dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/she_MW.json

{
  "Shelta":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a secret jargon of the tinkers and kindred groups still spoken to some extent in Great Britain and Ireland and consisting chiefly of a systematic deformation of Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8shelt\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051712",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Sherifian":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the Sherifian Empire":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "sh\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u0113f\u0113\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233414",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "Sherlock Holmes":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person exhibiting unusual powers of deduction in solving any problem":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after Sherlock Holmes , detective par excellence in short stories and novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle \u20201930 British writer":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060218",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Sherlockian":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or resembling the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes especially in the exercise of unusual powers of deduction":[
        "solved the mystery with Sherlockian ease",
        "could almost see the Sherlockian glitter in the doctor's eyes",
        "\u2014 Philip Wheelwright"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Sherlock Holmes + English -ian":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185408",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "Sherman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "James Schoolcraft 1855\u20131912 vice president of the U.S. (1909\u201312)":[],
      "John 1823\u20131900 brother of William Tecumseh Sherman American statesman":[],
      "Roger 1721\u20131793 American jurist and statesman":[],
      "William Tecumseh 1820\u20131891 American general":[],
      "city in northeastern Texas north of Dallas population 38,521":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0259r-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111752",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "she-crab":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an immature female blue crab":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1967, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113-\u02c8krab"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190407",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheaf":{
    "antonyms":[
      "ace",
      "bit",
      "dab",
      "dram",
      "driblet",
      "glimmer",
      "handful",
      "hint",
      "lick",
      "little",
      "mite",
      "mouthful",
      "nip",
      "ounce",
      "peanuts",
      "pinch",
      "pittance",
      "scruple",
      "shade",
      "shadow",
      "smidgen",
      "smidgeon",
      "smidgin",
      "smidge",
      "speck",
      "spot",
      "sprinkle",
      "sprinkling",
      "strain",
      "streak",
      "suspicion",
      "tad",
      "taste",
      "touch",
      "trace"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large amount or number":[],
      ": a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together":[],
      ": something resembling a sheaf of grain":[
        "a sheaf of papers"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "contends that casino gambling would generate a sheaf of social problems for the state",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These included a December 2017 order revoking and rescinding a sheaf of Obama-era directives and reports on how the department should integrate climate science into its work. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
      "The panels show a variety of scenes \u2014 a scholar at his desk with an attendant bringing tea, a child riding an ox, a farmer tying together a sheaf of wheat. \u2014 Michelle Terris, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "Every few minutes, another taxpayer entered hesitantly with a sheaf of papers in hand. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
      "Since death was imminent if they were caught, one of the boys and his father buried the sheaf and retrieved it after liberation. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The man was bent like a parenthesis, with a bald head that shined like the rock that was split open on Rudy Kauffmann's desk, onto which the ancient fellow now tossed a sheaf of papers. \u2014 CBS News , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "An affectionate portrait of his friend John Gaspar Gevartius juxtaposes a bust of Marcus Aurelius, the ancient Stoic philosopher-king, with the humanist literary scholar, pen poised over a thick sheaf of paper. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Similar distortions can be found in a sheaf of new lawsuits aimed at vaccine mandates. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "The $7 billion plan for precisely how to fix up that gruesome mole\u2019s lair hasn\u2019t changed much since Andrew Cuomo released a sheaf of promising renderings last spring. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 3 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English sheef , from Old English sc\u0113af ; akin to Old High German scoub sheaf, Russian chub forelock":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "barrel",
      "basketful",
      "boatload",
      "bucket",
      "bunch",
      "bundle",
      "bushel",
      "carload",
      "chunk",
      "deal",
      "dozen",
      "fistful",
      "gobs",
      "good deal",
      "heap",
      "hundred",
      "lashings",
      "lashins",
      "loads",
      "lot",
      "mass",
      "mess",
      "mountain",
      "much",
      "multiplicity",
      "myriad",
      "oodles",
      "pack",
      "passel",
      "peck",
      "pile",
      "plateful",
      "plenitude",
      "plentitude",
      "plenty",
      "pot",
      "potful",
      "profusion",
      "quantity",
      "raft",
      "reams",
      "scads",
      "shipload",
      "sight",
      "slew",
      "spate",
      "stack",
      "store",
      "ton",
      "truckload",
      "volume",
      "wad",
      "wealth",
      "yard"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191104",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shear":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cutting implement similar or identical to a pair of scissors but typically larger":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": a hoisting apparatus consisting of two or sometimes more upright spars fastened together at their upper ends and having tackle for masting or dismasting ships or lifting heavy loads (such as guns)":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
      ],
      ": an action or stress resulting from applied forces that causes or tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact":[],
      ": any of various cutting tools or machines operating by the action of opposed cutting edges of metal":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": internal force tangential to the section on which it acts":[],
      ": one blade of a pair of shears":[],
      ": something resembling a shear or a pair of shears":[],
      ": the action or process or an instance of shearing":[
        "\u2014 used in combination to indicate the approximate age of sheep in terms of shearings undergone"
      ],
      ": to become divided under the action of a shear":[],
      ": to cause (something, such as a rock mass) to move along the plane of contact":[],
      ": to cut off the hair from":[],
      ": to cut or trim with shears or a similar instrument":[],
      ": to cut through something with or as if with a sharp instrument":[],
      ": to cut with something sharp":[],
      ": to deprive of something as if by cutting":[
        "lives shorn of any hope",
        "\u2014 M. W. Browne"
      ],
      ": to reap crops with a sickle":[],
      ": to reap with a sickle":[],
      ": to subject to a shear force":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The farmers sheared the sheep.",
      "The farmers sheared the wool from the sheep.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The setup today features a volatile combination of an unstable air mass, abundant moisture, increasing winds with altitude, or shear , and several mechanisms to lift the air. \u2014 Jeff Halverson, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "But on Wednesday night, those Mach-one speeds tended to shear off the symphony\u2019s character \u2014 especially in the Andante, which had little of the movement\u2019s familiar pliancy and lackadaisical levity. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "Instead of poking fibers to the back, some people recommend snipping off the loose fibers, then shaving the fabric with a razor to shear off remaining frayed bits. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Counter-rotating the wafers causes the creme to shear and flow before fracturing, as the two wafers come apart. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Paleontologists don\u2019t just define sabertooths by their flat scimitar fangs, but by other adaptations like the ability to shear meat with their cheek teeth, a groove in the lower jaw for their canine teeth to fit, and other feeding adaptations. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "At least the Nees, who co-wrote the screenplay with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox, shear off as much emotional backstory as possible. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Big, thriving corporations were permitted to shear off a large portion of their workforce because there were no unions to stop them. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Women\u2019s axons \u2014 nerve fibers that unfurl between neurons to form communication networks \u2014 have a generally leaner architecture that could shear more easily during trauma. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In this case, however, 94L is nestled within a pocket of comparatively tepid shear , which has allowed for organization over the past few days. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "Wind shear can also let dry air into hurricanes that chokes them. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, ajc , 28 May 2022",
      "Wind shear can also let dry air into hurricanes that chokes them. \u2014 CBS News , 28 May 2022",
      "Wind shear could prevent or delay Agatha turning into a hurricane until later in the week. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
      "That shear is expected to end today, allowing Henri to reach hurricane status by Saturday. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "Wind shear involves the change in wind speeds and wind directions with height. \u2014 Nick Shay, The Conversation , 18 May 2022",
      "Applying sufficiently large shear force, however, provides the energy needed to stretch the polymer molecules out and align them lengthwise. \u2014 H. Joachim Schlichting, Scientific American , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "The shear is generated as the jet stream, which separates cold air from warm air, dives into the Lower 48 states. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English sheren , from Old English scieran ; akin to Old Norse skera to cut, Latin curtus mutilated, curtailed, Greek keirein to cut, shear, Sanskrit k\u1e5bn\u0101ti he injures":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8shir"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bob",
      "clip",
      "crop",
      "cut",
      "cut back",
      "dock",
      "lop (off)",
      "nip",
      "pare",
      "poll",
      "prune",
      "shave",
      "snip",
      "trim"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011341",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "sheath":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a case for a blade (as of a knife)":[],
      ": a woman's close-fitting dress that is usually worn without a belt":[],
      ": an ensheathing spathe":[],
      ": an investing cover or case of a plant or animal body or body part: such as":[],
      ": any of various covering or supporting structures that resemble in appearance or function the sheath of a blade: such as":[],
      ": condom sense 1":[],
      ": sheathing sense 2":[],
      ": the lower part of a leaf when surrounding the stem":[],
      ": the tubular fold of skin into which the penis of many mammals is retracted":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the sheath of a sword",
      "a piece of wire covered with a plastic sheath",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Authentic to the past, Lucky Exchange opts for timeless silhouettes like sheath dresses and wrap skirts instead of retro kitsch. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 27 May 2022",
      "The loose-fitting sheath and budget construction mean this one isn\u2019t designed to go the distance. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The core provides most of the rope\u2019s strength; the sheath protects the core and makes the rope easier to handle. \u2014 Chris Brinlee Jr., Outside Online , 16 Mar. 2016",
