dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/cav_MW.json

{
  "Caviidae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of more or less tailless rodents having but three toes on each hind foot \u2014 see cavy":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Cavia , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0101\u02c8v\u012b\u0259\u02ccd\u0113",
      "k\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183520",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "Cavina":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Tacanan people of northwest Bolivia and adjacent Brazil":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": the language of the Cavina people":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish cavi\u00f1a , of American Indian origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02c8v\u0113ny\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002718",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Cavite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in Luzon, Philippines, on the":[
        "Cavite Peninsula in Manila Bay southwest of Manila"
      ],
      "population 92,000":[
        "Cavite Peninsula in Manila Bay southwest of Manila"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u00e4-\u02c8v\u0113-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120320",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Caviteno":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Spanish-based pidgin language spoken around Cavite , Philippines":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Philippine Spanish cavite\u00f1o , from Cavite , province & city of southwestern Luzon, Philippines":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0101n-",
      "\u02cckav\u0259\u02c8ten(\u02cc)y\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184114",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavalcade":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dramatic sequence or procession : series":[
        "a cavalcade of natural disasters"
      ],
      ": a procession (see procession entry 1 sense 1 ) of riders or carriages":[],
      ": a procession of vehicles or ships":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The cavalcade arrived at the hotel.",
      "a cavalcade of antique cars",
      "a cavalcade of natural disasters",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Vista again hosts the annual cavalcade of kilts and cabers, tartans and plaids, drums, bagpipes and everything Scottish this weekend at Brengle Terrace Park. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "It was replaced by something more typical for a U.S. Open: a topsy-turvy day in vexing golf-course conditions that had a cavalcade of famed and anonymous players jockeying up and down the leaderboard. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Under that lens, future life becomes a recycling cavalcade , especially for theatrical troupe the Traveling Symphony. \u2014 Bob Verini, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "Next weekend, Pharrell Williams will host his Something In The Water festival in Washington, D.C. with a cavalcade of famous friends on the lineup, including Justin Timberlake, Clipse, SZA and Q-Tip. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
      "The Earth somehow will continue to orbit the sun as another postseason proceeds without the Cowboys, the third seed, whose cavalcade of clumsiness reached its apex as time expired in their 23-17 loss to the sixth-seeded San Francisco 49ers. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "On Moscow\u2019s Red Square, Putin, 69, is due to preside over a cavalcade of troops and tanks, rockets and long-range ballistic missiles. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
      "If the Windsors have weathered a cavalcade of misfortunes and scandals, credit their determined family manager: the Queen. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "As the cavalcade stopped, the district collector stepped out of one of the cars. \u2014 Supriya Sharma, Quartz , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, probably borrowed from Italian cavalcata \"journey made by horse, group riding horseback, procession of riders accompanying a distinguished person, or formed on the occasion of a ceremony,\" from cavalcare \"to ride horseback\" (going back to Late Latin caballic\u0101re, from Latin caballus \"work horse, gelding\" + Late Latin -ic\u0101re, verb formative) + -ata, suffix of action and result; caballus, of obscure origin, perhaps a loanword from a language of the Balkans or Anatolia \u2014 more at -ade":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0259l-\u02cck\u0101d",
      "\u02ccka-v\u0259l-\u02c8k\u0101d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "armada",
      "caravan",
      "fleet",
      "line",
      "motorcade",
      "train"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092516",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavalier":{
    "antonyms":[
      "gentleman"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gentleman trained in arms and horsemanship":[],
      ": a lady's escort or dancing partner : gallant":[],
      ": a mounted soldier : knight":[],
      ": an adherent of Charles I of England":[],
      ": aristocratic":[
        "portrayed the plantation owner as a cavalier fop"
      ],
      ": debonair":[],
      ": marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain entry 1 ) dismissal of important matters":[
        "a cavalier attitude toward money",
        "has a cavalier disregard for the rights of others"
      ],
      ": of or relating to the English Cavalier poets of the mid-17th century":[],
      ": of or relating to the party of Charles I of England in his struggles with the Puritans and Parliament":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "They are too cavalier in their treatment of others.",
      "She has a cavalier attitude about spending money.",
      "He has a cavalier disregard for the rights of others.",
      "Noun",
      "a novel about the dashing cavaliers and gracious ladies of the South before the Civil War",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Such a cavalier attitude towards existing agreements will make future deals harder to strike. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Oct. 2017",
      "For visitors, the idea of taking the wheel is daunting; roads are narrow and lined with limestone walls. Plus, drivers in this sun-drenched, densely populated country of 450,000 are known for a somewhat cavalier attitude. \u2014 Roy Harris, chicagotribune.com , 28 Aug. 2017",
