": a genus of Old World herbs (family Rubiaceae) with small flowers and whorled leaves \u2014 see woodruff":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from feminine of asperulus":""
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"a\u02c8sper(y)\u0259l\u0259",
"\u0259\u02c8-"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"definitions":{
": an order of Streptoneura comprising marine gastropods having the nervous system only slightly concentrated, usually exhibiting clear traces of ancestral bilateral symmetry, with two kidneys and two auricles, and including the limpets and other primitive forms":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from aspid- + -branchia":""
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"-\u02c8bra\u014bk\u0113\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054434",
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"plural noun"
]
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"definitions":[
"Definition of Aspidocephali taxonomic synonym of cephalaspida"
],
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"New Latin, from aspid- + -cephali"
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"-\u02c8sef\u0259\u02ccl\u012b"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-144541",
"type":[]
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"definitions":{
": an order of chiefly tropical holothurians having tube feet and having the branches of the tentacles confined to the tip where they form a more or less circular shield-shaped terminal disk":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from aspid- + Greek -cheir\u014dta (neuter plural of -cheir\u014dtos , from cheir hand)":""
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"-\u02cck\u012b\u02c8r\u014dt\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051129",
"type":[
"plural noun"
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"Definition of Aspidocotylea taxonomic synonym of aspidogastrea"
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"New Latin, from aspid- + -cotylea (from Greek kotyl\u0113 anything hollow)"
],
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"-k\u0259\u02c8til\u0113\u0259",
"-\u02cck\u00e4t\u1d4al\u02c8\u0113\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003851",
"type":[]
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"definitions":{
": a small subclass of Trematoda comprising flukes with large complex ventral sucking disks that are intermediate in some respects between monogenetic and digenetic trematodes and are internal or external parasites of aquatic animals, sometimes having alternation of hosts though completely lacking sexual reproduction":[]
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"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from aspid- + -gastrea (from Greek gastr-, gast\u0113r stomach)":""
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"-\u02c8gastr\u0113\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223526",
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"plural noun"
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"\u2026 all that's best of dark and bright / Meet in her aspect and her eyes.",
"\u2014 Lord Byron"
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": a particular status or phase in which something appears or may be regarded":[
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": a position facing a particular direction : exposure":[
"a house with a southern aspect"
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": appearance to the eye or mind":[
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": the manner of presentation of a plane to a fluid through which it is moving or to a current":[],
": the nature of the action of a verb as to its beginning, duration, completion, or repetition and without reference to its position in time":[]
},
"examples":[
"depending on what aspect of college life you consider most important, there are several colleges which might be good for you",
"he has the aspect of a man used to giving orders and seeing them obeyed",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is a powerful cathartic aspect to those purification rituals. \u2014 Dimitris Xygalatas, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
"There is a team aspect to the format that few understand or will likely care about. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
"There is a self-fulfilling aspect to recessionary psychology. \u2014 Alexis Christoforous, ABC News , 17 June 2022",
"There is the functional aspect of the job and the people part. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Providing safe access to healthcare is an essential aspect of our employee benefits. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 25 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, even as the delineation between Oscar and Emmy is resolved, doc eligibility may be the most confusing aspect of the Emmy. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"Having tools for family members to study with one another is an important aspect of language revitalization. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Maybe event records won\u2019t be shattered, but that bridge is a gradual incline for the most part and could be a unique aspect of the race. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
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"Middle English, from Latin aspectus , from aspicere to look at, from ad- + specere to look \u2014 more at spy":""
},
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"\u02c8a-\u02ccspekt",
"\u02c8as-\u02ccpekt"
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"synonyms":[
"angle",
"facet",
"hand",
"phase",
"side"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175117",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a ratio of one dimension to another: such as":[],
": the ratio of span to mean chord of an airfoil":[],
": the ratio of the width of a television or motion-picture image to its height":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bezels measuring 9 mm surround the tablet\u2019s 13.3-inch touchscreen, which uses the 3:2 aspect ratio and 2880\u00d71920 pixels. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
"With a 3:2 aspect ratio , the Spectre\u2019s display offers a superior view compared to the 16:10 and 16:9 displays offered on most laptops. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The Chromebook also gets a taller display, with a 13.5-inch screen that has a 3:2 aspect ratio , providing more vertical viewing space for reading pages with less scrolling. \u2014 Brian Westover, PCMAG , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Cinematographer Oscar Ignacio Jim\u00e9nez frames things from a distance, the uncommon, boxy aspect ratio suggesting a domestic family slideshow more than the adventure movie at the center of which Joseph imagines himself. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Inside a boxy aspect ratio , auteur V\u00edctor Checa paints a deliberately drab vision of Lima, Peru, where the atmospheric cinematography and lo-fi elements of technology in the narrative create a gritty and grounded take on science fiction. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Intimately shot by Ruben Impens in the snug 4:3 aspect ratio , the film begins with the young Pietro (Lupo Barbiero), an only child about to turn 12, on vacation with his family from Turin in summer 1984 in a rustic village in the Italian Alps. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"The screen itself is in 16:10 aspect ratio , making for an unusual 2,880-by-1,800-pixel resolution. \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 9 May 2022",
"Wasting so much space means the display comes with a weird 5:3 aspect ratio , which several reports say causes problems with Android app layouts. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182919",
"type":[
"noun"
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"aspen":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of several poplars (especially Populus tremula of Europe and P. tremuloides and P. grandidentata of North America) with leaves that flutter in the lightest wind because of their flattened petioles":[],
"resort city in west central Colorado population 6658":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This campground in Fishlake National Forest sits partially within a grove of around 50,000 aspen trees united by a single root system. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 3 June 2022",
"The house sits on an acre that backs up to the El Dorado National Forest with two creeks, a natural spring and a grove of about 400 aspen trees. \u2014 Jon Schultz, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Clear-felling is different from clear-cutting because aspen trees can sprout new shoots from their roots. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Once again, the men\u2019s snowboard halfpipe competition at X Games aspen came down to Japan\u2019s Ayumu Hirano and Australia\u2019s Scotty James. \u2014 Michelle Bruton, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The light shimmered off the aspen leaves like God\u2019s own disco ball. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The light shimmered off the aspen leaves like God\u2019s own disco ball. \u2014 Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica , 3 Jan. 2022",
"This entire ecosystem relies on the aspen remaining healthy and upright. \u2014 Richard Elton Walton, CNN , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Suddenly, an enormous whoosh rose from the canyon, and a copse of aspen exploded. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, of an aspen, from asp aspen, from Old English \u00e6spe ; akin to Old High German aspa aspen, Russian osina":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-sp\u0259n"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203418",
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
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"asperity":{
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
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"definitions":{
": rigor , severity":[
"\u2026 whether hearing herself described as a 'lovely woman' softened the asperity of her grief \u2026",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
],
": roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger":[
"He asked with some asperity just what they were implying."