      "The black knee-length sheath is sleeveless with a crew neck. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "La Stella still is not right following his October surgery to remove part of the sheath that caused inflammation around his Achilles tendon. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Identifying the sheath \u2019s origin also sheds light on grass evolution. \u2014 Julia Rosen, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "At the bar, Varsha Thapa and Tami Williams exchanged a laugh while wearing the same baby blue sheath by Prabal Gurung. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Nespresso capsules were used to construct a sheath dress \u2014 in a memorable, Instagram-ready design feat. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English shethe, going back to Old English sc\u01e3\u00fe, sc\u0113a\u00fe (Northumbrian sce\u01e3\u00fe ), sc\u0113\u00fe, going back to Germanic *skai\u00fej\u014d or *skai\u00fe\u014d (whence also Old Frisian sk\u0113the \"sheath,\" Old Saxon sk\u0113dia, sk\u0113thia, Old High German skeida, Old Icelandic skei\u00f0ir, plural), probably noun derivative of *skai\u0111an-/skai\u00fean- \"to separate, divide\" \u2014 more at shed entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113th"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "armor",
      "capsule",
      "case",
      "casing",
      "cocoon",
      "cover",
      "covering",
      "encasement",
      "housing",
      "hull",
      "husk",
      "jacket",
      "pod",
      "shell"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233824",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheathe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to case or cover with something (such as sheets of metal) that protects":[],
      ": to plunge or bury (a weapon, such as a sword) in flesh":[],
      ": to put into or furnish with a sheath":[],
      ": to withdraw (a claw) into a sheath":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "sometimes shipbuilders sheathe a ship's bottom with copper for extra protection from barnacles and other threats",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Perhaps the biggest statement of all is in the dining room, which the owner reconfigured and sheathed in a vintage wallcovering depicting the monuments of Paris. \u2014 Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor , 10 Sep. 2019",
      "This searing solo, performed by a dancer sheathed in a tube of purple jersey, is now a classic portrayal of grief. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2020",
      "The next day, the girls were back in the blackberry patch, their arms and hands sheathed in black lisle stockings to guard against the thorns, and hats pulled low over their faces to shield the sun. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 3 May 2020",
      "The home is built with dual climate control sheathing for superior weather and climate protection and top-of-the-line Andersen windows and patio doors, said a company spokesperson. \u2014 Dallas News , 26 Apr. 2020",
      "The supermassive object is surrounded by a swirling disk of million-degree matter and is sheathed by an x-ray corona with a temperature exceeding a billion degrees. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Jan. 2020",
      "One body bore gold bracelets with designs of vipers, a gold triple-strand necklace and a parazonium, a triangular dagger sheathed in seashells, with an ivory hilt. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2020",
      "In addition, the edges of 727 West Madison\u2019s concrete floor slabs are sheathed in glass rather than aluminum, creating a continuous sculptural look. \u2014 Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com , 12 June 2019",
      "The worn, white house in the west of the city was now penned in by a chain-link fence sheathed in green mesh, and the families who had lived there together for two months were now scattered between Oakland and Berkeley. \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New York Review of Books , 9 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English shethen, derivative of shethe sheath":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113\u1e6fh\u0331",
      "\u02c8sh\u0113t\u035fh"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "clad",
      "face"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021224",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "shed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a building that resembles a shed":[],
      ": a divide of land":[],
      ": distinction , difference":[],
      ": hut":[],
      ": something (such as the skin of a snake) that is discarded in shedding":[],
      ": to become dispersed : scatter":[],
      ": to cast off some natural covering (such as fur or skin)":[
        "the cat is shedding"
      ],
      ": to cause (blood) to flow by cutting or wounding":[],
      ": to cause death by violence":[],
      ": to cause to be dispersed without penetrating":[
        "duck's plumage sheds water"
      ],
      ": to discharge usually gradually especially as part of a pathological process":[
        "shed a virus in the feces"
      ],
      ": to eject, slough off, or lose as part of the normal processes of life":[
        "a caterpillar shedding its skin",
        "a cat shedding hair",
        "a deciduous tree sheds its leaves in the fall"
      ],
      ": to give off or out":[
        "sheds some light on the subject"
      ],
      ": to give off, discharge, or expel from the body of a plant or animal: such as":[],
      ": to pour forth in drops":[
        "shed tears"
      ],
      ": to pour out : spill":[],
      ": to put or house in a shed":[],
      ": to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted":[
        "shed her inhibitions",
        "the company shed 100 jobs"
      ],
      ": to set apart : segregate":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
      "1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1850, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English shed, shode \"part in the hair, difference, distinction, faculty of discernment,\" going back to Old English sce\u0101d, gesce\u0101d \"separation, distinction, understanding, reason, reckoning,\" going back to Germanic *skai\u0111- (whence also Old Frisian sk\u0113d \"part in the hair, crown of the head,\" Old Saxon sk\u0113d, sk\u0113th \"distinction,\" Old High German gisceid \"knowledge, reason, distinction\"), nominal derivative, with varying stem-formatives, from *skai\u0111an-/skai\u00fean- \"to separate, distinguish\"; (sense 1) derivative of shed entry 1 \u2014 more at shed entry 1":"Noun",
      "Middle English shedde \"lean-to, penthouse,\" perhaps from a Kentish variant of shudde \"hut, lean-to,\" going back to Old English scydd \"swine pasture,\" of uncertain origin":"Noun",
      "Middle English sheden, shedden, shoden \"to divide, separate, part or comb (hair), pour out, discharge, cause (blood) to flow, pour (tears) in drops, emit (light),\" going back to Old English sce\u0101dan, sc\u0101dan (Class VII strong verb) \"to separate, divide, distinguish, decide, scatter, shed (tears, blood),\" going back to Germanic *skai\u0111an-/skai\u00fean- (whence also Old Frisian sk\u0113tha, sk\u0113da \"to separate, depart, exclude, decide, distinguish\", Old Saxon sk\u0113dan, sk\u0113than \"to separate, render (fat), disperse,\" Old High German skeidan \"to separate, distinguish, apportion,\" Gothic skaidan \"to separate\"), going back to pre-Germanic *skoit-, variant (with o-ablaut and voiceless final stop) of Indo-European *skei\u032fd- \"split, separate,\" whence also, with zero grade, Greek sch\u00edzein \"to split, separate,\" with zero grade and nasal present Sanskrit (Vedic) chin\u00e1tti \"(s/he) cuts off, tears up,\" Latin scind\u014d, scindere \"to split, cleave, separate,\" with o-grade Russian Church Slavic c\u011bditi \"to strain, filter,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian cij\u00e8diti, Lithuanian sk\u00e1idau, sk\u00e1idyti \"to separate, break down\" (also, with e-grade, sk\u00eded\u017eiu, sk\u00edesti \"to make thin, separate\")":"Verb",
      "derivative of shed entry 3":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8shed"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shed Verb (1) discard , cast , shed , slough , scrap , junk mean to get rid of. discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless. discard old clothes cast , especially when used with off, away , or out , implies a forceful rejection or repudiation. cast off her friends shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster. shed a bad habit finally sloughed off the depression scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form. scrap all the old ways would junk our educational system",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020935",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "sheen":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bright or shining condition : brightness":[],
      ": a lustrous surface imparted to textiles through finishing processes or use of shiny yarns":[],
      ": a subdued glitter approaching but short of optical reflection":[],
      ": a textile exhibiting notable sheen":[],
      ": beautiful":[],
      ": shining , resplendent":[],
      ": to be bright : show a sheen":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Her hair has a sheen to it.",
      "polished the metal until it had an even sheen",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The impact resistant lenses can stand up to wildest show with UV protection and polarized lenses to further protect your peepers, and the ultra- sheen design, available in 5 colors, is guaranteed to steal the spotlight. \u2014 Brandon Schultz, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Note that flat- sheen paint works best to replicate the look of unglazed encaustic or cement tile. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "My Sheets Rock The Regulator $169.00 Bamboo Twill Sheets Made from bamboo twill, these breathable sheets have the softness of rayon with a sheen finish. \u2014 Lauren Levy, NBC News , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Boaters off Orange County and residents of Newport Beach started reporting a petroleum smell in the air and oily sheen on the water Friday afternoon, Oct. 1. \u2014 Christopher Weber, ajc , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "But old pennies have a nice copper sheen all the way through. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 18 Jan. 2021",
      "This diner digs their seasoning: bacon, thyme, red vinegar and a finishing touch of butter to give the beans sheen . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Aug. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Keith\u2019s rendition of this Red Dirt hit bypasses LaRue\u2019s defiant sensibilities or even Hosty\u2019s sparse percussion and meaty guitar lines, for a more typical contemporary, radio-friendly sheen . \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 3 June 2022",
      "Then road riding seemed to lose some of its unctuous, depilated sheen . \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
      "The painting itself is certainly distinctive: The sumptuous fabric of the children\u2019s dress, with its bright sheen and rich colors, serves as a stark contrast to their understated facial expressions. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
      "The moon will glow a scarlet color during this year's first total lunar eclipse on Sunday -- a stark contrast to its ordinarily milky white sheen . \u2014 Megan Marples And Ashley Strickland, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "Turning from music videos and concert films to tell this true story in his first narrative feature, Rebane has created an old-school melodrama that aims for a Sirkian sheen , its visuals sumptuous and its clinches glossily, tastefully steamy. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Pine, for all his aging-glamour-boy indie-hair-band sheen , is an actor who would have done fine in the \u201970s. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "An outstanding scrub takes care of dirt, bacteria, and clogged pores in one fell swoop\u2014no need to worry about acne or that oily sheen anymore. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "As for that sheen spray that the actor couldn't get enough of"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English shene , from Old English sc\u012bene ; akin to Old English sc\u0113awian to look \u2014 more at show":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "burnish",
      "gloss",
      "luminance",
      "luster",
      "lustre",
      "polish",
      "shine"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084816",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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      ": a bright or shining condition : brightness":[],
      ": a lustrous surface imparted to textiles through finishing processes or use of shiny yarns":[],
      ": a subdued glitter approaching but short of optical reflection":[],
      ": a textile exhibiting notable sheen":[],
      ": beautiful":[],
      ": shining , resplendent":[],
      ": to be bright : show a sheen":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Her hair has a sheen to it.",
      "polished the metal until it had an even sheen",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The impact resistant lenses can stand up to wildest show with UV protection and polarized lenses to further protect your peepers, and the ultra- sheen design, available in 5 colors, is guaranteed to steal the spotlight. \u2014 Brandon Schultz, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Note that flat- sheen paint works best to replicate the look of unglazed encaustic or cement tile. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "My Sheets Rock The Regulator $169.00 Bamboo Twill Sheets Made from bamboo twill, these breathable sheets have the softness of rayon with a sheen finish. \u2014 Lauren Levy, NBC News , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Boaters off Orange County and residents of Newport Beach started reporting a petroleum smell in the air and oily sheen on the water Friday afternoon, Oct. 1. \u2014 Christopher Weber, ajc , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "But old pennies have a nice copper sheen all the way through. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 18 Jan. 2021",