      "Prosecutors in his own office were repulsed and embarrassed by his cavalier dismissal of his own actions. \u2014 Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News , 15 June 2017",
      "For the first time in his career, his character's cavalier attitude towards death doesn't avoid it, but unleashes it. \u2014 Jake Kring-schreifels, Esquire , 10 June 2017",
      "Doug discovered a notation for choreography for eight women that fit the cavalier music perfectly and costume sketches for eight Sugar Plum Fairy attendants. \u2014 Leilah Bernstein, Los Angeles Magazine , 16 June 2017",
      "Obstetric medicine is like aviation: As even the worst airlines go years without a crash, so can even the most cavalier , careless hospitals go years without a mother or a baby dying or being serious injured. \u2014 Adam Wolfberg, The Atlantic , 26 May 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Finally, to call Alito\u2019s assessment of the ruling\u2019s consequences for women cavalier would be charitable. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
      "Given the fair amount of screen time that Johnny gets, there\u2019s something a little cavalier about how the story just kind of tosses him away. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "All the Kennedy boys played for the Crimson, but only Ted stuck with it, and this is in keeping with their overall reputations: Jack cavalier and charismatic, Bobby intense and self-righteous, Ted an indefatigable plugger. \u2014 Fred O\u2019brien, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Yet scholars of sociology, psychology and Asian American history said there was something serious \u2014 and damaging \u2014 behind this phenomenon of casual Asian-face blindness that borders on cavalier . \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2021",
      "The political turbulence in Bras\u00edlia comes as the government faces withering criticism, including calls for Mr. Bolsonaro\u2019s impeachment, for its cavalier and chaotic handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 313,000 Brazilians. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2021",
      "Health officials suspect younger residents are acting more cavalier as access to vaccinations increases. \u2014 Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Harrowhark Nonagesimus, having become a powerful immortal necromancer, or Lyctor, at the cost of her cavalier \u2019s life, is fighting battles on several fronts. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Nov. 2020",
      "But his dismissive rhetoric about the pandemic struck many older voters as cavalier and indifferent to their health and safety. \u2014 Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY , 9 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "circa 1641, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French, \"horseback rider, member of the gentry bearing arms, gallant,\" going back to Middle French, borrowed from later medieval Italian cavallere, cavaleru, cavalliere \"horseback rider, mounted soldier, courtly gentleman accompanying a lady,\" borrowed from Old Occitan cavalier \"horseman, mounted soldier, knight,\" going back to Late Latin caball\u0101rius \"horseback rider, groom\" (early Medieval Latin also \"serf performing duties on horseback, mounted soldier\"), from Latin caballus \"work horse, gelding\" + -\u0101rius -ary entry 1 \u2014 more at cavalcade":"Noun",
      "from attributive use of cavalier entry 2":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccka-v\u0259-\u02c8lir"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "arrogant",
      "assumptive",
      "bumptious",
      "chesty",
      "haughty",
      "high-and-mighty",
      "high-handed",
      "high-hat",
      "highfalutin",
      "hifalutin",
      "huffish",
      "huffy",
      "imperious",
      "important",
      "lofty",
      "lordly",
      "masterful",
      "overweening",
      "peremptory",
      "pompous",
      "presuming",
      "presumptuous",
      "pretentious",
      "self-asserting",
      "self-assertive",
      "sniffy",
      "stiff-necked",
      "supercilious",
      "superior",
      "toplofty",
      "toploftical",
      "uppish",
      "uppity"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064937",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": cut in soft rock : excavated":[
        "cavate cliff dwelling"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin cavatus , past participle of cavare to hollow out":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0101\u02ccv\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113546",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "cavatelli":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": pasta in the form of small shells having rolled edges":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1945, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Italian, from dialectal (Molise) cavati\u00e8ll\u0259, ch\u0119v\u0119ti\u00e9ll\u0259 (masculine plural), diminutive of caviat\u0259, ch\u0119vat\u0259 \"hollowed out pasta made from semolina and usually potato,\" from plural of cavat\u0259, ch\u0119vat\u0259 \"hollowed out, concave,\" from past participle of cav\u00e0, ch\u0119v\u00e0 \"to hollow out\" (Tuscan cavare )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4-v\u0259-\u02c8te-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081953",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavatina":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a songlike instrumental piece or movement":[],
      ": an operatic solo simpler and briefer than an aria":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gubanova did nicely with her cavatina despite some flatting of pitch at the lower end of her range. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 22 June 2018",
      "The chorus had to stand around staring cluelessly at deeply personal outpourings of grief; almost every aria\u2014a slow cavatina followed by a fast cabaletta\u2014was interrupted by some startling piece of news to justify the radical change of mood. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 29 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Italian, from cavata \"extraction, production of sound from an instrument\" (from cavare \"to dig out, extract\"\u2014going back to Latin cav\u0101re \"to hollow out\"\u2014 + -ata -ade ) + -ina, feminine of -ino, diminutive suffix, going back to Latin -\u012bnus, suffix of appurtenance \u2014 more at excavate":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4-",
