"sounding dull and without proper resonance or freedom of sound",
"short and somewhat fat"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8t\u0259-b\u0113",
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"blubbery",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round"
],
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
],
"examples":[
"in America, Santa Claus is portrayed as a jolly but tubby older gentleman",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These spirits, or at least the pair of figurines representing them, were too tubby to fit through the door to their new spirit house at the Baan Pitak condominium in Bangkok. \u2014 Adam Dean, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2020",
"The hot, fit, loving family who knows how to build a house by hand, or the tubby middle-aged broad who can\u2019t even drive stick? \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 3 Mar. 2020",
"The hot, fit, loving family who knows how to build a house by hand, or the tubby middle-aged broad who can\u2019t even drive stick? \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 3 Mar. 2020",
"The hot, fit, loving family who knows how to build a house by hand, or the tubby middle-aged broad who can\u2019t even drive stick? \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 3 Mar. 2020",
"The hot, fit, loving family who knows how to build a house by hand, or the tubby middle-aged broad who can\u2019t even drive stick? \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 3 Mar. 2020",
"The hot, fit, loving family who knows how to build a house by hand, or the tubby middle-aged broad who can\u2019t even drive stick? \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 3 Mar. 2020",
"The hot, fit, loving family who knows how to build a house by hand, or the tubby middle-aged broad who can\u2019t even drive stick? \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 3 Mar. 2020",
"The hot, fit, loving family who knows how to build a house by hand, or the tubby middle-aged broad who can\u2019t even drive stick? \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 3 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1807, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"tube":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various usually cylindrical structures or devices: such as",
": a hollow elongated cylinder",
": one to convey fluids",
": a soft tubular container whose contents (such as toothpaste) can be removed by squeezing",
": tunnel",
": subway sense b",
": the basically cylindrical section between the mouthpiece and bell that is the fundamental part of a wind instrument",
": a slender channel (such as a fallopian tube or a pollen tube) within a plant or animal body : duct",
": the narrow basal portion of a corolla with united petals or a calyx with united sepals",
": inner tube",
": electron tube",
": vacuum tube",
": cathode-ray tube",
": a television picture tube",
": television",
": an article of clothing shaped like a tube",
": into a state of collapse or deterioration",
": a long hollow cylinder used especially to carry fluids",
": a long soft container whose contents (as toothpaste or glue) can be removed by squeezing",
": a slender channel within a plant or animal body : duct",
": a hollow cylinder of rubber inside a tire to hold air",
": electron tube",
": television sense 2",
": a slender channel within a plant or animal body : duct \u2014 see bronchial tube , eustachian tube , fallopian tube",
": an often complex piece of laboratory or technical apparatus usually of glass and commonly serving to isolate or convey a product of reaction",
": test tube",
": a soft tubular container whose contents (as toothpaste) can be dispensed by squeezing",
": a hollow cylindrical device (as a cannula) used for insertion into bodily passages or hollow organs for removal or injection of materials",
": to furnish with, enclose in, or pass through a tube"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00fcb",
"\u02c8ty\u00fcb",
"\u02c8t\u00fcb",
"\u02c8ty\u00fcb",
"\u02c8t(y)\u00fcb"
],
"synonyms":[
"channel",
"conduit",
"duct",
"leader",
"line",
"penstock",
"pipe",
"trough"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She was breathing oxygen through a tube .",
"watched the liquid move through the tube between the flasks and recorded the movement in his chemistry notebook",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This one\u2019s for the sellers: Hopefully before your prospective buyer discovers mold in the attic, knob-and- tube wiring in the kitchen, and the assortment of mysterious bones in the ceiling. \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"That just lets the geometry\u2013an aggressive head angle, long wheelbase, and slack seat- tube angle\u2014shine. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Another McIntosh specialty in some of its highest-end components is the choice of solid-state output or a blend of vacuum- tube and solid-state amplification. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 24 May 2022",
"Two days ago, Clover had a gastrostomy tube , or G-tube, surgically placed directly into her stomach so her parents could feed her more easily. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"Stiffer springs, retuned front and rear sway bars, and new monotube dampers are also part of the mix, the latter of which offer faster damping force response than the twin- tube units used in the outgoing car. \u2014 Bradley Iger, Ars Technica , 16 May 2022",
"The torch was placed in a relatively short, clear plexiglass tube connected to the frame at the back of the bike. \u2014 Demetria Gallegos, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
"The trains are suspended in tube -like tunnels via magnets to eliminate friction and potentially create zero emissions. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The cleaning device comes with two steam mop pads, a copper brush, nylon brush, scrub brush, pressure spray nozzle, and a flexible tube , which can be used to target a range of items. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from Latin tubus ; akin to Latin tuba trumpet",
": a struggle for supremacy or control usually involving two antagonists":[],
": a contest in which two teams pull against each other at opposite ends of a rope with the object of pulling the middle of the rope over a mark on the ground":[]
": the act or profession of teaching : instruction",
": custody , guardianship",
": money paid for instruction (as at a college)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"t\u0259-\u02c8wi-sh\u0259n",
"tyu\u0307-",
"tu\u0307-\u02c8i-sh\u0259n",
"tyu\u0307-"
],
"synonyms":[
"education",
"instruction",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"training",
"tutelage",
"tutoring"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her uncle agreed to pay part of her tuition .",
"There's going to be a tuition increase next year.",
"Before the company transferred her to Mexico, they offered her private tuition in Spanish.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Recently, however, skyrocketing tuition costs have created several challenges and have the general public questioning the value and purpose of higher education. \u2014 Robert Reiss, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"In recent years, the federal government has made federal Pell Grants available to prisoners to cover tuition costs. \u2014 David Jesse, Detroit Free Press , 9 May 2022",
"Enrollment had already been declining before the pandemic as students faced soaring tuition costs. \u2014 Simon Romero, New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"According to Philly Voice, the donation will go toward covering tuition costs at private and parochial schools to allow lower-income students to enroll. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Currey last year co-sponsored a reform bill, Senate Bill 948, that would have included the removal of the tuition costs paid by districts to the regional education service centers that operate Open Choice programs. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, courant.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"On Thursday, February 10, Dolly revealed that her amusement park, Dollywood Parks and Resorts, will pay 100% of tuition costs, fees, and books for any employee who wants to pursue a higher education. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Country Living , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Through the program, residents can receive up to $8,000 in tuition support each academic year and a possible stipend of $1,500 each year. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
"When the legislature established charter schools in 2001, Gary became fertile ground because of its high state tuition support per student and decreasing academic performance. \u2014 Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com , 31 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English tuicioun protection, from Anglo-French, from Latin tuition-, tuitio , from tueri to look at, look after",
"Thanks to a set of intelligent sensors, the vacuum won't crash into obstacles or accidentally tumble down a flight of stairs. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"The price of oil, the principal cost in gasoline, can still shoot up or tumble depending on events halfway around the world. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t expect Styles\u2019 music to tumble from the charts anytime soon. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"The firm bet that shares of GameStop would tumble but was battered when retail investors took the other side and sent the stock surging. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"Checkered medical past likely caused potential Day 2 pick to tumble out of the draft entirely. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Those developers that managed to do so painted a sober picture of their challenges as new home sales continue to decline, selling prices tumble and funding remains hard to come by. \u2014 Cao Li, WSJ , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Roughed up and dazed, and with a broken rib, Denis was able to wriggle free from his bindings and tumble out of the van. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Ian Shepherdson, chief economist and founder of research consulting firm Pantheon Macroeconomics, predicts existing home sales will tumble 25% between February and the end of summer. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
"In rough-and- tumble style, Araki sends his two gay protagonists, both living with HIV, on a winding, whirling road trip into the heart of America after one of them kills a police officer. \u2014 Kyle Turner, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Read on for more stories about this rough-and- tumble era of Chicago, and don\u2019t forget to pick up your copy of our new book commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Chicago Tribune, with more than 100 historic front pages. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Jay Stone grew up in the rough-and- tumble world of Chicago ward politics, the son of a longtime city alderman. \u2014 Megan O\u2019matz, ProPublica , 25 May 2022",
"The Doobies grew out of the Bay Area biker scene at the Chateau Libert\u00e9, a rough-and- tumble roadhouse in the Santa Cruz Mountains with a loyal clientele of Hells Angels. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Nora\u2019s sister Libby insists on taking her on a month-long vacation to Sunshine Falls, a rustic town where Nora can find her own love story with a rough-and- tumble local (preferably a lumberjack). \u2014 Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
"Primary day will bring to a close perhaps the most rough-and- tumble party primary in U.S. politics since the 2016 GOP presidential primary that Trump himself won. \u2014 Fox News , 3 May 2022",
"Doe also examines matters of faith during a rough-and- tumble time that, in some ways, is not all that different from today. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Perennial action hero Bruce Willis headlined the 1998 space movie, playing Harry S. Stamper, leader of the rough-and- tumble crew of newbie astronauts. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022"
": an abnormal benign or malignant new growth of tissue that possesses no physiological function and arises from uncontrolled usually rapid cellular proliferation",
": a swollen or distended part",
": an abnormal growth of body tissue",
": an abnormal benign or malignant new growth of tissue that possesses no physiological function and arises from uncontrolled usually rapid cellular proliferation \u2014 see cancer sense 1 , carcinoma , sarcoma"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00fc-m\u0259r",
"\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
"\u02c8t\u00fc-m\u0259r",
"\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[
"excrescence",
"excrescency",
"growth",
"lump",
"neoplasm"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the scan showed a small tumor in her abdomen",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In July 2019, Pratt had a tumor removed from his colon. \u2014 Jon Hale, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"In July 2019, Pratt had a tumor removed from his colon. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
"One patient had a growing tumor on his face, and everyone freaked out. \u2014 Mark Murphy, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The 6-year-old dog had a tumor removed earlier this year. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"At the age of eight, Lillard was diagnosed with epilepsy and had a tumor on his optic nerve. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
"At the time of diagnosis, most people have a tumor that cannot be treated with surgery, and they are generally treated with medication. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Among the artifacts in the show are the first dinosaur bone tumor to be identified and the Radium teletherapy apparatus, which was the first effective, non-surgical cancer treatment. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"Expert witnesses said the tumor explained much of the changes in her behavior and inability to care for her children. \u2014 al , 22 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English tumour , from Latin tumor , from tum\u0113re ",
"For someone with such a tumultuous inner world, the muscular choice-is-all school of moral philosophy could not be satisfactory. \u2014 Martha C. Nussbaum , New Republic , 31 Dec. 2001",
"The tumultuous sensual undercurrent of the Orient had, like water in the desert, gone underground and though perhaps it bubbled up behind courtyard walls, in public places it kept out of sight. \u2014 Leila Hadley , Give Me the World , (1958) 1999",
"The teams walked onto the field to tumultuous applause. \u2014 J. K. Rowling , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , 1999",
"We were not accustomed to loran, and to pick up a buoy, as I now did with my binoculars, after thirty days of tumultuous seas, at precisely the time and angle that our charted position led us to anticipate, struck me as nothing short of miraculous. \u2014 Louis Auchincloss , \"Atlantic War,\" in Authors at Sea , Robert Shenk, ed. , 1997",
"The returning astronauts were given a tumultuous welcome.",
"By the time the tumultuous Jan. 3 meeting was over, however, Trump had abandoned the idea. \u2014 Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"His 11 years at the helm of the world\u2019s third-largest music company by sales came during a tumultuous and then vibrant time for Warner Music and the industry. \u2014 Anne Steele, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Bacon and Freud's tumultuous and well-documented relationship imbues the portrait with another layer of complexity and value. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"His departure is a moment to take stock of why his tenure, one of the most tumultuous in the history of American orchestras, has been so important. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Lopez stars alongside Josh Duhamel as a couple whose destination wedding takes a tumultuous turn thanks to a hostage situation. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"The vote comes during a transitional and tumultuous period at Activision Blizzard, with Microsoft announcing its intentions to purchase the company for nearly $69 billion in January. \u2014 Suhauna Hussainstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"After the rapid and tumultuous change of the pandemic, the era of healthcare digitization and consumerization is officially here. \u2014 Sanjay Cherian, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Google\u2019s bankruptcy filing is the latest development in a tumultuous back-and-forth between the Silicon Valley tech giant and Russian authorities. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 18 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see tumult":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
