[
"basic precepts are not lofty abstractions far removed from matters of daily living",
"\u2014 D. D. Eisenhower"
],
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"lofty flannel"
]
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"\u02c8l\u022ff-t\u0113"
],
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"altitudinous",
"high",
"tall",
"towering"
],
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"low",
"low-lying",
"short",
"squat"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lofty high , tall , lofty mean above the average in height. high implies marked extension upward and is applied chiefly to things which rise from a base or foundation or are placed at a conspicuous height above a lower level. a high hill a high ceiling tall applies to what grows or rises high by comparison with others of its kind and usually implies relative narrowness. a tall thin man lofty suggests great or imposing altitude. lofty mountain peaks",
"examples":[
"He set lofty goals for himself as a teacher.",
"She showed a lofty disregard for their objections.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This down quilt from Therm-a-Rest is lofty , warm, and provides queen-sized coverage. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 28 June 2022",
"With 2022 earnings-per-share believed to come out close to $12, the stock trades at a forward multiple of about 60x \u2014 lofty for most companies but justified according to bulls given that few companies around can match that kind of growth. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"This down alternative pillow from Slumber Cloud stands out for two key reasons: Its soft and lofty poly-fill feels like real down, and its Outlast fabric offers outstanding temperature-regulation capabilities. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"The shortening helps make the cake especially lofty and tender. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"At a different time, in a different context, those words might have felt lofty or untethered to the difficult reality on the ground. \u2014 Ashish K. Jha, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"But Faloni\u2019s crewneck feels substantial, with a firm but lofty hand that brings fresh meringue to mind. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 2 Feb. 2022",
"What was clear, however, was the impact the Avants have had during their long life together, on politics and sports and entertainment, on goals as lofty as civil rights and as humble as getting bikes to disadvantaged children. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The open letter, made worse by Sophie's choice to read it aloud on air, totally destroys Kendall's lofty but poorly executed personal rehabilitation efforts. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 3 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221255"
},
"logged":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": heavy , sluggish":[],
": sodden especially with water":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u022fgd",
"\u02c8l\u00e4gd"
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"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"usually the driftwood is so logged with water that it needs an extended drying period before it can be used by the artist",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Excess work isn\u2019t good for anyone, and Covid-19 has only exacerbated our tendency to stay logged on after the end of the workday. \u2014 Roxane Gay, New York Times , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Time spent on the water diminished as mud logged boats in place early in the day, cutting the hours spent fishing. \u2014 Maggie Andresen, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Most will likely use their time to apply for asylum, a lengthy, back- logged process that allows for work authorization and Social Security cards during an adjudication process that can drag on for years. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 31 Mar. 2021",
"Stoner said mistrials delay an already back- logged list of cases that need a jury trial, which means taxpayers are paying more money to keep defendants in jail. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 22 Mar. 2021",
"In a four-year study of forest plots in Argentina, Cockle found 17 bird cavity nests in unlogged forests but only one in logged forests. \u2014 Yao-hua Law, The Atlantic , 16 Dec. 2020",
"Meanwhile, the destruction and chaos from the wildfires that have accelerated in logged territory continues to mount. \u2014 Christopher Ketcham, The New Republic , 23 Oct. 2020",
"The company is also building more support for outside subscriptions into the product, including an account-linking feature that allows subscribers to stay logged in to their news accounts while reading articles on Facebook. \u2014 Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times , 31 Aug. 2020",
"Over that 6-month span, during 107 hours of logged observations, the scientists documented the troop members\u2019 minute-by-minute locations and activities like feeding, resting and bickering. \u2014 Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000248"
},
"loggerhead":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": a very large chiefly carnivorous sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ) of subtropical and temperate waters":[],
": alligator snapping turtle":[],
": an iron tool consisting of a long handle terminating in a ball or bulb that is heated and used to melt tar or to heat liquids":[],
": in or into a state of quarrelsome disagreement":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4-",
"\u02c8l\u022f-g\u0259r-\u02cched"
],
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"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
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"brain",
"genius"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"that loggerhead couldn't find the business end of a cow even if his life depended on it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During the summer months, endangered sperm whales, bottlenose dolphins and threatened loggerhead sea turtles have been spotted in the canyon. \u2014 Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2022",
"As of May 22, Indian River County tallied 55 leatherback nests, 569 loggerhead nests and one green turtle nest. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
"Farren Dell, an assistant naturalist at Gulf State Park, said the saga began on Monday, Oct. 4, when a fisherman on the pier first hooked the loggerhead . \u2014 al , 14 Oct. 2021",
"The adult female loggerhead turtles were released into the surf Friday on the beach at Jekyll Island. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
"There were 3,950 loggerhead turtle nests in Georgia in 2019. \u2014 Gabe Andrews, Scientific American , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Have faith When this old world starts getting you down, think of Sapphire the half-blind and partially paralyzed loggerhead sea turtle. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Jan. 2022",
"One conservation effort enforced by island residents \u2014 including hoteliers \u2014 is the Lights Out for Sea Turtles initiative, which requires that beach-illuminating lights be turned off in the evenings during loggerhead nesting season. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2021",
"More loggerhead turtle nests were counted on South Carolina beaches this year than in 2020, according to state Department of Natural Resources data. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 30 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from English dialect logger block of wood + English head":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005840"
},
"loggy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun combining form",
"noun suffix"
],
"definitions":{
": sluggish , groggy":[],
": oral or written expression":[
"phraseo logy"
],
": doctrine : theory : science":[
"ethno logy"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-g\u0113"
],
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"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"burned-out",
"burnt-out",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
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"unwearied"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the next morning I was feeling logy , having stayed up half the night"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from Dutch log heavy; akin to Middle Low German luggich lazy":"Adjective",
"French -logie , from Latin -logia , from Greek, from logos word":"Noun combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1847, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164257"
},
"logical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, involving, or being in accordance with logic":[
"a logical conclusion"
],
": skilled in logic":[],
": formally true or valid : analytic , deductive":[
"a logical statement"
],
": capable of reasoning or of using reason in an orderly cogent fashion":[
"a logical thinker"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-ji-k\u0259l"
],
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"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
],
"antonyms":[
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Since she helped us before, it's logical to assume that she'll help us again.",
"He seems to be a logical choice for the job.",
"She wasn't able to give me a logical explanation for her behavior.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Homes of their own, or at least facilities befitting a professional franchise, are a logical next step in the evolution of the NWSL. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"But that is the logical next step for migraine research and treatment. \u2014 Madeleine Streets, SELF , 13 June 2022",
"That seems logical , but supply constraints limited purchases of cars, boats, bicycles, appliances and most other types of durables. \u2014 Bill Conerly, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Taken to its logical conclusion, this could point towards weakening Griswold if not outright overturning it. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
"Addressing access and security is the logical first step to simplifying a complex tech stack. \u2014 Ev Kontsevoy, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Many observers say Beijing may be a long way from a military foothold, but agree that expanding its presence overseas would be a logical next step for an ambitious power like China. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"It\u2019s the logical next step for the industry to take the push for diversity and representation to a new phase. \u2014 Isabel Sandoval, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"The Fifth Circuit took these decisions to their next logical step, holding that because the SEC\u2019s ALJs exercise executive powers in addition to other functions, the restrictions on their removal by the president are unconstitutional. \u2014 Mario Loyola, WSJ , 22 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002037"
},
"logjam":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a jumble of logs jammed together in a watercourse":[],
": deadlock , impasse":[
"trying to break the logjam in negotiations"
],
": blockage":[],
": jam , crowd":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022fg-\u02ccjam",
"\u02c8l\u00e4g-"
],
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"bottleneck",
"jam",
"jam-up",
"snarl",
"tailback",
"tie-up"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He was called in to try to break the logjam in the negotiations.",
"the presence of an ambulance on the side of the highway created a logjam of rubberneckers who just had to have a look",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"President Joe Biden has waded cautiously into the debate \u2014 a former senator who largely stands by existing rules but is also under enormous political pressure to break the logjam on the voting legislation. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
"As the housing market works through that logjam , home prices in the short-term might continue pushing upwards. \u2014 Fortune , 11 May 2022",
"The logjam of ships off the coast of Southern California, which peaked last year above 100, has been cut in half, according to the Marine Exchange of Southern California. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Stars form within the spiral arms due to a logjam of material. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"The logjam of unprocessed returns has meant that citizens have experienced long delays in getting refunds and in meeting the filing demands of the IRS\u2019s various compliance functions. \u2014 Daniel J. Pilla, National Review , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Whetstone, who was the top Republican on the House public policy committee, helped break the logjam . \u2014 Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Boston entered in a logjam for the Nos. 2-4 seeds, jockeying for postseason placement with Milwaukee and Philadelphia. \u2014 Clay Bailey, Hartford Courant , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The president is a former veteran senator who largely stands by existing rules but is also under enormous political pressure to break the logjam on the voting legislation before the November midterm elections. \u2014 Darlene Superville, ajc , 5 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024338"
},
"logo":{
"type":[
"combining form",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": logotype sense 1",
": an identifying symbol (as for use in advertising)",
": an identifying statement : motto",
": a computer programming language (see language sense 1b(5) ) that employs simple English commands and is used especially for introducing school children to computers",
"\u2014 see log-"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
"also",
"\u02c8l\u014d-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"emblem",
"ensign",
"hallmark",
"impresa",
"symbol",
"totem",
"trademark"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"the company's logo is instantly recognizable all over the world",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But special-edition merchandise featuring the new course\u2019s logo will go on sale online and at Streamsong beginning in August. \u2014 Erik Matuszewski, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"This easy-to-wear, logo -debossed leather belt from Paul Smith features a polished silver buckle, and comes in black with green detailing. \u2014 Marie Lodi, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"Inside, there were a pair of flip flops, a camera and two water bottles with an end gun violence sticker and a Human Rights campaign logo sticker. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"The sportwear brand\u2019s logo is also showcased at 12 o\u2019clock, while H. Moser\u2019s name is presented in a discreet light gray underneath. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 19 June 2022",
"Balenciaga\u2019s logo hoodies, also shown on avatar, might appeal to the hoodie-devoted guy too. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"Another component of that was streamlining the team\u2019s J-note logo . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"The Lakefront Marathon even created a new logo for 2022 featuring the colors from the Milwaukee flag and a depiction of the Hoan Bridge by Courtney Anderson, a student at Homestead High School. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Finally, in the center of the phone is a logo that looks suspiciously like a bomb. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (2)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1972, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213800"
},
"logorrheic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccl\u022f-g\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02ccl\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the article suffers from the logorrhea that infects so much academic writing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The sole exception to this scattershot logorrhea is Jia, a graceful young orphan with a special connection to Kong. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The latest case is Twitter\u2019s attempt Tuesday for the first time to fact-check Mr. Trump\u2019s tweet logorrhea . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 27 May 2020",
"Their presence dramatized his absence, their logorrhea his silence. \u2014 Gary Indiana, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2020",
"But her tinny outrage and Tyler\u2019s own dogmatic logorrhea begin to feel like exhibits in a playfully prickly riff on the inauthentic, the massaged and the cagily appropriated when telling stories. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 29 Aug. 2019",
"Audra is armed with a pronounced case of logorrhea , an untamed curiosity, an ability to befriend almost anyone. \u2014 The Washington Post, The Denver Post , 31 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1892, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022952"
},
"logy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun combining form",
"noun suffix"
],
"definitions":[
": sluggish , groggy",
": oral or written expression",
": doctrine : theory : science",
": area of knowledge : science"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-g\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"burned-out",
"burnt-out",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the next morning I was feeling logy , having stayed up half the night"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1847, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224457"
},
"loll":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to hang loosely or laxly : droop":[
"a dog with its tongue lolling out"
],
": to act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner : lounge":[
"He lolled around in his pajamas all day."
],
": to let droop or dangle":[
"lolled his tongue out in contempt"
],
": the act of lolling : a relaxed posture":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4l"
],
"synonyms":[
"droop",
"flag",
"hang",
"sag",
"swag",
"wilt"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for loll Verb idle , loaf , lounge , loll , laze mean to spend time doing nothing. idle may be used in reference to persons that move lazily or without purpose. idled the day away loaf suggests either resting or wandering about as though there were nothing to do. she does her work and then loafs the rest of the day lounge , though occasionally used as equal to idle or loaf , typically conveys an additional implication of resting or reclining against a support or of physical comfort and ease in relaxation. he lounged against the wall loll also carries an implication of a posture similar to that of lounge , but places greater stress upon an indolent or relaxed attitude. lolling on the couch laze usually implies the relaxation of a busy person enjoying a vacation or moments of leisure. lazed about between appointments",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"a dog with its tongue lolling out",
"Her head was lolling to one side.",
"She was lolling by the pool.",
"He lolled about in his pajamas all day.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Mid-August was always my favorite part of summer: still time to loll in the relaxing heat of the season with the sweet anticipation of a new season waiting in the wings. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Visitors to Gary\u2019s Marquette Park will soon have more to do than just loll around at the beach and gaze at the Chicago skyline. \u2014 Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com , 17 June 2021",
"The community takes particular pride in its Town Green, the scene of summer concerts and kids\u2019 movies, where families loll on the grass with picnic baskets and bottles of wine. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2021",
"Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics Outside the castle, international journalists jostle for space, police ensure mask-wearing crowds maintain social distance and children loll beside their parents. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Apr. 2021",
"The superiority of the wool, extra soft against your skin, goes beyond its feel: Its purveyors loll on landscapes where carbon-capturing practices are carried out, which aim to enhance the soil\u2019s ability to take in more carbon from its surroundings. \u2014 Star Tribune , 16 Aug. 2020",
"In late June, the cones haven\u2019t yet dropped, but a few, the size of mangoes and faded from the sun, loll around beneath their trees. \u2014 Leslie Pariseau, Saveur , 18 Sep. 2017",
"Red elastic bands loll from pegs in the cinderblock like exhausted tongues. \u2014 Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Ten plump mussels lolled in a marinade with a red-siren glow that reminded me of Sichuan chile oil. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1709, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030548"
},
"lolly":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": money":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"I had to cough up the lolly when I lost the bet.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This gourmet chocolate shop makes everything from message heart chocolate lollies to heart truffles. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Boxes of lollies will also be on sale (20 percent off) in See\u2019s shops and online in honor of the holiday. \u2014 Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News , 19 July 2019",
"While Penelope opted for a rainbow dress covered in lollies and sweets, North's dress featured a plethora of candy prints, including gummy bears, jelly beans, and chocolate candies. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2019",
"Adjacent Bronte Road is lined with cafes if you fancy fish and chips, or pop to the kiosk at Bronte Surf Life Saving Club, near the north end, for drinks, snacks, and ice lollies to take away. \u2014 Sophie Davies, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 Mar. 2018",
"Inside this freezer were the ice lollies that were my mother\u2019s only comfort during her dying. \u2014 Deborah Levy, The Cut , 1 July 2018",
"And then one day, a terrible thing happened in the lolly scheme of things. \u2014 Deborah Levy, The Cut , 1 July 2018",
"On a visit to the factory last March, Mr Macri praised its franchise business model and its pistachio-flavoured lollies . \u2014 The Economist , 18 Jan. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for lollipop":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202041"
},
"lone":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": having no company : solitary":[],
": preferring solitude":[],
": only , sole":[],
": situated by itself : isolated":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"one",
"one-off",
"only",
"singular",
"sole",
"solitary",
"special",
"sui generis",
"unique"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lone alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death",
"examples":[
"the lone ripe apple in the entire bag",
"just one lone cow in the middle of the field",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After Anthony Santander singled in the first inning, 19 of the next 20 Orioles batters were retired by right-hander Jonathan Heasley \u2014 with the lone exception coming on an error that allowed Trey Mancini to reach base. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
"The lone exception to this rule was the 1994 assault weapons ban, inspired by a mass shooting in San Francisco. \u2014 Jake Bittle, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"Perhaps the lone exception is Midge Costanza, who used her position as a public liaison for Jimmy Carter to broker a White House meeting with gay activists, Kameny among them. \u2014 Michael Waters, The New Yorker , 31 May 2022",
"For a Portland team that has largely struggled to find scores lately \u2014 the lone exception being their 7-2 record-setting explosion against Sporting KC \u2014 this could be a tough one. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
"Also in the medium category are eight of the nine counties in the San Francisco Bay Area (the lone exception is Napa County) and the coastal counties north of the Bay Area, as well as Santa Cruz County and Yolo County. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
"Water reservoirs are depleted throughout, with the lone exception being those in Washington. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 12 May 2022",
"The Nissan Maxima earns top marks across IIHS's safety tests, with its headlight performance being the lone exception. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
"Mariemont's lone loss came late in the regular season to Division I Olentangy Liberty 14-13. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, short for alone":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014924"
},
"lonely":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": being without company : lone":[
"too many lonely nights at home"
],
": cut off from others : solitary":[
"the train stopped frequently at lonely little stations",
"\u2014 Robert Hichens"
],
": not frequented by human beings : desolate":[
"a lonely spot in the woods"
],
": sad from being alone : lonesome":[
"He was feeling lonely without his wife and children."
],
": producing a feeling of bleakness or desolation":[
"it's a lonely thing to be a champion",
"\u2014 G. B. Shaw"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dn-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"lonesome",
"single",
"solitary",
"solo",
"unaccompanied"
],
"antonyms":[
"accompanied"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lonely alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death",
"examples":[
"He was lonely without his wife and children.",
"She was a lonely child with few friends.",
"It was lonely living out in the country.",
"She spent too many lonely nights at home.",
"She had a lonely childhood.",
"a lonely spot in the woods",
"a lonely stretch of road",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lustig's New York City is grimy, dark, and lonely , a fascinating and terrifying wonderland where danger lurks around every corner. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Quarantining was lonely and challenging for the two, who had arrived in Oakland only months before lockdowns went into effect. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Whereas other locales in the F1 paddock may have felt unattainable or relatively lonely and tame, McLaren felt welcoming and lively. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 13 May 2022",
"Bibb will play Dinah, a kind but lonely member of high society. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"The pandemic experience of trying to stave off illness left aging residents of congregate care socially isolated and lonely . \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"With blood trickling down from his eye, and lonely \u2013 probably, since the nearest defender was 20 feet away \u2013 Giannis Antetokounmpo gets the catch-and-shoot, fourth-quarter three-point shot from a heads-up pass from Wesley Matthews. Nails it. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
"Maybe being a single mom magnified the feelings also, because doing it alone can be so hard and sometimes lonely . \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 7 May 2022",
"Vogue\u2019s top editor since 1988 and the global chief content officer of Cond\u00e9 Nast since 2020, Ms. Wintour is no stranger to the lonely , queenlike feeling of being at the top. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 3 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210220"
},
"lonesome":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sad or dejected as a result of lack of companionship or separation from others":[
"don't be lonesome while we are gone"
],
": causing a feeling of loneliness":[
"the empty house seemed so lonesome"
],
": remote , unfrequented":[
"look down, look down that lonesome road",
"\u2014 Gene Austin"
],
": lone":[],
": self":[
"sat all by his lonesome"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dn-s\u0259m",
"\u02c8l\u014dn(t)-s\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"lonely",
"lorn"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lonesome Adjective alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He was lonesome for his family.",
"The empty house seemed so lonesome .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Fort Solis features the vocal talents of Troy Baker as a medical officer in the titular fort, where something horrible is happening on a lonesome planet where assistance is not close at hand. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
"The lonesome death of the iPod might seem long overdue. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
"Discovered by former editor-in-chief Csaba Csere in the 1980s after the section of Sierra High-way previously used for testing became too busy, the road remains lonesome . \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The new novel opens with Bix Bouton taking a lonesome walk. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The song is pulled together by \u2014 what else? \u2014 the lonesome moan of a saxophone, provided by P.E.\u2019s Benjamin Jaffe. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022",
"For an extra five grand, there\u2019s a two-burner induction cooktop and a sink, for those lonesome nights out on the range with the dogies. \u2014 John Seabrook, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Now that the once-private, lonesome pursuit of long-distance running is an increasingly public exercise, there\u2019s more incentive than ever to chronicle our successes and failures for an expectant readership. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 22 Oct. 2021",
"And that has left me in very lonesome spots sometimes. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The problem is this: There are not many dog drivers in the sport these days who can deal with, or want to deal with, the extreme temperatures and long lonesome runs that the Yukon Quest requires. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"Follow-up images show Kardashian posing by her lonesome , as others see the mother of one on the red carpet for the premiere event. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The vibe was chatty, convivial, and most of all crowded\u2014a pointed rejoinder to last year\u2019s lonesome , COVID-era solo performance by the Weeknd. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 14 Feb. 2022",
"As the name suggests, this event features a single, female participant tasked with quickly navigating a sled down the windy, icy track all by her lonesome . \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 5 Feb. 2022",
"But the real killer might be Fresno State wedged between the journey to the high lonesome and the season finale at Nevada \u2014 three games in six days in three different states and two at elevation. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Many of the most important Western films have, in one way or another, complicated the lonesome -and-noble male archetype. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 Jan. 2022",
"May no one reading this ever have to repack a rug and lug it to your local UPS drop-off point all on your lonesome . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The 21st person, who remained stuck on another car by their lonesome , was rescued several hours later. \u2014 Emmett Jones, Fox News , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1899, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230305"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name ()",
"noun",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
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": having greater length than usual",
": having greater height than usual : tall",
": having a greater length than breadth : elongated",
": having a greater length than desirable or necessary",
": full-length",
": having a specified length",
": forming the chief linear dimension",
": extending over a considerable time",
": having a specified duration",
": prolonged beyond the usual time",
": lasting too long : tedious",
": containing many items in a series",
": having a specified number of units",
": consisting of a greater number or amount than usual : large",
": having a relatively long duration",
": being the member of a pair of similarly spelled vowel or vowel-containing sounds that is descended from a vowel long in duration",
": of relatively extended duration",
": bearing a stress or accent",
": having the capacity to reach, extend, or travel a considerable distance",
": larger or longer than the standard",
": extending far into the future",
": extending beyond what is known",
": payable after a considerable period",
": possessing a high degree or a great deal of something specified : strong",
": of an unusual degree of difference between the amounts wagered on each side",
": of or relating to the larger amount wagered",
": subject to great odds",
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": past one's best days : old",
": having little time left to do or enjoy something",
": for or during a long time",
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": for the duration of a specified period",
": at a point of time far before or after a specified moment or event",
": after or beyond a specified or implied time",
": for a considerable distance",
": in or into a long position (as on a market)",
": a long period of time",
": a long syllable",
": one taking a long position especially in a security or commodity market",
": long trousers",
": a size in clothing for tall men",
": gist",
": to feel a strong desire or craving especially for something not likely to be attained",
": to be suitable or fitting",
"longitude",
": of great length from end to end : not short",
": lasting for some time : not brief",
": being more than the usual length",
": having a stated length (as in distance or time)",
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": for or during a long time",
": for the whole length of",
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": a long time",
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"\u2014 compare short",
"Crawford Williamson 1815\u20131878 American surgeon",
"Pierce 1893\u20131935 American politician",
"Stephen Harriman 1784\u20131864 American army officer and explorer"
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"Noun",
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"Verb (1)",
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"Verb (2)",
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"great",
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"long",
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"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02c8win-d\u0259d",
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"prolix",
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"windy",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175247"
},
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": to search for : seek",
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": to rely upon",
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": to use the power of vision : see",
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": to take care of",
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": to get better",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There are still years\u2019 worth of untouched observations to look forward to as the mission continues, and astronomers know it. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 22 June 2022",
"Zyrann has much to look forward to, but challenges remain. \u2014 courier-journal.com , 22 June 2022",
"Just look how cute Stitch comes off in the sequin suit! \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"Hitting a milestone age is a perfect time to look forward \u2014 and, sometimes wistfully, back. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
"Just look at those sideburns -- and all that leather... \u2014 Andrew Torgan, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"Other iOS 16 features to look forward to, meanwhile, include a new notification design. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 18 June 2022",
"The sisters look forward to reading with the children once COVID-19 restrictions are loosened. \u2014 Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"Just look back to Magic Johnson in a fur jacket in 1988 or Dennis Rodman\u2019s entire headline-making career as proof. \u2014 Max Berlinger, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Minus some adjustments to tailoring and fabrication, the boilersuit remains true to its classic utilitarian origins, with design details like pockets, zippers, and collars lending its signature look . \u2014 Nicole Kliest, Vogue , 11 June 2022",
"For her first look , Spears went with a traditional bridal gown from the Italian fashion house featuring a 10-foot-long train, a choker, and sheer fingerless gloves. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 11 June 2022",
"Scaling taste at this level requires individual items play well with other styles so that the customer can create his or her personal look . \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Then, in May, Spears gave fans a peek at her wedding-day look while introducing her new cat Wendy. \u2014 Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"The actress's black stilettos and septum nose piercing further added an edge to her otherwise classic look . \u2014 Melody Leibner, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 June 2022",
"While wearing her red look , Spears and Madonna recreated their legendary kiss from the 2003 MTV VMAs. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"Her entire look was topped off with diamonds on her neck, ears, and fingers. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 9 June 2022",
"Mike Tyson dropped yesterday, offering the internet its first look at Trevante Rhodes as the titular figure. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 9 June 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214120"
},
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"verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185350"
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"Noun",
"The troops posted a lookout for the night.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Wildlife biologists have been on the lookout for the bird and had equipment and a plan to catch it and move it to a wildlife sanctuary. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Keep on the lookout for special events like Super Monster Movie Fest. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
"Drivers heading up the Pacific Coast should be on the lookout for the town of Mendocino, where a gallon now costs $9.60. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Be on the lookout for air purifiers that automatically assess the air quality in your space and adjust the speed of filtration accordingly. \u2014 Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022",
"There\u2019s an entirely new set of behaviors and animations for bots actively on the lookout for players. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"One issue the Bears face: The NFLPA will be on the lookout for potential repeat violations. \u2014 Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"South Carolina and Connecticut have warned parents to be on the lookout for scams and encouraged them to report problems with online sellers to the state. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"Jourdanton police are searching for a suspect wanted in a murder and are warning people to be on the lookout for 44-year-old Luis Daniel Rodriguez. \u2014 Dennis Rudner, San Antonio Express-News , 6 June 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-180509"
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"Noun",
"The troops posted a lookout for the night.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked doctors to be on the lookout for the seemingly rare, but increasingly reported phenomenon. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Upstairs is an attic that served as a barracks and a lookout . \u2014 John Malathronas, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
"After a lookout bulletin was issued, Vestavia Hills police spotted the vehicle and tried to stop it. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 12 Oct. 2021",
"By the end of the day, the lookout had been visited by several dozen birders and a flock of 60 chatty middle-schoolers. \u2014 Melissa Groo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Wildlife biologists have been on the lookout for the bird and had equipment and a plan to catch it and move it to a wildlife sanctuary. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Keep on the lookout for special events like Super Monster Movie Fest. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
"Drivers heading up the Pacific Coast should be on the lookout for the town of Mendocino, where a gallon now costs $9.60. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Be on the lookout for air purifiers that automatically assess the air quality in your space and adjust the speed of filtration accordingly. \u2014 Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Robert Brennan"
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"\u2014 Cindy Kilass"
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"Investigators are looking into the cause of the accident."
],
": to direct one's attention away from something unpleasant or troublesome":[
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],
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"sound"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"He looked straight ahead and kept walking.",
"When you take a walk, look around you.",
"She smiled at me and then looked away.",
"He looked back the way he had come.",
"Look both ways before you cross the street.",
"When I finally reached the top I was afraid to look down.",
"She looked from one person to the next.",
"They looked off into the distance.",
"He was looking over his shoulder.",
"Her new haircut makes her look young.",
"Noun",
"I don't think you left it here, but I'll take a look around for it.",
"I took a quick look , but he wasn't there.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This is a good time to look around the landscape and garden and do a bit of summer maintenance. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 2 July 2022",
"Crypto fundraising is much like the real-world kind \u2014 the skill lies in knowing where to look (and whom to thank). \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Those viral proteins look very similar to some proteins in the pancreas, and damage to the pancreas by the immune system can eventually prevent the body from processing glucose normally. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 2 July 2022",
"Here, Pinto opens her personal camera roll to T&C to share a behind-the-scenes look at Mr. Malcolm\u2019s List, and the moments that didn\u2019t make it on screen. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"As most of the cast cheers \u2014 and a few of them look confused \u2014 the 30-time host goes on to explain a little bit more about how the game will work. \u2014 Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Overall other controls have a very premium look and feel including the knurling on the central control knob and volume roller as well as door handles and seat controls. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Kishi V2's joysticks look and feel identical to those found on a Switch Joy-Con, right down to the tiny notches in each cardinal direction. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
"To understand how the clouds form, researchers need to look at the diversity of the cloud features in the Jovian atmosphere and create a catalogue of them. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Acielle Tanbetova is backstage at the Paris spring 2023 menswear shows to get a first look at all of the accessory, beauty, and clothing trends at Givenchy, Y/Project, Dior Mens, Rick Owens, and more. \u2014 Acielle / Style Du Monde, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Higher Ground \u2014 Barack and Michelle Obama's production company \u2014 signed an exclusive multi-year first- look production deal with Audible, Amazon's audiobook and podcast service. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"The deal follows Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer\u2019s New Republic Pictures signing a first- look deal for film and TV with the Jude Law- and Ben Jackson-run banner. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"Billy Porter has signed a first look deal with FX Productions to develop new content through his production company Incognegro with his producing partner D.J. Gugenheim. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"As a result of the deal, Audible will have exclusive first- look rights to all podcasts created by Higher Ground, the production company that the Obamas created in 2018. \u2014 Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Barack and Michelle Obama\u2019s production company, Higher Ground, has signed an exclusive, multiyear, worldwide first- look deal with Amazon subsidiary Audible, the audio content company announced Tuesday. \u2014 Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"But the first serious look at the Australian language, by Sidney Baker, a New Zealander, came out in 1945. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Edwards shared a series of photos of the romantic beach proposal \u2014 and a first look at her engagement ring \u2014 on Instagram. \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 18 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English l\u014dcian ; akin to Old Saxon l\u014dc\u014dn to look":"Verb and Noun"
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"Storm clouds loomed on the horizon.",
"The mountains loom above the valley."
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"examples":[
"Every family includes someone who's a little loony .",
"that's got to be the looniest idea I've ever heard",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Monday, during the team\u2019s victory parade down Market Street, Klay added to his loony legacy. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
"That was them \u2014 and one farting-corpse feature film later, Daniels have made a name for themselves as go-to absurdists with a love of loony FX, dark comedy and some odd, left-turn swerves into pathos. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Are White, a film that abounds in lovely oddities and gently loony surprises. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
"At 51, Hartig is more the fun, loony uncle than the mischievous scalawag\u2014a somewhat shy eccentric with angst disguised as devil-may-care. \u2014 Christina Binkley, Town & Country , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Ragtime goes wrong from the opening credits when Forman skips Scott Joplin syncopation for a loony Twyla Tharp waltz. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 12 Nov. 2021",
"And even after a loony back-and-forth against the Utes, in Salt Lake City. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Sep. 2021",
"The Cadets' Greatest Hits,'' which includes their wonderfully loony ''Stranded In The Jungle'' and 22 more of their ballads, novelty numbers, and stomping West Coast rock and roll. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
"Even so, Trump continued to demand that the department investigate a variety of loony conspiracies, including a plot to erase Trump votes using Italian military satellites. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021"
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"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
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"sane",
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"examples":[
"anyone living alone in that remote cabin would be sure to go loony tunes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then, the 130-pounders started their combat, and Cecelia went loony tunes . \u2014 Star Tribune , 19 Dec. 2020",
"Some of the Eckhardt's best moments, the ones that made his loony tunes character relatable, were Hauser ad libs. \u2014 Dante A. Ciampaglia, Newsweek , 17 Jan. 2018"
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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"daffy",
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"dotty",
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"fool",
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"Every family includes someone who's a little loony .",
"that's got to be the looniest idea I've ever heard",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Monday, during the team\u2019s victory parade down Market Street, Klay added to his loony legacy. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
"That was them \u2014 and one farting-corpse feature film later, Daniels have made a name for themselves as go-to absurdists with a love of loony FX, dark comedy and some odd, left-turn swerves into pathos. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Are White, a film that abounds in lovely oddities and gently loony surprises. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
"At 51, Hartig is more the fun, loony uncle than the mischievous scalawag\u2014a somewhat shy eccentric with angst disguised as devil-may-care. \u2014 Christina Binkley, Town & Country , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Ragtime goes wrong from the opening credits when Forman skips Scott Joplin syncopation for a loony Twyla Tharp waltz. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 12 Nov. 2021",
"And even after a loony back-and-forth against the Utes, in Salt Lake City. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Sep. 2021",
"The Cadets' Greatest Hits,'' which includes their wonderfully loony ''Stranded In The Jungle'' and 22 more of their ballads, novelty numbers, and stomping West Coast rock and roll. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
"Even so, Trump continued to demand that the department investigate a variety of loony conspiracies, including a plot to erase Trump votes using Italian military satellites. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021"
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"Verb",
"The road loops around the pond.",
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"She looped a string around her finger.",
"He sat with his arms looped around his knees.",
"The ball looped over the shortstop's head into left field for a single.",
"The batter hit a looping single to left field.",
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"The quarterback looped a pass downfield."