],
": roughness of sound":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By the time Keane wrote Devoted Ladies, a note of asperity had crept into her fiction. \u2014 Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books , 22 Nov. 2018",
"Imagine Don Draper\u2019s grasp of American psychopathology delivered with the pithy asperity of Emily Dickinson. \u2014 Megan O\u2019grady, New York Times , 19 Oct. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English asprete , from Anglo-French aspret\u00e9 , from aspre rough, from Latin asper , from Old Latin *absperos , from ab- ab- + -speros ; akin to Sanskrit apasphura repelling, Latin spernere to spurn \u2014 more at spurn entry 1":""
},
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"\u0259-\u02c8sper-\u0259-t\u0113",
"-\u02c8spe-r\u0259-",
"a-"
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"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040059",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": rough , scabrous":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin asper rough + English -ous":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8asp(\u0259)r\u0259s"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000418",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of aspers plural of asper"
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-183237",
"type":[]
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"asperse":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to attack with evil reports or false or injurious charges":[]
},
"examples":[
"how dare you asperse the character of our dedicated pastor!"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin aspersus , past participle of aspergere , from ad- + spargere to scatter \u2014 more at spark":""
},
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"\u0259-\u02c8sp\u0259rs",
"a-"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for asperse malign , traduce , asperse , vilify , calumniate , defame , slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. the most maligned monarch in British history traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim. so traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction. both candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse. no criminal was more vilified in the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions. falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name. sued them for defaming her reputation slander stresses the suffering of the victim. town gossips slandered their good name",
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"blacken",
"calumniate",
"defame",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"smear",
"traduce",
"vilify"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233534",
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that asperses":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-s\u0259(r)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011417",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"aspersing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to attack with evil reports or false or injurious charges":[]
},
"examples":[
"how dare you asperse the character of our dedicated pastor!"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin aspersus , past participle of aspergere , from ad- + spargere to scatter \u2014 more at spark":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8sp\u0259rs",
"a-"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for asperse malign , traduce , asperse , vilify , calumniate , defame , slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. the most maligned monarch in British history traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim. so traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction. both candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse. no criminal was more vilified in the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions. falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name. sued them for defaming her reputation slander stresses the suffering of the victim. town gossips slandered their good name",
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"blacken",
"calumniate",
"defame",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"smear",
"traduce",
"vilify"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170002",
"type":[
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation":[
"casting aspersions on her integrity"
],
": a sprinkling with water especially in religious ceremonies":[
"the aspersion of the congregation before Mass"
],
": the act of making such a charge : defamation":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Though Smith\u2019s actions cast no aspersion on the sisters, his win for playing their father was stained with apology rather than triumph, and that\u2019s too bad. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The Dodgers is not a vague aspersion on the character of Brooklynites, where the team, now in Los Angeles, was formed. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Nov. 2020",
"But without casting aspersions here, and Pebley and Drew seem sincere in their suggestions, a large, large number of coaches have bonus clauses for making the NCAA Tournament. \u2014 Chuck Carlton, Dallas News , 15 Mar. 2020",
"But skeptics argue that the practice unfairly casts aspersions on large groups of family members who are likely uninvolved in crime. \u2014 Tony Plohetski, USA TODAY , 16 Feb. 2020",
"Lead author Wojciech G\u00f3recki is careful to point out his team\u2019s work isn\u2019t meant to cast aspersions at previous working models of the Heisenberg limit. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 4 Feb. 2020",
"President Trump\u2019s legal team used the Senate impeachment trial as a platform to chide Democrats for casting aspersions on allegations of surveillance abuse against the 2016 Trump campaign. \u2014 Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner , 28 Jan. 2020",
"Soon, he is forced to abandon Sita again after aspersions are cast over her character. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 9 Nov. 2019",
"But he was hit with all manner of aspersions about his national devotion, his judgment, even his right to wear his uniform in this setting. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, New York Times , 20 Nov. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1587, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see asperse":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8sp\u0259r-zh\u0259n",
"-sh\u0259n"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025625",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water":[],
": aspergillum":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin, from Latin aspersus + -orium":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-s\u022fr\u0113-",
"\u02ccasp\u0259r\u02c8s\u014dr\u0113\u0259m"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042234",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": aspergillum":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin aspersorium":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u02c8-",
"a\u02c8sp\u0259rs\u0259r\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015001",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"asperulate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": delicately roughened":[]
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"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin asperul us + English -ate":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259\u0307t",
"-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134620",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": without a spine":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"a- entry 2 + -spinose":""
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"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u0101 +"
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170916",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[
