dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/bar_MW.json

{
  "Barbarossa":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "died 1546 Khayr ad-D\u012bn Greek-Ottoman pirate and admiral":[],
      "\u2014 see frederick i":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccb\u00e4r-b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-s\u0259",
      "-\u02c8r\u022f-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020827",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Barbary Coast":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "region of northern Africa extending from Egypt to the Atlantic and including the former":[
        "Barbary States (Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli)",
        "\u2014 a chiefly former name"
      ],
      "section of San Francisco formerly noted as a center of gambling, prostitution, and riotous nightlife":[
        "\u2014 an informal name"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b(\u0259-)r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052850",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Barbary ape":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tailless monkey ( Macaca sylvanus ) of northern Africa and Gibraltar":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1775, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "barbary coast , Africa":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b(\u0259-)r\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200633",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Barbary duck":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1775, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after Barbary (North Africa), probably as translation of French canard de Barbarie":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194205",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Barbary fig":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a common prickly pear ( Opuntia vulgaris ) of the eastern U.S. introduced into North Africa":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082810",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Barbary horse":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": barb entry 4 sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174123",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Barbary lion":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the North African lion":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193546",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Bareilly":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, northern India, east-southeast of Delhi population 699,839":[],
      "\u2014 see rohilkhand":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002537",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Barents":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Willem circa 1550\u20131597 Dutch navigator":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232831",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Barents Sea":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "sea comprising the part of the Arctic Ocean between Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya and north of Norway and Russia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259n(t)",
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113433",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Barlow":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sturdy inexpensive jackknife":[],
      "Joel 1754\u20131812 American poet and diplomat":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1779, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Barlow , family of 18th century English knife makers":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02ccl\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125906",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Barr body":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a densely staining inactivated condensed X chromosome that is present in each somatic cell of most female mammals and is used as a test of genetic femaleness (as in a fetus)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1961, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Murray Llewellyn Barr \u20201995 Canadian anatomist":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111745",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Barranquilla":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city and port on the Magdalena River in northern Colombia population 1,142,312":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccb\u00e4r-\u00e4n-\u02c8k\u0113-y\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062128",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Barranquitas":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in central Puerto Rico population 30,318":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccb\u00e4r-r\u00e4n-\u02c8k\u0113-t\u00e4s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105453",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Barrett":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Amy (Vivian) Coney 1972\u2013 American jurist":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081432",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Barrie":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Sir James Matthew 1860\u20131937 Scottish novelist and dramatist":[],
      "city in southeastern Ontario, Canada, on the western extremity of Lake Simcoe population 128,430":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070508",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "bar":{
    "antonyms":[
      "band",
      "streak",
      "stripe"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a counter at which food or especially alcoholic beverages are served":[
        "We sat at the bar while we waited for a table."
      ],
      ": a lace and embroidery joining covered with buttonhole stitch for connecting various parts of the pattern in needlepoint lace and cutwork":[],
      ": a metal or embroidered strip worn on a usually military uniform especially to indicate rank (as of a company officer) or service (see service entry 1 sense 6b )":[
        "a second lieutenant's bar"
      ],
      ": a particular system of courts":[
        "practices at the New York bar"
      ],
      ": a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks and sometimes food are served : barroom":[
        "They went to a bar for drinks."
      ],
      ": a solid piece or block of material that is longer than it is wide":[
        "a bar of gold",
        "a candy bar"
      ],
      ": a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)":[
        "windows with bars across them",
        "a door secured by an iron bar"
      ],
      ": a straight stripe, band, or line much longer than it is wide: such as":[],
      ": a strip along the edge of a computer window that contains commonly used options or icons":[
        "The horizontal navigation bar across the top and bottom enables users to move quickly from primary section to primary section within the site \u2026",
        "\u2014 Editor & Publisher"
      ],
      ": a submerged or partly submerged bank (as of sand) along a shore or in a river often obstructing navigation":[],
      ": a unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals":[],
      ": a vertical line across the musical staff before the initial measure accent (see accent entry 1 sense 5 )":[],
      ": an authority or tribunal that hands down judgment":[
        "will be judged at the bar of public opinion"
      ],
      ": an intangible or nonphysical impediment":[
        "His poor attitude was a bar to his success."
      ],
      ": court , tribunal":[
        "The younger judge brought a fresh viewpoint to the bar ."
      ],
      ": except":[
        "the country's most popular actor, bar none"
      ],
      ": in jail":[
        "putting criminals behind bars"
      ],
      ": measure":[
        "Sing the first two bars ."
      ],
      ": one of two or more horizontal stripes on a heraldic shield":[],
      ": prevent , forbid":[
        "a decision barring his participation"
      ],
      ": shop sense 2b":[
        "a coffee bar"
      ],
      ": something that obstructs or prevents passage, progress, or action: such as":[],
      ": standard":[
        "wants to raise the bar for approving new drugs"
      ],
      ": the barrier in the English Inns of Court that formerly separated the seats of the benchers or readers (see reader sense 2 ) from the body of the hall occupied by the students":[],
      ": the profession of barrister or lawyer":[
        "\u2026 heighten respect for members of the bar and judiciary \u2026",
        "\u2014 W. L. Hoyt"
      ],
      ": the railing in a courtroom that encloses the place about the judge where prisoners are stationed or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases":[],
      ": the test that a person must pass in order to become eligible to work as a lawyer":[
        "passed the bar and went into private practice",
        "the bar exam/examination"
      ],
      ": the whole body of barristers or lawyers qualified to practice in the courts of any jurisdiction":[
        "dreams of being admitted to the bar"
      ],
      ": to confine or shut in by or as if by bars (see bar entry 1 sense 1a )":[
        "barring prisoners in their cells"
      ],
      ": to fasten with a long, narrow piece of wood, metal, or other material : to fasten with a bar (see bar entry 1 sense 1a )":[],
      ": to keep out : exclude":[
        "\u2014 often used with from Women were barred from joining the club."
      ],
      ": to mark with straight stripes, bands, or lines that are much longer than they are wide : to mark with bars (see bar entry 1 sense 4 ) : stripe":[
        "a feather barred with blue"
      ],
      ": to place bars across to prevent ingress or egress":[
        "bar the door"
      ],
      ": to prevent (a party) from bringing a claim or action":[
        "final judgment barred the subsequent claim",
        "Plaintiffs are barred from litigating such claims."
      ],
      ": to put forth legal objection to (something, such as a claim or action)":[
        "final judgment barred the subsequent claim",
        "Plaintiffs are barred from litigating such claims."
      ],
      ": to set aside : to not take into consideration : rule out":[
        "did not bar the possibility of further measures"
      ],
      ": weight : pressure":[
        "baro meter"
      ],
      "Baruch":[],
      "Browning automatic rifle":[],
      "bachelor of architecture":[],
      "barometer; barometric":[],
      "barrel":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He barred the door as soon as he got in.",
      "All the windows and doors were barred .",
      "A herd of goats was barring the road.",
      "Nothing barred them from meeting together.",
      "The judge will bar the jurors from talking to reporters.",
      "A federal court has barred the group from using the name.",
      "The decision bars the possibility of additional development in the area.",
      "forms of punishment barred by the Constitution",
      "Preposition",
      "They have lost every match, bar one.",
      "everyone in the company is invited, bar none"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1723, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition",
      "1910, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from Greek baros":"Noun",
      "Greek baros ; akin to Greek barys heavy \u2014 more at grieve":"Combining form",
      "Middle English barre , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *barra":"Noun",
      "Middle English barren, borrowed from Anglo-French barrer, derivative of barre bar entry 1":"Verb",
      "derivative of bar entry 2":"Preposition"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "billet",
      "rod"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234223",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "combining form",
      "noun",
      "preposition",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bar lift":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": j-bar lift , t-bar lift":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bar entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084156",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bar line":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bar sense 6a":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bar entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085718",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bar lock":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a door lock consisting of a lug or lugs on the doorframe and a bar fitting into them":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bar entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110422",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bar shoe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a horseshoe having a flat piece across the usual opening at the heel to protect a tender frog from injury":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bar entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132823",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bar shot":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1711, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195239",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bar sight":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rear sight on a firearm consisting of a movable bar with an open notch or peep":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bar entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044354",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bar sinister":{
    "antonyms":[
      "legitimacy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a supposed heraldic charge widely believed to be a mark of bastardy":[],
      ": the fact or condition of being born to parents who are not married to each other":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "back in the days when the bar sinister was a real obstacle to social acceptance"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bastardy",
      "illegitimacy",
      "spuriousness"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015411",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bar soap":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": soap sold in the form of solid oblong cakes":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bar entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124947",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barb":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment":[],
      ": a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck":[],
      ": a plant hair or bristle ending in a hook":[],
      ": any of a northern African breed of horses that are noted for speed and endurance":[],
      ": any of the side branches of the shaft of a feather \u2014 see feather illustration":[],
      ": barbel entry 2":[],
      ": barbiturate":[],
      ": to furnish with a barb":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1759, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1955, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1610, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French barbe , from Italian barbero , from barbero of Barbary, from Barberia Barbary, coastal region in Africa":"Noun",
      "Middle English barbe barb, beard, from Anglo-French, from Latin barba \u2014 more at beard":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rb"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "affront",
      "brickbat",
      "cut",
      "dart",
      "dig",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "epithet",
      "gird",
      "indignity",
      "insult",
      "name",
      "offense",
      "offence",
      "outrage",
      "personality",
      "poke",
      "put-down",
      "sarcasm",
      "slap",
      "slight",
      "slur"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162223",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbaresque":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": barbaric in style":[
        "barbaresque architecture"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of the Barbary Coast":[],
      ": one of the natives of the Barbary Coast formerly noted for their piratical activity":[
        "seventy thousand peasants huddled together because it had not been safe to remain out for fear of the Barbaresques",
        "\u2014 Bernhard Berenson"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Italian barbaresco , from Barbaria, Barberia Barbary, coastal region of northern Africa + Italian -esco -esque":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6b\u00e4rb\u0259\u00a6resk",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162545",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbarian":{
    "antonyms":[
      "barbaric",
      "barbarous",
      "heathen",
      "heathenish",
      "natural",
      "Neanderthal",
      "Neandertal",
      "rude",
      "savage",
      "uncivil",
      "uncivilized",
      "uncultivated",
      "wild"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a barbarous person : a rude, crude, uneducated, or uncivilized person":[
        "No, I'm not some sort of barbarian who would open a bottle of wine to enjoy some before offering it as a gift. That would be uncouth.",
        "\u2014 Irv Erdos"
      ],
      ": a person from an alien land, culture, or group believed to be inferior, uncivilized, or violent":[
        "\u2014 used chiefly in historical references In the Roman Empire, cohorts \u2026 patrolled the provinces, repelling the barbarians and maintaining the emperor's sovereignty. \u2014 Paul C. Schuytema Much of Italy had slipped from the grasp of the Byzantines, victim to the vigorous Germanic barbarians \u2026 who had begun their migration southward from the forested fastnesses of eastern and central Europe. \u2014 Stephen O'Shea"
      ],
      ": lacking refinement, learning, or artistic or literary culture":[],
      ": of or relating to a land, culture, or people alien and usually believed to be inferior to another land, culture, or people":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "people who were regarded as barbarian by the ancient Romans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Amazigh are better known as Berbers, but that\u2019s actually a pejorative name, derived from the word barbarian . \u2014 Terri Colby, Philly.com , 20 Sep. 2017",
      "But Charlie Gard shows that the barbarian no longer comes wielding a club and grunting in some undecipherable tongue. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 17 July 2017",
      "The barbarian stuck behind the glass now indeed had two separate brows, but they were arched far above its eyes as if sketched by a cartoon artist. \u2014 Iman Hariri-kia, Teen Vogue , 2 Oct. 2017",
      "Looking back eight centuries, Carleton traces an epic tale of war and redemption, of a Russia that finds itself constantly at risk of barbarian invasion and annihilation and yet manages, time and again, to save both itself and its neighbors. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, New Republic , 26 Sep. 2017",
      "Medea New adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy about the barbarian princess scorned by her husband, the hero Jason. \u2014 Matt Cooper, latimes.com , 3 Sep. 2017",
      "There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
      "Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago",
      "Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin barbarus \u2014 more at barbarous":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "heathen",
      "savage"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221237",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
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  "barbarianism":{
    "antonyms":[
      "barbaric",
      "barbarous",
      "heathen",
      "heathenish",
      "natural",
      "Neanderthal",
      "Neandertal",
      "rude",
      "savage",
      "uncivil",
      "uncivilized",
      "uncultivated",
      "wild"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a barbarous person : a rude, crude, uneducated, or uncivilized person":[
        "No, I'm not some sort of barbarian who would open a bottle of wine to enjoy some before offering it as a gift. That would be uncouth.",
        "\u2014 Irv Erdos"
      ],
      ": a person from an alien land, culture, or group believed to be inferior, uncivilized, or violent":[
        "\u2014 used chiefly in historical references In the Roman Empire, cohorts \u2026 patrolled the provinces, repelling the barbarians and maintaining the emperor's sovereignty. \u2014 Paul C. Schuytema Much of Italy had slipped from the grasp of the Byzantines, victim to the vigorous Germanic barbarians \u2026 who had begun their migration southward from the forested fastnesses of eastern and central Europe. \u2014 Stephen O'Shea"
      ],
      ": lacking refinement, learning, or artistic or literary culture":[],
      ": of or relating to a land, culture, or people alien and usually believed to be inferior to another land, culture, or people":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "people who were regarded as barbarian by the ancient Romans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Amazigh are better known as Berbers, but that\u2019s actually a pejorative name, derived from the word barbarian . \u2014 Terri Colby, Philly.com , 20 Sep. 2017",
      "But Charlie Gard shows that the barbarian no longer comes wielding a club and grunting in some undecipherable tongue. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 17 July 2017",
      "The barbarian stuck behind the glass now indeed had two separate brows, but they were arched far above its eyes as if sketched by a cartoon artist. \u2014 Iman Hariri-kia, Teen Vogue , 2 Oct. 2017",
      "Looking back eight centuries, Carleton traces an epic tale of war and redemption, of a Russia that finds itself constantly at risk of barbarian invasion and annihilation and yet manages, time and again, to save both itself and its neighbors. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, New Republic , 26 Sep. 2017",
      "Medea New adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy about the barbarian princess scorned by her husband, the hero Jason. \u2014 Matt Cooper, latimes.com , 3 Sep. 2017",
      "There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
      "Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago",
      "Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin barbarus \u2014 more at barbarous":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "heathen",
      "savage"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212122",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbaric":{
    "antonyms":[
      "benign",
      "benignant",
      "compassionate",
      "good-hearted",
      "humane",
      "kind",
      "kindhearted",
      "sympathetic",
      "tenderhearted"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": barbarous sense 3":[
        "barbaric crimes"
      ],
      ": having a bizarre, primitive, or unsophisticated quality":[
        "\u2026 I sound my barbaric yawp \u2026",
        "\u2014 Walt Whitman",
        "the tangled, loose barbaric magnificence of the Elizabethan drama",
        "\u2014 Think"
      ],
      ": marked by a lack of restraint : wild":[
        "a barbaric use of color"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of a group of people who are alien to another land, culture, or people and who are usually believed to be inferior : of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians":[],
      ": possessing or characteristic of a cultural level more complex than primitive (see primitive entry 1 sense 2c ) culture but less sophisticated than advanced civilization (see civilization sense 1a )":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Barbaric tribes invaded the area.",
      "His table manners are barbaric .",
      "They considered the custom barbaric .",
      "The treatment of the prisoners was positively barbaric .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fox News' Tucker Carlson coined the derisive nickname after the Texas lawmaker dared to express support for beleaguered Ukraine following Russia's barbaric attack on it. \u2014 Dean Obeidallah, CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "The appalling story is reminiscent of the plot from a sophisticated thriller, although the sad fact remains that the reality itself was and still is just as barbaric . \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
      "The barbaric tactics of Putin's soldiers, who have occupied parts of Ukraine, are already well-documented and the evidence keeps mounting. \u2014 Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News , 27 May 2022",
      "Don\u2019t keep your operations in a state imposing these barbaric restrictions. \u2014 Kathy Hochul, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "These barbaric laws will someday be overturned by something called progress. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
      "The attorneys argue prisons officials aren't trying hard enough to get the lethal injection drugs, instead forcing prisoners to choose between two more barbaric methods. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "There were barbaric acts on the Polish-Belarusian border, committed not only by Lukashenka\u2019s regime in Belarus but also by the Polish state. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Putin\u2019s barbaric war continues to rage in Ukraine, creating carnage that has driven Biden to label his Russian counterpart a war criminal. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-ik",
      "-\u02c8ba-rik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "atrocious",
      "barbarous",
      "brutal",
      "brute",
      "butcherly",
      "cruel",
      "fiendish",
      "heartless",
      "inhuman",
      "inhumane",
      "sadistic",
      "savage",
      "truculent",
      "vicious",
      "wanton"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025422",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "barbarism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a barbarian or barbarous social or intellectual condition : backwardness":[],
      ": an idea, act, or expression that in form or use offends against contemporary standards of good taste or acceptability":[],
      ": the practice or display of barbarian acts, attitudes, or ideas":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The barbarism of his dictatorship cannot be ignored.",
      "Such barbarisms cannot be tolerated.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In a nation at war, and a city aching for some semblance of normality, the Odesa Opera reopened for the first time since the Russian invasion began, asserting civilization against the barbarism unleashed from Moscow. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
      "She was raised by her mother, Tamara, an office manager who was born in Belgrade and grew up unburdened by responsibility for Nazi barbarism . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "To that end the West can shelter the country\u2019s women, children and elderly as a defining contrast to Mr. Putin\u2019s barbarism . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The New Zealand director has long been celebrated as an iconoclast, a woman whose radiant films meld beauty and barbarism in their depiction of the world and the flawed humans inhabiting it. \u2014 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The shift may have been inevitable, given the barbarism of the war, which has claimed thousands of civilian lives, and Russia\u2019s challenge to the conventions and obligations of modern statecraft. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
      "Almost everyone in the U.S. and Europe observing the invasion of Ukraine has no difficulty condemning the barbarism of Russian war-making. \u2014 Michael Walzer, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, invoked the barbarism of the Holocaust on Tuesday after Russian forces hit a television tower located beside Babyn Yar, a Kyiv ravine where Nazi Germany committed atrocities during World War II. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "These are real trigger words for Russians in general who don't like to be accused of barbarism . \u2014 CBS News , 23 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259-\u02ccri-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210014",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbarity":{
    "antonyms":[
      "benignity",
      "compassion",
      "good-heartedness",
      "humaneness",
      "humanity",
      "kindheartedness",
      "kindness",
      "sympathy",
      "tenderheartedness"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act or instance of such cruelty":[],
      ": barbarism":[],
      ": barbarous cruelty : inhumanity":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The barbarity of the attack was horrifying.",
      "The photos vividly capture the war's barbarity .",
      "He is accused of inflicting unimaginable barbarities on his own people.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This, obviously, is Loznitsa\u2019s point: The rhetoric of war, much like its barbarity , is the same on all sides. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "Such acts of racial barbarity have not been relegated to America's past, however. \u2014 Emma Coleman Jordan, CNN , 29 May 2022",
      "But the barbarity of Russia\u2019s concentrated artillery fire has made the second stage far more challenging for many Ukrainians in the trenches. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
      "The event would be retold over the years as an archetypal narrative of male supremacy and barbarity and abject female subservience. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