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"He used a spade to loosen the soil.",
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"After eating so much I had to loosen my belt.",
"When the meeting was over he loosened his tie.",
"One of the screws had loosened a bit and had to be tightened.",
"Each generation seems to loosen the established standards of behavior.",
"Standards of behavior seem to be loosening everywhere.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The water seeps underneath the shell and helps loosen its grip on the soft white within. \u2014 Andy Baraghani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"This year's guest list also underscores how some leaders inside the establishment wing of the Republican Party and their allies on the right are increasingly eager to move on from Trump and loosen his grip on the conservative movement. \u2014 Robert Costa, CBS News , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Consider my recent trip into Portugal's Alentejo region just as the COVID delta variant was starting to loosen its grip on Europe. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The pandemic's refusal to loosen its grip over the first year of his presidency hammered his reputation for competence. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
"But Hamdok resigned on Sunday, after the military refused to loosen its grip on power. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
"To combat heat exhaustion, move to a cool place, loosen your clothes, put cool, wet cloths on your body or take a cool bath and sip water. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 12 June 2022",
"Here's what didn\u2019t happen: All the flesh on my face did not loosen and fall off my cheekbones, leaving me looking instantly elderly. \u2014 Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"Executives and analysts say the situation could worsen because there are no plans to add significant refining capacity, and fuel demand will grow throughout the summer as drivers hit the road and more economies loosen Covid-19 restrictions. \u2014 Peter Santilli, WSJ , 28 May 2022"
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"asked the school administrators to loosen up the rules on what can be printed on T-shirts",
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"Noun",
"After raiding the town, the soldiers helped themselves to any loot that they could find.",
"The thieves got a lot of loot in the robbery.",
"He made a lot of loot selling cars.",
"Verb",
"The soldiers were looting every house that they came to.",
"Soldiers swept through the territory, looting , burning, and killing.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Moreover, the rest of the loot will go to the town of Adak. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 June 2022",
"Going along with Blizzard\u2019s season-long plans, battle passes will be replacing Overwatch\u2019s loot boxes, providing players a way to pay for rare cosmetic items and other rewards. \u2014 Teddy Amenabar, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Officials in some jurisdictions are scrutinizing loot boxes, which are banned in Belgium. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Still, loot boxes generated more than $15 billion in 2020. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
"Dorit says one of the intruders was grabbing the loot and asking for watches and cash. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"After a few seconds of battling back the mob, the woman dropped her bags and the pigs absconded with their loot . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"But the two men didn\u2019t initially realize that a GPS device in their loot allowed police to track them turn by turn. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 12 May 2022",
"The thing is, there's a massive community of players out there who don't know these tricks or even have great loot to take on the challenge. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Unlike, say, Amy Wild ( Indy Lewis ), who has a romantic view of her father Frank\u2019s work and will be cruelly disillusioned, after helping her father raise the La Fortuna loot from the floor of the Atlantic. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Massey was later captured on surveillance video helping to loot and destroy four businesses, including a West Loop cellphone store and the Windy City Cannabis marijuana dispensary on the Near North Side. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"In 2019, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill that would ban loot boxes in games aimed at players under 18. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Bloomberg.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"To loot the tomb, Bushman quickly resorts to violence, killing the lead archaeologist and others. \u2014 Men's Health , 27 Apr. 2022",
"On Thursday, the US Treasury Department placed sanctions on the digital wallet the hackers used to loot the funds from Ronin Network. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Roger Ng is most likely the only person who will face trial in the United States in connection with a scheme to loot billions from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. \u2014 Matthew Goldstein, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"New YorkFormer Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng was convicted by a U.S. jury on Friday of conspiring to violate an anti-corruption law to help loot hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia's 1MDB development fund. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But in reality, the app is a malicious program designed to loot the cryptocurrency funds of users, Trezor parent company SatoshiLabs warned in a blog post. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"Hindi & Urdu l\u016b\u1e6d ; akin to Sanskrit lu\u1e47\u1e6dati he plunders":"Noun and Verb"
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"Verb",
"The horses loped easily across the fields.",
"He went loping up the hill.",
"The outfielder loped after the ball.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The bear passed before him at a lope , 50 yards away. \u2014 National Geographic , 19 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The vehicle can also lope around town at 1,500 rpm in fifth gear, then erupt with low-end torque in a way no other V-12 model can. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 6 June 2022",
"And the effort required to lope stiff-legged across the powdery surface guzzled the air and cooling water in his backpack, limiting his time outside the relative safety of the lunar module. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
"The gray wolf that made headlines in 2011 for becoming the first lobo in nearly a century to lope in California\u2019s wilderness is presumed dead. \u2014 Suzanne Espinosa Solis, SFChronicle.com , 15 Apr. 2020",
"The dancers, like multicolored gazelles, flit and lope and skitter and spin, each following a distinct and singular trajectory. \u2014 Marina Harss, The New Yorker , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Stubby hind legs increase energy efficiency, allowing the animals to lope easily across the ground. \u2014 Christine Dell'amore, National Geographic , 14 June 2019",
"Soon Flora Bundy will return for her second witness interview and a lion or two may lope through the den, checking on how the inquiry is going. \u2014 Anne Carson, Harper's magazine , 10 June 2019",
"These days, Dublin City seems to be flexing another muscle: Cyclists flood the streets, runners lope along park trails and, on the edges of this coastal metropolis, kite surfers dot the sky. \u2014 Brigid Mander, WSJ , 2 Aug. 2018",
"Bassist Benny Trokan underlines the tunefulness with nimble lines that lope and chug, girding every song with a snappy precision and providing ballast for the strings that gild some of the tracks. \u2014 Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader , 29 June 2018"
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},
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"1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"\u02c8l\u00e4p-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u0259d",
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"skewed",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slantwise",
"tilted",
"tipping",
"uneven"
],
"antonyms":[
"even",
"level",
"straight"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The house had a lopsided porch.",
"They won the game by a lopsided score of 25\u20133.",
"a lopsided vote of 99 to 1",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The government made the lopsided distribution even though NYU Langone is far wealthier. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The timeouts were longer, there were no overtimes, and all of the lopsided scores reduced the intensity of typically high-stress, high-energy late-game moments. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Almost too easy after winning its first two games by lopsided scores. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Trump, as president, twice endorsed Brooks\u2019 congressional campaigns that resulted in lopsided wins. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"Then there are your closed-lip smile, your flirtatious smile, your guilty smile, and your lopsided smile. \u2014 Myra Sack, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Golden State did a tremendous job in reasserting themselves as a force to be reckoned with, winning a lopsided Game 2 by a score of 107-88. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Tennis, like all games, marks time in various ways, and, along with enduring, there is what Gauff and \u015awi\u0105tek provided in Saturday\u2019s final, regardless of the lopsided outcome: the chance to see and contemplate becoming. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
"Swiatek has been an irresistible force on every surface for the last four months, racking up lopsided victories with her cap pulled low and her intensity cranked up high. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165907"
},
"lord":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": one having power and authority over others:",
": a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due",
": one of whom a fee or estate is held in feudal tenure",
": an owner of land or other real (see real entry 1 sense 2 ) property",
": the male head of a household",
": husband",
": one that has achieved mastery or that exercises leadership or great power in some area",
": god sense 1",
": jesus",
": a man of rank or high position: such as",
": a feudal tenant whose right or title comes directly from the king",
": a British nobleman: such as",
": baron sense 2a",
": a hereditary peer of the rank of marquess , earl, or viscount",
": the son of a duke or a marquess or the eldest son of an earl",
": a bishop of the Church of England",
": house of lords",
": a person chosen to preside over a festival",
": to act like a lord",
": to put on airs",
": a person having power and authority over others",
": god sense 1",
": jesus christ",
": a British nobleman or bishop",
": to act in a proud or bossy way toward others"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022frd",
"\u02c8l\u022frd"
],
"synonyms":[
"baron",
"captain",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"monarch",
"Napoleon",
"prince",
"tycoon"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He became a lord upon the death of his father.",
"as lords of the local real estate scene, they own nearly all of the city's prime pieces of property",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Someone who saw horror as the future of movies and who fought his powerful father, a lord of old Hollywood, to make that future a reality. \u2014 Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"The will of Zeus was realized From the time strife first rose between the son Of Atreus, lord of men, and bright Achilles. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Promethean Japanese director Akira Kurosawa with his masterpiece historical epic Ran about a feudal lord and his three sons vying for control of it. \u2014 Donald Liebenson, Town & Country , 31 Jan. 2022",
"This Emperor Palpatine-esque image that positioned commissioner Manfred as the dark lord of the Sith-like MLB faction. \u2014 Jules Posner, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Apple, lord of the iPhone, has nearly $17 billion in cash and more than $113 billion in marketable securities. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Who knew that 2021 was just waiting for a highbrow feminist gloss on Phantom of the Opera piano goth, curated by dark- lord production gods Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross? \u2014 Alex Suskind, EW.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
"In 1801, while Greece was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, several of these blocks were taken by Thomas Bruce, the lord of Elgin, who was then the British ambassador to Constantinople. \u2014 Zoe Chevalier, ABC News , 17 Nov. 2021",
"In England, Christian routinely stays with a future English lord whose father currently holds a seat in Parliament\u2019s House of Lords. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Nearly a decade ago, Zuckerberg recognized that Apple and Google could lord over his company via their respective mobile operating systems and app stores. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The cancelation of the game meant an entire year without someone being able to lord it over their best friends. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Neither the townsfolk nor the tourists lord it over the others or pity each other. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Do not lord over them \u2014 with direct orders or by implication. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Oct. 2021",
"That said, Kalmar doesn\u2019t plan to lord his experience over his future students, which will include instrumentalists as well as aspiring conductors. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 10 May 2021",
"The Spartans can lord it over the Wolverines in football until at least Oct. 16, 2021. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 1 Nov. 2020",
"The novel is the story of a great inversion, one in which the ruled replace their rulers but end up lording it over each other in just the same way as the old regime. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Yet right here, politicians act as if a health crisis gives them license to lord over the most private activities of America people in ways that are wholly inconsistent with the spirit and letter of the Constitution. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 13 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222427"
},
"lordly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a lord : dignified":[],
": grand , noble":[],
": exhibiting the pride and assurance associated with one of the highest birth or rank":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022frd-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lordly proud , arrogant , haughty , lordly , insolent , overbearing , supercilious , disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors. proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness. too proud to take charity arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted. a conceited and arrogant executive haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position. a haughty aristocrat lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power. a lordly condescension insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness. ignored by an insolent waiter overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence. an overbearing supervisor supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness. an aloof and supercilious manner disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness. disdainful of their social inferiors",
"examples":[
"a lordly and dignified man",
"He regarded his neighbors with lordly disdain.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From 1958 to 1961, sulking Giants and Dodgers fans had to put up with the lordly Yankees winning three pennants and two World Series. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The lordly African lion in his zoo grotto will cast a sentimental glance at his shaggy mate. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The latest entry in the MCU picked up $90.7 million internationally, which pushes its global total to a lordly $161.7 million. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Player for player Atlanta shouldn\u2019t be scaring the lordly Dodgers like this. \u2014 Ray Glier, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"In 2015, a campaign spokesperson made an even more lordly valuation\u2014a hundred million. \u2014 Bruce Handy, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2021",
"His absence seemed lordly and dismissive, which is precisely what Ossoff accused Perdue of being. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The earliest days of Christianity involved the repossession of the sacred from the stewardship of politics, with all its lordly pretensions, into the hands of community in the form of the Church. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 4 Sep. 2020",
"What began as a lordly duty to protect eventually extended beyond caring for the lame, beyond the untended child. \u2014 Melissa Chadburn, The New York Review of Books , 27 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002709"
},
"lorn":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": left alone and forlorn : desolate , forsaken":[
"When she entered the room she was dressed very plainly as was her custom, and a thick veil covered her face; but still she was dressed with care. There was nothing of the dowdiness of the lone lorn woman about her \u2026",
"\u2014 William Thackeray",
"The whole consciousness of my life lorn , my love lost, my hope quenched, my faith death-struck, swayed full and mighty above me in one sullen mass.",
"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb",
"Then the young woman suddenly returns to her husband, and the lorn Petra declines into drunkenness.",
"\u2014 Stanley Kauffmann"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022frn"
],
"synonyms":[
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"lonely",
"lonesome"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"lorn beyond all description, the widow struggled to cope with her crushing grief"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from loren , past participle of lesen to lose, from Old English l\u0113osan \u2014 more at lose":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180524"
},
"lose":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to bring to destruction":[
"\u2014 used chiefly in passive construction the ship was lost on the reef"
],
": damn":[
"if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul",
"\u2014 Matthew 16:26 (King James Version)"
],
": to miss from one's possession or from a customary or supposed place":[
"lost his glove"
],
": to suffer deprivation of : part with especially in an unforeseen or accidental manner":[
"lost his leg in an auto accident"
],
": to suffer loss through the death or removal of or final separation from (a person)":[
"lost a son in the war"
],
": to fail to keep control of or allegiance (see allegiance sense 2 ) of":[
"lose votes",
"lost his temper"
],
": to fail to use : let slip by : waste":[
"no time to lose"
],
": to fail to win, gain, or obtain":[
"lose a prize",
"lose a contest"
],
": to undergo defeat in":[
"lost every battle"
],
": to fail to catch with the senses or the mind":[
"lost what she said"
],
": to cause the loss of":[],
": to fail to keep, sustain, or maintain":[
"lost my balance"
],
": to cause to miss one's way or bearings":[
"lost himself in the maze of streets"
],
": to make (oneself) withdrawn from immediate reality":[
"lost herself in daydreaming"
],
": to wander or go astray from":[
"lost his way"
],
": to draw away from : outstrip":[
"lost his pursuers"
],
": to fail to keep in sight or in mind":[
"lost the thief in the crowded street"
],
": to free oneself from : get rid of":[
"dieting to lose weight"
],
": regurgitate , vomit":[
"\u2014 often used in such phrases as lose one's lunch"
],
": to undergo deprivation of something of value":[
"investors lost heavily"
],
": to undergo defeat":[
"lose with good grace"
],
": to run slow":[],
": to suffer loss or disadvantage : fail to advance or improve":[],
": to become overwhelmed with strong emotion : lose one's composure":[
"so angry I almost lost it"
],
": to fall in love":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fcz"
],
"synonyms":[
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She's always losing her gloves.",
"Hold my hand: I don't want to lose you.",
"We lost the game by a score of 4\u20132.",
"He lost his title in the rematch.",
"The team lost three games but won the next four.",
"The team lost in the finals.",
"an athlete known for losing with grace",
"He hates to lose when money is involved.",
"How could she play that well and still lose ?",
"The country lost its independence 50 years ago.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Saenz and Dudley Poston, a sociology professor emeritus at Texas A&M University, calculated that states lose about $3,500 in federal money for every person not counted in the census. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 June 2022",
"So did the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation, which said finding new water should offer relief to farmers who could lose if water shortages force big cutbacks. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
"Children who witness shootings, or lose loved ones \u2014 like parents \u2014 to gun violence are at higher risk of struggling from substance use, depression, anxiety and PTSD, the organization said. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
"The study did not assess the motivation of people who received IUDs then, but there were concerns women could lose access to birth control after Trump promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act on the campaign trail. \u2014 Amanda Holpuch, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"The study did not assess the motivation of people who received IUDs then, but there were concerns women could lose access to birth control after Mr. Trump promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act on the campaign trail. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"And if Watson were to go to trial and lose , his reputation and career would likely be ruined. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"And be sure all of that documentation is going to an outside email, Bradford warned, because one of the first things terminated residents lose is access to their institutional email. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Muscle tone diminishes and children lose the ability to walk and eventually, talk. \u2014 Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English losian to perish, lose, from los destruction; akin to Old English l\u0113osan to lose; akin to Old Norse losa to loosen, Latin luere to atone for, Greek lyein to loosen, dissolve, destroy":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200643"
},
"loss":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": destruction , ruin":[
"\u2026 quitted all to save / A world from utter loss \u2026",
"\u2014 John Milton",
"habitat loss"
],
": the act or fact of being unable to keep or maintain something or someone":[
"blood loss",
"hair loss",
"loss of a toe from frostbite",
"The accident was attributed to the drivers' loss of control.",
"Success or failure in the playoffs can ride on one momentary loss of composure.",
"\u2014 Ric Bucher",
"Activists \u2026 pushed for reform that would have forced the state to compensate the property owner for the loss of his livelihood.",
"\u2014 James Bovard",
"The tax was blamed for the loss of jobs in the country's food manufacturing sector.",
"\u2014 Helen Branswell",
"The team overcame the loss of its best player \u2026 to a torn ACL in its 10th game \u2026",
"\u2014 Jeff Johnson"
],
": the partial or complete deterioration or absence of a physical capability or function":[
"a temporary loss of taste and smell",
"severe memory loss",
"loss of appetite",
"loss of consciousness",
"\u2026 one in about 350 babies is born deaf or hard of hearing in Minnesota each year. I was surprised to learn that this makes hearing loss the most common condition present at birth.",
"\u2014 Ann Busche"
],
"\u2014 see also loss of life":[
"a temporary loss of taste and smell",
"severe memory loss",
"loss of appetite",
"loss of consciousness",
"\u2026 one in about 350 babies is born deaf or hard of hearing in Minnesota each year. I was surprised to learn that this makes hearing loss the most common condition present at birth.",
"\u2014 Ann Busche"
],
": the harm or privation resulting from losing or being separated from someone or something":[
"Her sudden death was a great loss to the community.",
"experienced a deep sense/feeling of loss"
],
": an instance of losing someone or something":[
"mourning the loss of a dear friend to cancer",
"She lamented the loss of their friendship."
],
": a person or thing or an amount that is lost: such as":[],
": killed, wounded, or captured soldiers":[
"The regiment suffered terrible losses ."
],
": the power diminution of a circuit (see circuit entry 1 sense 4a ) or circuit element corresponding to conversion of electrical energy into heat by resistance (see resistance entry 1 sense 4a )":[],
": failure to gain, win, obtain, or utilize":[
"loss of income/revenue",
"loss of a game",
"the party's losses in the election",
"Research hasn't revealed any permanent effects on the body resulting from sleep loss , but don't take that as an endorsement for skipping z's.",
"\u2014 Brad Wetzler"
],
": an amount by which the cost of something exceeds its selling price":[
"profits and losses",
"The business is operating at a loss .",
"sold the stock at a loss"
],
": decrease in amount, magnitude, value, or degree":[
"his recent weight loss",
"a loss in altitude/temperature",
"Efficiency losses led to lower profits.",
"Shares of tech stocks pared losses as the Nasdaq rallied sharply off the lows of the day.",
"\u2014 Rachel Fox"
],
": the amount of an insured's financial detriment by death or damage that the insurer is liable for":[
"Insured losses arising from a string of tornadoes in Missouri earlier this year may reach more than $139 million \u2026",
"\u2014 Timothy Darragh"
],
": the distance the ball is moved away from the goal during a play":[
"There was a gain of five yards on first down, but a loss of three yards on second down."
],
": uncertain as to how to proceed":[
"was at a loss to explain the discrepancy"
],
": unable to produce what is needed":[
"at a loss for words"
],
": into a state of distress":[
"events had thrown him for a loss"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022fs"
],
"synonyms":[
"mislaying",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquisition",
"gain"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The storm caused widespread loss of electricity.",
"The company's losses for the year were higher than expected.",
"A careless error resulted in the loss of the game.",
"The team suffered a 3\u20132 loss in the last game.",
"The team has an equal number of wins and losses .",
"the party's losses in the recent election",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Any surgeon willing to take on the monumental task of reconstructing a soldier\u2019s face not only had to address loss of function, such as the ability to eat, but also consider aesthetics in order to reflect what society deemed acceptable. \u2014 Lindsey Fitzharris, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 July 2022",
"That\u2019s why symptoms such as a headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions should prompt a visit to the doctor as soon as possible. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Scherzer kept track of the game, a 2-0 Mets loss , from afar. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
"His patience for the superficial has worn thin, eroded over time by loss , gain, grief, and therapy. \u2014 Khari Nixon, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
"Those hearings have highlighted how Trump's allies hoped the Supreme Court would reverse Trump's election loss , which the conservative high court repeatedly declined to do. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"In addition to Irvin\u2019s loss , the slate\u2019s candidates in competitive primaries for attorney general and secretary of state also were defeated. \u2014 Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"Alex Sigal, a professor at the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa, told Fortune in May that symptoms of the new subvariants are similar to typical Omicron symptoms, which include fever, loss of smell, and malaise. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Some cast members think their characters will be considerably shaken by the loss of their powers \u2014 such as Robert Sheehan's Klaus, who only just mastered his immortality, and Ritu Arya's Lila. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 28 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English los , probably back-formation from lost , past participle of losen to lose":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171252"
},
"lot":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance \u2014 see also throw in one's lot with":[],
": the use of lots as a means of deciding something":[
"One was chosen by lot to represent the group."
],
": the resulting choice":[],
": something that comes to one upon whom a lot has fallen : share":[
"The will provided for equal lots for all the children."
],
": one's way of life or worldly fate : fortune":[
"the lot of man, to suffer and to die",
"\u2014 Alexander Pope"
],
": a portion of land":[],
": a measured parcel of land having fixed boundaries and designated on a plot or survey":[
"built his home on a half-acre lot"
],
": a motion-picture studio and its adjoining property":[],
": an establishment for the storage or sale of motor vehicles":[
"a used car lot"
],
": a number of units of an article, a single article, or a parcel of articles offered as one item (as in an auction sale)":[
"Lot 45 is a dining room set."
],
": all the members of a present group, kind, or quantity":[
"\u2014 usually used with the sampled the whole lot of desserts"
],
": a number of associated persons : set":[
"fell in with a rough lot"
],
": kind , sort":[
"The recruits were a sorry lot ."
],
": a considerable quantity or extent":[
"a lot of money",
"lots of friends"
],
": covering a wide or varied range":[
"received bids all over the lot"
],
": to a considerable degree or extent":[
"this is a lot nicer"
],
": often , frequently":[
"runs a lot every day"
],
": lots":[],
"river 300 miles (483 kilometers) long in southern France flowing west into the Garonne River":[],
": allot , apportion":[],
": to form or divide into lots":[],
": a nephew of Abraham who according to the account in Genesis escaped from the doomed city of Sodom with his wife who turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4t",
"\u02c8l\u022ft"
],
"synonyms":[
"parcel",
"plat",
"plot",
"property",
"tract"
],
"antonyms":[
"allocate",
"allot",
"allow",
"apportion",
"assign",
"distribute",
"ration"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lot Noun (1) fate , destiny , lot , portion , doom mean a predetermined state or end. fate implies an inevitable and usually an adverse outcome. the fate of the submarine is unknown destiny implies something foreordained and often suggests a great or noble course or end. the country's destiny to be a model of liberty to the world lot and portion imply a distribution by fate or destiny, lot suggesting blind chance it was her lot to die childless , portion implying the apportioning of good and evil. remorse was his daily portion doom distinctly implies a grim or calamitous fate. if the rebellion fails, his doom is certain",
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"He bought the vacant lot across the street.",
"They own the house on the corner lot .",
"We took a tour of the Universal lot .",
"The organization has done much to improve the lot of underprivileged youth.",
"Unhappy with her lot in life , she moved to the city to start over.",
"Verb",
"everyone is lotted opportunities in life, and it's their responsibility to take them",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So a fund that may have yielded, say, 7% six months ago (which is about the long-term CEF average) is suddenly yielding a lot more now. \u2014 Michael Foster, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Savannah said there are a lot of things people get wrong about antiabortion activists. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"You\u2019ve said this album is a lot more joyful and self-assured. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The show's a little more clever, a little more vicious, and a lot more fun than the other zombie fare out there. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
"But that would be amazing to bring a ninja warrior to Cincinnati, bring it to the forefront and hopefully get some more gyms and show that this sport has a lot more to offer than just the TV show. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"That holiday cookout will cost you more this year Add Fourth of July cookouts to the list of what Americans will pay more for this year \u2014 a lot more. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"And since almost 1 in 5 Americans are living with an anxiety disorder, that is a lot of people who may see those fears seep into their relationships. \u2014 Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022",
"Aside from the traffic, there could be a lot of other factors to make sitting in traffic worse; the daytime could mean hot temperatures inside the car if air conditioning isn't working or fails. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lot, lott \"object used to decide a matter by chance, decision by the use of such objects, what one receives through such a decision, destiny, share,\" going back to Old English hlot, going back to Germanic *hluta- (whence also Old Frisian hlot, lot \"lot,\" Old High German hluz, Old Norse hlutr ), noun derivative from a verb *hleutan- \"to cast lots\" (whence Old English hl\u0113otan \"to cast lots, obtain, gain as one's lot,\" Old Saxon hliotan \"to obtain,\" Old High German liozan \"to cast lots,\" Old Norse hjl\u00f3ta \"to get by lot, obtain, undergo\"), of uncertain origin":"Noun",
"Middle English lotten, derivative of lot lot entry 1":"Verb",
"Hebrew L\u014d\u1e6d":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1534, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025506"
},
"loth":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dth",
"\u02c8l\u014dt\u035fh"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221335"
},
"loud":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by intensity or volume of sound":[
"loud music"
],
": producing a loud sound":[
"the marten was loud beside them",
"\u2014 David Walker"
],
": clamorous , noisy":[
"a loud crowd of people"
],
": obtrusive or offensive in appearance or smell : obnoxious":[
"the loudest pinstripe suit in history",
"\u2014 John O'Reilly"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lau\u0307d"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for loud loud , stentorian , earsplitting , raucous , strident mean marked by intensity or volume of sound. loud applies to any volume above normal and may suggest undue vehemence or obtrusiveness. loud shouts of protest stentorian implies great power and range. an actor with a stentorian voice earsplitting implies loudness that is physically discomforting. the earsplitting sound of a siren raucous implies a loud harsh grating tone, especially of voice, and may suggest rowdiness. the raucous shouts of drunken revelers strident implies a rasping discordant but insistent quality, especially of voice. the strident voices of hecklers",
"examples":[
"She complained in a loud voice.",
"\u201cIs the television loud enough?\u201d \u201cIt's too loud !\u201d",
"He's known for being loud and aggressive.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Starting July 1, a new law is going into effect that says you can be fined up to $114 for playing loud music in your car. \u2014 Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"As Chelsea gentrified, the bar started receiving complaints about loud music, eventually losing its late-night license. \u2014 Lucia Cheng, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 June 2022",
"Beginning July 1, drivers can receive a fine of up to $114 for playing loud music in their car. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 27 June 2022",
"Members of a day camp reported June 8 that teenagers were loitering in the city park playing loud music with inappropriate language. \u2014 cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"McBath lost her 17-year-old son, Jordan Davis, after a man complaining about loud music opened fire on a car of teens at a Jacksonville, Florida, gas station in 2012. \u2014 Donna M. Owens, NBC News , 8 June 2022",
"The best place to listen to music loud is in the car on CD. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The Yankees cranked up a fog machine, blasted loud music and celebrated their first sweep of the season in the clubhouse before taking a day off Monday. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The caller complained about loud music at the home. \u2014 Hugo Mart\u00ednstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English hl\u016bd ; akin to Old High German hl\u016bt loud, Latin in clutus famous, Greek klytos , Sanskrit \u015b\u1e5b\u1e47oti he hears":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220047"
},
"lounge lizard":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ladies' man",
": fop",
": a social parasite"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"buck",
"dandy",
"dude",
"fop",
"gallant",
"jay",
"macaroni",
"pretty boy"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a slick lounge lizard in a silk suit",
"a balding, paunchy lounge lizard whose days and nights of conquest were behind him"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210425"
},
"louse":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various small wingless usually flattened insects (orders Anoplura and Mallophaga) parasitic on warm-blooded animals":[],
": a small usually sluggish arthropod (such as a biting louse ) that lives on other animals or on plants and sucks their blood or juices":[],
": any of several small arthropods (such as a book louse ) that are not parasitic":[],
": a contemptible person : heel":[
"what a beast, what a cad, what a louse he had been",
"\u2014 Walter Karig"
],
": to remove lice from":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lau\u0307z",
"\u02c8lau\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a problem with head lice",
"Her ex-husband is a real louse .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Now, Galassi and American louse workers say, infestation rates are back to pre-lockdown norms, despite school COVID-19 protections. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Nov. 2021",
"An Edmontosaurus is a cozy home for a louse and its prolific, extended family\u2014foot after foot of supple dinosaur flesh just waiting for tiny piercing mouthparts. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The winery name and logo evoke the vine louse that destroyed much of Europe\u2019s vineyards in the late 1800s. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But even a school nurse might be shocked at their real staying power; scientists have previously found louse eggs still stubbornly stuck to ancient hair after 10,000 years. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Dec. 2021",
"This shape hair is physically easier for the louse claw to attach to. \u2014 Danielle James, Allure , 28 Dec. 2021",
"According to the park, the louse enters a fish\u2019s mouth through its gills, severs the tongue and serves as a functioning tongue while feeding on mucus. \u2014 Pete Thomas, USA TODAY , 20 Oct. 2021",
"But she's obsessed with the louse she's been chasing for years, and with a corpse just reeled in from the Boston Harbor. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Nov. 2021",
"COVID-19 lockdowns were not great from a louse -world-domination standpoint. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Will Ferrell figure out a way to get along, their fathers (Mel Gibson, John Lithgow) show up for the holidays to louse everything up in this comedy sequel. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lous , from Old English l\u016bs ; akin to Old High German l\u016bs louse, Welsh llau lice":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070725"
},
"louse up":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": foul up , snarl",
": to make a mess"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"err",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"mess (up)",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up",
"I loused up the wallpapering job in the bedroom\u2014the seams show too much."
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1934, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185523"
},
"lousily":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": infested (see infest sense 2 ) with lice":[
"the ragged, lousy tribesmen",
"\u2014 T. E. Lawrence"
],
": totally repulsive (see repulsive sense 3 ) : contemptible":[
"a lousy way of getting even"
],
": miserably poor or inferior":[
"got lousy grades"
],
": somewhat ill":[
"felt lousy after dinner"
],
": amply supplied : replete":[
"lousy with money"
],
": fuzzy and specked because of splitting of the fiber":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lau\u0307-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"contemptible",
"cruddy",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"grubby",
"lame",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"ratty",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sneaking",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She got lousy grades in high school.",
"I like the work, but the pay is lousy .",
"He was a lousy husband.",
"They did a lousy job.",
"He drank too much and felt lousy the next morning.",
"It's a lousy , rainy day.",
"That's a lousy way to treat a friend.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That would make sense since The Man from Toronto is unusually lousy , which explains why the Sony release, intended for theatrical release in August, was sent off to Netflix with little pre-release hype. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The remaining question is how to do it without feeling lousy in the process. \u2014 Elijah Rawls, Men's Health , 14 June 2022",
"But the data is a reminder of why so many Americans have been feeling lousy about the health of the economy. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"Bluntly speaking, The Times\u2019 coverage of the NHL, specifically the Kings and Ducks, is lousy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Jared Leto superhero movie earned another $85,000 (+922%) on Friday for a $280,000 (+840%) weekend and still- lousy $73.6 million domestic cume. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Over the weekend, Goldman Sachs gave clients a best-case, worst-case scenario for stocks\u2014and even the glass-half-full take looks pretty lousy . \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Even the wisest financial pros are lousy at timing the market. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
"During this same 16-year period, interest rates rose sharply, making this also a lousy time to own long-term bonds. \u2014 Michael J. Francis, Star Tribune , 24 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025117"
},
"lousy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": infested (see infest sense 2 ) with lice":[
"the ragged, lousy tribesmen",
"\u2014 T. E. Lawrence"
],
": totally repulsive (see repulsive sense 3 ) : contemptible":[
"a lousy way of getting even"
],
": miserably poor or inferior":[
"got lousy grades"
],
": somewhat ill":[
"felt lousy after dinner"
],
": amply supplied : replete":[
"lousy with money"
],
": fuzzy and specked because of splitting of the fiber":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lau\u0307-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"contemptible",
"cruddy",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"grubby",
"lame",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"ratty",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sneaking",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She got lousy grades in high school.",
"I like the work, but the pay is lousy .",
"He was a lousy husband.",
"They did a lousy job.",
"He drank too much and felt lousy the next morning.",
"It's a lousy , rainy day.",
"That's a lousy way to treat a friend.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That would make sense since The Man from Toronto is unusually lousy , which explains why the Sony release, intended for theatrical release in August, was sent off to Netflix with little pre-release hype. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The remaining question is how to do it without feeling lousy in the process. \u2014 Elijah Rawls, Men's Health , 14 June 2022",
"But the data is a reminder of why so many Americans have been feeling lousy about the health of the economy. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"Bluntly speaking, The Times\u2019 coverage of the NHL, specifically the Kings and Ducks, is lousy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Jared Leto superhero movie earned another $85,000 (+922%) on Friday for a $280,000 (+840%) weekend and still- lousy $73.6 million domestic cume. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Over the weekend, Goldman Sachs gave clients a best-case, worst-case scenario for stocks\u2014and even the glass-half-full take looks pretty lousy . \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Even the wisest financial pros are lousy at timing the market. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
"During this same 16-year period, interest rates rose sharply, making this also a lousy time to own long-term bonds. \u2014 Michael J. Francis, Star Tribune , 24 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224648"
},
"lout":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to bow in respect":[
"lout as the queen passed by"
],
": submit , yield":[
"louted to the emperor"
],
": an awkward brutish person":[],
": to treat as a lout : scorn":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lau\u0307t"
],
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"hulk",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"Neanderthal",
"oaf",
"palooka"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"watch where you're going, you big lout !",
"Howard's rude behavior at the country club earned him a reputation as a lout .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Amid the crises of cinema and history, Alana gets her overflowing good will and untapped competence into gear, and Gary, a lout in the making, learns to be not just a man but a mensch. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Knowing that Seb is a two-timing lout , Pippa is soon compelled to more actively interfere in a relationship that doesn\u2019t concern her, leading to apparent tragedy and then further domestic strife between her and Thomas. \u2014 Nick Schager, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021",
"An even closer relationship between Lincoln and popular culture was to the humorist David Ross Locke, who wrote under the pen name Petroleum V. Nasby, a vicious lout who lampooned Northern Democrats for their support of the Confederacy. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Nov. 2020",
"Nicholson plays Daryl Van Horne, a wealthy and frighteningly charming lout who becomes romantically entangled with three dissatisfied local women, the informal coven of Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 19 Oct. 2020",
"Billy Martin held the best winning percentage, .599, among Twins managers, based on having a tremendous club that went 97-65 to win the first American League West in 1969, and then getting fired for being such a lout . \u2014 Star Tribune , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Unlike Billy Martin, previous kingpin for Twins' managerial winning percentage, the odds are several thousand to one against Rocco Baldelli ever getting fired for being a lout . \u2014 Star Tribune , 28 Sep. 2020",
"His father was a real Irish lout \u2014a bartender and an amateur boxer. \u2014 Dave Schilling, The New Yorker , 22 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English l\u016btan ; akin to Old Norse l\u016bta to bow down":"Verb",
"perhaps from lout entry 1":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1542, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1530, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184754"
},
"loutish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling or befitting a lout":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lau\u0307-tish"
],
"synonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"classless",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"uncouth"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for loutish boorish , churlish , loutish , clownish mean uncouth in manners or appearance. boorish implies rudeness of manner due to insensitiveness to others' feelings and unwillingness to be agreeable. a drunk's boorish behavior churlish suggests surliness, unresponsiveness, and ungraciousness. churlish remarks loutish implies bodily awkwardness together with stupidity. a loutish oaf clownish suggests ill-bred awkwardness, ignorance or stupidity, ungainliness, and often a propensity for absurd antics. an adolescent's clownish conduct",
"examples":[
"the loutish bully didn't have a whole lot of friends",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thus his ex-wife, a bank teller, becomes finance minister; a beat cop who refuses to take bribes (Oleksandr Pikalov) becomes defense minister; and the loutish actor Sergei Viktorovich Mukhin (Yevhen Koshovy) becomes foreign minister. \u2014 David Klion, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Leger finds him on a yacht, but before much is said, a loutish boat captain arrives to entice them with booze, heroin and women. \u2014 Will Coviello, NOLA.com , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Of course, there is something loutish about driving this very proper British convertible so barbarously fast\u2014a little like putting four olives in your afternoon restorative at the Lord's Club. \u2014 John Phillips, Car and Driver , 20 May 2020",
"Skepticism about the cult of the loutish writer goes back at least to the first century b.c. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 23 Jan. 2020",
"Darts staggered out of the pub and onto television in the 1970s, but low viewing-figures and a loutish reputation eventually led broadcasters and sponsors to pull the plug. \u2014 The Economist , 2 Jan. 2020",
"Haddon has borrowed his structure from the play Pericles, Prince of Tyre, co-authored by Shakespeare and, many argue, another loutish dramatist, George Wilkins\u2013both of whom appear as characters. \u2014 Nicholas Mancusi, Time , 13 June 2019",
"One of Faith\u2019s acolytes, Greer Kadetsky, is a lovely, bookish young woman who has a gross encounter with a loutish frat boy during her first week of college. \u2014 Clare Mchugh, Time , 5 Apr. 2018",
"Now the biggest parades on Market Street celebrate SF Pride and trophies by the San Francisco Giants, and the city\u2019s most recognized Santa event, SantaCon, is a pub crawl known for amateur drinking and loutish behavior. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Dec. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1542, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182036"
},
"love":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties":[
"maternal love for a child"
],
": attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt by lovers":[
"After all these years, they are still very much in love ."