"noncandidate"
],
"definitions":{
": one who aspires":[
"presidential aspirants"
],
": seeking to attain a desired position or status":[
"the pilot was an aspirant astronaut"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a bevy of ever-smiling aspirants for the Miss America title",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Contrast the current Republican gubernatorial aspirant with Reagan and two later GOP governors, Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Then the aspirant must get recommendations from three family members, at least one of whom must be a board member. \u2014 Matt Durot, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"The outcome of the contest between the two -- France's youngest leader since Napoleon and the three-time aspirant to become the nation's first female President -- was never a lock for either candidate. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Tiny Moldova, a Ukrainian neighbor and EU aspirant , has taken in 428,577. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Then Johnson wowed activists at the state convention, which helped lead him to the nomination for a U.S. Senate seat\u2014a rare rise for a first-time Senate aspirant . \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Another future mayoral aspirant : Congressman Harold Washington. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"An aspirant also asks donors for their prayers and keeps them up-to-date on the progress of their vocation. \u2014 WSJ , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Every other major party aspirant to statewide office in Georgia will face a party primary on May 25. \u2014 Jeff Amy, ajc , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In an opinion published Friday, the E.U. executive arm said Ukraine and fellow aspirant Moldova should be granted candidate status with conditions to improve its judiciary and other elements, said commission president Ursula von der Leyen. \u2014 Quentin Ari\u00e8s, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"For months, critics\u2014most prominent among them, the Harvard professor and sometime aspirant for Powell\u2019s job, Larry Summers\u2014have been slamming the Fed for not responding quickly enough to rising prices. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
"How can anyone have known that Berlusconi was not just a media magnate looking for acclaim, but an aspirant politician using soccer as a vehicle",
"That\u2019s a vast improvement that will delight aspirant new MacBook Pro owners. \u2014 Mark Vena, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"But at Greys Court a maze walker\u2014or aspirant , to use the technical term\u2014encounters a junction within seconds and has to make a choice. \u2014 Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"McCoy, 37, clearly relishes these muddy agronomic investigations after years spent studying viticulture in the abstract as an aspirant sommelier. \u2014 Lucy Alexander, Robb Report , 28 Aug. 2021",
"Georgia became the latest playoff aspirant to have its morning spoiled by Hartline and and the rest of the OSU recruiting apparatus. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 5 July 2021",
"Flipping over to the investment side of the coin, a second workshop - hosted by McLintock and Sibony - will provide expert advice to aspirant investors on how to assess pitches. \u2014 Trevor Clawson, Forbes , 23 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1738, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1800, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8sp\u012b-r\u0259nt",
"\u02c8a-sp(\u0259-)r\u0259nt"
],
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"applicant",
"applier",
"campaigner",
"candidate",
"contender",
"expectant",
"hopeful",
"prospect",
"seeker"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191532",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"aspirata":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": rough stop":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, feminine of past participle of aspirare to aspirate":""
},
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"-\u0101t\u0259",
"\u02ccasp\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4t\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003925",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"definitions":{
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],
": an independent sound \\h\\ or a character (such as the letter h ) representing it":[],
": material removed by aspiration":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"According to veterinary oncologists, a fine needle aspirate to see what kinds of cells it\u2019s made of is almost always in order in these cases. \u2014 Dr. Patty Khuly, miamiherald , 5 July 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The hand surgeon may elect to aspirate the fluid from the cyst, which usually is effective. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The Mayo Clinic recommends breathing through your mouth and avoiding forceful inhales so that your don't lodge the object further up or aspirate it into your airway. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 7 July 2021",
"In all of these scenarios, people frequently vomit and aspirate , bringing fluid into the lungs. \u2014 Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz , 16 Oct. 2020",
"If the breast imaging reveals your lump is fluid-filled and therefore a cyst, the doctor may choose to aspirate it, which involves sticking a needle in the cyst to drain the fluid. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, Glamour , 1 Oct. 2020",
"Instead Buck wanted to slam him with meth: put the needle in his arm, aspirate the vein and shoot the dose. \u2014 Jesse Barron, New York Times , 16 Sep. 2020",
"The original car was based on the V12 Vantage, but this one is based on the more powerful V12 S, with a version of Aston\u2019s sonorous naturally aspirated 5.9-liter V-12 engine, retuned to deliver 591 horsepower. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 21 Apr. 2020",
"The new Corvette makes 495 horsepower from a mid-mounted, naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V-8, does zero to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds, and starts at $64,995. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Our people are not dying from a foreign war on foreign soil, but aspirating surrounded by strange faces in hospital rooms down the street. \u2014 Chastity Pratt, Detroit Free Press , 5 Apr. 2020"
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"\u02c8as-p(\u0259-)ret",
"\u02c8a-sp(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
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": a strong desire to achieve something high or great":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And so in 1952, Turkey joined NATO, hoping to bolster its aspiration to a Western identity and to ensure its security, especially against an ascending Soviet Union. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"Much like his aspiration of entering the operating room, Segura hit a dead end in his career as a rapper. \u2014 Derek Scancarelli, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"By supporting local advocates of peace, America can thwart the ambitions of Iran, its proxies and others who share their aspiration to isolate Israel. \u2014 Joseph Braude, WSJ , 5 June 2022",