      "But the barbarity was too blatant, and witnessed by too many people. \u2014 Time , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Group dynamics revolve around escalating barbarity ; it\u2019s a sport and bond. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Employees of the exclusion zone management agency based in Chernobyl suffered under the Russian occupation, but nothing approaching the barbarity visited on civilians in Bucha and other towns around Kyiv by the Russian forces. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Scurati also acknowledges the dark side of human nature titillated by the squadristi\u2019s barbarity ; with every wave of violence, membership in the Fascist Party soars. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00e4r-\u02c8ber-\u0259-t\u0113",
      "-\u02c8ba-r\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "atrociousness",
      "atrocity",
      "barbarousness",
      "brutality",
      "cruelness",
      "cruelty",
      "fiendishness",
      "heartlessness",
      "inhumanity",
      "inhumanness",
      "sadism",
      "savageness",
      "savagery",
      "truculence",
      "viciousness",
      "wantonness"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035215",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbarize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to become barbarous":[],
      ": to make barbarian or barbarous":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us \u2026 . \u2014 Bret Stephens New York Times, Star Tribune , 7 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002917",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbarous":{
    "antonyms":[
      "benign",
      "benignant",
      "compassionate",
      "good-hearted",
      "humane",
      "kind",
      "kindhearted",
      "sympathetic",
      "tenderhearted"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by the occurrence of barbarisms":[
        "barbarous language"
      ],
      ": lacking culture or refinement : philistine":[],
      ": mercilessly harsh or cruel":[
        "barbarous crimes"
      ],
      ": uncivilized":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the barbarous treatment of the native peoples of the New World by those bent on conquest at any cost",
      "an aunt who abhors barbarous behavior such as eating with your fingers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The resonance and immediacy of these barbarous 19th-century events are testament to Zhang\u2019s storytelling powers, and should stand as a warning to all of us. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The pontiff reiterated his condemnation of war as barbarous and sacrilegious. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Nevertheless, this is where Democratic extremism has taken the party, and this foolhardy vote tonight will do Americans the favor of exposing exactly how committed national Democrats are to this barbarous position. \u2014 Alexandra Desanctis, National Review , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "From Santiago to Sydney and Sacramento, from Tokyo and Taipei to Tel Aviv, protesters have raged at Vladimir Putin for his barbarous campaign to conquer Ukraine. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Iconic images of the accused being burned alive were deployed in the propaganda wars that cast the Black struggle, depending on the teller, as either barbarous or suffused with its own fearsome justice. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "People dismiss gold as a barbarous relic and governments de-emphasize its importance as a relic. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "The savagery of the Korean War, however, didn\u2019t stop the United States from fighting another barbarous ground war in Asia that had little connection to its vital interests. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, The New Republic , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Though scarcely remembered now, the 2014 massacre of thousands of members of the Yazidi religion by ISIS, on Mount Sinjar, in Iraq, remains one of the most barbarous acts of genocide of recent years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin barbarus , from Greek barbaros foreign, ignorant":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259-r\u0259s",
      "-br\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for barbarous fierce , ferocious , barbarous , savage , cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or actions. fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their wild and menacing aspect or fury in attack. fierce warriors ferocious implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality. a ferocious dog barbarous implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as unworthy of civilized people. barbarous treatment of prisoners savage implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized people filled with rage, lust, or other violent passion. a savage criminal cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it. the cruel jokes of schoolboys",
    "synonyms":[
      "atrocious",
      "barbaric",
      "brutal",
      "brute",
      "butcherly",
      "cruel",
      "fiendish",
      "heartless",
      "inhuman",
      "inhumane",
      "sadistic",
      "savage",
      "truculent",
      "vicious",
      "wanton"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170749",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbarousness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "benign",
      "benignant",
      "compassionate",
      "good-hearted",
      "humane",
      "kind",
      "kindhearted",
      "sympathetic",
      "tenderhearted"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by the occurrence of barbarisms":[
        "barbarous language"
      ],
      ": lacking culture or refinement : philistine":[],
      ": mercilessly harsh or cruel":[
        "barbarous crimes"
      ],
      ": uncivilized":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the barbarous treatment of the native peoples of the New World by those bent on conquest at any cost",
      "an aunt who abhors barbarous behavior such as eating with your fingers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The resonance and immediacy of these barbarous 19th-century events are testament to Zhang\u2019s storytelling powers, and should stand as a warning to all of us. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The pontiff reiterated his condemnation of war as barbarous and sacrilegious. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Nevertheless, this is where Democratic extremism has taken the party, and this foolhardy vote tonight will do Americans the favor of exposing exactly how committed national Democrats are to this barbarous position. \u2014 Alexandra Desanctis, National Review , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "From Santiago to Sydney and Sacramento, from Tokyo and Taipei to Tel Aviv, protesters have raged at Vladimir Putin for his barbarous campaign to conquer Ukraine. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Iconic images of the accused being burned alive were deployed in the propaganda wars that cast the Black struggle, depending on the teller, as either barbarous or suffused with its own fearsome justice. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "People dismiss gold as a barbarous relic and governments de-emphasize its importance as a relic. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "The savagery of the Korean War, however, didn\u2019t stop the United States from fighting another barbarous ground war in Asia that had little connection to its vital interests. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, The New Republic , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Though scarcely remembered now, the 2014 massacre of thousands of members of the Yazidi religion by ISIS, on Mount Sinjar, in Iraq, remains one of the most barbarous acts of genocide of recent years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin barbarus , from Greek barbaros foreign, ignorant":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259-r\u0259s",
      "-br\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for barbarous fierce , ferocious , barbarous , savage , cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or actions. fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their wild and menacing aspect or fury in attack. fierce warriors ferocious implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality. a ferocious dog barbarous implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as unworthy of civilized people. barbarous treatment of prisoners savage implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized people filled with rage, lust, or other violent passion. a savage criminal cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it. the cruel jokes of schoolboys",
    "synonyms":[
      "atrocious",
      "barbaric",
      "brutal",
      "brute",
      "butcherly",
      "cruel",
      "fiendish",
      "heartless",
      "inhuman",
      "inhumane",
      "sadistic",
      "savage",
      "truculent",
      "vicious",
      "wanton"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214416",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbeau":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": cornflower sense 1b":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from barbe beard":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r\u02ccb\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120027",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbecue":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large animal (such as a steer) roasted whole or split over an open fire or a fire in a pit":[],
      ": a social gathering especially in the open air at which barbecued food is eaten":[],
      ": an often portable fireplace over which meat and fish are roasted":[],
      ": barbecued food":[
        "eat barbecue"
      ],
      ": to barbecue food":[
        "barbecuing on a grill",
        "There are no shortcuts in barbecuing here. The brisket, for example, is slow smoked with a dry rub for 14 to 16 hours \u2026",
        "\u2014 Constance Snow"
      ],
      ": to prepare (food, such as beef, pork, or chicken) by seasoning (as with a marinade , a barbecue sauce , or a rub ) and cooking usually slowly and with exposure to low heat and to smoke":[
        "Barbecuing brisket begins late Thursday night so they can start serving at noon Friday.",
        "\u2014 Carlos Fr\u00edas",
        "To be really barbecued , ribs must roast slowly over hardwood, which cooks them with a combination of heat and smoke.",
        "\u2014 Dennis R. Getto",
        "I prepared it with a rub rather than a marinade or barbecue sauce. It was the first time I'd barbecued meat seasoned with a rub, and it was very easy.",
        "\u2014 Margaret Prouse"
      ],
      ": to roast or broil (food, such as meat) on a rack or revolving spit over or before a source of heat (such as hot coals or a gas flame)":[
        "barbecuing chicken for dinner"
      ],
      ": to subject (someone) to harsh criticism or ridicule":[
        "Republicans now talk of winning 15 to 20 new seats in November, a prospect that has the faithful and the financiers wanting to barbecue Clinton for at least a few more weeks.",
        "\u2014 Nancy Gibbs et al."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We barbecued chicken and ribs.",
      "We barbecue often during the summer.",
      "Noun",
      "grill a steak on the barbecue",
      "We plan to have a barbecue for the whole family.",
      "She invited us over for some beer and barbecue .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "What sets barbecue apart from other cooking methods is how heat reaches the food. \u2014 Kristine Nolin, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
      "People barbecue all over the world, and under that umbrella comes grilling. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "Many were already gathered around, helping clean up the mess or preparing to barbecue for the block. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "The skateboarders would often barbecue together at the Burnside park, and Castillo-Pacheco was always there, Barnes said, with a big smile and a cold Modelo. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 July 2021",
      "But Deirdre has to be mom, dad, coach, buddy, the works; teaching her sons how to barbecue and play lacrosse. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2021",
      "Millions of Americans will be taking the opportunity to barbecue with friends today. \u2014 Jamie Gold, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
      "There is also a hamper at the house dedicated solely to barbecue clothes. \u2014 Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "Each offseason, Mulugheta and his clients will work out, watch film and also barbecue with their families. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Each tiki torch in the set of four stands five feet high and holds 12 ounces of oil for an approximate six-hour burn time\u2014long enough for a barbecue that extends late into the evening. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
      "Gunfire erupted early Monday at a park in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City, where police said a group of people were having a barbecue when multiple shooters opened fire. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
      "Police were called to the 2500 block of Patron Drive after a dark-colored SUV drove by and fired about 20 to 30 rounds on a family barbecue , San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus told reporters. \u2014 Angela Alcala-bach, San Antonio Express-News , 19 June 2022",
      "At least two people were killed and five others injured in a drive-by shooting on a family barbecue late Saturday, police in San Antonio, Texas said. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
      "Runners were still able to complete the 5K virtually and a large group gathered near Anchorage\u2019s Ship Creek for fun, contests and a barbecue . \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
      "On most weekends the Lady Lowrider Car Club cruises to a car show, sets up its cars, props up a canopy and starts a barbecue . \u2014 Palabra, oregonlive , 13 June 2022",
      "Attractions at the free event include live music, a freedom march, food vendors, special performances and a Fathers Day barbecue . \u2014 al , 10 June 2022",
      "Buying a fancy tie, treating dad to a baseball game, or cooking up a backyard barbecue are just a few of the ways Americans will celebrate their dads on Father\u2019s Day, June 19. \u2014 Bea Lewis, Sun Sentinel , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1733, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "circa 1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "American Spanish barbacoa framework for supporting meat over a fire, probably from Taino":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-bi-\u02ccky\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180106",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbecue pit":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a trench in which wood is burned to make a bed of hot coals over which meat is barbecued":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092630",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbecue sauce":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a spicy sauce that is usually eaten with barbecued food":[
        "He makes a barbecue sauce that tastes great with chicken."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183201",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbecued":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": cooked on a barbecue : roasted or broiled over hot coals or an open fire":[
        "a plate of barbecued chicken"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Not to mention the barbecued tri-tip for which the area is known. \u2014 Krista Simmons, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 8 Mar. 2021",
      "Shrimp alfredo and barbecued chicken were on offer this week. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 27 Feb. 2021",
      "At Wolf\u2019s Head Smokehouse, Wittek and Doty serve Instagram-friendly smash burger and sandwiches stacked high with barbecued meats. \u2014 Michael Russell, oregonlive , 2 Sep. 2020",
      "Anderson and his team have also started a more casual concept, TA-que, a food truck featuring street tacos with barbecued meats. \u2014 Leeanne Griffin, courant.com , 26 Aug. 2020",
      "Or make a barbecued chicken topping by shredding leftover chicken tossed with barbecue sauce. \u2014 Tina Danze, Dallas News , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "For a snack, Ronto Roasters served a warm flatbread wrap filled with flavorful barbecued sausage, tender pork, and still crunchy slaw \u2014 not what most would expect from theme park fare. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Sep. 2019",
      "In a sliver of the state alongside the Tennessee River, barbecued chicken is famously adorned in a creamy white sauce of mayonnaise, vinegar and spices. \u2014 Larry Olmstead, USA TODAY , 9 July 2019",
      "Serve with barbecued chicken or use as a dip for smoked wings. \u2014 Derek Herscovici, al.com , 4 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1734, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-bi-\u02ccky\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090920",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barbed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by pointed and biting criticism or sarcasm":[
        "barbed witticisms"
      ],
      ": having barbs":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The candidates exchanged barbed comments during the debate.",
      "barbed satire on American academia",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That\u2019s because one of the major differences between bees and other stinging insects is that bees have a barbed stinger that remains in the skin long after the bee has left. \u2014 Eleesha Lockett, SELF , 24 June 2022",
      "Over brunch, a discussion about Miranda\u2019s decision to go gray devolves into a barbed exchange about the ethics of hair color. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, New York Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Toward the end of the presentation, the chair of global advertising and partnerships delivered a barbed soliloquy that called out unnamed competitors by emphasizing that their streaming platform is, was and is likely to remain ad-supported. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 May 2022",
      "The site remains surrounded by barbed wires and fences, which were electrified during the Holocaust. \u2014 Nathan Luna, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In El Sereno, where crime has been increasing, barbed -wire fences line the street-level train tracks. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, oregonlive , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "Homesteaders built towns and barbed -wire fences in the middle of these migration routes, and in Jackson Hole opportunistic elk found sustenance in the form of ranchers\u2019 hay. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "In El Sereno, where crime has been increasing, barbed -wire fences line the street-level train tracks. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, oregonlive , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "To be able to find joy, make our joy, behind barbed wires and all these people wallowing in their misery. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rbd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "acerb",
      "acerbic",
      "acid",
      "acidic",
      "acidulous",
      "acrid",
      "biting",
      "caustic",
      "corrosive",
      "cutting",
      "mordant",
      "pungent",
      "sarcastic",
      "sardonic",
      "satiric",
      "satirical",
      "scalding",
      "scathing",
      "sharp",
      "smart-aleck",
      "smart-alecky",
      "smart-mouthed",
      "snarky",
      "tart"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070826",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barbed wire":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": twisted wires armed with barbs or sharp points":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Poland's steel border wall topped with barbed wire will run more than 180 kilometers (115 miles) next to Belarus. \u2014 Vanessa Gera, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "The footage captured a sunny Sunday afternoon \u2014 last year\u2019s Fourth of July \u2014 around 3:30 p.m. A pair walked up to the barbed wire fence outside his store. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
      "The Smiths wrapped the next iteration with barbed wire . \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "Cut to Jimmy pulling up at his last appointment of the day, ominously located behind a chain-link fence laced with barbed wire . \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
      "But some Russians stayed behind, sheltering until the early 2000s behind a fence topped with barbed wire from a city that, with the collapse of their empire, had suddenly become hostile territory \u2014 and an important intelligence target. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
      "Federal authorities tried to secure the fish\u2019s future by surrounding the hole with 10-foot fencing capped with barbed wire , surveillance cameras and radio antennas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "The woman tried to climb the fence, the blade tucked into her elbow, but soon came back down, apparently dissuaded by the barbed wire strung along the top. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
      "But the bag with the baby formula and water bottles were with Jacob, on the other side of the barbed wire . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1874, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4b(d)-",
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rb(d)-\u02c8w\u012b(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170628",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbeiro":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large, black, red-spotted conenose ( Panstrongylus megistus synonym Triatoma megista ) of the American tropics that transmits the trypanosome causing Chagas disease":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Portuguese, literally, barber, from barba beard, from Latin; from its bloodsucking apparatus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00e4r\u02c8b\u0101(\u02cc)r\u00fc",
      "-r\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050800",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbel":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a slender tactile process on the lips of certain fishes (such as catfishes)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1601, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus , diminutive of Latin barbus barbel, from barba beard \u2014 more at beard":"Noun",
      "obsolete French, from Middle French, diminutive of barbe barb, beard":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161602",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbell":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bar with adjustable weighted disks attached to each end that is used for exercise and in weight lifting":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Wiz Khalifa lies under the weight rack, hands grasping a barbell a few feet above. \u2014 Mark Lelinwalla, Men's Health , 23 May 2022",
      "How: Set up a barbell at sternum height in a squat rack. \u2014 Jon-erik Kawamoto, Outside Online , 7 May 2020",
      "Stand holding the barbell with an underhand grip slightly wider than shoulder-width. \u2014 Men's Health , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "For example, in a recent study by Norwegian researchers, a group of 17 runners experienced a 21-percent increase in aerobic endurance after doing heavy barbell half-squats for eight weeks. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 24 Nov. 2015",
      "Arnold Schwarzenegger famously employed friends to add and remove barbell plates to achieve this effect during his bodybuilding career. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Teo's not alone in stepping away from the barbell bench press\u2014Men's Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. also quit the classic gym staple for some time. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "While other pilots got to test the track during informal trainings for the monobob competition, Meyers Taylor was left lifting a barbell in her hotel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "One built a makeshift house out of plywood on the back of an 18-wheeler; another set up an outdoor gym with a bench press, dumbbells, and a barbell looped through two fuel cans. \u2014 Nate Hochman, National Review , 15 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02ccbel"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103804",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbellate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having short stiff hooked bristles or hairs":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin barbella short stiff hair (diminutive of Latin barbula , diminutive of barba beard + English -ate":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rb\u0259\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "(\u02c8)b\u00e4r\u00a6bel\u0259\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214025",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barbellula":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a very small barb or bristle":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, diminutive of barbella short stiff hair, diminutive of Latin barbula little beard":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00e4r\u02c8bely\u0259l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225022",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barber":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one whose business is cutting and dressing hair, shaving and trimming beards, and performing related services":[],
      "Samuel 1910\u20131981 American composer":[],
      ": to perform the services of a barber for : trim or groom the hair or beard of":[],
      ": to perform the services of a barber":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "haircutter",
      "hairdresser",
      "hairstylist",
      "stylist"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He goes to a barber downtown.",
      "went to the barber to get his hair cut and his beard trimmed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The incidents happened at all hours of the day and targeted check cashing stores, a diner, barber shops and other businesses. \u2014 Rachel Paik, Fox News , 17 June 2022",
      "High-end restaurants, coffee shops, barber shops and boutiques that once focused on major downtowns like D.C. and Manhattan are pursuing locations in suburbs like Bethesda, Arlington and Darien, Conn., Biel said. \u2014 Katherine Shaver, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "LaRon and Salvant are the co-founders of Squire Technologies, which provides software and services to barber shops nationwide. \u2014 Jared Council, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Gonzalez has painted beauty salons and barber shops. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "The surrounding area is primarily residential and is surrounded by homes, along with a Family Dollar store, barber shops, a laundromat and fire station. \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 14 May 2022",
      "Powell\u2019s salon, Essence of Ebony in West Jordan, is one of 19 Black hair salons and barber shops in Utah, according to the Utah Black Chamber\u2019s most recent directory. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The device used to conduct the treatment resembled a barber \u2019s chair and sat center stage. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The sole exception: About 66% of Americans always tip their hairstylist/ barber , compared with 63% during the past two years. \u2014 Gary Stoller, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "From the porch of his childhood home in Cherry Hill to barber shops across Baltimore, Troy Staton, 52, has cut hair for nearly four decades. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, baltimoresun.com , 14 Dec. 2020",
      "The new campus will have a 28-chair clinic classroom, 12-chair barbering clinic classroom and five large classroom spaces for more training. \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "Roger Federer, while not infallible, can play when there is barbered grass underfoot. \u2014 The Si Staff, SI.com , 29 June 2018",
      "Ethos, Jacobs\u2019 barbering biz featuring a traveling grooming station, was born. \u2014 Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com , 21 June 2018",
      "Missouri law requires a training course of 1,000 hours for barbering and 1,500 hours for hairdressing, followed by a licensing exam. \u2014 Tony Rizzo, kansascity , 11 Jan. 2018",
      "The center offers auto and collision training in several garage bays, a welding shop, a dental lab, a cosmetology and barbering center, graphic arts and a culinary arts program. \u2014 Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune , 23 Dec. 2017",
      "But barbering was hard on daddy\u2019s feet, and mother was homesick. \u2014 WSJ , 19 Dec. 2017",
      "There are still all kinds of souvenirs and reminders of the two Italian barbers and their customers: postcards stuck into the mirrors, decades of shavers and other barbering gadgetry. \u2014 Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com , 12 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French barbour , from barbe beard \u2014 more at barb":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1616, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213521"