      "This diner digs their seasoning: bacon, thyme, red vinegar and a finishing touch of butter to give the beans sheen . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Aug. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Keith\u2019s rendition of this Red Dirt hit bypasses LaRue\u2019s defiant sensibilities or even Hosty\u2019s sparse percussion and meaty guitar lines, for a more typical contemporary, radio-friendly sheen . \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 3 June 2022",
      "Then road riding seemed to lose some of its unctuous, depilated sheen . \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
      "The painting itself is certainly distinctive: The sumptuous fabric of the children\u2019s dress, with its bright sheen and rich colors, serves as a stark contrast to their understated facial expressions. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
      "The moon will glow a scarlet color during this year's first total lunar eclipse on Sunday -- a stark contrast to its ordinarily milky white sheen . \u2014 Megan Marples And Ashley Strickland, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "Turning from music videos and concert films to tell this true story in his first narrative feature, Rebane has created an old-school melodrama that aims for a Sirkian sheen , its visuals sumptuous and its clinches glossily, tastefully steamy. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Pine, for all his aging-glamour-boy indie-hair-band sheen , is an actor who would have done fine in the \u201970s. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "An outstanding scrub takes care of dirt, bacteria, and clogged pores in one fell swoop\u2014no need to worry about acne or that oily sheen anymore. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "As for that sheen spray that the actor couldn't get enough of"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English shene , from Old English sc\u012bene ; akin to Old English sc\u0113awian to look \u2014 more at show":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "burnish",
      "gloss",
      "luminance",
      "luster",
      "lustre",
      "polish",
      "shine"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023737",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "sheep":{
    "antonyms":[
      "wolf"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a timid defenseless creature":[],
      ": leather prepared from the skins of sheep : sheepskin":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "he came to see that the members of the cult were sheep who naively went along with whatever their leader dictated",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The fourth of seven children, he was raised on a 25-acre farm where the family raised cows, sheep and goats, plus grew corn. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "This is a bacterium that mostly infects cows, sheep , goats and pigs and is usually transmitted to humans from the milk or meat of an infected animal. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The state of New York is home to nearly a million and a half cows, eighty thousand sheep , and more than sixty thousand hogs. \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Wolf attacks on livestock are uncommon but can cause significant economic damage to farmers when their cows or sheep are killed. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Farm-to-table cuisine takes on a whole new meaning here, as the dining room features a glass window with a view of the property's beloved cows and sheep . \u2014 Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Goats have a reputation for eating things that other animals, including cows and sheep , won\u2019t. \u2014 WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "But errant cows and sheep do sometimes make a snack out of recent seedlings. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "This is Ken Kesey country, home to armies of cows, sheep and intrepid mushroom hunters. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 13 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English sc\u0113ap ; akin to Old High German sc\u0101f sheep":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "angel",
      "dove",
      "innocent",
      "lamb"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022516",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheep ked":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a wingless bloodsucking dipteran fly ( Melophagus ovinus ) that feeds chiefly on sheep and is a vector of sheep trypanosomiasis":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1925, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "sheep + ked sheep ked, of unknown origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113p-\u02ccked"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094818",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheep laurel":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dwarf shrub ( Kalmia angustifolia ) of the heath family that is native to northeastern North America and is poisonous to livestock and that resembles mountain laurel but has narrower leaves and smaller bright red flowers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1810, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102510",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheep-kneed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having knees like those of a sheep":[
        "\u2014 used of a horse when the foreleg below the knee deviates slightly forward"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063936",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "sheepherding":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the activities of a worker engaged in tending sheep":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Browse other wool products, see border collies demonstrate sheepherding , or roam dozens of booths showcasing crafts, jewelry, home accessories, and more. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1836, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113p-\u02cch\u0259r-di\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135507",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheephook":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a shepherd's crook":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English shephoke , from shep, sheep sheep + hoke, hok hook":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184300",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheephouse":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a covered enclosure for housing sheep":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English shephous , from shep, sheep sheep + hous house":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063520",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheepier":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of sheepier comparative of sheepy"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203754",
    "type":[]
  },
  "sheepiest":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of sheepiest superlative of sheepy"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113922",
    "type":[]
  },
  "sheeping":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of sheeping present participle of sheep"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113509",
    "type":[]
  },
  "sheepish":{
    "antonyms":[
      "extroverted",
      "extraverted",
      "immodest",
      "outgoing"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault":[
        "a sheepish grin"
      ],
      ": meek , timid":[],
      ": resembling a sheep : such as":[],
      ": stupid":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He felt a little sheepish .",
      "a sheepish scholar who is most comfortable when surrounded by books",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But Inouye-Perez has a habit of turning players into catchers, the coach says with a sheepish grin. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "The Times\u2019s metropolitan editor at the time, assembled a select, if slightly sheepish , group of reporters to go to a nearby pornographic theater to judge the film for themselves. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "And the once sheepish Earn is now asking brave enough to ask to get that money in advance at Paper Boi's request after he is detained in Amsterdam prison. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Parents and runners broke into applause as Alejandro looked on with a sheepish grin. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Since adopting an Australian labradoodle a few months ago, Luke Kanies has felt a little sheepish that his new pet, Westley, doesn\u2019t align with his nonconformist lifestyle. \u2014 Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The tone of the announcement \u2014 breathless, sheepish , exuberant \u2014 wasn\u2019t the sort of thing one associates with research scientists. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Britney Spears posted a sheepish apology over her legendary dancing ability on Sunday (March 6), and Nicki Minaj is having none of it. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "On that day, the assemblyman herding AB 1400 through the legislature looked around and saw few supporters among his sheepish colleagues. \u2014 Will Swaim, National Review , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113-pish"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backward",
      "bashful",
      "coy",
      "demure",
      "diffident",
      "introverted",
      "modest",
      "recessive",
      "retiring",
      "self-effacing",
      "shy",
      "withdrawn"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075454",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheepishly":{
    "antonyms":[
      "extroverted",
      "extraverted",
      "immodest",
      "outgoing"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault":[
        "a sheepish grin"
      ],
      ": meek , timid":[],
      ": resembling a sheep : such as":[],
      ": stupid":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He felt a little sheepish .",
      "a sheepish scholar who is most comfortable when surrounded by books",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But Inouye-Perez has a habit of turning players into catchers, the coach says with a sheepish grin. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "The Times\u2019s metropolitan editor at the time, assembled a select, if slightly sheepish , group of reporters to go to a nearby pornographic theater to judge the film for themselves. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "And the once sheepish Earn is now asking brave enough to ask to get that money in advance at Paper Boi's request after he is detained in Amsterdam prison. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Parents and runners broke into applause as Alejandro looked on with a sheepish grin. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Since adopting an Australian labradoodle a few months ago, Luke Kanies has felt a little sheepish that his new pet, Westley, doesn\u2019t align with his nonconformist lifestyle. \u2014 Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The tone of the announcement \u2014 breathless, sheepish , exuberant \u2014 wasn\u2019t the sort of thing one associates with research scientists. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Britney Spears posted a sheepish apology over her legendary dancing ability on Sunday (March 6), and Nicki Minaj is having none of it. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "On that day, the assemblyman herding AB 1400 through the legislature looked around and saw few supporters among his sheepish colleagues. \u2014 Will Swaim, National Review , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113-pish"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backward",
      "bashful",
      "coy",
      "demure",
      "diffident",
      "introverted",
      "modest",
      "recessive",
      "retiring",
      "self-effacing",
      "shy",
      "withdrawn"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023502",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheepkill":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": sheep laurel":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033705",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheeple":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": people who are docile, compliant, or easily influenced : people likened to sheep":[
        "James Nichols, who ran the family farm here, stamped dollar bills with red ink in protest against currency and told his neighbors that they were \" sheeple \" for obeying authority like livestock.",
        "\u2014 Sara Rimer and James Bennet"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Singularity throws images of liberation back at a nation of sheeple . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "Unlike in the world of sheeple , who are so obsessed with buying this and owning that, money doesn\u2019t matter in my happy place. \u2014 Evan Waite, The New Yorker , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "The cancel culture is often stoked by sheeples with no interest in drilling down to truths. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2019",