"The smoke is coming from fires in Southwest Alaska, including a historic tundra wildfire that\u2019s threatened multiple villages, KYUK reported this week. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"Its tundra and saltwater lagoons are home to bears, caribou and globally significant bird populations. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Not after the gritty 49ers persevered on the frozen tundra and the glitzy Rams nearly gagged away their season in Florida. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Jan. 2022",
"The town is part of the vast, largely Inuit territory of Nunavut, which has no roads linking other towns \u2014 specks on the tundra hundreds of miles apart. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"But others argue that the beavers aren\u2019t necessarily creating a better or worse tundra \u2014just a different one. \u2014 Kylie Mohr, Wired , 26 Feb. 2022",
"However, with Tyler Adams unavailable against Honduras with a hamstring strain, Berhalter reworked his midfield by sitting Musah and using De la Torre in his place on the frozen tundra at Allianz Field. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"And there Gould was on a cold, snowy night in Green Bay, sending Rodgers and the Packers packing on the legendary frozen tundra . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 23 Jan. 2022",
"The season\u2019s first snow covered the reddening tundra , a stark reminder that winter was on its way. \u2014 Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online , 20 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian, from Russian dialect (northeast) tundra, tundara , from Kildin Sami (Sami language of the northern Kola Peninsula) t\u016bnter":""
": to dissociate oneself from what is happening or one's surroundings"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That makes weeks like this one, where investors tend to tune out a bit, a potential trap. \u2014 Jj Kinahan, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Just ugly all the way around; even a chunk of the total homer crowd that haunts Suns Twitter during games seemed to tune out early. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
"Those in the study who claimed to multitask less often were better able to tune out the distraction. \u2014 Julie Jargon, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Oakley said that pandemic burnout has led many Americans to tune out legislative sessions. \u2014 Kimberly Kindy, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But stocks are charting their own path, suggesting that investors may be starting to tune out the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Why, exactly, does West remain so hard to tune out ? \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 19 Feb. 2022",
"But the great majority of Americans mostly tune out the battles each decade over the drawing of legislative boundaries. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Give yourself full permission to tune out temporarily. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1908, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
"Rock Candy Tours, working with other civic partners, has helped blaze the Macon Music Trail by sponsoring some of the 43 markers \u2014 and more coming \u2014 that showcase the city\u2019s storied and tuneful history. \u2014 Candice Dyer, ajc , 2 May 2022",
"But ah, that tuneful Jule Styne-Bob Merrill score \u2014 not to mention the iconic overture, which still gives chills even if there aren\u2019t dozens of musicians in the pit. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 24 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s on the verge of Neo romantic, very tuneful and melodic, whereas George Walker\u2019s work is verging on atonal. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Taylor Hawkins played with power and panache, taking influences from his classic rock heroes like Neil Peart, Stewart Copeland, and Roger Taylor and working them fluidly into Foo Fighters\u2019 tuneful post-grunge sound. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 27 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s the kind of labor of love that brings recent history into colorful and tuneful focus. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The crowd that was there, though, responded with enthusiasm to their earnest echoes of \u201870s singer-songwriter fare and tuneful country-rock, complete with three-part harmonies that would\u2019ve hit most Crosby, Stills & Nash fans in their comfort zone. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 4 Mar. 2022",
"the pond water became turbid from our swimming and splashing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the time, however, everything was roiling and turbid . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The city says larger Ashokan releases over the past decade have all been to regulate reservoir levels, though critics say the water released after storms can be turbid just the same. \u2014 Michael Hill, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The pair of water releases came shortly after the city issued its environmental impact statement projecting that releases of extremely turbid water from the channel would rarely happen. \u2014 Michael Hill, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Sharks thrash about in the turbid water between us and the man. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In the Indian River Lagoon, the turbid brown waters are much less hospitable. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, its turbid waters are infested with nonnative invasive plants and fish, particularly carp that had been deliberately introduced in 1883. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Maddox said operators at the Ed Love Raw Water Intake Station began noticing signs of a water leak about 6 a.m. this morning, meaning turbid water and depressurization. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 20 June 2021",
"Trap nets are always most effective on lakes with turbid water that distorts the fish\u2019s vision. \u2014 Dallas News , 8 May 2021"
"Cora\u2019s turbulent past is also reflected in Petrie\u2019s costume design. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"Still, limiting questioning and access may help avoid discussions about his turbulent past. \u2014 Sudhin Thanawala, ajc , 2 May 2022",
"The performances maintain their clarity even when pitched to turbulent extremes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Despite coach Mark Turgeon\u2019s departure, tough losses and inconsistent play, there is one good thing about Maryland\u2019s turbulent season. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The daring of this piece reflects Mr. Wilkins\u2019s early work with Philadelphia\u2019s adventurous Sun Ra Arkestra; the urgency, his personal response to turbulent times. \u2014 Larry Blumenfeld, WSJ , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Louisville Metro Police were patrolling the Ohio River Thursday afternoon, hoping to recover two people who jumped in the turbulent water a few hours earlier. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 14 Jan. 2022",
"First up, though, is an Ole Miss team that entered the season with high hopes before overcoming a turbulent midseason stretch to make a run through the postseason. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
"What Gardiner\u2019s long history shows, however, is that this weekend\u2019s floods are one turbulent moment in a series of such moments. \u2014 Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin turbulentus , from turba confusion, crowd \u2014 more at turbid":""
": a large North American gallinaceous bird ( Meleagris gallopavo ) that is domesticated in most parts of the world":[],
": three successive strikes in bowling":[],
": a stupid, foolish, or inept person":[],
"country in western Asia and southeastern Europe between the Mediterranean and Black seas; capital Ankara area 302,535 square miles (783,562 square kilometers), population 81,257,000 \u2014 see ottoman empire":[]
"only a turkey would think it's a good idea to go for a jog when the weather drops below zero",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Almost on cue, Ismail grabbed the ground turkey and sauteed onions and started filling up the taco shells. \u2014 Courtland Milloy, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Top the turkey with overlapping pieces of pita, brush them generously with olive oil, and bake the dish until the top browns and the filling is bubbling at the edges. \u2014 Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"The turkey job doesn\u2019t pay much, but Tim takes a liking to the young man and entrusts him with driving Native girls to and from trysts at a nearby hotel. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"However, in reality, Velociraptor was a small turkey -sized dinosaur found mostly in Mongolia. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 14 May 2022",
"Thanksgiving Chinese turkey had origins in Mexican Thanksgiving celebrated in cities like Tijuana. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Dubois County is the top turkey producing county in Indiana. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Dubois County is the top turkey producing county in Indiana. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The average cost of a turkey in 1953 was about 65 cents per pound. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Apr. 2022"
"Rampant inflation is also driving financial turmoil at hospitals. \u2014 Peter Pronovost, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"Management turmoil and questions about succession followed Mr. Del Vecchio\u2019s return. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"College career: Croyle overlooked turmoil at his in-state school and signed with the Crimson Tide over offers from Oklahoma and Florida State. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"European leaders are battling internal political turmoil , and some have seen their popularity dip and governing coalitions collapse amid economic concerns and fallout from the invasion. \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2022",
"Life with his parents near Toronto instead brought turmoil , both physically and verbally. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 22 June 2022",
"The Right rally brought chaos and bloodshed to Charlottesville in 2017, white nationalist hate group Vanguard America, one of the infamous event's co-organizers, faced internal turmoil . \u2014 Chron , 22 June 2022",
"Record-high gas prices have contributed to the worst inflation in 40 years, forcing the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates so aggressively that markets are in turmoil and recession risks are rising. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Analysts say a focus on political turmoil in the failing socialist country is one reason. \u2014 Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post , 21 June 2022"
"But SPACs have been hit especially hard amid the recent market downturn, as investors turn away from riskier bets and as regulators have proposed new rules to enhance disclosure requirements and investor protections. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Pasta plus chicken plus a green veggie equals a dinner that even picky eaters won't turn away . \u2014 Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day , 24 June 2022",
"Park officials have stated that under this new plan, entrance station staff will turn away vehicles that do not follow the odd-even structure. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"His prepared testimony was written in language that is reasoned and thoughtful in its analysis, yet still piercing in its attempt to shake Americans not to turn away but to recognize the dangers and respond to them. \u2014 Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"However, Cooper\u2019s personal life has taken a turn away from the accolades and praise heaped on him professionally. \u2014 Stacy Permanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Investment in coal mines has also been low for years, as major companies and financial backers turn away from the industry. \u2014 Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Critics point out that the policy can also result in higher overall prices, which can turn away diners, and loss of staff. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
"The company now recommends that its papers steer clear of making endorsements in presidential, House and Senate races, given their waning influence and potential to turn away some readers. \u2014 Paul Farhi, Washington Post , 9 June 2022"
"a cavalry charge that was turned back by withering fire",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"History does not always give us guideposts to the future but rolling back the idea of the right to privacy enshrined in Griswold v .Connecticut would turn back a clock. \u2014 Alexandra M. Lord, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 May 2022",
"Cemetery staff are also allowing lawns to turn back into wild meadows; flowers in the meadows attract insects, which in turn draw birds and owls. \u2014 Nick Romeo, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
"The Biden administration has been relying on a public health authority, known as Title 42, that allows authorities to turn back thousands of migrants arrested at the US-Mexico border. \u2014 Priscilla Alvarez And Tierney Sneed, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Rogers said the tide in consumer sentiment began to turn back in September and has picked up steam since then. \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Finch, by contrast, breathed freely and pushed higher, to 27,300 feet, but decided to turn back in deference to a weaker partner. \u2014 Michael O\u2019donnell, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"The public health order initially was used to swiftly turn back migrants from Mexico and Central America by busing them back to Mexico. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"The group had to turn back twice, facing threats, gunfire and a bombing. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
"This is the time when human beings seem to instinctively turn back towards fundamentalist texts. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022"
"The approval of the order by Priti Patel, the home secretary, is just the latest turn in a long-running court battle and comes after a British court ordered Assange\u2019s extradition in April. \u2014 Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"The announcement marks the latest turn in a regulatory rollercoaster ride for parents who have anxiously awaited authorization of vaccines for the youngest children. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
"The loss marked the latest turn in what's become a rivalry for the ages. \u2014 Alexandra Svokos, ABC News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The development marked the latest turn in the controversy surrounding Rogan, with the podcaster having faced strong criticism over past episodes of his show sharing misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The development marked the latest turn in a months-long search for the capsule, which contemporaneous news accounts indicate was placed during a cornerstone-laying ceremony in 1887 attended by thousands of people. \u2014 Sarah Rankin, USA TODAY , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The development marked the latest turn in a months-long search for the capsule, which contemporaneous news accounts indicate was placed during a cornerstone-laying ceremony in 1887 attended by thousands of people. \u2014 CBS News , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The development marked the latest turn in a months-long search for the capsule, which contemporaneous news accounts indicate was placed during a cornerstone-laying ceremony in 1887 attended by thousands of people. \u2014 Sarah Rankin, ajc , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The development marked the latest turn in a months-long search for the capsule, which contemporaneous news accounts indicate was placed during a cornerstone-laying ceremony in 1887 attended by thousands of people. \u2014 Sarah Rankin, chicagotribune.com , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1873, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1535, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