  },
  "bare":{
    "antonyms":[
      "disclose",
      "discover",
      "divulge",
      "expose",
      "let on (about)",
      "reveal",
      "spill",
      "tell",
      "unbosom",
      "uncloak",
      "uncover",
      "unmask",
      "unveil"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bareheaded":[],
      ": destitute":[
        "bare of all safeguards"
      ],
      ": devoid of amplification or adornment":[
        "the bare facts"
      ],
      ": having nothing left over or added":[
        "the bare necessities of life"
      ],
      ": lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering":[],
      ": lacking any tool or weapon":[
        "opened the box with his bare hands"
      ],
      ": lacking clothing":[
        "bare feet"
      ],
      ": mere":[
        "a bare two hours away"
      ],
      ": open to view : exposed":[
        "laying bare their secrets"
      ],
      ": to make or lay (something) bare (see bare entry 1 ) : uncover":[],
      ": unfurnished or scantily supplied":[
        "a bare room"
      ],
      ": worthless":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The brittle-looking branches of bare trees reached up from the horizon, and smoke could be seen curling from the chimneys of the sturdy stone houses in the villages we passed through. \u2014 David McAninch , Saveur , November 2008",
      "The dining room is warm and comfortable in a quasi-Tuscan-villa style, with bare wood floors, mottled walls, \u2026 and a glass room divider etched with images of grapes. \u2014 Colman Andrews , Gourmet , March 2007",
      "A scant two hours after his Derby victory, Monarchos was back in his \u2026 stall, beneath a bare bulb, eating carrots from a red bucket. \u2014 Steve Rushin , Sports Illustrated , 14 May 2001",
      "There was a rug in the front room of the house, but the other floors were bare .",
      "Do not let the bare wires touch.",
      "He covered her bare arms with his coat.",
      "He had a glove on his left hand, but his right hand was bare .",
      "The ground was bare where the statue had stood for years.",
      "There was only one bare shelf.",
      "Her office was pretty bare , having only one desk and one chair.",
      "This is the barest room in the house.",
      "He only told me the bare facts about what happened.",
      "Verb",
      "Ed McMahon calls upon the canine coach to help him settle down his aggressive \u2026 terrier, which is nice to Ed but bares its teeth at guests. \u2014 TV Guide , 29 Oct.-4 Nov. 2007",
      "You could argue that the very act of conducting a lengthy poll by telephone skews the response pool. What sort of person bares her soul to pollsters for upward of an hour\u2014and during the holiday season yet",
      "When Eastman called Death in the Afternoon (Hemingway's nonfiction book about bullfighting) \"a literary style of wearing false hair on the chest,\" Hemingway had no other options than to bare his hirsute midsection and duke it out with his rival author in front of their editor, Max Perkins. The common mythology is that Hemingway beat Eastman to a bloody pulp, but Perkins' account had Eastman gaining the upper hand. \u2014 Will Manley , Booklist , 1 Apr. 2001",
      "The better analogy is to bare all on the talk shows in which ordinary people are encouraged to reveal intimate aspects of their private lives. \u2014 Richard A. Posner , New Republic , 21 Aug. 2000",
      "He bared his chest to show the scar.",
      "finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "However, its money stream for maintaining it now is at a bare minimum. \u2014 cleveland , 20 June 2022",
      "Low-income communities, already using the bare minimum, have been hit the hardest. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "Businesses are back to worrying about staying open with a bare minimum of manpower. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "State funding provides the bare minimum based on student enrollment. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
      "Cortes is 5-foot-11, playing a position at which 6 feet is typically considered the bare minimum by modern scouts. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "At the bare minimum, contribute to your 401(k) up to your employer match, and try to put a little bit into liquid savings each month. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 21 May 2022",
      "But experts at Harvard University and elsewhere recommend three to four hourly air changes as the bare minimum. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
      "Finkenauer's campaign offered the bare minimum of signatures needed from different counties, leaving herself almost no margin for error. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, ajc , 14 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some took up a pen to bare their hearts for those who were to come. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
      "For those willing to bare even more skin, crop tops are everywhere this year. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Kriegman and Steinberg had experience getting subjects to bare uncomfortably intimate details of their personal lives on camera. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "With the approach of summer and warmer weather, hordes of mosquitoes are just waiting for Hoosiers to bare a bit of skin. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
      "The first track of the album\u2019s second disc is thoughtfully framed as a therapy session in which Kendrick lays himself bare over gentle guitar chords and choir refrains. \u2014 Ej Panaligan, Billboard , 13 May 2022",
      "The urge to get out there, to scream feral, to bare our souls and claw at the universe is totally understandable. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "Chelsea Handler has never been afraid to bare it all \u2014 and her 47th birthday is no different! \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Vanity Fair Afterparty: dares to bare in a plunging M\u00f4not gown with hip cutouts. \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English b\u00e6r ; akin to Old High German bar naked, Lithuanian basas barefoot":"Adjective and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bare Adjective bare , naked , nude , bald , barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. an apartment with bare walls naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness. poor half- naked children nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure. a nude model posing for art students bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness. a bald mountain peak barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility. barren plains",
    "synonyms":[
      "mere",
      "very"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090745",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bare (it) all":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202746",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "bare one's soul":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to reveal one's most private thoughts and feelings":[
        "He bared his soul to me after the divorce."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230021",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "bare trust":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": passive trust":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073252",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bare-handed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": without gloves":[],
      ": without tools or weapons":[
        "fight an animal bare-handed"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u02c8han-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130447",
    "type":[
      "adverb or adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bare-knuckle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a fierce unrelenting character":[
        "bare-knuckle politics"
      ],
      ": not using boxing gloves":[
        "champion bare-knuckle prizefighter of England",
        "\u2014 Dennis Craig",
        "when men fought bare-knuckle"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u02c8n\u0259-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040644",
    "type":[
      "adjective or adverb"
    ]
  },
  "bare-root":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225515",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barefaced":{
    "antonyms":[
      "ambiguous",
      "clouded",
      "cryptic",
      "dark",
      "enigmatic",
      "enigmatical",
      "equivocal",
      "indistinct",
      "mysterious",
      "nonobvious",
      "obfuscated",
      "obscure",
      "unapparent",
      "unclarified",
      "unclear"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having no whiskers : beardless":[],
      ": having or showing a lack of scruples":[
        "a barefaced lie"
      ],
      ": having the face uncovered:":[],
      ": open , unconcealed":[
        "barefaced impudence"
      ],
      ": wearing no mask":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a barefaced challenge for a fight",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In one clip from PBS NewsHour, a barefaced Pence could be seen elbow-bumping and chatting with multiple people inside the clinic. \u2014 Allyson Chiu, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "That act of barefaced deception drew Argentina level. \u2014 CNN , 4 Apr. 2018",
      "However, the Heitkamps were not taking this barefaced truth sitting down. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 16 Mar. 2018",
      "The production also favors a barefaced and bare-chested homoeroticism. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 29 Sep. 2017",
      "How does a man whose first true introduction into the American consciousness was a barefaced lie about the crowd size at the president\u2019s inauguration become the surprise guest at this year\u2019s Emmy Awards, only to make a joke about said lie",
      "For followers fluent in Portuguese that means confessional videos where a barefaced Trindade provides comic reviews of her favorite products, outlines her favorite outfits, and takes trips to the tattoo parlor to add more body ink. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 30 Aug. 2017",
      "Teigen said, displaying her barefaced skin with blemishes on her nose, chin and forehead. \u2014 Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com , 1 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u02c8f\u0101st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "apparent",
      "bald",
      "bald-faced",
      "bright-line",
      "broad",
      "clear",
      "clear-cut",
      "crystal clear",
      "decided",
      "distinct",
      "evident",
      "lucid",
      "luculent",
      "luminous",
      "manifest",
      "nonambiguous",
      "obvious",
      "open-and-shut",
      "palpable",
      "patent",
      "pellucid",
      "perspicuous",
      "plain",
      "ringing",
      "straightforward",
      "transparent",
      "unambiguous",
      "unambivalent",
      "unequivocal",
      "unmistakable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080133",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bareheaded":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": without a covering for the head":[
        "went bareheaded in the hot sun",
        "a bareheaded boy who had lost his cap"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u02c8he-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051230",
    "type":[
      "adverb or adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barely":{
    "antonyms":[
      "considerably",
      "significantly",
      "substantially",
      "vastly",
      "well"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a meager manner : plainly":[
        "a barely furnished room"
      ],
      ": scarcely , hardly":[
        "barely enough money for lunch"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We barely spoke the entire time we were in the car.",
      "There are barely any new features in this software.",
      "There is barely a difference between the two.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There's barely anything in the way of entrees and most of the sharable plates are very small and very delicious. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
      "At just over two minutes, the mostly instrumental platform would barely be a blip for most bands. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "According to the report, despite the pandemic lockdowns, there was barely any improvement in pollution levels during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the long-term persistent health threats. \u2014 Ranjit Devraj, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
      "The pass had incredible touch, as the ball was barely in Rob\u2019s hands. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "Seaweed aquaculture is barely a blip in the U.S. economy, compared with Asia, where most of the world\u2019s kelp is grown. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "In a poll last month from Alaska Survey Research, Palin was barely the top choice in the pick-one primary, with just 19 percent of the vote. \u2014 Dan Zak, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "There are no bad parts, and yet even the best ones are barely there. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
      "The two had barely been married three months at the time. \u2014 Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "hardly",
      "just",
      "marginally",
      "narrowly",
      "scarcely",
      "slightly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215332",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "baren":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pad of twisted cord covered with paper, cloth, and bamboo leaf with which a printmaker transmits pressure typically by rubbing to paper laid on an inked woodcut":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from Japanese":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)b\u00e4\u00a6ren"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014436",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bareness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "disclose",
      "discover",
      "divulge",
      "expose",
      "let on (about)",
      "reveal",
      "spill",
      "tell",
      "unbosom",
      "uncloak",
      "uncover",
      "unmask",
      "unveil"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bareheaded":[],
      ": destitute":[
        "bare of all safeguards"
      ],
      ": devoid of amplification or adornment":[
        "the bare facts"
      ],
      ": having nothing left over or added":[
        "the bare necessities of life"
      ],
      ": lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering":[],
      ": lacking any tool or weapon":[
        "opened the box with his bare hands"
      ],
      ": lacking clothing":[
        "bare feet"
      ],
      ": mere":[
        "a bare two hours away"
      ],
      ": open to view : exposed":[
        "laying bare their secrets"
      ],
      ": to make or lay (something) bare (see bare entry 1 ) : uncover":[],
      ": unfurnished or scantily supplied":[
        "a bare room"
      ],
      ": worthless":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The brittle-looking branches of bare trees reached up from the horizon, and smoke could be seen curling from the chimneys of the sturdy stone houses in the villages we passed through. \u2014 David McAninch , Saveur , November 2008",
      "The dining room is warm and comfortable in a quasi-Tuscan-villa style, with bare wood floors, mottled walls, \u2026 and a glass room divider etched with images of grapes. \u2014 Colman Andrews , Gourmet , March 2007",
      "A scant two hours after his Derby victory, Monarchos was back in his \u2026 stall, beneath a bare bulb, eating carrots from a red bucket. \u2014 Steve Rushin , Sports Illustrated , 14 May 2001",
      "There was a rug in the front room of the house, but the other floors were bare .",
      "Do not let the bare wires touch.",
      "He covered her bare arms with his coat.",
      "He had a glove on his left hand, but his right hand was bare .",
      "The ground was bare where the statue had stood for years.",
      "There was only one bare shelf.",
      "Her office was pretty bare , having only one desk and one chair.",
      "This is the barest room in the house.",
      "He only told me the bare facts about what happened.",
      "Verb",
      "Ed McMahon calls upon the canine coach to help him settle down his aggressive \u2026 terrier, which is nice to Ed but bares its teeth at guests. \u2014 TV Guide , 29 Oct.-4 Nov. 2007",
      "You could argue that the very act of conducting a lengthy poll by telephone skews the response pool. What sort of person bares her soul to pollsters for upward of an hour\u2014and during the holiday season yet",
      "When Eastman called Death in the Afternoon (Hemingway's nonfiction book about bullfighting) \"a literary style of wearing false hair on the chest,\" Hemingway had no other options than to bare his hirsute midsection and duke it out with his rival author in front of their editor, Max Perkins. The common mythology is that Hemingway beat Eastman to a bloody pulp, but Perkins' account had Eastman gaining the upper hand. \u2014 Will Manley , Booklist , 1 Apr. 2001",
      "The better analogy is to bare all on the talk shows in which ordinary people are encouraged to reveal intimate aspects of their private lives. \u2014 Richard A. Posner , New Republic , 21 Aug. 2000",
      "He bared his chest to show the scar.",
      "finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "However, its money stream for maintaining it now is at a bare minimum. \u2014 cleveland , 20 June 2022",
      "Low-income communities, already using the bare minimum, have been hit the hardest. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "Businesses are back to worrying about staying open with a bare minimum of manpower. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "State funding provides the bare minimum based on student enrollment. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
      "Cortes is 5-foot-11, playing a position at which 6 feet is typically considered the bare minimum by modern scouts. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "At the bare minimum, contribute to your 401(k) up to your employer match, and try to put a little bit into liquid savings each month. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 21 May 2022",
      "But experts at Harvard University and elsewhere recommend three to four hourly air changes as the bare minimum. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
      "Finkenauer's campaign offered the bare minimum of signatures needed from different counties, leaving herself almost no margin for error. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, ajc , 14 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some took up a pen to bare their hearts for those who were to come. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
      "For those willing to bare even more skin, crop tops are everywhere this year. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Kriegman and Steinberg had experience getting subjects to bare uncomfortably intimate details of their personal lives on camera. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "With the approach of summer and warmer weather, hordes of mosquitoes are just waiting for Hoosiers to bare a bit of skin. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
      "The first track of the album\u2019s second disc is thoughtfully framed as a therapy session in which Kendrick lays himself bare over gentle guitar chords and choir refrains. \u2014 Ej Panaligan, Billboard , 13 May 2022",
      "The urge to get out there, to scream feral, to bare our souls and claw at the universe is totally understandable. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "Chelsea Handler has never been afraid to bare it all \u2014 and her 47th birthday is no different! \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Vanity Fair Afterparty: dares to bare in a plunging M\u00f4not gown with hip cutouts. \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English b\u00e6r ; akin to Old High German bar naked, Lithuanian basas barefoot":"Adjective and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bare Adjective bare , naked , nude , bald , barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. an apartment with bare walls naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness. poor half- naked children nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure. a nude model posing for art students bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness. a bald mountain peak barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility. barren plains",
    "synonyms":[
      "mere",
      "very"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224702",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "baresark":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": berserker":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "intended as translation of Old Norse berserkr":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112749",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baresma":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": barsom":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Avestan bar\u0259sman-":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bar\u0259sm\u0259",
      "-\u0259zm\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223411",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baretta":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rutaceous evergreen shrub ( Helietta parvifolia ) of Texas with opposite trifoliolate leaves and purple flowers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "modification of Mexican Spanish barreta , from Spanish barreta, barrete cap, biretta, from Catalan barret , from Proven\u00e7al berret":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259\u02c8ret\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191157",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barf":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": vomit":[
        "Acute mountain sickness is typified by a headache that feels as if Thor himself is hammering your brain and by a strong desire to barf .",
        "\u2014 Douglas Gantenbein",
        "In a pure Madonna moment, she sticks two fingers down her throat and pretends to barf .",
        "\u2014 Peter Travers"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The movie was so disgusting that it made me want to barf .",
      "the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In February, when asked to describe how college admissions was going so far this year, one affluent white parent in Los Angeles sent me a text with three emoji faces: one was sad, one was blue-faced and shivering, and one looked ready to barf . \u2014 Nicole Laporte, Town & Country , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Mike has to barf at the violent movie, and Jacob owns him for it. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 30 July 2021",
      "Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1956, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rf"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "gag",
      "heave",
      "hurl",
      "puke",
      "retch",
      "spew",
      "spit up",
      "throw up",
      "upchuck",
      "vomit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214814",
    "type":[
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bargain":{
    "antonyms":[
      "chaffer",
      "deal",
      "dicker",
      "haggle",
      "horse-trade",
      "negotiate",
      "palter"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a transaction, situation, or event regarded in the light of its results":[
        "a bad bargain"
      ],
      ": an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other":[
        "They struck a bargain to sell only to each other.",
        "Keep your side of the bargain ."
      ],
      ": besides":[
        "tastes good and is good for you, into the bargain"
      ],
      ": expect":[
        "more work than I bargained for"
      ],
      ": to bring to a desired level by bargaining":[
        "bargain a price down"
      ],
      ": to come to terms : agree":[],
      ": to negotiate over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract : haggle":[
        "The seller might be willing to bargain over the price."
      ],
      ": to sell or dispose of by bargaining":[
        "\u2014 often used with away bargained away wage increases for other benefits"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "I think everyone involved was satisfied with the bargain we made.",
      "They've agreed to turn the land over to the state, and the state, as its part of the bargain , has agreed to keep it undeveloped.",
      "She likes to hunt for bargains when she shops.",
      "Verb",
      "The price listed is quite high, but the seller might be willing to bargain .",
      "they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Amazon already has a bit of experience with an October bargain blowout. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
      "Each supreme-grade melon commanded a cool $370 \u2014 a relative bargain compared to the $6,100 record set back in 2008. \u2014 Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 June 2022",
      "The developments were a reminder of the awkward political bargain social conservatives embraced to achieve their grandest ambitions. \u2014 Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
      "Barcelona wants him, but Bayern is driving a hard bargain . \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "The developments were a reminder of the awkward political bargain social conservatives embraced to achieve their grandest ambitions. \u2014 Jill Colvin, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
      "The developments were a reminder of the awkward political bargain social conservatives embraced to achieve their grandest ambitions. \u2014 Jill Colvin, ajc , 26 June 2022",
      "At 76 percent off, the investment-worthy, Kelsyus Premium Canopy Chair is in bargain territory at Amazon right now. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Trust me, it\u2019s a bargain given the price and magnitude of the wines. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Vladimir Putin, who didn\u2019t bargain on a tough fight, is likely to propose terms that look like concessions but are calculated to hobble Ukraine and threaten security far beyond its borders. \u2014 Thomas D. Grant, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Each sector will bargain separately for contracts and vote separately for union vice presidents, though the entire membership will still vote together for the top leadership posts of president and secretary-treasurer. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 9 June 2022",
      "In 1993, workers at the massive Avondale shipbuilding docks in New Orleans voted to unionize, but the company refused to bargain , spending four years appealing to the NLRB. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
      "Categorized as independent contractors by gig corporations, these workers, generally speaking, cannot collectively bargain or strike without violating antitrust laws. \u2014 Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
      "Make the athletes employees, cut them in on the massive amount of revenue being raked in by football and basketball, collectively bargain the terms of engagement and sign athletes to enforceable contracts. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The broader United Steelworkers reached a pattern agreement with the oil industry about a month ago, but the individual units bargain over local issues as well, according to the union. \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Do expect to bargain in marketplaces, bazaars and independent artisan shops. Educate yourself. \u2014 Laura Daily, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "Starbucks Executive Vice President Rossann Williams has said the corporation respects workers' rights to organize and will bargain in good faith. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French bargaigner , probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English borgian to borrow \u2014 more at bury":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from bargaigner":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "buy",
      "deal",
      "pennyworth",
      "snip",
      "steal"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060058",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bargain-basement":{
    "antonyms":[
      "costly",
      "dear",
      "deluxe",
      "expensive",
      "high",
      "high-ticket",
      "precious",
      "premium",
      "pricey",
      "pricy",
      "spendy",
      "valuable"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a section of a store (such as the basement) where merchandise is sold at reduced prices":[],
      ": markedly inexpensive":[
        "bargain-basement rates"
      ],
      ": of inferior quality or worth":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And there have been some willing purchasers -- especially at the bargain basement prices for Russian product. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "The retailer, which sold designer clothing at bargain basement prices, is reopening in spring 2023 at its former location near the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 17 May 2022",