      "\u02ccka-v\u0259-\u02c8t\u0113-n\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020304",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavayard":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": remuda":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "modification of Spanish caballada , from caballo horse (from Latin caballus ) + -ada -ade":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kav\u0259\u02ccy\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070920",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cave":{
    "antonyms":[
      "buckle",
      "collapse",
      "crumple",
      "founder",
      "give",
      "go",
      "go out",
      "implode",
      "tumble",
      "yield"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a natural chamber or series of chambers in the earth or in the side of a hill or cliff":[],
      ": a place providing privacy or seclusion from others":[
        "When a friend dragged her out of her cave to go salsa dancing for the first time, the rhythms \u2026 stepped into her soul \u2026",
        "\u2014 Leslie Guttman"
      ],
      ": to cause to fall or collapse":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in"
      ],
      ": to cease to resist : submit":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in"
      ],
      ": to explore caves especially as a sport or hobby":[],
      ": to fall in or down especially from being undermined":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in"
      ],
      ": to form a cave in or under":[],
      "\u2014 see also man cave":[
        "When a friend dragged her out of her cave to go salsa dancing for the first time, the rhythms \u2026 stepped into her soul \u2026",
        "\u2014 Leslie Guttman"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1513, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English caven, in part derivative of cave cave entry 1 , in part borrowed from Latin cav\u0101re \"to hollow out\" \u2014 more at excavate":"Verb",
      "Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin cava, noun derivative from feminine of cavus \"hollow, concave\" \u2014 more at hole entry 1":"Noun",
      "probably alteration of calve":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0101v"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "antre",
      "cavern",
      "delve",
      "grot",
      "grotto"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021734",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "cave (in)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a place where earth has caved in":[],
      ": the action of caving in":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0101v-\u02ccin"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032210",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cave art":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the art of Paleolithic humans represented by drawings and paintings on the walls of caves":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052944",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cave bat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125614",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cave bear":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a very large extinct bear ( Ursus spelaeus ) known especially from Pleistocene deposits in European caves":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Discovered in the uppermost level at the site, the talons and foot bone were found in the same sedimentary layer as many cave bear bones, Neandertal tools, a fragmentary child\u2019s cranium and at least one hearth. \u2014 David W. Frayer, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "One perhaps overzealous physician posthumously diagnosed a Cuban crocodile, a Canary Island monk seal, and a prehistoric German cave bear . \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "According to the team, the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species or sub-species that lived in Eurasia in the Middle and Late Pleistocene period and became extinct some 15,000 years ago. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 7 Aug. 2021",
      "Melting ice and thawing permafrost have already revealed a colony of mummified penguins, an Ice Age cave bear , ancient cave lion cubs and an extinct baby horse. \u2014 Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2020",
      "Most cave bear remains discovered so far have been odd bones and skulls. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Sep. 2020",
      "In fact, most cave bear fossils have been found inside caves, and paleontologists think these bears probably lived in the caves full-time, rather than just popping in for a quick four-month nap. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 14 Sep. 2020",
      "The cave bear carcass presents several opportunities for new research into Ice Age ecosystems. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Sep. 2020",
      "The Ice Age cave bear was found in melting permafrost on Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, the largest of the Lyakhovsky Islands, which are part of the New Siberian Islands archipelago off northern Russia. \u2014 James Rogers, Fox News , 16 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1865, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125141",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavea":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the tiered semicircular seating space of an ancient theater":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0101-",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4v\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031923",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "caveare":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of caveare obsolete variant of caviar"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235122",
    "type":[]
  },
  "caveat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a legal warning to a judicial officer to suspend a proceeding until the opposition has a hearing":[],
      ": a modifying or cautionary detail to be considered when evaluating, interpreting, or doing something":[
        "The driving instructor gave his students this caveat : if you are driving under the speed limit, stay in the far right lane."