      "Chemtrails, fluoride, vaccines, antidepressants: In the politics of conspiracy, these poisons are what turn people into sheeple . \u2014 Richard Cooke, The New Republic , 3 Sep. 2019",
      "Maestro Federer has legitimized skipping the clay season even though healthy and now all the sheeple on the ATP tour are following along. \u2014 Jon Wertheim, SI.com , 4 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1945, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "blend of sheep and people entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113-p\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221124",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheepless":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having no sheep":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113pl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125041",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "sheer":{
    "antonyms":[
      "detour",
      "deviate",
      "diverge",
      "swerve",
      "swing",
      "turn",
      "turn off",
      "veer",
      "wheel"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a turn, deviation, or change in a course (as of a ship)":[],
      ": being free from an adulterant : pure , unmixed":[],
      ": bright , shining":[],
      ": in a complete manner : altogether":[],
      ": marked by great and continuous steepness":[],
      ": of very thin or transparent texture : diaphanous":[],
      ": straight up or down without a break : perpendicularly":[],
      ": the fore-and-aft curvature from bow to stern of a ship's deck as shown in side elevation":[],
      ": the position of a ship riding to a single anchor and heading toward it":[],
      ": to cause to sheer":[],
      ": to deviate from a course : swerve":[],
      ": unqualified , utter":[
        "sheer folly",
        "sheer ignorance"
      ],
      ": viewed or acting in dissociation from all else":[
        "in terms of sheer numbers"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a sheer drop to the sea",
      "we had to get window shades because passersby could see right through our sheer curtains",
      "Adverb",
      "mountains rising sheer from the plains",
      "Verb",
      "the cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane",
      "the car sheered to avoid hitting the dog"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1539, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adverb",
      "1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1691, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1568, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Adjective",
      "circa 1920, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English schere freed from guilt, probably alteration of skere , from Old Norse sk\u00e6rr pure; akin to Old English sc\u012bnan to shine":"Adjective",
      "perhaps alteration of shear entry 1":"Verb",
      "perhaps alteration of shear entry 2":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8shir"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sheer Adjective steep , abrupt , precipitous , sheer mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular. steep implies such sharpness of pitch that ascent or descent is very difficult. a steep hill a steep dive abrupt implies a sharper pitch and a sudden break in the level. a beach with an abrupt drop-off precipitous applies to an incline approaching the vertical. the river winds through a precipitous gorge sheer suggests an unbroken perpendicular expanse. sheer cliffs that daunted the climbers",
    "synonyms":[
      "cobwebby",
      "diaphanous",
      "filmy",
      "gauzelike",
      "gauzy",
      "gossamer",
      "gossamery",
      "see-through",
      "transparent"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020426",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "sheet":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a broad stretch or surface of something":[
        "a sheet of ice"
      ],
      ": a flat baking pan of tinned metal":[
        "a cookie sheet"
      ],
      ": a newspaper, periodical, or occasional publication":[
        "a gossip sheet"
      ],
      ": a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth":[],
      ": a printed signature for a book especially before it has been folded, cut, or bound":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": a rectangular piece of heavy paper with a plant specimen mounted on it":[
        "an herbarium of 100,000 sheets"
      ],
      ": a rope or chain that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind":[],
      ": a surface or part of a surface in which it is possible to pass from any one point of it to any other without leaving the surface":[
        "a hyperboloid of two sheets"
      ],
      ": a suspended or moving expanse (as of fire or rain)":[],
      ": drunk sense 1a":[],
      ": of, relating to, or concerned with the making of sheet metal":[],
      ": rolled or spread out in a sheet":[],
      ": sail sense 1a(1)":[],
      ": the spaces at either end of an open boat not occupied by thwarts : foresheets and stern sheets together":[],
      ": to cover with a sheet":[
        "floors sheeted with dust"
      ],
      ": to extend (a sail) and set as flat as possible by hauling upon the sheets":[],
      ": to fall, spread, or flow in a sheet":[
        "the rain sheeted against the windows"
      ],
      ": to fix the responsibility for : bring home to one":[],
      ": to form into sheets":[],
      ": to furnish with sheets":[],
      ": to move or set (a sail) by manipulation of a sheet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1606, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English shete , from Old English sc\u0113ata lower corner of a sail; akin to Old English sc\u0233te sheet":"Noun",
      "Middle English shete , from Old English sc\u0113te, sc\u012bete ; akin to Old English sc\u0113at edge, Old High German sc\u014dz flap, skirt":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233009",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "sheet bend":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an eye \u2014 see knot illustration":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now, tie a sheet bend securely to each end of the tarp, leaving 15 feet or so of rope on each end to tie to your trees. \u2014 Popular Science , 28 May 2020",
      "If the ropes are the same diameter and texture, the sheet bend actually resembles a square knot. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 2 Apr. 2019",
      "Join rope ends in a sheet bend between the flag clips to stop the rope knot from snagging in the pulley. \u2014 Harry Sawyers, Popular Mechanics , 28 May 2010",
      "Newer works at the fair by the artist, who is now based in South Africa, involve thin, wooden sheets bent into curled, cleanly formal shapes. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1823, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105633",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sheila":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a girl or young woman":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "two blonde sheilas were splashing in the water at Bondi Beach while their mother looked on"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1914, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from Sheila , female given name":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u0113-l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "filly",
      "girl",
      "lass",
      "lassie",
      "miss",
      "missy",
      "nymph"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104848",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shekalim":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a coin weighing one shekel":[],
      ": a unit of value based on a shekel weight of gold or silver":[],
      ": money":[
        "\u2026 making boxing history in the ring in New York, Chicago and wherever else fans \u2026 were willing to unburden themselves of substantial sums of shekels for the pleasure of seeing two guys vent their nastiness on each other.",
        "\u2014 Pete Coutros"
      ],
      "the basic monetary unit of Israel \u2014 see Money Table":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact, everyone contributed the same amount: a half shekel , no more, no less. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Once approved, more international investors will have the opportunity to benefit from the strong Israeli shekel as well as the dynamic and diverse tech industry. \u2014 Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The city received a cost of living score of 106, due in large part to the strength of the Israeli shekel against the U.S. dollar. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "In November of 2021, the shekel reached $0.32, its highest valuation against the US dollar in more than two decades. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Much of this is thanks to the appreciation of Israel\u2019s currency, the shekel . \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The soaring shekel and price increases for goods including groceries and transport were the main factors in Tel Aviv taking the top spot, according to the EIU. \u2014 Alex Millson, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Part of the reason for Tel Aviv\u2019s rise to the top was the strength of its currency, the shekel , when translated into dollars, the report said. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Spotting a street vendor, Mr. al-Garosha stopped to buy two cigarettes, for a shekel each, with a five-shekel coin his mother had given him. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hebrew sheqel":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8she-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054559",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a coin weighing one shekel":[],
      ": a unit of value based on a shekel weight of gold or silver":[],
      ": money":[
        "\u2026 making boxing history in the ring in New York, Chicago and wherever else fans \u2026 were willing to unburden themselves of substantial sums of shekels for the pleasure of seeing two guys vent their nastiness on each other.",
        "\u2014 Pete Coutros"
      ],
      "the basic monetary unit of Israel \u2014 see Money Table":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact, everyone contributed the same amount: a half shekel , no more, no less. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Once approved, more international investors will have the opportunity to benefit from the strong Israeli shekel as well as the dynamic and diverse tech industry. \u2014 Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The city received a cost of living score of 106, due in large part to the strength of the Israeli shekel against the U.S. dollar. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "In November of 2021, the shekel reached $0.32, its highest valuation against the US dollar in more than two decades. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Much of this is thanks to the appreciation of Israel\u2019s currency, the shekel . \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The soaring shekel and price increases for goods including groceries and transport were the main factors in Tel Aviv taking the top spot, according to the EIU. \u2014 Alex Millson, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Part of the reason for Tel Aviv\u2019s rise to the top was the strength of its currency, the shekel , when translated into dollars, the report said. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Spotting a street vendor, Mr. al-Garosha stopped to buy two cigarettes, for a shekel each, with a five-shekel coin his mother had given him. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hebrew sheqel":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8she-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033348",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shekels":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a coin weighing one shekel":[],
      ": a unit of value based on a shekel weight of gold or silver":[],
      ": money":[
        "\u2026 making boxing history in the ring in New York, Chicago and wherever else fans \u2026 were willing to unburden themselves of substantial sums of shekels for the pleasure of seeing two guys vent their nastiness on each other.",
        "\u2014 Pete Coutros"
      ],
      "the basic monetary unit of Israel \u2014 see Money Table":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact, everyone contributed the same amount: a half shekel , no more, no less. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Once approved, more international investors will have the opportunity to benefit from the strong Israeli shekel as well as the dynamic and diverse tech industry. \u2014 Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The city received a cost of living score of 106, due in large part to the strength of the Israeli shekel against the U.S. dollar. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "In November of 2021, the shekel reached $0.32, its highest valuation against the US dollar in more than two decades. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Much of this is thanks to the appreciation of Israel\u2019s currency, the shekel . \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The soaring shekel and price increases for goods including groceries and transport were the main factors in Tel Aviv taking the top spot, according to the EIU. \u2014 Alex Millson, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Part of the reason for Tel Aviv\u2019s rise to the top was the strength of its currency, the shekel , when translated into dollars, the report said. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Spotting a street vendor, Mr. al-Garosha stopped to buy two cigarettes, for a shekel each, with a five-shekel coin his mother had given him. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hebrew sheqel":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8she-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081627",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shell":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bark",