],
": affection based on admiration, benevolence , or common interests":[
"love for his old schoolmates"
],
": an assurance of affection":[
"give her my love"
],
": warm attachment , enthusiasm, or devotion":[
"love of the sea"
],
": the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration":[
"baseball was his first love"
],
": a beloved person : darling":[
"\u2014 often used as a term of endearment"
],
": unselfish loyal and benevolent (see benevolent sense 1a ) concern for the good of another: such as":[],
": the fatherly concern of God for humankind":[],
": brotherly concern for others":[],
": a person's adoration of God":[],
": a god (such as Cupid or Eros) or personification of love":[],
": an amorous episode : love affair":[],
": the sexual embrace : copulation":[],
": a score of zero (as in tennis)":[],
": god":[],
": holding one's opponent scoreless in tennis":[],
": inspired by affection":[],
": to hold dear : cherish":[],
": to feel a lover's passion, devotion, or tenderness for":[],
": caress":[],
": to fondle amorously":[],
": to copulate with":[],
": to like or desire actively : take pleasure in":[
"loved to play the violin"
],
": to thrive in":[
"the rose loves sunlight"
],
": to feel affection or experience desire":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u0259v"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"passion"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Mr. Brown seems to imply that when he retired he relinquished her love as casually as he dispensed with her secretarial services. \u2014 Ken Follett , New York Times Book Review , 27 Dec. 1987",
"\u2026 Eddie sees Vince's pure love of pool, and after years of thinking of the game as merely a hustle, the older man suddenly falls back in love with the game himself. \u2014 Maureen Dowd , New York Times Magazine , 28 Sept. 1986",
"Aunt Polly knelt down and prayed for Tom so touchingly, so appealingly, and with such measureless love in her words and her old trembling voice, that he was weltering in tears again, long before she was through. \u2014 Mark Twain , Tom Sawyer , 1876",
"Allworthy thus answered: \" \u2026 I have always thought love the only foundation of happiness in a married state, as it can only produce that high and tender friendship which should always be the cement of this union \u2026 \" \u2014 Henry Fielding , Tom Jones , 1749",
"Children need unconditional love from their parents.",
"He was just a lonely man looking for love .",
"Verb",
"People loved him for his brashness and talent, his crazy manglings of the English language, his brawling, boyish antics \u2026 and I loved him, too, I loved him as much as anyone in the world. \u2014 Paul Auster , Granta , Winter 1994",
"Lying awake, listening to the sound of his father's breathing, he knew there was no one in the world he loved so much. \u2014 William Maxwell , New Yorker , 15 May 1989",
"I love either rushing off into abstractions, or shamelessly talking personalities. \u2014 Elizabeth Bowen , letter , 28 Apr. 1923",
"\"Nay,\" said Elizabeth, \"this is not fair. You wish to think all the world respectable, and are hurt if I speak ill of any body. I only want to think you perfect, and you set yourself against it. Do not be afraid of my running into any excess, of my encroaching on your privilege of universal good will. You need not. There are few people whom I really love , and still fewer of whom I think well.\" \u2014 Jane Austen , Pride and Prejudice , 1813",
"She obviously loves her family very much.",
"You have to love in order to be loved.",
"He swore that he loved her madly.",
"She said she could never marry a man she didn't love .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Her dad also joined in on the love fest and celebrated his daughter on social media. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 28 June 2022",
"The King of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll is getting a hunk, a hunk of streaming love . \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Or the realization that love cannot protect her family from loss? \u2014 Suzanne Berne, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"There's also growth and drama in their family dynamics, but the heart of the story is love on the beach. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 27 June 2022",
"And some people really do fall in love in San Francisco and find their heart, Tahtinen said. \u2014 Robert Krier, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"The newlyweds joined a growing army of Ukrainian couples who are speedily turning love into matrimony because of the war. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, ajc , 26 June 2022",
"There's no details yet on her love interest in the third film. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 26 June 2022",
"Local love :This Scottsdale teen competed on an award-winning cooking show Support local journalism. \u2014 Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The prime lens is a good fit for sports and wildlife work, and outdoor photographers will love its best feature\u2014a 2.6-pound carry weight (2.7 with the tripod collar) and 9.3-by-4.1-inch barrel. \u2014 Jim Fisher, PCMAG , 29 June 2022",
"That closeness brings more opportunities to love each other. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Not only does Drake land some nice lines himself (gotta love a Yellowstone shout-out), but 21 Savage is absolutely ferocious on there, stealing the song with one of his greatest guest spots to date. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"And your kids will love this miniature version of the family favorite. \u2014 Courtney Campbell And Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 24 June 2022",
"The first season of the Peacock show saw Reagan begin to assert herself in her friendships, expand her career and her relationship with her community and open herself up to love . \u2014 Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
"Jerry Hall has spent decades in the public eye, being the long-legged, blonde model from Texas that the world has come to love . \u2014 Logan Sykes, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Those looking for a staycation in the heart of it all will love this sophisticated West Hollywood hotel located off the Sunset Strip. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Seattle-area dogs will love to visit the Warren G. Magnuson Park off-leash area. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022"
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"Noun",
"Mr. Brown seems to imply that when he retired he relinquished her love as casually as he dispensed with her secretarial services. \u2014 Ken Follett , New York Times Book Review , 27 Dec. 1987",
"\u2026 Eddie sees Vince's pure love of pool, and after years of thinking of the game as merely a hustle, the older man suddenly falls back in love with the game himself. \u2014 Maureen Dowd , New York Times Magazine , 28 Sept. 1986",
"Aunt Polly knelt down and prayed for Tom so touchingly, so appealingly, and with such measureless love in her words and her old trembling voice, that he was weltering in tears again, long before she was through. \u2014 Mark Twain , Tom Sawyer , 1876",
"Allworthy thus answered: \" \u2026 I have always thought love the only foundation of happiness in a married state, as it can only produce that high and tender friendship which should always be the cement of this union \u2026 \" \u2014 Henry Fielding , Tom Jones , 1749",
"Children need unconditional love from their parents.",
"He was just a lonely man looking for love .",
"Verb",
"People loved him for his brashness and talent, his crazy manglings of the English language, his brawling, boyish antics \u2026 and I loved him, too, I loved him as much as anyone in the world. \u2014 Paul Auster , Granta , Winter 1994",
"Lying awake, listening to the sound of his father's breathing, he knew there was no one in the world he loved so much. \u2014 William Maxwell , New Yorker , 15 May 1989",
"I love either rushing off into abstractions, or shamelessly talking personalities. \u2014 Elizabeth Bowen , letter , 28 Apr. 1923",
"\"Nay,\" said Elizabeth, \"this is not fair. You wish to think all the world respectable, and are hurt if I speak ill of any body. I only want to think you perfect, and you set yourself against it. Do not be afraid of my running into any excess, of my encroaching on your privilege of universal good will. You need not. There are few people whom I really love , and still fewer of whom I think well.\" \u2014 Jane Austen , Pride and Prejudice , 1813",
"She obviously loves her family very much.",
"You have to love in order to be loved.",
"He swore that he loved her madly.",
"She said she could never marry a man she didn't love .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Her dad also joined in on the love fest and celebrated his daughter on social media. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 28 June 2022",
"The King of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll is getting a hunk, a hunk of streaming love . \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Or the realization that love cannot protect her family from loss? \u2014 Suzanne Berne, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"There's also growth and drama in their family dynamics, but the heart of the story is love on the beach. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 27 June 2022",
"And some people really do fall in love in San Francisco and find their heart, Tahtinen said. \u2014 Robert Krier, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"The newlyweds joined a growing army of Ukrainian couples who are speedily turning love into matrimony because of the war. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, ajc , 26 June 2022",
"There's no details yet on her love interest in the third film. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 26 June 2022",
"Local love :This Scottsdale teen competed on an award-winning cooking show Support local journalism. \u2014 Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The prime lens is a good fit for sports and wildlife work, and outdoor photographers will love its best feature\u2014a 2.6-pound carry weight (2.7 with the tripod collar) and 9.3-by-4.1-inch barrel. \u2014 Jim Fisher, PCMAG , 29 June 2022",
"That closeness brings more opportunities to love each other. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Not only does Drake land some nice lines himself (gotta love a Yellowstone shout-out), but 21 Savage is absolutely ferocious on there, stealing the song with one of his greatest guest spots to date. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"And your kids will love this miniature version of the family favorite. \u2014 Courtney Campbell And Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 24 June 2022",
"The first season of the Peacock show saw Reagan begin to assert herself in her friendships, expand her career and her relationship with her community and open herself up to love . \u2014 Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
"Jerry Hall has spent decades in the public eye, being the long-legged, blonde model from Texas that the world has come to love . \u2014 Logan Sykes, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Those looking for a staycation in the heart of it all will love this sophisticated West Hollywood hotel located off the Sunset Strip. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Seattle-area dogs will love to visit the Warren G. Magnuson Park off-leash area. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022"
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"How lovely of you to come!",
"It was lovely to have you here!",
"Noun",
"A chorus line of young lovelies danced on the stage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The sentiment is lovely \u2014 a reminder to the Black audience members to celebrate their own softness and vulnerability. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Even the matchbooks were lovely , a bright neon red ornamented with a rhododendron blossom. \u2014 Joy Callaway, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"Doing yoga facing the ocean at Hotel Tropico Latino's open-air shala is lovely . \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
"It\u2019s all quite sweet and cerebral, and some of the effects are lovely . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 21 May 2022",
"What was also lovely was that Viola walked the red carpet with her husband, Julius Tennon, who looked dapper in a classic black tuxedo. \u2014 Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"As Betty, expressing doubt for her family\u2019s future and in Malcolm\u2019s conflict with the Nation of Islam, Morrison\u2019s lush vocals were radiantly lovely . \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Salty caramel sauce is also lovely , as is an alternative milk, such as coconut. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Drew Scheid, who plays Steven, Ever\u2019s love interest, was so lovely . \u2014 Angela Dawson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"No, Colin Frissell hooking up with the three lovelies in Wisconsin. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Dec. 2019",
"The vegetables: Along with the summer lovelies mentioned above, some people get all crazy and put mushrooms in their ratatouille. \u2014 James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2019",
"Here are some of the lovelies that were arrested recently -- the Berkeley deal. \u2014 Fox News , 29 Aug. 2018",
"Scott Rubin was asked to write jokes for National Lampoon\u2019s Strip Poker, a witless pay-per-view series featuring Kaelin and a group of lovelies (including Olivia Munn, then known as Lisa) at the Hedonism II nudist resort in Jamaica. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace, HWD , 1 May 2017",
"The Observer resolved then and there to award these two lovelies his first Mellow MoonPie award, for grit and glimmer in the face of death. \u2014 The Masked Observer, AL.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
"Of these desirable lovelies , only Mabel (who is also played by the gamely resourceful Omar) opens her heart to poor forlorn Freddy. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 26 Jan. 2018",
"Its Instagram feed for its men\u2019s line, for example, which has more than 855,000 followers, is a cornucopia of F.O.M.O.-inducing shots of stylish young lovelies cavorting in exotic locales wearing cool watches. \u2014 Alex Williams, New York Times , 30 Oct. 2017",
"Lunch or dinner isn\u2019t complete without a stop at the pretty-as-a-picture pastry case, with lovelies like chocolate caramel tartlets lined up inside. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Sep. 2017"
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"His wife accused him of having a secret lover .",
"She left her husband and ran away with her lover .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Is your dad a chocolate lover who also enjoys cannabis? \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"White is an animal lover and dedicates much of her time to animal activism. \u2014 Effie Orfanides, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Friends and family members said the victim, U Myint San, 65, was a literature lover who started a library with his own money and encouraged children to read. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"But Nina Pulliam, the wife of Republic publisher Eugene Pulliam, was an animal lover . \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"If your kid is a tuna lover , pat yourself on the back, then offer it as a healthy snack. \u2014 Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"Jim Young was married for almost 50 years, raised four children and was an animal lover . \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 25 May 2022",
"If Dad is a nut lover , this is the package for him. \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 12 May 2022",
"Named after the French photographer, poet, and painter, Maar was also a lover to a certain Mr. Pablo Picasso and was featured in several of his paintings. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"The old house has undergone a loving restoration.",
"they were a loving family, supporting each other when times were bad",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The end result is as much a loving tribute to the lasting impact of Lear and his collaborators as it\u2019s a nostalgic romp. \u2014 Scott Huver, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"The 50-year-old Sister Wives star posted a loving Instagram tribute for Ysabel in honor of her birthday on Sunday. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"But he was raised by a loving , stern, hardworking grandmother who taught him that giving up was not an option. \u2014 Keith Murphy, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
"Lisa Hurwitz\u2019s documentary is a very loving tribute to the fabled Horn & Hardart restaurant chain, which flourished in New York and Philadelphia for much of the 20th century. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"On Friday, Megan Fox celebrated her fianc\u00e9 Machine Gun Kelly on his 32nd birthday with a loving tribute on Instagram. \u2014 ELLE , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The score was specifically composed to showcase numerous Indian dance styles, from the upbeat bhangra competition sequences to a loving tribute to Bollywood. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Many wind up in loving , stable homes, but nonetheless can face major emotional challenges and vulnerabilities. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 29 May 2022",
"In the photo, Kourtney squeezes North's cheeks while giving her a loving smile. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 29 May 2022"
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"Noun",
"have you heard the lowdown on the new chairman of the department?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Crystal gives the lowdown of the Mexico trip to Rob and Jeff; Dorit finds comfort in her mom; Erika works on developing a new business; a text message rocks the group. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Take a Bats in the Belfry Ghost Tour for the lowdown , and be sure to visit during October for the monthlong Hauntober event. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 June 2022",
"Needing more biographical detail, Roger insisted upon a between-innings sortie to the press box for the up-to-date lowdown . \u2014 Mark Singer, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
"Here's the lowdown on Sephora's Memorial Day offerings. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 27 May 2022",
"Get the lowdown from the pros right here, from the costs to the commitment level. \u2014 Wendy Sy, Allure , 27 May 2022",
"Sign up for our L.A. on the Record newsletter to get the lowdown on L.A. politics in this pivotal election year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Get the lowdown on permaculture during a tour of the owners\u2019 organic farm, or use this modern tiny house as home base for exploring Ponca State Park, located on the banks of the Missouri River, a ten-minute drive away. \u2014 Alison Van Houten, Outside Online , 1 Oct. 2020",
"Sign up for our L.A. on the Record newsletter to get the lowdown on L.A. politics in this pivotal election year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"his patrician parents were very slow to accept his lowborn wife",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead, Nero fell hard for a lowborn freedwoman named Acte. \u2014 Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Sep. 2020",
"Question 1 Who are Jon Snow's parents? A. Ned Stark and Catelyn Stark B. Ned Stark and a lowborn woman C. Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen D. Lyanna Stark and Robert Baratheon Correct! \u2014 Megan Mccluskey, Time , 27 June 2017",
"The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta tells the story of a ship captain\u2019s daughter who falls in love with a lowborn sailor, against her father\u2019s wishes. \u2014 Jillian S. Jarrett, Washington Post , 17 May 2017",
"Question 1 Who are Jon Snow's parents? A. Ned Stark and Catelyn Stark B. Ned Stark and a lowborn woman C. Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen D. Lyanna Stark and Robert Baratheon Correct! \u2014 Megan Mccluskey, Time , 27 June 2017"
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"The movie's humor is clearly meant for a lowbrow audience.",
"at office gatherings his lowbrow humor often embarrassed his coworkers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many from both parties, and the South, found Lincoln\u2019s smutty frontier jokes and cackling enjoyment of lowbrow humor grotesquely unpresidential\u2014never mind his uncombable hair and tendency to throw one leg over an arm of his chair. \u2014 Edward Achorn, Time , 16 Feb. 2020",
"Segments of outdoor television glorify the kill, while other programs have morphed hunting culture into lowbrow reality TV. \u2014 Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life , 20 Nov. 2017",
"But the New School\u2019s drama program, like those at a number of schools, has been making more and more space for a medium once considered too lowbrow for M.F.A. holders. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2019",
"The entire sketch was a risk \u2014 how many Comedy Central viewers have even seen the movie? \u2014 but the attempt at high lowbrow humor became a big hit. \u2014 Elahe Izadi, Washington Post , 23 Oct. 2019",
"The app has a reputation for promoting lowbrow clickbait. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Doughnuts, ever-popular, have gone from being a relatively lowbrow treat to artisanal, high-end creation, popping into the spotlight with novelty flavors, ridiculous toppings and gourmet reinventions. \u2014 Kari Sonde, Washington Post , 6 June 2019",
"The story of the lascivious Duke, who preys on dying courtesan-entertainer Satine, who in turn falls for starving writer-artist Christian, is the lowbrow framework on which the film suspended its anachronistic pop score. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 25 July 2019",
"The shadow of mortality is never very far away, even when the action shifts to the lowbrow humor of the flatulent warthog Pumbaa (voice of Seth Rogen) and his catty sidekick, Timon the meerkat (Billy Eichner). \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Twin Cities , 18 July 2019"
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"Noun",
"have you heard the lowdown on the new chairman of the department?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Here's the lowdown on Sephora's Memorial Day offerings. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 27 May 2022",
"Get the lowdown from the pros right here, from the costs to the commitment level. \u2014 Wendy Sy, Allure , 27 May 2022",
"Sign up for our L.A. on the Record newsletter to get the lowdown on L.A. politics in this pivotal election year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Get the lowdown on permaculture during a tour of the owners\u2019 organic farm, or use this modern tiny house as home base for exploring Ponca State Park, located on the banks of the Missouri River, a ten-minute drive away. \u2014 Alison Van Houten, Outside Online , 1 Oct. 2020",
"Sign up for our L.A. on the Record newsletter to get the lowdown on L.A. politics in this pivotal election year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Sign up for our L.A. on the Record newsletter to get the lowdown on L.A. politics in this pivotal election year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Sign up for our L.A. on the Record newsletter to get the lowdown on L.A. politics in this pivotal election year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Here's the lowdown on all that happened inside the hottest Coachella parties this year. \u2014 Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com , 17 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But a lower court ruled in favor of the Stewart family that there is no immunity for suicide cases, explaining that the court case overturned by the 2014 law only applied to harm against other people. \u2014 Titus Wu, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"There is a duty to investigate and report abuse of students under North Carolina law, and a lower court agreed with the plaintiffs that immunity does not apply because there was no discretion. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"The Texas Supreme Court in May ruled that the lower court overstepped its authority by blocking all investigations going forward. \u2014 Andrew Demillo, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"The Texas Supreme Court ruled in May that the lower court overstepped its authority by blocking all investigations going forward. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 11 June 2022",
"The Texas Supreme Court in May ruled that the lower court overstepped its authority by blocking all investigations going forward. \u2014 Andrew Demillo, Chron , 10 June 2022",
"The Texas Supreme Court in May ruled that the lower court overstepped its authority by blocking all investigations going forward. \u2014 CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"The appeals judges did not explain their decision, which blocks the lower court\u2019s ruling just as the case moves forward and until a final decision is made. \u2014 Alison Durkee, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The Texas Supreme Court in May ruled that the lower court overstepped its authority by blocking all investigations going forward. \u2014 Andrew Demillo, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022"
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"examples":[
"take one of these lozenges for your cold",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The only noticeable difference is that a slim, narrow black marking on the earbud is replaced by a shorter, squatter black lozenge . \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"Pinsky\u2019s Pollution Pods are five interlinked geodesic domes erected not where the negotiators, observers, world leaders, and journalists could experience them but on a lozenge of green at the Gartnavel General Hospital. \u2014 Carlton Reid, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The lozenge , a shape recalling a vulva, adds an element of feminine sexuality to a thrilling sense of transport and emerging spiritual power. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Alerts include reminders to use a nicotine lozenge or gum before arriving at a smoking trigger and sends messages that encourage and motivate them to adhere to smoking cessation goals. \u2014 Bryan W. Heckman, Scientific American , 26 Aug. 2021",
"What\u2019s more irritating than straining to hear the delicate notes of a Chopin nocturne while the man next to you takes an eternity to extract a lozenge from its crinkly cellophane wrapper? \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Nobody can sound desperately in need of a lozenge like Fallon\u2019s Biden, and The Tonight Show is using that to great effect. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 20 May 2021",
"In the Veni, Vedi, Vici lariat necklace (above), the lozenge , the eye and the comb celebrate life, symbolize protection and honor feminine power, in a refined contemporary amulet with universal appeal. \u2014 Kate Matthams, Forbes , 16 May 2021",
"Discarding the lozenge for a helix graphic, CEO Albert Bourla says that it\u2019s a marquee to its new mission. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 31 Mar. 2021"
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"\u2014 Willa Cather"
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"examples":[
"Loitering is prohibited outside the theaters.",
"don't loiter in this neighborhood after dark",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And thirdly, there is that extended loitering time, vastly longer than needed for most battlefield use \u2014 almost all similar munitions loiter for less than an hour. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Don\u2019t loiter here or come back later, Or the god\u2019s staff and chaplet won\u2019t protect you. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This allows Bayraktar to loiter more than three miles above the surface of Earth, day or night, and give drone operators hundreds of miles away the ability to look down onto the battlefield in real time. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Both Hopkins and Keene say young children will be walking farther, sometimes crossing busy streets like North Avenue or Pennsylvania Avenue by themselves, and past corners where people loiter and deal drugs. \u2014 Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Unlike fighter jets, which need to be refueled regularly and have crews that get tired, drones can loiter in the air for up to 24 hours while carrying out surveillance, probing air defenses, or waiting for a suitable target. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 20 June 2021",
"To reduce the amount of pollution being pumped into the neighborhoods near the port, ships were then asked to loiter beyond the horizon, 150 miles from the port. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 6 Dec. 2021",
"The metaverse, as originally conceived by Stephenson, is focused around a three-dimensional digital street with virtual real estate, where users\u2019 avatars can loiter , party, and do business, finding spaces and each other. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The lengthy flight limits the time drones can loiter over Afghanistan gathering intelligence, and the Biden administration has been looking for closer, more effective options. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 22 Oct. 2021"
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"\u2014 Sam Moses",
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"\u2014 D. C. Churbuck",
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"\u2014 Warren E. Leary"
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"\u2014 Mark Carwardine",
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"\u2014 Fiona Sunquist"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The character is further described as a loner within the law enforcement community who hides the severe dyslexia that went untreated during his traumatic childhood in foster care. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Walkaway Joe David Strathairn stars as a wandering loner trying to escape his uneasy past, and Julian Feder is cast as a 14-year-old pool shark searching for his father (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Scientists believe that many dinosaurs lived and traveled in groups, but this species of ankylosaur likely lived as a loner due to its poor hearing. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"In both cases, a loner from the community attacked an elementary school, overpowering children and adults with an arsenal. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"The man who opened fire in a Texas elementary school Tuesday, massacring 19 children and two adults, was a loner who kept to himself and avoided any kind of conversation, according to the boyfriend of the gunman\u2019s mother. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 25 May 2022",
"Eduardo Trinidad, whose son is a senior at Uvalde High School, said in a phone interview that Ramos was a loner who wore all black and was bullied because of his strange behavior. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Two men seized the shooter, a fame-seeking loner from Milwaukee named Arthur Bremer. \u2014 Diane Bernard, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 May 2022",
"While other teens party in the sun, loner Auden spends her time roaming the streets after everyone else is asleep. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 3 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1947, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175905"
},
"loamy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mixture (as for plastering) composed chiefly of moistened clay":[],
": a coarse molding sand used in founding (see found entry 5 )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"New England also \u02c8lu\u0307m",
"\u02c8l\u014dm",
"chiefly Northern & Midland \u02c8l\u00fcm"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The rich loam inside began spilling out onto the white pebble pathways around the beds, an eyesore and a waste. \u2014 Nevin Martell, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"For example, Warren says the Higher Education Act of 1964 empowers the president to cancel an unlimited amount of student loans for an unlimited amount of student loam borrowers. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"It is composed of loam , and exhibits, upon being excavated, quite a homogenous appearance. \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 8 May 2022",
"One picture, divided between a brick-red top and a loam -brown bottom, is in the formal tradition of color field painting. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Lovely violets open, with toasted spice, resinous botanicals, pine and loam layered on the nose. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Bolgheri, on the other hand, shows a significant influence of the proximity to the Tyrrhenian Sea, the lower elevation, the luminosity and the soils that are mainly composed of clay, sand or combinations of clay and loam . \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Denise and John Jamerson, with whom the Shannons partnered to bring the loam conference to Gary, said the mission goes deeper for them than just matching resources. \u2014 Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The convenient lineup of plot details extends beyond the foregrounded action into its psychological loam and its real-world implications. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 23 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lom , from Old English l\u0101m clay, mud; akin to Old English l\u012bm lime":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164714"
},
"location":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a position or site occupied or available for occupancy or marked by some distinguishing feature : situation":[
"Much of the charm of the house is in its location ."
],
": a tract of land designated for a purpose":[
"the location for a mining claim"
],
": farm , station":[],
": a place outside a motion-picture studio where a picture or part of it is filmed":[
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase on location Parts of the movie were filmed on location in the desert."
],
": the act or process of locating":[
"Fog made the location of the harbor difficult."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacement",
"locale",
"locality",
"locus",
"place",
"point",
"position",
"site",
"spot",
"venue",
"where"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"This is a lovely location for a house.",
"The store has a new location .",
"The company is moving its factory to a different location .",
"Radar established the precise location of the aircraft.",
"All of his movies feature lavish sets and exotic locations .",
"The picture was filmed on location in the desert.",
"Fog made location of the harbor difficult.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The interactive display is near the new Andrew J. Brady Music Center, but the significance of the location does not end there. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"The second location is planned for N90 W14507 Commerce Drive. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"In this vacation home in Maui, Hawaii designed by Breeze Giannasio Interiors, everything feels location -specific without being too theme-y. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
"Investigators tried to ping his phone for location and tried to access the vehicle's system for GPS data but didn't find any. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Marine biologists speculated that the whup and grumble sounds of humpback whales at Vema Seamount may indicate the location \u2019s importance to the whales, who were also observed making previously unheard gunshot sounds. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"In 1944, the Sherman Company donated about 400 acres to the city of Los Angeles, which included the sign\u2019s location . \u2014 Kenan Draughornestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"The Utah Department of Transportation and Utah Highway Patrol have closed I-80 eastbound near the fire\u2019s location . \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Controlling the audio is a seven-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay, navigation and a connected Ride Command+ system with live traffic information, weather overlays and a feature that tracks the bike\u2019s location . \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213020"
},
"lock (up)":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an act of locking : the state of being locked":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lawmakers in Louisiana passed new restrictions on the use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities following an investigation by NBC News, ProPublica and The Marshall Project into harsh conditions in a youth lockup . \u2014 Erin Einhorn, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"Included in the filing were two reports from doctors who evaluated Kelly in the federal lockup in Brooklyn late last month, Bonjean said. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Like everyone on Paperny\u2019s consulting team, Rouse has served time in federal lockup . \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"If not, a judge may have to hear evidence and decide whether Gendron can remain in the county lockup , where he has been held without bail since his arraignment hours after the shooting. \u2014 Shayna Jacobs, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"Campos was then held in the Gresham District station\u2019s lockup for about five hours. \u2014 Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"The stock sank to an all-time low Monday, after reports that Ford\u2014an early investor in Rivian\u2014sold about 8% of its stockholdings, following the expiration of a post-IPO lockup period. \u2014 Sean Mclain, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"Electric vehicle maker Rivian dropped by nearly 14% as the insider lockup period for selling the stock expires. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"Compare this to an IPO, where there is a mandatory lockup period that prevents existing shareholders from selling their shares for a certain amount of time. \u2014 Spenser Skates, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020712"
},
"locus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the place where something is situated or occurs : site , location":[
"was the culture of medicine in the beginning dispersed from a single focus or did it arise in several loci ?",
"\u2014 S. C. Harvey"
],
": a center of activity, attention, or concentration":[
"in democracy the locus of power is in the people",
"\u2014 H. G. Rickover"
],
": the set of all points whose location is determined by stated conditions":[],
": the position in a chromosome of a particular gene or allele":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-k\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The area became a locus of resistance to the government.",
"an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At a news conference Monday, Coeur d\u2019Alene Mayor Jim Hammond said the city is no longer a locus of hate. \u2014 Rebecca Boone, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"At a news conference Monday, Coeur d'Alene Mayor Jim Hammond said the city is no longer a locus of hate. \u2014 Rebecca Boone, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Today, perhaps the most interesting trends in this regard are the movement of entrepreneurs from California to Texas, and the role of Dubai as a locus for Russian and Indian business people. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"The spider\u2019s web may be properly\u2014meaning not only metaphorically\u2014considered as the locus of its extended cognition. \u2014 Justin E. H. Smith, Wired , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Izium until recently was the locus of Russia\u2019s faltering offensive in Donbas. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Child is not the only locus of attention in the series for older women, a category long overlooked by Hollywood. \u2014 Tara Ellison, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"In it, the singer performs at that locus of American life and TikTok dance videos: the gas station. \u2014 Halle Kiefer, Vulture , 5 Mar. 2021",
"So that immigrant locus of identity will always be a big part of our population. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin \u2014 more at stall":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052741"
},
"log":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"combining form",
"noun",
"noun combining form",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": an apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water that consists of a block fastened to a line and run out from a reel":[],
": the full record of a flight by an aircraft":[],
": a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities":[],
": to cut (trees) for lumber":[],
": to clear (land) of trees in lumbering":[
"\u2014 often used with off"
],
": to make a note or record of : enter details of or about in a log":[],
": to move (an indicated distance) or attain (an indicated speed) as noted in a log":[],
": to sail a ship or fly an airplane for (an indicated distance or period of time)":[],
": to have (an indicated record) to one's credit : achieve":[],
": lumber entry 3 sense 1":[],
": logarithm":[],
"logic":[],
": word : thought : speech : discourse":[
"logo gram",
"logo rrhea"
],
"\u2014 see -logue":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022fg",
"\u02c8l\u00e4g"
],
"synonyms":[
"jot (down)",
"mark",
"note",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"report",
"set down",
"take down",
"write down"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Thousands of trees have been logged in this area.",
"The forest has been heavily logged .",
"The company has been logging in this area for many years.",
"Part of his job is to log all deliveries.",
"Truck drivers log thousands of miles every week.",
"She has only been flying for a few months, but she has already logged more than 80 hours.",
"a pitcher who has logged more than a hundred victories"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English logge":"Noun",
"by shortening":"Noun",
"Greek, from logos \u2014 more at legend":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1699, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1631, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204628"
},
"looped":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having, formed in, or characterized by loops":[
"looped fabrics"
],
": drunk sense 1a":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fcpt"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"I took one look at her and knew she was looped .",
"I must've been looped when I agreed to work as a tiger exerciser at the zoo.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The surface of the carpet, made up of looped carpet fibers. \u2014 Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"On a ridge in Idaho that acts as a stopover for migrating birds, the team set up a half-mile corridor of speakers that played looped recordings of passing cars. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"Prosecutors said the couple poured hot sauce on Anthony\u2019s face and mouth, whipped the boy with a looped cord and belt, and held him upside down and repeatedly dropped him on his head. \u2014 Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"How to do it: Fold an exercise band in half and grasp it six to 12 inches from the looped end. \u2014 Esther Smith, Outside Online , 8 Aug. 2021",
"The artist Taja Cheek creates music out of looped sounds and voice recordings from her life. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"At Collina Strada, model Indira Scott\u2019s signature cascade of plaits were slung into a looped , gravity-defying updo. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Having a flat, looped track would allow children pursuing track and field to have a place to practice when school is out, Ashworth said. \u2014 Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Each partner will wrap both hands around the end of a looped yoga strap (a bathrobe belt will also work). \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183731"
},
"love affair":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a romantic attachment or episode between lovers":[],
": a lively enthusiasm":[
"America's love affair with baseball"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"affaire",
"amour",
"fling",
"love",
"romance"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the tabloids feel obliged to keep us informed of the love affairs of celebrities, whether we care to know or not",
"a group of young men united by their love affair with the muscle car",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The simple yet effective chrome gold atop the nude color scheme is a love affair within itself. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 1 June 2022",
"The woman speculated that her friends\u2014Agalakova suspected there had been a love affair with one of them\u2014might have ended up in the Gulag. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 18 May 2022",
"In 1996, a writer for New York magazine revealed something that had been carefully protected from the press, and that gives the essay a completely different meaning: What\u2019s tearing her apart is a love affair that has ended. \u2014 Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"While cheesemaking is a love affair for van Dorp, the toiling doesn\u2019t come without sacrifice. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"For Duggirala, basketball is a family love affair that binds the different generations. \u2014 Patrick Z. Mcgavin, chicagotribune.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Caring for his aged father, Daniel\u2019s release is his long distance internet love affair with Sara. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Most importantly, from the Jewish perspective, is the fact that this was not a mutual love affair . \u2014 Andrew Lapin, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
"So there's always been a love affair between the two, music and comics. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 7 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163251"
},
"lotus-eater":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a people in Homer's Odyssey subsisting on the lotus and living in the dreamy indolence it induces":[],
": an indolent person":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-t\u0259s-\u02cc\u0113-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"couch potato",
"deadbeat",
"do-nothing",
"drone",
"idler",
"layabout",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"slouch",
"slug",
"slugabed",
"sluggard"
],
"antonyms":[
"doer",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"self-starter"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045427"
},
"lounge":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to act or move idly or lazily : loaf":[
"was lounging on the sofa"
],
": to pass (time) idly":[
"returned to Rome to lounge away the remainder of his days",
"\u2014 J. A. Froude"
],
": a place for lounging : such as":[],
": a room in a usually public building or vehicle often combining lounging, smoking, and toilet facilities":[],
": a long couch":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lau\u0307nj"
],
"synonyms":[
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest"
],
"antonyms":[
"chesterfield",
"couch",
"davenport",
"divan",
"settee",
"sofa",
"squab"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lounge Verb idle , loaf , lounge , loll , laze mean to spend time doing nothing. idle may be used in reference to persons that move lazily or without purpose. idled the day away loaf suggests either resting or wandering about as though there were nothing to do. she does her work and then loafs the rest of the day lounge , though occasionally used as equal to idle or loaf , typically conveys an additional implication of resting or reclining against a support or of physical comfort and ease in relaxation. he lounged against the wall loll also carries an implication of a posture similar to that of lounge , but places greater stress upon an indolent or relaxed attitude. lolling on the couch laze usually implies the relaxation of a busy person enjoying a vacation or moments of leisure. lazed about between appointments",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She was lounging on the sofa.",
"He was lounging by the pool all afternoon.",
"Noun",
"The hotel has a television lounge .",
"We gathered in the hotel lounge for a couple of drinks.",
"She sat on the lounge .",
"They had a long, leisurely lounge by the pool.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"While testing, the team found that the towels are plush to lounge on, quick to absorb water, and excellent at repelling sand. \u2014 Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 June 2022",
"This is a place to revel in Jaipur's intricate design work and to lounge in luxury \u2014 or the gorgeous hotel pool. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Owner Tasha Johnson hopes the full-service barbershop feels like a space where guests can stay a while \u2014 to lounge , do some work, maybe get a manicure in the back of the shop. \u2014 Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"This oversized pick allows the whole family to lounge on the beach together without getting sandy. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"The site has thousands of picnic blankets that provide a dry comfortable spot to lounge on outside. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 15 May 2022",
"Move after meals To avoid a major post-meal blood sugar spike, resist the urge to lounge on the couch after dinner. \u2014 Barbara Brody, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Pack a picnic lunch, some towels, and a chair to lounge on the grassy lawns along the shore. \u2014 Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure , 8 May 2022",
"An oversized beach towel is great for couples or for the whole family to lounge on. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Every room features a barrage of natural light and a large, open courtyard with a mini gazebo and outdoor lounge chairs, as well as a cozy indoor seating area, large bedroom, modern bathroom, and private patios. \u2014 Rachel Dube, Robb Report , 21 June 2022",
"Her collection, titled Ekaabo, included lounge chairs, stools, and more inspired by the textiles, art, and craft of her native Nigeria. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 15 June 2022",
"Also included are larger items like sofas, bed frames, credenzas, coffee tables, nightstands, and lounge chairs that will give your space a fresh, worldly feel. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 13 June 2022",
"Ball & Cast's stool end table that resembles a tree trunk can easily be paired with beige or teak lounge chairs and linen throw pillows, and will blend right in with any greenery dotting your backyard. \u2014 Nina Huang, Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
"On Sunday, the star shared photos on Instagram of herself posing on outdoor lounge chairs, wearing a long draping halter top and matching flowing pants. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 May 2022",
"Check out our coverage of the best pool toys, poolside lounge chairs, and kiddie pools. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 19 May 2022",
"DWR Finn Chaise Even on sale, these sleek lounge chairs from DWR are an investment. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"Images of the first class cabins show separate beds, reclining lounge chairs and even closets. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 1 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1508, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163006"
},
"lordliness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a lord : dignified":[],
": grand , noble":[],
": exhibiting the pride and assurance associated with one of the highest birth or rank":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022frd-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lordly proud , arrogant , haughty , lordly , insolent , overbearing , supercilious , disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors. proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness. too proud to take charity arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted. a conceited and arrogant executive haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position. a haughty aristocrat lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power. a lordly condescension insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness. ignored by an insolent waiter overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence. an overbearing supervisor supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness. an aloof and supercilious manner disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness. disdainful of their social inferiors",
"examples":[
"a lordly and dignified man",
"He regarded his neighbors with lordly disdain.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From 1958 to 1961, sulking Giants and Dodgers fans had to put up with the lordly Yankees winning three pennants and two World Series. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The lordly African lion in his zoo grotto will cast a sentimental glance at his shaggy mate. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The latest entry in the MCU picked up $90.7 million internationally, which pushes its global total to a lordly $161.7 million. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Player for player Atlanta shouldn\u2019t be scaring the lordly Dodgers like this. \u2014 Ray Glier, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"In 2015, a campaign spokesperson made an even more lordly valuation\u2014a hundred million. \u2014 Bruce Handy, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2021",
"His absence seemed lordly and dismissive, which is precisely what Ossoff accused Perdue of being. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The earliest days of Christianity involved the repossession of the sacred from the stewardship of politics, with all its lordly pretensions, into the hands of community in the form of the Church. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 4 Sep. 2020",
"What began as a lordly duty to protect eventually extended beyond caring for the lame, beyond the untended child. \u2014 Melissa Chadburn, The New York Review of Books , 27 Aug. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054235"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": dejected , depressed":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u014d-\u02c8spir-\u0259-t\u0259d"
],
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"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
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"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1753, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163335"
},
"loads":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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": whatever is put on a person or pack animal to be carried : pack":[
"donkeys with heavy loads"
],
": a mass or weight supported by something":[
"branches bent low by their load of fruit"
],
": something that weighs down the mind or spirits":[
"took a load off her mind"
],
": a burdensome or laborious responsibility":[
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": an intoxicating amount of liquor drunk":[],
": a large quantity : lot":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural The boy had loads of toys."