      ],
      ": a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices":[
        "a caveat against unfair practices"
      ],
      ": an explanation to prevent misinterpretation":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Sound great",
      "We'll add a caveat of our own for parents: After your kids walk through 17,500 gal. of swirling water, they're not going to be satisfied running through the lawn sprinkler. \u2014 Jim Wilson , Popular Mechanics , July 1999",
      "But the youthquake in the new economy comes with a caveat that also may begin applying to politics. If you're inexperienced and you want a big job, you'd better be smart as hell. \u2014 Jonathan Alter , Newsweek , 22 Nov. 1999",
      "\u2026 a cluster bomb can destroy objects over a wider area, with the important caveat that it is effective only if the bomblets have sufficient destructive power on their own. \u2014 Norman Friedman , Desert Victory , 1991",
      "His investment advice comes with a caveat : that the stock market is impossible to predict with absolute accuracy.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What follows is a smorgasbord of observations and analyses of this year\u2019s local and state primary elections, with the caveat that votes are still being counted. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "The short answer is yes, with the obvious caveat that carrier safety is contingent on proper usage. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
      "The league could wait for a resolution in the lawsuits before announcing a decision or hand out discipline with a caveat that things could change if new information surfaces. \u2014 Tom Withers, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "With the caveat that A24 is a domestic-centric distributor, Everything, Everywhere has now earned at least $61 million, behind only Moonlight ($65 million), Lady Bird ($79 million) and Hereditary ($81 million). \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "But their success comes with the unique caveat of knowing the team that stands in their way very well. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 12 May 2022",
      "But with that caveat , 116 years ago San Francisco experienced something closer to what Mariupol, Kherson, Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities and towns are undergoing than any American city ever has. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The appointment also came with the caveat that Musk would not acquire more than 14.9 percent of Twitter\u2019s stock. \u2014 Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Those that use their Mac for web-browsing, emails, and basic productivity, should save their cash and get the Mac Mini, with the caveat that rumors indicate Apple may update the Mac Mini within the next year. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, let him beware, from cav\u0113re \u2014 more at hear":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccat",
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4t, -\u02ccat; \u02c8k\u00e4-v\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4t, \u02c8k\u0101-v\u0113-\u02ccat",
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-v\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8k\u0101-v\u0113-\u02ccat"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112538",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "cavern":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to form a cavern of : hollow":[
        "\u2014 used with out"
      ],
      ": to place in or as if in a cavern":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a cavern with beautiful stalactites",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The afternoon progressed quickly: in the engineering room, a dark cavern full of pipes and machines, Sammie and a group of children in white and brown robes studied the schematics of the ship. \u2014 Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "One of the main anchors had been a 200,000 square foot Sears \u2014 now a dark, empty cavern waiting to be repurposed. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "The shot of him training in a mossy cavern next to a giant skeleton gives off major Luke-on-Dagobah vibes. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Jeffrey fled his enslaver in the early 1800s and hid for about a month in a cavern notched into a shoreline cliff. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "There were four seconds remaining when Slater stroked into it, riding backside down the elevator-steep drop and into a massive cavern . \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "The 30-minute drive through the winding cavern includes over 40 themed displays, nine mapping projections, approximately 900 Christmas light displays and over 4 million points of light. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Park patrons strap themselves into cotton overalls and helmets, descend into a mountain by train, and step into an expansive two-chambered cavern to start the experience. \u2014 Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online , 3 July 2014",
      "The bathhouse\u2014a cool cavern with a simple skylight\u2014was designed to feel like a cenote, another nod to the landscape of the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula. \u2014 Jessie Heyman, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In the hunt, scientists have erected detectors in a South Dakota cavern a mile underground, at the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia, under a mountain in Japan, and on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. \u2014 Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ , 12 July 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English caverne, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin caverna \"hollow space, crevice, tree hole, cave,\" from cavus \"hollow, sunken\" + -erna, noun-forming suffix of uncertain origin \u2014 more at hole entry 1":"Noun",
      "derivative of cavern entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kav-\u0259rn",
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0259rn",
      "also -vr\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "antre",
      "cave",
      "delve",
      "grot",
      "grotto"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075207",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "cavie":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a coop or cage for hens":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "obsolete Dutch or obsolete Flemish kavie , from Middle Dutch cavie ; akin to Old Saxon & Old High German kevia cage; all from a prehistoric D-Low German-High German word borrowed from Latin cavea cage":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180105",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavil":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to raise trivial and frivolous objection":[
        "The author caviled about the design of the book's cover."
      ],
      ": to raise trivial objections to":[
        "He caviled the conditions of the agreement."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I don't intend to cavil or compromise.",
      "A customer caviled about the price.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As much as Republicans want to cavil about the efficiency of state government, the truth is that the healthcare system in place now is the very antithesis of effectiveness and efficiency. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "However, the actual interiors of this four-bedroom home are nothing to cavil at. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 7 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1542, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin cavillari to jest, cavil, from cavilla raillery; akin to Latin calvi to deceive \u2014 more at calumny":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "carp",
      "fuss",
      "niggle",
      "nitpick",
      "quibble"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045103",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "caviling":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to raise trivial and frivolous objection":[
        "The author caviled about the design of the book's cover."