      "flay",
      "hull",
      "husk",
      "peel",
      "shuck",
      "skin"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a case (as of metal, paper, or plastic) that holds the charge of powder and shot or bullet used with breech-loading small arms":[
        "a shotgun shell"
      ],
      ": a casing without substance":[
        "mere effigies and shells of men",
        "\u2014 Thomas Carlyle"
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      ": a company or corporation that exists without assets or independent operations as a legal entity through which another company or corporation can conduct various dealings":[],
      ": a hard rigid usually largely calcareous covering or support of an animal":[],
      ": a narrow light racing boat propelled by one or more persons pulling oars or sculls":[],
      ": a plain usually sleeveless blouse or sweater":[],
      ": a projectile for cannon containing an explosive bursting charge":[],
      ": a shell-bearing mollusk":[],
      ": a small beer glass":[],
      ": a thin usually spherical layer or surface enclosing a space or surrounding an object":[
        "an expanding shell of gas around a neutron star"
      ],
      ": an edible outer layer of usually baked or fried pastry dough or bread for holding a filling":[
        "a pastry shell",
        "a taco salad in a tortilla shell"
      ],
      ": an external case or outside covering":[
        "the shell of a ship"
      ],
      ": an impersonal attitude or manner that conceals the presence or absence of feeling":[
        "he retreated into his shell"
      ],
      ": an unlined article of outerwear":[],
      ": any of the regions occupied by the orbits of a group of electrons of approximately equal energy surrounding the nucleus of an atom":[],
      ": band shell":[],
      ": shell material (as of mollusks or turtles) or their substance":[],
      ": something that resembles a shell: such as":[],
      ": the covering or outside part of a fruit or seed especially when hard or fibrous":[],
      ": the hard or tough often thin outer covering of an egg (as of a bird or reptile) \u2014 see egg illustration":[],
      ": to cast the shell or exterior covering : fall out of the pod or husk":[
        "nuts which shell in falling"
      ],
      ": to fall or scale off in thin pieces":[],
      ": to gather shells (as from a beach)":[],
      ": to score heavily against (someone, such as an opposing pitcher in baseball)":[],
      ": to separate the kernels of (corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk":[],
      ": to take out of a natural enclosing cover (such as a shell, husk, pod, or capsule)":[
        "shell peanuts"
      ],
      ": to throw shells at, upon, or into : bombard":[],
      "\u2014 compare cartridge":[
        "a shotgun shell"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the shell of a crab",
      "We collected s hells at the beach.",
      "We're going to have stuffed shells for dinner.",
      "Verb",
      "They shelled the enemy troops.",
      "The town was shelled during the battle.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Be social and sit on the yellow bench portion or hide in the black shell . \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
      "The result was a seamless building without sharp transitions, neither in its paths of circulation nor its curved surfaces, where there is no more division between floor, walls and ceiling than in an oyster shell . \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "Physicists think that the surface of a magnetar is covered in a shell of heavy atomic nuclei and free electrons. \u2014 Paul Sutter, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
      "Highlights include a firecracker shrimp snack, which marinates Gulf shrimp in ginger and lime, then wraps them in a crispy wonton shell , served with sweet chile sauce. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 4 May 2022",
      "Enceladus contains a liquid ocean beneath an icy crust, and the Enceladus Orbilander would both orbit the moon and land on the surface, studying plumes of water that rise up through cracks in the ice shell . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, interior seams with elastic binding and a 16 percent spandex blend in the shell allow for superior stretch when adjusting snowshoe straps and planting ski poles. \u2014 Frederick Reimers, Outside Online , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "In fact, not much has changed in the decade since Bliss opened in the renovated shell of an old gas station. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Dark rum infused ganache in a white chocolate shell . \u2014 Sherri Mcgee Mccovey, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "An analysis of the guns using the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) linked one of them to shell casings recovered from the scene of the Tallahassee shooting, Buchanan said. \u2014 Henri Hollis, ajc , 8 June 2022",
      "The officers also saw a bullet hole in the car and shell casings, but none of those details resulted in them initially detaining Thaler, according to the documents. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 28 May 2022",
      "Russian troops continue to shell and advance slowly toward Lyman. \u2014 Laris Karklis, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
      "Some oligarchs have taken elaborate steps to conceal their assets by using secret bank accounts, shell companies and offshore facilitators. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Russian forces continued to shell cities in Donbas and carried out a missile strike in western Ukraine. \u2014 WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "The Kremlin continued to shell Mariupol\u2019s Azovstal steel plant Tuesday even as some civilians were evacuated, Ukrainian officials said. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
      "As many as 50 rounds were fired inside the property, and shell casings from rifles and pistols were found at the scene, police said. \u2014 Susan Miller, USA TODAY , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Authorities say ballistics tests later matched the gun found in Lopez's house to shell casings found at the murder scene. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1562, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English sciell ; akin to Old English scealu shell, Old Norse skel , Lithuanian skelti to split, Greek skallein to hoe":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8shel"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "armor",
      "capsule",
      "case",
      "casing",
      "cocoon",
      "cover",
      "covering",
      "encasement",
      "housing",
      "hull",
      "husk",
      "jacket",
      "pod",
      "sheath"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175820",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "shell game":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": thimblerig played especially with three walnut shells":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "it's amazing how intelligent people fall for that investment-fund shell game",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The academic research emphatically shows that this elaborate shell game can be a supremely costly job-creation strategy. \u2014 Margaret O'mara, Wired , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "Considering the substantial financial help that Tesla has long received from government support for its electric cars, the company doesn't have to use a shell game of offshoring its profits to avoid paying taxes. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "The young athletes who have spent lifetimes dreaming of this moment are pawns in a huge financial shell game . \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Blockchain is either the most radical invention of the century or a worthless shell game . \u2014 Gideon Lichfield, Wired , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Without any penalties for failure for first-pass tender acceptance, carriers and shippers have played a shell game on price. \u2014 Lora Cecere, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Democrats played a definitional shell game with progressive racial narratives woven throughout education rather than directly addressing parental concerns about how complex issues of race are taught to children. \u2014 Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "The mistake is to treat Thoreau\u2019s relationship with Lidian as a kind of shell game , with a plain old heterosexual romance lurking beneath any number of concealments. \u2014 James Marcus, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Hunter\u2019s claim is that the vaccine that the FDA approved and the one in common use today are different and that the FDA and Pfizer are involved in a shell game or a bait-and-switch. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 1 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bunco",
      "bunko",
      "con",
      "fiddle",
      "flimflam",
      "fraud",
      "hustle",
      "scam",
      "sting",
      "swindle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204336",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shell money":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a medium of exchange consisting of shells":[
        "The \u2026 Karok, and Yurok peoples of Northern California attached great cultural value to shell money \u2026 .",
        "\u2014 Ralph T. Coe , Lost And Found Traditions , 1986"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare cowrie , wampum":[
        "The \u2026 Karok, and Yurok peoples of Northern California attached great cultural value to shell money \u2026 .",
        "\u2014 Ralph T. Coe , Lost And Found Traditions , 1986"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113536",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shell out":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": pay":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While CarMax sold 11% fewer used cars, consumers had to shell out $6,311 more per vehicle on average, a 28% increase from a year earlier. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
      "The study aimed to verify how employees with more modest budgets would fare in a metaverse office space, not only those who can shell out up to $3,000 for a high-range VR apparatus. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
      "Most patients opt for a two- or three-night stay, though some shell out for a month or more. \u2014 Elizabeth Siegel, Allure , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The bottom line: most skiers don\u2019t need to shell out more than $130 on poles and can likely be served with something under $100. \u2014 Kelly Klein, Outside Online , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "The industry has been hit hard by the pandemic as people spend more time in their homes and shell out less money on dining out, traveling and other leisure activities. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Consumers, who spent $5.1 billion on Thanksgiving Day, are expected to shell out between $8.8 billion and $9.6 billion on Friday, according to Adobe Digital Insights. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Those who shell out the big bucks to listen to Kanye West's new album will be treated to the sound of his estranged wife praising him. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Agencies are also rolling out discounted ticket packages geared to occasional commuters, who no longer need to shell out hundreds of dollars for monthly passes that formed the bedrock of the commuter railroad business model. \u2014 Scott Calvert, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "disburse",
      "drop",
      "expend",
      "fork (over, out, ",
      "give",
      "lay out",
      "outlay",
      "pay",
      "spend"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110653",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "shell roof":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a roof of relatively large expanse (as of a hangar or arena) composed of concrete panels curved cylindrically or spherically for strength":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115843",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shell shock":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": post-traumatic stress disorder occurring under wartime conditions (as combat) that cause intense stress : battle fatigue , combat fatigue":[
        "In the receiving ward he found a patient shivering on his bunk with a diagnosis\u2014in this case accurate\u2014of severe shell shock .",
        "\u2014 Albert E. Cowdrey",
        "A Veterans Administration psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Ewald, has reckoned that some 700,000 Vietnam veterans have suffered from various forms of \"post-traumatic stress syndrome,\" the modern term for what was called \" shell shock \" in World War I and \"battle fatigue\" in World War II.",