"But given the timing of the contest, and its brevity, the race is also widely expected to turn on get-out-the-vote efforts, which may help candidates like Ms. Niou. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"Finland is about to turn on a nuclear power reactor, the first in Western Europe in at least 15 years, that will provide the country with almost 15% of its electricity. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"These don\u2019t actually require you to turn on the oven. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"During her last appearance in March, a judge had to repeatedly ask her to turn on her camera to be visible during the hearing. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 23 May 2022",
"New resources can be deployed instantly\u2014no more waiting for vendors to ship boxes or service providers to turn on private circuits. \u2014 Atif Khan, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"In his final prep, the Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway on April 2, Rich Strike trailed 10 other horses for three-quarters of a mile before Leon asked the colt to turn on the afterburners and blast alongside the rail. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Reynolds and Sturm fashioned an altar out of toilet paper streamers and told the 60 or so passengers on board to turn on their blue call lights to light up the aisle. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Tim Restall set the lights at Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Park to turn on at 4 a.m., early enough for the local TV stations to set up for their morning live shots. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 8 Apr. 2022"
"Popularists argue that Democrats have already tried and failed to win elections with the enthusiasm-and- turnout model. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
"On Tuesday, in a low- turnout election, Hochul won easily. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 29 June 2022",
"In other news, Mayor Dennis Hanwell discussed the turnout for the recent Juneteenth and Great Race events. \u2014 Alyssa Alfano, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"And now that the battlelines have been fully drawn, our previous expectations for these midterms \u2014 lower turnout , less enthusiasm from Democrats, a cycle 100% dominated by pocketbook issues \u2014 need to be recalibrated. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"The vote was also marred Sunday by record-low turnout , a warning sign for Macron, who has promised to rule closer to the people for his second term. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"And these elections are so low- turnout that double-digit margins of victory aren\u2019t uncommon. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"To bolster turnout , Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris worked the phones in recent days, speaking with the leaders of Argentina and Honduras, both of whom initially expressed support for Mexico\u2019s boycott. \u2014 Elliot Spagat, Joshua Goodman And Chris Megerian, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"While much focus is on Georgia\u2019s new voting law, called SB 202, analysts cautioned that many factors can impact turnout , including the candidates and the competitiveness of the races. \u2014 WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"And then there was the fact that sometimes a fan theory, even the out-there ones, would turn out to be correct. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Astrophysicist Sascha Trippe of Seoul National University in South Korea, who is not involved with FAST, didn\u2019t expect that possible signs of aliens would turn out to be real, either. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2022",
"But back circa 1960s, as revolutionary as the decade would turn out to be, divorce was a rare occurrence\u2014among the British aristocracy rarer still. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 22 Apr. 2022",
"What wasn\u2019t expected just a few week ago, though, was that a war in Ukraine would turn out to be the key issue. \u2014 Zoltan Simon, Bloomberg.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Needless to say, that analysis didn\u2019t turn out so well. \u2014 David Masciotra, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"Things didn\u2019t turn out as dire as everybody feared. \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
"The Tide Pod Challenge of 2018, for which young people were said to be consuming laundry detergent, didn\u2019t turn out to be real; neither was the Momo Challenge from 2019, which allegedly invited self-harm. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 24 May 2022",
"the turnpike was jammed with people heading south for the long weekend",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The work is part of the I-4 Direct Connect Ramps to the turnpike and improvements from Beachline Expressway/SR 528 to I-4 (mileposts 253 to 261) project. \u2014 Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Should users of the Ohio turnpike be worried about identity theft. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The southbound side of the turnpike , from Kitts Lane to Main Street, was closed for several hours as Newington Police and the Mid-State Accident Reconstruction Squad investigated the incident. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 17 Apr. 2022",
"This gripping murder mystery has more twists and turns than the Pennsylvania turnpike , which is appropriate given its setting in a small, perpetually gray, working-class town in the Keystone State. \u2014 cleveland , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Finally, the detour will take motorists west on I-4 to get back on the turnpike at Exit 77. \u2014 Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"That would be Elizabeth, New Jersey \u2014 Exit 13 off the turnpike \u2014 where his father drove a cab. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Commuter Stephanie Servaites takes the turnpike from her Plantation home to the Golden Glades in Miami-Dade each weekday for work as an office manager. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Plans in the design phase also include widening a seven-mile segment of the turnpike between West Palm Beach north of Okeechobee Boulevard. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com , 17 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English turnepike revolving frame bearing spikes and serving as a barrier, from turnen to turn + pike ",
"She is also encouraged by the number of young people who are learning to cook under her tutelage , as her own grandchildren have done. \u2014 Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"The Scotties, under his tutelage , had a 122-12 dual meet record in track and 98-40 in cross country. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Under his tutelage freshman Braelon Allen developed into one of the Big Ten\u2019s top running backs last season. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, USA TODAY , 11 Apr. 2022",
"However, under the tutelage of Shooting Coach Fred Vinson, Ball transformed himself into a dead-eye sniper \u2013 draining 37.6% of his threes in his final two seasons in New Orleans. \u2014 Mat Issa, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"The sisters often watched old Disney movies, but much of their time together was spent on the softball field where Tess became a second-base standout under the tutelage of her older sister. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Mike Parmley began teaching dogs rattlesnake avoidance at his Salt Lake City dog day care and recreation center about five years ago, under the tutelage of longtime rattlesnake-aversion dog trainer Web Parton. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"Heaney learned a sweeping slider, and the immediate positive impact experienced by many pitchers under the tutelage of the Dodgers\u2019 coaching staff led by Mark Prior was even more profound for him. \u2014 Steve Hensonassistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"This coming-of-age memoir, rife with narrative suspense, takes us to the privileged world of Boca Raton, Fla., and to its author\u2019s tumultuous childhood under the tutelage of two parents who were both larger-than-life and addicts. \u2014 Chelsea Bieker, WSJ , 13 May 2022"
],
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"Latin tutela protection, guardian (from tutari to protect, frequentative of tueri to look at, guard) + English -age":""
": the amount received in sales for a stated period",
": the ratio of sales for a stated period to average inventory",
": a cycle of purchase, sale, and replacement of a stock of goods",
": the number of persons hired within a period to replace those leaving or dropped from a workforce",
": the ratio of this number to the number in the average force maintained",
": movement (as of goods or people) into, through, and out of a place",
": the amount of business done",
": the volume of shares traded on a stock exchange",
": the act or an instance of a team's losing possession of a ball through error or a minor violation of the rules (as in basketball or football)",
": a filled pastry made by folding half of the crust over the other half",
": an act or result of turning over : upset",
": a turning from one side, place, or direction to its opposite : shift , reversal",
": a reorganization with a view to a shift in personnel : shake-up",
": something that is turned over",
": the continuous process of loss and replacement of a constituent (such as a cell or tissue) of a living system",
": capable of being turned over",
": to turn from an upright position : overturn",
": rotate",
": to cause (an internal combustion engine) to begin firing",
": deliver , surrender",
": to lose possession of",
": to do business to the amount of",
": to receive and dispose of (a stock of merchandise)",
": to search (clothes, papers, etc.) by lifting or moving one by one",
": to read or examine (something, such as a book) slowly or idly",
": upset , capsize",
": rotate",
": to have crankshaft rotation especially by external means (as by a starter)",
": to heave with nausea",
": to seem to leap or lurch convulsively with sudden fright",
": to make a change for the better especially in one's way of living",
": a filled pastry with one half of the crust turned over the other",
": the continuous process of loss and replacement of a constituent (as a neurotransmitter, cell, or tissue) of a living system"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u0259rn-\u02cc\u014d-v\u0259r",
"\u02c8t\u0259rn-\u02cc\u014d-v\u0259r",
"\u02c8t\u0259r-\u02ccn\u014d-v\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"cede",
"cough up",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"lay down",
"relinquish",
"render",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The company had an increase in turnover this quarter.",
"The company has a high turnover rate.",
"We want to find ways to speed up inventory turnover .",
"Verb",
"reluctantly turned the ship over to the first mate while he went below to try to stop the leak",
"turned the evidence over to the police",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The investigation into recruiting improprieties surrounding the Sun Devil program that has resulted in a lot of turnover on the coaching staff and an exodus of players from the program. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
"That lack of capital turnover will ripple across the economy. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"It\u2019s been well-documented that UConn has had quite a bit of roster turnover this offseason. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
"In any trend of high employee turnover , there is a reason that is always within the organization. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The theater struggled with staff turnover and financial difficulties, says Plapinger. \u2014 Francine Orr, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"This year, 16 different players made at least 10 starts in the league alone, with turnover at key positions. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Thursday\u2019s meeting was the latest burst of infighting in San Dieguito Union High School District, which has been fraught with leadership turnover and political division for the past two years. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"This means dealing with turnover as well as growing and enhancing assets. \u2014 Kelly Kubicek, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Bannon was subpoenaed to testify and turn over records to the select committee and refused to do so. \u2014 CBS News , 9 June 2022",
"Several law clerks have been ordered to turn over cellphone records and sign affidavits, according to CNN. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 1 June 2022",
"Navarro said that a subpoena served last week also calls on him to turn over records tied to any communications with Trump. \u2014 Billy House, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Huntsman is investigating the allegations Villanueva lied about the incident and issued a subpoena ordering Villanueva to either testify or turn over records. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Huntsman is investigating the allegations Villanueva lied about the incident and issued a subpoena ordering Villanueva to either testify or turn over records. \u2014 Stefanie Dazio, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Huntsman is investigating the allegations Villanueva lied about the incident and issued a subpoena ordering Villanueva to either testify or turn over records. \u2014 Stefanie Dazio, Chicago Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The year before, when the city auditor was examining public liabilities that cost taxpayers some $25 million a year, the City Attorney\u2019s Office refused to turn over records requested by the auditors. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Meadows' attorney, George Terwilliger, has previously defended his client by noting that due to Meadows' willingness to turn over records, he should not be compelled to appear for an interview. \u2014 Farnoush Amiri, Chron , 24 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5",
"Adjective",
"circa 1849, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
": to cause to move around an axis or a center : make rotate or revolve":[
"turn a wheel",
"turn a crank"
],
": to cause to move around so as to effect a desired end (as of locking, opening, or shutting)":[
"turned the knob till the door opened"
],
": to affect or alter the functioning of (something, such as a mechanical device) or the level of (something, such as sound) by such movement":[
"turn the oven to 400\u00b0",
"turn the music to full volume"
],
": to execute or perform by rotating or revolving":[
"turn handsprings"
],
": to twist out of line or shape : wrench":[
"had turned his ankle"
],
": to cause to change position by moving through an arc of a circle":[
"turned her chair to the fire"
],
": to cause to move around a center so as to show another side of":[
"turn the page"
],
": to cause (a scale) to move so as to register weight":[],
": to revolve mentally : think over : ponder":[],
": to reverse the sides or surfaces of : invert":[
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"turn the shirt inside out"
],
": such as":[
"an illegal left turn"
],
": to dig or plow so as to bring the lower soil to the surface":[
"turn the compost weekly"
],
": to make (a garment) over by reversing the material and resewing":[
"turn a collar"
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"everything was turned topsy-turvy"
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"a mind turned by grief"
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": to set in another especially contrary direction":[],
": to bend or change the course of : divert":[
"a battle that turned the tide of history"
],
": to bend a course around or about : round":[
"turned the corner at full speed"
],
": to cause to retreat":[
"used fire hoses to turn the mob"
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": to direct or point (something, such as the face) in a specified way or direction":[],
": to present by a change in direction or position":[
"turning his back to his guests"
],
": to direct (something, such as the attention or mind) toward or away from something":[],
": to direct the employment of : apply , devote":[
"turned his skills to the service of humankind"
],
": to cause to rebound or recoil":[
"turns their argument against them"
],
": to make antagonistic : prejudice":[
"turn a child against its mother"
],
": to cause to go in a particular direction":[
"turned our steps homeward"
],
": drive , send":[
"turn cows to pasture",