      ],
      ": to raise trivial objections to":[
        "He caviled the conditions of the agreement."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I don't intend to cavil or compromise.",
      "A customer caviled about the price.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As much as Republicans want to cavil about the efficiency of state government, the truth is that the healthcare system in place now is the very antithesis of effectiveness and efficiency. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "However, the actual interiors of this four-bedroom home are nothing to cavil at. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 7 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1542, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin cavillari to jest, cavil, from cavilla raillery; akin to Latin calvi to deceive \u2014 more at calumny":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "carp",
      "fuss",
      "niggle",
      "nitpick",
      "quibble"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184752",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "cavilingly":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a caviling manner":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090250",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "cavilingness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being caviling":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062821",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavillation":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": cavil":[
        "sophistical cavillation"
      ],
      ": the raising of cavils":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English cavillacioun , from Middle French cavillation , from Latin cavillation-, cavillatio , from cavillatus , (past participle of cavillari to cavil) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckav\u0259\u02c8l\u0101sh\u0259n",
      "-vi\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234246",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavilling":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to raise trivial and frivolous objection":[
        "The author caviled about the design of the book's cover."
      ],
      ": to raise trivial objections to":[
        "He caviled the conditions of the agreement."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I don't intend to cavil or compromise.",
      "A customer caviled about the price.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As much as Republicans want to cavil about the efficiency of state government, the truth is that the healthcare system in place now is the very antithesis of effectiveness and efficiency. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "However, the actual interiors of this four-bedroom home are nothing to cavil at. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 7 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1542, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin cavillari to jest, cavil, from cavilla raillery; akin to Latin calvi to deceive \u2014 more at calumny":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "carp",
      "fuss",
      "niggle",
      "nitpick",
      "quibble"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020728",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "cavillous":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": given to cavil : caviling":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204625",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "caving":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the sport of exploring caves : spelunking":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Day or overnight tours can include camping, fishing, swimming, caving , and/or sightseeing. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
      "Its 40,000 acres have hiking\u2014including the difficult climb up 4,400-foot Mount Mansfield, the state\u2019s highest point\u2014as well as bouldering, ice climbing, caving , and mountain biking. \u2014 Alison Van Houten, Outside Online , 6 June 2019",
      "Spelunking is more hardcore caving \u2014crawling, climbing, and squeezing through spaces that Mother Nature seems to have designed specifically to prevent human beings from accessing. \u2014 Tony Bradley, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Enter to win a trip for two to see and experience all the wonder that Belize has to offer, including high-adrenaline adventures like snorkeling, scuba diving, caving , and ziplining! \u2014 Outside Online , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Their findings were announced at the Hidden Earth 2014 national caving conference, held in England over the weekend of September 26. \u2014 Reid Singer, Outside Online , 30 Sep. 2014",
      "But their political push -- a bid to pressure the holdout senator into caving -- only further invoked his ire. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "But the professor, Shimon Wdowinski, cautioned against blaming the collapse on the caving ground. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2021",
      "But the professor, Shimon Wdowinski, cautioned against blaming the collapse on the caving ground. \u2014 Curt Anderson And Bernard Condon, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1932, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0101-vi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135938",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavitied":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having cavities":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-v\u0259t|\u0113d",
      "\u02c8kav\u0259t|\u0113d",
      "|id"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183649",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "cavitoma":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a series of changes in cotton fiber involving loss of strength and resulting from the activities of microorganisms":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin cavitas + New Latin -oma":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckav\u0259\u02c8t\u014dm\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110338",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavity":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bulge",
      "camber",
      "convexity",
      "jut",
      "projection",
      "protrusion",
      "protuberance"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an area of decay in a tooth : caries":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Some birds nest in tree cavities .",
      "I had two cavities filled at the dentist's.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sprays, in contrast, must make their way into the nasal cavity without being sneezed out. \u2014 Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American , 3 May 2022",
      "Place the herbs, onion and lemon from the brine in the cavity of the turkey. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "For those unfamiliar, an ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the main cavity of the uterus (most often, in the fallopian tube). \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Enlarge / Scanning electron micrograph of a single fecal pellet (coprolite) found in the cranial cavity of a fossilized fish. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Season fish cavity and exterior with salt, and set aside. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "Copper IUDs release copper ions into the uterine cavity , which are toxic to sperm. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "Although most ectopic pregnancies occur in the fallopian tube, an egg can also implant in the cervix, abdominal cavity , ovary, or even the scar from a cesarean section. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
      "According to a GoFundMe page Wilson started to cover Eva\u2019s vet bills, the dog suffered two skull fractures, a puncture to her sinus cavity and swelling around her left eye. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French cavit\u00e9, borrowed from Late Latin cavit\u0101t-, cavit\u0101s, from Latin cavus \"hollow, concave\" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity \u2014 more at hole entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8kav-\u0259t-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "concavity",