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": a device to which power is delivered":[],
": the amount of work that a person carries or is expected to carry":[
"his heavy load of day-to-day work",
"\u2014 New York Times"
],
": the amount of authorized work to be performed by a machine, a group, a department, or a factory":[
"The washer can take a 10-pound load ."
],
": the demand on the operating resources of a system (such as a telephone exchange or a refrigerating apparatus)":[],
": eyeful":[
"\u2014 used in the phrase get a load of Get a load of his new car."
],
": the amount of a deleterious or pathogenic agent, growth, or substance present in a human or animal body or test sample (as of blood or tissue)":[
"Recent advances in our knowledge about how HIV replicates sprang from new technology able to measure viral load \u2014the level of HIV\u2014in the blood. \u2026 The higher a person's viral load , the faster he or she gets sick.",
"\u2014 Discover",
"In patients with a heavy hepatic tumor load , liver transplantation may prolong useful life.",
"\u2014 Scientific American Medicine Bulletin",
"Over time the worm load will damage the heart, shortening the dog's life.",
"\u2014 Susan Sharpe"
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": genetic load":[],
": to put a load in or on":[
"load a truck"
],
": to place in or on a means of conveyance":[
"load freight"
],
": to encumber or oppress with something heavy, laborious, or disheartening : burden":[
"a company loaded down with debts"
],
": to place as a burden or obligation":[
"load more work on him"
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": to increase the weight of by adding something heavy":[],
": to add a conditioning substance (such as a mineral salt) to for body":[],
": to weight or shape (dice) to fall unfairly":[],
": to pack with one-sided or prejudicial influences : bias":[],
": to charge with multiple meanings (such as emotional associations or hidden implications)":[],
": to weight (something, such as a test) with factors influencing validity or outcome":[],
": to supply in abundance or excess : heap , pack":[],
": to put runners on (first, second, and third bases) in baseball":[],
": to put a load or charge in (a device or piece of equipment)":[
"load a gun"
],
": to place or insert especially as a load in a device or piece of equipment":[
"load film in a camera"
],
": to copy or transfer (something, such as a program or data) into the memory of a digital device (such as a computer) especially from an external source (such as a disk drive or the Internet)":[
"Load a new program or game onto your hard disk, and you must run an installation program that decompresses the information held on the floppy disks",
"\u2014 Paul C. Schuytema"
],
": to put a supply of funds or resources into (an account, a gift card, etc.)":[
"She was told to go to the Dollar General Store and load a Google Play gift card with $100.",
"\u2014 The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia, Ohio)"
],
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": to add a load to (an insurance premium)":[],
": to add a sum to after profits and expenses are accounted for":[
"loaded prices"
],
": to receive a load":[],
": to go or go in as a load":[
"tourists loading onto a bus"
],
": to become loaded into a computer's memory":[
"the program loads quickly"
],
": to ingest in usually large amounts":[
"senators loading up on fried chicken and champagne",
"\u2014 H. L. Mencken"
],
": to acquire in usually large amounts":[
"loaded up on hot stocks"
]
},
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"\u02c8l\u014dd"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"cargo",
"draft",
"freight",
"haul",
"lading",
"loading",
"payload",
"weight"
],
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"burden",
"encumber",
"freight",
"lade",
"laden",
"lumber",
"saddle",
"weight"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He lifted the load onto his shoulders.",
"She was carrying a heavy load of legal documents in her briefcase.",
"He picked up a load of firewood and carried it into the house.",
"The truck was carrying a full load of sand.",
"Losing weight will lessen the load on your knees.",
"His death is a heavy load to bear.",
"Verb",
"load a truck with packages",
"Workers were loading and unloading the ships as they came into port.",
"We loaded up and drove off.",
"load packages on a truck",
"We loaded our luggage in the car and drove off.",
"Workers were loading cargo on the ships.",
"She loaded the table with all kinds of delicious foods.",
"load a tape into the VCR",
"The film didn't load properly.",
"The bus stopped to load a few more passengers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If your debt feels too overwhelming to tackle with the avalanche or snowball method, there are other strategies that can help lighten the load . \u2014 cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"There was another element that contributed to the sensory load : extreme heat. \u2014 Isiah Magsino, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
"Just be sure to start light\u2014Williams recommends using 2.5 to 4-pound weights before progressing to a heavier load . \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 27 May 2022",
"That\u2019s vindication for the much maligned notion that shoe cushioning can lighten the load on your joints and reduce injury risk. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 7 May 2022",
"The Hyundai also offers limited vehicle-to- load charging. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"What this research does suggest, however, is that early diagnosis and treatment remain crucial\u2014especially since the VB variant is linked to a higher viral load and greater cell decline before treatment. \u2014 Jocelyn Solis-moreira, Health.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Evergrande failed to make coupon payments in early December related to the firm\u2019s staggering debt load , which includes nearly $20 billion in bonds sold over international markets. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 3 Jan. 2022",
"And Ma is thrilled to have someone to carry some of the load . \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kyle Tucker walked to load the bases before Bregman\u2019s double to put Houston up 2-0. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Chron , 30 June 2022",
"Steven Kwan, another rookie, walked to load the bases. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"Tap or click for a direct link and a few other tricks if a website won't load . \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The Razorbacks threatened for more in the inning when Lanzilli was hit by a pitch and Moore walked in consecutive two-out at-bats to load the bases, but Arkansas left them loaded when Battles struck out looking. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"Heim then struck out looking on a ball just below his knees before Lowe walked on five pitches to load the bases. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"He was intentionally walked to load the bases in the bottom of the seventh. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Gonzales walked Story and Franchy Cordero to load the bases with two outs, but Christian Vazquez struck to end an eight-pitch at-bat. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Taylor Sullivan reached base when she was hit by a pitch and Ashley Desaulniers walked to load the bases. \u2014 Lori Riley, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lod , from Old English l\u0101d support, carrying \u2014 more at lode":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000312"
},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to be or become dark, gloomy, and threatening":[
"an overcast sky lowered over the village"
],
": frown":[],
": relatively low in position, rank, or order":[],
": southern":[
"lower New York State"
],
": less advanced in the scale of evolutionary development":[],
": situated or held to be situated beneath the earth's surface":[],
": being an earlier epoch or series of the period or system named":[
"Lower Cretaceous",
"Lower Paleolithic"
],
": constituting the popular and often the larger and more representative branch of a bicameral legislative body":[
"lower house"
],
": to let descend : let down":[],
": to depress as to direction":[
"lower your aim"
],
": to reduce the height of":[],
": to reduce in value, number, or amount":[],
": to bring down in quality or character : degrade":[],
": abase , humble":[],
": to reduce the objective of":[],
": to deal a crushing blow or punishment":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u014d-\u0259r",
"\u02c8lau\u0307(-\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"moue",
"mouth",
"mow",
"mug",
"pout",
"scowl",
"snoot"
],
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"inferior",
"junior",
"less",
"lesser",
"minor",
"smaller",
"subordinate"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"he turned to see the scornful lower on her face",
"Adjective",
"the ship's upper and lower decks",
"The message appeared on the lower portion of the screen.",
"the mountain's upper and lower slopes",
"The forecast is for strong winds at lower elevations.",
"in the lower and higher latitudes",
"the lower and upper peninsulas",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That's because short sellers borrow shares and then sell them with the hopes of buying them back at a lower price before returning them. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Sonic Origins' issues may have been excusable at a lower price. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"That can result in a startup being strong-armed to provide products and services at a discount\u2014or even agreeing to be acquired for a lower price than a competitor might pay. \u2014 Angus Loten, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Many also come from lower -income backgrounds, so paying for college is even more difficult. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
"The hospitals in question are nonprofit hospitals that serve lower -income and rural communities that fall under a provision known as Section 340B. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 June 2022",
"The council approved buying an affordable housing condominium in Bressi Ranch for $230,000 so it can be resold to another eligible lower -income buyer as part of the city\u2019s affordable housing resale program. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"However, the plan has sparked opposition among critics who say widening the highways would promote auto-dependent sprawl, give short shrift to expanding mass transit, and be unfair to lower -income motorists. \u2014 Katherine Shaver, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Landlords and even commercial property owners were not collecting rent, and thus many of them needed to sell their properties quickly, at a lower price. \u2014 Ali Jamal, Forbes , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English louren ; akin to Middle High German l\u016bren to lie in wait":"Verb",
"low entry 1":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1575, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231906"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a shaped or molded mass of bread":[],
": a shaped or molded often symmetrical mass of food":[],
": head , mind":[],
": to spend time in idleness":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014df"
],
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"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around ",
"hang about",
"idle",
"kick around",
"kick back",
"laze",
"lazy",
"loll",
"lounge",
"veg out"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for loaf Verb idle , loaf , lounge , loll , laze mean to spend time doing nothing. idle may be used in reference to persons that move lazily or without purpose. idled the day away loaf suggests either resting or wandering about as though there were nothing to do. she does her work and then loafs the rest of the day lounge , though occasionally used as equal to idle or loaf , typically conveys an additional implication of resting or reclining against a support or of physical comfort and ease in relaxation. he lounged against the wall loll also carries an implication of a posture similar to that of lounge , but places greater stress upon an indolent or relaxed attitude. lolling on the couch laze usually implies the relaxation of a busy person enjoying a vacation or moments of leisure. lazed about between appointments",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"slicing a loaf of bread",
"Verb",
"I spent most of the weekend just loafing around the house.",
"the kind of sultry August afternoon that makes you just want to loaf",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The chef took a shot with us and, in a typical display of Bulgarian hospitality, sent us off with presents: a warm, fluffy loaf for Kirov, and a small bag of tsubitsa for me. \u2014 Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"Follow Meghan's lead and pair a tin of this Fortnum & Mason blend with a loaf of homemade banana bread. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 1 June 2022",
"Currently, Martinez bakes white sourdough, wheat loaf , rolls and sandwich bread. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Spoon mousse into prepared loaf pan, smoothing the top. \u2014 Star Tribune , 14 July 2021",
"The first time Blythe Johnson, winner of this year\u2019s amateur category, baked a loaf of bread was in elementary school. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
"Volunteers held a loaf of bread on an embroidered scarf to welcome all arriving Ukrainians, who could rip off a piece of bread, dip it in salt and take a bite. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022",
"That effect makes the difference between, say, a butter-heavy shortbread that melts in your mouth and a loaf of bread with a stretchy, chewy bite. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The bakery relies on the Chinook Book app\u2019s rewards platform that acts as the mobile version of a loyalty punch card, in which customers can receive a free loaf of bread or free cup of coffee after 10 purchases. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The mixture of Dungeness and Jonah crabmeat was unseasoned and seemed scant compared to the engorged sourdough loaf the mixture was swiped onto. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
"What to order: The country loaf (their version of traditional sourdough), apple cheddar scones, chocolate croissants and the addictive sabl\u00e9 shortbread cookies. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Jan. 2022",
"My dinner choice was a constant of shrimp and grits served with a freshly baked crusty bread loaf with drawn garlic butter to drizzle. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Scoring sourdough directs the expansion and shape of your final bread loaf by creating intentional weak spots. \u2014 Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 Sep. 2021",
"For many years remote work had something of a stigma associated with it, as managers believed that being out of sight would mean people would loaf off and productivity would fall. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
"Chocolate malt ball loaf prep in honor of Father\u2019s Day: 5 p.m. June 9. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Apr. 2021",
"Baking bread \u2014 like this sourdough loaf from Caroline Hargraves \u2014 was a popular during the pandemic. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Mar. 2021",
"After more than three decades of hard work as a big league umpire, Mike Winters is ready to loaf . \u2014 Ben Walker, Star Tribune , 9 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lof , from Old English hl\u0101f ; akin to Old High German hleib loaf":"Noun",
"probably back-formation from loafer":"Verb"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1835, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225641"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class":[],
": being an inferior or low-ranking specimen of its kind":[
"a lower-class theater"
],
": a social class occupying a position below the middle class and having the lowest status in a society":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccl\u014d-\u0259r-\u02c8klas"
],
"synonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"inferior",
"low",
"low-life",
"lowborn",
"lowly",
"lumpen",
"mean",
"plebeian",
"prole",
"proletarian",
"unwashed",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"high",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"lofty",
"noble",
"patrician",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a member of the lower class",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The consumption of America\u2019s lower class would be middle-class by European standards, and the tax burden plays a big role here too. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Programs that were playing up that did not earn a point were returned to the lower class . \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The Commonwealth's newspaper is covering up what happened at the gala when Tyler took Max hostage and claimed there's an uprising a foot amongst the lower class . \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The damaging effects of the pandemic financially upended many middle and lower class households but conversely, the report points out that world\u2019s richest have only got richer. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The bill\u2019s original version would have applied more broadly, potentially requiring schools to lower class sizes in high-income schools and raise them in schools with a concentration of low-income students, who have greater learning needs. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Some school principals were able to lower class sizes by rearranging class schedules, Borden said. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Nov. 2021",
"This required that particularly dominant teams in a lower class advance to the higher class. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Priorities are tied to the state\u2019s education strategic plan and are aimed at improving student achievement, creating lower class sizes in middle grades, paying for school nurses and incentivizing effective teachers. \u2014 Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al , 14 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1637, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-160939"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a long distance",
": a considerable period of time : long run"
],
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"synonyms":[
"afar",
"country mile",
"far cry",
"mile"
],
"antonyms":[
"hair",
"inch",
"step",
"stone's throw"
],
"examples":[
"Driving across the country would be a long haul .",
"growing up in suburban New England, I used to think the 10 miles between our house and the mall was a long haul",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Is the company going to be around for the long haul ? \u2014 Gene Marks, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"After retooling its strategy and more squarely focusing on the Donbas region, however, Russia has made impactful gains, and its influence appears to be setting in for the long haul . \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"Aside from the occasional one-time dividend payment, most dividend policies are designed for the long haul . \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"Although overall spending for the Health and Human Services agency is projected to drop as various pandemic programs are scaled back or eliminated, some elements of pandemic health care will be adopted for the long haul , Macchione said. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"Digital burnout impedes your mental and physical health and compromises career success over the long haul . \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The biggest question for China is whether its tactics for managing prices can hold up over the long haul if inflation becomes endemic world-wide. \u2014 Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
"The depth of the roster paid off over the long haul , with different players producing in different games. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"How fast and effective is the Vanish Carbon over the long haul ? \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-165026"
},
"loveliness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace : attractive":[
"She looks lovely in that dress."
],
": grand , swell":[
"what a lovely morning"
],
": eliciting love by moral or ideal worth":[
"A lovely woman who loves him for himself, not for his money."
],
": lovable":[],
": a beautiful woman":[],
": a lovely object":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u0259v-l\u0113"
],
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"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lovely Adjective beautiful , lovely , handsome , pretty , comely , fair mean exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure. beautiful applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion through the senses. beautiful mountain scenery lovely is close to beautiful but applies to a narrower range of emotional excitation in suggesting the graceful, delicate, or exquisite. a lovely melody handsome suggests aesthetic pleasure due to proportion, symmetry, or elegance. a handsome Georgian mansion pretty often applies to superficial or insubstantial attractiveness. a painter of conventionally pretty scenes comely is like handsome in suggesting what is coolly approved rather than emotionally responded to. the comely grace of a dancer fair suggests beauty because of purity, flawlessness, or freshness. fair of face",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She was wearing a lovely dress.",
"a lovely bouquet of flowers",
"The song has a lovely melody.",
"The hotel has a lovely view.",
"We enjoyed a lovely dinner.",
"a singer with a lovely voice",
"Their children have lovely manners.",
"How lovely of you to come!",
"It was lovely to have you here!",
"Noun",
"A chorus line of young lovelies danced on the stage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The sentiment is lovely \u2014 a reminder to the Black audience members to celebrate their own softness and vulnerability. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Even the matchbooks were lovely , a bright neon red ornamented with a rhododendron blossom. \u2014 Joy Callaway, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"Doing yoga facing the ocean at Hotel Tropico Latino's open-air shala is lovely . \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
"It\u2019s all quite sweet and cerebral, and some of the effects are lovely . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 21 May 2022",
"What was also lovely was that Viola walked the red carpet with her husband, Julius Tennon, who looked dapper in a classic black tuxedo. \u2014 Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"As Betty, expressing doubt for her family\u2019s future and in Malcolm\u2019s conflict with the Nation of Islam, Morrison\u2019s lush vocals were radiantly lovely . \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Salty caramel sauce is also lovely , as is an alternative milk, such as coconut. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Drew Scheid, who plays Steven, Ever\u2019s love interest, was so lovely . \u2014 Angela Dawson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"No, Colin Frissell hooking up with the three lovelies in Wisconsin. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Dec. 2019",
"The vegetables: Along with the summer lovelies mentioned above, some people get all crazy and put mushrooms in their ratatouille. \u2014 James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2019",
"Here are some of the lovelies that were arrested recently -- the Berkeley deal. \u2014 Fox News , 29 Aug. 2018",
"Scott Rubin was asked to write jokes for National Lampoon\u2019s Strip Poker, a witless pay-per-view series featuring Kaelin and a group of lovelies (including Olivia Munn, then known as Lisa) at the Hedonism II nudist resort in Jamaica. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace, HWD , 1 May 2017",
"The Observer resolved then and there to award these two lovelies his first Mellow MoonPie award, for grit and glimmer in the face of death. \u2014 The Masked Observer, AL.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
"Of these desirable lovelies , only Mabel (who is also played by the gamely resourceful Omar) opens her heart to poor forlorn Freddy. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 26 Jan. 2018",
"Its Instagram feed for its men\u2019s line, for example, which has more than 855,000 followers, is a cornucopia of F.O.M.O.-inducing shots of stylish young lovelies cavorting in exotic locales wearing cool watches. \u2014 Alex Williams, New York Times , 30 Oct. 2017",
"Lunch or dinner isn\u2019t complete without a stop at the pretty-as-a-picture pastry case, with lovelies like chocolate caramel tartlets lined up inside. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Sep. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195554"
},
"locale":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a place or locality especially when viewed in relation to a particular event or characteristic":[
"chose a tropical island as the locale for their wedding"
],
": site , scene":[
"the locale of a story"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u014d-\u02c8kal"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacement",
"locality",
"location",
"locus",
"place",
"point",
"position",
"site",
"spot",
"venue",
"where"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"They chose a tropical island as the locale for their wedding.",
"the locale of the story",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The inclusion of Meta, Microsoft, and video game developer Epic Games hopefully signals that the tech powers do not envision the metaverse as a closed-off, oligopolistic locale , where two or three companies control the entire ecosystem. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"The half-hour episodes have a distinctive spirit \u2014 a kitchen-centric locale , a dramatic mood with a side of black comedy, some overlapping dialogue, and a sometimes surreal but always fast-paced feel. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"This study did not focus on cause of death, but the local-level, detailed data on life expectancy could support targeted efforts to eliminate the disparities leading to shorter lives, which differ by locale . \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"The locale , undeniably majestic, also plays host to petty crime and moral chaos. \u2014 Bob Verini, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Imperioli is set to play a character named Dominic Di Grasso, who travels to an unknown (although likely fancy and exotic) locale with his elderly father and recent college graduate son. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Retailer options vary by locale , so check here to see what's available in your area. \u2014 Louryn Strampe, Wired , 13 Feb. 2022",
"It\u2019s not only Sherman Edwards\u2019s lyrics that unsettle with newfound verve, especially in a New England locale such as Cambridge, Boston\u2019s next-door neighbor. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"And the right kind of interpreter can mine magic from this kind of locale and its abundant clich\u00e9s. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of French local , from local , adjective":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173649"
},
"loveable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": having qualities that attract affection":[
"the hero's lovable sidekick",
"\u2014 Terrence Rafferty",
"he's the gruff but lovable grandpa",
"\u2014 John Garrity"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u0259-v\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorable",
"darling",
"dear",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"lovesome",
"precious",
"sweet",
"winning",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"unlovable"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He has a bad temper, but he's still lovable .",
"she was a lovable child, always helpful and kind",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because a leathery little scamp like E.T. is lovable only in the uninhibited mind of a child; fear, distrust, and paranoia are born of experience and disappointment. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"Irony in iron is what makes the American luxury cars of the 1970s and 1980s lovable . \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
"The lovable cast of scamps at the heart of the Fast & Furious franchise have driven their cars everywhere: underwater, outer space, the mean streets of East L.A. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 26 June 2021",
"Nothing can top Penny Marshall\u2019s 1992 movie about women playing baseball in the \u201940s \u2014 Tom Hanks as a lovable degenerate? \u2014 Washington Post Staff, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"The standout is Uncle Clifford (Nicco Anaan), the lovable owner who\u2019s not only responsible for keeping the club afloat, but manages the emotions of its dancers. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"Created by cartoonist Davis, the Garfield comic strip debuted in June 1978 and follows the cynical and lazy orange cat and his interactions with his owner, Jon Arbuckle, and fellow pet Odie, the lovable dog. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
"Le described her son as a great kid who is caring, lovable and brings joy and laughter and fun to everybody. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
"Here\u2019s a look at her lovable character Joan, who dates her Chihuahua Doug, and sings along with Harry Styles. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021221"
},
"lovable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having qualities that attract affection",
": easy to love : having attractive or appealing qualities"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u0259-v\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8l\u0259-v\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorable",
"darling",
"dear",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"lovesome",
"precious",
"sweet",
"winning",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"unlovable"
],
"examples":[
"He has a bad temper, but he's still lovable .",
"she was a lovable child, always helpful and kind",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Irony in iron is what makes the American luxury cars of the 1970s and 1980s lovable . \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
"The lovable cast of scamps at the heart of the Fast & Furious franchise have driven their cars everywhere: underwater, outer space, the mean streets of East L.A. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 26 June 2021",
"Nothing can top Penny Marshall\u2019s 1992 movie about women playing baseball in the \u201940s \u2014 Tom Hanks as a lovable degenerate? \u2014 Washington Post Staff, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"The standout is Uncle Clifford (Nicco Anaan), the lovable owner who\u2019s not only responsible for keeping the club afloat, but manages the emotions of its dancers. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"Created by cartoonist Davis, the Garfield comic strip debuted in June 1978 and follows the cynical and lazy orange cat and his interactions with his owner, Jon Arbuckle, and fellow pet Odie, the lovable dog. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
"Le described her son as a great kid who is caring, lovable and brings joy and laughter and fun to everybody. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
"Here\u2019s a look at her lovable character Joan, who dates her Chihuahua Doug, and sings along with Harry Styles. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"The dog breeds on our list include some pure breeds, some mixed breeds and some perfectly lovable and adorable dogs hardly deserving of their less-than-flawless reputations! \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192705"
},
"lone wolf":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who prefers to work, act, or live alone":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"bohemian",
"boho",
"counterculturist",
"deviant",
"enfant terrible",
"free spirit",
"heretic",
"iconoclast",
"individualist",
"lone ranger",
"loner",
"maverick",
"nonconformer",
"nonconformist"
],
"antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He had the reputation of being a lone wolf in high school.",
"a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet even when Buffalo authorities confirmed that the Buffalo killer was a lone wolf , the gonzo journalists at Rolling Stone say, \u2018no, no, no, no, no. \u2014 Fox News Staff, Fox News , 17 May 2022",
"Frost told me that\u2014contrary to popular opinion, which casts Elias as a lone wolf \u2014Elias is guided by an inner circle of people who are not afraid to disagree with him. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Before going into business together, entrepreneurial Teplin was a lone wolf \u2014 while Shearer, who cleared out closets for a high-end clothing consignment business, was looking to partner up. \u2014 Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This year, famous lone wolf OR-7 formed the first pack in the western part of the state. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 26 Feb. 2015",
"Unlike Rimini\u2019s protagonist, a lone wolf in a sealskin coat who performs with just one roadie and a sound system, Seidl is once again getting the band back together. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Even by lone wolf standards, William Tell stands apart. \u2014 Stuart Miller, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Atlanta voters were deciding Tuesday's mayoral runoff between one candidate who is comfortable as a lone wolf and another who has acquired a bunch of new friends. \u2014 Jeff Amy, ajc , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Federal law enforcement nationwide has warned that one of the biggest threats remains lone wolf -style attacks. \u2014 Melanie Zanona, CNN , 27 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041240"
},
"loosened":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to release from restraint",
": to make looser",
": to relieve (the bowels) of constipation",
": to cause or permit to become less strict",
": to become loose or looser",
": to make or become less tight or firmly fixed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u1d4an",
"\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"relax",
"slack",
"slacken"
],
"antonyms":[
"strain",
"stretch",
"tense",
"tension",
"tighten"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To combat heat exhaustion, move to a cool place, loosen your clothes, put cool, wet cloths on your body or take a cool bath and sip water. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 12 June 2022",
"Here's what didn\u2019t happen: All the flesh on my face did not loosen and fall off my cheekbones, leaving me looking instantly elderly. \u2014 Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"Executives and analysts say the situation could worsen because there are no plans to add significant refining capacity, and fuel demand will grow throughout the summer as drivers hit the road and more economies loosen Covid-19 restrictions. \u2014 Peter Santilli, WSJ , 28 May 2022",
"As the country mourns the tragedy in Uvalde and other recent mass shootings, the Supreme Court may soon loosen gun laws in New York -- while several other Second Amendment cases continue to pile up on the court's docket. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"Beech Grove is also going to need to make some outside shots to loosen things up for Ball and create driving opportunities for Tate, Alexander and Edwards. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The many different parts of a fan can loosen over time because of, in part, the force generated by the rotating fan. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
"China\u2019s capital Beijing will loosen mobility curbs in several districts from Sunday after authorities said its outbreak is under control, while total case numbers in the financial hub of Shanghai continued to decline. \u2014 Time , 28 May 2022",
"China's largest city revealed more plans to loosen its stringent COVID lockdowns Thursday. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 26 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193237"
},
"lollop":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": loll",
": to proceed with a bounding or bobbing motion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-l\u0259p"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce",
"bound",
"hop",
"lope",
"skip",
"trip"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dog raced off and then lolloped back with a large stick in its mouth"
],
"history_and_etymology":" loll + -op (as in gallop )",
"first_known_use":[
"1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193315"
},
"lowness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": having a small upward extension or elevation":[
"a low wall"
],
": situated or passing little above a reference line, point, or plane":[
"low bridges"
],
": having a low-cut neckline":[],
": not extending as high as the ankle":[
"low oxfords"
],
": situated or passing below the normal level, surface, or base of measurement, or the mean elevation":[
"low ground"
],
": marking a nadir or bottom":[
"the low point of his career"
],
": small in number or amount":[],
": substandard , inadequate":[
"a low level of employment",
"a low income group"
],
": cheap":[
"low prices"
],
": short , depleted":[
"Oil is in low supply."
],
": of lesser degree, size, or amount than average or ordinary":[
"low energy"
],
": of lesser position, rank, or order":[],
": intended to attract little attention":[
"kept a low profile"
],
": unfavorable , disparaging":[
"had a low opinion of her"
],
": lacking spirit or vivacity : depressed":[
"a low frame of mind"
],
": lacking strength, health, or vitality : weak , prostrate":[
"very low with pneumonia"
],
": being near the horizon":[],
": being near the equator":[
"low northern latitudes"
],
": falling short of some standard: such as":[],
": morally reprehensible : base":[
"a low trick"
],
": lacking dignity or elevation":[
"a low style of writing"
],
": coarse , vulgar":[
"low language"
],
": not loud : soft":[],
": characterized by being toward the bottom of the range of pitch attainable (as by an instrument)":[],
": flat sense 8a":[],
": socially or economically humble in character or status":[
"a person of low birth"
],
": designed for slow and usually the slowest speed":[
"low gear"
],
": not advanced in complexity, development, or elaboration":[
"low organisms"
],
": low church":[],
": being near the basket or net":[
"a player in the low post"
],
": dead":[
"\u2014 used as a predicate adjective with lay laid the enemy low"
],
": articulated with a wide opening between the relatively flat tongue and the palate : open":[
"\\\u00e4\\ is a low vowel."