      "Several teams would quickly try to sign him as a bargain basement free agent. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "That would be kind of ironic, but the market doesn\u2019t care, the U.K. can be in the bargain basement but it can just as easily get lobbed into the dumpster by a U.S. crash. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "The City of Albuquerque\u2019s entire operating budget for 2021 is $711,000,000, less than half of the amount needed to build bargain basement units years in the future. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "The 4-4 Chiefs could also use some help, and Beckham can now be rented for the rest of the season for a bargain basement price. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "In a regulatory filing to the Indian stock exchange on Thursday, the value of the sale was put at a bargain basement 28.5 million Indian rupees, or about $386,110. \u2014 Kevin Rozario, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "Previously unwanted players such as Davis, McDowell, McKinley and LeCounte also come at bargain basement prices that enable a team to extend big-money players such as Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb and Denzel Ward. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1899, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1914, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u0259n-\u02c8b\u0101s-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "affordable",
      "budget",
      "cheap",
      "cheapie",
      "cheapo",
      "chintzy",
      "cut-price",
      "cut-rate",
      "dime-store",
      "dirt cheap",
      "el cheapo",
      "inexpensive",
      "low",
      "low-end",
      "popular",
      "reasonable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190059",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barge":{
    "antonyms":[
      "breeze",
      "coast",
      "glide",
      "slide",
      "waltz",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large motorboat supplied to the flag officer of a flagship":[],
      ": a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing":[],
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      ": to carry by barge":[],
      ": to move ponderously or clumsily":[],
      ": to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously":[
        "barged into the meeting"
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      "Verb",
      "He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom.",
      "She barged through the door without even knocking.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For the upcoming Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, Dior has created a spa on board a boat, inspired by the famous Samaritaine barge baths of the 19th century. \u2014 M\u00e9lanie Nauche, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
      "Check out the numerous shops and restaurants around Middletown until the show begins sometime after 9 p.m. Fireworks are set off from a barge in the river, giving plenty of viewing angles to enjoy the display. \u2014 Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
      "In Europe, customers might scramble to reverse the usual east-west movement of oil using rail, truck and river barge . \u2014 CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The boat and barge are at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale for inspection and repairs, the Coast Guard said in a statement Sunday. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Working from a barge topped with a crane, divers felt their way through murky water to determine the condition of the ship's wreckage, which was an unidentified hazard on navigation charts before being identified as Clotilda in 2019. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
      "Crews will be inspecting the underside of the bridge from a barge on the Columbia River May 16-20. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 May 2022",
      "Solaris \u2014 the name of this barge of barges \u2014 has been linked to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, whose name now appears on European Union and British sanctions lists. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The funds would cover the purchase of the fireworks, the rental of a barge to launch them from and the cost of securing the necessary permits, Dryden added. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Dorfman spends a lot of time setting up the story\u2019s underlying tensions at a dinner party that eventually erupts into violence, right before three masked men barge into the house and start tormenting the guests. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "After the door opens, a group of officers barge in, yelling commands. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The tugboat and barge that ran aground in Deerfield Beach and Boca Raton, respectively, Thursday night have been removed, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, and the beaches have fully reopened. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Two-Face's whole role is to barge into scenes with a machine gun. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "However, the music quickly shifts away from nostalgia and morphs into something new as the Martinez Brothers \u2014 the DJ duo from the Bronx \u2014 barge in with sudden flashes of sudden hi-def house. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "The door seemed open for Djokovic to barge through and set a seemingly unassailable mark for major wins, right as his fiercest rivals seemed to be fading. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "There\u2019s another Alaska Logistics barge that\u2019s stuck near Georgetown, far up the Kuskokwim River. \u2014 Greg Kim, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Britney had a fear that her family would barge in and take everything. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1649, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin barca":"Noun"
    },
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      "\u02c8b\u00e4rj"
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      "lumber",
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      "plod",
      "pound",
      "scuff",
      "scuffle",
      "shamble",
      "shuffle",
      "slog",
      "slough",
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      "stomp",
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      "stump",
      "tramp",
      "tromp",
      "trudge"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072450",
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      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[
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      "husk",
      "peel",
      "shell",
      "shuck",
      "skin"
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      ": a candy containing chocolate and nuts that is made in a sheet and broken into pieces":[],
      ": a craft propelled by sails or oars":[],
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      ": a small sailing ship":[],
      ": cinchona sense 2":[],
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      ": to advertise by persistent outcry":[
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      ": to make a noise resembling a bark":[],
      ": to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog":[],
      ": to produce a usually sharp, sudden pain":[
        "\u2026 at 36 and with his mustache turning gray and his body barking back in pain, Luis DeLeon is in spring training with the Cubs.",
        "\u2014 Joseph A. Reaves",
        "The shoulder is pain-free for now, but his elbow barks at him occasionally \u2026",
        "\u2014 Mike Lupica"
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      ": to promote or follow a mistaken course (as in doing research)":[],
      ": to rub off or abrade the skin of":[
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      ": to speak in a curt loud and usually angry tone : snap":[],
      ": to strip the bark from":[],
      ": to treat with an infusion of tanbark":[],
      ": to utter in a curt loud usually angry tone":[
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      ]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English berken , from Old English beorcan ; akin to Old Norse berkja to bark, Lithuanian burg\u0117ti to growl":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Middle French barque , from Old Occitan barca , from Late Latin":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Old Norse bark-, b\u01ebrkr ; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German borke bark":"Noun"
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      "snap",
      "snarl"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022659",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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      ": a clear hard candy made from boiled sugar":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104516",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083907",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083607",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103643",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a sturdy inexpensive jackknife":[],
      "Joel 1754\u20131812 American poet and diplomat":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1779, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Barlow , family of 18th century English knife makers":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02ccl\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114801",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barmy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "balanced",
      "compos mentis",
      "sane",
      "sound",
      "uncrazy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": balmy sense 2":[],
      ": full of froth or ferment":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1872, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of balmy":"Adjective"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-m\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "balmy",
      "bats",
      "batty",
      "bedlam",
      "bonkers",
      "brainsick",
      "bughouse",
      "certifiable",
      "crackbrained",
      "cracked",
      "crackers",
      "crackpot",
      "cranky",
      "crazed",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "daft",
      "demented",
      "deranged",
      "fruity",
      "gaga",
      "haywire",
      "insane",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loco",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "loony tunes",
      "looney tunes",
      "lunatic",
      "mad",
      "maniacal",
      "maniac",
      "mental",
      "meshuga",
      "meshugge",
      "meshugah",
      "meshuggah",
      "moonstruck",
      "non compos mentis",
      "nuts",
      "nutty",
      "psycho",
      "psychotic",
      "scatty",
      "screwy",
      "unbalanced",
      "unhinged",
      "unsound",
      "wacko",
      "whacko",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "wud"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023506",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
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  "barometer":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": an instrument for determining the pressure of the atmosphere and hence for assisting in forecasting weather and for determining altitude (see altitude sense 1a )":[],
      ": something that indicates fluctuations (as in public opinion)":[
        "housing sales and other economic barometers"
      ],
      ": standard , test":[
        "a barometer to measure high school talent",
        "\u2014 Jeff Fellenzer"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a legendary Broadway flop that has subsequently become the barometer by which failure in the theater is judged",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gibney adds that podcasts also serve as a story barometer . \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 17 June 2022",
      "As a common barometer of corporate health, the S&P\u2019s plight has many concerned for what lies ahead. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "That barometer had gone up and down dramatically before. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Naughtiness barometer aside, Passionflix content rarely if ever approaches the soft-core threshold. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Buser later strengthened Cheeger\u2019s result, making the spectral gap a handy barometer of connectivity. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 June 2022",
      "Brent crude, which is considered a barometer of oil prices across the globe, closed at just over $98 a barrel. \u2014 Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index\u2014which is the preferred inflation barometer for the Federal Reserve\u2014released Tuesday confirms that prices are growing at the fastest rate in four decades. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "At the same time, the traditional ways of gauging success, such as ratings and box office, are fading in importance as Wall Street looks to subscriber growth as the ultimate barometer of a media giant\u2019s relevance. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bar",
      "benchmark",
      "criterion",
      "gold standard",
      "grade",
      "mark",
      "measure",
      "metric",
      "par",
      "standard",
      "touchstone",
      "yardstick"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072002",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barometric gradient":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the rate of fall in atmospheric pressure between two stations : the slope of an isobaric surface":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125421",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barometric pressure":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the pressure of the atmosphere usually expressed in terms of the height of a column of mercury":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Photosensitivity is another one of my main triggers, as is barometric pressure . \u2014 Lauren Mendoza, Glamour , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "And as the temperatures drop, so, too, do the barometric pressure and oxygen levels. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Or boiling point in chemistry, barometric pressure in meteorology, basis point in finance, bench press in weightlifting. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "In particular, Newport Fancher says barometric pressure changes, which result in air pressure shifts as the weather fluctuates, can trigger migraine attacks. \u2014 Natasha Lavender, SELF , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "That big drop in barometric pressure can be enough to trigger my migraine. \u2014 Lauren Mendoza, Glamour , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The team also used air pressure as a proxy for weather\u2014 barometric pressure going up usually means clear weather is on the horizon, while lowering pressure may mean a storm or rain. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Drastic changes in heat, humidity, wind, and barometric pressure may be a migraine trigger for some people, according to the American Headache Society. \u2014 Sara Lindberg, SELF , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Instead of focusing exclusively on the technicalities of barometric pressure , for example, the agency now also explains that under certain conditions, small trees may be uprooted or windows may shatter. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1804, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114050",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baron":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a joint of meat consisting of two sirloins or loins and legs not cut apart at the backbone":[
        "a baron of beef"
      ],
      ": a lord of the realm : noble , peer":[],
      ": a man who possesses great power or influence in some field of activity":[
        "a cattle baron"
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      ": a member of the lowest grade of the peerage in Great Britain":[],
      ": a member of the lowest order of nobility in Japan":[],
      ": a nobleman on the continent of Europe of varying rank":[],
      ": one of a class of tenants holding his rights and title by military or other honorable service directly from a feudal superior (such as a king)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The British former socialite, whose late father rose to prominence in the U.K. as a media baron and member of Parliament, faced a district court hearing in Manhattan that lasted several hours from the late morning until mid-afternoon. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 29 June 2022",
      "The robber- baron -era founders of vast industrial corporations like General Motors, U.S. Steel, and Standard Oil often created vast new institutions\u2014hospitals, universities, museums. \u2014 Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "The infamous climax of that story recapitulated the depraved ambitions of a would-be rubber baron who conscripts Indigenous villagers to drag a ship through a steep jungle denuded for that purpose. \u2014 Kristen Millares Young, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "The century-old Rae Room, holding the marble sarcophagi of a lumber baron and his scandalous second wife, is closed to the public 364 days of the year, opened only on Memorial Day. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
      "Pugh is playing Princess Irulan, the daughter of the emperor, while Butler is Feyd-Rautha, the cunning nephew of the baron who heads House Harkonnen and who is being groomed to rule Arrakis. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
      "The book\u2019s other plot has to do with a struggle between two Arizona frontier towns over which will be the county seat, and the machinations of a ruthless cattle baron who wants to crush the small landowners and run them off. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New York Review of Books , 12 Mar. 2020",
      "In Europe, officials have managed to seize luxury yachts owned by several Russian billionaires with close ties to Putin\u2019s regime, including oil baron Igor Sechin and mining magnate Alisher Usmanov. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
      "My goal was to spend as much time as possible with the reigning baron of Russia\u2019s tech sector, and to try out Yandex\u2019s new products firsthand. \u2014 Paul Starobin, Wired , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German baro freeman":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259n",
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "captain",
      "czar",
      "tsar",
      "tzar",
      "king",
      "lion",
      "lord",
      "magnate",
      "mogul",
      "monarch",
      "Napoleon",
      "prince",
      "tycoon"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034748",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baronial":{
    "antonyms":[
      "humble",
      "unheroic",
      "unimposing",
      "unimpressive"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to a baron or the baronage":[],
      ": stately , ample":[
        "a baronial room"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a baronial mansion with dozens of spacious, luxurious rooms",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There, Pixar\u2019s creative director Jay Ward, a new addition to Robb Report\u2019s RR1 membership club, joined former mayor Willie Brown in the exclusive mixer before attendees embarked on the short walk back to the baronial Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 17 June 2022",
      "The home, with about 160 feet of lake frontage, sits directly across the water from the Wrigley estate, a string of grand homes and baronial boathouses. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "The family that had once owned land on a baronial scale now needed charity to eat. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "And the optional 23-inch alloy wheels only add to the SUV\u2019s baronial presence. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The high-ceiling bedrooms feature baronial fireplaces, inlaid wood floors and ornate wall panels. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Hyman appears grubbing and silly in these lines, and reduced to just another child-sized charge in Jackson\u2019s baronial manor\u2014another mouth to feed. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 23 July 2021",
      "The main house, anchored by a baronial great room, leads guests to the Lookout Room and adjoining family room and dining room, all with stunning views of crashing waves and sea. \u2014 Regina Cole, Forbes , 16 May 2021",
      "While the job comes with a spacious Westminster apartment, a baronial weekend home, Chequers, and an annual decorating budget of 30,000 pounds ($41,600), the government does not pay for food or household staff. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1726, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "august",
      "epic",
      "gallant",
      "glorious",
      "grand",
      "grandiose",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "Homeric",
      "imperial",
      "imposing",
      "magnific",
      "magnificent",
      "majestic",
      "massive",
      "monumental",
      "noble",
      "proud",
      "regal",
      "royal",
      "splendid",
      "stately"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200224",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a field of activity under the sway of an individual or a special group":[],
      ": a vast private landholding":[],
      ": the domain, rank, or dignity of a baron":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He inherited the barony from his father.",
      "no longer is the city's social and cultural life the barony of a few old-line families",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thanks to his accumulation of new wealth, \u00c9douard Louis Joseph Empain was raised to a barony by the Belgian king in 1907. \u2014 Jonathan Kirsch, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "His namesake grandfather was a man of modest origins who had received his barony from Belgium\u2019s King Leopold II in recognition of his accomplishments as an industrialist. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Wado, who inherited the barony , proudly wore the family crest on his signet ring and freely used his Belgian title in France. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The owner of the land, and the third partner in the project, was the St. Joe Company, a timber barony turned real-estate developer\u2014and one of Florida\u2019s biggest landholders. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "When the emperor tired of him, Frank and his followers moved again and took up residence in the German barony of Offenbach, where Frank died several years later. \u2014 Jake Bittle, The New Republic , 2 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "area",
      "arena",
      "bailiwick",
      "business",
      "circle",
      "demesne",
      "department",
      "discipline",
      "domain",
      "element",
      "fief",
      "fiefdom",
      "field",
      "firmament",
      "front",
      "game",
      "kingdom",
      "line",
      "precinct",
      "province",
      "realm",
      "specialty",
      "sphere",
      "terrain",
      "walk"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113833",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baroque":{
    "antonyms":[
      "middling",
      "moderate",
      "modest",
      "reasonable",
      "temperate"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance":[
        "a truly baroque act of sabotage",
        "\u2014 G. N. Shuster"
      ],
      ": irregularly shaped":[
        "a baroque pearl"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension":[
        "a baroque cathedral",
        "baroque music and literature",
        "the baroque period"
      ],
      ": the baroque style or the period in which it flourished":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a somewhat baroque writing style",
      "a book filled with baroque descriptions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "His grim rhythm is disrupted by the Riddler (Paul Dano), conceived here as a serial killer in the style of Kevin Spacey\u2019s character from Se7en, who starts knocking off the city\u2019s leaders, inflicting increasingly baroque torments along the way. \u2014 Ross Douthat, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Succession has become an exercise in increasingly baroque ways to make nothing happen, and the cruel, rotted misery of that status quo is just as key to Succession\u2019s satire as its bleak depiction of wealth and the idiocy of those in power. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "As the controversy continued, Zak\u2019s theories became increasingly baroque . \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "Exploring what happened to Epstein does spiral quickly into these conspiracy theories that become very baroque and slightly ridiculous. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 2 Mar. 2021",
      "Padilla speaks in the highly baroque language of the academy \u2014 a style that can seem so deliberate as to function as a kind of protective armor. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2021",
      "In 2021, the largest brood of cicadas in the United States, appropriately named Brood X, will awake from a 17-year sleep and burrow out of the cold earth, ushering in a new season of baroque bug horrors. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "This exclusive first look at the Giraffe costume from The Masked Singer's upcoming fourth season reveals a very baroque figure, complete with a wig and heels. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 3 Sep. 2020",
      "The Trinchero tasting room has a baroque library vibe. \u2014 Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com , 17 Jan. 2018",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "An 18th-century baroque basilica awash in pink and surrounded by vineyards. \u2014 Diane Daniel, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "This crimson red building that adjoins Chafariz da Esperan\u00e7a, a baroque fountain and national monument from 1760, has recently undergone a renovation leaving behind five modern apartments spread across four floors. \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
      "On Ugly Season, Hadreas\u2019s musical references remain diverse; the album pulses with classical flourishes, Middle Eastern tones and instrumentation, West African polyrhythms, pop synthesizers, and his own trademark baroque sensibilities. \u2014 Jason Kyle Howard, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
      "Morris designs everything in her own style, which is Hollywood Regency and California eclectic meets baroque and fantasy. \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "This baroque -style palace home to more than 1,400 rooms took more than 60 years to build, interrupted by the Great Northern War that brought the Swedish Empire to an end. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "His version, a baroque drama that reimagines not only the tragedy of the Peterson family but also the filming of de Lestrade\u2019s documentary, depicts the transfigurative process by which facts are stacked and elevated to narrative. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
      "Fanjul intentionally contrasted a mix of dance styles including breaking and krump with the traditional baroque orchestra to critique the way society views those art forms based on class. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "Those very same lawns are now studies in baroque excess. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1852, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Middle French barroque irregularly shaped (of a pearl), from Portuguese barroco irregularly shaped pearl":"Adjective",
      "noun derivative of baroque entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8r\u00e4k",
      "-\u02c8r\u022fk",
      "b\u0259-\u02c8r\u014dk",
      "ba-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "devilish",
      "excessive",
      "exorbitant",
      "extravagant",
      "extreme",
      "fancy",
      "immoderate",
      "inordinate",
      "insane",
      "intolerable",
      "lavish",
      "overdue",
      "overextravagant",
      "overmuch",
      "overweening",
      "plethoric",
      "steep",
      "stiff",
      "towering",
      "unconscionable",
      "undue",
      "unmerciful"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194414",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barr body":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a densely staining inactivated condensed X chromosome that is present in each somatic cell of most female mammals and is used as a test of genetic femaleness (as in a fetus)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1961, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Murray Llewellyn Barr \u20201995 Canadian anatomist":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104253",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "barrage":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bomb",
      "bombard"
    ],
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      ": a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation":[],
      ": a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once":[
        "a barrage of phone calls",
        "unleashed a barrage of insults",
        "an oratorical barrage"
      ],
      ": artillery fire laid on a line (see line entry 1 sense 6c ) close to friendly troops to screen and protect them":[
        "The enemy laid down a barrage of machine-gun fire as our platoon approached the bridge."