"Among some grim national entries, Leigh\u2019s U.S. pavilion stands out for its aspiration , its production values and its lofty comportment. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The Iranian government has also barred millions of women from competing in wrestling and has blocked their aspiration to participate in international competitions. \u2014 Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Significant investments in entertainment and culture are helping to make that aspiration a reality. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"His initial Unity tutorials and practice seemed to line up with that aspiration . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But that aspiration remains far from reality, as global emissions rise and national climate commitments lack the ambition that scientists say is necessary to abandon the age of fossil fuels as rapidly as possible. \u2014 Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02cca-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"aspire to great deeds, and you have a better chance of doing good deeds",
"a tower aspiring towards the heavens",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even in productions that aspire to greater subtlety, a grinding literalism threatens\u2014a dutiful hitting of marks. \u2014 Molly Fischer, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"But on the whole, the CGD report argues, Chinese infrastructure investment has been a net benefit to African economies and sets a bar that the US and other lenders should aspire to. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Many South Asian women aspire to have long, silky, thick strands, with the pursuit of healthy hair embedded into our beauty routines from day one. \u2014 Varsha Patel, refinery29.com , 10 May 2022",
"They are intended to transcend class \u2014 not only to reposition luxury goods as consumer items everyone might aspire to have, but to position women, or a very narrow subset of women, as a stand-in for the idea of women in the marketplace. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Roller Rabbit stands for a spirit people aspire to. \u2014 Sharon Edelson, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Both teams aspire to not only make the playoffs but make a deep run. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Every leader of every kind should aspire to build the kind of loyalty, support, and esprit-de-corps that defined the Joel Katz era at the Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital. \u2014 Sachin H. Jain, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"One of the pleasures\u2014even privileges\u2014of watching a film like this is seeing what superb actors are able to do with material that doesn\u2019t aspire to greatness. \u2014 Wsj Arts, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u0259-\u02c8sp\u012br",
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"aim",
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"design",
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"intend",
"look",
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"noun",
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"ambitionless",
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": desiring and working to achieve a particular goal : having aspirations to attain a specified profession, position, etc.":[
"an aspiring actor [=a person who aspires to be and is trying to become an actor]",
"an aspiring novelist"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The legendary singer, dancer, and songwriter spent years on the stage performing for her fans, then later at the American Idol Judges\u2019 table helping to make aspiring stars\u2019 dreams come true. \u2014 Essence , 19 May 2022",
"Moss plays Kirby Mazrachi, a research assistant and aspiring reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Finally, by 1921, Wynne had had enough, handing over the reins to Margaret Petherbridge, an aspiring reporter who was languishing as secretary to the paper\u2019s Sunday editor. \u2014 Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Bill Hader as a Marine veteran turned hitman turned aspiring actor. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Bill Hader as a Marine veteran turned hitman turned aspiring actor. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Stephen Ure stars as their less-than-welcoming host, and Mia Goth plays dual roles as an aspiring starlet named Maxine and Pearl, the elderly woman who develops a strange fixation with her. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Glynn, who is being held without bail, is charged with first-degree murder and other raps for the slaying of the 19-year-old aspiring model. \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"For decades, the Berkshires in western Massachusetts has drawn authors, artists, and other aspiring creatives, thanks to its rich cultural offerings and natural beauty in the form of rugged mountains, clear-blue lakes and rivers, and lush forests. \u2014 Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"1788, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u0259-\u02c8sp\u012b-ri\u014b"
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"ambitious",
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"hard-driving",
"pushing",
"self-seeking"
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"adjective"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a tortricid moth ( Archips conflictana ) having a larva that feeds on and may seriously defoliate various species of aspen especially in parts of Canada":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160401"
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": having no alimentary canal":[]
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"Greek asplanchnos without bowels (from a- a- entry 2 + -splanchnos , from splanchnon entrail) + English -ic":""
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"noun"
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"adjective",
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"-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"\u02c8asp\u0259r\u0259\u0307t"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215139"
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"definitions":{
": to sprinkle especially with holy water":[]
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"\u0259\u02c8sp\u0259rj",
"a\u02c8-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215351"
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"geographical name",
"noun"
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"resort city in west central Colorado population 6658":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This campground in Fishlake National Forest sits partially within a grove of around 50,000 aspen trees united by a single root system. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 3 June 2022",
"The house sits on an acre that backs up to the El Dorado National Forest with two creeks, a natural spring and a grove of about 400 aspen trees. \u2014 Jon Schultz, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Clear-felling is different from clear-cutting because aspen trees can sprout new shoots from their roots. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Once again, the men\u2019s snowboard halfpipe competition at X Games aspen came down to Japan\u2019s Ayumu Hirano and Australia\u2019s Scotty James. \u2014 Michelle Bruton, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The light shimmered off the aspen leaves like God\u2019s own disco ball. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The light shimmered off the aspen leaves like God\u2019s own disco ball. \u2014 Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica , 3 Jan. 2022",
"This entire ecosystem relies on the aspen remaining healthy and upright. \u2014 Richard Elton Walton, CNN , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Suddenly, an enormous whoosh rose from the canyon, and a copse of aspen exploded. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, of an aspen, from asp aspen, from Old English \u00e6spe ; akin to Old High German aspa aspen, Russian osina":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001449"
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"noun"