"turning hunters off his land"
],
": to convey or direct out of an inverted receptacle":[
"turn the mixture into a baking dish"
],
": to bring to bear (as by aiming, pointing, or focusing) : train":[
"turned the light into the dark doorway",
"turned a questioning eye toward her"
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": to make acid or sour":[],
": to change the color of (foliage)":[],
": convert , transform":[
"turn defeat into victory"
],
": translate , paraphrase":[],
": to cause to become of a specified nature or appearance":[
"turned him into a frog",
"embarrassment turned her face red"
],
": to exchange for something else":[
"turn coins into paper money"
],
": to cause to defect to another side":[],
": to shape especially in a rounded form by applying a cutting tool while revolving in a lathe":[],
": to give a rounded form to by any means":[
"turn the heel of a sock"
],
": to shape or mold artistically, gracefully, or neatly":[
"a well turned phrase"
],
": to make a fold, bend, or curve in:":[],
": to form by bending":[
"turn a lead pipe"
],
": to cause (the edge of a blade) to bend back or over : blunt , dull":[],
": to gain in the course of business":[
"turning a quick profit"
],
": to make use of":[
"turned her education to advantage"
],
": to carry to completion : pull off":[
"turned a double play",
"turn a deal"
],
": to engage in (an act of prostitution)":[
"turn tricks"
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": to become focused on something specified":[
"the conversation turned to baseball"
],
": to have as a decisive factor : hinge":[
"the argument turns on a point of logic",
"the outcome of the game turned on an interception"
],
": to have a center (as of interest) in something specified":[
"the discussion turned on the overall worth of the project"
],
": to become giddy or dizzy : spin":[
"heights always made his head turn"
],
": to direct one's course":[],
": to reverse a course or direction":[
"the tide has turned"
],
": to have a reactive usually adverse effect":[],
": to take a different course or direction":[
"turned toward home",
"the main road turns sharply to the right"
],
": to change position (as of one's head) so as to face another way":[
"everyone turned to stare"
],
": to face toward or away from someone or something":[
"flowers turn toward the light"
],
": to change one's attitude or reverse one's course of action to one of opposition or hostility":[
"felt the world had turned against him"
],
": to make a sudden violent assault especially without evident cause":[
"dogs turning on their owners"
],
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": to have recourse : refer , resort":[
"turned to a friend for help",
"turned to his notes for the exact figures"
],
": to direct one's efforts or activity : devote or apply oneself":[
"turned to the study of the law",
"turned to a life of crime"
],
": to change one's religion":[],
": to go over to another side or party : defect":[],
": to become changed, altered, or transformed":[
"the weather turned"
],
": to change color":[
"the leaves have turned"
],
": to become sour, rancid, or tainted":[
"the milk had turned"
],
": to be variable or inconstant":[],
": to become mentally unbalanced : become deranged":[],
": to become different":[],
": to pass from one state to another : change":[
"water had turned to ice"
],
": become , grow":[
"his hair had turned gray",
"the weather turned bad",
"just turned twenty"
],
": to become someone or something specified by change from another state : change into":[
"turn pro",
"doctors turned authors"
],
": to change by the passage of time":[
"days turned into weeks and months"
],
": to operate a lathe":[],
": to be stocked and disposed of : change hands":[],
": to refuse to see : be oblivious":[
"might turn a blind eye to the use of violence",
"\u2014 Arthur Krock"
],
": to refuse to listen":[],
": to give a sign of distress or disturbance":[
"did not turn a hair when told of the savage murder",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
],
": to become of a different color":[],
": blush , flush":[],
": to grow pale":[],
": to attract favorable attention":[
"the car's sleek design is bound to turn heads"
],
": to set free":[
"turned loose the captured animal"
],
": to free from all restraints":[
"turned them loose with a pile of theme paper to write whatever they liked",
"\u2014 Elizabeth P. Schafer"
],
": to fire off : discharge":[],
": to open fire":[],
": reject , deny":[
"would be turning one's back on history",
"\u2014 Pius Walsh"
],
": forsake":[
"turned his back on his obligations"
],
": to set to work : apply oneself":[],
": to cause to become infatuated or conceited":[
"success had not turned his head"
],
": to disgust completely : nauseate":[
"the foul smell turned his stomach"
],
": to turn away so as to flee":[],
": to respond to injury or unkindness with patience : forgo retaliation":[],
": to bring about a reversal of the relative conditions or fortunes of two contending parties":[],
": to bring about the desired result or effect":[],
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": the action or an act of turning about a center or axis : revolution , rotation":[],
": any of various rotating or pivoting movements in dancing or gymnastics":[],
": the action or an act of giving or taking a different direction : change of course or posture":[
"an illegal left turn"
],
": a drill maneuver in which troops in mass formation change direction without preserving alignment":[],
": any of various shifts of direction in skiing":[],
": an interruption of a curve in figure skating":[],
": a place at which something turns , turns off, or turns back : bend , curve":[],
": deflection , deviation":[],
": the action or an act of turning so as to face in the opposite direction : reversal of posture or course":[
"an about turn",
"the turn of the tide"
],
": a change effected by turning over to another side":[
"a turn of the cards"
],
": an act or deed affecting another especially when incidental or unexpected":[
"one good turn deserves another"
],
": a place, time, or opportunity accorded an individual or unit of a series in simple succession or in a scheduled order":[
"waiting her turn in line"
],
"\u2014 see also take turns":[
"waiting her turn in line"
],
": a period of action or activity : go , spell":[
"took a turn at the piano"
],
": a period or tour of duty : shift":[],
": an event in any gambling game after which bets are settled":[],
": the order of the last three cards in faro":[
"\u2014 used in the phrase call the turn"
],
": an act of changing : alteration , modification":[
"a nasty turn in the weather"
],
": a change in tendency, trend, or drift":[
"hoped for a turn in his luck",
"a turn for the better",
"an unexpected turn of events"
],
": the beginning of a new period of time : the time when one period changes to the next":[
"the turn of the century"
],
": a fashioning of language or arrangement of words : manner of expression":[
"skillful turns of phrase"
],
": distinctive quality or character":[],
": the shape or mold in which something is fashioned : cast":[],
": a short trip out and back or round about":[
"took a turn through the park"
],
": something that revolves around a center: such as":[],
": lathe":[],
": a catch or latch for a cupboard or cabinet door operated by turning a handle":[],
": a musical ornament consisting of a group of four or more notes that wind about the principal note by including the notes next above and next below":[],
": a special purpose or requirement":[
"\u2014 used chiefly in the phrase serve one's turn"
],
": the state or manner of being coiled or twisted":[],
": a single round (as of rope passed about an object or of wire wound on a core)":[],
": natural or special ability or aptitude : bent , inclination":[
"a turn for logic",
"an optimistic turn of mind"
],
": a special twist, construction, or interpretation":[
"gave the old yarn a new turn"
],
": a disordering spell or attack (as of illness, faintness, or dizziness)":[],
": a nervous start or shock":[
"snuck up on her and gave her quite a turn"
],
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": a character or slug inverted in setting type":[],
": a piece of type placed bottom up":[],
": on every occasion : continually":[
"they opposed her at every turn"
],
": one after another in regular succession":[],
": variously , alternately":[
"a book that is by turns pedantic, delightful, and infuriating"
],
": in due order of succession":[],
": at the point of turning":[
"tide is on the turn"
],
": not in due order of succession":[
"play out of turn"
],
": at a wrong time or place and usually imprudently":[
"With a turn of the switch, the lights came back on.",
"Take a left-hand turn at the next intersection.",
"a quick turn of her head",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"After the grill and its grates are hot, turn a section off and put your burgers there, avoiding direct flame under the burger. \u2014 Joe Difazio, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Since a traditional kyusu doesn\u2019t have a removable filter, tea leaves will continue to steep with any amount of water left in the pot and can turn bitter. \u2014 Max Falkowitz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
"Thomas wanted to walk away, but something told Erickson to turn the offer down. \u2014 Jemima Mcevoy, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"One of us will grab the bottle and turn the lights down and start that quiet time with her. \u2014 Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF , 21 June 2022",
"Getting sick can turn a bad situation worse in a hurry, Huttleston warns. \u2014 Outside Online , 21 June 2022",
"According to police, an officer checked on the man, who was awake, and told him to turn his vehicle off. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"The truth is that Putin had begun to turn the music down in London long before the Ukraine invasion. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
"Although the Bee has made several requests for a copy of the police report from the collision, police officials continue to turn reporters down on the grounds that only people connected to the incident are entitled to it. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These women act as influencers in their own communities and, in turn , help to foster trust in both Aravind and telehealth treatment options. \u2014 London Business School, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Naspers owns a majority of Prosus, which in turn owns almost half of Naspers. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"This in turn prevents frizzing, split ends and the likes\u2014all the bad kinds of volume, as opposed to hair with a healthy, full body. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 26 June 2022",
"In turn , this can lead to accidental fires, which is why the company has recalled about 1,774 units. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 June 2022",
"Martin, in turn , managed to create three distinct spaces that perfectly reflect the lives and personalities of their inhabitants. \u2014 Abigail Stone, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022",
"This, in turn , affects the economic well-being and prospects of their children, according to economists. \u2014 Anneken Tappe, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Johnson in turn said he was asked to do so by the office of Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa. Kinzinger made clear one big reason for naming names was quite political. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 24 June 2022",
"This, in turn , results in companies raising prices for their goods to offset higher labor costs, spiraling inflation further upwards\u2014something referred to in macroeconomics as a wage-price spiral. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 24 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare , from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos ; partly from Anglo-French turner, tourner to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare ; akin to Latin terere to rub \u2014 more at throw entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English; partly from Anglo-French tur, tourn turning, circuit (from turner to turn); partly from Middle English turnen to turn":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
": disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion",
": a turbulent uprising : riot",
": hubbub , din",
": violent agitation of mind or feelings",
": a violent outburst",
": a state of noisy disorder",
": great mental or emotional confusion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00fc-\u02ccm\u0259lt",
"\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
"also",
"\u02c8t\u00fc-\u02ccm\u0259lt",
"\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
],
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"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We had to shout to be heard over the tumult .",
"The country was in tumult .",
"Her mind was in a tumult of emotions.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An inner tumult , which might otherwise stay buried or acted out inappropriately after one too many beers, finds an understanding witness, a fellow sharer, a pal. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Nor has crypto proved to be much of a safe haven in times of stock market tumult , central bank tightening, war, an energy crisis, a food crisis, global supply chain snarls, or a pandemic. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"So the transfer of power at the Gray Lady is turning out to be a quiet one, a nice departure from the tumult following the dismissal of Baquet\u2019s predecessor, Jill Abramson. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Still others fell somewhere in the middle, uncertain of best steps but angry about the tumult in Chicago. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Jan. 2022",
"That could be a major setback for efforts to revive urban downtowns \u2013 including downtown Portland, whose recovery from the tumult of 2020 has been hobbled by the slow return of office workers this year. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Nov. 2021",
"At last the Biden Administration is furious about tumult on the southern border. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 23 Sep. 2021",
"At 15, Mohammad already knew plenty about the tumult of world affairs. \u2014 Dianne Solis, Dallas News , 17 Aug. 2021",
"The Grove, similarly takes its cue from the tumult of 2020. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English tumulte , from Anglo-French, from Latin tumultus ; perhaps akin to Sanskrit tumula noisy",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
"Rather, his is a voice singing freely in a tuneless land. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 24 Oct. 2019",
"The singer's timorous, tuneless falsetto convinced me to put in a bid, but somebody else won the auction for $113.61. \u2014 Leor Galil, Chicago Reader , 27 June 2018"
"pictorial advertisements for chic clothing and fragrances in which drug addiction and other forms of moral turpitude are depicted as alternative fashion statements",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since late-stage syphilis attacked the nose, those so afflicted were seen as bearing proof of moral turpitude . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Norris resigned from his office in June 2021 after Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall moved to impeach him after being charged with four instances of corruption in office and eleven instances of commission of crimes involving moral turpitude . \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
"By 1900, nativism had crept into the temperance discourse, as immigrants from Ireland and Italy were associated with drunkenness and moral turpitude . \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Norris was charged with four instances of corruption in office and eleven instances of commission of crimes involving moral turpitude . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 14 Jan. 2022",
"War became meaningless and simply barbaric, an occasion for moral compromise and turpitude . \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Norris was charged with four instances of corruption in office and eleven instances of commission of crimes involving moral turpitude . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 14 Jan. 2022",
"In the 1980s, a divestment movement took hold; any engagement with the regime came to be seen as a marker of moral turpitude . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Even if prosecutors choose not to include the moral turpitude label, a future election commission judge could still decide Netanyahu's convictions and sentence barred him from politics for the same seven-year period. \u2014 Hadas Gold, Andrew Carey And Amir Tal, CNN , 18 Jan. 2022"
