dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/sir_MW.json

{
  "sire":{
    "antonyms":[
      "beget",
      "father",
      "get"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an elderly man : senior":[],
      ": author , originator":[],
      ": beget":[
        "\u2014 used especially of male domestic animals"
      ],
      ": father":[],
      ": male ancestor : forefather":[],
      ": the male parent of an animal and especially of a domestic animal":[],
      ": to bring into being : originate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "his sire had been a renowned Wall Street lawyer",
      "the revered sire of the impressionist movement in art",
      "Verb",
      "The horse sired several champion racers.",
      "the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Though a longshot in this year's Derby, Rich Strike has experience in his bloodlines beyond just his sire . \u2014 Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal , 7 May 2022",
      "Whitman had never heard of Protonico, the sire of the little horse with the star between his eyes. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "Lexington\u2019s blindness had long been considered congenital because his sire had also gone blind, but close study demonstrated that an abscess in his skull robbed him of his vision. \u2014 Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2022",
      "Zeus, who is gray and brown, was born to a merle sire and brindle dam and was the largest puppy in a litter of five. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 7 May 2022",
      "However, his maiden and allowance wins do reveal pace versatility, and his sire is Exaggerator, who won the Preakness in 2016. \u2014 Jay Ginsbach, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "His sire , Protonico, had been a solid racehorse, winning four stakes races and nearly $1 million in purses. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "Gun Runner is the top sire with 16 Triple Crown nominees. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Spendthrift stands 12 of the 45 stallions that bred more than 140 mares last year, including Into Mischief, sire of 2020 Kentucky Derby winner Authentic and last year\u2019s runner-up, Mandaloun. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Although females were likely to have mating success in their lives, competition for mates among the males was a winner-take-all blood sport in which male mastodons would likely sire many offspring or none at all. \u2014 Peter Brannen, The Atlantic , 22 June 2022",
      "There are about 25 bulls in the herd who sire all of the babies. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "The tension is thought to stem from the two sexes\u2019 competing goals: The male duck wants to sire as many offspring as possible, while the female duck wants to choose the father of her children. \u2014 Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Grindstone would eventually sire more than 300 winners, most notably Birdstone, whose 2004 Belmont Stakes win thwarted Smarty Jones' pursuit of a Triple Crown. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Win early sire and steady works indicate readiness and the Robertson barn wins often with babies. \u2014 Star Tribune , 28 July 2021",
      "The notion of seeking out high-quality fathers to sire high-quality kids isn\u2019t new, of course. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 6 July 2021",
      "Essential Quality is regally owned and bred \u2014 by Dubai Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum's Godolphin stable \u2014 and his father is Tapit, who had a modest racing career only to become America's most dominant sire over the last 16 years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Apr. 2021",
      "In this story two primal beings, T\u2019ala\u2019as and Lilu, each sire a child. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, lord, feudal superior, from Vulgar Latin *seior , alteration of Latin senior older \u2014 more at senior":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u012br",
      "\u02c8s\u012b(\u0259)r",
      "\u02c8s\u012b(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dad",
      "daddy",
      "father",
      "old man",
      "pa",
      "papa",
      "poppa",
      "pater",
      "pop"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201348",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "sire index":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a measure of the prepotency and quality of a sire in terms of the production of his offspring and especially in respect to characteristics (such as egg or milk production) that he cannot himself exhibit \u2014 compare progeny test":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184642",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sireless":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": fatherless":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "sire entry 1 + -less":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u012b(\u0259)rl\u0259\u0307s",
      "-\u012b\u0259l-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174240",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "siren":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a device often electrically operated for producing a penetrating warning sound":[
        "an ambulance siren",
        "an air-raid siren"
      ],
      ": a woman who sings with enchanting sweetness":[],
      ": an apparatus producing musical tones especially in acoustical studies by the rapid interruption of a current of air, steam, or fluid by a perforated rotating disk":[],
      ": any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing":[],
      ": either of two North American eel-shaped amphibians that constitute a genus ( Siren ) and have small forelimbs but neither hind legs nor pelvis and have permanent external gills as well as lungs":[],
      ": resembling that of a siren : enticing":[],
      ": temptation sense 2":[],
      ": temptress":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the wailing of air-raid sirens",
      "one of history's most famous sirens , Cleopatra charmed both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Taylor, in the patrol vehicle, heard the call and was the first to arrive at the home in Florissant, with the vehicle siren on. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "When the siren wailed in our suburban New Jersey town, the volunteer firefighters scrambled to park their cars and leap over a wooden fence to the garage doors. \u2014 Bob Brody, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
      "According to the All Season Resort Lodging website, the siren began life in 1901 as a bell that weighed nearly a ton and was used as an emergency alarm. \u2014 Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "But in Kramatorsk, where the mayor says only a quarter of a prewar population of 220,000 remains, the unceasing wail of the siren has largely become background noise. \u2014 Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "Slay as the underwater siren in a scaly sequined suit. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022",
      "Moments later, the siren that had been blaring for more than 30 minutes stopped. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "When is the best time to use the siren on an animal",
      "The wail of the siren ripped into our ears and propelled us onto the floor. \u2014 Kate Tsurkan, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Emergency vehicle drivers face greater traffic in the city, more soundproofed cars and drivers who sometimes wear earbuds while driving, which often necessitate more siren use. \u2014 Melanie Grayce West, WSJ , 13 Feb. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1568, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French sereine , from Late Latin sirena , from Latin siren , from Greek seir\u0113n":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "for sense 3 also s\u012b-\u02c8r\u0113n",
      "\u02c8s\u012b-r\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "enchantress",
      "femme fatale",
      "seductress",