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": an autism spectrum disorder that is characterized by impaired social interaction, by repetitive patterns of behavior and restricted interests, by normal language and cognitive development but poor conversational skills and difficulty with nonverbal communication, and often by above average performance in a narrow field against a general background of impaired functioning":[]
": a genus of South American catfishes the females of which carry their eggs attached to the skin of the lower surface of the body until hatched":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195204"
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"noun"
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"\u0259-\u02c8sper-\u0259-g\u0259s",
"\u0259-\u02c8spar-\u0259-g\u0259s",
"-\u02c8spa-r\u0259-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to bivalves, the wine pairs nicely with picnic fare such as asparagus wrapped with prosciutto and cold fried chicken. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
"After a relaxing meal of poached halibut and asparagus prepared by The Culinistas, party-goers stuck around, soaking up the loveliness of the gardens before having to bid the beauty adieu. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
"The company also makes chips from bell peppers, zucchini, onions and a garden\u2019s bed of green varieties including okra and asparagus . \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Strawberries were in season, although asparagus is near the end. \u2014 Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"The Ocean Risotto, for example, offers pan-seared jumbo shrimp, dry scallops, a lobster beurre mont\u00e9, fine herbs, and asparagus \u2014 to the point where there will likely be leftovers. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"But basically, anything that benefits from a very fast external sear or caramelization can go into the Schwank, from pineapple slices to salmon to lamb chops to asparagus . \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Will the typical person always notice or care about a little yellowing broccoli or slightly tougher asparagus ",
"The lardons of bacon are smoky and add that richness the asparagus craves. \u2014 Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 May 2022"
],
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"New Latin, genus name, from Latin, asparagus plant, from Greek asparagos ; perhaps akin to Greek spargan to swell":""
": seasonal variation in the appearance or makeup of a plant community usually relatable to seasonal climatic variation \u2014 compare annuation":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin aspection-, aspectio , from Latin aspectus (past participle of aspicere ) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": yard-long bean":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-084056"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a nonessential amino acid C 4 H 8 N 2 O 3 that is an amide of aspartic acid":[]
},
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"-\u02c8spa-r\u0259-",
"\u0259-\u02c8sper-\u0259-\u02ccj\u0113n",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This insertion added the peptide GLTSKRN (glycine-leucine-threonine-serine-lysine-arginine- asparagine ) between Spike protein positions 214 and 215. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"One changes the amino acid at position 202 from serine to asparagine . \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Rothamsted Research this month applied for a permit to field test wheat edited to contain less asparagine , an amino acid that becomes the carcinogen acrylamide when baked. \u2014 Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS , 26 May 2021",
"And removing asparagine , an amino acid abundant in asparagus, from mouse diets curbed the spread of metastatic breast cancer, suggesting the diet could enhance drug treatments. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 1 Apr. 2021",
"When food is cooked at very high heat, an amino acid called asparagine can react with sugars to produce acrylamide. \u2014 Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com , 10 July 2019",
"All are among foods with high levels of asparagine , an amino acid researchers suggest is associated with spreading cancer. \u2014 Sean Rossman, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2018",
"Acrylamide is the product of a chemical reaction that happens between certain sugars and the amino acid asparagine when the food is heated. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 30 Mar. 2018",
"Fruits and vegetables contain low levels of asparagine . \u2014 Sean Rossman, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2018"
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"French, from Latin asparagus":""
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"1808, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
": a white crystalline derivative C 9 H 8 O 4 of salicylic acid used for relief of pain and fever":[],
": a tablet of aspirin":[]
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"\u02c8as-p(\u0259-)r\u0259n",
"\u02c8a-sp(\u0259-)r\u0259n",
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"examples":[
"Aspirin is effective in controlling headaches.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other examples of NSAIDs include aspirin and ibuprofen (Advil). \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 3 June 2022",
"Instead of calling for medical help, unlicensed staff gave him aspirin and put him back to bed. \u2014 Chris Serres, Star Tribune , 31 July 2021",
"The advisory group now says \u2014 in most cases \u2014 people age 60 and older should not begin taking a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart problems. \u2014 Nancy Clanton, ajc , 27 Apr. 2022",
"One 2019 study published in The American Journal of Medicine found that taking aspirin at the first sign of symptoms was a safe and effective treatment. \u2014 Demetria Wambia, SELF , 11 Apr. 2022",
"For select individuals, daily aspirin may do more harm than good. \u2014 cleveland , 23 May 2022",
"Ingredient prices typically make up about 70% of a CPG company\u2019s cost of sales, and a lot of those products' ingredients are derived from petroleum, including aspirin , apparel, lipstick, toothpaste and solar panels. \u2014 Bryan Pearson, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Recommendations on daily aspirin to prevent disease have shifted in recent years. \u2014 Bydr. Chineze Akusoba, ABC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"There are a few OTC pain relievers that combine aspirin and/or acetaminophen with caffeine. \u2014 Demetria Wambia, SELF , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from a cetyl + spir aeic acid (former name of salicylic acid), from New Latin Spiraea , genus of shrubs \u2014 more at spirea":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a crystalline compound C 14 H 18 N 2 O 5 that is a diamide synthesized from phenylalanine and aspartic acid and that is used as a low-calorie sweetener":[]
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"\u0259-\u02c8sp\u00e4r-",
"\u02c8as-p\u0259r-\u02cct\u0101m",
"\u0259-\u02c8sp\u00e4r-\u02cct\u0101m",
"\u02c8a-sp\u0259r-\u02cct\u0101m"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to being soy-free, the entrees in this kit from NuManna are also GMO- and MSG-free, and contain zero high fructose corn syrup or aspartame . \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 28 June 2022",
"The standard Celsius essential energy drink has only 10 calories and is free from high fructose corn syrup and aspartame . \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Examples of artificial sweeteners include sucralose and aspartame , while sorbitol and xylitol are some sugar alcohols. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, SELF , 7 June 2022",
"Three of those approved include aspartame , sucralose, and acesulfame potassium. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 Mar. 2022",