": to activate or cause to flow, operate, or function by or as if by turning a control",
": to move pleasurably",
": to excite sexually",
": to cause to gain knowledge or appreciation of something specified",
": to cause to undergo an intense often visionary experience by taking a drug",
": to cause to get high",
": to become turned on"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"excite",
"exhilarate",
"galvanize",
"intoxicate",
"pump up",
"thrill",
"titillate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unsurprisingly, the fanboys were turned on by the movie's amazing special effects and slam-bang plot",
"would you turn on the TV?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"New resources can be deployed instantly\u2014no more waiting for vendors to ship boxes or service providers to turn on private circuits. \u2014 Atif Khan, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"In his final prep, the Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway on April 2, Rich Strike trailed 10 other horses for three-quarters of a mile before Leon asked the colt to turn on the afterburners and blast alongside the rail. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Reynolds and Sturm fashioned an altar out of toilet paper streamers and told the 60 or so passengers on board to turn on their blue call lights to light up the aisle. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Tim Restall set the lights at Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Park to turn on at 4 a.m., early enough for the local TV stations to set up for their morning live shots. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But shots of Khonshu looming in the distance silently watching over the scene are unsettling, and while this might not be a full-on horror show, there are sequences that will have younger audiences reaching to turn on a light. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The idea was that Americans wouldn\u2019t have to turn on their lights so early in the day, and thus would save energy. \u2014 Olivia B. Waxman, Time , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Lviv residents were told to turn on radios for news updates, and switch off gas and electrical connections to prevent fires. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
"And even those teachers and students having in-person lessons sometimes had to turn on a dime to remote instruction when there were outbreaks of covid-19 and exposures on campuses. \u2014 Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online , 5 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1833, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
"you can get some downright peculiar tucker deep in the outback",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Under these conditions, even catch-and-release fishing and handling can tucker out trout to the point of death. \u2014 Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 Aug. 2021",
"The best ways to prevent puppy boredom. Pets need both physical and mental stimulation\u2014and while a walk around the neighborhood may not tucker out a high-energy dog, a short, intense session of mental stimulation probably will. \u2014 Popular Science , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Wells: Because your immune system is tuckered out from fighting. \u2014 The Atlantic , 23 Apr. 2020",
"The 3-inch layer of orthopedic shredded memory foam is perfect for when your pup gets tuckered out. \u2014 CNN Money , 17 Dec. 2019",
"Some are burdened with luggage or are just plum tuckered out. \u2014 Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Lastly, to improve muscular endurance, or how long a muscle can work before tuckering out, most experts recommend training with 2-3 sets of 12 or more reps. \u2014 SELF , 10 May 2019",
"The morning of bobbing and weaving in the parade seemed to have left him tuckered out. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 25 July 2019",
"The picture shows an adorable Psalm dressed in a white onesie and surrounded by a plaid blanket, looking perfectly tuckered out with his eyes closed. \u2014 Anika Reed, USA TODAY , 10 June 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To picnic like an Aussie, load up your esky (cooler) with some tucker (food) and stubbies (bottles of beer). \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Sep. 2020",
"The top part of the carpet is then tucked underneath the top lip of the Z-bar and secured by a carpet tucker or hammering, creating an even flow between the two materials. \u2014 Sarah Baird, House Beautiful , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Now Ms Talacko exports tasty tucker to 25 countries. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Nov. 2019",
"Hang\u2019 is a fascinatingly oblique piece by the British scribe debbie tucker green that lasts just 75 minutes. \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 20 Apr. 2018"
"She earned extra money tutoring in the evening.",
"bought a video series designed to tutor a person in the fine art of decorating cakes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In one classroom, 18 third graders were assigned to a single teacher, so Senkbeil stepped in as a tutor . \u2014 Koby Levin And Isabel Lohman, Detroit Free Press , 2 May 2022",
"That turmoil hurt people like Paula Grisham of Decatur, who had several part-time jobs in early 2020 before being laid off from Sunday school teaching and losing her work as a tutor for schoolchildren. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"For her Master\u2019s project Sander invited Carin Rodebjer to be her tutor . \u2014 Vogue , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Ngakoue, a six-year veteran with 55.5 career sacks, is a willing tutor . \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Becker\u2019s wife, who is Ukrainian, is a private tutor who teaches English to Chinese children. \u2014 Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Roach, a 23-year-old tutor from Toronto, was the show's youngest major champion. \u2014 David Bauder, ajc , 9 May 2022",
"Students ask questions and collaborate with the tutor mentor who helps them ask the best next question. \u2014 Tom Vander Ark, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"One recent afternoon, dozens of education undergraduates from the University of West Florida in Pensacola tutor Weis students in reading, while parents file into a classroom to work on their GED studies. \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Apr. 2022",
"This would include requiring schools to tutor students, share the plans with parents, and encourage schools to include these students in early-college, early-career, and vocational programs. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Online services can connect students to tutors scattered across the country, older students are being paid to tutor younger siblings, volunteers are signing up and for-profits have expanded. \u2014 Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"He also will be looked to help tutor the team's impressive underclass quarterbacks in Christian Veilleux and incoming rookies Drew Allar and Central York's Beau Pribula. \u2014 Frank Bodani, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2021",
"The city aims to tutor more than 10,000 students over three years. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Genero Crenshaw recalls that year Crenshaw reached out to help tutor kids in his neighborhood. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Volunteer at the local food bank or animal shelter; participate in an environmental clean-up event; tutor a student in a subject you are talented in; the possibilities are endless. \u2014 Kimberly Svoboda, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Desperate, Jacqueline called her sister, in college, who offered to tutor her. \u2014 Nathan Heller, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Rostyslav Zavhorodnii used to paint and tutor his art students in a makeshift studio in his one-bedroom apartment in a sleepy district in southeast Kyiv. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tutour , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin tutor , from tueri":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1592, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
"lived alone on a tumbledown farm that had seen better days",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Low walls of tumbledown stone, kept in place as a monument, mark the outlines of the cottages that once stood here. \u2014 Cathleen O'grady, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
"Above them all is grandmother Muriel (Ann Reid), who lives in a large tumbledown manse where the family will gather intermittently. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"In the tumbledown concrete room that has been commandeered as this sleepy African trading center\u2019s Covid-19 vaccination headquarters, a battered freezer holds stacks of boxes with dozens of small glass vials. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"But the halo of wealth of the Bay Area has never reached the tumbledown homes, trailer park and ranches of Round Valley. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Allen Moyer\u2019s set consists of a rotating box that morphs from a tumbledown shack into a graceful farmhouse, a roadside bar, and a college dorm. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Vulture , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The bay itself divides the country in two; there are small islands and small coves, a yacht club on the west shore and a tumbledown shipyard on the east. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Activists share tumbledown houses, and a single piece of architecture can serve multiple functions: a townhouse is as much a house as an activist center; a storefront with peeling paint does double duty as a school. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2021",
"With no ties to bind him, Cal has acted on his dream and bought a tumbledown Irish cottage advertised on the Internet. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Oct. 2020"
"Amongst the lively crowd of fashion insiders, many dawned Alice + Olivia pieces, while others rocked an array of colorful, flirty numbers in tune with the brand\u2019s whimsical ethos. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"It; these days, his writing is more in tune with the economical worldbuilding of his favorite short stories. \u2014 Sadie Dupuis, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
"The Judds covered an Elvis Presley tune (his version was already a cover of the Teresa Brewer original) as their introduction to the world and won over hearts with their interpretation. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The Bears begin the defense of their national championship with an easy tune -up. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Behavioral data, lifecycle segmentation, analytics and their big data brethren ultimately dance to an uncomfortable tune . \u2014 Paul Talbot, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"While Modi continues to pay tribute to Gandhi, whose legacy still holds enormous soft power in India and around the world, Modi\u2019s Hindu-nationalist policies and worldview are more in tune with Godse\u2019s. \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022",
"In tune with that idea, Aje offers a heart-rending depiction of a child trying to tough his way through pain. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
"This unease can easily be avoided with proper preparation and staying in tune with your prospect from beginning to end. \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And there were plenty of musical performances to tune into. \u2014 Carlos R. Mu\u00f1oz, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"Those who want to tune into the movie premiere, but have ditched regular cable, can still stream Caribbean Summer. \u2014 al , 11 June 2022",
"The easiest way to watch Trooping the Colour from the U.S. is to tune into a livestream on YouTube. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 2 June 2022",
"Performed on towels on the sand, the uneven terrain challenges your balance while the stunning ocean view encourages you to tune into the moment. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Users do not need an account to tune into a live broadcast. \u2014 Catherine Thorbecke, CNN , 17 May 2022",
"The Voice's official Twitter account shared the same video as well and dropped a hint about when viewers would be able to tune into the upcoming season. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 16 May 2022",
"Here are a few ways to tune into those feelings: Check in with yourself after using social media. \u2014 Melissa Matthews, SELF , 10 May 2022",
"Below, scroll through every 2022 Met Gala red carpet look, and be sure to tune into Vogue\u2019s official livestream to see all of the action on the step and repeat firsthand. \u2014 Vogue , 2 May 2022"
"Middle English tune, tuin, tewne \"musical sound, melody, key of a musical composition,\" borrowed from Anglo-French tun, ton, tuen tone entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of tune entry 1":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5b":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
"Reconnaissance by foot and drone did not turn up any sign of the two soldiers, the statement continued. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Some people end up mixing drugs unwittingly, as fentanyl and unexpected additives turn up in cocaine, methamphetamine and counterfeit pills. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
"When several people in the program mysteriously turn up dead, the influencer is framed for their murders. \u2014 cleveland , 14 May 2022",
"They\u2019ve been cut off from all kinds of communication, and things become even weirder when their Airbnb hosts turn up , forcing them to cope with the crisis together. \u2014 Heather Hansman, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
"Her doctor ruled out rheumatoid arthritis, and a blood test didn\u2019t turn up anything definitive. \u2014 Sara Goudarzi, Scientific American , 23 May 2022",
"A few days later, investigators found an item possibly belonging to her, but several searches that included waterways did not turn up a body. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 8 May 2022",
"According to the state, in-school testing didn\u2019t turn up any cases of TB between 2014 and 2019. \u2014 Emily Schwing, Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
"Southwest Airlines said around 15% to 20% of new hires for some jobs don\u2019t turn up on their first day, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 6 May 2022"
"that memorably bad meal turned me off about restaurant food for a while",
"turn off at the third exit and follow the ramp to your left",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The sector\u2019s high valuations are considered a turnoff in a risk-off market. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
"However, this \u2014 among other actions \u2014 can come off as inauthentic and may actually be a turnoff for potential customers, rendering your marketing efforts wholly ineffective. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"The movie\u2019s aggressive hipness can be a turnoff at times. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"A few miles south of town is the turnoff for Patagonia Lake State Park. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Undercutting that exposition with news of nature\u2019s plight, however pertinent, would be a turnoff for readers and viewers, thereby alienating public support for conservation efforts. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The officers drove up the canyon and spotted tire tracks on a narrow turnoff . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"This should not be a 5,000-word form \u2013 that\u2019s a turnoff . \u2014 Bryan Pearson, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Grab a $6 day pass at recreation.gov; then head down a dirt road, pass the turnoff for Buckskin Gulch Trailhead, and park at Wire Pass Trail. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Google already lets its users turn off location-tracking completely. \u2014 Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Google already lets its users turn off location-tracking completely. \u2014 Gerrit De Vynck, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
"In many ways, this year\u2019s performance is a risk, given that a rap-focused show may turn off some television viewers. \u2014 Neil Shah, WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