      "temptress"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082912",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "siren call":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": something that is very appealing and makes a person want to go somewhere or do something but that may have bad results":[
        "\u2014 often + of They could not resist the siren call of fame and money."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125554",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "siren song":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "the opportunity for fame and fortune is the siren song that has long lured the ambitious to the big city",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the likes of Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook and former Amazon Chief Jeff Bezos (succeeded by Andy Jassy) have resisted the siren song that has previously wrecked outsiders like AT&T and AOL. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "As pools begin to open and more people start to trade in their jackets and boots for shorts, tanks and sandals, the siren song of a backyard BBQ is hard to pass up. \u2014 Yaa Bofah, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The siren song of Lennon/McCartney once again drowns her out. \u2014 Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Previous leaders in Moscow \u2014 above all Mr. Gorbachev and Nikita S. Khrushchev \u2014 are portrayed as dupes, bewitched by the siren song of liberal reform and Western superiority. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Eventually in 2019, the siren song of the clock awakened the motivation within me as the old nagging question came back: What was my body willing and able to do",
      "Resolving to do the same thing each day, at the same time, has given my life a center, insulating me from the siren song of novelty and distraction that has caused me so much unhappiness in the past. \u2014 Meghan O\u2019gieblyn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The intake sound reminds us of the sounds of our youth and draws in our adult selves like a siren song . \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "These lucrative exits are the siren song that have attracted so many investors into the startup market in recent months. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 18 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1568, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "allurement",
      "bait",
      "come-on",
      "enticement",
      "lure",
      "temptation",
      "turn-on"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182404",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sirtaki":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Greek circle dance similar to a hora":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Greek syrtaki , from syrtos kind of folk dance, from Greek, probably from syrtos trailing, verbal of syrein to drag, trail behind":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "sir\u02c8t\u00e4k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115101",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "siruaballi":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": silver balli":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Arawak, from sirua , a tree of the genus Nectandra + balli similar":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccs(h)ir\u0259w\u0259\u02c8bal\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183416",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sirup":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a thick sticky solution of sugar and water often flavored or medicated":[],
      ": cloying sweetness or sentimentality":[],
      ": the concentrated juice of a fruit or plant":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070813",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sirvente":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually moral or religious song of the Proven\u00e7al troubadours satirizing social vices":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1819, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Occitan sirventes , literally, servant's song, from sirvent servant, from Latin servient-, serviens , present participle of servire to serve":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "sir-\u02c8v\u00e4nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215222",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sir":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a man entitled to be addressed as sir":[
        "\u2014 used as a title before the given name of a knight or baronet and formerly sometimes before the given name of a priest"
      ],
      ": a man of rank or position":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Governor Hutchinson, welcome back to Meet the Press, sir . GOV. \u2014 NBC News , 26 June 2022",
      "God bless you sir for putting so much effort into this race. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 18 May 2022",
      "Mayor Byron Brown of Buffalo, thank you so much, sir . \u2014 NBC News , 15 May 2022",
      "No offense sir , but was wondering what\u2019d the situation be if my response was typed in Kannada!! \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Foreign Minister Kuleba, welcome to Meet the Press, sir . \u2014 NBC News , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Hardworking Gentlemen | Natural Body Wash Are you, good sir , a gentleman of quality, work ethic, and uncompromising taste",
      "Nice try, sir , but this only makes Susie feel worse. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "No sir , and the reason is, different audiences treat music differently than 50 years ago. \u2014 Mark Elibert, Billboard , 14 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from sire":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172224"
  },
  "sir-reverence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably alteration of save-reverence , translation of Medieval Latin salva reverentia with all respect, literally, saving (your) reverence":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231258"
  },
  "Sirach":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a didactic book of the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament \u2014 see Bible Table":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u012b-rak",
      "also s\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek Seirach":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1812, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000925"
  },
  "Sir\u0101j-ud-Dawlah":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "circa 1732\u20131757 nabob of Bengal (1756\u201357)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259-\u02ccr\u00e4j-\u0259-\u02c8dau\u0307-l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061103"
  },
  "sirenian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of an order (Sirenia) of aquatic herbivorous mammals (such as a manatee, dugong, or Steller's sea cow) that have large forelimbs resembling paddles, no hind limbs, and a flattened tail resembling a fin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u012b-\u02c8r\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Indeed, the four sirenians in the tank seemed to be eating nonstop during my visit, in between gliding around the tank and coming up for air every few minutes. \u2014 Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "Discovered by the German naturalist Georg Steller around the Bering Sea\u2019s Commander Islands in 1741, this enormous and peculiar sirenian became an easy target for Russian hunters. \u2014 Brian Switek, WIRED , 24 June 2010"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Sirenia , from Latin siren":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164248"
  },
  "Sirenia":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals including the manatee, dugong, Steller's sea cow, and several fossil forms that have the tail horizontally flattened and expanded into a broad rounded or bilobed fin, the hind limbs rudimentary or wanting and the front ones paddle-shaped, and jaws with horny plates on the front part and usually numerous flat-crowned molar teeth":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u012b\u02c8r\u0113n\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin siren + New Latin -ia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200652"
  }
}