      "dent",
      "depression",
      "dint",
      "hole",
      "hollow",
      "indentation",
      "indenture",
      "pit",
      "recess"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110701",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavity oscillator":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an ultrahigh-frequency oscillator whose frequency is controlled by means of a cavity resonator":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012202",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavity resonator":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an electronic device consisting of a space usually enclosed by metallic walls within which resonant electromagnetic fields may be excited and extracted for use in microwave systems":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025535",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavity wall":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually masonry wall built in two thicknesses separated by an air space that provides thermal insulation":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031131",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "caviuna wood":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": brazilian rosewood":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Portuguese cabiuna , probably from Tupi caa- biuna":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02c8vy\u00fc-",
      "\u00a6kav\u0113\u00a6\u00fcn\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060910",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavolo nero":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": tuscan kale":[
        "Chefs and savvy travelers have long revered the bumpy, palm-shaped leaves for their deep flavor and color. Now, cavolo nero , a winter vegetable in Tuscany, is grown here year-round.",
        "\u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Dec. 1998",
        "Cultivated in Tuscany starting in the 18th century (and perhaps even earlier), cavolo nero is prized for its bountiful growth through the lean winter months.",
        "\u2014 Indrani Sen , Saveur , November 2007"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1777, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Italian, literally, \"black cabbage\". Though Italian cavolo is conventionally translated \"cabbage,\" the word, with a dependent modifier, actually covers most edible varieties of Brassica oleracea. Cavolo , going back to Late Latin caulus (Latin caulis \"stalk of a plant, cabbage\") is apparently dependent on southern dialect forms with preservation of the diphthong and an interposed consonant; the regular central Italian development is represented by Umbrian dialect c\u00f2lo (see Gerhard Rolhlfs, Grammatica storica della lingua italiana e dei suoi dialetti: Fonetica [Turin: Einaudi, 1966], p. 64)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-v\u0259-(\u02cc)l\u014d-\u02c8ner-(\u02cc)\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115805",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cavort":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to engage in extravagant behavior":[
        "The governor has been criticized for cavorting with celebrities."
      ],
      ": to leap or dance about in a lively manner":[
        "Otters cavorted in the stream."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Otters cavorted in the stream.",
      "children cavorting on the first sunny day of spring",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Soon conversation turned to a club in Japan where women are said to cavort with octopuses. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Of the several hundred attendees celebrating the freedom to cavort without masks or social distancing, at least 72 came down with COVID over the following few days. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The license to cavort and disregard the strictures of Lent is Ireland's version of Carnival. \u2014 CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Gray whales spend winters in the shallow lagoons of Baja California, Mexico, where females nurse their calves and others cavort and mate. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "Fairies dance in the shadow of a New Hampshire forest, and peasant children cavort amid the greenery of Brookline\u2019s Larz Anderson Park. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2021",
      "The dream there is to create another Marvel-like universe of characters who could cavort across different platforms. \u2014 Maureen Dowd, New York Times , 10 Oct. 2020",
      "In the QAnon imagination, Democrats and celebrities commingle in orgies of bloodlust, while demons of the figurative and literal variety cavort their way to supreme intoxication. \u2014 Talia Lavin, The New Republic , 29 Sep. 2020",
      "Not one folding chair, bar-b-que pit or beer cooler was to be seen beneath the highway ramps, where clusters of black and gold-clad revelers usually cavort on game days. \u2014 Doug Maccash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 13 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "earlier also cauvaut, cavault, covault, of obscure origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8vort",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8v\u022frt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "caper",
      "disport",
      "frisk",
      "frolic",
      "gambol",
      "lark",
      "rollick",
      "romp",
      "sport"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074218",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "cavy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Summer may just be starting to simmer down, but PetSmart is already prepping cavy owners for All Hallows Eve with nine guinea pig costumes fitting for different personalities. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, House Beautiful , 23 Aug. 2019",
      "This festival features everything great about animal fiber and will feature goats, sheep, rabbits and vendors, as well as a cavy show, or a presentation of small rodents. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 July 2019",
      "For now, the zoo's all-male group will remain the only cavies onsite. \u2014 Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com , 22 May 2018",
      "By comparison, the cavy is the world's fourth largest rodent and can weigh up to 20 pounds. \u2014 Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com , 22 May 2018",
      "Temperate Forest: To the east is the 25-foot-high treehouse that will be accessible to the handicapped and an exhibit on coatis (a member of the raccoon family) and Patagonian cavies (a rodent that resembles a cross between a rabbit and a deer). \u2014 Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com , 12 Jan. 2018",
      "Other animal shows and displays feature dogs and miniature horses, Sept. 1-4; Animals of the World, Sept. 7-13; pygmy goats, Sept. 21-24; and rabbits and cavies , Sept. 10-14. \u2014 Madeline Mckenzie, The Seattle Times , 30 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1796, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Cavia , genus name, from obsolete Portuguese \u00e7avia (now saui\u00e1 ) the spiny rat Makalata ( Echimys ) armata , from Tupi sauj\u00e1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0101-v\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195025",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "caveat lector":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": let the reader beware":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccat-",
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0113-",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-w\u0101-\u02cc\u00e4t-\u02c8lek-\u02cct\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165606"
  },
  "caviller":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to raise trivial and frivolous objection":[
        "The author caviled about the design of the book's cover."