        "\u2014 Stanley Karnow"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The four-year nightmare, which started three years before the U.S. got involved, engulfed dozens of nations, redrew the map of Europe and introduced the world to new horrors such as chemical weapons and shell shock . \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Wynne, who died in December 2021, often told the story of a soldier who was suffering so badly from PTSD (then known as shell shock ) who had not spoken or even reacted to others, in months. \u2014 Brenda Cain, cleveland , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "As documented by the humanitarian NGO Proliska, which is monitoring the conflict zone, one of the shells struck a kindergarten, leaving two employees with shell shock \u2014but not injuring any of the children that were there. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "But the disorder has evolved since the days of shell shock . \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The Atlantic , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "With these weapons came an ever-expanding vocabulary to depict their hellish consequences, from shell shock to radiation poisoning to Agent Orange Syndrome. \u2014 David Oshinsky, The New York Review of Books , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "The violent legacy of World War I, its brutalization of an entire generation, is palpable in both the violence in Berlin's streets and the literal shell shock afflicting multiple male characters: No recent American trauma can compare. \u2014 Ross Douthat New York Times, Star Tribune , 30 Mar. 2021",
      "Ames had trouble sleeping and fell into a kind of shell shock that reminded her daughter of what many people experienced after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. \u2014 J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Feb. 2021",
      "Over the spring and summer, restaurants that survived the initial shell shock of Covid-19 pivoted to takeout and outdoor dining. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1915, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070206",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shell socket":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": taper reducer sleeve":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202232",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shell steak":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the part of a short loin of beef that contains no tenderloin":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1968, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174552",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shell strake":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a strake running the length of the hull of a ship":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112558",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "shell-shocked":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": affected with shell shock or combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder":[
        "She sometimes had psychoneurotic cases on board, shell-shocked men whose behavior could not be predicted.",
        "\u2014 Doris Weatherford",
        "Sassoon was familiar with such rough-and-ready treatment, part of which encouraged shell-shocked soldiers to repress their memories of the trenches, shake themselves out of their depression, and carry on manfully.",
        "\u2014 Roger J. Spiller"
      ],
      ": mentally confused, upset, or exhausted as a result of a highly stressful or disturbing and often unexpected event or experience":[
        "She was shell-shocked , reeling from her loss in Iowa and polls that showed her cratering in New Hampshire.",
        "\u2014 Joe Klein",
        "\u2026 shell-shocked consumers were pledging their allegiance to the \"New Frugality.\" Chastened by the brutal lessons of the worst economic downturn in decades, Americans swore off conspicuous consumption and resolved to embrace the thrifty ways of their grandparents \u2026",
        "\u2014 Stefan Theil"
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      "1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      ": to defeat decisively":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Fill those existing dents with clear nail polish or shellac . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "The process required cleaning and hand-sanding every panel and groove, after which Newborg applied a custom shellac and finish. \u2014 Nancy Ngo, Star Tribune , 30 July 2021",
      "Denatured alcohol can be used to strip floors and make shellac , but don\u2019t put it in your homemade hand sanitizer to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 6 Mar. 2020",
      "The Brach\u2019s classic candy corn ingredients were listed as sugar, corn syrup, confectioner\u2019s glaze ( shellac ), salt, dextrose, gelatin, sesame oil, artificial flavor, honey, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Red 3. \u2014 Courtland Milloy, Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2019",
      "At the turn of the century, the ever-expanding electrical industry was running low on shellac , a resin secreted by the female lac bug which could be used as an insulating material. \u2014 Alice Bell, CNN , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "Shifts in format \u2014 from wax cylinders to shellac discs to LPs to CDs and MP3s and now streaming \u2014 arrive periodically to transform the record trade. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2019",
      "Methanol is a type of alcohol that's often used as an ingredient in antifreeze, paint thinner, shellac , and windshield wiper fluid, according to MedlinePlus. \u2014 Cory Stieg, refinery29.com , 18 June 2019",
      "The site became industrialized with the Lacy Foundry and industries that made shellac and paint. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 15 June 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There are also nagging economic questions, including Texans getting shellacked by outrageous property tax bills amid a pandemic that\u2019s left millions of residents out of work and struggling to feed their families. \u2014 Dallas News , 25 May 2020",
      "Indeed, on a day the market was shellacked , Zoom Video Communications was off just a smidge, and Chinese delivery giant Meituan eked out a gain. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 10 Mar. 2020",
      "The news media industry continues to be shellacked by the dismal advertising market as businesses remain shuttered throughout much of the country. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
      "The Paris mayor's race has been downright nasty, and President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party reportedly is due to get shellacked . \u2014 Michelle Krupa, CNN , 15 Mar. 2020",
      "The hairstyle, known for its round shape, with hair swept off the face and shellacked into place with quite a bit of hair spray, is symbolic of all that is retro. \u2014 Marisa Meltzer, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
      "So what if most mushes fell victim to the tongue-thrust reflex or ended up repurposed as art supplies, my walls decorated with beet-purple spatter and shellacked with heirloom bean",
      "Stocks snapped back from last week\u2019s shellacking on expectations for a global policy response if the world economy is constricted by the effects of the coronavirus. \u2014 Hiroko Masuike, New York Times , 2 Mar. 2020",
      "If Sanders were to get shellacked , however, recriminations would be instant and intense. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New York Review of Books , 27 Feb. 2020"
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      "1704, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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      "They took a shellacking in yesterday's game.",
      "suffered a shellacking at the hands of a vastly superior opposition",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Younger workers should be thrilled that bonds got a shellacking . \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "In what could properly be described as a shellacking , Kemp came out on top of former Sen. David Perdue. \u2014 Averi Harper, ABC News , 25 May 2022",
      "In a 13-6 shellacking by the Astros on Friday, Trout and Rendon were both removed before the eighth inning, with the score already at 12-2, to avoid the risk of injury. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "It has been overshadowed by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and obscured by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s Supreme Court confirmation hearing, but Democratic leaders are debating how to avoid a shellacking this fall. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The shellacking came as the Bulls were in the midst of a tailspin, and Milwaukee was without Khris Middleton. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Still, that doesn't explain away a 48-point shellacking , particularly when the Sixers started their two best wing defenders, Thybulle and Danny Green, to keep Tatum and Brown in check. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "After that slogan earned them a shellacking by Republicans in the 2020 elections, Democrats in swing districts, speaking on a post-election conference call, warned the party to back off the anti-police approach. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The 6-foot-11 big man contributed 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists in a little more than 13 minutes of a 131-106 shellacking of the Rockets. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Feb. 2022"
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      "1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024613",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      ": a rail in which small shell-like pieces have become detached from the top surface or side of the railhead":[]
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      "noun"
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        "The \u2026 campus was placed under lockdown in response to the shooting. People on campus were advised to shelter in place . No students were hurt or endangered, the school said.",
        "\u2014 Julia Jacobo",
        "These communities\u2014including our own\u2014need to start hardening themselves against future fires. That means preparing homes for fires the way we already do for earthquakes and floods. It also means developing better alert systems, heeding evacuation warnings when they come and being prepared to shelter in place when escape routes are cut off \u2026",
        "\u2014 The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California)"
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      "Noun",
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      "a shelter for battered women",
      "The organization provides food and shelter for homeless people.",
      "The crowd ran for shelter when the rain started.",
      "They sought shelter from the storm.",
      "Verb",
      "A cave sheltered the climbers during the storm.",
      "They sheltered in a cave while they waited for the storm to pass.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "These saucer-size crustaceans with a murky green color have decimated the area's marine ecosystem, outcompeting native species for food and shelter . \u2014 Michael Casey, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
      "Robinson ruled that, as long as the prisoners received adequate food, water and shelter , the conditions did not violate their constitutional rights. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
      "These saucer-size crustaceans with a murky green color have decimated the area's marine ecosystem, outcompeting native species for food and shelter . \u2014 Michael Casey, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
      "As the war has evolved, so have those needs, with BlueCheck now assisting with education and mental health services on top of the medical aid, food and shelter needed at the onset. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
      "The dog was on the side of #Interstate75 parched and desperately needing water and shelter from the heat. \u2014 Amanda Taheri, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
      "In Poland, 547,000 Ukrainians arrived in just one week; volunteers rushed to the border to offer them food, shelter and support. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "Triple-digit temperatures in San Antonio during the summer cause pests like flies, ants, scorpions, spiders and mosquitos to run for shelter inside homes. \u2014 Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News , 23 June 2022",
      "Officials said millions were being provided with food and shelter in temporary relief camps. \u2014 Swati Gupta And Esha Mitra, CNN , 20 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Rather than serve unhoused people\u2019s needs, the expansion of access to shelter launders efforts to criminalize them. \u2014 Tracy Rosenthal, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
      "The South Park Inn shelter for people experiencing homelessness is abandoning a controversial plan to relocate from near downtown Hartford to a larger building in the city\u2019s North End, after an uproar from neighbors and businesses. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 15 May 2022",
      "Supervisor Myrna Melgar, a co-sponsor of the ordinance, proposed the changes to require officials to look at supportive housing in addition to shelter . \u2014 J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 May 2022",