],
"Sir David Alexander Cecil 1891\u20131963 British cartoonist":[],
": something that is low: such as":[],
": depth":[
"a new low in advertising"
],
": a region of low barometric pressure":[],
": the transmission gear of an automotive vehicle giving the lowest ratio of driveshaft to crankshaft speed":[],
": moo":[
"In barns cows lowed to be milked.",
"\u2014 Esther Forbes"
],
": the deep sustained sound characteristic especially of a cow":[],
": flame , blaze":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"equatorial",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"polar"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for low Adjective base , low , vile mean deserving of contempt because of the absence of higher values. base stresses the ignoble and may suggest cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness. base motives low may connote crafty cunning, vulgarity, or immorality and regularly implies an outraging of one's sense of decency or propriety. refused to listen to such low talk vile , the strongest of these words, tends to suggest disgusting depravity or filth. a vile remark",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The apartment has low ceilings.",
"They have a home in the low country.",
"The houses are built on low ground.",
"temperatures as low as 10 below zero",
"He's being treated for low blood pressure.",
"a low dose of medicine",
"She earns a low salary.",
"Demand for his books has remained low .",
"Temperatures were in the low eighties.",
"Our supply of fuel is getting low ."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lah, low , from Old Norse l\u0101gr ; akin to Middle High German l\u00e6ge low, flat; probably akin to Old English licgan to lie":"Adjective",
"Middle English loowen, lowen, going back to Old English hl\u014dwan, going back to Germanic *hl\u014dan- (whence also Old Saxon hl\u014dinga \"mooing,\" Old Low Franconian luon, luogin \"to moo, bellow,\" Old High German luoen ), going back to Indo-European *kloh 1 -, presumed o-grade derivative of a verbal base *kleh 1 -, *kl\u0325h 1 - \"call,\" whence also Germanic *hal\u014dn-, *hul\u014dn- \"to summon\" (whence Old English geholian \"to obtain, get,\" Old Saxon halon, haloian \"to fetch, get, bring,\" Old High German hal\u014dn, hol\u014dn \"to fetch, send for, summon\"), Latin cal\u0101re \"to announce, summon,\" Umbrian ka\u0159etu \"(he must) call,\" Greek kal\u00e9\u014d, kale\u00een \"to call, summon,\" and perhaps Hittite kalli\u0161- \"entice, elicit, evoke\"":"Verb and Noun",
"Middle English, from Old Norse logi, log ; akin to Old English l\u0113oht light \u2014 more at light":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1522, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175557"
},
"lovesome":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": winsome , lovely":[],
": affectionate , amorous":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u0259v-s\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorable",
"darling",
"dear",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"precious",
"sweet",
"winning",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"unlovable"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a lovesome child that any couple would eagerly adopt",
"the kind of young and lovesome woman that any man would want for a wife"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064102"
},
"loiter":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle",
": to remain in an area for no obvious reason",
": to lag behind",
": to hang around somewhere for no good reason",
": to dawdle on the way to somewhere",
": to remain in or hang around an area for no obvious purpose",
": to linger for the purpose of committing a crime"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022fi-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8l\u022fi-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8l\u022fi-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
],
"examples":[
"Loitering is prohibited outside the theaters.",
"don't loiter in this neighborhood after dark",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And thirdly, there is that extended loitering time, vastly longer than needed for most battlefield use \u2014 almost all similar munitions loiter for less than an hour. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Don\u2019t loiter here or come back later, Or the god\u2019s staff and chaplet won\u2019t protect you. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This allows Bayraktar to loiter more than three miles above the surface of Earth, day or night, and give drone operators hundreds of miles away the ability to look down onto the battlefield in real time. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Both Hopkins and Keene say young children will be walking farther, sometimes crossing busy streets like North Avenue or Pennsylvania Avenue by themselves, and past corners where people loiter and deal drugs. \u2014 Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Unlike fighter jets, which need to be refueled regularly and have crews that get tired, drones can loiter in the air for up to 24 hours while carrying out surveillance, probing air defenses, or waiting for a suitable target. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 20 June 2021",
"To reduce the amount of pollution being pumped into the neighborhoods near the port, ships were then asked to loiter beyond the horizon, 150 miles from the port. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 6 Dec. 2021",
"The metaverse, as originally conceived by Stephenson, is focused around a three-dimensional digital street with virtual real estate, where users\u2019 avatars can loiter , party, and do business, finding spaces and each other. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The lengthy flight limits the time drones can loiter over Afghanistan gathering intelligence, and the Biden administration has been looking for closer, more effective options. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 22 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194822"
},
"low-pressure":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having, exerting, or operating under a relatively small pressure":[],
": easygoing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-\u02c8pre-sh\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"mellow"
],
"antonyms":[
"high-strung",
"uptight"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030002"
},
"low-life":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person of low social status":[],
": a person of low moral character":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-\u02ccl\u012bf"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"hanging around with a bunch of lowlifes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His bailiwick is seamy realism, walking the edge of soft-core as lowlife exploiter Larry Clark did with Kids, but never transcending it. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 Dec. 2021",
"In such circumstances, the justifiably paranoid mind naturally believes this snippet of film, stolen at random by a lowlife pickpocket, could decide the fate of the planet. \u2014 Mark Jacobson, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Earnest, who was tied to a device that prevented him from turning to the audience, showed no visible reaction during the two-hour hearing as speakers called him a lowlife coward, an evil animal and a monster. \u2014 Elliot Spagat, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Earnest, who was tied to a device that prevented him from turning to the audience, showed no visible reaction during the two-hour hearing as speakers called him a lowlife coward, an evil animal, and a monster. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Earnest, who was tied to a device that prevented him from turning to the audience, showed no visible reaction during the two-hour hearing as speakers called him a lowlife coward, an evil animal and a monster. \u2014 Elliot Spagat, ajc , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Set in an eastern district of Amman, the film follows a lowlife whose desire to run away with his respectable girlfriend leads him and others to make very foolish alliances. \u2014 Jay Weissberg, Variety , 18 Aug. 2021",
"But that need not extend into taking out frustrations on or being a lowlife towards the opposition. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2021",
"Manfredi appears to have been more excited by Caravaggio\u2019s native feeling for drama and lowlife subjects than by anything spiritual. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1902, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202717"
},
"lowermost":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": lowest":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-\u0259r-\u02ccm\u014dst"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom",
"bottommost",
"low",
"nethermost",
"rock-bottom",
"undermost"
],
"antonyms":[
"highest",
"loftiest",
"top",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"even when her singing career was at its lowermost point, she still got gigs at small clubs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lowermost red highlights show that the index has been testing overhead resistance at 4115 to 4157, which represents the February 24th and March 8th lows, for the past eight sessions. \u2014 John Kosar, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Try the uppermost trail that runs along the river through the Newberry National Volcanic Monument south of Bend, or the lowermost trail near the confluence with the Columbia River east of The Dalles. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Mar. 2021",
"In other groups, the topmost elements tend to behave more like the lowermost elements when scientists apply serious pressure in the lab, like carbon into diamonds. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 4 June 2020",
"This is about 11 kilometers, putting these planes at the very lowermost reaches of the stratosphere. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 20 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1547, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224939"
},
"look (at)":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to make sure or take care (that something is done)":[
"censor to look that no man lived idly",
"\u2014 Edward Gee"
],
": to ascertain by the use of one's eyes":[
"look what I brought you"
],
": to exercise the power of vision upon : examine":[],
": to search for":[],
": expect , anticipate":[
"we look to have a good year"
],
": to have in mind as an end":[
"looking to win back some lost profits"
],
": to bring into a place or condition by the exercise of the power of vision":[],
": to express by the eyes or facial expression":[
"the friar looked his surprise",
"\u2014 Robert Brennan"
],
": to have an appearance that befits or accords with":[
"looks her age"
],
": to exercise the power of vision : see":[],
": to direct one's attention":[
"look upon the future with hope",
"look at the map"
],
": to direct the eyes":[
"looked up from the newspaper"
],
": to have the appearance or likelihood of being : seem":[
"it looks unlikely",
"looks to be hard work"
],
": to have a specified outlook":[
"the house looked east"
],
": to gaze in wonder or surprise : stare":[],
": to show a tendency":[
"the evidence looks to acquittal"
],
": to take care of":[
"looked after her sick mother"
],
": consider sense 1":[
"looking at the possibility of relocating"
],
": confront , face":[
"looking at a mandatory fine",
"\u2014 Cindy Kilass"
],
": to view something with arrogance, disdain, or disapproval":[
"writers who look down their noses at popular culture"
],
": to await with hope or anticipation":[
"You can look for me to arrive at noon."
],
": to search for : seek":[
"looking for a new car"
],
": to anticipate with pleasure or satisfaction":[
"looking forward to your visit"
],
": explore sense 1a":[
"Investigators are looking into the cause of the accident."
],
": to direct one's attention away from something unpleasant or troublesome":[
"We can't just look the other way while these violations of human rights continue to occur."
],
": to direct one's attention to":[
"looking to the future"
],
": to rely upon":[
"looks to reading for relaxation"
],
": the act of looking":[],
": glance":[],
": the expression of the countenance":[],
": a combination of design features giving a unified appearance":[
"a new look in women's fashions"
],
": the state or form in which something appears":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lu\u0307k"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"appear",
"come across (as)",
"come off (as)",
"feel",
"make",
"seem",
"sound"
],
"antonyms":[
"cast",
"countenance",
"expression",
"face",
"visage"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for look Verb expect , hope , look mean to await some occurrence or outcome. expect implies a high degree of certainty and usually involves the idea of preparing or envisioning. expects to be finished by Tuesday hope implies little certainty but suggests confidence or assurance in the possibility that what one desires or longs for will happen. hopes to find a job soon look , with to , implies assurance that expectations will be fulfilled looks to a tidy profit from the sale ; with for it implies less assurance and suggests an attitude of expectancy and watchfulness. look for rain when the wind shifts to the northeast",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He looked straight ahead and kept walking.",
"When you take a walk, look around you.",
"She smiled at me and then looked away.",
"He looked back the way he had come.",
"Look both ways before you cross the street.",
"When I finally reached the top I was afraid to look down.",
"She looked from one person to the next.",
"They looked off into the distance.",
"He was looking over his shoulder.",
"Her new haircut makes her look young.",
"Noun",
"I don't think you left it here, but I'll take a look around for it.",
"I took a quick look , but he wasn't there.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This is a good time to look around the landscape and garden and do a bit of summer maintenance. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 2 July 2022",
"Crypto fundraising is much like the real-world kind \u2014 the skill lies in knowing where to look (and whom to thank). \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Those viral proteins look very similar to some proteins in the pancreas, and damage to the pancreas by the immune system can eventually prevent the body from processing glucose normally. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 2 July 2022",
"Here, Pinto opens her personal camera roll to T&C to share a behind-the-scenes look at Mr. Malcolm\u2019s List, and the moments that didn\u2019t make it on screen. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"As most of the cast cheers \u2014 and a few of them look confused \u2014 the 30-time host goes on to explain a little bit more about how the game will work. \u2014 Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Overall other controls have a very premium look and feel including the knurling on the central control knob and volume roller as well as door handles and seat controls. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Kishi V2's joysticks look and feel identical to those found on a Switch Joy-Con, right down to the tiny notches in each cardinal direction. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
"To understand how the clouds form, researchers need to look at the diversity of the cloud features in the Jovian atmosphere and create a catalogue of them. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Acielle Tanbetova is backstage at the Paris spring 2023 menswear shows to get a first look at all of the accessory, beauty, and clothing trends at Givenchy, Y/Project, Dior Mens, Rick Owens, and more. \u2014 Acielle / Style Du Monde, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Higher Ground \u2014 Barack and Michelle Obama's production company \u2014 signed an exclusive multi-year first- look production deal with Audible, Amazon's audiobook and podcast service. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"The deal follows Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer\u2019s New Republic Pictures signing a first- look deal for film and TV with the Jude Law- and Ben Jackson-run banner. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"Billy Porter has signed a first look deal with FX Productions to develop new content through his production company Incognegro with his producing partner D.J. Gugenheim. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"As a result of the deal, Audible will have exclusive first- look rights to all podcasts created by Higher Ground, the production company that the Obamas created in 2018. \u2014 Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Barack and Michelle Obama\u2019s production company, Higher Ground, has signed an exclusive, multiyear, worldwide first- look deal with Amazon subsidiary Audible, the audio content company announced Tuesday. \u2014 Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"But the first serious look at the Australian language, by Sidney Baker, a New Zealander, came out in 1945. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Edwards shared a series of photos of the romantic beach proposal \u2014 and a first look at her engagement ring \u2014 on Instagram. \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 18 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English l\u014dcian ; akin to Old Saxon l\u014dc\u014dn to look":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211035"
},
"loquacious":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": full of excessive talk : wordy":[],
": given to fluent or excessive talk : garrulous":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u014d-\u02c8kw\u0101-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky"
],
"antonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for loquacious talkative , loquacious , garrulous , voluble mean given to talk or talking. talkative may imply a readiness to engage in talk or a disposition to enjoy conversation. a talkative neighbor loquacious suggests the power of expressing oneself articulately, fluently, or glibly. a loquacious spokesperson garrulous implies prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity. garrulous traveling companions voluble suggests a free, easy, and unending loquacity. a voluble raconteur",
"examples":[
"\u2026 long-cultivated dislikes and resentments, combined with a general expectation of coming apocalypse. He talked about these topics in a manner that managed to be tight-lipped and loquacious at the same time. \u2014 Ian Frazier , New Yorker , 22 & 29 Dec. 2003",
"\u2026 the flaw of the genre is not in betraying the loquacious John Williams and the chatty Father Foucquet, but in failing to schedule an interview with the reticent Eunice Williams and the tongue-tied John Hu. \u2014 Jill Lepore , Journal of American History , June 2001",
"With a wonderful memory for detail, this talkative woman\u2014who my father said never forgets anything\u2014became truly loquacious . \u2014 Joseph A. Amato , Dust , 2000",
"a loquacious and glib politician",
"the loquacious host of a radio talk show",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Beard has always been an enigma: quiet where Lasso is loquacious , an introvert when his coaching partner is all extrovert. \u2014 Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Reacting to Jules\u2019 loquacious manner of flirting, Lengronne furrows her eyebrows and purses her lips before letting out a snort. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"On Thursday afternoon, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey issued a public reprimand to both loquacious coaches for making derogatory comments about another league institution. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"But Ellis digs into the more sobering developments with equal skill, and his experience with musicals gives him a nimble grasp of the tricky rhythms of Greenberg\u2019s loquacious dialogue. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The once loquacious adolescent (played by John Bell) had transformed into a fierce Mohawk warrior, with demons clearing haunting him and a refusal to speak about what had sent him back to his Fraser family. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Michael Reynolds, the tenacious and loquacious courtroom bulldog who prosecuted some of Wayne County\u2019s highest-profile homicides while earning praise from judges and adversaries, died Tuesday at his home in Grosse Pointe Woods. \u2014 Joe Swickard, Detroit Free Press , 5 Mar. 2022",
"In the past few years, he's become one of the most loquacious justices and, as the court's senior justice, is given the privilege of asking the first questions at oral arguments. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The obsessively loquacious narrator is its real main character, the biggest personality in a book full of divas. \u2014 Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books , 23 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin loqu\u0101c-, loqu\u0101x \"talkative, verbose\" (from loqu\u012b \"to talk, speak\" + -\u0101c-, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance) + -ious \u2014 more at eloquent , audacious":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035842"
},
"lowest":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": having a small upward extension or elevation":[
"a low wall"
],
": situated or passing little above a reference line, point, or plane":[
"low bridges"
],
": having a low-cut neckline":[],
": not extending as high as the ankle":[
"low oxfords"
],
": situated or passing below the normal level, surface, or base of measurement, or the mean elevation":[
"low ground"
],
": marking a nadir or bottom":[
"the low point of his career"
],
": small in number or amount":[],
": substandard , inadequate":[
"a low level of employment",
"a low income group"
],
": cheap":[
"low prices"
],
": short , depleted":[
"Oil is in low supply."
],
": of lesser degree, size, or amount than average or ordinary":[
"low energy"
],
": of lesser position, rank, or order":[],
": intended to attract little attention":[
"kept a low profile"
],
": unfavorable , disparaging":[
"had a low opinion of her"
],
": lacking spirit or vivacity : depressed":[
"a low frame of mind"
],
": lacking strength, health, or vitality : weak , prostrate":[
"very low with pneumonia"
],
": being near the horizon":[],
": being near the equator":[
"low northern latitudes"
],
": falling short of some standard: such as":[],
": morally reprehensible : base":[
"a low trick"
],
": lacking dignity or elevation":[
"a low style of writing"
],
": coarse , vulgar":[
"low language"
],
": not loud : soft":[],
": characterized by being toward the bottom of the range of pitch attainable (as by an instrument)":[],
": flat sense 8a":[],
": socially or economically humble in character or status":[
"a person of low birth"
],
": designed for slow and usually the slowest speed":[
"low gear"
],
": not advanced in complexity, development, or elaboration":[
"low organisms"
],
": low church":[],
": being near the basket or net":[
"a player in the low post"
],
": dead":[
"\u2014 used as a predicate adjective with lay laid the enemy low"
],
": articulated with a wide opening between the relatively flat tongue and the palate : open":[
"\\\u00e4\\ is a low vowel."
],
"Sir David Alexander Cecil 1891\u20131963 British cartoonist":[],
": something that is low: such as":[],
": depth":[
"a new low in advertising"
],
": a region of low barometric pressure":[],
": the transmission gear of an automotive vehicle giving the lowest ratio of driveshaft to crankshaft speed":[],
": moo":[
"In barns cows lowed to be milked.",
"\u2014 Esther Forbes"
],
": the deep sustained sound characteristic especially of a cow":[],
": flame , blaze":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"equatorial",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"polar"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for low Adjective base , low , vile mean deserving of contempt because of the absence of higher values. base stresses the ignoble and may suggest cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness. base motives low may connote crafty cunning, vulgarity, or immorality and regularly implies an outraging of one's sense of decency or propriety. refused to listen to such low talk vile , the strongest of these words, tends to suggest disgusting depravity or filth. a vile remark",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The apartment has low ceilings.",
"They have a home in the low country.",
"The houses are built on low ground.",
"temperatures as low as 10 below zero",
"He's being treated for low blood pressure.",
"a low dose of medicine",
"She earns a low salary.",
"Demand for his books has remained low .",
"Temperatures were in the low eighties.",
"Our supply of fuel is getting low ."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lah, low , from Old Norse l\u0101gr ; akin to Middle High German l\u00e6ge low, flat; probably akin to Old English licgan to lie":"Adjective",
"Middle English loowen, lowen, going back to Old English hl\u014dwan, going back to Germanic *hl\u014dan- (whence also Old Saxon hl\u014dinga \"mooing,\" Old Low Franconian luon, luogin \"to moo, bellow,\" Old High German luoen ), going back to Indo-European *kloh 1 -, presumed o-grade derivative of a verbal base *kleh 1 -, *kl\u0325h 1 - \"call,\" whence also Germanic *hal\u014dn-, *hul\u014dn- \"to summon\" (whence Old English geholian \"to obtain, get,\" Old Saxon halon, haloian \"to fetch, get, bring,\" Old High German hal\u014dn, hol\u014dn \"to fetch, send for, summon\"), Latin cal\u0101re \"to announce, summon,\" Umbrian ka\u0159etu \"(he must) call,\" Greek kal\u00e9\u014d, kale\u00een \"to call, summon,\" and perhaps Hittite kalli\u0161- \"entice, elicit, evoke\"":"Verb and Noun",
"Middle English, from Old Norse logi, log ; akin to Old English l\u0113oht light \u2014 more at light":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1522, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015217"
},
"look up":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": an act, process, or instance of looking something up (as in a reference work or listing)":[
"dictionary lookups",
"a price look-up"
],
": to cheer up":[
"look up \u2014things are not all bad"
],
": to improve in prospects or conditions":[
"business is looking up"
],
": to search for in or as if in a reference work":[
"look up an address"
],
": to seek out especially for a brief visit":[
"look me up when you're here"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lu\u0307k-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chase (down)",
"forage (for)",
"hunt",
"pursue",
"quest",
"search (for ",
"seek",
"shop (for)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"be sure to look me up if you're ever in town",
"by the next morning, the skies had begun to clear and we were looking up",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The hack worked because the unique transaction assigned to each lookup was predictable enough that attackers could include it in fake responses. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
"The Plus version costs $3.99 per month per line and adds caller ID, reverse number lookup , and additional nuisance call controls. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The first step is to determine who the current owner and administrator of your domain is through what is known as a \u2018WHOIS\u2019 lookup . \u2014 Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic , 7 Mar. 2022",
"His background is unclear, but a domain lookup shows sergeydev[.]com is registered to a person in Poland named Sergey Bronovsky. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The images use a domain name system leak detection service called dnslog.cn to see if the target cloud service is performing a DNS lookup . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 10 Dec. 2021",
"If the contact details aren\u2019t clear, as might be the case with really old pages, one starting point is to check the web registration details through a WHOIS lookup . \u2014 Matt Burgess, Wired , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The lookup volume for the word was high when coronavirus vaccines were first developed and rolled out across the country \u2014 but also increased amid debates around vaccination mandates. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2021",
"To find out when a website was created, simply plug the URL into the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers\u2019 lookup tool. \u2014 Nerd Wallet, oregonlive , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Thanks for giving my boys someone to look up to not only as a basketball player, but as a great human being. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Planets, innumerable twinkling stars and bright meteors are good reasons to look up . \u2014 Lisa Davis, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
"Night sky watchers in North America have the best chance of seeing the tau Herculid shower, with NASA recommending around 1 a.m. on the East Coast or 10 p.m. on the West Coast as the best times to look up . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The manual is where people go to look up the laws in the state. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 18 June 2022",
"Rumor has it that both a meteor shower at the end of May and a total lunar eclipse in the middle of the month will tempt us to look up safely and ponder the light and dark of our vast universe. \u2014 Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"Two Valley renters with past evictions said finding a place to move has been next to impossible once property managers look up their backgrounds. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Players use them to speed gameplay, while Dungeon Masters can look up information scattered over multiple print books in a moment\u2019s notice. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Either someone is watching a movie or TV show featuring a past winner and decides to go look up their big moment, or it\u2019s someone just looking for a pick-me-up (see Andres, who can\u2019t finish his math homework). \u2014 Brian Moylan, Town & Country , 23 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1948, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221411"
},
"loading":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a cargo, weight, or stress placed on something":[],
": load sense 12":[],
": material used to load something : filler":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-di\u014b"
],
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"burden",
"cargo",
"draft",
"freight",
"haul",
"lading",
"load",
"payload",
"weight"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the accident was caused by an 18-wheeler with a loading in excess of the legal limit",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What changed in the loading and/or the strength of the structure? \u2014 Laura Romero, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"But greater loading from Shanghai will mean greater unloading in ports on the U.S. West Coast. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
"Rival Belizean cops have even engaged in shootouts while loading planes. \u2014 Sean Williams, Rolling Stone , 22 May 2022",
"Originally scheduled for February, the rehearsal was delayed once for further testing and then again for issues involving propellant loading . \u2014 Zoe Sottile And Ross Levitt, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The loading of liquid hydrogen will begin about an hour later. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Images showed members of the New York City Fire Department loading Ray into an ambulance. \u2014 CBS News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"From the loading dock, Mr. Pence handled calls to congressional leaders who had been evacuated from the Capitol complex and ordered the Pentagon to send in the National Guard. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Minutes later, Pence and his family were rushed downstairs to a loading dock beneath the Capitol complex. \u2014 Jonathan Karl, ABC News , 15 June 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235025"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": unswerving in allegiance: such as",
": faithful in allegiance to one's lawful sovereign or government",
": faithful to a private person to whom faithfulness is due",
": faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution, or product",
": showing loyalty",
": lawful , legitimate",
": having or showing true and constant support for someone or something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8l\u022fi-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"constant",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"devout",
"down-the-line",
"faithful",
"fast",
"good",
"pious",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue"
],
"antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue"
],
"examples":[
"The team has many loyal fans.",
"She has provided the company with many years of loyal service.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With retail competition growing increasingly fierce, Prom also took on the challenge of keeping customers loyal . \u2014 Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Despite trying to appease long-awaiting fans with just a quick clip, the streaming platform heard from loyal Manifest followers when the video was posted to its official YouTube channel. \u2014 Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping , 12 June 2022",
"As President Vladimir Putin\u2019s war against Ukraine drags on, Russia\u2019s teachers are being turned into front-line soldiers in an information war designed to mold children into loyal militarized nationalists. \u2014 Robyn Dixon, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
"On the first Sunday of the month, the restaurant hands out Venezuelan beef soup as a way to give back to their loyal patrons. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"My guess is that ticket buyers for the L.A. Phil, the L.A. Opera, the Music Center, the Wallis Center, the dozens of small theaters, museums, galleries and countless other arts venues are loyal or potential subscription holders. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Making clothes that shoppers feel this loyal to isn't the only thing that sets For Days apart from other brands. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022",
"There's just something about a loyal Lizzo coming to her BFFs' defense. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 9 June 2022",
"As a loyal brunette, the model is known to incorporate things like bright colors, grunge braids, and zig-zag parts into her hair aesthetic throughout the years. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 8 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French, from Old French leial, leel , from Latin legalis legal",
"first_known_use":[
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-101353"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": not rigidly fastened or securely attached":[
"loose planks in a bridge"
],
": having worked partly free from attachments":[
"a loose tooth"
],
": having relative freedom of movement":[],
": produced freely and accompanied by raising of mucus":[
"a loose cough"
],
": not tight-fitting":[
"loose clothing"
],
": free from a state of confinement, restraint, or obligation":[
"a lion loose in the streets",
"spend loose funds wisely"
],
": not brought together in a bundle, container, or binding":[],
": disconnected , detached":[],
": not dense, close, or compact in structure or arrangement":[
"loose soil"
],
": not solid : watery":[
"loose stools"
],
": lacking in restraint or power of restraint":[
"a loose tongue"
],
": lacking moral restraint : unchaste":[],
": not tightly drawn or stretched : slack":[
"a loose belt"
],
": being flexible or relaxed":[
"stay loose"
],
": lacking in precision, exactness, or care":[
"loose brushwork",
"loose usage"
],
": permitting freedom of interpretation":[
"a loose construction of the Constitution"
],
": not in the possession of either of two competing teams":[
"a loose ball",
"a loose puck"
],
": to let loose (see loose entry 1 ) : release":[
"loosed the dogs on the prowlers"
],
": to free from restraint":[],
": to make loose : untie":[
"loose a knot"
],
": to cast loose : detach":[
"loosed the boat from its moorings",
"\u2014 George Eliot"
],
": to let fly : discharge":[
"loosed a hail of bullets"
],
": to make less rigid, tight, or strict : relax":[
"loosed his grip"
],
": to let fly a missile (such as an arrow) : fire":[],
": in a loose manner (see loose entry 1 ) : loosely":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fcs"
],
"synonyms":[
"insecure",
"lax",
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"slack",
"slackened",
"unsecured"
],
"antonyms":[
"blast",
"discharge",
"fire",
"shoot",
"squeeze off"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Some of the shingles on the roof were loose .",
"The rope was tied in a loose knot.",
"The nails had been pried loose .",
"Some of the shingles had come loose .",
"The boat came loose from its moorings and floated out into the harbor.",
"The ball popped loose from the shortstop's glove.",
"loose reins on a horse",
"She was wearing a loose dress.",
"The dog was wandering loose in the streets.",
"Verb",
"The soldiers loosed a volley of rifle fire.",
"the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Police were alerted at about 4 a.m. that horses Luigi and Lozeau cut loose from their paddock on a small family farm off Bamforth Road, police spokesman Lt. Robert Marra said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 25 May 2022",
"The area where the fall happened was described as very unstable, with very loose soil, and no fencing in the area, CBS Los Angeles reported. \u2014 CBS News , 23 May 2022",
"Tens of thousands of such employees will be cut loose into an economy where inflation is at a 20-year-high, and where diverse, flourishing jobs were hard to find even before the Ukraine war. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
"But Trump is almost alone among prominent Republicans in trying to save the career of Rep. Madison Cawthorn in a race where the state's two U.S. senators have abandoned him and where many of his House colleagues are ready to cut him loose . \u2014 Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News , 13 May 2022",
"Don Anderson, 1985, No. 32: The former Purdue player appeared in 5 games as a rookie for the Colts before being cut loose due to injuries. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Gebbia, bouncing back from a torn hamstring, can cut loose for the first time since suffering the injury in November of 2020. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The actor hasn\u2019t landed a role in a major studio film since 2019, when Warner Bros. cut him loose from Fantastic Beasts. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 12 Apr. 2022",
"He was cut loose in February on probation, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. \u2014 Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Maybe a week-long look in the mirror could jostle loose some new sense of hope heading into the season\u2019s second half. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 23 Oct. 2021",
"And in her final, climactic lines, Jesse\u2019s mother lets loose her pain in a series of run-ons, making the formlessness of her constant grief at once visible and physical. \u2014 Robert Rubsam, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Finding dead end streets, eating at random restaurants, observing the jacaranda trees loose their purple flowers. \u2014 Gael Couturier, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2019",
"But as Badr briefly lowered his hands in an apparent attempt to put his shoes on, one of the officers let loose a police dog, which sunk its teeth into Badr\u2019s arm and continued to grip it for close to a minute, causing Badr to scream in agony. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Jan. 2022",
"By filling an energy meter, which replenishes automatically over time, Mario, or one of the gang, can let loose a power shot that can send a ball hurtling to the faraway green. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 July 2021",
"When Minder explained the situation to his client, the man let loose a string of expletives. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 31 May 2021",
"Vast plumes of smoke and debris were thrown up into the air as US B-52 bombers and fighter jets let loose a seemingly endless barrage of missiles. \u2014 James Griffiths, CNN , 15 May 2021",
"Most evergreens lose their previous year\u2019s needles in the fall but some loose them in the spring and summer. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The star posed at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles for the premiere of Hulu's Candy wearing a breezy white tank paired with loose -fitting, wide-leg trousers that had a raw hemline. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
"Rob Kardashian wore a loose -fitting, untucked black dress shirt on the stand. \u2014 Andrew Dalton, ajc , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Several drivers were rescued Sunday evening from debris flowing on the highway when hillsides burned bare by last year\u2019s enormous Dixie Fire came loose . \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"Beyond the overall look, heat mapping functionality allows users to zoom in to see where garments will fit loose or come up tight. \u2014 Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"It is still being renovated, light fixtures hanging loose from the ceiling. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"The war to end all wars certainly did not, instead setting loose a century of geopolitical confusion, violence and misery that plagues us to this day. \u2014 Jeff Macgregor, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"That evening, Olsen was dressed in black trousers, a loose -fitting blazer, purple socks, and brown loafers. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"The Skin Cancer Foundation encourages loose -fitting gear because when tighter fitting clothes stretch, the fibers pull away from each other and allow more UV light to pass through. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 2 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lous , from Old Norse lauss ; akin to Old High German l\u014ds loose \u2014 more at -less":"Adjective, Verb, and Adverb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175207"
},
"loo":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": an old card game in which the winner of each trick or a majority of tricks takes a portion of the pool while losing players are obligated to contribute to the next pool":[],
": money staked at loo":[],
": to obligate to contribute to a new pool at loo for failing to win a trick":[],
": toilet sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for obsolete English lanterloo , from French lanturelu twaddle":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1680, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1940, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174812"
},
"lodgings":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a place to live : dwelling":[],
": lodgment sense 3b":[],
": sleeping accommodations":[
"found lodging in the barn"
],
": a temporary place to stay":[
"a lodging for the night"
],
": a room in the house of another used as a residence":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
],
": the act of lodging":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-ji\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"fireside",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"hearthstone",
"home",
"house",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"roof"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"There is gas, food, and lodging at the next highway exit.",
"food and lodging are two of the largest expenses of living in the city",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Normally, travel agents authorized by the Saudi government control the process, organizing flights, lodging and visas for all-inclusive packages that can run tens of thousands of dollars. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Meanwhile, those candidates, who come from all over to visit him, pour money from campaign donors into Trump\u2019s properties, paying for food, lodging and conference space. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Match healthcare plans also help to cover travel and lodging costs for employees who need to travel to receive care, the spokesperson said. \u2014 Clare Duffy And Jennifer Korn, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"There\u2019s also the ancillary financial sting: the hundreds and thousands of dollars spent on travel to Vegas, food and lodging . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Sherrod envisions a trail with a dozen or more participating farm hosts offering lodging and experiences. \u2014 Ligaya Figueras, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"Travelers didn\u2019t come as part of a cruise or tour package that arranged for meals and lodging . \u2014 Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"Amphitheater construction is funded through the City of Huntsville\u2019s capital plan and a percentage of future lodging taxes. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
"The 700-acre Stanly Ranch completes a full Napa Valley takeover for Auberge, which now has high-end lodging and dining locations throughout the 40-mile-long valley. \u2014 Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183156"
},
"load":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": whatever is put on a person or pack animal to be carried : pack":[
"donkeys with heavy loads"
],
": a mass or weight supported by something":[
"branches bent low by their load of fruit"
],
": something that weighs down the mind or spirits":[
"took a load off her mind"
],
": a burdensome or laborious responsibility":[
"always carried his share of the load"
],
": an intoxicating amount of liquor drunk":[],
": a large quantity : lot":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural The boy had loads of toys."
],
": a charge for a firearm":[],
": the quantity of material loaded into a device at one time":[],
": external resistance overcome by a machine or prime mover":[],
": power output (as of a power plant) or power consumption (as by a device)":[],
": a device to which power is delivered":[],
": the amount of work that a person carries or is expected to carry":[
"his heavy load of day-to-day work",
"\u2014 New York Times"
],
": the amount of authorized work to be performed by a machine, a group, a department, or a factory":[
"The washer can take a 10-pound load ."
],
": the demand on the operating resources of a system (such as a telephone exchange or a refrigerating apparatus)":[],
": eyeful":[
"\u2014 used in the phrase get a load of Get a load of his new car."