"If any pipes have burst, turn off the main water supply for the house and immediately call a plumber for assistance. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Residents had begged the property managers for days to turn off the heat and turn on the air conditioning amid record-breaking temperatures, residents and family members said. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Brown stressed the city won\u2019t turn off water to low-income residents who ask for help and the water department began an aggressive door-to-door outreach campaign in April to educate residents at risk of shut-offs about its debt assistance programs. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman And Malachi Barrett, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"In Chicago, Hadden said the building's management company believed it was not allowed to turn off the heat and turn on the air conditioning until June 1, because of the city's heat ordinance. \u2014 CBS News , 28 May 2022",
"In Chicago, Hadden said the building's management company believed it was not allowed to turn off the heat and turn on the air conditioning until June 1, because of the city's heat ordinance. \u2014 Don Babwin, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1852, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"1564, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3a":"Verb"
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of Aunt Marge tuts over almost everything the younger generation does"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112317"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
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"to hold an unfavorable opinion of ever since the invention of talkies, someone or other has been tut-tutting about the bad language heard in movies"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-114114"
},
"turn (on)":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to activate or cause to flow, operate, or function by or as if by turning a control",
": to move pleasurably",
": to excite sexually",
": to cause to gain knowledge or appreciation of something specified",
": to cause to undergo an intense often visionary experience by taking a drug",
": to cause to get high",
": to become turned on"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"excite",
"exhilarate",
"galvanize",
"intoxicate",
"pump up",
"thrill",
"titillate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unsurprisingly, the fanboys were turned on by the movie's amazing special effects and slam-bang plot",
"would you turn on the TV?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"New resources can be deployed instantly\u2014no more waiting for vendors to ship boxes or service providers to turn on private circuits. \u2014 Atif Khan, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"In his final prep, the Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway on April 2, Rich Strike trailed 10 other horses for three-quarters of a mile before Leon asked the colt to turn on the afterburners and blast alongside the rail. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Reynolds and Sturm fashioned an altar out of toilet paper streamers and told the 60 or so passengers on board to turn on their blue call lights to light up the aisle. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Tim Restall set the lights at Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Park to turn on at 4 a.m., early enough for the local TV stations to set up for their morning live shots. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But shots of Khonshu looming in the distance silently watching over the scene are unsettling, and while this might not be a full-on horror show, there are sequences that will have younger audiences reaching to turn on a light. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The idea was that Americans wouldn\u2019t have to turn on their lights so early in the day, and thus would save energy. \u2014 Olivia B. Waxman, Time , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Lviv residents were told to turn on radios for news updates, and switch off gas and electrical connections to prevent fires. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
"And even those teachers and students having in-person lessons sometimes had to turn on a dime to remote instruction when there were outbreaks of covid-19 and exposures on campuses. \u2014 Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"1833, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
"Although similar footage has been aired, the point of the new video seemed to be to reinforce that this was no small tussle but a major effort to stop the certification of an election. \u2014 al , 9 June 2022",
"Florida and Texas had perhaps the best Day 1 of what was expected to be a four-way tussle with North Carolina A&T and Georgia for the men\u2019s team title. \u2014 Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 8 June 2022",
"The game was projected to be a tussle between the frontcourts, but foul trouble on both sides put a crimp in that plan. \u2014 David Smale, courant.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"In no other Western country is the tussle between government power and individual rights so acute. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 26 Jan. 2022",
"More evidence that this is going to be a wild, back-and-forth tussle within the division. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Oct. 2021",
"But during this tussle , Chinese media outlets had already found another way in: the coveted H-1B visa. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Vic and Theo intervene in a tussle between the parents of a transgender teen; Jack uncovers the truth about his childhood. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Another man barges in, a tussle ensues, and the action spills over into a labyrinth of corridors and passages that are seemingly offstage. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Virtually all modern hoofed mammals use their heads to tussle , including modern giraffes. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Instead, lawmakers are likely to tussle over the details of various amendments that Youngkin has suggested, many of them technical in nature. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"On the contrary, Putin's reckless invasion and barbaric siege of major Ukrainian cities have created a global sense of indignity, forcing even governments that are very reluctant to tussle with Moscow to get off the fence. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 3 Mar. 2022",
"As part of the Casino Royale four-episode tournament saw two local chefs tussle it out in the finale. \u2014 Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Rizvi testified Davis and Thornton began to argue and tussle . \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Originally, Peter and Toomes weren\u2019t supposed to battle until the third act, but the screenwriters felt the characters needed to tussle much sooner. \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Every day, when Reddy got home from work, Kush would run toward the door and the two would tussle like kids. \u2014 Topher Sanders, ProPublica , 9 Dec. 2021",
"One that only people in a working democracy have the opportunity to tussle over? \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 15 Nov. 2021"
"She earned extra money tutoring in the evening.",
"bought a video series designed to tutor a person in the fine art of decorating cakes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In one classroom, 18 third graders were assigned to a single teacher, so Senkbeil stepped in as a tutor . \u2014 Koby Levin And Isabel Lohman, Detroit Free Press , 2 May 2022",
"That turmoil hurt people like Paula Grisham of Decatur, who had several part-time jobs in early 2020 before being laid off from Sunday school teaching and losing her work as a tutor for schoolchildren. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"For her Master\u2019s project Sander invited Carin Rodebjer to be her tutor . \u2014 Vogue , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Ngakoue, a six-year veteran with 55.5 career sacks, is a willing tutor . \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Becker\u2019s wife, who is Ukrainian, is a private tutor who teaches English to Chinese children. \u2014 Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Roach, a 23-year-old tutor from Toronto, was the show's youngest major champion. \u2014 David Bauder, ajc , 9 May 2022",
"Students ask questions and collaborate with the tutor mentor who helps them ask the best next question. \u2014 Tom Vander Ark, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"One recent afternoon, dozens of education undergraduates from the University of West Florida in Pensacola tutor Weis students in reading, while parents file into a classroom to work on their GED studies. \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Apr. 2022",
"This would include requiring schools to tutor students, share the plans with parents, and encourage schools to include these students in early-college, early-career, and vocational programs. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Online services can connect students to tutors scattered across the country, older students are being paid to tutor younger siblings, volunteers are signing up and for-profits have expanded. \u2014 Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"He also will be looked to help tutor the team's impressive underclass quarterbacks in Christian Veilleux and incoming rookies Drew Allar and Central York's Beau Pribula. \u2014 Frank Bodani, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2021",
"The city aims to tutor more than 10,000 students over three years. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Genero Crenshaw recalls that year Crenshaw reached out to help tutor kids in his neighborhood. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Volunteer at the local food bank or animal shelter; participate in an environmental clean-up event; tutor a student in a subject you are talented in; the possibilities are endless. \u2014 Kimberly Svoboda, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Desperate, Jacqueline called her sister, in college, who offered to tutor her. \u2014 Nathan Heller, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Rostyslav Zavhorodnii used to paint and tutor his art students in a makeshift studio in his one-bedroom apartment in a sleepy district in southeast Kyiv. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tutour , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin tutor , from tueri":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1592, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
"Yet the swamp traveller goes not in a straight line but slouches from quaking island to thick tussock to slippery, half-submerged log. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"The Mackenzie area\u2019s dry tussock is home to moths and other insects found nowhere else on Earth. \u2014 Petrina Darrah, Wired , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Indigenous flora are abundant, including rimu, tawa, matai, rata, and tussock . \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker , 14 June 2021",
"Then explore the surrounding sparkling rivers, cool forests, swaying valleys of tussock , and soaring mountaintops. \u2014 Alexandra Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2020",
"The females scrape out a depression on the ground to lay their eggs, typically on a mound or tussock . \u2014 Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Dec. 2019",
"Now imagine tussocks or talus (rock fields) covered by six inches of snow with water underneath. \u2014 Holly Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2018",
"Karl Lagerfeld\u2019s Fall 2018 show for Chanel re-created an autumnal wonderland inside the Grand Palais, down to icebox-crisped fall leaves, tussocks of moss, and Bront\u00eb-esque fog. \u2014 Chloe Malle, Vogue , 24 Apr. 2018",
"Here, the wilderness swallows you, from the sweeping tussock grasslands, to the never-ending ridges that flow across the open landscape. \u2014 Alaska Dispatch News , 29 Aug. 2017"
"Winning that game was the turning point of the team's season.",
"That job was a major turning point in her career.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And that really was a big turning point for her because she was absolutely devastated. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"But the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in 2020 was a turning point for spectators, Gilder says, because fans sought out teams that reflected their values. \u2014 Rachel Bachman, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Perhaps this ad could be a turning point for the upcoming November election where Booker runs against incumbent Paul for one of Kentucky\u2019s Senate seats. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 3 June 2022",
"So that was a big turning point for me because few movies have the potential to be great. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"The Buffalo shooting, experts say, is not a dangerous turning point for the country, but a continuation of the broad violence Black people in the U.S. have experienced for centuries. \u2014 Char Adams, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"This was the turning point for a Rangers offense that had been held in check throughout the weekend, scoring just four runs in their two previous games on a combined 11 hits. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"The gesture became a turning point for Tiffany, who was initially hesitant about becoming a stepmom. \u2014 Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
"The program aims to further the cause of recognizing women in the film industry at a time that seems to be a turning point for female representation in the sector. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 10 May 2022"
"the request to use the restroom was just a formality\u2014I really didn't expect a turndown",
"Verb",
"I'm afraid that I will have to turn down your invitation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Today, romantic passages from the letters are used for the nightly turndown service. \u2014 Adam H. Graham, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Luckily, die-hard fishermen weren\u2019t expecting turndown service or gourmet food. \u2014 Jen Murphy, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
"There is even in-flight turndown service where attendants make the beds up for you. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Travelers in a private roomette will receive access to a restroom and shower as well as a dedicated attendant who provides things like turndown service and helps with luggage. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s also turndown service, complete with a classic Andes chocolate mint in a custom gold Short Stories wrapper. \u2014 Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Mar. 2022",
"In addition, 141 new Chapter 313 applications in the pipeline in 2021 and 2022 are pending approval, of which Bandera\u2019s turndown was a rarity. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"In addition, couples will receive dual Cartier Love Bracelets at turndown to commemorate the special occasion. \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Speaking of the turndown service, the Le Carl Gustaf has gone the extra mile to make sure the beds are tailored to every client\u2019s needs. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"How to avoid having to turn down a room Careful research. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"John Pruchnicki, co-owner of Coastal Carriers of Connecticut, a small trucking company in Ansonia, says he\u2019s been forced to turn down business because of a lack of drivers. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant , 1 June 2022",
"But Engel, in her first year managing the market on behalf of the village of Skokie, has to gently turn down almost all these bidders. \u2014 George Castle, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"In fact, he was known to turn down invitations to 4th of July celebrations in protest. \u2014 Yaa Bofah, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"An accountant is never going to turn down free money. \u2014 Chris Blackwell With Paul Morley, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"With most of his family Alabama fans, McElderry had to turn down the Crimson Tide days after receiving an offer last year. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 4 May 2022",