      ],
      ": to raise trivial objections to":[
        "He caviled the conditions of the agreement."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "carp",
      "fuss",
      "niggle",
      "nitpick",
      "quibble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "I don't intend to cavil or compromise.",
      "A customer caviled about the price.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As much as Republicans want to cavil about the efficiency of state government, the truth is that the healthcare system in place now is the very antithesis of effectiveness and efficiency. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "However, the actual interiors of this four-bedroom home are nothing to cavil at. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 7 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin cavillari to jest, cavil, from cavilla raillery; akin to Latin calvi to deceive \u2014 more at calumny":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1542, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192231"
  },
  "caviler":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to raise trivial and frivolous objection":[
        "The author caviled about the design of the book's cover."
      ],
      ": to raise trivial objections to":[
        "He caviled the conditions of the agreement."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "carp",
      "fuss",
      "niggle",
      "nitpick",
      "quibble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "I don't intend to cavil or compromise.",
      "A customer caviled about the price.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As much as Republicans want to cavil about the efficiency of state government, the truth is that the healthcare system in place now is the very antithesis of effectiveness and efficiency. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "However, the actual interiors of this four-bedroom home are nothing to cavil at. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 7 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin cavillari to jest, cavil, from cavilla raillery; akin to Latin calvi to deceive \u2014 more at calumny":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1542, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234852"
  },
  "cave beetle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various cave-inhabiting beetles without eyes or with degenerate eyes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235137"
  },
  "cavernous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having caverns or cavities":[],
      ": composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part":[],
      ": constituting or suggesting a cavern":[
        "a cavernous warehouse"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kav-\u0259r-n\u0259s",
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0259r-n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "We toured the cavernous airplane hangar.",
      "The dance was held in a cavernous hall.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Taking up one cavernous space, the show includes winding open-concept displays along a pathway resembling a workbench, decked out in Herm\u00e8s\u2019s brightest pigments. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 June 2022",
      "In a cavernous audition space, one by one the circus performers contorted, flipped, spun, danced and stood on their heads (at one point while on another person\u2019s head), drawn from around the world to this circus casting call. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Third, the place eschews the usual design elements of so many steakhouses by virtue of it being set within the cavernous space of what was once the United Charities Building, gifted in 1893 by wealthy Scotsman John S. Kennedy. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Another incident took place in January 2020 on the reactor refueling floor \u2014 a cavernous space high up inside the building that houses the reactor, along with the gargantuan steel-and-concrete structures that protect its core. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "And most indelibly, the loud clap of a gunshot, reverberating across the cavernous chamber. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick, Chron , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "A few months after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Sara Jacobs was jolted back to one of the most terrifying moments in her life by a sound: the echoing thud of the doors to the cavernous House chamber slamming shut. \u2014 Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "In Eagle Pass, Border Patrol buses with asylum seekers now arrive in a constant stream at the main respite center, which had to move from its small downtown space to a cavernous , warehouse-like building. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Harvell, a 50-year employee of the company, was among a lineup of dignitaries who spoke at the announcement inside the long, cavernous metal building that will house the facility. \u2014 Noel Oman, Arkansas Online , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin cavern\u014dsus \"having hollows or depressions,\" from caverna \"hollow space, cavern entry 1 \" + -\u014dsus -ous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012504"
  },
  "cavernous body":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": corpus cavernosum":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "translation of New Latin corpus cavernosum":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035349"
  },
  "cavernulous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": full of little cavities":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ka\u02c8v\u0259rny\u0259l\u0259s\u02cc k\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin cavernula (diminutive of caverna cavern) + English -ous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042949"
  },
  "cave canem":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": beware the dog":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4-w\u0101-\u02c8k\u00e4-\u02ccnem"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064334"
  },
  "cavernicolous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": inhabiting caves":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccka-v\u0259r-\u02c8ni-k\u0259-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "cavern entry 1 + -i- + -colous , probably after French cavernicole":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100708"
  },
  "caves":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a natural chamber or series of chambers in the earth or in the side of a hill or cliff":[],
      ": a place providing privacy or seclusion from others":[
        "When a friend dragged her out of her cave to go salsa dancing for the first time, the rhythms \u2026 stepped into her soul \u2026",