],
": the amount of a deleterious or pathogenic agent, growth, or substance present in a human or animal body or test sample (as of blood or tissue)":[
"Recent advances in our knowledge about how HIV replicates sprang from new technology able to measure viral load \u2014the level of HIV\u2014in the blood. \u2026 The higher a person's viral load , the faster he or she gets sick.",
"\u2014 Discover",
"In patients with a heavy hepatic tumor load , liver transplantation may prolong useful life.",
"\u2014 Scientific American Medicine Bulletin",
"Over time the worm load will damage the heart, shortening the dog's life.",
"\u2014 Susan Sharpe"
],
": an amount added (as to the price of a security or the net premium in insurance) to represent selling expense and profit to the distributor":[],
": genetic load":[],
": to put a load in or on":[
"load a truck"
],
": to place in or on a means of conveyance":[
"load freight"
],
": to encumber or oppress with something heavy, laborious, or disheartening : burden":[
"a company loaded down with debts"
],
": to place as a burden or obligation":[
"load more work on him"
],
": to increase the weight of by adding something heavy":[],
": to add a conditioning substance (such as a mineral salt) to for body":[],
": to weight or shape (dice) to fall unfairly":[],
": to pack with one-sided or prejudicial influences : bias":[],
": to charge with multiple meanings (such as emotional associations or hidden implications)":[],
": to weight (something, such as a test) with factors influencing validity or outcome":[],
": to supply in abundance or excess : heap , pack":[],
": to put runners on (first, second, and third bases) in baseball":[],
": to put a load or charge in (a device or piece of equipment)":[
"load a gun"
],
": to place or insert especially as a load in a device or piece of equipment":[
"load film in a camera"
],
": to copy or transfer (something, such as a program or data) into the memory of a digital device (such as a computer) especially from an external source (such as a disk drive or the Internet)":[
"Load a new program or game onto your hard disk, and you must run an installation program that decompresses the information held on the floppy disks",
"\u2014 Paul C. Schuytema"
],
": to put a supply of funds or resources into (an account, a gift card, etc.)":[
"She was told to go to the Dollar General Store and load a Google Play gift card with $100.",
"\u2014 The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia, Ohio)"
],
": to alter (something, such as an alcoholic drink) by adding an adulterant or drug":[],
": to add a load to (an insurance premium)":[],
": to add a sum to after profits and expenses are accounted for":[
"loaded prices"
],
": to receive a load":[],
": to go or go in as a load":[
"tourists loading onto a bus"
],
": to become loaded into a computer's memory":[
"the program loads quickly"
],
": to ingest in usually large amounts":[
"senators loading up on fried chicken and champagne",
"\u2014 H. L. Mencken"
],
": to acquire in usually large amounts":[
"loaded up on hot stocks"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dd"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"cargo",
"draft",
"freight",
"haul",
"lading",
"loading",
"payload",
"weight"
],
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"burden",
"encumber",
"freight",
"lade",
"laden",
"lumber",
"saddle",
"weight"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He lifted the load onto his shoulders.",
"She was carrying a heavy load of legal documents in her briefcase.",
"He picked up a load of firewood and carried it into the house.",
"The truck was carrying a full load of sand.",
"Losing weight will lessen the load on your knees.",
"His death is a heavy load to bear.",
"Verb",
"load a truck with packages",
"Workers were loading and unloading the ships as they came into port.",
"We loaded up and drove off.",
"load packages on a truck",
"We loaded our luggage in the car and drove off.",
"Workers were loading cargo on the ships.",
"She loaded the table with all kinds of delicious foods.",
"load a tape into the VCR",
"The film didn't load properly.",
"The bus stopped to load a few more passengers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If your debt feels too overwhelming to tackle with the avalanche or snowball method, there are other strategies that can help lighten the load . \u2014 cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"There was another element that contributed to the sensory load : extreme heat. \u2014 Isiah Magsino, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
"Just be sure to start light\u2014Williams recommends using 2.5 to 4-pound weights before progressing to a heavier load . \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 27 May 2022",
"That\u2019s vindication for the much maligned notion that shoe cushioning can lighten the load on your joints and reduce injury risk. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 7 May 2022",
"The Hyundai also offers limited vehicle-to- load charging. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"What this research does suggest, however, is that early diagnosis and treatment remain crucial\u2014especially since the VB variant is linked to a higher viral load and greater cell decline before treatment. \u2014 Jocelyn Solis-moreira, Health.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Evergrande failed to make coupon payments in early December related to the firm\u2019s staggering debt load , which includes nearly $20 billion in bonds sold over international markets. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 3 Jan. 2022",
"And Ma is thrilled to have someone to carry some of the load . \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kyle Tucker walked to load the bases before Bregman\u2019s double to put Houston up 2-0. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Chron , 30 June 2022",
"Steven Kwan, another rookie, walked to load the bases. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"Tap or click for a direct link and a few other tricks if a website won't load . \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The Razorbacks threatened for more in the inning when Lanzilli was hit by a pitch and Moore walked in consecutive two-out at-bats to load the bases, but Arkansas left them loaded when Battles struck out looking. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"Heim then struck out looking on a ball just below his knees before Lowe walked on five pitches to load the bases. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"He was intentionally walked to load the bases in the bottom of the seventh. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Gonzales walked Story and Franchy Cordero to load the bases with two outs, but Christian Vazquez struck to end an eight-pitch at-bat. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Taylor Sullivan reached base when she was hit by a pitch and Ashley Desaulniers walked to load the bases. \u2014 Lori Riley, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lod , from Old English l\u0101d support, carrying \u2014 more at lode":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174909"
},
"loser":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person or thing that loses especially consistently":[
"The team had a reputation for being a loser year after year."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fc-z\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"frost",
"lemon",
"miss",
"shipwreck",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The team had a reputation for being a loser year after year.",
"The loser of the bet has to buy drinks for the winner.",
"Whoever benefits from the new government programs, the real loser will be the American taxpayer.",
"That guy is a born loser .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Attempting to overturn the ban has been seen as a loser politically. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"This is linked to something sort of paradoxical: DDT was off-patent, and the large companies started to see it as a money loser . \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 4 May 2022",
"Chuck saw him as a loser with a law degree instead of a guy who\u2019s trying and striving and struggling, and Jimmy kind of believes some of those bad things about himself. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The violence was all part of an effort to subvert democracy by stopping Congress from counting electoral votes that would verify Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election, and Trump as the loser . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Yahoo Sports also listed Arizona State as a loser of the bowl season. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 6 Jan. 2022",
"For decades, the city of Buffalo has been mocked as a lovable loser . \u2014 Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker , 29 Oct. 2021",
"But to classify a team as a loser after winning 109 games \u2026 well, that\u2019s as wrong as Doug Eddings\u2019 strike zone or Gabe Morales\u2019 interpretation of a check swing. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Oct. 2021",
"An alliance of Iraqi candidates representing Shiite militias supported by neighboring Iran has emerged as the biggest loser in the country\u2019s national elections held over the weekend, according to partial results released Monday. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170549"
},
"long-suffering":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": patiently enduring lasting offense or hardship":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8s\u0259-",
"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccs\u0259-f(\u0259-)ri\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"forbearing",
"patient",
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"stoical",
"tolerant",
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"complaining",
"fed up",
"impatient",
"kvetching",
"kvetchy",
"protesting"
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"1535, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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": to think of or treat (someone or something) as unimportant or not worthy of respect":[
"The other children looked down on her because her parents were poor."
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to make sure or take care (that something is done)",
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": to search for",
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": to have in mind as an end",
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": to express by the eyes or facial expression",
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": to direct one's attention",
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": to gaze in wonder or surprise : stare",
": to show a tendency",
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": to search for : seek",
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": to direct one's attention to",
": to rely upon",
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": glance",
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": to be careful",
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": to get better",
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"\u02c8lu\u0307k",
"\u02c8lu\u0307k"
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"act",
"appear",
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"come off (as)",
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"cast",
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"face",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There are still years\u2019 worth of untouched observations to look forward to as the mission continues, and astronomers know it. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 22 June 2022",
"Zyrann has much to look forward to, but challenges remain. \u2014 courier-journal.com , 22 June 2022",
"Just look how cute Stitch comes off in the sequin suit! \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"Hitting a milestone age is a perfect time to look forward \u2014 and, sometimes wistfully, back. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
"Just look at those sideburns -- and all that leather... \u2014 Andrew Torgan, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"Other iOS 16 features to look forward to, meanwhile, include a new notification design. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 18 June 2022",
"The sisters look forward to reading with the children once COVID-19 restrictions are loosened. \u2014 Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"Just look back to Magic Johnson in a fur jacket in 1988 or Dennis Rodman\u2019s entire headline-making career as proof. \u2014 Max Berlinger, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Acielle Tanbetova is backstage at the Paris spring 2023 menswear shows to get a first look at all of the accessory, beauty, and clothing trends at Givenchy, Y/Project, Dior Mens, Rick Owens, and more. \u2014 Acielle / Style Du Monde, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Higher Ground \u2014 Barack and Michelle Obama's production company \u2014 signed an exclusive multi-year first- look production deal with Audible, Amazon's audiobook and podcast service. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"The deal follows Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer\u2019s New Republic Pictures signing a first- look deal for film and TV with the Jude Law- and Ben Jackson-run banner. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"Billy Porter has signed a first look deal with FX Productions to develop new content through his production company Incognegro with his producing partner D.J. Gugenheim. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"As a result of the deal, Audible will have exclusive first- look rights to all podcasts created by Higher Ground, the production company that the Obamas created in 2018. \u2014 Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Barack and Michelle Obama\u2019s production company, Higher Ground, has signed an exclusive, multiyear, worldwide first- look deal with Amazon subsidiary Audible, the audio content company announced Tuesday. \u2014 Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"But the first serious look at the Australian language, by Sidney Baker, a New Zealander, came out in 1945. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Edwards shared a series of photos of the romantic beach proposal \u2014 and a first look at her engagement ring \u2014 on Instagram. \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 18 June 2022"
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"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-141827"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": not reputable or decent":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u00fcsh"
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"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"notorious",
"opprobrious",
"shady",
"shameful",
"shoddy",
"shy",
"unrespectable"
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"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable"
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"examples":[
"before gentrification, it was the sort of louche neighborhood where people went looking for illegal drugs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their retro suggestiveness is colored by our perception of the early \u201970s as a uniquely louche and glamorous time, a compelling contrast to our own more scripted era. \u2014 Nancy Macdonell, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Its louche luxe projects, helmed by founders Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, include numerous outposts of the Ace Hotel. \u2014 The Editors Of Elle Decor, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"The Duke, on the other hand, is louche and unctuous, the human personification of privilege lounging in a fabulous dressing gown. \u2014 Hugh Ryan, Town & Country , 25 May 2022",
"With a louche silhouette, a bootiful backside and river-stone smoothness, the 230i Coupe is affordably gorgeous\u2014enough but not too much, swag wise. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Their house had been the absolute crossroads of thrilling louche Hollywood and the crackling world of ideas that was pouring in from the East. \u2014 Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"Crombie coats are a fixture\u2014but infused with a subtle sense of irreverence: trousers are often cut wide for a louche drape, traditional tailoring is spliced with utilitarian details, leather and punchy colors make frequent appearances. \u2014 Kristopher Fraser, Robb Report , 13 Apr. 2022",
"In spite of its smaller size, Kahlo\u2019s painting seems to outglow Rivera\u2019s fun, louche landscape portrait. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Mar. 2022",
"My rational mind knows the sculpture is tacky and borderline offensive, yet my reptilian brain loves its louche effervescence. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, cross-eyed, squint-eyed, from Latin luscus blind in one eye":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1819, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211611"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state or an instance of being loyal",
": the quality or state of being true and constant in support of someone or something"
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"\u02c8l\u022fi(-\u0259)l-t\u0113",
"\u02c8l\u022fi-\u0259l-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhesion",
"allegiance",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"constancy",
"dedication",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fastness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"piety",
"steadfastness",
"troth"
],
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"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"examples":[
"the loyalty of the team's fans",
"there was no denying that dog's loyalty to his master",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Travel retailer Hudson, has launched a new loyalty program across its roughly 1,000 stores in airports, commuter hubs and tourist destinations in North America with immediate discounts available to members. \u2014 Kevin Rozario, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Join Arby's loyalty program and get 50% off on any sandwich. \u2014 Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"Tom Lennon and his wife, both MVP Gold level in Alaska\u2019s loyalty program, were stranded in New Orleans when Alaska canceled their flight last weekend. \u2014 Dominic Gates | The Seattle Times, oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
"Hilton recently changed its breakfast offerings, allowing loyalty program members plus one additional guest registered to the same room to receive a $10 to $25 credit per night, depending on the brand and location. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"For example, Marriott Bonvoy, the brand\u2019s loyalty program, unveiled NFTs at this year\u2019s Art Basel Miami, but those unlocked pieces of original art and 200,000 Bonvoy points. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
"And Marriott knows whether the 164 million members of its loyalty program will be traveling, Mr. Norton noted. \u2014 Megan Graham, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"The company introduced a Magic Key loyalty program to replace its popular annual passport. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"Tom Lennon and his wife, both MVP Gold level in Alaska\u2019s loyalty program, were stranded in New Orleans when Alaska canceled their flight last weekend. \u2014 Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of Middle English leawte, lewte , from Anglo-French lealt\u00e9, leaut\u00e9 , from leal, leial loyal",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-173414"
},
"lockstep":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mode of marching in step by a body of persons going one after another as closely as possible":[],
": a standard method or procedure that is mindlessly adhered to or that minimizes individuality":[],
": in perfect or rigid often mindless conformity or unison":[
"politicians marching in lockstep with the party line"
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},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02ccstep"
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"drill",
"grind",
"groove",
"pattern",
"rote",
"routine",
"rut",
"treadmill"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"followed the lockstep that had been in his family for generations: prep school, Ivy League university, job on Wall Street",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This narrows the range of light that the tapetum can reflect, tightening around blue wavelengths, in lockstep with the fading sun. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022",
"Hong Kong\u2019s monetary policy moves in lockstep with the Fed, as its currency is pegged to the US dollar in a tight range. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"The stETH token has historically traded in lockstep with ether's spot market price. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"McDowell shared Garcia's hope that Keith Pelley, who heads the DP World Tour, wouldn't simply follow in lockstep with the PGA Tour and ban the participants in LIV Golf from competing on their home circuit. \u2014 Adam Schupak, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"In lockstep with Penske's record-setting total purse, Ericsson took home $3.1 million, the highest payday for a 500 winner in the race's history. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 30 May 2022",
"Today Scientific American has fallen in lockstep with those who proclaim guns to be a public-health menace, believing, in short, that people don\u2019t kill people, guns do. \u2014 Mark Yost, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"Can\u2019t the truck figure out that the output and input rates are ramping up in lockstep to sniff out this inane behavior? \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 2 June 2022",
"Nobel winning economist William Nordhaus pointed out that oil prices around the world move in lockstep no matter the grade, quality, interruptions or changing conditions. \u2014 Ed Hirs, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180242"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": having or producing dark tones only with little contrast",
": of low intensity : restrained",
": in a way or to a degree that is moderate or limited",
": without seeking or receiving much attention or recognition"
],
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"\u02c8l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0113"
],
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"conservative",
"muted",
"quiet",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"sober",
"subdued",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unflashy",
"unpretentious"
],
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"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb",
"2010, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-221912"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that looks like another : double"
],
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"\u02c8lu\u0307k-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bk"
],
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"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1904, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-230911"
},
"lock":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": a tuft, tress, or ringlet of hair":[],
": the hair of the head":[],
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": a fastening (as for a door) operated by a key or a combination":[],
": the mechanism for exploding the charge or cartridge of a firearm":[],
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": air lock":[],
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": one that is assured of success or favorable outcome":[],
": to fasten the lock of":[],
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"lock up the house"
],
": to fasten in or out or to make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of locks":[
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],
": to fix in a particular situation or method of operation":[
"a team firmly locked in last place"
],
": to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts":[
"lock wheels",
"lock a knee"
],
": to hold in a close embrace":[],
": to invest (capital) without assurance of easy convertibility into money":[],
": to move or permit to pass (something, such as a ship) by raising or lowering in a lock":[],
": to become locked":[],
": to be capable of being locked":[],
": interlace , interlock":[],
": to go or pass by means of a lock (as in a canal)":[],
": to come into conflict":[],
": to acquire (something, such as a target or signal) automatically using a sensor (such as radar)":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4k"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"They locked the door when they left and unlocked it when they returned.",
"She locked the bicycle to the railing with a chain.",
"He forgot to lock the car.",
"The car locks automatically when you start the engine.",
"The wheels locked and the car skidded off the road.",
"They were locked in each other's arms.",
"She locked her hands around the steering wheel.",
"The file is locked for editing."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lok , from Old English locc ; akin to Old High German loc lock, Greek lygos withe, Latin luxus dislocated":"Noun",
"Middle English lok , from Old English loc ; akin to Old High German loh enclosure and perhaps to Old English locc lock of hair":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223311"
},
"longhair":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an impractical intellectual",
": a person of artistic gifts or interests",
": a lover of classical music",
": a person with long hair",
": hippie",
": a domestic cat having long outer fur"
],
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"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccher"
],
"synonyms":[
"double-dome",
"geek",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"nerd"
],
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"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"philistine"
],
"examples":[
"Longhairs crowded into the music festival.",
"long-standing tension between the townies and the longhairs at the elite college",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The volunteers unloading the military supplies are friends from the Ukrainian film and television industry \u2014 a longhair bunch of cinematographers, gaffers, set decorators and marketing strategists. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s because all cats\u2014 longhair , shorthair, no hair\u2014shed a pernicious little protein called Fel d 1, found in the saliva and oil glands, which causes most cat allergies. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Choco Taco is an absolutely gorgeous 8-year-old longhair chocolate point Siamese kitty who found herself in a sad predicament after being abandoned at the Arizona Humane Society, along with two other cats. \u2014 Arizona Republic Contributors, The Arizona Republic , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The longhair man crossed an empty street and, in a swift yet calm manner, set the corner of a wooden outdoor dining shed ablaze. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
"Adorable Millie is a 5-year-old domestic longhair tabby who was brought to the Arizona Humane Society a little over a month ago when a Good Samaritan found her as a sick stray and brought her to the shelter. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2021",
"Freed from bureaucratic oversight, the libertarian longhairs of Menlo Park could pursue their utopian dreams to change the world. \u2014 The Economist , 29 Nov. 2019",
"The first Star Wars is a youth movie \u2014 longhairs vs. baldies, parental figures obliviated. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"Amid the longhairs still buzzing over the hippie thing, Ocasek\u2019s half-spoken, coyly ambivalent delivery stood out, and suggested his avowed inspiration, Lou Reed, as channeled through a rockabilly crooner. \u2014 Randall Robertsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 Sep. 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-053730"
},
"locution":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": style of discourse : phraseology":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u014d-\u02c8ky\u00fc-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"fashion",
"manner",
"mode",
"phraseology",
"style",
"tone",
"vein"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"We were taught to avoid certain locutions when speaking.",
"in the poet's somewhat affected locution , word order is often reversed and so we have \u201cthe sea serene\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In diplomatic memorandums, officials avoided the term military base; the preferred locution was joint communications facility. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"With its mess of divergent voices, picture-poems, and eccentric locutions , the result is baffling, beautiful, and always fascinatingly Notley. \u2014 David Wallace, The New Yorker , 1 Apr. 2020",
"President Lyndon Baines Johnson was a retro Texan by birth and locution . \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
"Consider common appeals to allyship and altruism; such locutions convey a sort of optional quality, a moralistic tone, and unreliable trendiness. \u2014 Astra Taylor, The New Republic , 26 Aug. 2019",
"On this night, Dylan made every word count, and sang with a blues master\u2019s locution . \u2014 Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
"American English is meant to grow wild and woolly on our shores, spawning dialects and pidgins, wantonly consuming foreign words and locutions , anarchically legitimizing slang and warped grammar. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, WIRED , 28 June 2018",
"This is an engrossing story, which Wood tells with a mastery of detail and a modern plainness of expression that makes a refreshing contrast with the 18th-century locutions of his subjects. \u2014 Richard Brookhiser, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Over the past decade a new, and very revealing, locution has drifted from our universities into the media mainstream: Speaking as an X\u2026This is not an anodyne phrase. \u2014 Mark Lilla, WSJ , 11 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English locucion, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin loc\u016bti\u014dn-, loc\u016bti\u014d \"act or manner of speaking, phrase, expression,\" from loc\u016b-, variant stem of loqu\u012b \"to speak, talk\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at eloquent":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031038"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": rising relatively little above the base of measurement",
": lying below the normal level, surface, or the base of measurement or mean elevation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-\u02c8l\u012b-i\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"little",
"low",
"low-slung",
"sawed-off",
"short"
],
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"altitudinous",
"high",
"lofty",
"tall",
"towering"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094219"
},
"love child":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a child whose parents were not married when the child was conceived",
": the child of an affair",
": something (such as a project or collaboration) that is a product of hard work and devotion"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"by-blow",
"whoreson"
],
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"examples":[
"the love child of a famous actor and one of his fans",
"a woman who claimed to be the love child of two of Hollywood's most beloved stars during its golden age",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because of the higher fat content, a creemee tastes like the love child of soft serve and ice cream. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Curl creams are like the love child of a leave-in conditioner and a curl styling product. \u2014 Marielle Marlys, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"On Thursday, Starz announced casting for a key season 7 role, that of William Ransom, the adult version of Jamie's (Sam Heughan) love child and adopted son of Lord John Grey (David Berry). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
"Born in 2017, the little superstar is the love child of Williams and her husband, entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian. \u2014 Essence , 26 Oct. 2017",
"If ni\u00e7oise and antipasti had a love child , this would be their girl\u2014simultaneously elegant and rustic. \u2014 Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine , 25 Apr. 2022",
"If the best hostel in Interlaken, Switzerland, and a well-run stateside motel had a love child . \u2014 Joe Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s the love child of two cuisines with a history of derision and displacement \u2014 African American soul food and Puerto Rican. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Alli also hooked up with Dani, the second stewardess, who wound up having a disputed (but ultimately affirmed) love child with another deckhand, Jean-Luc. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094840"
},
"logorrhea":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccl\u022f-g\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02ccl\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the article suffers from the logorrhea that infects so much academic writing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The sole exception to this scattershot logorrhea is Jia, a graceful young orphan with a special connection to Kong. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The latest case is Twitter\u2019s attempt Tuesday for the first time to fact-check Mr. Trump\u2019s tweet logorrhea . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 27 May 2020",
"Their presence dramatized his absence, their logorrhea his silence. \u2014 Gary Indiana, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2020",
"But her tinny outrage and Tyler\u2019s own dogmatic logorrhea begin to feel like exhibits in a playfully prickly riff on the inauthentic, the massaged and the cagily appropriated when telling stories. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 29 Aug. 2019",
"Audra is armed with a pronounced case of logorrhea , an untamed curiosity, an ability to befriend almost anyone. \u2014 The Washington Post, The Denver Post , 31 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1892, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191644"
},
"loyalist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who is or remains loyal especially to a political cause, party, government, or sovereign":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022fi-\u0259-list",
"\u02c8l\u022fi-\u0259-l\u0259st"
],
"synonyms":[
"patriot"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"die-hard loyalists engaging in espionage against the revolutionaries",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among those defeated in the election was Katharine Gorka, a former Trump administration official and wife of Trump loyalist Sebastian Gorka. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Trump has staged rallies here, denounced Kemp and his allies, and backed a prominent loyalist , former Senator David Perdue, to challenge the Georgia governor in the Republican primary. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"The arrests come days after CCP loyalist John Lee became mayor of Hong Kong. \u2014 Fox News , 11 May 2022",
"During those 42 years, this conservative loyalist teamed up with a liberal lion, Sen. Ted Kennedy, to create the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program and the Americans with Disability Act. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"One of the guards was a Uyghur woman, a party loyalist who had taken a particular dislike to the pregnant young inmate. \u2014 Nury Turkel, The Week , 10 May 2022",
"Beijing loyalist John Lee was elected as Hong Kong\u2019s next leader. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"Lee gained local prominence for his role in combating the protests -- but his implementation of the national security law cemented his reputation as a hardline enforcer and Beijing loyalist . \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 7 May 2022",
"Elvira Nabiullina, the respected head of Russia\u2019s central bank and a Putin loyalist , understood this and tried to resign in protest, but Mr. Putin was unmoved. \u2014 William A. Galston, WSJ , 3 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1647, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010544"
},
"loyalism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the principles or conduct of a loyalist : display of loyalty"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259\u02ccliz\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-180803"
},
"loyalness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being loyal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-(\u0259)ln\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054126"
},
"lord (it over)":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to act in a way that shows one thinks one is better or more important than (someone)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-181613"
},
"lobby":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a corridor or hall connected with a larger room or series of rooms and used as a passageway or waiting room: such as":[],
": a large hall serving as a foyer (as of a hotel or theater)":[],
": a group of persons engaged in lobbying especially as representatives of a particular interest group":[
"the gun lobby",
"the oil lobby"
],
": to conduct activities aimed at influencing public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation":[],
": to promote (something, such as a project) or secure the passage of (legislation) by influencing public officials":[
"lobby a bill through Congress"
],
": to attempt to influence or sway (someone, such as a public official) toward a desired action":[
"lobbying senators for tax reform"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-b\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"foyer",
"hall"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I'll meet you in the lobby after the show.",
"The proposed new law is supported by the oil lobby .",
"Verb",
"an organization that has been lobbying for reform of the tax laws",
"The health-care industry has lobbied against the proposal.",
"an organization that has been lobbying Congress for reform of the tax laws",
"a player who has lobbied hard to be included in the team's starting lineup",
"I lobbied our company for a new computer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There\u2019s a wall of gold skeleton keys behind the reception desk and a clubby retro lobby , illuminated with Edison-style bulbs and dotted with vintage art books. \u2014 David Hochman, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Amenities include a lobby with a 24-hour concierge and artwork designed by Gehry. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"The lobby level restaurant will offer wild prawns with yuzu kosho butter and pickled carrot, pecorino sardo (a sheep\u2019s milk cheese) with raw honey and fennel pollen, and whipped ricotta tartine. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 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",
"But this policy can seem to invite more crime, said Mr. Settles, who is on the executive board of Local 7 and has been trying to raise the alarm about employee safety and lobby for more security. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"The new quarantine rules were welcomed by American, British and European business lobby groups in China. \u2014 Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"The transphobic lobby is an elite group with access to media columns and broad networks to fund litigation costs. \u2014 Janey Starling, refinery29.com , 28 June 2022",
"On March 22, Rosen deposes a representative from the overnight lobby guard\u2019s employer, Securitas, the second biggest security company on Earth. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Mierzwinski called the issue a loophole in the law and noted last year that the watchdog group planned to lobby Congress to fix that problem. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 30 June 2022",
"White House officials also laid out their push to lobby Congress for more funding to purchase vaccines, treatments and tests. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Some have continued to lobby for changes to the plan leading up to Monday\u2019s vote. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Even on the bench, Justice Torres continued to lobby for the appointment and election of more Hispanic judges. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The celebration spread and Jarvis - who never married and had no children of her own - continued to lobby for a holiday honoring women. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 19 Apr. 2021",
"His father, Joey Reed, flew to Russia, spending over a year alone there to be at his son's court hearings and lobby U.S. diplomats in Moscow. \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 23 May 2022",
"Shanel Lindsay, the cofounder of Equitable Opportunities Now, said her advocacy group would lobby for more to be set aside. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"As taxi drivers felt financial setbacks in recent months, zTrip's Houston leaders polled drivers about what kind of changes the company should lobby for to help ease the burden, according to Melissa McGehee, who heads the company. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 17 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin lobium gallery, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German louba porch":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1820, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030642"
},
"lobbygow":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an errand boy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-b\u0113-\u02ccgau\u0307"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164601"
},
"long-haired":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an impractical intellectual":[],
": a domestic cat having long outer fur":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccher"
],
"synonyms":[
"double-dome",
"geek",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"nerd"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"philistine"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Longhairs crowded into the music festival.",
"long-standing tension between the townies and the longhairs at the elite college",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The volunteers unloading the military supplies are friends from the Ukrainian film and television industry \u2014 a longhair bunch of cinematographers, gaffers, set decorators and marketing strategists. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s because all cats\u2014 longhair , shorthair, no hair\u2014shed a pernicious little protein called Fel d 1, found in the saliva and oil glands, which causes most cat allergies. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Choco Taco is an absolutely gorgeous 8-year-old longhair chocolate point Siamese kitty who found herself in a sad predicament after being abandoned at the Arizona Humane Society, along with two other cats. \u2014 Arizona Republic Contributors, The Arizona Republic , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The longhair man crossed an empty street and, in a swift yet calm manner, set the corner of a wooden outdoor dining shed ablaze. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
"Adorable Millie is a 5-year-old domestic longhair tabby who was brought to the Arizona Humane Society a little over a month ago when a Good Samaritan found her as a sick stray and brought her to the shelter. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2021",
"Freed from bureaucratic oversight, the libertarian longhairs of Menlo Park could pursue their utopian dreams to change the world. \u2014 The Economist , 29 Nov. 2019",
"The first Star Wars is a youth movie \u2014 longhairs vs. baldies, parental figures obliviated. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"Amid the longhairs still buzzing over the hippie thing, Ocasek\u2019s half-spoken, coyly ambivalent delivery stood out, and suggested his avowed inspiration, Lou Reed, as channeled through a rockabilly crooner. \u2014 Randall Robertsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173043"
},
"long (for)":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": about to die soon See the full definition"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-184632"
},
"loom":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace sense 1 ) at right angles two or more sets of threads or yarns to form a cloth":[],
": to come into sight in enlarged or distorted and indistinct form often as a result of atmospheric conditions":[
"Storm clouds loomed on the horizon."
],
": to appear in an impressively great or exaggerated form":[
"deficits loomed large"
],
": to take shape as an impending occurrence":[
"the problems that loomed ahead"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fcm"
],
"synonyms":[
"brew",
"impend"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Storm clouds loomed on the horizon.",
"The mountains loom above the valley."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lome tool, loom, from Old English gel\u014dma tool; akin to Middle Dutch al lame tool":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1836, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052940"
},
"low":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": having a small upward extension or elevation",
": situated or passing little above a reference line, point, or plane",
": having a low-cut neckline",
": not extending as high as the ankle",
": situated or passing below the normal level, surface, or base of measurement, or the mean elevation",
": marking a nadir or bottom",
": small in number or amount",
": substandard , inadequate",
": cheap",
": short , depleted",
": of lesser degree, size, or amount than average or ordinary",
": of lesser position, rank, or order",
": intended to attract little attention",
": unfavorable , disparaging",
": lacking spirit or vivacity : depressed",
": lacking strength, health, or vitality : weak , prostrate",
": being near the horizon",
": being near the equator",
": falling short of some standard: such as",
": morally reprehensible : base",
": lacking dignity or elevation",
": coarse , vulgar",
": not loud : soft",
": characterized by being toward the bottom of the range of pitch attainable (as by an instrument)",
": flat sense 8a",
": socially or economically humble in character or status",
": designed for slow and usually the slowest speed",
": not advanced in complexity, development, or elaboration",
": low church",
": being near the basket or net",
": dead",
": articulated with a wide opening between the relatively flat tongue and the palate : open",
": something that is low: such as",
": depth",
": a region of low barometric pressure",
": the transmission gear of an automotive vehicle giving the lowest ratio of driveshaft to crankshaft speed",
": moo",
": the deep sustained sound characteristic especially of a cow",
": flame , blaze",
": flame , blaze",
": to make the sound of a cow : moo",
": the mooing of a cow",
": not high or tall",
": lying or going below the usual level",
": not loud : soft",
": deep in pitch",
": not cheerful : sad",
": less than usual (as in quantity or value)",
": less than enough",
": not strong",
": not favorable : poor",
": a point or level that is the least in degree, size, or amount",
": a region of reduced barometric pressure",
": the arrangement of gears in an automobile that gives the slowest speed of travel",
": so as to be low",
": having a relatively less complex organization : not greatly differentiated or developed phylogenetically",
"\u2014 compare high sense 1",
"Sir David Alexander Cecil 1891\u20131963 British cartoonist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d",
"\u02c8l\u014d",
"\u02c8l\u014d",
"\u02c8l\u014d",
"\u02c8l\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"equatorial",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"polar"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"circa 1522, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (3)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-201951"
},
"loftiness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": elevated in character and spirit : noble":[
"lofty ideals"
],
": elevated in status : superior":[
"the less lofty customers of the bar"
],
": having a haughty overbearing manner : supercilious":[
"She showed a lofty disregard for their objections."
],
": rising to a great height : impressively high":[
"lofty mountains"
],
": remote , esoteric":[
"basic precepts are not lofty abstractions far removed from matters of daily living",
"\u2014 D. D. Eisenhower"
],
": having full-bodied, firm, and resilient textile fibers":[
"lofty flannel"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022ff-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"altitudinous",
"high",
"tall",
"towering"
],
"antonyms":[
"low",
"low-lying",
"short",
"squat"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lofty high , tall , lofty mean above the average in height. high implies marked extension upward and is applied chiefly to things which rise from a base or foundation or are placed at a conspicuous height above a lower level. a high hill a high ceiling tall applies to what grows or rises high by comparison with others of its kind and usually implies relative narrowness. a tall thin man lofty suggests great or imposing altitude. lofty mountain peaks",
"examples":[
"He set lofty goals for himself as a teacher.",
"She showed a lofty disregard for their objections.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This down quilt from Therm-a-Rest is lofty , warm, and provides queen-sized coverage. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 28 June 2022",
"With 2022 earnings-per-share believed to come out close to $12, the stock trades at a forward multiple of about 60x \u2014 lofty for most companies but justified according to bulls given that few companies around can match that kind of growth. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"This down alternative pillow from Slumber Cloud stands out for two key reasons: Its soft and lofty poly-fill feels like real down, and its Outlast fabric offers outstanding temperature-regulation capabilities. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"The shortening helps make the cake especially lofty and tender. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"At a different time, in a different context, those words might have felt lofty or untethered to the difficult reality on the ground. \u2014 Ashish K. Jha, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"But Faloni\u2019s crewneck feels substantial, with a firm but lofty hand that brings fresh meringue to mind. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 2 Feb. 2022",
"What was clear, however, was the impact the Avants have had during their long life together, on politics and sports and entertainment, on goals as lofty as civil rights and as humble as getting bikes to disadvantaged children. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The open letter, made worse by Sophie's choice to read it aloud on air, totally destroys Kendall's lofty but poorly executed personal rehabilitation efforts. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 3 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002654"
},
"lollygag":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to fool around and waste time : dawdle":[
"Stop lollygagging and get to work.",
"We were slow because the girl was lollygagging , the photographer was photographing, and I was on crutches.",
"\u2014 James Robison",
"The first author he'd chosen was lollygagging on his manuscript, so it was my chance.",
"\u2014 Neal Pollack",
"\u2026 rally the team of lallygagging lawmakers \u2026",
"\u2014 The Hightower Lowdown"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02ccgag"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He was kicked off the team for lollygagging during practice.",
"Stop lollygagging around and get to work!"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1862, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163701"
},
"long green":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": money"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was able to rustle up some long green in a hurry",
"where did he get the long green to afford wheels like that?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Papi Kunno is sashaying down the streets of Tel Aviv, clad in a flowing orange print pantsuit, his long, long green nails glittering in the sunlight. \u2014 Leila Cobo, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
"In retaliation, the Green Police \u2014 German Nazi officers in long green coats and high boots \u2014 randomly grabbed about 400 Jewish men off the streets during a two-day sweep, ultimately forcing them into trucks and driving off into the night. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"This is a particularly important statistic to keep an eye on in Sunday's Ruoff Mortgage 500, as Phoenix is notorious for long green -flag runs, or racing for an extended period of time without stopping. \u2014 Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The option would create a mile- long green park with traffic lanes for buses and bicycles. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"For their next stop at Abergavenny Market, Kate swapped out her scarf and a casual jacket for a long green coat adorned with a daffodil, the national flower of Wales. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Wearing a long green coat, Williams sports Camilla's signature bob cut. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The ruling by the state Appellate Court is the latest chapter in yearslong legal proceedings over who owns the mile- long green and how to shield it from development that would harm its historic character. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The ruling by the state Appellate Court is the latest chapter in years-long legal proceedings over who owns the mile- long green and how to shield it from development that would harm its historic character. \u2014 Dave Collins, courant.com , 20 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1887, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-033720"
},
"looby":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an awkward clumsy fellow : lubber"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fc-b\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"butterfingers",
"dub",
"klutz",
"lubber",
"lummox"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"although he was a looby physically, he was a towering figure in mathematics"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English loby ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-045739"
},
"low-keyed":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": having or producing dark tones only with little contrast":[],
": of low intensity : restrained":[],
": in a way or to a degree that is moderate or limited":[
"It didn't take long for all of us to become low-key [=somewhat] obsessed with Lizzo \u2026",
"\u2014 Abi Travis",
"Everywhere we go, we're low-key [=casually] checking out coffee shops, parks, and window seats for maximum reading coziness.",
"\u2014 Charlotte Ahlin",
"We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which products have low-key changed their lives.",
"\u2014 Samantha Wieder",
"First things first: for what it's worth, I low-key think Jake Gyllenhaal is the best actor of his generation.",
"\u2014 Eric Ital"
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": without seeking or receiving much attention or recognition":[
"Nordstrom low-key announced the sale with little fanfare \u2026",
"\u2014 Danielle Gonzalez",
"The 21-year-old model and 24-year-old musician surprised everyone when they low-key stepped into a New York City courthouse to make it official \u2026",
"\u2014 Jamie Leelo",
"\u2026 is low-key getting some of the best and most underrated lines in these episodes \u2026",
"\u2014 Kase Wickman",
"She was low-key the best player on that season \u2026",
"\u2014 Leigh Oleszczak"
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"\u02c8l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0113"
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"conservative",
"muted",
"quiet",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"sober",
"subdued",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unflashy",
"unpretentious"
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"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
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"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"2010, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb"
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"look-see":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a general survey : evaluation , inspection"
],
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"\u02c8lu\u0307k-\u02c8s\u0113",
"-\u02ccs\u0113"
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"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"going-over",
"inspection",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
"view"
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"1883, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-104337"
},
"looby-loo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a singing game in which children move arms, legs, and head in accordance with the words of the song":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6l\u00fcb\u0113\u00a6l\u00fc"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from looby-loo , meaningless syllables in the text of the song":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213900"
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"locker":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a chest or compartment on shipboard for compact stowage of articles":[],
": a refrigerated compartment or room for the storage of fresh or frozen foods":[
"a meat locker"
],
": one that locks":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4-k\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"case",
"casket",
"chest",
"trunk"
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"examples":[
"the enlisted man usually stored his uniform in his locker at the foot of his bed",
"a down-at-the heels health club where most of the lockers look to be unusable",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just after 7:30, lightning struck nearby, forcing fansout of the stadium and both teams back to their locker rooms. \u2014 Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun , 2 July 2022",
"Coach Marc Crawford elbowed Ward, already dressed after his ejection, in the ribs in the hallway leading to the locker rooms. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
"Fans on social media quickly share photos and videos from players\u2019 30-second walks to the locker rooms from cars or team buses at N.B.A. arenas. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"The second prong states that the school must provide equal benefits and treatment in matters such as marketing, locker rooms, recruiting, coaches\u2019 salaries and other aspects of the sport. \u2014 Lori Riley, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
"Additionally, Alabama enacted two new laws that both banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, and restricted transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. \u2014 Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
"With a price tag of $45 million, the 53,000 square foot facility offers not only practice courts and weight rooms, but also upscale locker rooms, a players lounge and natural light. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Oklahoma is on the brink of enforcing a law that would require transgender students at public schools and public charter schools to use restrooms and locker rooms that do not match their gender identity. \u2014 Anne Branigin, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"And, as a result, curvy clients are left feeling both literally and figuratively exposed in common areas like locker rooms and lounges. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 6 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161728"
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"type":[],
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"Definition of looky variant spelling of lookee"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113915"
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"logic":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity of inference and demonstration : the science of the formal principles of reasoning":[
"a professor of logic"
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": a branch or variety of logic":[
"modal logic",
"Boolean logic"
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": the formal principles of a branch of knowledge":[
"the logic of grammar"
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": a particular mode of reasoning viewed as valid or faulty":[
"She spent a long time explaining the situation, but he failed to see her logic ."