"Experts say that Pyongyang\u2019s dissatisfaction with the number and type of vaccines offered likely prompted them to turn down the shipments. \u2014 Byeunseo Nam, ABC News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The social media giant had been expected to turn down Musk's offer, made April 14. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 24 Apr. 2022"
"in olden days an English ship's capacity was measured by the number of tuns of wine it could hold",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first baseman went two-for-three with one tun scored. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"The agaves are cut into one inch cubes and then cooked for seven hours in a heated mash tun equipped with a stream jacket. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
"In a commercial brewhouse, the grain is cracked in a mill then sent through a grist case, which dispenses it into a vessel called the mash tun . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Forks clank down, sleeves roll up, and diners file into the abutting bodega to fill their glasses with cool, foamy sagardo straight from the 5,000-gallon tun . \u2014 Benjamin Kemper, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 16 Feb. 2018",
"All the remaining grain falls to the bottom of the stainless steel tun , creating a grain bed through which the liquid passes on its way back to the mash kettle. \u2014 Tara Massouleh, AL.com , 31 May 2017"
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"Middle English tonne, tunne , from Old English & Anglo-French; Old English, from Medieval Latin tunna ; Anglo-French tone, tonne , from Medieval Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
": an attack in which a command is separated into two parts operating out of mutual supporting distance one of which is to hold the enemy while the other is to make a wide detour and strike at a vital point deep in the enemy's rear \u2014 compare envelopment"
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"verb"
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"definitions":[
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of ever since the invention of talkies, someone or other has been tut-tutting about the bad language heard in movies"
"the request to use the restroom was just a formality\u2014I really didn't expect a turndown",
"Verb",
"I'm afraid that I will have to turn down your invitation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Today, romantic passages from the letters are used for the nightly turndown service. \u2014 Adam H. Graham, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Luckily, die-hard fishermen weren\u2019t expecting turndown service or gourmet food. \u2014 Jen Murphy, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
"There is even in-flight turndown service where attendants make the beds up for you. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Travelers in a private roomette will receive access to a restroom and shower as well as a dedicated attendant who provides things like turndown service and helps with luggage. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s also turndown service, complete with a classic Andes chocolate mint in a custom gold Short Stories wrapper. \u2014 Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Mar. 2022",
"In addition, 141 new Chapter 313 applications in the pipeline in 2021 and 2022 are pending approval, of which Bandera\u2019s turndown was a rarity. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"In addition, couples will receive dual Cartier Love Bracelets at turndown to commemorate the special occasion. \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Speaking of the turndown service, the Le Carl Gustaf has gone the extra mile to make sure the beds are tailored to every client\u2019s needs. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"How to avoid having to turn down a room Careful research. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"John Pruchnicki, co-owner of Coastal Carriers of Connecticut, a small trucking company in Ansonia, says he\u2019s been forced to turn down business because of a lack of drivers. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant , 1 June 2022",
"But Engel, in her first year managing the market on behalf of the village of Skokie, has to gently turn down almost all these bidders. \u2014 George Castle, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"In fact, he was known to turn down invitations to 4th of July celebrations in protest. \u2014 Yaa Bofah, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"An accountant is never going to turn down free money. \u2014 Chris Blackwell With Paul Morley, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"With most of his family Alabama fans, McElderry had to turn down the Crimson Tide days after receiving an offer last year. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 4 May 2022",
"Experts say that Pyongyang\u2019s dissatisfaction with the number and type of vaccines offered likely prompted them to turn down the shipments. \u2014 Byeunseo Nam, ABC News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The social media giant had been expected to turn down Musk's offer, made April 14. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 24 Apr. 2022"
"His mother rubbed his tummy until he fell asleep.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In one recent Instagram post, featuring a photo of her with one of her young daughters on the beach, Jenna commented that her children don\u2019t care about the cellulite on her legs or her loose tummy that was once their home. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Of all the sleeping styles, sleeping on your tummy usually means courting major back pain. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 21 June 2022",
"High-waist leggings gave me space to curl up in a ball and never squeezed my growing tummy . \u2014 Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online , 13 Sep. 2020",
"The wide, smooth, high-rise waistband ends where your tummy is smallest, which nixes that cinched, muffin-top feeling and keeps it from rolling down. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Health.com , 30 Mar. 2021",
"Pack some protein bars \u2014 like these double dark chocolate nut bars from Kind \u2014 to satisfy your tummy and load up on energy. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The couple are shown holding hands, smiling at each other as Rihanna's tummy is seen accentuated by jewelry. \u2014 CNN , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In reality, stretch marks are genetic and no amount of organic shea butter will save your tummy from the incursion of those pesky pink rivets. \u2014 Nina Jankowicz, Wired , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Trying to go to bed with a growling tummy can interfere with falling asleep and getting a quality night of shut-eye is vital for athletic gains. \u2014 Matthew Kadey Rd, Outside Online , 2 Apr. 2021"
"the pond water became turbid from our swimming and splashing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the time, however, everything was roiling and turbid . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The city says larger Ashokan releases over the past decade have all been to regulate reservoir levels, though critics say the water released after storms can be turbid just the same. \u2014 Michael Hill, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The pair of water releases came shortly after the city issued its environmental impact statement projecting that releases of extremely turbid water from the channel would rarely happen. \u2014 Michael Hill, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Sharks thrash about in the turbid water between us and the man. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In the Indian River Lagoon, the turbid brown waters are much less hospitable. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, its turbid waters are infested with nonnative invasive plants and fish, particularly carp that had been deliberately introduced in 1883. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Maddox said operators at the Ed Love Raw Water Intake Station began noticing signs of a water leak about 6 a.m. this morning, meaning turbid water and depressurization. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 20 June 2021",
"Trap nets are always most effective on lakes with turbid water that distorts the fish\u2019s vision. \u2014 Dallas News , 8 May 2021"
"Nearby, the researchers found a 197- by 26-foot tumulus , or burial mound, and an extravagant array of Greek funerary goods likely left by merchants and mercenaries living in the area. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Another surprising discovery is a giant tumulus near the town of Amphipolis in northern Greece. \u2014 National Geographic , 8 Apr. 2019",
"The pressure may have pushed that tumulus to sea level. \u2014 Megan Friedman, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2018",
"The running theory is that the island was a submarine tumulus created when the pressure of slow-moving lava lifts the crust above it. \u2014 Megan Friedman, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2018",
"Resembling an ancient burial mound known as a tumulus , Maropeng's entrance blends artfully with the grassland surroundings. \u2014 Smithsonian , 27 Mar. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin; akin to Latin tum\u0113re to swell \u2014 more at thumb entry 1":""
"the pond water became turbid from our swimming and splashing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the time, however, everything was roiling and turbid . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The city says larger Ashokan releases over the past decade have all been to regulate reservoir levels, though critics say the water released after storms can be turbid just the same. \u2014 Michael Hill, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The pair of water releases came shortly after the city issued its environmental impact statement projecting that releases of extremely turbid water from the channel would rarely happen. \u2014 Michael Hill, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Sharks thrash about in the turbid water between us and the man. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In the Indian River Lagoon, the turbid brown waters are much less hospitable. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, its turbid waters are infested with nonnative invasive plants and fish, particularly carp that had been deliberately introduced in 1883. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Maddox said operators at the Ed Love Raw Water Intake Station began noticing signs of a water leak about 6 a.m. this morning, meaning turbid water and depressurization. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 20 June 2021",
"Trap nets are always most effective on lakes with turbid water that distorts the fish\u2019s vision. \u2014 Dallas News , 8 May 2021"
": a perennial bellflower ( Campanula carpatica ) that grows in clumps with stems decumbent and spreading and has solitary flowers with an open bell-shaped corolla":[]
": keenly aware of and responsive to what is new and fashionable : hip"
],
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"\u02c8t\u0259rnd-\u02c8\u022fn",
"-\u02c8\u00e4n"
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"au courant",
"cool",
"def",
"downtown",
"groovy",
"hep",
"hip",
"in",
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"trendy",
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"out",
"uncool",
"unhip",
"untrendy"
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"first_known_use":[
"1966, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-014211"
},
"tussock caterpillar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a caterpillar that is the larva of a tussock moth, is covered with long tufts or bushes of hair, and includes several which eat the leaves of various shade and fruit trees and often become destructive pests"
"Thanks to a set of intelligent sensors, the vacuum won't crash into obstacles or accidentally tumble down a flight of stairs. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"The price of oil, the principal cost in gasoline, can still shoot up or tumble depending on events halfway around the world. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t expect Styles\u2019 music to tumble from the charts anytime soon. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"The firm bet that shares of GameStop would tumble but was battered when retail investors took the other side and sent the stock surging. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"Checkered medical past likely caused potential Day 2 pick to tumble out of the draft entirely. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Those developers that managed to do so painted a sober picture of their challenges as new home sales continue to decline, selling prices tumble and funding remains hard to come by. \u2014 Cao Li, WSJ , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Roughed up and dazed, and with a broken rib, Denis was able to wriggle free from his bindings and tumble out of the van. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Ian Shepherdson, chief economist and founder of research consulting firm Pantheon Macroeconomics, predicts existing home sales will tumble 25% between February and the end of summer. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In rough-and- tumble style, Araki sends his two gay protagonists, both living with HIV, on a winding, whirling road trip into the heart of America after one of them kills a police officer. \u2014 Kyle Turner, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Read on for more stories about this rough-and- tumble era of Chicago, and don\u2019t forget to pick up your copy of our new book commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Chicago Tribune, with more than 100 historic front pages. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Jay Stone grew up in the rough-and- tumble world of Chicago ward politics, the son of a longtime city alderman. \u2014 Megan O\u2019matz, ProPublica , 25 May 2022",
"The Doobies grew out of the Bay Area biker scene at the Chateau Libert\u00e9, a rough-and- tumble roadhouse in the Santa Cruz Mountains with a loyal clientele of Hells Angels. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Nora\u2019s sister Libby insists on taking her on a month-long vacation to Sunshine Falls, a rustic town where Nora can find her own love story with a rough-and- tumble local (preferably a lumberjack). \u2014 Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
"Primary day will bring to a close perhaps the most rough-and- tumble party primary in U.S. politics since the 2016 GOP presidential primary that Trump himself won. \u2014 Fox News , 3 May 2022",
"Doe also examines matters of faith during a rough-and- tumble time that, in some ways, is not all that different from today. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Perennial action hero Bruce Willis headlined the 1998 space movie, playing Harry S. Stamper, leader of the rough-and- tumble crew of newbie astronauts. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022"
"the plot of the story revolved around the gangster's relentless determination to learn the identity of the turncoat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rather than a defeat for Madrid, Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s decision has been cast as that of a mercenary and a traitor, a turncoat who gave his word to P\u00e9rez and then betrayed him. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce star in the true story of British turncoat spy Kim Philby and his friendship with fellow MI6 sleuth Nicholas Elliott. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"Rivals questioned his credentials and reviled him as a turncoat who ratted out his comrades during a stint in a U.S. military prison. \u2014 Joby Warrick And Souad Mekhennet, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"In 1992, Gravano, who was the underboss and known for his unrelenting ferocity in any fight, went from one of the most powerful figures in the New York mafia to its most infamous turncoat . \u2014 Anna Perczak, ABC News , 27 Jan. 2022",
"German turncoat , spreading its sympathies between them. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Even a turncoat like Frank is determined too valuable to lose, so long as any future betrayals are suppressed by a watchful eye and plenty of ritual humiliation. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Kelly as a soft-spoken gentleman who would stand up whenever a woman would enter the room, a generous boyfriend who showered his partners with money and gifts, now besieged by turncoat accusers who are lying out of greed or spite. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Encased in this padding, Paulson manages the daunting accomplishment of humanizing Tripp who, like Lewinsky, was at the time treated as a caricature, a frumpy turncoat who took advantage of her na\u00efve friend. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Sep. 2021"