        "\u2014 Leslie Guttman"
      ],
      "\u2014 see also man cave":[
        "When a friend dragged her out of her cave to go salsa dancing for the first time, the rhythms \u2026 stepped into her soul \u2026",
        "\u2014 Leslie Guttman"
      ],
      ": to form a cave in or under":[],
      ": to explore caves especially as a sport or hobby":[],
      ": to fall in or down especially from being undermined":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in"
      ],
      ": to cease to resist : submit":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in"
      ],
      ": to cause to fall or collapse":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0101v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antre",
      "cavern",
      "delve",
      "grot",
      "grotto"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "buckle",
      "collapse",
      "crumple",
      "founder",
      "give",
      "go",
      "go out",
      "implode",
      "tumble",
      "yield"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin cava, noun derivative from feminine of cavus \"hollow, concave\" \u2014 more at hole entry 1":"Noun",
      "Middle English caven, in part derivative of cave cave entry 1 , in part borrowed from Latin cav\u0101re \"to hollow out\" \u2014 more at excavate":"Verb",
      "probably alteration of calve":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
      "1513, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113512"
  },
  "cave-in":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the action of caving in":[],
      ": a place where earth has caved in":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0101v-\u02ccin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131715"
  },
  "caverns":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to place in or as if in a cavern":[],
      ": to form a cavern of : hollow":[
        "\u2014 used with out"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also -vr\u0259n",
      "\u02c8kav-\u0259rn",
      "\u02c8ka-v\u0259rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antre",
      "cave",
      "delve",
      "grot",
      "grotto"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a cavern with beautiful stalactites",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In addition to zip lining and aerial ropes, the cavern also offers a historic tram tour and a 90-minute walking tour. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
      "Each attack has left scars throughout the city, from the ruins of the Roman Forum to the cavern of the Circus Maximus where chariots once raced. \u2014 Barbie Latza Nadeau With Hada Messia, CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "Not a man cave, mind you, where heat from adjacent men is a constant threat, but an actual cavern . \u2014 Eli Burnstein, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "The afternoon progressed quickly: in the engineering room, a dark cavern full of pipes and machines, Sammie and a group of children in white and brown robes studied the schematics of the ship. \u2014 Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "One of the main anchors had been a 200,000 square foot Sears \u2014 now a dark, empty cavern waiting to be repurposed. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "The shot of him training in a mossy cavern next to a giant skeleton gives off major Luke-on-Dagobah vibes. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Jeffrey fled his enslaver in the early 1800s and hid for about a month in a cavern notched into a shoreline cliff. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "There were four seconds remaining when Slater stroked into it, riding backside down the elevator-steep drop and into a massive cavern . \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In the hunt, scientists have erected detectors in a South Dakota cavern a mile underground, at the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia, under a mountain in Japan, and on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. \u2014 Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ , 12 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English caverne, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin caverna \"hollow space, crevice, tree hole, cave,\" from cavus \"hollow, sunken\" + -erna, noun-forming suffix of uncertain origin \u2014 more at hole entry 1":"Noun",
      "derivative of cavern entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160758"
  },
  "cave hyena":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an extinct hyena whose remains are found abundantly in British caves and now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192106"
  },
  "cave pearl":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small smooth round concretion of carbonate of lime found in limestone caves":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211717"
  },
  "caveat emptor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a principle in commerce: without a warranty the buyer takes the risk":[
        "Caveat emptor is a reasonable approach for many consumer products."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02cct\u022fr",
      "-\u02c8emp-t\u0259r, -\u02cct\u022fr",
      "-\u02c8em(p)-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Latin expression caveat emptor (buyer beware) serves as a cautionary piece of good advice. \u2014 Yoav Kutner, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "New Yorkers are going to be talking about Speaker\u2019s Corner, at 8-5, but caveat emptor . \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "In early April, the federal agency that regulates wine and other alcoholic beverages issued a mild warning to producers \u2014 and a caveat emptor to consumers \u2014 about potentially misleading health claims in advertising. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "All this may sound alarmist, a caveat emptor of preemptive self-pity for the prospective thru-hiker. \u2014 Outside Online , 25 Jan. 2021",
      "As for the underwriters who structure such deals, caveat emptor is their motto. \u2014 Richard Lehmann, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "But caveat emptor : these items generally do not come with a manufacturer\u2019s warranty, but all are backed by Amazon\u2019s liberal return policy. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "One significant caveat emptor with Bishop: injury woes. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 July 2021",
      "Other lemon vodkas will be fine, but be warned that the producer can add sugar to the vodka and not tell anyone, so caveat emptor . \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 15 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, let the buyer beware":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1523, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231727"
  }
}