      ],
      ": to deliver a barrage (see barrage entry 2 ) against":[
        "were barraged with bullets",
        "being barraged by campaign ads before the election"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1837, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1918, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French ( tir de ) barrage barrier fire":"Noun",
      "French, from barrer to bar, from barre bar":"Noun",
      "verbal derivative of barrage entry 2":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-ij",
      "b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4zh",
      "-\u02c8r\u00e4j"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blitz",
      "blitzkrieg",
      "bombardment",
      "cannonade",
      "drumbeat",
      "drumfire",
      "flurry",
      "fusillade",
      "hail",
      "salvo",
      "shower",
      "storm",
      "volley"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101606",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barrage balloon":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small captive balloon used to support wires or nets as protection against air attacks":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Normandy\u2019s Negroes, serving in mostly segregated units, worked under fire instead as stevedores and as antiaircraft men who ran up barrage balloons to frustrate enemy air strikes at the beaches. \u2014 Olivia B. Waxman, Time , 5 June 2019",
      "Those were barrage balloons , floating aloft and anchored by cables, so that enemy planes had to fly over them, making their bombing more difficult. \u2014 Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times , 2 June 2019",
      "The barrage balloons are going up all along the Corniche. \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Verge , 31 Mar. 2018",
      "There\u2019s no combat action in Mr. Boorman\u2019s film, only such apparitions as barrage balloons floating in the sky and a Luftwaffe pilot parachuting into a suburban garden. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1918, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182220",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrage reception":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a system of radio reception in which interference from one or more directions is prevented (as by directional properties of antennas)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "barrage entry 1":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011059",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barragudo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of barragudo variant spelling of barrigudo"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-233903",
    "type":[]
  },
  "barramundi":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a catadromous bony fish ( Lates calcarifer of the family Centropomidae) with a greenish-bronze back and silvery sides that is found from the Persian Gulf to southern China and Australia and is valued as a sport and food fish":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The state has allowed Norwegian salmon to be raised in Homestead and Australian barramundi , a freshwater fish similar to snook, to be raised in open ponds in Osceola County. \u2014 Ed Killer, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "Pearl meat and wild barramundi are among super-fresh seafood on offer; and the restaurant's iconic Peking Duck highlights on a menu that is both traditional and inventive. \u2014 Keira Alexander, Travel + Leisure , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "One recent week of menus included Cajun chicken with Dijonnaise, Moroccan shrimp bisque, pork chops with tzatziki, creamy French onion meatballs, and barramundi with creamy kale, among others. \u2014 Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored , 17 Aug. 2020",
      "His indoor fish farm in Australia supplies restaurants with plate-size barramundi grown to 1.8 pounds. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 14 June 2020",
      "That means ros\u00e9 and barramundi sliders at legendary chef Matt Moran\u2019s three-level Barangaroo House. \u2014 Erin Florio, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 July 2018",
      "Festivalgoers can discover the bush cuisine that the aboriginal people have eaten for more than 65,000 years \u2014 there\u2019s emu, chorizo, barramundi , magpie goose and more. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2018",
      "Animals found on Ubirr's walls include barramundi (Asian sea bass), catfish, mullet, goannas (Australian monitor lizard), long-necked turtles, pig-nosed turtles, rock ringtail possums and wallabies. \u2014 Smithsonian , 7 Apr. 2017",
      "Animals found on Ubirr's walls include barramundi (Asian sea bass), catfish, mullet, goannas (Australian monitor lizard), long-necked turtles, pig-nosed turtles, rock ringtail possums and wallabies. \u2014 Smithsonian , 7 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1864, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps borrowed from an indigenous language of inland central Queensland, Australia":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccba-r\u0259-",
      "\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8m\u0259n-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013051",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barranca":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a deep gully or arroyo with steep sides":[],
      ": a steep bank or bluff":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine derivative of barranco \"cliff, precipice, gully, ravine,\" of pre-Latin substratal origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259-\u02c8ra\u014b-k\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bluff",
      "cliff",
      "crag",
      "escarpment",
      "palisade",
      "precipice",
      "scar",
      "scarp"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203850",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barranco":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a deep gully or arroyo with steep sides":[],
      ": a steep bank or bluff":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine derivative of barranco \"cliff, precipice, gully, ravine,\" of pre-Latin substratal origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259-\u02c8ra\u014b-k\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bluff",
      "cliff",
      "crag",
      "escarpment",
      "palisade",
      "precipice",
      "scar",
      "scarp"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034009",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrandite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral (Fe,Al)Po 4 .2H 2 O consisting of a pale-gray hydrous phosphate of iron and aluminum belonging to the isomorphous series strengite-variscite":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French barrandite , from Joachim Barrande \u20201883 French geologist + French -ite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259\u02c8ran\u02ccd\u012bt",
      "\u02c8bar\u0259n-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223517",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrator":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who engages in barratry":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180711",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barratrous":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": tainted with or constituting barratry":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "barratry + -ous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259-tr\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130418",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "barratry":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an unlawful act or fraudulent breach of duty by a master of a ship or by the mariners to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo":[],
      ": the persistent incitement of litigation":[],
      ": the purchase or sale of office or preferment in church or state":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tran withdrew her federal suit against Watts for identity theft, but filed another one in state court, along with the barratry claim against him and Hilliard, both of whom deny any wrongdoing. \u2014 Francesca Mari, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English (Scots) barratrie , from Anglo-French *baraterie , literally, deception, from Old French barater to be active, do business, cause strife, deceive, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prattare , from Greek prattein, prassein to do \u2014 more at practical":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259-tr\u0113",
      "\u02c8bar-\u0259-tr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190935",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barre":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a handrail used by ballet dancers to maintain balance while exercising : bar sense 1c":[
        "He would work at an accelerated tempo at the barre to build up his strength, and learn to \"feel the floor\" with his toes to increase the elasticity of his elevation.",
        "\u2014 Julie Kavanagh"
      ],
      ": an exercise regimen that typically utilizes a ballet bar and movements taken from or influenced by ballet training":[
        "Barre is also low impact and has a built-in handhold, making it a relatively safe form of exercise.",
        "\u2014 Markham Heid",
        "Did I mention that every barre class I have ever gone to includes squats",
        "\u2014 Kathleen Trotter"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Though barre classes were even around during Balanchine\u2019s day, the American Council on Exercise credits its 2010s renaissance to Black Swan\u2019s popularity. \u2014 Hannah Jackson, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
      "Beginners can start with Sky Barre 101 -- a 50-minute workout that includes barre , Pilates, cardio, HITT, TRX, circus play, and a fun Sky Kandy trick. \u2014 Mary Caldwell, AccessAtlanta , 31 May 2022",
      "But with age, your pelvic floor can weaken, says Ife Obi, a certified Pilates instructor and founder of The Fit In, a Pilates, barre , and strength studio in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. \u2014 Tiffany Ayuda, Health.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "For the past 18 months, Daniel Harder has been keeping fit in his Harlem apartment with Zoom workouts, using an ironing board as a ballet barre and trying not to kick over the furniture. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Between takes, Cotillard sang her lines to herself, while Driver stretched his legs on the railing of the boat, like a dancer at a barre . \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "Aerial Yoga Houston offers many different classes depending on your level of expertise such as yoga basics, aerial barre and more. \u2014 Rosemary Akpan, Chron , 10 June 2021",
      "Lack of regular access to studios has meant dancers are confined to their homes, using their kitchen counters as a barre during daily Zoom classes and limiting combinations to ones that can be achieved in the span of their living rooms. \u2014 Ellen O'connell Whittet, Glamour , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Donning her ballet slippers and a blue leotard on a recent Sunday afternoon, Brielle took to her virtual lessons in her living room at her portable barre with a focus beyond her years. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Medieval Latin barra":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115325",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barred":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "He looked out the barred windows of the jail.",
      "a bird with a barred tail",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In California, for example, the legislature in 2018 barred felony murder charges against participants in a felony who did not personally kill anyone. \u2014 jsonline.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Similarly, Alexey Kortnev, the frontman of the band Neschastny Sluchai, who was tapped to be the festival's host, declined and expressed support for the barred candidates. \u2014 Vladimir Kozlov, Billboard , 7 Aug. 2019",
      "The couple and their daughter had lived with Martinez\u2019s mother in a sea-green brick home with barred windows in a working-class neighborhood of San Martin on the outskirts of the capital, San Salvador. \u2014 Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2019",
      "And the manner in which some died \u2014 trapped between barred windows and roaring flames \u2014 echoes this. \u2014 New York Times , 9 July 2018",
      "Russia\u2019s track team remains barred from global competition, and the country\u2019s antidoping operations have been decertified by international regulators. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2018",
      "DeAngelo, 72, appeared in court for Monday's brief hearing, walking in on his own power and standing in a barred holding cage before the judge. \u2014 Paige St. John, latimes.com , 14 May 2018",
      "There are more barred windows, chain-link fences and cheap apartment blocks. \u2014 www.latimes.com , 29 Mar. 2018",
      "Marshall said Hardwick remains barred following his conviction. \u2014 Carol Robinson, AL.com , 10 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "banded",
      "streaked",
      "striped"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084145",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barred owl":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large North American owl ( Strix varia ) with brown eyes and bars of dark brown on the breast":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just last year, Central Park\u2019s celebrity barred owl Barry died after colliding with a maintenance vehicle. \u2014 Ryan Mandelbaum, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Phuong Le, The Know , 19 Oct. 2019",
      "The Vermont Institute of Natural Science says staffers treated a record total of 705 wild birds in 2019 at the institute\u2019s Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation, and 77 of those were barred owls . \u2014 USA TODAY , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019",
      "Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Phuong Le, The Know , 19 Oct. 2019",
      "Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019",
      "Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Phuong Le, The Know , 19 Oct. 2019",
      "Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Phuong Le, The Know , 19 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1784, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131239",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrel":{
    "antonyms":[
      "belt",
      "blast",
      "blaze",
      "blow",
      "bolt",
      "bomb",
      "bowl",
      "breeze",
      "bundle",
      "bustle",
      "buzz",
      "cannonball",
      "careen",
      "career",
      "chase",
      "course",
      "crack (on)",
      "dash",
      "drive",
      "fly",
      "hare",
      "hasten",
      "hie",
      "highball",
      "hotfoot (it)",
      "hump",
      "hurl",
      "hurry",
      "hurtle",
      "hustle",
      "jet",
      "jump",
      "motor",
      "nip",
      "pelt",
      "race",
      "ram",
      "rip",
      "rocket",
      "run",
      "rush",
      "rustle",
      "scoot",
      "scurry",
      "scuttle",
      "shoot",
      "speed",
      "step",
      "tear",
      "travel",
      "trot",
      "whirl",
      "whisk",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cylindrical or tapering housing containing the optical components of a photographic-lens system and the iris diaphragm":[],
      ": a drum or cylindrical part: such as":[],
      ": a great quantity":[],
      ": a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter":[],
      ": asking for or granting no credit":[],
      ": at a disadvantage : in an awkward position":[],
      ": the discharging tube of a gun":[],
      ": the flat, cylindrical metal box that encloses the mainspring of a timepiece":[],
      ": the fuel outlet from the carburetor on a gasoline engine":[],
      ": the part of a fountain pen or of a pencil containing the ink or lead":[],
      ": the trunk of a quadruped":[],
      ": to move at a high speed or without hesitation":[],
      ": to put or pack in a barrel":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Oak barrels are used for aging the wine.",
      "The price of oil is over 30 dollars a barrel .",
      "They drank a whole barrel of beer.",
      "the barrel of a gun",
      "Verb",
      "The truck went barreling down Main Street.",
      "She came running out of her office and went barreling past us down the hall.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The smaller-than-average 1 \u00bd-inch barrel is perfect for shorter styles, and the spinning mechanism rotates in two directions to create natural-looking curls and waves on dry hair in between washes. \u2014 Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
      "Despite consistently putting the barrel to the ball, Penn's defense did not let the ball hit the ground. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 19 June 2022",
      "Success was slow in coming; the barrel of Stoner\u2019s first prototype burst in Army tests. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
      "Staring down the barrel of a $3 million lawsuit, ecology professor Ben Abbott is now turning the legal tables on the company proposing to dredge Utah Lake. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "The thicker barrel is perfect for that bouncy, mega-volume look\u2013or to style curtain bangs. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
      "The barrel 's built to create something called the Coanda effect, which uses high-velocity air to dry, smooth, and suck your strands into the shape of a curl. \u2014 Talia Gutierrez, Allure , 2 June 2022",
      "Once bottled and labeled the guest would pick up their bottles and get to keep the empty barrel . \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "In the case of long guns, such as an AR-15, gain control of the firearm by redirecting the barrel first. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That\u2019s when Antica Terra founder/winemaker Maggie Harrison gets behind the bar \u2014or barrel in this case \u2014 to pour world-class wines made by other winemakers. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
      "His patience, his contact rate, and his ability to barrel the ball were very obvious skills that have been refined with experience. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "To hop aboard the raw denim train, scroll on to discover 23 pairs, from slim-fit and cropped to barrel and straight legs. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Billions of dollars\u2019 worth of televisions, furniture and other goods from the port are shipped onto trucks that barrel along the 710 and are then loaded onto trains headed to the rest of the country. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Trump would have entered a second term as US-China relations barrel toward greater confrontation. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz , 7 Nov. 2020",
      "The craft beer revolution turned the tall cousin of cannabis into a breakout ingredient, infusing your brew with flavors and aromas that range from stone fruit to barrel oak. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "The Rays simply couldn\u2019t barrel up Detmers, who mixed a fastball averaging 92 mph with a looping curveball, a changeup and a slider. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 May 2022",
      "At its current pace, the world would barrel past that limit in the coming decades and set off increasingly deadly and irreversible calamities, scientists say. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
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      "Middle English barayl, barel , borrowed from Anglo-French barel, baril (continental Old French barril ), going back to Gallo-Romance *barr\u012bculus , probably diminutive of *barr\u012bca \"cask, barrel\" \u2014 more at barricade entry 2":"Noun",
      "verbal derivative of barrel entry 1":"Verb"
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      "raft",
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      "slew",
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      "wealth",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095338",
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      "verb"
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      "belt",
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      "blaze",
      "blow",
      "bolt",
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      "bundle",
      "bustle",
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      "cannonball",
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      "career",
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      "course",
      "crack (on)",
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      "fly",
      "hare",
      "hasten",
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      "highball",
      "hotfoot (it)",
      "hump",
      "hurl",
      "hurry",
      "hurtle",
      "hustle",
      "jet",
      "jump",
      "motor",
      "nip",
      "pelt",
      "race",
      "ram",
      "rip",
      "rocket",
      "run",
      "rush",
      "rustle",
      "scoot",
      "scurry",
      "scuttle",
      "shoot",
      "speed",
      "step",
      "tear",
      "travel",
      "trot",
      "whirl",
      "whisk",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
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      ": a drum or cylindrical part: such as":[],
      ": a great quantity":[],
      ": a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter":[],
      ": asking for or granting no credit":[],
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      ": the discharging tube of a gun":[],
      ": the flat, cylindrical metal box that encloses the mainspring of a timepiece":[],
      ": the fuel outlet from the carburetor on a gasoline engine":[],
      ": the part of a fountain pen or of a pencil containing the ink or lead":[],
      ": the trunk of a quadruped":[],
      ": to move at a high speed or without hesitation":[],
      ": to put or pack in a barrel":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Oak barrels are used for aging the wine.",
      "The price of oil is over 30 dollars a barrel .",
      "They drank a whole barrel of beer.",
      "the barrel of a gun",
      "Verb",
      "The truck went barreling down Main Street.",
      "She came running out of her office and went barreling past us down the hall.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The smaller-than-average 1 \u00bd-inch barrel is perfect for shorter styles, and the spinning mechanism rotates in two directions to create natural-looking curls and waves on dry hair in between washes. \u2014 Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
      "Despite consistently putting the barrel to the ball, Penn's defense did not let the ball hit the ground. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 19 June 2022",
      "Success was slow in coming; the barrel of Stoner\u2019s first prototype burst in Army tests. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
      "Staring down the barrel of a $3 million lawsuit, ecology professor Ben Abbott is now turning the legal tables on the company proposing to dredge Utah Lake. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "The thicker barrel is perfect for that bouncy, mega-volume look\u2013or to style curtain bangs. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
      "The barrel 's built to create something called the Coanda effect, which uses high-velocity air to dry, smooth, and suck your strands into the shape of a curl. \u2014 Talia Gutierrez, Allure , 2 June 2022",
      "Once bottled and labeled the guest would pick up their bottles and get to keep the empty barrel . \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "In the case of long guns, such as an AR-15, gain control of the firearm by redirecting the barrel first. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That\u2019s when Antica Terra founder/winemaker Maggie Harrison gets behind the bar \u2014or barrel in this case \u2014 to pour world-class wines made by other winemakers. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
      "His patience, his contact rate, and his ability to barrel the ball were very obvious skills that have been refined with experience. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "To hop aboard the raw denim train, scroll on to discover 23 pairs, from slim-fit and cropped to barrel and straight legs. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Billions of dollars\u2019 worth of televisions, furniture and other goods from the port are shipped onto trucks that barrel along the 710 and are then loaded onto trains headed to the rest of the country. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Trump would have entered a second term as US-China relations barrel toward greater confrontation. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz , 7 Nov. 2020",
      "The craft beer revolution turned the tall cousin of cannabis into a breakout ingredient, infusing your brew with flavors and aromas that range from stone fruit to barrel oak. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "The Rays simply couldn\u2019t barrel up Detmers, who mixed a fastball averaging 92 mph with a looping curveball, a changeup and a slider. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 May 2022",
      "At its current pace, the world would barrel past that limit in the coming decades and set off increasingly deadly and irreversible calamities, scientists say. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English barayl, barel , borrowed from Anglo-French barel, baril (continental Old French barril ), going back to Gallo-Romance *barr\u012bculus , probably diminutive of *barr\u012bca \"cask, barrel\" \u2014 more at barricade entry 2":"Noun",
      "verbal derivative of barrel entry 1":"Verb"
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      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259l",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "abundance",
      "basketful",
      "boatload",
      "bucket",
      "bunch",
      "bundle",
      "bushel",
      "carload",
      "chunk",
      "deal",
      "dozen",
      "fistful",
      "gobs",
      "good deal",
      "heap",
      "hundred",
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      "lashins",
      "loads",
      "lot",
      "mass",
      "mess",
      "mountain",
      "much",
      "multiplicity",
      "myriad",
      "oodles",
      "pack",
      "passel",
      "peck",
      "pile",
      "plateful",
      "plenitude",
      "plentitude",
      "plenty",
      "pot",
      "potful",
      "profusion",
      "quantity",
      "raft",
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      "scads",
      "sheaf",
      "shipload",
      "sight",
      "slew",
      "spate",
      "stack",
      "store",
      "ton",
      "truckload",
      "volume",
      "wad",
      "wealth",
      "yard"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190911",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "desert",
      "desolation",
      "heath",
      "no-man's-land",
      "waste",
      "wasteland"
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      ": an extent of usually level land having an inferior growth of trees or little vegetation":[],
      ": devoid , lacking":[
        "\u2014 used with of barren of excitement"
      ],
      ": habitually failing to fruit":[
        "barren apple trees"
      ],
      ": incapable of producing offspring":[
        "\u2014 used especially of females or matings barren women"
      ],
      ": lacking inspiration or ideas":[
        "a barren mind"
      ],
      ": lacking interest or charm":[
        "a barren routine"
      ],
      ": not productive: such as":[],
      ": not reproducing: such as":[],
      ": not yet or not recently pregnant":[],
      ": producing inferior crops":[
        "barren soil"
      ],
      ": producing little or no vegetation : desolate":[
        "barren deserts"
      ],
      ": unproductive of results or gain : fruitless":[
        "a barren scheme"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Few creatures can thrive on these barren mountaintops.",
      "The book was good, but I found the barren lives of the characters depressing.",
      "Noun",
      "lived out in the barrens where it was impossible to grow anything",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Not to be unexpected given it\u2019s a barren , cold wasteland with barely any atmosphere. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 May 2022",
      "The rover had looked out across the quiet terrain and observed not a barren wasteland, but a lost oasis. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "In the future, Ferl would like to continue studying how life might take hold in otherwise barren extraterrestrial soils. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
      "The drier climate created a more barren habitat, which may have created environmental pressures on Discokeryx xiezhi's ability to survive -- hence the intense fighting over females. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 2 June 2022",
      "Buubble, also known as The Five Million Star Hotel, is situated amongst the pines, a rarity in typically barren Iceland. \u2014 Katie Lockhart, House Beautiful , 1 June 2022",
      "Our mission was to hammer the RS 3 both on the track and on a road course through the barren -but-beautiful desert highways on either edge of California and Nevada. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
      "The slow-revealing and vividly sorrowful two-hander boasts superb acting against the backdrop of the alluringly barren American heartland. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
      "Less than an hour after new pandemic restrictions were announced, panic buying ensued and grocery shelves became barren , just like everywhere else in the world. \u2014 Leslie Nguyen-okwu, Quartz , 11 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bareine , from Anglo-French barain , perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Welsh brynar fallow land":"Adjective",
      "noun derivative of barren entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259n",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259n",
      "\u02c8bar-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for barren Adjective bare , naked , nude , bald , barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. an apartment with bare walls naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness. poor half- naked children nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure. a nude model posing for art students bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness. a bald mountain peak barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility. barren plains",
    "synonyms":[
      "bony",
      "boney",
      "dead",
      "desolate",
      "hardscrabble",
      "impoverished",
      "infertile",
      "poor",
      "stark",
      "unfertile",
      "unproductive",
      "waste"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104530",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrette":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a clip or bar for holding hair in place":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And of course, in true Jennifer Behr form, the whole collection was built on the notion that the right pair of earrings or bow barrette can transform an outfit\u2014and be worn endlessly. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 9 June 2022",
      "Morningstar Danford, 18, assists her littlest sister, 2-year-old Journee, with a beaded medallion and barrette made to look like Hello Kitty, her favorite. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "The model wore a skintight yellow dress by Coperni, an oversized black leather jacket by Junya Watanabe, and an old-school yellow barrette in her hair. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Fans of statement jewelry will love this barrette , which measures more than four inches by one and a half inches, and features an eye-catching pattern. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Further attitude was created with a deep side parting, while a delicate barrette added to the overall youthfulness. \u2014 Tish Weinstock, Vogue , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Her blunt inky bob was held back on one side by a plastic barrette , and though her face was round, its skin had wrinkled into a topographical map. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Her eyes are rimmed heavily with black eyeliner, and her blunt bob is punctuated with a red barrette . \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "This Morning co-host got a chance to meet Gabby Goodwin, the 14-year-old behind GaBBY Bows \u2014 the first and patented double-faced double-snap barrette . \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 9 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1901, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, diminutive of barre bar":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00e4-\u02c8ret",
      "b\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082141",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barretter":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an early form of radio detector operating by increased resistance when subjected to the influence of electric waves":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "modification of Old French bareter to exchange":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259\u02c8ret\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083001",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barricade":{
    "antonyms":[
      "barrier",
      "fence",
      "hedge",
      "wall"
    ],