"High consumers of aspartame registered with a 15 percent greater chance of cancer. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In addition, a study that fed mice sucralose, aspartame , or saccharin for 11 weeks found alterations in the gut microbiome, which caused intolerance to a standardized glucose feeding. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 7 Aug. 2020",
"Chocolate, aged cheeses, salty foods, and food additives like aspartame and MSG are among the ones migraineurs mention most often. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Another artificial sweetener, sucralose (aka Splenda\u00ae), is even sweeter than saccharin and aspartame , coming in at 600 times the potency of sugar. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 7 Aug. 2020"
],
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"aspart ic acid + phenyl a lanine + m ethyl + e ster":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Harvard University researchers hoping to build stronger and lighter structures looked for inspiration in the deep-water sponge Euplectella aspergillum , whose tubelike skeleton forms a square grid with diagonal reinforcements. \u2014 Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American , 30 Oct. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But diagnosis of hepatitis often comes only when blood tests reveal elevated levels of liver enzymes, such as aspartate transaminase or alanine aminotransaminase being greater than 500 IU/L. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"This mutation changed the amino acid aspartate (abbreviated as D) at the 614th position in the virus spike protein into glycine (G). \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 25 Feb. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hospital closed the operating rooms in May after routine testing detected aspergillus in several ORs and in equipment storage areas. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 4 July 2019",
"Seattle Children's first became aware of aspergillus last year, according to the Seattle Times. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 4 July 2019",
"Aspergillus is a fungus whose spores are present in the air, but does not normally cause illness, according to the aspergillus & aspergillosis Website. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 4 July 2019",
"Rice wine production requires growing the mold aspergillus oryzae (commonly known as koji) onto rice. \u2014 Wei Tchou, Vogue , 24 Oct. 2018",
"Ancient Chinese brewers would add a fungus called aspergillus to the rice; the spores release enzymes that break down starch into fermentable sugars. \u2014 Julia Thiel, Chicago Reader , 11 July 2017"
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": a crystalline amino acid C 4 H 7 NO 4 found especially in plants":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Note that the two amino acids that lead to a mutation, alanine and aspartic acid , are shorter than glutamic acid. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Both German sequences carried an aspartic acid at the position, however, making that scenario unlikely. \u2014 Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS , 17 May 2021",
"There is some modest evidence that D- aspartic acid in soybeans, lentils and almonds is helpful in promoting testosterone production. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 24 May 2018",
"Some supplements with vitamin D and zinc, plus D- aspartic acid are available, but the impact is not proven. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 24 May 2018"
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"Dolly's illness may have been caused by a fungal infection not unlike aspergillosis . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"If Dolly had an aspergillosis -like infection, the dinosaur could have caught it in a multitude of ways, like accidentally breathing in a fungal spore or catching it from another member of the herd. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"According to the Mayo Clinic, the treatment for conditions like aspergillosis can include corticosteroids, antifungal medications and surgery. \u2014 Daniel Funke, USA TODAY , 5 Nov. 2021",
"In people who are already ill, the mortality rate of invasive aspergillosis hovers near 100 percent. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Scientific American , 19 May 2021",
"Several patients died, including one whose aspergillosis went to the brain. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Scientific American , 19 May 2021",
"However, instead of mucormycosis, which is less common outside of India, doctors are seeing cases of aspergillosis . \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 12 May 2021",
"The disease, aspergillosis , is common in the environment, and while humans are susceptible, it cannot be transmitted by sick birds. \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 14 Nov. 2020",
"Nine birds have died of a respiratory infection called aspergillosis , which is caused by an airborne fungus. \u2014 Sarah Lazarus, CNN , 26 Dec. 2019"
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"\u2014 John Adams, Guardian (London) , 15 Dec. 1999"
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"The plant, a species of the false asphodel , is a delicate plant that traps insects with sticky hairs on its flowering stem, according to a news release from UBC. \u2014 Lauren M. Johnson, CNN , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The species in the new study, called the western false asphodel (Triantha occidentalis), lives in mountainous bogs and other nutrient-poor locations in western North America. \u2014 Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Among them is a native New Jersey blackberry bush that grows in Cape May, and a bog asphodel , which grows only in the Pinelands after populations in Delaware and the Carolinas were wiped out, Snyder said. \u2014 USA TODAY , 12 May 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"During the pandemic, not only did the housing market boom, but shortages emerged of everything from lumber to oil (used for things like asphalt and roofing products) and even workers to build, repair, or remodel homes. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Many are also trading down to cheaper materials, like shingles made of asphalt instead of cedar. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Many are also trading down to cheaper materials, like shingles made of asphalt instead of cedar. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"Many are also trading down to cheaper materials, like shingles made of asphalt instead of cedar. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"However, Cadillac boasts 200,000 miles of hands-free asphalt to Lincoln\u2019s 130,000 miles. \u2014 Bryan Campbell, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Riders can expect tunnels, various ramps, asphalt and wood circuits with humps and curves to jump, roll and drop. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"Dogs can unknowingly burn their paw pads on asphalt or concrete. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
"The track surface, a mix of asphalt and limerock from Florida, with granite from Georgia, is permanent. \u2014 USA Today , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"City Council is expected to soon approve numerous service department expenditures, including a brand-new chipper ($59,280), leaf vacuums ($149,465) and asphalt recycler with hot box trailer ($33,348). \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 23 June 2021",
"That\u2019s especially true for low-income residents, who also disproportionately live in heat islands \u2014 areas where abundant concrete and asphalt soak up the sun\u2019s rays and radiate excess heat, driving up the cost of staying cool. \u2014 Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"That leaves 18 gallons for other uses, from making plastics and paint to asphalt and ammonia. \u2014 Bryan Pearson, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Thomas says low-slope roofs have become more expensive than steep-slope, not because of the membrane, which is close to asphalt in cost, but because the removal and installation of materials is so labor-intensive. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