      "Continue to shelter in place, stay in buildings at Druid Hills campus until an all-clear is announced. \u2014 Henri Hollis, ajc , 5 May 2022",
      "As more unhoused people shelter in Union Station overnight, janitors and retail workers face constant threats, erratic behavior and assaults. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
      "While museums can shelter works of art from deterioration, cultural heritage sites like Angkor Wat in Cambodia or Jerash in Jordan are exposed to the elements \u2014 at risk of rapidly disappearing in the face of natural disasters, climate change or war. \u2014 Ashley Lan, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The elderly and people at higher risk for severe COVID-19 complications should continue to shelter in place. \u2014 Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner , 1 Oct. 2020",
      "The city of Gaylord declared a 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfew and asked residents to shelter in place, according to state police. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 20 May 2022"
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      "1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015423",
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      ": a continuous deck of light construction above the principal deck of a ship and usually covering a full-length superstructure or space not permanently closed against the weather":[]
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      ": a barrier of trees and shrubs that provides protection (as for crops) from wind and storm and lessens erosion":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The fence line ran north for a half-mile and abutted another back road, with a shelterbelt on the other side. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Mar. 2021",
      "After a few days of easy hunting, word spread through the shelterbelt and the squirrels were tougher to find. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Nov. 2020",
      "The shelterbelt was a half-mile long and 50 yards wide, and there were cottonwoods, pine trees, elm and chokecherry bushes. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Nov. 2020",
      "While his ranch has a shelterbelt of trees which protect against winds that blow from the northwest, Mr. Roseland said winds from this storm have come from the east and northeast, buffeting his calving yards and threatening the lives of newborns. \u2014 Jake Holland, WSJ , 11 Apr. 2019",
      "My brother, friends, and cousins built those forts in the woods near a park and in the shelterbelts overlooking the creek behind my grandmother\u2019s place. \u2014 Steven Strom, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073623",
    "type":[
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        "The \u2026 campus was placed under lockdown in response to the shooting. People on campus were advised to shelter in place . No students were hurt or endangered, the school said.",
        "\u2014 Julia Jacobo",
        "These communities\u2014including our own\u2014need to start hardening themselves against future fires. That means preparing homes for fires the way we already do for earthquakes and floods. It also means developing better alert systems, heeding evacuation warnings when they come and being prepared to shelter in place when escape routes are cut off \u2026",
        "\u2014 The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California)"
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      "Noun",
      "We made a shelter from branches.",
      "a shelter for battered women",
      "The organization provides food and shelter for homeless people.",
      "The crowd ran for shelter when the rain started.",
      "They sought shelter from the storm.",
      "Verb",
      "A cave sheltered the climbers during the storm.",
      "They sheltered in a cave while they waited for the storm to pass.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "These saucer-size crustaceans with a murky green color have decimated the area's marine ecosystem, outcompeting native species for food and shelter . \u2014 Michael Casey, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
      "Robinson ruled that, as long as the prisoners received adequate food, water and shelter , the conditions did not violate their constitutional rights. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
      "These saucer-size crustaceans with a murky green color have decimated the area's marine ecosystem, outcompeting native species for food and shelter . \u2014 Michael Casey, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
      "As the war has evolved, so have those needs, with BlueCheck now assisting with education and mental health services on top of the medical aid, food and shelter needed at the onset. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
      "The dog was on the side of #Interstate75 parched and desperately needing water and shelter from the heat. \u2014 Amanda Taheri, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
      "In Poland, 547,000 Ukrainians arrived in just one week; volunteers rushed to the border to offer them food, shelter and support. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "Triple-digit temperatures in San Antonio during the summer cause pests like flies, ants, scorpions, spiders and mosquitos to run for shelter inside homes. \u2014 Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News , 23 June 2022",
      "Officials said millions were being provided with food and shelter in temporary relief camps. \u2014 Swati Gupta And Esha Mitra, CNN , 20 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Rather than serve unhoused people\u2019s needs, the expansion of access to shelter launders efforts to criminalize them. \u2014 Tracy Rosenthal, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
      "The South Park Inn shelter for people experiencing homelessness is abandoning a controversial plan to relocate from near downtown Hartford to a larger building in the city\u2019s North End, after an uproar from neighbors and businesses. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 15 May 2022",
      "Supervisor Myrna Melgar, a co-sponsor of the ordinance, proposed the changes to require officials to look at supportive housing in addition to shelter . \u2014 J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 May 2022",
      "Continue to shelter in place, stay in buildings at Druid Hills campus until an all-clear is announced. \u2014 Henri Hollis, ajc , 5 May 2022",
      "As more unhoused people shelter in Union Station overnight, janitors and retail workers face constant threats, erratic behavior and assaults. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
      "While museums can shelter works of art from deterioration, cultural heritage sites like Angkor Wat in Cambodia or Jerash in Jordan are exposed to the elements \u2014 at risk of rapidly disappearing in the face of natural disasters, climate change or war. \u2014 Ashley Lan, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The elderly and people at higher risk for severe COVID-19 complications should continue to shelter in place. \u2014 Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner , 1 Oct. 2020",
      "The city of Gaylord declared a 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfew and asked residents to shelter in place, according to state police. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000744",
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      "The books were shelved according to category.",
      "let's shelve the project for now",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead of financing drilling anywhere and everywhere, investors told oil companies to focus on their most profitable oil projects and shelve the others. \u2014 Justin Worland/houston, Time , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "This is essentially what Apple last year proposed doing on its iPhones, before an enormous privacy outcry forced it to largely shelve the plans. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
      "But the album\u2019s sales were disappointing, and the label decided to shelve her follow-up. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Without 10 Republicans joining a unified Democratic front, a single lawmaker can shelve the final vote. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Recognizing India\u2019s illiberal trajectory will likely lead the U.S. quietly to shelve overly ambitious policies such as President Obama\u2019s 2010 pledge to support a permanent seat for India on the U.N. Security Council. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Prosecutors and law enforcement officials urged state lawmakers to shelve the legislation. \u2014 Rick Rouan, USA TODAY , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "In a surprise move, a Turkish prosecutor is seeking to shelve the Khashoggi slaying trial. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Pension funds hoping to sell holdings that trade on the Moscow Exchange had to shelve those plans after Russia\u2019s central bank shut the exchange down Monday. \u2014 Heather Gillers, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022"
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      "1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181743",
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      "students engaging in youthful shenanigans on the last day of school",
      "an act of vandalism that went way beyond the usual shenanigans at summer camp",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bit of a stretch, maybe, how quickly Amy (America Ferrera) ditches her cushy California executive gig for one last shenanigan with her old co-workers. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "This shenanigan gets activated when enough states \u2014 representing over 270 electoral votes \u2014 become parties to the Compact. \u2014 Jack Fowler, National Review , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "Food sources are particularly slim this time of year, which can result in these types of shenanigans . \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 13 May 2020",
      "That\u2019s how the trailer sets up the rowdy shenanigans in this quintessential spring break film, about two friends (David Knell and Perry Lang) who visit Fort Lauderdale for a spring break bacchanal. \u2014 Erik Piepenburg, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2020",
      "If one of the questions the season 3 finale left you with was whether or not the show will return with more shenanigans , rest easy. \u2014 Ashley Hoffman, Time , 4 May 2020",
      "Why the shenanigans for such a problematic prospect",
      "The social media site maintains it\u2019s trying to clean up thedisinformation and shenanigans , but questionable schemes run rampant and influence peddlers often hide their identities. \u2014 Jeremy B. Merrill, Quartz , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "Brews Brothers is heavy on puerile shenanigans , many if not most based on bodily fluids and injecting those fluids and miscellaneous body parts into the brewing process. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2020"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231027",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a devious trick used especially for an underhand purpose":[],
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        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
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        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
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      "students engaging in youthful shenanigans on the last day of school",
      "an act of vandalism that went way beyond the usual shenanigans at summer camp",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bit of a stretch, maybe, how quickly Amy (America Ferrera) ditches her cushy California executive gig for one last shenanigan with her old co-workers. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "This shenanigan gets activated when enough states \u2014 representing over 270 electoral votes \u2014 become parties to the Compact. \u2014 Jack Fowler, National Review , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "Food sources are particularly slim this time of year, which can result in these types of shenanigans . \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 13 May 2020",
      "That\u2019s how the trailer sets up the rowdy shenanigans in this quintessential spring break film, about two friends (David Knell and Perry Lang) who visit Fort Lauderdale for a spring break bacchanal. \u2014 Erik Piepenburg, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2020",
      "If one of the questions the season 3 finale left you with was whether or not the show will return with more shenanigans , rest easy. \u2014 Ashley Hoffman, Time , 4 May 2020",
      "Why the shenanigans for such a problematic prospect",
      "The social media site maintains it\u2019s trying to clean up thedisinformation and shenanigans , but questionable schemes run rampant and influence peddlers often hide their identities. \u2014 Jeremy B. Merrill, Quartz , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "Brews Brothers is heavy on puerile shenanigans , many if not most based on bodily fluids and injecting those fluids and miscellaneous body parts into the brewing process. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2020"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
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      "sh\u0259-\u02c8na-ni-g\u0259n"