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      ": a field of combat or dispute":[],
      ": an obstruction or rampart thrown up across a way or passage to check the advance of the enemy":[],
      ": barrier sense 1a":[],
      ": barrier sense 3 , obstacle":[],
      ": to block off or stop up with a barricade":[
        "barricade a street"
      ],
      ": to prevent access to by means of a barricade":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The police barricaded the crime scene.",
      "the city barricaded the flooded streets",
      "Noun",
      "The enemy broke through the barricade .",
      "Police erected barricades to keep the crowds from approaching the crime scene.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The differences between an active shooter and barricade subject response for law enforcement cannot be more dynamically opposite and the duty to save lives, never more urgent. \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
      "Elsewhere, locals are working around the clock to cover stained glass windows with plywood and aluminum, and to barricade statues with sandbags. \u2014 Cristina Florea, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Teachers then evacuate kids from the building, barricade themselves in the classroom, or hide students. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
      "Grocery store employees heard the gunshots and pushed shopping carts to barricade the doors as a precaution in an effort to keep people safe, the news station reported. \u2014 Rosana Hughes, ajc , 29 May 2022",
      "Smoke hung over the gray streets that day in Kyiv, where protesters had piled tires, furniture and barbed wire to barricade themselves from security forces. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "The scenario--troops facing off against rival forces who attempt to barricade a bridge\u2014recreates the challenges of modern warfare, officials said. \u2014 Byshannon K. Crawford, ABC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The trip to New York should have been a key moment for the Bulls to barricade themselves further into the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The police returned fire, which then led the suspect to barricade himself. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud And Terry Tang, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That man, Ryan Samsel, has been charged with attacking officers at the barricade in what is widely thought to be the tipping point of the riot, with videotape showing him attacking Officer Edwards. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
      "At the barricade , about fifty people had assembled, waving cell phones and calling out to Boric. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "If the gunfire stops, the situation may change to a barricade or hostage scenario, which calls for a different, slower approach, experts say. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022",
      "If the gunfire stops, the situation may change to a barricade or hostage scenario, which calls for a different, slower approach, experts say. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "The driver, described as a man in his late 20s or early 30s, then crashed into a barricade near the interchange to SR-163, police said. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Outside, former Chateau Marmont employee Thomasina Gross quietly observed the passing SUVs at the barricade . \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Horry County spokeswoman Brooke Holden revealed guardsmen had waved the jail van around a barricade near the Little Pee Dee River in South Carolina. \u2014 Raja Razek, CNN , 20 May 2022",
      "Turner\u2019s family tried to drive around the barricade , but the warrant says a gunman opened fire with his AR-15-style rifle and struck the side and back of the vehicle, killing the girl. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 31 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, from barrique \"barrel,\" a typical component of barricades (borrowed from Gascon barriqua , probably going back to pre-Latin *barr\u012bca ) + -ade -ade":"Noun",
      "borrowed from Middle French, noun derivative of barricade barricade entry 2":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101d",
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259-\u02cck\u0101d",
      "\u02ccba-r\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bar",
      "block (off)",
      "blockade",
      "close (off)",
      "guard",
      "wall (off)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100014",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barricade oneself":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to block oneself off from other people usually inside something as by locking doors or erecting barricades":[
        "Students barricaded themselves in the cafeteria to protest university policies."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021152",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "barricaded":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": protected or blocked by a barricade":[
        "a barricaded building",
        "a barricaded street/door"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Texas Department of Public Safety and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told Fox News that one person has been shot and the shooter \u2013 who ran to the school \u2013 became barricaded inside it. \u2014 Greg Norman, Fox News , 24 May 2022",
      "Traditionally, a barricaded suspect buys the police time to set up a perimeter and call a SWAT team, which could take 20 minutes to arrive. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud And Terry Tang, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The call for a barricaded suspect initially came in at 9:30 a.m., while the shots fired call was reported around 3:25 p.m., police said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "The altercation was an early moment in the siege where Trump supporters were able to make it past one barricaded section of the grounds, according to court records. \u2014 Hannah Rabinowitz And Katelyn Polantz, CNN , 4 June 2021",
      "Back in the barricaded room with McConnell aides, one staffer began snapping photos through a window. \u2014 Karoun Demirjian, Star Tribune , 10 Jan. 2021",
      "Back in the barricaded room with McConnell aides, one staffer began snapping photos through a window. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2021",
      "Residents who access reopened areas are asked to avoid barricaded locations. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Sep. 2020",
      "Unlike the Lake Street corridor, where hundreds of storefronts remain barricaded and property owners complain of living in a war zone, West Broadway doesn\u2019t look much different from before the riots. \u2014 Jeffrey Meitrodt, Star Tribune , 19 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1603, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-d\u0259d",
      "\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-",
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
      "\u02ccba-r\u0259-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111224",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barricado":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": barricade":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French barricade barricade entry 2 , with suffix conformed to -ado , Spanish equivalent of -ade frequently used in 16th-century English":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccba-r\u0259-",
      "\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230847",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb,"
    ]
  },
  "barrico":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small cask : keg":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps altered from French barrique or Occitan barrica \"barrel\"":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "British often \u02c8br\u0101k\u0259",
      "b\u0259\u02c8r\u0113(\u02cc)k\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061621",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrier":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a medieval war game in which combatants fight on foot with a fence or railing between them":[],
      ": a natural formation or structure that prevents or hinders movement or action":[
        "geographic barriers to species dissemination",
        "barrier beaches",
        "drugs that cross the placental barrier"
      ],
      ": something immaterial that impedes or separates : obstacle":[
        "behavioral barriers",
        "trade barriers"
      ],
      ": something material that blocks or is intended to block passage":[
        "highway barriers",
        "a barrier contraceptive"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Concrete barriers surround the race track to protect spectators.",
      "The tree's roots serve as a barrier against soil erosion.",
      "The mountain range forms a natural barrier between the two countries.",
      "Both leaders are in favor of removing trade barriers .",
      "Cultural barriers have made it hard for women to enter many professions.",
      "He argues that regulations should not be viewed as barriers to progress.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This will create the perfect barrier for locking in all that tomato juice, which is the key to making a tomato sandwich worth eating in the first place. \u2014 Amber Sutton, al , 29 June 2022",
      "Some bot tests known as CAPTCHA require manual input of Chinese characters or idioms, another barrier for those unfamiliar with the language. \u2014 Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "In the markers, earlier hesitation about crossing the 3 percent barrier for ten-year Treasurys has now been consigned to the past. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 13 June 2022",
      "Some even used it as an extra barrier for their hoop houses. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2022",
      "The fact that this help is paid for can constitute a barrier for the coach, as help is usually offered for free. \u2014 Xavier Preterit, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "The glycerin base is moisturizing and helps to create a protective barrier for the skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "McKenzie Shane, a 5th-grade teacher at Williams Elementary School who attended the event, said the stigma associated with mental health is a significant barrier for students who need help. \u2014 Walker Armstrong, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Market access -- lowering the barrier for trade activity with the United States -- was an important incentive to persuade Southeast Asian countries to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English barrere , from Anglo-French, from barre bar":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bar-\u0113-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "barricade",
      "fence",
      "hedge",
      "wall"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075307",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrier island":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a long broad sandy island lying parallel to a shore that is built up by the action of waves, currents, and winds and that protects the shore from the effects of the ocean":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The property spans the width of the barrier island , with about 1,200 feet of ocean frontage and around 1,300 feet on the Intracoastal Waterway. \u2014 E.b. Solomont, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Of course the half-acre lot helps, but more important is the surrounding conservation area \u2013 ensuring that the neighbors in the barrier island community are out of sight. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
      "There are 14 properties \u2014 situated within Zone 1, the city\u2019s barrier island , east of the Intracoastal Waterway \u2014 that are old enough to need reports to be submitted before Feb. 1. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
      "The accident happened on the ocean-facing beach on a large barrier island that stretches down the New Jersey coast, Toms River police said. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
      "Welcome to the world\u2019s longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island . \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 3 May 2022",
      "As usual, there is no festival parking on the barrier island and visitors are encouraged to take the Water Taxi. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Nearby, the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne is set on the coast of the five-mile barrier island . \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Accessible only by ferry or private plane, the 16-mile-long barrier island has one main highway and a single village, Ocracoke, with a population of 797, according to the 2020 Census. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1773, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122248",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrier layer":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the surface of contact between a semiconductor (such as cuprous oxide) and a metal (such as copper) that acts as an alternating current rectifier or photovoltaic cell when included in a circuit":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124430",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barring":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": excluding by exception : excepting":[
        "\u2026 they knew that, barring a miracle, they would never be able to save the large cash outlay required \u2026",
        "\u2014 Warner Olivier"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "No one, barring the magician himself, knows how the trick is done.",
      "we'll be there, barring rain or some other unexpected problem"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "apart from",
      "aside from",
      "bar",
      "beside",
      "besides",
      "but",
      "except",
      "excepting",
      "except for",
      "excluding",
      "exclusive of",
      "other than",
      "outside",
      "outside of",
      "save",
      "saving"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223742",
    "type":[
      "preposition"
    ]
  },
  "barroom":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquor : bar entry 1 sense 5b":[
        "a barroom brawl"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "her mother didn't like her even to walk past the barroom because she was worried that there might be drunk people inside",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This barroom \u2013stock market environment is the turf of hustlers \u2014 minus the comic heroism of 1930s newspaper movies. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 June 2022",
      "Their most powerful cudgel was Thompson\u2019s catty barroom raconteur Buddy Cole, a trash-talking one-man pride revolution in an ascot. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Neither loudness nor drunkenness in this barroom had ever been tolerated. \u2014 Kevin Barry, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "But Bennett, 57, who had spent time in prison for stabbing a man in a barroom brawl in the 1980s, decided to take one more shot at life. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
      "The adjoining warehouse, at 3553, is in the process of being transformed into a private, soundproof beer-tasting room where visitors may sample beer pairings with chocolate and light barroom bites. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
      "The O\u2019Casey peered across his shoulder, into the gloom of the barroom . \u2014 Kevin Barry, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Apparently, 2000 was too soon for a series involving a barroom bet between the Almighty and Satan. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Freep.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "At their first party, hosted at the barroom Home Sweet Home in New York, more than 250 people from different cultures and backgrounds showed up. \u2014 Caroline Newton, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1742, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02ccr\u00fcm",
      "-\u02ccru\u0307m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bar",
      "caf\u00e9",
      "cafe",
      "cantina",
      "dramshop",
      "gin mill",
      "grogshop",
      "pub",
      "public house",
      "saloon",
      "taproom",
      "tavern",
      "watering hole",
      "watering place"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212643",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barter":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": goods or services that are traded for other goods or services : the thing given in exchange in bartering":[],
      ": the act or practice of trading goods or services for other goods or services : the act or practice of carrying on trade by bartering":[],
      ": to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services":[
        "farmers bartering for supplies with their crops",
        "bartered with the store's owner"
      ],
      ": to trade or exchange by or as if by bartering":[
        "bartering work for food"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The tribes use a system of barter .",
      "The explorers used blankets and other supplies for barter to get food from the native people.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And the understandably discombobulated clerk behind the counter isn\u2019t willing to barter when Martin offers pelts, and an axe, as payment for his items. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 17 June 2022",
      "Daily stoop sales, where neighbors can barter children\u2019s clothes for soap, or a rice cooker for a fan, are increasingly common. \u2014 Lillian Perlmutter, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 June 2022",
      "According to the sisters, the party might come across sheep herders and barter some of their fish for lamb. \u2014 Britta Lokting, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "Overseas business partners may need to barter gold for rubles to pay for inputs, like energy, minerals, or fertilizers, and therefore demand that their U.S. counterparts pay in rubles or bullion. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Recently, Russian and US officials agreed that Roscosmos and NASA would barter seats for future flights, with NASA astronauts riding on the Soyuz in exchange for Russians launching on Crew Dragon as early as this fall. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "If teams don't budget appropriately during the race, they aren't allowed to beg for money, but they are allowed to barter ! \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "The act of being consistent demands you to use self-talk and negotiate and barter with yourself to keep yourself on track. \u2014 Rittu Sinha, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "New Orleans will beg and barter their last dollar to keep the Saints. \u2014 Christopher Dodson, Forbes , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "During the near-total economic implosion in the 1990s, Russians grew their own food, routinely used pirated versions of software and movies, and fell back on barter , family, and community networks to survive. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 May 2022",
      "And, if your community is anything like mine, there\u2019s a vibrant barter economy. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "India and Pakistan have also been linked in the past to possible barter trade deals, typically swapping Iranian oil for consumer or agricultural products. \u2014 Dominic Dudley, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "During the strict 11-week lockdown that began in March, the majority of the 30,000 residents entered into a barter system. \u2014 Jamie Lafferty, Outside Online , 20 Mar. 2021",
      "Neighbors resorted to a barter system to exchange, say, a cabbage for a bottle of soy sauce. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "That\u2019s one reason the IRS has gone after the barter community to tax goods and services that are exchanged. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
      "Discussions about potential barter deals tend to rise when Iran is feeling under pressure on the international stage. \u2014 Dominic Dudley, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "This barter system benefits the environment and empowers the local people. \u2014 CNN , 29 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bartren , from Anglo-French *bareter to do business, exchange, alteration of Old French barater \u2014 more at barratry":"Verb",
      "Middle English, noun derivative of bartren \"to barter entry 1 \"":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "back-and-forth",
      "commutation",
      "dicker",
      "exchange",
      "quid pro quo",
      "swap",
      "trade",
      "trade-off",
      "truck"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031137",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barwise":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a line in the direction of a bar":[
        "\u2014 used of two or more charges especially when not across the middle of the field"
      ],
      ": in the direction of a bar : horizontally":[],
      "\u2014 compare in fess at fess":[
        "\u2014 used of two or more charges especially when not across the middle of the field"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bar entry 1 + -wise or -ways":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185503",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "barytocalcite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral BaCa(CO 3 ) 2 consisting of white monoclinic barium calcium carbonate (hardness 4, specific gravity 3.66)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "baryt- + calcite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt\u0259 +"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131055",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baryton":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stringed instrument of the 17th and 18th centuries similar to the bass viol with a fretted fingerboard, six or seven bowed strings, and numerous sympathetic strings behind them":[
        "He also had to provide music of all kinds for the establishment, and composed \u2026 a hundred and seventy-five works featuring the baryton , the Prince's favored instrument.",
        "\u2014 Andrew Porter , New Yorker , 22 Apr. 1991"
      ],
      ": an organ reed stop of 8- or 16-foot pitch":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French & German; French baryton , borrowed from German, literally, \"baritone\" (in various senses), borrowed from Italian baritono":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259-\u02cct\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174131",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ]
  },
  "barytone":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040429",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barometric surface":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a surface having the same barometric pressure at all points : an isobaric surface":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141646"
  },
  "barley stripe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a disease of barley caused by a fungus ( Helminthosporium gramineum ) and characterized by green or pale yellow and finally dark brown and frayed-out stripes on the leaves":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143013"
  },
  "barrier ice":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": floating freshwater ice of the antarctic barrier":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143133"
  },
  "barley-sugar column":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a twisted architectural column : salom\u00f3nica":[
        "The fine 15th-century church has twisted barley-sugar columns and old tombs set in the floor.",
        "\u2014 Paul Lewis , New York Times , 30 Nov. 1986",
        "Within its high outer walls is a luscious Gothic cloister oozing with delicate tracery and twisted barley sugar columns .",
        "\u2014 Catherine Slessor , Architectural Review , February 2010"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1937, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145905"
  },
  "Bartholin's gland":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": either of two oval racemose glands lying one to each side of the lower part of the vagina and secreting a lubricating mucus \u2014 compare cowper's gland":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-th\u0259-l\u0259nz-",
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-t\u1d4al-\u0259nz-",
      "\u02ccb\u00e4rt-\u1d4al-\u0259nz-",
      "\u02ccb\u00e4r-th\u0259-l\u0259nz-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Kaspar Bartholin \u20201738 Danish physician":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152930"
  },
  "barrier cream":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several cosmetic creams applied to the skin as a protective measure against dermatitis caused by chemical irritants":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155308"
  },
  "bard":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds":[],
      ": a composer, singer, or declaimer of epic or heroic verse":[],
      ": poet":[],
      ": a piece of armor or ornament for a horse's neck, breast, or flank":[],
      ": to furnish (a horse's neck, breast, or flank) with a piece of armor or ornament : to furnish with bards (see bard entry 2 )":[],
      ": to dress meat for cooking by covering with strips of fat":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "minstrel",
      "muse",
      "poet",
      "poetaster",
      "rhymester",
      "rimester",
      "versifier"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Scottish Gaelic & Irish":"Noun",
      "borrowed from Middle French barde , going back to Old French, \"packsaddle, saddle cover,\" borrowed from Arabic bard\u02bda (or borrowed from Italian barda in sense \"piece of armor for a horse,\" borrowed from Arabic)":"Noun",
      "verbal derivative of bard entry 2":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155959"
  },
  "barley smut":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": either of two diseases of barley:":[],
      ": a naked or loose smut caused by a fungus ( Ustilago nuda )":[],
      ": a covered smut caused by a related fungus ( U. hordei )":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161117"
  },
  "barbie":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "trademark"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": barbecue sense 2":[],
      ": barbecue sense 3":[],
      "Klaus 1913\u20131991 German Nazi leader":[],
      ": a conventionally attractive young woman typically perceived as lacking substance, character, or intelligence":[
        "I tell her she's beautiful as she is, but when she peers at television, movies, or popular magazines where generic, blue-eyed, blonde Barbie dolls with orthodontically perfect teeth, Botox, and breast implants prance, pose, and promenade, she says with a sense of fatality and resignation, \"I can't look like that.\"",
        "\u2014 Charles Johnson",
        "It was the 26-year-old's first major role, and she played it with subzero coldness. She couldn't care less how many men Al Pacino's Tony Montana would kill to curry her favor. She's aloof and unattainable, a coke-fed Barbie , the ultimate accessory.",
        "\u2014 Hilary Elkins et al.",
        "Jacquelin Smith, recalling her days as one of Charlie's Angels: \"Perhaps they were Barbie dolls with very little depth to them. But I'll say one thing for the show: Trying to add some life to lines like 'Hold it\u2014freeze' certainly does wonders for your acting.\"",
        "\u2014 People"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Plans for the official events from June 2 to 6 have been unveiled and unofficial ways of marking the moment are now popping up all over the place; from a Queen barbie doll to mugs, tea towels, t-shirts and even cocktails inspired by the milestone. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 21 May 2022",
      "Zendaya, in Ralph & Russo, went full-on Hollywood barbie glam for the 2017 premiere of Spider-Man: Homecoming. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Put an extra shrimp on the barbie this summer for your furry dog companion. \u2014 Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living , 17 Apr. 2021",
      "On Christmas day, many families will celebrate with a lunchtime barbie to grill, and then head to the beach. \u2014 Ashley Novak, CNN , 25 Dec. 2019",
      "The resulting product contains seaweed, plant protein and natural flavors, and can be cooked just like real shrimp (on the barbie , of course, or deep fried in a po-boy, or boiled and dipped in cocktail sauce as an appetizer before your fake steak). \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian , 11 Sep. 2019",
      "There have been cartwheels and stomp troupes and rollerblading barbie dolls. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 10 Apr. 2019",
      "The Clarendon eatery, which served as a backdrop for some of the show\u2019s drama, will serve its last shrimp on the barbie on Sunday, according to the Darbys. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 June 2019",
      "In the corner, a kangaroo and her joey are busy grilling on the barbie . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 24 Oct. 2018"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The six-bedroom concrete and stucco fortress with high, barrel vault ceilings is only a 10-minute walk from Ravello\u2019s center square. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
      "Next door lies the magnificent Banquet Hall, in which Gothic and classical architectural elements are masterfully orchestrated, with the wooden ceiling, shaped in a pointed barrel vault , reaching a height of 70 feet. \u2014 Catesby Leigh, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The garlands of pink wildflowers that wind over the steel blue barrel vault remind him of the mirasoles that grow along nearby country roads. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "One half of it was a barrel vault , like the inside of a Roman basilica; the other half was a groin vault, like the nave of a cathedral. \u2014 Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "The original circle arch and barrel vault ceilings are still intact today. \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "The original circle arch and barrel vault ceilings are still intact today. \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "The original circle arch and barrel vault ceilings are still intact today. \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "The original circle arch and barrel vault ceilings are still intact today. \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019"
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      ": the change of atmospheric pressure during the last few (generally three) hours before a regular observation":[]
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        "\u2014 Charles Johnson",
        "It was the 26-year-old's first major role, and she played it with subzero coldness. She couldn't care less how many men Al Pacino's Tony Montana would kill to curry her favor. She's aloof and unattainable, a coke-fed Barbie , the ultimate accessory.",
        "\u2014 Hilary Elkins et al.",
        "Jacquelin Smith, recalling her days as one of Charlie's Angels: \"Perhaps they were Barbie dolls with very little depth to them. But I'll say one thing for the show: Trying to add some life to lines like 'Hold it\u2014freeze' certainly does wonders for your acting.\"",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Plans for the official events from June 2 to 6 have been unveiled and unofficial ways of marking the moment are now popping up all over the place; from a Queen barbie doll to mugs, tea towels, t-shirts and even cocktails inspired by the milestone. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 21 May 2022",
      "Zendaya, in Ralph & Russo, went full-on Hollywood barbie glam for the 2017 premiere of Spider-Man: Homecoming. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Put an extra shrimp on the barbie this summer for your furry dog companion. \u2014 Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living , 17 Apr. 2021",
      "On Christmas day, many families will celebrate with a lunchtime barbie to grill, and then head to the beach. \u2014 Ashley Novak, CNN , 25 Dec. 2019",
      "The resulting product contains seaweed, plant protein and natural flavors, and can be cooked just like real shrimp (on the barbie , of course, or deep fried in a po-boy, or boiled and dipped in cocktail sauce as an appetizer before your fake steak). \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian , 11 Sep. 2019",
      "There have been cartwheels and stomp troupes and rollerblading barbie dolls. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 10 Apr. 2019",
      "The Clarendon eatery, which served as a backdrop for some of the show\u2019s drama, will serve its last shrimp on the barbie on Sunday, according to the Darbys. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 June 2019",
      "In the corner, a kangaroo and her joey are busy grilling on the barbie . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 24 Oct. 2018"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The barbershop owners turned the medal in to police. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
      "Two buildings west of Vardagen have been torn down: one was home to the Nickel Plate Bar and Grill and other a barbershop . \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 27 June 2022",
      "Viktor considers this sentiment, enters a men\u2019s barbershop , and requests a trim. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