"But lobbyists and transportation experts expect an outsize portion of the pavement spending to go to asphalt , the material that paves 94% of America's roads and bridges. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 20 Feb. 2022",
"But lobbyists and transportation experts expect an outsize portion of the pavement spending to go to asphalt , the material that paves 94 percent of America\u2019s roads and bridges (the other 6 percent are paved with concrete). \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The new parking will be largely permeable, and not asphalt . \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 9 Feb. 2022",
"These days, Little Village\u2019s industrial corridors are home to asphalt plants, rock and metal-crushing facilities, oil and gas facilities, and of course, warehousing, Acosta-C\u00f3rdova said. \u2014 Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"During the pandemic, not only did the housing market boom, but shortages emerged of everything from lumber to oil (used for things like asphalt and roofing products) and even workers to build, repair, or remodel homes. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Many are also trading down to cheaper materials, like shingles made of asphalt instead of cedar. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Many are also trading down to cheaper materials, like shingles made of asphalt instead of cedar. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"Many are also trading down to cheaper materials, like shingles made of asphalt instead of cedar. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"However, Cadillac boasts 200,000 miles of hands-free asphalt to Lincoln\u2019s 130,000 miles. \u2014 Bryan Campbell, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Riders can expect tunnels, various ramps, asphalt and wood circuits with humps and curves to jump, roll and drop. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"Dogs can unknowingly burn their paw pads on asphalt or concrete. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
"The track surface, a mix of asphalt and limerock from Florida, with granite from Georgia, is permanent. \u2014 USA Today , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"City Council is expected to soon approve numerous service department expenditures, including a brand-new chipper ($59,280), leaf vacuums ($149,465) and asphalt recycler with hot box trailer ($33,348). \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 23 June 2021",
"That\u2019s especially true for low-income residents, who also disproportionately live in heat islands \u2014 areas where abundant concrete and asphalt soak up the sun\u2019s rays and radiate excess heat, driving up the cost of staying cool. \u2014 Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"That leaves 18 gallons for other uses, from making plastics and paint to asphalt and ammonia. \u2014 Bryan Pearson, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Thomas says low-slope roofs have become more expensive than steep-slope, not because of the membrane, which is close to asphalt in cost, but because the removal and installation of materials is so labor-intensive. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
"But lobbyists and transportation experts expect an outsize portion of the pavement spending to go to asphalt , the material that paves 94% of America's roads and bridges. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 20 Feb. 2022",
"But lobbyists and transportation experts expect an outsize portion of the pavement spending to go to asphalt , the material that paves 94 percent of America\u2019s roads and bridges (the other 6 percent are paved with concrete). \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The new parking will be largely permeable, and not asphalt . \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 9 Feb. 2022",
"These days, Little Village\u2019s industrial corridors are home to asphalt plants, rock and metal-crushing facilities, oil and gas facilities, and of course, warehousing, Acosta-C\u00f3rdova said. \u2014 Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"New Latin asperulus , from Latin asper rough + -ulus":""
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"noun"
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": a moderate yellow green that is greener and paler than average moss green, yellower and less strong than average pea green, and yellower and paler than spinach green":[]
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"noun"
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": a genus of asphodels native to the Mediterranean region that have usually yellow or white flowers in long bracted racemes":[]
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"\u02ccasf\u0259\u02c8del\u0259\u02ccn\u0113"
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"New Latin, from Greek asphodelin\u0113 , feminine of asphodelinos of asphodel, from asphodelos":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a genus of asphodels native to southern Asia and the Mediterranean region that have white, pink, or yellow flowers and clustered fleshy roots":[]
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"a\u02c8sf\u00e4d\u1d4al\u0259s"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Oliver Sacks"
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"\u0259s-",
"as-\u02c8fik-s\u0113-\u0259",
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"The cause of death was asphyxia .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both participated in the 12-hour exorcism in a small, makeshift Pentecostal church in San Jose called Iglesia Apostoles y Profetas in which the child, Arely Naomi Proctor, was smothered and strangled until dying of asphyxia , prosecutors said. \u2014 Fox News , 14 May 2022",
"The Alaska State Medical Examiner Office determined the death was due to asphyxia , ruling out sudden infant death syndrome. \u2014 Hope Hodge Seck, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Other bills include a duty-to-intercede requirement and prohibitions against techniques that involve substantial risk of positional asphyxia . \u2014 Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2021",
"Police surgeon Bill Smock took the stand several days later to testify that Floyd died of positional asphyxia . \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 14 Apr. 2021",
"Stiger testified the dangers of positional asphyxia have been known in law enforcement for at least 20 years. \u2014 Ray Sanchez And Aaron Cooper, CNN , 7 Apr. 2021",
"Stiger testified that the risks of positional asphyxia are well-established and that even without Chauvin's body weight, Floyd would have been in danger. \u2014 Chao Xiong, Star Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021",
"Systrom testified that Floyd died from asphyxia caused by Chauvin's knee on his neck and being restrained with his chest to the ground and his hands behind his back, impeding his ability to draw in enough air to breathe. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Medical examiners determined Stoltzfoos died from asphyxia due to strangulation and suffocation, with a knife wound to the neck serving as a contributing factor. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 23 July 2021"
],
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"New Latin, from Greek, stopping of the pulse, from a- + sphyzein to throb":""
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"1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to cause asphyxia in : to kill, suspend animation in, or make unconscious through want of adequate oxygen, presence of noxious agents, or other obstruction to normal breathing":[
"The murder victim was asphyxiated ."