],
": relevance , propriety":[
"could not understand the logic of such an action"
],
": interrelation or sequence of facts or events when seen as inevitable or predictable":[
"By the logic of events, anarchy leads to dictatorship."
],
": something that forces a decision apart from or in opposition to reason":[
"the logic of war"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-jik"
],
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"intellection",
"ratiocination",
"reason",
"reasoning",
"sense"
],
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"examples":[
"If you just use a little logic , you'll see I'm right.",
"There's no logic in your reasoning.",
"There's some logic to what he says.",
"There's a certain logic in what he says.",
"The revolution proceeded according to its own logic .",
"the logic of the situation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Networks seem to provide the best of both worlds by that logic : the creative constraints created by short runtimes and FCC regulations combined with the benefit of streaming access later on. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 7 June 2022",
"By that logic Britain is justified in attacking the U.S. and colonial powers their former holdings. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022",
"If so, by the same logic used to determine our hallowed summer jam, wouldn't that deserve song of the fall status? \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Both days seemed supremely springlike, and, by geometrical logic , seemed much like each other. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"However, by that same logic , these celebrities ought to at least possess some degree of belief in the potential of NFTs to risk investing in them. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"By that logic , the problems should have been worst prior to the civil rights reforms in the 1960s. \u2014 Michael B\u00e9rub\u00e9, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The logic behind these face-taping videos, which a handful of TikTok-savvy dermatologists have stitched in response, is that a few days of wearing tape on your face overnight can keep your wrinkles from deepening and forming. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 21 June 2022",
"Nayamin Martinez, director of the Central California Environmental Justice Network, said the logic behind that rule is counterintuitive. \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English logik , from Anglo-French, from Latin logica , from Greek logik\u0113 , from feminine of logikos of reason, from logos reason \u2014 more at legend":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213334"
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"lop (off)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument the hair stylist started by lopping off several inches from her long tresses, before beginning to shape what was left"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134852"
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"loathe":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dt\u035fh"
],
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"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate"
],
"antonyms":[
"love"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for loathe hate , detest , abhor , abominate , loathe mean to feel strong aversion or intense dislike for. hate implies an emotional aversion often coupled with enmity or malice. hated the enemy with a passion detest suggests violent antipathy. detests cowards abhor implies a deep often shuddering repugnance. a crime abhorred by all abominate suggests strong detestation and often moral condemnation. abominates all forms of violence loathe implies utter disgust and intolerance. loathed the mere sight of them",
"examples":[
"In fact, he was an energetic walker his whole life, but he loathed fresh-air fiends and he was rather stuck on the idea of being dissolute. \u2014 Paul Theroux , New York Times Book Review , 21 Apr. 1991",
"How I loathed the look of that type on my pages! Everything I wrote seemed, in that type, arrhythmic, dull, stupid. \u2014 Joseph Epstein , The Middle of My Tether , 1983",
"I loathed the job so much that I did it quickly, urgently, almost violently. \u2014 W. P. Kinsella , Shoeless Joe , 1982",
"Pushing the table from him while he spoke, as though he loathed the sight of food, he encountered the watch: the hands of which were almost upon noon. \u2014 Charles Dickens , Nicholas Nickleby , 1839",
"They were rivals who truly loathed each other.",
"I loathe having to do this.",
"It was a habit his wife loathed .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Before the pandemic, the 43-year-old enterprise desktop support manager used to loathe the steady chitchat at his Phoenix office. \u2014 Ray A. Smith, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
"But the unions had come to loathe her for that work in particular. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"There was plenty to loathe about certain members of the band of criminals who surrounded our hoodlum-in-chief. \u2014 John R. Macarthur, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Even people who loathe asking for a raise can ill afford not to amid the highest inflation many have seen in their working lives. \u2014 Ray A. Smith, WSJ , 7 Apr. 2022",
"That news, first reported by the New York Post and confirmed to CNN by a Zeldin spokesman, sparked elation in pro-Trump circles and angst among those who loathe Kushner and the broader Trump family. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Geralt kills monsters but is frequently deemed a monster by the people who loathe him but require his services. \u2014 Scott Meslow, Vulture , 17 Dec. 2021",
"It is written for the consumption of people who loathe conservatives and conservatism but understand neither. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 20 May 2021",
"Still, the West is loathe to do anything to advance Putin\u2019s war effort. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lothen , from Old English l\u0101thian to dislike, be hateful, from l\u0101th":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191353"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": expressing much love or sentimentality",
": mushy"
],
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"\u02ccl\u0259-v\u0113-\u02c8d\u0259-v\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
],
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"unsentimental"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1879, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153618"
},
"loftsman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who lays out to scale the lines (as of an airplane and its parts) preparatory to the making of blueprints and tools":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-tsm\u0259n"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011208"
},
"lowish":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": rather low"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dish"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
"1740, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164624"
},
"look with favor on":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to regard (something) favorably : to like and approve of (something)":[
"The committee looks with favor on the project."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011805"
},
"loan":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": money lent at interest":[
"took out a loan to pay for the new car"
],
": something lent usually for the borrower's temporary use":[],
": the grant of temporary use":[
"Can I have the loan of your car?"
],
": the temporary duty of a person transferred to another job for a limited time":[
"He had been on loan to the navy during the war."
],
": loanword":[
"The word \"nosh\" is a loan from Yiddish."
],
": lend":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"lend"
],
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"borrow"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He got a car loan .",
"He'll need several more years to pay off the rest of the loan .",
"She needed money, so she asked her friend for a loan .",
"Verb",
"The National Gallery has been kind enough to loan this painting to our museum.",
"His mother loaned him the money to buy a new car.",
"Can you loan me $20?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The White House pushed back on criticism of the administration\u2019s internal debate on student- loan forgiveness. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Given the widening gap between free college/student loan forgiveness Democrats and Republicans talking about deprioritizing degrees and supporting alternative pathways, my brother may not be far off. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"President Joe Biden is also considering some form of loan forgiveness. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"To qualify for loan forgiveness under PSLF, an applicant must be employed full-time at a federal, state, local or tribal government agency or a not-for-profit organization. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 8 June 2022",
"Many Republicans are against loan forgiveness, claiming that doing so would be unjust and would increase the inflation rate. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 6 June 2022",
"The administration announced the action Wednesday as President Joe Biden considers broader student loan forgiveness for millions of Americans. \u2014 Collin Binkley, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 June 2022",
"The administration's announcement on the Corinthian debt cancellation comes as President Joe Biden faces mounting pressure to enact broader student loan forgiveness for millions of people. \u2014 Collin Binkley, ajc , 2 June 2022",
"The cancellation of the Corinthian College debt also comes as the President Biden considers wider student loan forgiveness, and payments on federal student loans remain frozen. \u2014 Chris Quintana, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Gilbert's top lobbyist told some council members at a June 20 informational session that a bank is unwilling to loan Bedrock the $400 million unless the city approves the $60 million tax abatement. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 28 June 2022",
"After a falling out with the gallery\u2019s director Reginald Poland in the late 1940s, the reclusive sisters decided instead to loan their increasing number of paintings to museums across the country. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"For countries that need additional support, GERM should fund or loan public health experts who would participate in this global pandemic-prevention network. \u2014 Bill Gates, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Ripley's also addressed questions circulating about their decision to loan out such a valuable dress in the first place. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"Most important, the board could not loan money to the fiscal authorities, imposing a hard budget on Ceylon\u2019s fiscal system. \u2014 Steve H. Hanke, National Review , 19 Apr. 2022",
"If cost is a barrier, the Los Angeles Audubon Society will loan new birders binoculars during walks. \u2014 Maya Richard-craven, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"House investigators found that the Trump administration dismissed objections by Pentagon officials to loan $700 million in pandemic aid to a trucking company. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The mask itself, though, was absent, because its guardians at the British Museum had refused to loan it. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lone \"something lent or owing, divine gift,\" borrowed from Old Norse l\u00e1n \"something lent, fief,\" going back to Germanic *laihna- \"something granted or lent\" (whence also Old Frisian l\u0113n \"fief, benefice, something lent,\" Old Saxon l\u0113han \"gift, fief,\" Old High German l\u0113han, l\u0113n \"something lent, feudal tenure, benefice,\" and, from a variant *laihni-, Old English l\u01e3n \"something lent, grant, gift\"), noun derivative from the verb *l\u012bhwan- \"to grant, lend\" \u2014 more at delinquent entry 2":"Noun",
"derivative of loan entry 1":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1543, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011509"
},
"loftman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a worker in a drying loft":[],
": flyman sense 2":[]
},
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"-tm\u0259n"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060452"
},
"lothario":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a man whose chief interest is seducing women":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u014d-\u02c8ther-\u0113-\u02cc\u014d",
"-\u02c8th\u00e4r-"
],
"synonyms":[
"Casanova",
"Don Juan",
"lecher",
"lounge lizard",
"masher",
"philanderer",
"satyr",
"wolf",
"womanizer"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a novel about the loveless existence of an aging lothario",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On paper, new society entrant Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran) makes a perfect choice for the erstwhile lothario . \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Young Ariana Neal is memorable as Jess, a kind of gofer at the \u201990s Visser; Evan Jonigkeit is creepy as Samuel, the Visser\u2019s lothario and worse. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The famous quartet is vividly staged, as Maddalena romances the lothario duke in an upstairs bedroom, while downstairs at the bar the stunned Gilda listens with Rigoletto. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Jan. 2022",
"The 26-year-old stars as Max, a pansexual, pot-stirring lothario who most closely resembles Chuck Bass from the OG series. \u2014 Anna Moeslein, Glamour , 8 July 2021",
"As the titular bassist lothario , Michael Cera hippity-hops through the song like somebody\u2019s tapping his jump button. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 13 Aug. 2020",
"And there was Shane, an irresistible, monosyllabic lothario , who inspired both ire and emulation. \u2014 Crispin Long, The New Yorker , 11 Dec. 2019",
"Now Danny is frowningly married in the suburbs, while Karl is a downtown lothario dating women too young for Dennis Rodman references. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 5 June 2019",
"Co-written with his brother, Carlos Cuar\u00f3n,S\u00f3lo con Tu Pareja, follows the exploits of Tom\u00e1s Tom\u00e1s, a lothario who is eventually taught a lesson by an ex-lover. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Feb. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Lothario , seducer in the play The Fair Penitent (1703) by Nicholas Rowe":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1756, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024241"
},
"loanblend":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a word some of whose constituents are native and others of foreign origin":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221855"
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"lost":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": not made use of, won, or claimed":[
"a lost opportunity"
],
": no longer possessed":[
"a lost reputation"
],
": no longer known":[
"a lost tunnel"
],
": ruined or destroyed physically or morally : desperate":[
"a lost soul"
],
": taken away or beyond reach or attainment : denied":[
"regions lost to the faith"
],
": insensible , hardened":[
"lost to shame"
],
": unable to find the way":[],
": no longer visible":[
"lost in the crowd"
],
": lacking assurance or self-confidence : helpless":[
"lost without his glasses"
],
": rapt , absorbed":[
"lost in reverie"
],
": not appreciated or understood : wasted":[
"their jokes were lost on me"
],
": obscured or overlooked during a process or activity":[
"lost in translation"
],
": hopelessly unattainable : futile":[
"a lost cause"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022fst"
],
"synonyms":[
"gone",
"mislaid",
"misplaced",
"missing"
],
"antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed",
"retained"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He was looking for his lost keys.",
"Many have tried to find the ruins of the lost city.",
"We took a wrong turn and got lost .",
"Hold my hand. I don't want you to get lost .",
"He has been trying to recapture his lost youth.",
"The original music is lost to us forever.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His goal with the original project rings true today too with the next exhibition: to make people feel a little less lost and alone. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"An approval decision that takes two to three days to get from Washington makes the whole operation a lost cause and a hazard. \u2014 cincinnati.com , 26 May 2022",
"There are still a few more and even the most astrology-savvy people can feel a little lost . \u2014 Emily Simone, Allure , 20 May 2022",
"On the surface, Ukraine initially looked like another lost cause. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who obligingly fell into line, as did Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), who apparently chose to shore up his cred with conservative voters instead of giving up some of it for a lost cause. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas. \u2014 Eddie Pells, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022",
"What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas. \u2014 Eddie Pells, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"past participle of lose":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203409"
},
"lowly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": not lofty or grand : commonplace , ordinary":[
"Paella, once the lowly meal of farmers \u2026 has indeed evolved into a very sumptuous one-dish meal \u2026",
"\u2014 Georgina R. Encanto",
"It's easy to overlook the lowly alphabet book.",
"\u2014 Ivan Kreilkamp"
],
": low in order of importance, value, or esteem":[
"a lowly task",
"\u2026 the game didn't match even the lowly expectations placed on it.",
"\u2014 Matthew DeFranks",
"I'm not talking about the mouthwatering and universally appreciated king or Spanish mackerel but their lowly cousin, the commonly derided Atlantic mackerel \u2026",
"\u2014 W. Hodding Carter"
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"Is it compatible with a self-denying, meek, and lowly heart?",
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"\u2014 Gary Shteyngart"
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"lowly bowing before his king, he accepted his knighthood",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"How could their brilliant boy become a lowly tailor? \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The Jets, without a playoff appearance since 2010, struggled to a lowly 2-14 finish, but Becton gave up just seven sacks and earned a Pro Football Focus grade of 74.4. \u2014 Jeremiah Holloway, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
"Indeed, the Global Entrepreneurship Development Institute ranks the country a lowly 122nd out of 137 countries. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Early in the film, for instance, ink is tossed in the young man\u2019s face to reflect his humiliating status as a lowly printer. \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Every boarding-zone call registers our lowly station, sorting passengers with all the sensitivity of industrial farm equipment. \u2014 Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic , 29 May 2022",
"Sidelined for the team\u2019s final four games last season by an ankle injury, Jackson is set to return to action in the Ravens\u2019 Sept. 11 opener against the lowly New York Jets. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
"Maverick is still the fastest man alive in an F-15, even if he's never managed to exceed the lowly rank of Captain. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Of course, the Nazis were ultimately responsible for Anne Frank\u2019s death, from Hitler and Eichmann all the way down to the lowly functionary Silberbauer and his henchmen. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021"
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"The plant has only been found in one locality .",
"a locality with high housing prices",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Consider the branding upsides of partnering with genuine people who genuinely care about their locality , are known for their local/regional expertise and/or are strongly associated with the area. \u2014 Danielle Wiley, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"The divide falls along partisan lines, although not perfectly: Almost every district that opted to make masks optional is in a locality that voted for Youngkin in the 2021 gubernatorial election. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Hotel Luc is part of Autograph Collection Hotels, which handpicks hotels that are intimately connected to the history and culture of their surroundings, and, in turn, become part of the locality \u2019s fabric. \u2014 Laura Parker, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Depending on the business in question and the locality of its IT systems, the impact that climate bears upon business continuity will vary. \u2014 Emil Sayegh, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Everybody wins: the locality sells land and gets free infrastructure. \u2014 Anne Stevenson-yang, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"The ability to track specific variants through sequencing -- and send samples and data to the CDC -- still varies from one level of government to the next, and depends largely on the resources a locality or state has at their disposal. \u2014 ABC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Inclusionary zoning programs in general produce very few units as a percentage of a locality \u2019s total housing stock. \u2014 Emily Hamilton, The Conversation , 28 Feb. 2022",
"If your business trades in a particular town, region or other locality , making references to it on your web pages is a great and simple way to increase your site\u2019s relevance in local searches. \u2014 Hugo Lesser, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"a huge birthday bash that promises to be a lollapalooza of a party",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mikhail might have shuffled off this mortal coil early, but his spirit lingers in a lollapalooza gallery that represents in flavor and type, though not in exact content, Impressionist salons in the 1870s into the early 1880s. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Worries about Trump\u2019s button finger were seeping out of Washington even before the book lollapalooza . \u2014 Trudy Rubin, Philly.com , 5 Jan. 2018",
"After a lollapalooza trial, Marshall was convicted of larceny in 2009 and spent a few months in prison before his death in 2014. \u2014 Alessandra Stanley, New York Times , 6 Oct. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com are news platforms, and our specialty, as a major regional newsroom, is providing local and Ohio news that our readers cannot find elsewhere. \u2014 cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"Back to Bond Basics - Bonds are debts issued by corporations, governments, state and local municipalities. \u2014 Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"State and local officials have spent weeks trying to reconcile incomplete and, at times, conflicting reports on the shooting and the questionable police response. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 24 June 2022",
"Get local and international soccer news once a week in your inbox. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"In addition to facing competition from retail employers, federal agencies also compete with state and local departments that can pay more, offer more full-time positions and better benefits. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"State and local agencies have asked the Texas Attorney General to rule on what records can be released amid the ongoing investigation. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"Federal, state and local governments should view the latest heat waves as a wake-up call to develop a long-term strategy to help low-income families adapt to rising temperatures. \u2014 Mark Wolfe For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Monkeypox testing is handled by 86 mostly state and local public health labs, with capacity for more than 8,000 tests a week, according to the CDC. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In 2021, workers at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, voted in favor of joining a local of the Service Employees International Union. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"Hoeks will play Nina, an intriguing local who helps him in his research and grows closer to him and his daughter as the situation gets increasingly out of control. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"In fact, the only true local who gets much color at all is Mary (Lily-Rose Aslandogdu, excellent), a young girl whose older sister seemingly got taken by the serpent and is now convinced it\u2019s coming for her next. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"As a Penang local , Ms. Yap considers dusky langurs an important part of her natural heritage. \u2014 Charukesi Ramadurai, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Apr. 2022",
"In 2017, Rob Arnold, a local of Cornwall, and 12 other volunteers collected about six million pieces of microplastics from a beach near his home, reported Inverse's Nick Lucchesi at the time. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
"In Thormeier\u2019s backpack, the Lakeland local carried a rubber duck, one of the iconic dolphin\u2019s favorite toys, and a framed collage of photos that her 17-year-old daughter took of Winter. \u2014 Bernadette Berdychowski, orlandosentinel.com , 21 Nov. 2021",
"There is already talk within the local of trying to unseat Thom Davis, an ally of Loeb\u2019s who has served as business representative since 1998. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Perdue was a Michigan local who attended the University of Dallas and worked as a realtor since 2012, according to his company profile. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 14 Nov. 2021"
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"The workers were lodged in temporary camps.",
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"Noun",
"He's a member of a Masonic lodge .",
"an annual dinner at the lodge",
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"Improve our process for those who want to lodge complaints or request corrections. \u2014 USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"While embracing the original designs of their Burlington home, the husband-wife duo weaved in modern, eclectic and rustic elements to turn this former student lodge into a bright, colorful and relaxing retreat. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"Mount Healthy Police Chief Vincent Demasi says authorities traced the origin of the bones, which are thought to be about a century old, by speaking with a family who had purchased an Odd Fellows\u2019 lodge nearby when the group left town decades ago. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Did a few themes lodge themselves in my subconscious that summer? \u2014 Elinor Lipman, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Why do certain experiences lodge in our memories while others\u2014more triumphant perhaps, or more traumatic\u2014leave barely a trace? \u2014 Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The drones would pay little attention to the border between the two countries\u2014from the Russian perspective, there soon wouldn't be a Ukrainian government left to lodge a complaint. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Any citizen who has concerns about the data practices of their local entity can contact the State Auditor\u2019s hotline (hotline.utah.gov) and lodge a complaint that Phillips can investigate and work to resolve. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The study, published in the journal Environment International, tested 22 anonymous blood samples and found plastic particles in 80% of people tested\u2014indicating plastic particles may be able to travel around the body and lodge themselves in organs. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"By staying at the lodge , guests can access the 18.5 miles of trails at the sanctuary and may be greeted by a goose that lives on the property's pond. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"In this Swedish film, an avalanche descends on a ski lodge and a man named Tomas races away to avoid it, leaving behind his stunned wife and children. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Community amenities include a David McLay Kidd golf course, a wellness center, a restaurant, a pool, seven fishing ponds, and a members-only ski lodge at Grand Targhee Resort. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Renting a fancy four-bedroom ski lodge in the Rockies or an expansive estate with its own pool and outdoor kitchen in the French countryside\u2014an established tradition among the well-heeled\u2014has suddenly caught on with a broader swath of Americans. \u2014 Christian L. Wright, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Set in a historic 1928 ski lodge , Cottonwood serves atmosphere and delicious farm-fresh food for dinner and weekend brunch. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 Mar. 2022",
"But young activists had briefed more than two-dozen members of Team USA in the run-up to the Winter Olympics, including selfie diplomacy at a ski lodge with Shaun White and the Tibetan flag. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 11 Feb. 2022",
"With its high ceilings, polished concrete, and formidable vase of plum blossoms, the restaurant, in the Flatiron district, resembles an apr\u00e8s-ski lodge for the modern aristocracy. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The family settled in Vermont in the early 1940s and opened a ski lodge in Stowe. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Oct. 2021"
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"always remember that the image is reversed in the looking glass",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The internet\u2019s prizing of authenticity has gone through the looking glass . \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
"In the most consumptive nation on Earth, Black Friday in the U.S. has long been viewed as the ultimate looking glass , reflecting all that is good, bad and so-so about the world\u2019s largest economy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
"The work Water Wise Gulf South and its initiatives have accomplished through partnerships with local neighborhood associations is a looking glass into how Americans are coping with crises. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 May 2022",
"Gutfeld, though, is not just Seth Meyers through the looking glass . \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"And most importantly, if the skies are clear, every program includes the romance of putting your eye up to the looking glass . \u2014 Dean Regas, The Enquirer , 8 Apr. 2022",
"To watch is to gaze through the Kremlin\u2019s looking glass . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"To read or view the manipulative domestic coverage of the assault on Ukraine is to walk through a looking glass into a propagandist world of Russian heroes and Ukrainian nationalist villains. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"This film feels like a \u2018through the looking glass \u2019 moment for Batman himself. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All of a sudden everyone talks like a longshoreman . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
"His father, Aniello, was a longshoreman ; his mother, Lucy (Esposito) Pignatano, was a seamstress. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"That's fitting for the son of a Baltimore longshoreman . \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Mar. 2022",
"By his twentieth birthday, having discovered that he wasn\u2019t cut out for the back-breaking life of a longshoreman or stevedore, P.J. tried his hand as a brass finisher at an East Boston machine shop. \u2014 Neal Thompson, Town & Country , 22 Feb. 2022",
"His dad, also named Fred Hughes, was a longshoreman at the Port of Oakland and the family lived in Harbor Homes, public housing built by the federal government during World War II. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Feb. 2022",
"However, the longshoreman nurtured in the boy the fascination that would propel him to greatness. \u2014 Alex Miller, Wired , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The former longshoreman died of lung disease in 1992. \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Jan. 2022",
"A few years ago, Jimmy Petrocelli, a third-generation longshoreman who has been coming to the chapel for 43 years, had a worker in his shop who lost a hand while changing cables on a crane 180 feet above the dock. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Dec. 2021"
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"\u2014 Sheila Kaye-Smith"
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"Shangri-la",
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"Zion",
"Sion"
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"Users will also have to option to switch from lossless to a lossy 24-bit 96kHz setting. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Those services charge about double their normal lossy tier subscription rate at $19.99. \u2014 Bobby Owsinski, Forbes , 9 May 2021",
"The crux of lossless versus lossy music is human hearing. \u2014 Tyler Hayes, Wired , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Furthermore, any remaining Pixel 1 owners will continue to enjoy unlimited \u2018Original Quality\u2019 uploads, which avoid Google\u2019s 16-megapixel limit and lossy compression algorithms. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2021",
"To put that number into perspective, CDs have a bitrate of 1,411 kbps, which obviously retains much more of the original recording information when compared to a lossy MP3. \u2014 Popular Science , 22 Feb. 2021",
"There are plenty of ways, from cutting out or freezing frames, messing with transparency, cutting the resolution, choosing a smaller color palette, or mixing a few different forms of visible and lossy compression techniques. \u2014 Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2019",
"There are plenty of ways, from cutting out or freezing frames, messing with transparency, cutting the resolution, choosing a smaller color palette, or mixing a few different forms of visible and lossy compression techniques. \u2014 Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2019",
"There are plenty of ways, from cutting out or freezing frames, messing with transparency, cutting the resolution, choosing a smaller color palette, or mixing a few different forms of visible and lossy compression techniques. \u2014 Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2019"
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"1948, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"Spanish, from lomo loin, back of an animal, from Latin lumbus loin":"Noun"
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"thing"
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"one-on-one politicking is her long suit",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Denizens of the day would pair that with equally roomy, extra- long suit jackets with exaggerated lapels. \u2014 Thal\u00eda Henao, Allure , 3 May 2022",
"If an ample wardrobe is your long suit , the closet here rivals the size of a conventional house \u2014 nearly 2,000 square feet. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 16 Jan. 2021",
"But even if the defenders succeed in setting up a long suit , the defender with the winners must retain an entry to cash them. \u2014 Frank Stewart, The Mercury News , 10 Aug. 2019",
"In any case, bid three spades to show your tolerance for his long suit . \u2014 Frank Stewart, The Mercury News , 9 Sep. 2019",
"When dummy leads a heart at Trick Three, East must rise with his ace to return a club, racing to set up West\u2019s long suit . \u2014 Frank Stewart, The Mercury News , 10 Aug. 2019",
"Transparency about the building plan is not the museum\u2019s long suit . \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 9 July 2019"
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"1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"They looked with longing toward freedom.",
"She cast a look of longing at the shop window.",
"She never told anyone about her secret longings .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The song exuded passion and one\u2019s longing for their true love. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 26 May 2022",
"For Calle, desire\u2014in the Freudian sense of longing for what is not there\u2014was a generative formal constraint. \u2014 Lili Owen Rowlands, The New Yorker , 17 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s comedy, drama, documentary, and lots and lots of historical romance full of longing glances followed by intense make-out sessions. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 7 June 2022",
"The compulsive tapping of a heart on Instagram or Twitter, of counting hearts or likes, may hold deep significance, symbolising a longing for our hearts to be touched and to touch the hearts of others. \u2014 Dr Sanah Ahsan, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022",
"Bridgerton's second season is an eight-episode Regency romp full of longing glances, glorious jewels, and yes, drugs. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Dando\u2019s songs are saturated with a kind of directionless longing \u2014a troubling, inescapable sense that there\u2019s more out there for him. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Illuminated in the blue glow of bubbling water and artificial light, the two women slowly registered each other with puzzlement, hostility and abject longing . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"MoBo had plenty of love songs \u2014 most dealt with unrequited love, pining after someone and the pains of being rejected or longing from a distance. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 14 Feb. 2022"
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"adjective"
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"\u2014 Sheila Kaye-Smith"
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"Doctors are trying to localize the infection by using antibiotics.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Murdock\u2019s efforts to localize and nationalize this study. \u2014 Beatrice Peterson, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
"To localize merchandise and product choices, Peeba\u2019s platform uses AI to understand retail trends and provide recommendations based on other local sellers' purchases and trends locally to match data from other brands and retailers. \u2014 Tiffany Lung, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The government, in an effort to capitalize on the global coffee craze, plans to localize production. \u2014 Hadas Gold And Abeer Salman, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Other manufacturers taking steps to localize more jobs include Volkswagen AG, the biggest foreign auto maker in China. \u2014 Yoko Kubota, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"To help localize the origin of a patient\u2019s seizures prior to removing brain tissue to potentially help their epilepsy, Ojemann and Ko temporarily implant small, metal electrodes on top of and within the patient\u2019s brain. \u2014 David Caldwell, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The company also plans to localize suppliers in the U.S. by continuing to grow collaboration efforts with the top battery-technology companies in the world. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The groups behind the new polling support Biden\u2019s messaging so far, but say that more needs to be done to localize the messaging so that voters can understand the direct implications of climate policy in their own lives. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 12 Jan. 2022",
"To localize its products, Florasis used the power of social media and marketing influencers. \u2014 Earl Carr, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022"
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": not lofty or grand : commonplace , ordinary",
": low in order of importance, value, or esteem",
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": low in a scale of evolution or development",
": humble in manner or spirit : free from self-assertive pride",
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"He was working as a lowly clerk.",
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"Adverb",
"lowly bowing before his king, he accepted his knighthood",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"How could their brilliant boy become a lowly tailor? \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The Jets, without a playoff appearance since 2010, struggled to a lowly 2-14 finish, but Becton gave up just seven sacks and earned a Pro Football Focus grade of 74.4. \u2014 Jeremiah Holloway, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
"Indeed, the Global Entrepreneurship Development Institute ranks the country a lowly 122nd out of 137 countries. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Early in the film, for instance, ink is tossed in the young man\u2019s face to reflect his humiliating status as a lowly printer. \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Every boarding-zone call registers our lowly station, sorting passengers with all the sensitivity of industrial farm equipment. \u2014 Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic , 29 May 2022",
"Sidelined for the team\u2019s final four games last season by an ankle injury, Jackson is set to return to action in the Ravens\u2019 Sept. 11 opener against the lowly New York Jets. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
"Maverick is still the fastest man alive in an F-15, even if he's never managed to exceed the lowly rank of Captain. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Of course, the Nazis were ultimately responsible for Anne Frank\u2019s death, from Hitler and Eichmann all the way down to the lowly functionary Silberbauer and his henchmen. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Savages and heathens, lowly and oppressed, hailed and welcomed it at the far end of the wide world. \u2014 Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 14 June 2021"
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"Some commenters offered up the homes of other pro athletes, such as Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo or former Packers player Donald Driver and his new loft in Brewer's Hill. \u2014 Samantha Hendrickson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"In the 52nd minute, Kansas City was asleep defensively, allowing Yimmi Chara to loft a ball ahead to a wide open Blanco. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"Tepera replaced Loup and got Trey Mancini to loft a sacrifice fly to Marsh in medium left. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
"That flight was something of a shakedown cruise, demonstrating that SpaceX could loft anyone to orbit, and helping the company clean up some minor issues, like a leaky onboard toilet. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Amy\u2019s Manhattan loft to go over the in-progress monologue. \u2014 Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
"There, a brand-new Falcon 9 first stage will loft a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office dubbed NROL-87. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The absence of center Ivica Zubac (sore right calf) certainly didn\u2019t help, as the Pacers\u2019 Caris LeVert darted into the lane to loft soft floaters over outstretched arms. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The mission to loft 34 broadband communications satellites into orbit was to be the 14th launch of OneWeb satellites. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Fill power is the number of cubic inches one ounce of the down in question can loft into when uncompressed. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 22 July 2019"
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"With its very own loch , the surrounding area is rich with hunting and fishing activities. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"This small loch in the heart of the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands comes into its own in late summer, when the flies die down and the crowds head home. \u2014 Joe Minihane, CNN , 29 Oct. 2021",
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"Mysterious little asides appear between each chapter, in which the woodland creatures around the loch give silent and often creepy watch over the humans\u2019 goings-on. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 3 Mar. 2021",
"But the loch itself is also a beautiful part of Scotland\u2019s stunning landscape. \u2014 Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure , 11 Apr. 2020",
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"It\u2019s as cold as the waters of that loch , and nowhere near as lucid. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2020"
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"The key deadline is just over a week away and the more lodestone motors could have to pay $200 million back that Fox con sent as a down payment. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"But in the mid-1980s, a band of booksellers moved into the empty barns and transformed the place into a literary lodestone . \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Dec. 2021",
"When standing on principle and pursuing equal rights seemed fraught with peril, Jean\u2019s work served as a lodestone for me. \u2014 Maryanne George, Detroit Free Press , 12 Oct. 2021",
"As a wellness and health-conscious lodestone of the United States, California houses several cities that champion the clean living trend. \u2014 Tanya Akim, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
"The title, Day\u2019s End, is taken from Matta-Clark\u2019s lodestone 1975 urban installation in Pier 52. \u2014 Jerry Saltz, Vulture , 10 June 2021",
"The lodestone recruit credited with building Alabama\u2019s football dynasty under Nick Saban, Jones is a first ballot Hall of Famer but deserves to be treated as something more. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 21 May 2021",
"Both, however, enjoyed blockbuster solo success, releasing seminal GOAT albums (King's singer-songwriter lodestone Tapestry; Turner's resilient comeback classic Private Dancer) and see their impact continue to grow with each passing decade. \u2014 Joe Lynch, Billboard , 10 Feb. 2021",
"Early iron compass needles were magnetized by lodestone , or magnetized magnetite minerals, pulled from the Earth. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 7 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All of these describe private cellular, which effectively takes cellular technology and repurposes it for use on your enterprise local area network (LAN). \u2014 Jennifer Minella, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"When the devices, intended to remain on local area networks , become exposed to the public Internet, perhaps unintentionally through misconfigurations, that's when problems arise. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 19 Sep. 2019",
"Basically, Oppo devices will be able to create ad hoc local area networks across a wide area and communicate directly to each other without the need for base stations. \u2014 Sam Byford, The Verge , 26 June 2019",
"The standards are organized into groups; IEEE 802 covers all local area network standards. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 3 Oct. 2018",
"Dial-up Wide-Area Network Game Operation\u2014service, which launched in 1994, though the most popular (and most fun) way of playing was to have a LAN ( local area network ) party in which players tethered their computers and blasted away at each other. \u2014 The Strong Museum Of Play, Ars Technica , 2 June 2018",
"So in addition to the radio network backbone, Cisco and Dimension Data installed wired local area networks at each of the reserve's four vehicle gates. \u2014 Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica , 6 June 2018",
"For the first time, researchers have exploited the Rowhammer memory-chip weakness using nothing more than network packets sent over a local area network . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 10 May 2018"
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"something of a lone ranger among anthropologists, she does her research without either a lending hand or an eye toward trendy topics",
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"The desperate situation usually has an alternative, if only the lone ranger would tolerate his own vulnerability and fallibility. \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Kaneland pitcher Emilee Erickson, wearing a protective face mask in Friday\u2019s Class 3A state semifinal, was no lone ranger . \u2014 Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News , 9 June 2018",
"Hanes doesn't believe J. Edgar Hoover or the Federal Bureau of Investigation was involved, nor a group of lone rangers . \u2014 Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com , 4 Apr. 2018",
"But, Adrienne, the press is already convinced that Donald Trump has a lone ranger style. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Mar. 2018"
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"Several people suggested that the class, which ran more than seven hours, and which featured stretches where Kabat-Zinn simply sat in the lotus position , might not need his recitals of poems by Rumi and Emily Dickinson. \u2014 Tad Friend, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Christina Bollino and her yoga students sit in a lotus position in a lavender field under a lavender sky. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 19 May 2021",
"Lead instructor Kamau Sadiki sits in the ocean at 12-feet depth in lotus position , legs folded on top of each other. \u2014 Chris Searles, National Geographic , 22 Aug. 2019",
"The weathered statue, contemplating eternity in the lotus position , had been sitting in a local field for generations. \u2014 Paul Salopek, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2019",
"No one ever actually does a downward dog or gets into lotus position . \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 27 June 2018",
"Eventually the scoutmaster steps away from the harpsichord, and the figures settle in lotus position . \u2014 James Hamblin, The Atlantic , 16 Oct. 2017",
"Pause Pod is perfect for your lotus position of choice. \u2014 Jay Willis, GQ , 29 Sep. 2017"
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"In the most recent 12-month period the medical loss ratio was 92.3%, or for every $1 in premiums, the plan paid out 92.3 cents for claims, the comptroller\u2019s office said. \u2014 Stephen Singer, courant.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Congress should also enact reforms that would improve choice and competition and thereby lower average individual market premiums by eliminating the ACA\u2019s age-rating band and minimum loss ratio and loosening benefit mandates. \u2014 Brian Blase, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