      "His musical education began at the barbershop , where a shoeshine boy named Buddy Hayes had a blues band that rehearsed with a piano player named Little Joe. \u2014 Peter Applebome, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
      "His musical education began at the barbershop where a shoeshine boy named Buddy Hayes had a blues band that rehearsed with a piano player named Little Joe. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
      "Four people were shot inside a northwest Side barbershop while filming a music video early Wednesday morning, police said. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Around the corner is a 76 gas station, the Rosewood Initiative community center, Su Casa Super Mercado, a Hispanic grocery store, a barbershop , salon and two churches. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "As the original game expanded, so did the sound palate \u2014 which went on to include things like classic Joplin-esque ragtime, a barbershop quartet, and even tap dancing. \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 15 June 2022"
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      "1579, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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      ": a graphic means of quantitative comparison by rectangles with lengths proportional to the measure of the data or things being compared":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The engine speed appears as a bar graph , torque and power can be displayed, and the car can also track g-forces and lap times. \u2014 Juergen Zoellter, Car and Driver , 19 July 2021",
      "To provide context, an infographic can offer visualization using a bar graph or pie chart, the size of the crypto market cap versus precious metals, equities and other sectors. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
      "This was not a full circle moment but the right side of a steep bar graph , arrow pointing directly up. \u2014 Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com , 15 Dec. 2020",
      "One of these shows your speed, a graphical representation of the battery's state of charge, a range estimate, and a bar graph that shows energy being deployed or regenerated. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "A week before George Floyd was killed, Jane Nguyen created a bar graph . \u2014 NBC News , 14 June 2020",
      "The bar graph also showed a 1.2% positive change after the acquittal of two white men facing trial in the brutal 1992 beating of Rodney King. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY , 6 June 2020",
      "Christ said people should look at the bar graph on the data dashboard for the best understanding of when deaths occurred, rather than relying on the daily reported number. \u2014 Rachel Leingang, azcentral , 8 May 2020",
      "Some charts are bar graphs , some are pie charts, some are line graphs\u2014on a few occasions, the charts are broken (e.g., a pie chart depicting a 92:8 ratio that splits 50-50). \u2014 Brian Feldman, Bloomberg.com , 14 May 2020"
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      "1917, in the meaning defined above":""
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        "\u2014 R. Stephanie Bruno, Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) , 22 May 2010"
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      "Adjective",
      "goats, pigs, and other barnyard animals",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "On Instagram, Jenny opened up about how their barnyard of animals came to be. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 15 June 2022",
      "In this 80/20 Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon blend are bubble gum and barnyard aromas\u2014distinct and different. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "Banishing barnyard and household creatures from his jewels, the designer, who died in 1975 at the age of 50, favored a far more exotic and mythical menagerie of big cats, zebras, frogs and more. \u2014 Lindsay Talbot, New York Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "His cast of characters encompasses not just Speck but his 83-year-old mother, his brother Sam and enough barnyard and woodland creatures to populate a decade's worth of Disney movies. \u2014 David Holahan, USA TODAY , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "At some point in the midst of their walking around an imaginary barnyard , Adler told the class that an atomic bomb was about to fall. \u2014 Evan Kindley, The New Republic , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The keyboard player with the barnyard nickname was born Hargus Melvin Robbins in Spring City, Tennessee, on Jan. 18, 1938. \u2014 Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "The fox tricks the barnyard animals in the foxtail version. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "There is also a good selection of domestic and imported wines, along with refrigerated cases displaying her and other local curated cheeses, with milk bottle pendant lights providing a bit of barnyard dazzle. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Lard has been beloved now and then but often tastes too barnyard -y. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 July 2019",
      "Remlinger Farms Country Fair Fun Park ONGOING Barnyard animals, pony rides, steam train, kiddie rides, entertainment, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily, 32610 N.E. 32nd St., Carnation; $12.76-$14.94 (425-333-4135 or remlingerfarms.com/index.htm). \u2014 Madeline Mckenzie, The Seattle Times , 22 June 2017"
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      "Middle English bergh , from Old English beorg ; akin to Old High German berg mountain, Sanskrit b\u1e5bhant high":"Noun",
      "Middle English barow , from Old English bearg ; akin to Old High German barug barrow":"Noun",
      "Middle English barew , from Old English bearwe ; akin to Old English beran to carry \u2014 more at bear":"Noun"
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As the second-largest barrier reef in the world, marine species use it to navigate north and south, and its rich tapestry of coral, seagrass and mangrove forests provide vital food and habitat. \u2014 Nell Lewis; Video By Stefanie Blendis, CNN , 30 June 2022",
      "Founded in 2007, the Coral Restoration Foundation has been working to revive Florida\u2019s Coral Reef, a barrier reef stretching from north of Miami to Key Largo and the only in the continental U.S. \u2014 Melissa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
      "The barrier reef is a living thing that\u2019s under constant pressure from humans. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 7 May 2022",
      "What many have heard of is the Great Blue Hole, a sinkhole amid the barrier reef that Jacques Cousteau labeled one of the best diving spots in the world. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 7 May 2022",
      "The world's largest barrier reef \u2014 and its largest living thing, period \u2014 is an unrivaled experience for snorkelers and divers. \u2014 Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "And the waters were calm because of the protective barrier reef encircling the islands. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "In Belize City, gateway to the Great Blue Hole and barrier reef , guests can also visit ancient ruins. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "As the Cambridges posted pictures and videos on their social media accounts of them diving in Belize\u2019s barrier reef alongside breezy messages with plane and flag emojis, a bigger debate about the visit was beginning to rage. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 26 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1805, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000052"
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      "\u02c8ba-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
      "\u02c8ber-(\u02cc)\u014d",
      "\u02c8ber-\u014d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bergh , from Old English beorg ; akin to Old High German berg mountain, Sanskrit b\u1e5bhant high":"Noun",
      "Middle English barow , from Old English bearg ; akin to Old High German barug barrow":"Noun",
      "Middle English barew , from Old English bearwe ; akin to Old English beran to carry \u2014 more at bear":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001523"
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  "barn lantern":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a portable kerosine lantern similar to a standard kerosine lamp but having also a tubular frame with handle and guard encircling the chimney":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001827"
  },
  "barrow boy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": costermonger":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1939, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002548"
  },
  "bar girl":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": barmaid":[],
      ": a prostitute who frequents bars":[],
      ": b-girl":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010726"
  },
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    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": one whose business is cutting and dressing hair, shaving and trimming beards, and performing related services":[],
      "Samuel 1910\u20131981 American composer":[],
      ": to perform the services of a barber for : trim or groom the hair or beard of":[],
      ": to perform the services of a barber":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259r"
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    "synonyms":[
      "haircutter",
      "hairdresser",
      "hairstylist",
      "stylist"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He goes to a barber downtown.",
      "went to the barber to get his hair cut and his beard trimmed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The incidents happened at all hours of the day and targeted check cashing stores, a diner, barber shops and other businesses. \u2014 Rachel Paik, Fox News , 17 June 2022",
      "High-end restaurants, coffee shops, barber shops and boutiques that once focused on major downtowns like D.C. and Manhattan are pursuing locations in suburbs like Bethesda, Arlington and Darien, Conn., Biel said. \u2014 Katherine Shaver, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "LaRon and Salvant are the co-founders of Squire Technologies, which provides software and services to barber shops nationwide. \u2014 Jared Council, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Gonzalez has painted beauty salons and barber shops. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "The surrounding area is primarily residential and is surrounded by homes, along with a Family Dollar store, barber shops, a laundromat and fire station. \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 14 May 2022",
      "Powell\u2019s salon, Essence of Ebony in West Jordan, is one of 19 Black hair salons and barber shops in Utah, according to the Utah Black Chamber\u2019s most recent directory. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The device used to conduct the treatment resembled a barber \u2019s chair and sat center stage. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The sole exception: About 66% of Americans always tip their hairstylist/ barber , compared with 63% during the past two years. \u2014 Gary Stoller, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "From the porch of his childhood home in Cherry Hill to barber shops across Baltimore, Troy Staton, 52, has cut hair for nearly four decades. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, baltimoresun.com , 14 Dec. 2020",
      "The new campus will have a 28-chair clinic classroom, 12-chair barbering clinic classroom and five large classroom spaces for more training. \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "Roger Federer, while not infallible, can play when there is barbered grass underfoot. \u2014 The Si Staff, SI.com , 29 June 2018",
      "Ethos, Jacobs\u2019 barbering biz featuring a traveling grooming station, was born. \u2014 Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com , 21 June 2018",
      "Missouri law requires a training course of 1,000 hours for barbering and 1,500 hours for hairdressing, followed by a licensing exam. \u2014 Tony Rizzo, kansascity , 11 Jan. 2018",
      "The center offers auto and collision training in several garage bays, a welding shop, a dental lab, a cosmetology and barbering center, graphic arts and a culinary arts program. \u2014 Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune , 23 Dec. 2017",
      "But barbering was hard on daddy\u2019s feet, and mother was homesick. \u2014 WSJ , 19 Dec. 2017",
      "There are still all kinds of souvenirs and reminders of the two Italian barbers and their customers: postcards stuck into the mirrors, decades of shavers and other barbering gadgetry. \u2014 Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com , 12 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French barbour , from barbe beard \u2014 more at barb":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1616, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013249"
  },
  "barwood":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bar entry 1 + wood":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020001"
  },
  "Barrow-in-Furness":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "port in southern Cumbria, northwestern England population 71,900":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccba-r\u014d-in-\u02c8f\u0259r-n\u0259s"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022437"
  },
  "barometer bush":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a compact evergreen shrub ( Leucophyllum frutescens of the family Scrophulariaceae ) native to Texas and adjacent northern Mexico that has grayish-green hairy leaves and solitary, bell-shaped, usually pink or purple flowers":[
        "Hope bloomed on those hardy plants, known to old-timers as barometer bushes because showers trigger their flowers.",
        "\u2014 Tracy Hobson Lehmann , San Antonio Express-News , 9 July 2011"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1957, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023430"
  },
  "Barrow's goldeneye":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a North American goldeneye ( Bucephala islandica ) distinguished from the American goldeneye by the somewhat more crested head and white patch shaped like a crescent in front of the eye of the male":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-r\u0259z also \u02c8be-",
      "\u02c8bar\u014dz-"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after Sir John Barrow \u20201848 English traveler and admiralty official":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025359"
  },
  "barrack":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a building or set of buildings used especially for lodging soldiers in garrison":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": a structure resembling a shed or barn that provides temporary housing":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": housing characterized by extreme plainness or dreary uniformity":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": to lodge in barracks":[],
      ": to shout at derisively or sarcastically":[],
      ": root , cheer":[
        "\u2014 usually used with for"
      ],
      ": jeer , scoff":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-rik",
      "-ik",
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259k",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Brady told Titus that during a February meeting at a Maryland State Police barrack she and Coyne were told that rank-and-file troopers were suspicious of Buenger\u2019s behavior. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "When Mila came down with typhus, she was moved to a barrack for the sick to die. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Weaver served at all State Police barrack during his time in the uniform bureau. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Bozenka hid Bronia in a barrack for Christians and later helped her evade going to the gas chamber when Mengele picked her number to perish. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Womack was taken to the Maryland State Police barrack in Centreville and placed in a cell. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Including the basement, barracks, barrack parking lot, storage barracks, and boiler room, the property is 24,394 square feet. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "But Bebjak\u2019s curious narrative strategy of devoting two-thirds of the film to Freddy and Valer\u2019s escape, along with the fates of other men in their barrack , pays off in the one-scene wonder that brings it to a staggering close. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Variety , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "In the meantime, their comrades in the ninth barrack are punished for their disappearance, forced to spend days and nights standing in the cold \u2014 a routine broken by punitive acts of violence by a Nazi officer. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Variety , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "For New Yorkers barracked in our houses and apartments, or doctors and nurses scrambling for face masks, beseeching a saint to end an epidemic may not sound sufficient. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2020",
      "Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II. \u2014 Jen Fifield, azcentral , 16 June 2019",
      "Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday. \u2014 CBS News , 10 July 2017",
      "The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future. \u2014 Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com , 22 June 2017",
      "The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex. \u2014 Charlie Savage, New York Times , 16 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French baraque hut, from Catalan barraca":"Noun",
      "perhaps from dialect (northern Ireland) barrack to brag":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1686, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
      "1701, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1885, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030626"
  },
  "barn itch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any contagious irritation of the skin of livestock (such as sarcoptic mange or ringworm)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031129"
  },
  "barn":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually large building for the storage of farm products or feed and usually for the housing of farm animals or farm equipment":[],
      ": an unusually large and usually bare building":[
        "a great barn of a hotel",
        "\u2014 W. A. White"
      ],
      ": a large building for the housing of a fleet of vehicles (such as trolley cars or trucks)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "They live in a big barn of a house.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If people are only able to raise a red flag about AI that has seemingly already harmed or undercut their rights, the proverbial horse is already out of the barn . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "In the back of the barn was a collection of props categorized by sound. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
      "The first floor of the barn once housed farm equipment, grain bins and feeding troughs, as well as the remnants of an old sulky. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
      "Sipping from an endless succession of wedding libations at some kind of barn in Northern California, her Carlo makes like a porcupine, shooting quills in the form of quips. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Laks pointed me to one in the center of the barn , munching on hay and minding his own business. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Major: The shrine was central to the dressing on the inside of the barn , which was very much a Phil environment. \u2014 Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Phil Burbank often gazes out at the Western landscape through the open doors of the barn , for example. \u2014 Karen Idelson, Variety , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Hundreds of bails of hay inside and outside of the barn were also destroyed. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bern , from Old English bere\u00e6rn , from bere barley + \u00e6rn house, store":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034543"
  },
  "barley reel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a machine having a rotating reel of corrugated woven-wire screen for separating wild oats from tame oats and barley and pin oats from wheat":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041046"
  },
  "barnman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who takes care of cows and the barn and usually does the milking":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccman",
      "-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042240"
  },
  "barracks bag":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1898, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043857"
  },
  "barn burner":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that arouses much interest or excitement":[
        "the game should be a real barn burner"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The game should be a real barn burner .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Then, Goldman Sachs dropped a barn burner , predicting U.S. home prices will climb 16% between now and the end of 2022. \u2014 Fortune , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "In a matter of minutes, blowout went to barn burner . \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "In what was a back-and-forth barn burner , the Liberty Lions (5-2) took down the Chaparral Firebirds (4-4) 41-37. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "The public is clearly rooting for a barn burner to open the new season, evidenced by 57 percent of all wagers coming in on the over. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "The eCommerce platform that operates at Wish.com specializes in dirt cheap products and the stock hasn\u2019t been a barn burner for much of this year either. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 11 June 2021",
      "Stapleton has a voice that can\u2019t miss, and his band\u2019s performance in the round was a true barn burner , complete with a pedal-steel solo. \u2014 Justin Curto, Vulture , 10 June 2021",
      "McDormand just won a BAFTA Award, and her talent for giving a kooky barn burner of an acceptance speech is well established. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2021",
      "It\u2019s like a barn burner \u2026 there\u2019s no fat on that song. \u2014 Thor Christensen, Dallas News , 11 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1951, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044611"
  },
  "barberry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a genus ( Berberis of the family Berberidaceae, the barberry family) of shrubs usually having spines, usually yellow flowers, and oblong red or blackish berries":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02ccber-\u0113",
      "-\u02ccbe-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02ccber-\u0113, British often & US sometimes -b(\u0259-)r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Examples are amur maple, burning bush, lily-of-the-valley, orange daylily, creeping bellflower and various barberry . \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
      "Many common ornamental plants, such as Japanese barberry and burning bush, create serious environmental problems in natural areas outside your garden. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "Some small trials have shown that berberine, a yellow compound extracted from many shrubs including barberry -- from which comes its name -- can improve both cholesterol and blood sugar. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Japanese barberry has long been used as an ornamental, bushy plant because its leaves transform from green to a purplish color in the fall. \u2014 Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "A century and a half later, Japanese barberry is invasive across the eastern and midwestern U.S. \u2014 Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "And beyond being invasive, the Japanese barberry also carries diseases that can hurt Indiana crops, Abraham said. \u2014 Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "The rule banned the ubiquitous Japanese barberry and and wintercreeper. \u2014 London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "The rule banned the ubiquitous Japanese barberry and and wintercreeper. \u2014 London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English berberie , from Medieval Latin berberis , from Arabic barb\u0101r\u012bs":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050128"
  },
  "barberry rust":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the wheat stem rust in its aecial stage on barberry, formerly thought to be a distinct species ( Aecidium berberidis )":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054559"
  },
  "barometric wave":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a change of atmospheric pressure that occurs progressively over an area":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055143"
  },
  "barrier spit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a barrier connected at one end to the mainland":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062056"
  },
  "barghest":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ghost or goblin believed to portend misfortune and sometimes appearing in the shape of a large dog":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from English dialect bar, bargh ridge (from Middle English bergh hill) + English dialect ghest , alteration of ghost":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064155"
  },
  "barracoon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an enclosure or barracks formerly used for temporary confinement of enslaved people or convicts":[
        "\u2014 often used in plural"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccba-r\u0259-",
      "\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u00fcn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Kossola recalled the horror of separation, first from his tribal family in Bant\u00e8, then from his companions in the barracoon . \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "There, they were placed in a barracoon , a holding pen, until white men purchased them and led them onto a ship. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 8 Oct. 2019",
      "After eight days of discussion, Foster traded his rum and gold for more than a hundred slaves from the barracoons , as the holding pens were called. \u2014 Casey N. Cep, The New Yorker , 7 May 2018",
      "With Kossola guiding the way through his story, Hurston transcribed tales of his childhood in Dahomey (now Benin), his capture at 19, his time in a barracoon , his dehumanizing arrival, and five years of enslavement in Alabama. \u2014 Anna Diamond, Smithsonian , 2 May 2018",
      "Douglas again escorted them to a barracoon on St. Louis Alley in Chinatown, where they were distributed to the companies that had ordered them. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Jan. 2018",
      "Lewis was captured and held for weeks in the barracoons of Ouidah, near the Bight of Benin. \u2014 Emily Bernard, The New Republic , 19 June 2018",
      "With Kossola guiding the way through his story, Hurston transcribed tales of his childhood in Dahomey (now Benin), his capture at 19, his time in a barracoon , his dehumanizing arrival, and five years of enslavement in Alabama. \u2014 Anna Diamond, Smithsonian , 2 May 2018",
      "After eight days of discussion, Foster traded his rum and gold for more than a hundred slaves from the barracoons , as the holding pens were called. \u2014 Casey N. Cep, The New Yorker , 7 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish barrac\u00f3n , augmentative of barraca hut, from Catalan":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1817, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065938"
  },
  "barn swallow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a swallow ( Hirundo rustica of the family Hirundinidae) that is widespread in the northern hemisphere, has a deeply forked tail, and often nests in or near buildings":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Despite the well over 1,000 scientific publications about this species, female barn swallow song had never previously been the focus of a research article. \u2014 Lauryn Benedict, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite the well over 1,000 scientific publications about this species, female barn swallow song had never previously been the focus of a research article. \u2014 Lauryn Benedict, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite the well over 1,000 scientific publications about this species, female barn swallow song had never previously been the focus of a research article. \u2014 Lauryn Benedict, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite the well over 1,000 scientific publications about this species, female barn swallow song had never previously been the focus of a research article. \u2014 Lauryn Benedict, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite the well over 1,000 scientific publications about this species, female barn swallow song had never previously been the focus of a research article. \u2014 Lauryn Benedict, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite the well over 1,000 scientific publications about this species, female barn swallow song had never previously been the focus of a research article. \u2014 Lauryn Benedict, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite the well over 1,000 scientific publications about this species, female barn swallow song had never previously been the focus of a research article. \u2014 Scientific American , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Among reports were two cattle egrets in Westport, a golden eagle in South Easton, 150 tree swallows and a barn swallow in Fairhaven, and a clay-colored sparrow at Gooseberry Neck in Westport. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Nov. 2021"
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      ": conichalcite":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080227"
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      "biographical name"
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      "Phineas Taylor 1810\u20131891 American showman":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082012"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a companion of the apostle Paul on his first missionary journey":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "Greek, from Aramaic Barnebh\u016b'\u0101h":""
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084434"
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        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
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        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Brady told Titus that during a February meeting at a Maryland State Police barrack she and Coyne were told that rank-and-file troopers were suspicious of Buenger\u2019s behavior. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "When Mila came down with typhus, she was moved to a barrack for the sick to die. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Weaver served at all State Police barrack during his time in the uniform bureau. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Bozenka hid Bronia in a barrack for Christians and later helped her evade going to the gas chamber when Mengele picked her number to perish. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Womack was taken to the Maryland State Police barrack in Centreville and placed in a cell. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Including the basement, barracks, barrack parking lot, storage barracks, and boiler room, the property is 24,394 square feet. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "But Bebjak\u2019s curious narrative strategy of devoting two-thirds of the film to Freddy and Valer\u2019s escape, along with the fates of other men in their barrack , pays off in the one-scene wonder that brings it to a staggering close. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Variety , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "In the meantime, their comrades in the ninth barrack are punished for their disappearance, forced to spend days and nights standing in the cold \u2014 a routine broken by punitive acts of violence by a Nazi officer. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Variety , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "For New Yorkers barracked in our houses and apartments, or doctors and nurses scrambling for face masks, beseeching a saint to end an epidemic may not sound sufficient. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2020",
      "Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II. \u2014 Jen Fifield, azcentral , 16 June 2019",
      "Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday. \u2014 CBS News , 10 July 2017",
      "The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future. \u2014 Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com , 22 June 2017",
      "The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex. \u2014 Charlie Savage, New York Times , 16 May 2017"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French baraque hut, from Catalan barraca":"Noun",
      "perhaps from dialect (northern Ireland) barrack to brag":"Verb"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1686, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
      "1701, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1885, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085152"