],
": to become asphyxiated":[
"\u2026 ended in several deaths, including that of a \u2026 secretary who asphyxiated during a smoke bombing.",
"\u2014 Robert I. Friedman"
]
},
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"\u0259s-",
"-s\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Joyland is a family saga, one that Sadiq uses to observe how gender norms constrict, and then asphyxiate , individuals. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"The list is impressive, and one that analysts believe could well asphyxiate the Russian economy. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"When that didn't work, Linda stuffed a washcloth in his mouth as Mary Beth held his nose shut to asphyxiate him, charging documents state. \u2014 Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com , 23 July 2021",
"After the European Union embargoed the drugs necessary to make lethal injections in 2015, Alabama passed a law to use the electric chair, and Oklahoma authorized the use of nitrogen gas to asphyxiate inmates. \u2014 Melissa Holzberg, Forbes , 7 May 2021",
"Either the explosion\u2019s shock wave will crush your internal organs, or the hot ash and gas will asphyxiate you. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2021",
"However, several medical experts presented by the prosecution said the absence of bruising wasn't important, and the weight of Chauvin's knee and body was sufficient to asphyxiate him. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, ABC News , 14 Apr. 2021",
"With Dylan unconscious, Miriam tapes his mouth and nose shut and places a plastic bag over his head to asphyxiate him. \u2014 Anne Cohen, refinery29.com , 25 Mar. 2021",
"Avalanche victims can asphyxiate from breathing in carbon dioxide from their own exhalation while buried beneath the snow. \u2014 Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see asphyxia":""
},
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"1836, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221054"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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": deprivation of oxygen that can result in unconsciousness and often death : an act of asphyxiating a person or animal or a state of asphyxia : suffocation":[
"The autopsy showed that the cause of death was asphyxiation .",
"Pliny the Elder did not die of falling pumice, but of asphyxiation , as he breathed noxious fumes from the eruption.",
"\u2014 Sidney Perkowitz",
"Asphyxiation at birth caused permanent impairment of his nerve-signaling system \u2026",
"\u2014 Ann Geracimos",
"In rats, mice, and rabbits ciguatera poison causes death by asphyxiation .",
"\u2014 Kwang-ming Li"
]
},
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"\u0259s-",
"as-\u02ccfik-s\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Reddick was charged after the office of the Portage County Coroner relied upon a deputy Cuyahoga County medical examiner\u2019s autopsy findings that the boy was born alive and died of asphyxiation because of postpartum neglect. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"That allows someone to breathe better and lessen the chance of asphyxiation . \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The cause of death was ruled blunt force trauma and asphyxiation due to an avalanche. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 11 Jan. 2022",
"In 2020, a facility closed in Michigan after a 16-year-old Cornelius Fredrick was killed by three staff members who sat on his abdomen for ten minutes, resulting in asphyxiation . \u2014 al , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The two recalls follow a third recall earlier this month of nearly 500,000 bed rails sold nationwide following two separate reports of asphyxiation deaths involving adult users who became trapped between their bed rails and mattresses. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 23 Dec. 2021",
"In separate groups, Applewhite and his followers mixed the barbiturate phenobarbital into applesauce and washed it down with a swig of vodka, tying plastic bags over their heads to assure asphyxiation . \u2014 Mary Ellen Cagnassola, PEOPLE.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"An autopsy concluded that the child likely died of asphyxiation or suffocation, according to court documents. \u2014 Jordan Meier, USA TODAY , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner\u2019s office ruled the death a homicide caused by asphyxiation . \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1829, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-231731"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": asphyxia":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"a\u02c8sfiks\u0113",
"\u0259\u02c8s-",
"\u02c8a\u02ccs-"
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"French asphyxie , from New Latin asphyxia":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012810"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": asp entry 2":[],
": a clear savory jelly (as of fish or meat stock) used as a garnish or to make a meat, fish, or vegetable mold":[]
},
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"\u02c8a-spik"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, alteration of aspe , from Latin aspis":"Noun",
"French, literally, asp":"Noun"
},
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"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1777, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014331"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": without spicules":[
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]
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"(\u02c8)\u0101 + \u00a6-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-021817"
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"combining form"
],
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": shield":[
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"Aspido sperma"
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"New Latin, from Greek, from aspid-, aspis ; perhaps akin to Greek aspid\u0113s vast, broad, Latin spatium space":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-023252"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of armored scales including the San Jose scale and several others that are very destructive to orchard trees":[]
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"(\u02cc)a\u02ccspid\u0113\u02c8\u014dt\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, modification of Greek aspidi\u014dt\u0113s one bearing a shield, from aspid-, aspis shield":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-024534"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an Asian plant ( Aspidistra elatior ) of the lily family that has large pointed basal leaves and is often grown as a foliage plant":[]
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"\u02cca-sp\u0259-\u02c8di-str\u0259"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Avent started out, there were just 12 recognized species of aspidistra . \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 17 Sep. 2019",
"The aspidistra is remembered as a foolproof potted plant for the gloomiest Victorian parlor, but Avent has brought aspidistras out into the garden as scientists have introduced them to the West. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 17 Sep. 2019",
"There are many types to choose from, including hollies, boxwoods, rhododendrons, and aspidistra , with more new dwarf varieties being released each season. \u2014 Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2018",
"There are many types to choose from, including hollies, boxwoods, rhododendrons, and aspidistra , with more new dwarf varieties being released each season. \u2014 Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2018",
"There are many types to choose from, including hollies, boxwoods, rhododendrons, and aspidistra , with more new dwarf varieties being released each season. \u2014 Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2018",
"There are many types to choose from, including hollies, boxwoods, rhododendrons, and aspidistra , with more new dwarf varieties being released each season. \u2014 Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2018",
"There are many types to choose from, including hollies, boxwoods, rhododendrons, and aspidistra , with more new dwarf varieties being released each season. \u2014 Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2018",
"There are many types to choose from, including hollies, boxwoods, rhododendrons, and aspidistra , with more new dwarf varieties being released each season. \u2014 Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2018"
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