": any of various scarab beetles (especially genera Scarabaeus, Canthon, Copris , or Phanaeus ) that roll dung into small balls, bury them in the ground, and lay eggs in them":[]
"An online tutorial gives basic instructions for those who have never made reservations on the Web.",
"The professor was offering a tutorial in her office a week before the exam.",
"Adjective",
"We offer tutorial instruction for test preparation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bansal\u2019s most popular tutorial , tarbooz ki sabji, a savory watermelon vegetable dish made from the rinds, amassed over 39 million views on TikTok and spurred conversations about zero-waste consumption. \u2014 Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"Instruction includes a weekly tutorial , individual feedback and critique, and a weekly Zoom session where the class can discuss topics and share their work with each other. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Read the summary of the routine below, and watch the video for a play-by-play tutorial of each move. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"For a quick tutorial on how to make the most of this extreme wilderness at the edge of the sea, read on. \u2014 Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure , 8 June 2022",
"For this tutorial , the only essential tools are a couple of knives and a cutting board. \u2014 Meredith Stettner, Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The Only Murders in the Building star featured her new hair in a series of TikToks including a skit using a soundbite from TLC's Unexpected and an everyday makeup tutorial using Rare Beauty products. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"Caitlin Covington, a fashion influencer with 1.3 million followers, recently published an Instagram story tutorial on how to use a breast pump and answered DMed questions afterward. \u2014 Hope Corrigan, refinery29.com , 23 June 2021",
"Kyle Richards got ready with the product in a recent tutorial for Amazon Live, and Shay Mitchell did the same for Vogue Beauty Secrets. \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Whereas, creating and distributing a series of tutorial videos for the same feature is video marketing. \u2014 Raghavan Rs, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Wynn had a lengthy tutorial side session with Matt Patricia. \u2014 Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Ken had finished his book while Roberta was wrapping up her own, and during that overlap period, Roberta noticed Ken filling up the screen of their home theater with game programming interfaces and tutorial videos. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Uddin, who has a GearLaunch email address, organizes training sessions and uploads tutorial videos for GearLaunch\u2019s Bangladeshi users. \u2014 Nazmul Ahasan, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Each track also has its own tutorial program, much like in GT: Sport. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The marvelous engineers at IBM included tutorial software with the OS/6 that taught accuracy and speed. \u2014 Mark Vena, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The company has a subscription model with tutorial videos and other features. \u2014 Derek Newton, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
"That said, the full tutorial video follows below; proceed at your own risk. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 27 Oct. 2021"
"Definition of tussie-mussie variant of tuzzy-muzzy"
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": the part of the hull between the keel and vertical sides"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-060939"
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"turned shoe":{
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"Definition of turned shoe variant of turn shoe"
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": a viewpoint in the probabilistic controversy that the argument favoring liberty as distinguished from law must be either certain or the most probable of all possible opinions to furnish a basis for action \u2014 compare probabilism sense 2"
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"\u02c8t(y)\u00fcsh\u0113\u0259\u02ccriz\u0259m",
"-\u00fct\u0113-"
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"Latin tutior safer (comparative of tutus safe, from past participle of tu\u0113r\u012b to look at, protect, guard) + English -ism"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072946"
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": capable of being tuned",
": tuneful",
": sounding in tune : concordant"
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"\u02c8t\u00fc-n\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fine- tunable via seven switch plate materials, two mounting styles, plus optional internal dampening. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Detachable ear pads, an easy-to-use size adjustment dial, and tunable vent covers add all-season, all-weather adaptability. \u2014 Drew Zieff, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The recent launch of Radix 2.8 is the first of several low-loss, tunable dielectric resins. \u2014 Michael Molitch-hou, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"State-of-the-art audio, visual and lighting systems will be installed, along with a tunable acoustic canopy above the stage. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
"LCMs operate by packing thousands of tunable optical resonators onto the surface of a CMOS semiconductor chip. \u2014 Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Flight Attendant constantly gives you the ideal pedaling or descending platform based on a complex and tunable algorithm. \u2014 Rob Reed, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Beyond an improved ride experience, rider research showed a tunable system could extend battery life and increase traction by not over-torquing the motor on slippery climbs. \u2014 Trevor Raab, Popular Mechanics , 1 Sep. 2021",
"And a two-position, carbon-fiber anti-roll bar up front with a three-way iron bar in back and adjustable camber at both axles and tunable coil-over suspension. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 14 July 2021"
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"circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083446"
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"definitions":[
": silk or silk fabric from the brownish fiber produced by larvae of some saturniid moths (such as Antheraea paphia )"
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"\u02c8t\u0259-s\u0259",
"-\u02ccs\u022f"
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"Hindi & Urdu tasar"
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"1590, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084253"
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"definitions":[
": a stopcock with a plug that is turned in opening or closing",
": a person employed to turn on or off water supplied intermittently (as to dwellings or street flushing operations)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090200"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": compass saw"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091034"
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"turncap":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a chimney cap that turns with the wind so as to present its opening to leeward"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-093656"
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"tutin":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a poisonous crystalline glucoside C 15 H 18 O 6 obtained from the tutu and other plants of the genus Coriaria"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00fct\u0259\u0307n"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"tutu entry 1 + -in"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-093830"
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"verb"
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": to pull hard",
": to struggle in opposition : contend",
": to exert oneself laboriously : labor",
": to pull or strain hard at",
": to move by pulling hard : haul",
": to carry with difficulty : lug",
": to tow with a tugboat",
": an act or instance of tugging : pull",
": a strong pulling force",
": a straining effort",
": a struggle between two people or opposite forces",
": tugboat",
": trace entry 3 sense 1",
": a short leather strap or loop",
": a rope or chain used for pulling",
"tugrik , tugriks",
": to pull hard",
": to move by pulling hard : drag",
": to tow with a tugboat",
": an act of pulling hard : a hard pull",
": tugboat",
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": a struggle between two people or forces",
"\u2014 see tracheal tug"
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"\u02c8t\u0259g",
"\u02c8t\u0259g"
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"drag",
"draw",
"hale",
"haul",
"lug",
"pull",
"tow"
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"haul",
"jerk",
"pluck",
"pull",
"wrench",
"yank"
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"I felt someone tugging on my sleeve.",
"She tugged the cord until the plug came out of the wall socket.",
"Noun",
"He felt a gentle tug on his sleeve.",
"gave the man in front a tug on his shirtsleeve as a sign that he was supposed to step aside",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Those riffs are part of Growin\u2019 Up\u2019s sonic maturity; its spacious production, helmed by Combs alongside co-producers Chip Matthews and Jonathan Singleton, allows guitar licks and thumping bass lines to tug songs in sometimes surprising directions. \u2014 Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone , 25 June 2022",
"One person's bad day can tug everyone's energy down during a meeting, and hearing about a friend's frantic panic buying in the early days of the pandemic may have triggered some purchases of your own. \u2014 Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Use the tip of the paring knife or scissor blade to get under the dark vein and gently tug it out from the top. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Yet, there was still enough room for Cabello to pull and tug at the dress when needed. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021",
"The little humans pull and tug at the masks constantly. \u2014 Gregory Krieg, CNN , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Jackson would eventually be joined by nine others \u2014 all jumpsuited \u2014 for a pastiche of jazzy, soulful moves that tug at the diasporic roots of Ailey\u2019s modern dance. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"This tech fabric covering from Mystery Ranch features bands that go over the head instead of loops that tug on your ears. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 31 July 2020",
"Really, after two years of working from home in day dresses and athleisure, who wants to be flat on their back trying to tug up a super-skinny jean? \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"According to an Associated Press report, the plan to refloat the ship includes lightening the ballast, dredging the mud around the ship and refloating the ship at high tide using tug boats and the ship's engine. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Mar. 2022",
"There was this constant tug -of-war between me, my family, and my doctor. \u2014 Alexis Jones, Health.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"As this tug of war continues, here are the potential winners and losers. \u2014 Dallas News , 19 July 2021",
"The star's massive size and blazing hot temperatures also factor into this tug of war. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 May 2021",
"The outcome of this tug of war will decide the direction of a party that is shut out of control in Congress and the White House, and must focus on making electoral gains in the 2022 midterm elections. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2021",
"The series featured children's games from South Korean culture, including a version of red light, green light, a game in which contestants tried to scrape shapes out of dalgona candy with a needle, tug of war and the squid game. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Highlights include tractor games, an old-time tug and pull, and at noon Saturday, a tractor parade through Falmouth. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
"Buscaino\u2019s proposal is part of a lengthy tug of war at City Hall over how far, and how fast, to enforce the city\u2019s anti-camping law. \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2021"
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"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-095323"
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"definitions":[
": button sense 5a"
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"tumble cart":{
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"definitions":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113252"
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"turn of speed":{
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"noun phrase"
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": an increase in speed or progress"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-114713"
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"tusky":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": having tusks"
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"\u02c8t\u0259sk\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124314"
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"definitions":{
": a Muslim tomb or mausoleum":[]
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"Turkish t\u00fcrbe , from Arabic turbah":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105341"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an iron blue pigment having a coppery luster formed as a precipitate when an alkali metal ferricyanide and a ferrous salt are brought together in solution and formerly regarded as ferrous ferricyanide \u2014 compare prussian blue":[]
"International Scientific Vocabulary turbidi ty + -meter":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112659"
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"definitions":{
": tramp":[]
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"-k\u0259(r)"
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"definitions":{
": hillock":[]
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"Scottish Gaelic tom hillock (akin to Middle Irish tomm hill) + English -ock":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115720"
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": trump card sense 1a":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120132"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120231"
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"idiom"
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": to refuse to take or accept something because it is not good enough":[
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"\u2014 usually + at They turned their nose up at our offer."
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"Tu Fu":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"712\u2013770 Chinese poet":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00fc-\u02c8f\u00fc"
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"tuna clipper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a diesel-powered boat used on the Pacific coast for tuna fishing and made with the deckhouse forward, bait tanks aft, and iron racks around the stem from which men fish with heavy bamboo poles":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125239"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tenon strengthened by one or more smaller tenons underneath forming a steplike outline":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125649"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": being without a tutor":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an African cattle disease marked by circling movements, incoordination of the hind legs, loss of orientation, and frequently death and believed to be related to East Coast fever":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133449"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a coarse Persian tobacco probably derived from a tropical American plant ( Nicotiana tabacum )":[]
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