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      "noun"
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      ": a group of four male singers who sing in an old-fashioned style without instruments":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091610"
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      "noun"
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      ": a gathering for the purpose of erecting a barn \u2014 compare bee entry 3":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After Christmas, when the winter was deep and the crops were in, families would gather at a farm, as if for a barn raising , to butcher hogs, putting meat away in a smokehouse for the coming year. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Zumthor, in turn, called on them to come together as neighbors and build his design themselves, as in a latter-day barn raising . \u2014 Ligaya Mishan, New York Times , 21 Sep. 2020",
      "Getting the building into shape required a modern-day barn raising . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "What happened was akin to an old-fashioned barn raising where the farm community turned out in force to help one of their own in a time of need. \u2014 Tom Hallman Jr., OregonLive.com , 8 Dec. 2017"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092410"
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      "geographical name"
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      "cape at the southwestern corner of Oahu Island, Hawaii, west of Pearl Harbor":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092550"
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      "noun"
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      ": an American social dance originally held in a barn and featuring several dance forms (such as square dancing)":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Radio stations were abandoning barn dance -style programs. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Gill said McGee first played the famed radio program in 1926, months before the barn dance program became known as the Grand Ole Opry. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 July 2021",
      "O\u2019Connell commissioned muralist William Woodward to paint a dream-like scene depicting a joyous barn dance above the bar. \u2014 Justin Kaneps, WSJ , 30 May 2021",
      "Activities include: playing games, cooking, gardening, doing crafts and chores, hearing stories, preparing a traditional tea party, putting on a play or a barn dance . \u2014 Star Tribune , 18 Apr. 2021",
      "One side, the home to Cowgirl Winery, has a barn dance feel with its chickens clucking around and bluegrass tunes setting the mood. \u2014 Chris Macias, SFChronicle.com , 4 Aug. 2020",
      "Somehow, our family ended up at a New Year\u2019s Party that was themed as a barn dance . \u2014 Devorah Heitner, Longreads , 13 Sep. 2019",
      "The film also reminds us of country\u2019s unique ability to bring people together, whether at early barn dances or the down-home Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. \u2014 Woman's Day , 13 Aug. 2019",
      "Hank\u2019s Bar & Grill will have occasional live music, bar specials, barn dances , lawn games, and hayrides. \u2014 Joshua Berman, The Know , 29 June 2019"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1825, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103440"
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      "noun"
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      ": barramundi sense 1":[
        "Many of [the rivers] are full of barra , a favorite game fish, whose firm white flesh is reminiscent of fresh water bass.",
        "\u2014 Malabar Hornblower , New York Times , 9 Feb. 1997",
        "Boats anchor around the bridge pylons day and night, depending on the tides, and some quality barra have been caught.",
        "\u2014 Harry Bligh, Sunday Mail (Queensland, Australia) , 24 Feb. 2013"
      ]
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      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by shortening":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1985, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104256"
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      "noun"
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      ": the red wooden fence surrounding a bullring":[],
      ": the first row of seats in the amphitheater of a bullring":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, from barra bar":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110807"
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  "barometrograph":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a self-recording barometer : barograph":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccbar\u0259\u02c8me\u2027tr\u0259\u02ccgraf"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "barometro- (from barometer ) + -graph":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112539"
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  "barn red":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a variable color averaging a moderate reddish brown that is stronger and slightly redder and lighter than mahogany, yellower and stronger than roan, and stronger and slightly redder than oxblood":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112557"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": regular clerk of st. paul":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rn\u0259\u02ccb\u012bt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian barnabita , from Santa Barnaba , monastery in Milan where the order was founded + Italian -ita -ite (from Latin)":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122347"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a follower of Henry Barrow , a founder of Congregationalism in England who was executed for nonconformity":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bar\u0259w\u0259\u0307st"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Henry Barrow or Barrowe \u20201593 English church reformer + English -ist":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125217"
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  "Barros":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Jo\u00e3o de circa 1496\u20131570 Portuguese historian":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u00fcsh"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131118"
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  "barn sale":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": garage sale":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1953, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131448"
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      "noun"
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      ": a sweetened baked good that is made from a dough, is typically denser than cake, and is cut into a rectangular or square shape":[
        "Combine chocolate with peanut butter, add some nourishing oats, and you have a great-tasting bar cookie to take to Little League games or office parties \u2026",
        "\u2014 Donna Segal"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Though this 20-minute, one-bowl bar cookie recipe calls for peach and raspberry jam, any jam or marmalade will work well. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Dec. 2020",
      "The brand expanded the line through the 1980s, but seemed to pivot to granola-like bar cookie mixes and dark chocolate brownie mixes in the 1990s. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2020",
      "Going the bar cookie route: Holtmeier started with a drop cookie. \u2014 Rick Nelson, Star Tribune , 3 Dec. 2020",
      "For those of you with a nose for culinary inspirations, this bar cookie has two origins: Canada and New Zealand. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
      "Butterscotch Toffee Bars: Toffee bits and toasted nuts give a salty-sweet bite to these easy bar cookies . \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 1 Apr. 2020",
      "Now, a break from the news Cook: Bittersweet brownie shortbread layers two treats in one bar cookie . \u2014 Priya Arora, New York Times , 19 Feb. 2020",
      "Cranberry Ecstasy Bars These bar cookies are dead ringers for Starbucks\u2019 Cranberry Bliss Bars, and are a perfect alternative dessert for Thanksgiving. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Nov. 2019",
      "These bar cookies have the satisfying texture and heft of a brownie, but a wonderful butterscotch flavor. \u2014 Katie Workman, NBC News , 25 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1938, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140857"
  },
  "Barthianism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the Barthian crisis theology or dialectical theology that rejects theological liberalism and its emphasis on empirical methods and stresses instead reliance on supernatural revelation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccniz\u0259m"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145757"
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  "barley pearler":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a device containing a revolving abrasive stone that rubs the hull, bran, and germ from the barley kernel to produce pearled barley, small models being used to test the density of the kernels of barley, wheat, and other grains":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151609"
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  "barber pole":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually rotating pole with diagonal stripes of red and white or of red, white, and blue used as a sign for a barbershop":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152720"
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      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a code consisting of a group of printed and variously patterned bars and spaces and sometimes numerals that is designed to be scanned and read into computer memory and that contains information (such as identification) about the object it labels":[
        "\u2026 one version of the barcode reader used in supermarkets employs a laser scanner.",
        "\u2014 Science",
        "I on the other hand boarded the traditional way. I handed my paper printout to the airport personnel, who scanned the barcode before letting me proceed.",
        "\u2014 Sanjeeb Patel"
      ],
      ": something (such as a DNA sequence) that uniquely identifies a species of organism":[
        "\u2026 they now plan to analyze each fish sample by decoding a certain tiny piece of DNA that can serve as a unique bar code for the species.",
        "\u2014 Christen Brownlee"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02cck\u014dd"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Park researchers have invented AstroTurf, cancer-fighting drugs, the bar code and technology that aided in the development of cellphones. \u2014 Bryan Mena, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The bar code is conceived when 27-year-old Norman Joseph Woodland draws four lines in the sand on a Miami beach. \u2014 Gil Press, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "In a typical scenario, scammers post a notice\u2014often posing as a business or other organization that people recognize and trust\u2014that includes a quick-response code, a type of matrix bar code that stores information. \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Moreover, each mail-in envelope has a unique bar code that identifies the voter whose ballot is inside. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The basic idea behind the bar code came from research by N. Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver in the late 1940s. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The bar code became even more popular in the 1980s as markets concentrated, leaving fewer mom-and-pop shops and more chains. \u2014 Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Since the average bar code can only hold 20 or so alphanumeric characters, the factory was using multiple bar codes to track parts through a complex system of inventory and shipment \u2014 requiring multiple scans at every stop in the supply chain. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Aim your smartphone camera at this QR code \u2014 the two-dimensional bar code below \u2014 and then click the link that appears on your phone. \u2014 Jeff Parrott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153022"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a European goose ( Branta leucopsis ) that has a whitish face and black breast and breeds in the Arctic":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On this evening, the vixen arrived with a barnacle goose . \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 14 Oct. 2020",
      "Life is harsh for barnacle geese , which must contend with Arctic temperatures and protect their young from predators like foxes by nesting on high ledges and cliffs. \u2014 National Geographic , 28 Mar. 2019",
      "Not uncommonly, a whole barnacle goose brood may be lost. \u2014 National Geographic , 28 Mar. 2019",
      "Then Mildred, a 24-year-old barnacle goose , wobbled painfully across the floor as veterinarians analyzed her gait. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, New York Times , 29 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1668, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153655"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rn\u0259b\u0113z-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Barnaby (day) , the time of its flowering":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153954"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": June 11 Old Style, the longest day in the year":[
        "\u2014 contrasted with Lucy light"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0113-"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after St. Barnabas (Acts 4:36\u201337), whose feast day is June 11":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161259"
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  "barn door":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a hinged opaque panel mounted usually in a pair on a motion-picture or TV studio lamp and used to screen light from an area or from the camera":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162904"
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      "noun"
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      ": barnacle goose":[],
      ": any of numerous marine crustaceans (subclass Cirripedia) with feathery appendages for gathering food that are free-swimming as larvae but permanently fixed (as to rocks, boat hulls, or whales) as adults":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-ni-k\u0259l"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just weeks after the Celebrity Eclipse resumed service in April, barnacle growth on the ship prompted the cancellation of an Alaskan voyage leaving from Vancouver, British Columbia, on May 22, a spokeswoman for the cruise line confirmed. \u2014 Jacob Passy, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "The devices aren\u2019t foolproof: college students in Oklahoma removed a barnacle by turning on the car defroster for 15 minutes. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "Applied to the hull of a ship, these synthetic feathers, like their natural counterparts, would trap air, reducing drag and discouraging barnacle growth. \u2014 Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "In comparison, the barnacle glue formed a bond that was eight times tougher. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "That law is the 1886 Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA), a close cousin of the Jones Act, another barnacle on maritime trade and services. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 5 July 2021",
      "Last season, Slate\u2019s dependably rich podcast series brought listeners to Louisiana in the \u201980s and \u201990s, where season host Josh Levin traced the rise of the former Klansman David Duke as a political phenomenon and culture-war barnacle . \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 5 Jan. 2021",
      "And Pollicipes polymerus may not be the only species of barnacle that does it. \u2014 Daniel Cressey, Scientific American , 16 Jan. 2013",
      "And yet some of that crusty thinking remains, like a barnacle underneath a sea lion raft, or gum underneath the table at the Hard Rock Cafe. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com , 12 Jan. 2021"
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      "noun"
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      "International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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      "Karl 1886\u20131968 Swiss theologian":[]
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      "noun"
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      "Middle French bardache , from Old Italian dialect bardascia youth, homosexual, from Arabic bardaj slave, from Persian bardah":""
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      "He spent the months leading up to the election barnstorming around the country.",
      "The national soccer team barnstormed through the country.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "New Horizons is going in search of potential new Kuiper Belt objects to barnstorm . \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Go barnstorm the delegate-rich areas of Tyler, Wichita Falls and Beaumont. \u2014 Abhi Rahman, CNN , 5 May 2022",
      "After a year without a tournament in 2020, followed by a Big Dance played in an Indianapolis bubble in 2021, college basketball will barnstorm once again with 67 games in 14 cities over the next three weeks. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "During his run to the White House, Trump used the airplane to barnstorm rallies, flying to dozens of cities, often returning to his Trump Tower penthouse at night. \u2014 Doug Gollan, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
      "New Horizons reached Pluto on July 14, 2015, becoming the first spacecraft to barnstorm the dwarf planet. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "Then, to maintain the Senate majority for Republicans and to save the very rules and protocols of the Senate, the Supreme Court and the Constitution, Trump will have to barnstorm Georgia. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, National Review , 26 Nov. 2020",
      "No state has yet officially certified its results for the presidential election, and Trump\u2019s reelection campaign has worked overtime to barnstorm both state and federal courts with litigation in a last-ditch effort to achieve victory. \u2014 Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "Biden's camp plans to barnstorm Pennsylvania on Sunday and Monday, with Biden, his wife Jill Biden, and running mate California Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff fanning out across Pennsylvania to ask for last-minute votes. \u2014 Adam Shaw, Fox News , 31 Oct. 2020"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185730"
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      "noun"
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      "by alteration":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Parker was a 35-year-old barmaid at the then-famous Sphinx Club. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 24 May 2022",
      "The film handles Maverick's personal stuff \u2014 wooing the barmaid , repairing his relationship with Goose's kid \u2014 while also fulfilling its promise as an action movie. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Chron , 12 May 2022",
      "Fabian\u2019s love turns out to be the beautiful Cornelia (Saskia Rosendahl), a barmaid who is studying entertainment law but hopes to be a movie star. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Sets and types were clich\u00e9d (a Wild West saloon with a buxom barmaid who seems tough but is actually tender). \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "Sets and types were clich\u00e9d (a Wild West saloon with a buxom barmaid who seems tough but is actually tender). \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "Sets and types were clich\u00e9d (a Wild West saloon with a buxom barmaid who seems tough but is actually tender). \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "Sets and types were clich\u00e9d (a Wild West saloon with a buxom barmaid who seems tough but is actually tender). \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "Sets and types were clich\u00e9d (a Wild West saloon with a buxom barmaid who seems tough but is actually tender). \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1658, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195901"
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    "type":[
      "biographical name"
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      "Auguste-Maurice 1862\u20131923 French novelist and politician":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200521"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a wine tasting in which the samples are taken from barrels":[
        "I realized the other day that I mention quite a few wine festivals, open houses, barrel tastings and such, but have never done a follow-up report.",
        "\u2014 Merced (California) Sun-Star , 16 June 2010"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1976, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201005"
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      "noun"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The war doesn\u2019t faze Miguel Arrias, Buenavista\u2019s stoic half-Ukrainian, half-Peruvian barman . \u2014 Johnny O'reilly, Rolling Stone , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "In 1922, a Belgian barman working in London named Robert Vermeire wrote a brief recipe book with the fairly workaday title Cocktails: How to Mix Them. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Harry Denton, boisterous San Francisco barman and entrepreneur, dies at 77. \u2014 Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Aug. 2021",
      "As someone who embraces the nerdier, more esoteric side of making cocktails, renowned barman Jeffrey Morgenthaler is no stranger to WIRED. \u2014 Joe Ray, Wired , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Minuteman Causeway still slides along the ocean, but the Vanguard Motel has already changed its name to the Beach Park, and nobody has ordered an Astronaut cocktail for as long as the barman can remember. \u2014 Anthony Haden-guest, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "The barman said the only local people who wanted to stop the mine were those in wealthier parts of the neighboring Lake District. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "But in the end, Harry Denton was a barman without a bar. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "One of the saddest stories is that of Mentor Krasniqi, 46, who came to Germany as a refugee from Kosovo and worked as a barman . \u2014 New York Times , 18 July 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214417"
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      "city in northeastern Ohio southwest of Akron population 26,550":[]
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      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259r-t\u0259n"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214444"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215139"
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      "noun"
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      ": a large elongate marine bony fish ( Thyrsites atun of the family Gempylidae) used for food and caught commercially in the waters off New Zealand and southern Australia":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u00fc-t\u0259",
      "\u02ccba-r\u0259-"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "modification of American Spanish barracuda":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1770, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220205"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a crystalline barbiturate C 8 H 12 N 2 O 3 used as a sedative and hypnotic often in the form of its soluble sodium salt":[]
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      "\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259-\u02cct\u022fl",
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "barbit uric + -al (as in Veronal , trademark for barbital)":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1917, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220246"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220847"
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      ": a large Australian roundheaded borer that is the larva of a beetle ( Bardistus cibarius ) and is esteemed as food by the aborigines":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Nyungar (indigenous language of Western Australia) bardi":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220945"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an instrument for producing music by the action of a revolving cylinder studded with pegs on a series of valves that admit air from a bellows to a set of pipes":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1750, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230030"
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      "John 1908\u20131991 American physicist":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231759"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234250"
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      "from Barberton , town in eastern Transvaal, Union of South Africa":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234602"
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      "\u02ccb\u00e4r-\u02c8kl\u012b-d\u0259-\u02c8t\u022f-l\u0113"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1831, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001416"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003200"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004755"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a salt or ester of barbituric acid":[],
      ": any of various derivatives of barbituric acid (such as phenobarbital) that are used especially as sedatives, hypnotics, and antispasmodics and are often addictive":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00e4r-\u02c8bi-ch\u0259-r\u0259t",
      "\u02ccb\u00e4r-b\u0259-\u02c8tyu\u0307r-\u0259t",
      "-\u02ccr\u0101t; \u02ccb\u00e4r-b\u0259-\u02c8t(y)u\u0307r-\u0259t",
      "-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "-\u02c8tu\u0307r-",
      "-\u02c8t(y)u\u0307(\u0259)r-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "nonstandard b\u00e4r-\u02c8bi-ch\u0259-w\u0259t",
      "b\u00e4r-\u02c8bich-\u0259-r\u0259t",
      "-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The major revelations of Summers\u2019 book are the inconsistencies concerning the time of her shocking death from a barbiturate overdose at age 36, and the manner in which it was reported. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Monroe was found dead at her home in Brentwood California in August 1962 and her death was caused by a barbiturate overdose. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "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",
      "Most states switched to the barbiturate pentobarbital,which also became unavailable, forcing several to turn to combinations using midazolam. \u2014 Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "The actress Marilyn Monroe died on Aug. 4, 1962, of a barbiturate overdose. \u2014 Dallas News , 1 July 2021",
      "His lawyers argue lethal injection would subject him to cruel and unusual pain and that Floyd prefers safer alternatives, including a firing squad or a single dose of a barbiturate . \u2014 Scott Sonner, ajc , 29 June 2021",
      "Then a final injection \u2014 a concentrated barbiturate \u2014 is delivered directly into the vein, which halts all brain activity. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2021",
      "To replace the paperweight with a bottle of a potent, near deadly barbiturate speaks volumes. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 4 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005408"
  },
  "barn owl":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a widely distributed owl ( Tyto alba ) that has plumage mottled buff brown and gray above and chiefly white below, frequents barns and other buildings, and preys especially on rodents":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The resort\u2019s roster includes six Harris\u2019s hawks, one peregrine falcon, one Eurasian eagle owl, one barn owl and an Eastern screech owl. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Other scenarios \u2014 like ship-hitching house crows and hummingbirds, or the barn owl believed to have traveled from England to Afghanistan in the hold of a military aircraft \u2014 demonstrate humanity\u2019s role in punting bird species far from their origins. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "In the story, a baby barn owl named Plop is frightened of the dark, but he's helped by others to grow in confidence and overcome his fears. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Who Was Afraid of the Dark tells the story of Plop, a baby barn owl who is helped by others to overcome his fears and grow in confidence. \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "From a bat, buzzard and barn owl , to a scorpion, seahorse and squirrel monkey, Inside In is a collection of more than 50 arthropods, mollusks, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. \u2014 Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Only three barn owl nests were detected between 1995 and 2000, with the last sighting in 1999 in Grant County. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "Other noteworthy reports from the Cape included a barn owl at South Monomoy Island, and Philadelphia vireos at Fort Hill in Eastham, Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary, Barnstable, and Mashpee, where a worm-eating warbler was also observed. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "In fact, the extremely large lagena of Shuvuuia is almost identical in relative size to today's barn owl , suggesting that the dino could have hunted in complete darkness. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 6 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1674, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010920"
  },
  "Barr\u00e9-Sinoussi":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Fran\u00e7oise 1947\u2013 French virologist":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00e4-\u02c8r\u0101-s\u0113-n\u00fc-\u02c8s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013037"
  },
  "barrel palm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bottle palm":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013224"
  },
  "Baroja":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "P\u00edo 1872\u20131956 Spanish writer":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00e4-\u02c8r\u022f-(\u02cc)h\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013315"
  },
  "barogram":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a barographic tracing":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bar-\u0259-\u02ccgram",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0259-\u02ccgram",
      "\u02c8ba-r\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1868, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020637"
  },
  "bardic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds":[],
      ": a composer, singer, or declaimer of epic or heroic verse":[],
      ": poet":[],
      ": a piece of armor or ornament for a horse's neck, breast, or flank":[],
      ": to furnish (a horse's neck, breast, or flank) with a piece of armor or ornament : to furnish with bards (see bard entry 2 )":[],
      ": to dress meat for cooking by covering with strips of fat":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "minstrel",
      "muse",
      "poet",
      "poetaster",
      "rhymester",
      "rimester",
      "versifier"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Scottish Gaelic & Irish":"Noun",
      "borrowed from Middle French barde , going back to Old French, \"packsaddle, saddle cover,\" borrowed from Arabic bard\u02bda (or borrowed from Italian barda in sense \"piece of armor for a horse,\" borrowed from Arabic)":"Noun",
      "verbal derivative of bard entry 2":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020841"
  },
  "Barth":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "John Simmons 1930\u2013 American author":[],
      "Karl 1886\u20131968 Swiss theologian":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rt",
      "\u02c8b\u00e4rth"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021045"
  },
  "bar magnet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a magnet in the shape of a bar with poles at its ends":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bar entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021648"
  },
  "barrel ceiling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ceiling that is semicircular in cross section and resembles a segment of a barrel":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022244"
  },
  "barret":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259\u02c8ret",
      "\u02c8bar\u0259\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French barrette , from Italian berretta":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044429"
  },
  "barrel chair":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an upholstered easy chair with a high solid rounded back suggestive of a barrel with a section removed":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045143"
  },
  "barcoo spew":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sickness occurring in Australia that is characterized by painless attacks of vomiting":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050204"
  }
}