dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/ej_mw.json

{
  "ejaculation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "i-\u02ccja-ky\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "i-\u02ccjak-y\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cry",
      "exclamation",
      "interjection"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He was greeted with ejaculations of surprise.",
      "uttered a profane ejaculation upon stubbing his toe in the dark",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The average volume of the semen which gets ejaculated is between 2 to 5 ml, with each ejaculation containing 200 to 300 million sperms. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Vasectomies don\u2019t lead to sterility or changes in ejaculation (other than the lack of sperm), and can often be reversed. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Around the time omicron panic set in, the On/Go at-home tests appeared on Roman\u2019s website, improbably grafted in between medications for hair loss and premature ejaculation . \u2014 Molly Osberg, The New Republic , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "One form of male sterilization that is better known than the rest is the vasectomy, a procedure which blocks the vas deferens, the tubes that carry sperm during ejaculation . \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Say goodbye to premature ejaculation with ProSolution Plus. \u2014 Norcal Marketing Llc, Chron , 4 Feb. 2021",
      "The two steps of insertion and ejaculation can take no more than a five-count in some species. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Wired , 22 Sep. 2020",
      "Today, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine sell antler velvet soups and powders to treat ailments ranging from back pain and anemia to premature ejaculation . \u2014 Alec Luhn, National Geographic , 12 Aug. 2020",
      "One company, called Morari, showed off a prototype of a perineum patch that is supposed to help those who struggle with premature ejaculation . \u2014 Lauren Goode, Wired , 8 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182210"
  },
  "eject":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to throw out especially by physical force, authority, or influence":[
        "ejected the player from the game"
      ],
      ": to evict from property":[],
      ": to throw out or off from within":[
        "ejects the empty cartridges"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "i-\u02c8jekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "banish",
      "boot (out)",
      "bounce",
      "cast out",
      "chase",
      "dismiss",
      "drum (out)",
      "expel",
      "extrude",
      "kick out",
      "oust",
      "out",
      "rout",
      "run off",
      "throw out",
      "turf (out)",
      "turn out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for eject eject , expel , oust , evict mean to drive or force out. eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action. ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical. a student expelled from college oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion. police ousted the squatters evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home. evicted for nonpayment of rent",
    "examples":[
      "The machine automatically ejected the CD.",
      "The pilot ejected when his plane caught fire.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any Jeep Wrangler, no matter the trim, would certainly eject its occupants to the moon at this pace. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 20 June 2022",
      "Because anything that goes to a bot will not go to real members, individuals will, in most cases, be motivated to eject the fake accounts from their groups, instead of hoping that the platform will provide that service. \u2014 Jaron Lanier, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
      "Occasionally, plumes eject from holes in the ice out into space. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Most of the world\u2019s coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef, will undergo bleaching every few years, meaning the water will be so hot that the coral will eject their symbiotic microorganisms into the water, starving themselves in the process. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
      "The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the incident, telling NBC Los Angeles that the male suspect had been armed with a replica gun that could eject a knife blade when discharged correctly. \u2014 NBC News , 4 May 2022",
      "Lee also had a replica gun that could eject a knife blade in his possession when he was arrested and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles Times reported. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022",
      "Jones\u2019 motorcycle struck the Malibu that Searcey was driving, causing Jones to eject off the bike and crash into the passenger side of the car. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Two Marines were able to eject and walk away alive when their fighter jet crashed on the family plantation of South Carolina's former governor. \u2014 Fox News , 4 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin ejectus , past participle of eicere , from e- + jacere":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230018"
  }
}