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"Instead, they\u2019re told to tell their supervisor verbally what happened or write it longhand . \u2014 Jason Dearen, sun-sentinel.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Instead, they\u2019re told to tell their supervisor verbally what happened or write it longhand . \u2014 Jason Dearen, orlandosentinel.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Bowles was disciplined about her writing, done in longhand on legal pads at her desk with a view of the bay. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"Write longhand , stream of consciousness, without editing. \u2014 Janine Maclachlan, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021"
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"This borderland between Brazil and Peru, where the lowland Amazon rain forest slopes gently toward the Andes foothills, is rich with biological and cultural diversity. \u2014 Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The weather service says that many models bring the system onshore via a path that would certainly create a lowland snow event if this were January. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2022",
"And second, how has Playhouse square were responding to the lowland cases? \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Western lowland gorillas are considered critically endangered. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"Among western lowland gorillas, Cooke writes, females will sometimes harass silverback males and interrupt their copulations with subordinate females. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"Simon Wisler, an actual farmer in real life), a lowland outsider roughly the size of a bull, who has ascended to the town to work with cattle and raise his own small herd. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Travelers who head to Cleveland can hang out with western lowland gorillas, including a baby that was born in October 2021. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Like many bird species, pigeons accomplish this with microscopic structures called lobate cilia, which ornithologists documented early in the 20th century. \u2014 Jim Daley, Scientific American , 10 Apr. 2020"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All this leads to the stereotype of the wine snob lording knowledge over the rest of the world. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Wherever French voters had turned, somehow there was still a neoliberal lording over them in the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, favoring the diktats of the European Union, the forces of unregulated markets, the juggernaut of globalization. \u2014 Christopher Ketcham, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
"And make no mistake, the Masked Observer finds comfort in the communal egocentricity lording over the shadows as the glitterati rule the stage. \u2014 Michael Dumas, AL.com , 10 Feb. 2018"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural dark lores"
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"New Latin lorum , from Latin, thong, rein; akin to Greek eul\u0113ra reins":"Noun"
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"the colonist's localistic defense of home",
"\u2014 W. L. Miller"
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"-t\u0113k"
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"noun"
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"The car he's driving is a loaner . His own car was damaged in an accident.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Recently when Soares\u2019s car was in the shop, he was stuck with a loaner for six weeks. \u2014 Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"There will be free bait and loaner fishing tackle for kids who need it, as well as casting and fishing tips from the experts. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"The Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona has partnered with the Ryan Thomas Foundation and Arizona Game and Fish Department for a lifejacket loaner program, which was created to make lifejackets available lakeside at 18 kiosks statewide. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"From options such as snorkeling and diving to yoga classes and free loaner bicycles, there\u2019s more than enough to fill your days with joy, relaxation and adventure. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 16 May 2022",
"All of the ingredients are provided by the Cleveland Metroparks and its special Fishing Fund, including a loaner fishing rod and live bait if needed. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 12 May 2022",
"The five-week spring showcase will feature plants grown on-site, as well as loaner orchids raised by commercial and amateur growers in the region. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Many offer free lessons and seminars and loaner equipment to players. \u2014 Greg Presto, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Early in the pandemic, Bernadette Fenceroy, who has four children in Oakland public schools, relied on one loaner device and a hot spot that worked sporadically. \u2014 Javeria Salman, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"noun"
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"longship":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a long sail and oar ship used by the Vikings":[]
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"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccship"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In one, the tentacles of a kraken envelop a Viking longship . \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Ford was working at a standing desk, with a model of a longship resting among three screens. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In the reliefs above the tombs, an angel casts incense to the Hebridean winds and a b\u00ecrlinn, or Highland galley, sets sail, hauntingly similar to a Viking longship . \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Your average on-foot march, horse ride, or longship charge through the Dark Ages will include some form of organic interruption. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 10 Nov. 2020",
"In the horrific onslaught, those not killed outright are taken away in longships . \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Step aboard restored Viking longships in Oslo, and listen to Viking lore that has been passed down through the centuries. \u2014 National Geographic , 10 Sep. 2019",
"The newest cruise ships, known as longships , are essentially floating hotels, almost 450 feet long and able to accommodate several hundred guests. \u2014 Marc Santora, New York Times , 11 June 2019",
"Tour Viking longship replica in Geneva A Viking warship replica will be open for tours from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Good Templar Park in Geneva. \u2014 Joy Davis, Aurora Beacon-News , 12 July 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1770, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004231"
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"lost ball":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a bowled ball in cricket that has been hit by a batsman and cannot be found or recovered by the fielding side counting six or more runs to the batsman's credit":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032334"
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"locked jaw":{
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"definitions":[
"Definition of locked jaw variant of lockjaw"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133942"
},
"locellate":{
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"adjective"
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": divided into locelli":[
"\u2014 often used in combination a bi locellate ovary"
]
},
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"-l\u0259\u0307t",
"l\u014d\u02c8se(\u02cc)l\u0101t"
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"New Latin locell us + English -ate":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051315"
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"lost cause":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a person or thing that is certain to fail":[
"She decided her acting career was a lost cause .",
"I'm a lost cause when it comes to anything technical.",
"Finishing the project on time seemed like a lost cause ."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043630"
},
"loup-the-dyke":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": giddy , unsettled":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from the phrase loup the dyke , from loup entry 1 + the + dyke":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061748"
},
"long-short story":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a short story of more than average length : a prose narrative intermediate between a short story and a short novel":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165104"
},
"lorel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a worthless person"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from loren (past participle of lesen to lose), from Old English, past participle of l\u0113osan to lose"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-151111"
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"lobe":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a curved or rounded projection or division",
": a usually somewhat rounded projection or division of a bodily organ or part",
": a rounded part",
": a curved or rounded projection or division: as",
": a more or less rounded projection of a body organ or part",
": a division of a body organ (as the brain, lungs, or liver) marked off by a fissure on the surface"
],
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"\u02c8l\u014db",
"\u02c8l\u014db",
"\u02c8l\u014db"
],
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"examples":[
"the frontal lobe of the brain",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The device drew on the principle that a curved lobe could intercept the rock at a constant angle, all of which was described in Lowe\u2019s 1973 application for a cam precursor. \u2014 Andrew Freeman, Outside Online , 21 May 2012",
"Dixie adorned the trend with simple silver studs, while rocking tiny silver hoops in her double lobe piercings. \u2014 Seventeen , 25 May 2022",
"Slice straight down, from top to bottom, to remove one big pineapple lobe . \u2014 Meredith Stettner, Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Ackee, a pink, lobe -like fruit with a mild and elusive flavor, came from Africa on slave ships. \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022",
"Living donors can give kidneys, a liver lobe , a lung, part of a lung, part of the pancreas or part of the intestines. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 18 Apr. 2022",
"For the lobe skin to return to at least 80 percent of its original strength. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"And of course, in the most extreme scenario, when the jewelry rips through the bottom of the lobe , creating two flaps of skin. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"When in doubt, opt for something simple, like a thin silver hoop that hugs the lobe . \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022"
],
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"Middle French, from Late Latin lobus , from Greek lobos"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1541, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153149"
},
"lone scout":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a boy or girl scout who lives in a rural community that does not have a regular scout organization":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203154"
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"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183342"
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"long shot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a venture involving great risk but promising a great reward if successful",
": a venture unlikely to succeed",
": an entry (as in a horse race) given little chance of winning",
": a bet in which the chances of winning are slight but the possible winnings great",
": by a great deal"
],
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"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccsh\u00e4t"
],
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"examples":[
"I hope to double my profits, but I know that's a long shot .",
"The horse was a long shot , but we bet on him anyway.",
"She always bets on long shots at the racetrack.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Either path could be a long shot , but either could happen, especially depending on the question presented to the Court. \u2014 Andrea Tinianow, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"In an interview earlier that day, Thomas told the Globe that what made the piece a long shot , in his view, was also its core strength. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Katie Arrington was a long shot but ran a great race and way over performed. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
"His bid was a long shot , with the incumbent, Roland Lescure, of Macron\u2019s party, the front-runner. \u2014 Fabrice Robinet, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Icahn doesn\u2019t have a big McDonald\u2019s stake, so this was a long shot . \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
"But with Oregon and Washington and their name, image and likeness war chests in the mix, Chiles probably is a long shot . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
"Girl\u2019s bid is a long shot , considering her opponent is Schiff, the longtime congressman who, as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was one of the key investigators in the impeachment inquiry against former President Trump. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Finishing the Alabama High School Athletic Association season at 15-0 is the ultimate goal, but even the most optimistic coach and player knows that\u2019s usually a long shot . \u2014 al , 24 Aug. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164810"
},
"lo-fi":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the production or reproduction of audio characterized by an unpolished or rough sound quality":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-\u02c8f\u012b"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"lo w fi delity":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193538"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that is strongly or unduly concerned with purely local matters",
": one that attributes the origin of disease to local causes"
],
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"-l\u0259\u0307st"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-172746"
},
"longshucks":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": loblolly pine sense 1"
],
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"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b\u02ccsh\u0259ks"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-174404"
},
"localled":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of localled past tense of local"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181929"
},
"logging wheel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of a pair of large wheels from 7 to 12 feet in diameter that are used for hauling logs":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195006"
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"loure":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
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"\u02c8lu\u0307(\u0259)r"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, dance in slow triple or sextuple time, bagpipe, from Middle French, bagpipe, perhaps from Old Norse l\u016bthr trumpet":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044829"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": werewolf":[]
},
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"\u02ccl\u00fc-g\u0259-\u02c8r\u00fc"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, from Old French leu garoul , from leu wolf + garoul werewolf":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1580, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200734"
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"loftily":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": elevated in character and spirit : noble":[
"lofty ideals"
],
": elevated in status : superior":[
"the less lofty customers of the bar"
],
": having a haughty overbearing manner : supercilious":[
"She showed a lofty disregard for their objections."
],
": rising to a great height : impressively high":[
"lofty mountains"
],
": remote , esoteric":[
"basic precepts are not lofty abstractions far removed from matters of daily living",
"\u2014 D. D. Eisenhower"
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": having full-bodied, firm, and resilient textile fibers":[
"lofty flannel"
]
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"\u02c8l\u022ff-t\u0113"
],
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"altitudinous",
"high",
"tall",
"towering"
],
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"low",
"low-lying",
"short",
"squat"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lofty high , tall , lofty mean above the average in height. high implies marked extension upward and is applied chiefly to things which rise from a base or foundation or are placed at a conspicuous height above a lower level. a high hill a high ceiling tall applies to what grows or rises high by comparison with others of its kind and usually implies relative narrowness. a tall thin man lofty suggests great or imposing altitude. lofty mountain peaks",
"examples":[
"He set lofty goals for himself as a teacher.",
"She showed a lofty disregard for their objections.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This down quilt from Therm-a-Rest is lofty , warm, and provides queen-sized coverage. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 28 June 2022",
"With 2022 earnings-per-share believed to come out close to $12, the stock trades at a forward multiple of about 60x \u2014 lofty for most companies but justified according to bulls given that few companies around can match that kind of growth. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"This down alternative pillow from Slumber Cloud stands out for two key reasons: Its soft and lofty poly-fill feels like real down, and its Outlast fabric offers outstanding temperature-regulation capabilities. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"The shortening helps make the cake especially lofty and tender. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"At a different time, in a different context, those words might have felt lofty or untethered to the difficult reality on the ground. \u2014 Ashish K. Jha, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"But Faloni\u2019s crewneck feels substantial, with a firm but lofty hand that brings fresh meringue to mind. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 2 Feb. 2022",
"What was clear, however, was the impact the Avants have had during their long life together, on politics and sports and entertainment, on goals as lofty as civil rights and as humble as getting bikes to disadvantaged children. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The open letter, made worse by Sophie's choice to read it aloud on air, totally destroys Kendall's lofty but poorly executed personal rehabilitation efforts. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 3 Nov. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
"longschat pine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a common pitch pine ( Pinus rigida ) of eastern North America"
],
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"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b\u02ccsh\u00e4t-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"longschat from long entry 1 + shat , noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-220945"
},
"local color":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the presentation of the features and peculiarities of a particular locality and its inhabitants in writing":[]
},
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"examples":[
"a writer who uses local color in his stories",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Go readers want to hear\u2014some local color to accentuate the foreignness. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Joseph wanted this home in Livingston Manor to feel steeped in the hamlet's local color . \u2014 Raina Kattelson, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The American might have carried more prestige, but the local color writers were just as widely read, and their work stands as the postwar era\u2019s most important form of short fiction. \u2014 Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
"That sets him apart, at least, from the customary authors of similar screeds, visitors from outside parachuting in for a week or two to sponge up local color for their takes. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 July 2021",
"Taken together, the aim is to combine excellence and local color . \u2014 Laurie Werner, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
"Both exhibitions emphasize van Gogh as a lone, tortured genius rather than a figure of history, and both imply through their editing and exposition that his thick outlines and non- local color were a spontaneous outpouring of his soul. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 9 June 2021",
"The flight includes scenes above Niagara Falls, Mount Rushmore and, for local color , Bristol Motor Speedway. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 31 May 2021",
"Watching the film is such an intense experience that most of its flaws fall away and its red herrings serve only to enhance the local color . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 20 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1829, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215132"
},
"local colorist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a writer who makes much use of local color especially as derived from the quaint or picturesque"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-232026"
},
"lowlander":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an inhabitant of the Lowlands of Scotland",
": a native or inhabitant of a lowland region"
],
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"\u02c8l\u014d-l\u0259n-d\u0259r",
"-\u02cclan-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After all, Sherpas who no longer live at altitude have bigger spleens than Nepalese lowlanders , but not as big as Sherpas who still live at altitude. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 27 Feb. 2020",
"But none of the genetic differences showed a significant association with high aerobic capacity, probably because the sample size\u2014429 Quechua and 94 lowlanders \u2014was too small to detect one. \u2014 Diana Gitig, Ars Technica , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Many lowlanders have a hard time increasing their oxygen consumption enough for exercise and growth. \u2014 Xing Liu, Science Magazine , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Yes, lowlanders who ascend to 2500 meters or higher often develop acute mountain sickness, including headaches and nausea. \u2014 Xing Liu, Science Magazine , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Unlike the temporary acclimation lowlanders gain within weeks, these changes became fixed in their DNA over many generations. \u2014 Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine , 3 June 2019",
"Even lowlanders can acclimate, eventually producing extra red blood cells, which contain hemoglobin, the protein responsible for transporting oxygen throughout the body. \u2014 Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine , 3 June 2019",
"Flemish and lowlander sailors wore large buttons like this one with Friso's image, which attached their shirts to their breeches. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star , 10 Mar. 2018",
"Local police in our small coastal towns did a great job waking up the lowlanders of their communities and getting them to safety. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 Jan. 2018"
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"1621, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"adjective"
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": uttered (as\\\u0227\\) with the middle of the tongue low and intermediate between front and back"
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"Definition of logginess variant spelling of loginess"
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"definitions":[
": to approve of (something or someone)"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": dried by hanging in a drying loft"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052308"
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"look out for number one":{
"type":[
"idiom"
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"definitions":[
": to think primarily about oneself and do what helps one most"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-063847"
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"loggia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a roofed open gallery especially at an upper story overlooking an open court"
],
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"\u02c8l\u014d-j\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02c8l\u022f-(\u02cc)j\u00e4"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Today, at Madison Avenue on East 36th Street, detailed cast-iron gates now open to an airy green loggia . \u2014 Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor , 16 June 2022",
"On the 66th floor, there is an open-air loggia that will house the highest outdoor residential basketball court in the world once completed. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The formal dining room is encased with floor-to-ceiling windows and French doors that access a loggia . \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The pope spoke from his traditional spot on a loggia overlooking St. Peter\u2019s Square, addressing a crowd in the drizzling rain below. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 25 Dec. 2021",
"And, most rooms are paired with a private loggia overlooking Avenue George V or the internal garden, which is delightful for people-watching or enjoying a morning coffee. \u2014 Deanne Kaczerski, Travel + Leisure , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Beyond the mansion\u2019s four walls there\u2019s a pool, a grand loggia for outdoor entertaining and an observation deck where visitors can take in the water views. \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Outside, there\u2019s a pool with water slide, a loggia and a tiki hut with wood ceilings. \u2014 Robyn A. Friedman, sun-sentinel.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Behind a garden with manicured hedges, a classical loggia leads to the home. \u2014 Regina Cole, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Italian, from Old French loge lodge"
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"first_known_use":[
"1742, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083009"
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"localism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a local idiom",
": a local peculiarity of speaking or acting",
": affection or partiality for a particular place : sectionalism"
],
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"\u02c8l\u014d-k\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Environmentalism and localism are the twin pillars of the resort. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"Tocqueville believed the Americans had headed off this trajectory with their localism , their culture of rights, and their constitutionalism. \u2014 Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The far-right candidate facing French President Emmanuel Macron in a runoff election favors picturesque localism : no wind turbines or immigrants. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"But while these national-scale projects differ in size from the architect's schools and health centers, his approach remains rooted in localism . \u2014 CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"American conservatives\u2019 commitment to personal virtue, voluntary associations, self-government, localism , federalism, capitalism, and textualism is the consequence not merely of an understanding of human nature. \u2014 Andy Smarick, National Review , 24 Sep. 2021",
"This situation speaks to the localism of the Roman West beneath its imperial carapace. \u2014 Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Indeed, Aagaard and Nordskaug are focused on localism . \u2014 Vogue , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Unfortunately, there appears to be a concerted effort to move the United States rapidly away from localism toward statism. \u2014 Robert Brooks, National Review , 28 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":[
"1823, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084005"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a gentle blow"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Berg calls the musicians a dream trio who really love tap dance. \u2014 Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s no such thing as a love tap between 1,600-pound race cars at 150 miles per hour. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Finally, in 2019, JAXA settled on a collection site and laid the groundwork for the cosmic love tap . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 4 Dec. 2020",
"The hit was more a love tap , a Hey kid, that sucked for you, didn\u2019t it?\u2014but Binnington fell to the ice, supporting himself on the frame of the goal, left knee buckling, then right. \u2014 Joan Niesen, SI.com , 4 June 2019",
"Later in the series, Stephenson decided to give James a love tap in the kisser. \u2014 Sean Smyth, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2018",
"Trump's Monday love tap notwithstanding, McConnell, who couldn't get Senate Republicans to pass a repeal of Obamacare, has been the target of the president's ire and of Bannon's band of anti-establishment forces. \u2014 Jonathan Allen, NBC News , 16 Oct. 2017"
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"first_known_use":[
"1809, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091804"
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"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
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"definitions":[
": a game formerly played in England in which participants throw pieces of wood at a stake"
],
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"\u02c8l\u022f-g\u0259ts",
"\u02c8l\u00e4-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"probably from log entry 1 + -et"
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"first_known_use":[
"1581, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092734"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a massive sponge ( Spheciospongia vespera ) of the West Indies and Florida that attains a weight of 700 pounds but is of little commercial importance"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-093507"
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"loupe":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small magnifier used especially by jewelers and watchmakers",
": a magnifying lens worn especially by surgeons performing microsurgery",
": two such lenses mounted on a single frame"
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"\u02c8l\u00fcp",
"\u02c8l\u00fcp"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The grader looks through a jeweler's loupe to identify any signs of resealing, restoration, color touching, or tampering. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Better text selection \u2013 iOS 15 brings back the magnification loupe for text selection. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 20 Oct. 2021",
"The magnification loupe for text cursor selection is coming back. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Better text selection \u2013 Apple is bringing back the magnification loupe for text selection. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Thankfully, iOS 15 will see the return of the magnification loupe . \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 20 July 2021",
"While some of his competitors along 47th Street, its main thoroughfare, were practically born with a loupe in hand, Mr. Moss has no familial roots in the industry. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 26 July 2021",
"But thankfully, the magnification loupe will be making its grand return with iOS 15. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 22 June 2021",
"The return of the magnification loupe for text selection and drag and drop functionality between apps are just two examples. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 15 July 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French"
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"circa 1775, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105221"
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"longways":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lengthwise",
": in two straight lines",
": a folk dance in which the basic formation is two lines of couples facing each other usually with men on one side and women on the other \u2014 compare contredance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\""
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Adverb",
"long entry 1 + -ways"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121741"
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"lossless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": done or being without loss (as of power or data)",
": occurring or functioning without loss"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022fs-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8l\u022fs-l\u0259s"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The drive towards hi-res audio is being boosted by a growing number of lossless music streaming services like Tidal, Amazon Music HD and Apple Lossless. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The menu brings a mute function to the new Mojo, four crossfeed settings, a button-lock feature for traveling, plus those fully lossless tone controls. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The vulnerability resided in ALAC\u2014short for Apple Lossless Audio Codec and also known as Apple Lossless\u2014which is an audio format introduced by Apple in 2004 to deliver lossless audio over the Internet. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 21 Apr. 2022",
"If having lossless music quality is essential to you, Tidal HiFi or Apple Music may be better picks. \u2014 Reece Rogers, Wired , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Schusser points out that Apple has even more classical music than Primephonic, will much of it in lossless quality. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021",
"Our second favorite is Apple Music, which includes lossless audio, curated playlists, and a strong library for $10 per month. \u2014 Louryn Strampe, Wired , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Better Sound, But At A Cost Apple Music is adding new audio codes to the service that will offer both lossless audio and spatial audio to the service. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
"Without any resistance, superconductors can transmit electrical energy in a lossless fashion, leading to the holy grail of energy efficiency. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 7 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124345"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a method of coal mining in which the working face extends entirely across the seam, the work proceeds either away from or toward the main shaft, and the roof is allowed to cave in behind the workers":[]
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"longwall from long entry 1 + wall":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111352"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": long-windedness":[]
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"l\u00e4n\u02c8jil\u0259\u0307kw\u0259n(t)s"
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"longi- + -loquence (as in grandiloquence )":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111923"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": having no loam":[
"a loamless yard"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dml\u0259\u0307s",
"\u02c8l\u00fcm-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113023"
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"lord justice clerk":{
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113150"
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"lourie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several touracos of southern Africa":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u00fcr\u0113"
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"Afrikaans loerie , from Malay luri, nuri lory":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113622"
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"long sight":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hyperopia":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113650"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a veneer flitch of substantial length":[]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 abbreviation LWP"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113828"
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"loss leader":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": something (such as merchandise) sold at a loss in order to draw customers":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Retail has essentially become a loss leader for its growing and incredibly lucrative advertising business. \u2014 Steve Dennis, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Instead of creating revenue directly, the game serves as something of a loss leader for the Times' Games subscription\u2014a bundle that includes full access to its popular crosswords and other daily puzzles like Spelling Bee and Vertex. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
"The exception is the 168-hp, 220-mile standard-range SE RWD loss leader that's priced at $41,195 and won't be available for some months. \u2014 Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Focus on advertising the one thing everybody needs to win as a loss leader strategy. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Manischewitz, the biggest matzo manufacturer in the country, raised prices on its kosher-for-Passover matzo by 10 percent to 15 percent this year, according to grocers, which means the loss on that loss leader just went up by double digits. \u2014 Noah Sheidlower, NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"To grow his nascent web business in the 1990s, Bezos needed a loss leader . \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"While not charging sellers may seem like a loss leader strategy while the platform scales up, charging users looking to unload golf gear is not on the company\u2019s revenue roadmap. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Some of them are a lot cheaper than that, and one, the loss leader from Fidelity, is free of fees. \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1917, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114415"
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"low in":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": containing a small amount of (something)":[
"Foods that are low in sodium/fat/calories."
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115520"
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"lord trier":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of the House of Lords sitting in judgment on a peer":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115553"
},
"lochan":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small lake":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4-\u1e35\u0259n"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Scottish Gaelic, diminutive of loch":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1670, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115641"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking learning or knowledge":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d(\u0259)rl\u0259\u0307s",
"-\u022f(\u0259)r-",
"-\u014d\u0259-",
"-\u022f(\u0259)"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120209"
},
"look up to":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to respect and admire (someone)":[
"I've always looked up to my older brother.",
"The kids really look up to their coach."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120329"
},
"loup-cervier":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": canada lynx":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccl\u00fcser\u02c8vy\u0101",
"\u02c8l\u00fcs\u0259(\u02cc)f\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Canadian French, from French, lynx, from Latin lupus cervarius , literally, deer wolf, from lupus wolf + cervarius of deer, from cervus deer, stag + -arius -ary":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124559"
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"lollingly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": in a lolling manner : in a relaxed way":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125830"
},
"loggerhead shrike":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large-headed gray shrike ( Lanius ludovicianus ) of North America with a black mask around the eyes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The loggerhead shrike is a rare breeder in Minnesota that gets replaced in winter by the northern shrike, which begins arriving in late October. \u2014 Bob Timmons, Star Tribune , 21 Jan. 2021",
"In a single day early in his career, Seriff could spot several of the fierce little predators called loggerhead shrikes . \u2014 Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver , 12 Apr. 2018",
"On the down side, the CBC data is helping to track the steady declines of such iconic North American species as Northern bobwhite, American kestrel and loggerhead shrike . \u2014 James F. Mccarty, cleveland.com , 8 Dec. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1811, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125950"
},
"long scale":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": glover scale":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130032"
},
"lotusin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a yellow crystalline cyanogenetic glucoside C 28 H 31 NO 16 obtained from a North African leguminous plant ( Lotus arabicus )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dt\u0259s\u0259\u0307n"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Lotus + English -in":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130546"
},
"lovestruck":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
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"a lovestruck teenager",
"\u2026 a scandal that began with a lovestruck Valley Girl gossiping to her treacherous friend \u2026",
"\u2014 Nancy Gibbs , Time , 22 Feb. 1999"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u0259v-\u02ccstr\u0259k"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1652, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131127"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having low resistance and electric power loss":[
"a low-loss radio condenser"
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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": lengthy":[]
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"\u02c8l\u022f\u014bf\u0259l also \u02c8l\u00e4\u014b-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133242"
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"type":[
"biographical name"
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"1st century a.d. Greek critic":[]
},
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"l\u00e4n-\u02c8j\u012b-n\u0259s"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": not subject to adjustment : fixed":[
"locked-in interest rates"
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": unable or unwilling to shift invested funds because of the tax effect of realizing capital gains":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4kt-\u02c8in",
"\u02c8l\u00e4k-\u02c8tin"
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"first_known_use":{
"1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133643"
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"type":[
"abbreviation"
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"definitions":{
"in the place cited":[]
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"Latin loco citato":""
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"type":[
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"\u02c8lu\u0307k-\u02ccau\u0307t"
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"observatory",
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"overlook"
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"The troops posted a lookout for the night.",
"The mountain road had several lookouts where you could enjoy the view.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked doctors to be on the lookout for the seemingly rare, but increasingly reported phenomenon. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Upstairs is an attic that served as a barracks and a lookout . \u2014 John Malathronas, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
"After a lookout bulletin was issued, Vestavia Hills police spotted the vehicle and tried to stop it. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 12 Oct. 2021",
"By the end of the day, the lookout had been visited by several dozen birders and a flock of 60 chatty middle-schoolers. \u2014 Melissa Groo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Wildlife biologists have been on the lookout for the bird and had equipment and a plan to catch it and move it to a wildlife sanctuary. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Keep on the lookout for special events like Super Monster Movie Fest. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
"Drivers heading up the Pacific Coast should be on the lookout for the town of Mendocino, where a gallon now costs $9.60. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Be on the lookout for air purifiers that automatically assess the air quality in your space and adjust the speed of filtration accordingly. \u2014 Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1752, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134921"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an iron golf club whose face is laid back sufficiently for lofting the ball":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-t\u0259(r)"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135105"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a piece of land held from the government on payment of an annual quitrent":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"translation of Afrikaans leningsplaas":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135338"
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"lowland fir":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a lofty tree ( Abies grandis ) of the coast region of North America with long curving branches, deep green leaves, and soft wood":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135400"
},
"look/feel like a million dollars/bucks":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to look/feel very good":[
"She looks like a million bucks since she lost all that weight."
]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140831"
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"Lobata":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an order of ctenophores (class Tentaculata) with the body compressed in the vertical plane and produced into two large oral lobes and four pointed processes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8b\u0101t\u0259",
"l\u014d\u02c8b\u00e4t\u0259"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from lob- + -ata":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141208"
},
"looey":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lieutenant":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening & alteration":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-151155"
},
"look like":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to have an appearance that is very similar to (someone or something) : to resemble (someone or something)":[
"You look just like your mother!",
"That powdered sugar looks like snow."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162008"
},
"lobectomy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": surgical removal of a lobe of an organ (such as a lung) or gland (such as the thyroid)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u014d-\u02c8bek-t\u0259-m\u0113"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"They were removed during a pulmonary lobectomy , and the recovery period forced her to miss six days of oral arguments at the court for the first time in her career. \u2014 Richard Wolf, USA TODAY , 19 Sep. 2020",
"The removal of an entire lobe (which can still be done with minimally invasive surgery) is called a lobectomy . \u2014 Lambeth Hochwald, Health.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent a pulmonary lobectomy today at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. \u2014 Sarah Kliff, Vox , 21 Dec. 2018",
"Van Gompel said a temporal lobectomy carries a much higher risk of serious complications, including the possibility of death. \u2014 Wayne Drash, CNN , 11 Feb. 2018",
"Van Gompel said a temporal lobectomy carries a much higher risk of serious complications, including the possibility of death. \u2014 Wayne Drash, CNN , 11 Feb. 2018",
"Van Gompel said a temporal lobectomy carries a much higher risk of serious complications, including the possibility of death. \u2014 Wayne Drash, CNN , 11 Feb. 2018",
"Van Gompel said a temporal lobectomy carries a much higher risk of serious complications, including the possibility of death. \u2014 Wayne Drash, CNN , 11 Feb. 2018",
"Van Gompel said a temporal lobectomy carries a much higher risk of serious complications, including the possibility of death. \u2014 Wayne Drash, CNN , 11 Feb. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"lobe + -ectomy":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1911, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183837"
},
"longtail":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an animal (as a dog) that has an uncut tail":[],
": greyhound":[],
": long-tailed duck":[],
": tropic bird":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230412"
},
"lost-color process":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a technique of pottery decoration found in Central and South America and involving the covering of areas with wax before dipping in dye so that on subsequent firing the waxed areas lose the applied color and revert to the original color":[]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001209"
},
"lobworm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lugworm":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"lob entry 1 + worm":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030553"
}
}
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