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      "devilishness",
      "devilment",
      "devilry",
      "deviltry",
      "diablerie",
      "espi\u00e8glerie",
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      "knavery",
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      "rascality",
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      "waggishness",
      "wickedness"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201951",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a person who tends sheep":[],
      ": german shepherd":[],
      ": pastor":[],
      ": to guide or guard in the manner of a shepherd":[
        "shepherded the bill through Congress"
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      ": to tend as a shepherd":[]
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      "Verb",
      "She carefully shepherded the children across the street.",
      "They shepherded the bill through Congress.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The dog, identified as a male shepherd , reportedly entered the enclosure of its own accord. \u2014 Fox News , 13 June 2022",
      "The shepherd reportedly had no microchip and will remain under a stray hold at the shelter while rescuers work to find the canine's owner. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Asher is a three-legged shepherd who loves splashing in water bowls and chewing on tree branches. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "McElroy moved slowly during the service, often resting his hands on a wooden crosier, a staff shaped like a shepherd \u2019s crook. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
      "The young twigs die and remain on the tree, bending over to form a shepherd 's crook as the disease moves down the branch. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 June 2022",
      "Working with label artists Anitta and Saweetie adds to the long list of superstar artists that Kwak has helped shepherd through the hitmaking process. \u2014 Shirley Ju, Variety , 29 May 2022",
      "The Belgian shepherd is undergoing intensive training as an explosives detection dog for the explosive ordnance disposal and warship regiment of the Hungarian Defense Forces. \u2014 Justin Spike, ajc , 14 May 2022",
      "An exclusive clip from the series' premiere showcases Will acting as a literal shepherd to a flock, trying to free a sheep caught in the marsh \u2014 as Cora comes to his aid. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In addition to LocalGlobe's seed financing, other funds will help shepherd startups through breakout rounds in series B and C rounds and eventually late-state rounds that can lead to IPOs. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
      "In this moment, in Buffalo, hundreds of congregants dressed in Celestine Chaney\u2019s favorite pink extended their right hands to pray for her son, who would shepherd his family forward. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
      "Sudan\u2019s military leader, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has repeatedly pledged to shepherd the country toward elections by mid-2023. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "After going three years without an emcee to shepherd the ceremony, the Academy Awards show will split the Oscars\u2019 hosting duties among Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes at this year\u2019s event. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "And even if there are 40% fewer runners this year, there will be the same number of porta-potties as in previous years, and same number of boats and buses to shepherd people to Staten Island. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "The series will lead directly into Rogue One with its final scene, said Gilroy, the writer who unofficially took over directing duties on Rogue One and helped shepherd it to more than $1 billion at the box office. \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
      "If that was where Ping and Will were heading, Guralnik would have to find a way to shepherd them there. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "In the 2022 sequel, Maverick (Cruise) makes his return to the Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School to shepherd a new group of airmen, including the son of his late best friend, Goose (Anthony Edwards), played by Teller. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 19 May 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
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      "Middle English sheepherde , from Old English sc\u0113aphyrde , from sc\u0113ap sheep + hierde herdsman; akin to Old English heord herd":"Noun"
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      "\u02c8she-p\u0259rd"
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      "show",
      "tutor"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124352",
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      ": a coin weighing one shekel":[],
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        "\u2026 making boxing history in the ring in New York, Chicago and wherever else fans \u2026 were willing to unburden themselves of substantial sums of shekels for the pleasure of seeing two guys vent their nastiness on each other.",
        "\u2014 Pete Coutros"
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      "the basic monetary unit of Israel \u2014 see Money Table":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact, everyone contributed the same amount: a half shekel , no more, no less. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Once approved, more international investors will have the opportunity to benefit from the strong Israeli shekel as well as the dynamic and diverse tech industry. \u2014 Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The city received a cost of living score of 106, due in large part to the strength of the Israeli shekel against the U.S. dollar. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "In November of 2021, the shekel reached $0.32, its highest valuation against the US dollar in more than two decades. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Much of this is thanks to the appreciation of Israel\u2019s currency, the shekel . \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The soaring shekel and price increases for goods including groceries and transport were the main factors in Tel Aviv taking the top spot, according to the EIU. \u2014 Alex Millson, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Part of the reason for Tel Aviv\u2019s rise to the top was the strength of its currency, the shekel , when translated into dollars, the report said. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Spotting a street vendor, Mr. al-Garosha stopped to buy two cigarettes, for a shekel each, with a five-shekel coin his mother had given him. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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      "Hebrew sheqel":""
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      "\u02c8she-k\u0259l"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011929",
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      "noun"
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      ": a coin weighing one shekel":[],
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      ": money":[
        "\u2026 making boxing history in the ring in New York, Chicago and wherever else fans \u2026 were willing to unburden themselves of substantial sums of shekels for the pleasure of seeing two guys vent their nastiness on each other.",
        "\u2014 Pete Coutros"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact, everyone contributed the same amount: a half shekel , no more, no less. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Once approved, more international investors will have the opportunity to benefit from the strong Israeli shekel as well as the dynamic and diverse tech industry. \u2014 Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The city received a cost of living score of 106, due in large part to the strength of the Israeli shekel against the U.S. dollar. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "In November of 2021, the shekel reached $0.32, its highest valuation against the US dollar in more than two decades. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Much of this is thanks to the appreciation of Israel\u2019s currency, the shekel . \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The soaring shekel and price increases for goods including groceries and transport were the main factors in Tel Aviv taking the top spot, according to the EIU. \u2014 Alex Millson, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Part of the reason for Tel Aviv\u2019s rise to the top was the strength of its currency, the shekel , when translated into dollars, the report said. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Spotting a street vendor, Mr. al-Garosha stopped to buy two cigarettes, for a shekel each, with a five-shekel coin his mother had given him. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021"
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      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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      "Hebrew sheqel":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093050",
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      "noun"
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      ": a lawyer designated to perform the judicial duties of a sheriff":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090559",
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      "noun"
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      ": a court held by a sheriff or an undersheriff with a jury and authorized to assess damages in undefended and in compulsory taking-of-land cases, to find the value of defendants' lands taken on executions, and formerly to try other issues of fact sent to it by courts of superior jurisdiction":[],
      ": a court presided over by a sheriff depute or a sheriff substitute trained in law that is the ordinary and the small debt court and a criminal court and since 1913 has jurisdiction in practically all civil actions with the principal exceptions of actions involving the status of marriage, divorce, or legitimacy, reductions, winding-up of companies where paid-up capital exceeds \u00a310,000, and actions to prove the text of lost documents but cannot sentence to more than two years' imprisonment":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114224",
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      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173700",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      "by alteration (influence of sheriff )":""
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073212",
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      "noun"
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      "sheriff + -cy":""
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044554",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English shirrefwyke , from shirref, shirreve sheriff + wyke, wik wick":""
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104523",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "sh\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u0113f\u0113\u0259n"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204957",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hindi sarrishtad\u0101r , from Persian sarrishta record office + d\u0101r having":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "sh\u0259\u0307\u02c8rist\u0259\u02ccd\u00e4r"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045600",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Sherlock Holmes, detective in stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082521",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1501, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English sogh swamp; akin to Middle Low German s\u014d gutter":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sh\u00fc\u1e35"
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      "trough"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002601",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142830"
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      "noun"
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      ": a large strong anchor formerly carried in the waist of a ship and used as a spare in an emergency":[],
      ": something that constitutes a main support or dependence especially in danger":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of earlier shoot anchor , from Middle English shute anker":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142950"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145602"
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      "Sam 1943\u20132017 originally Samuel Shepard Rogers American dramatist":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150325"
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      "noun"
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      ": any of various casuarinas":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1792, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150704"
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      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152409"
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      "noun"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153608"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1863, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164908"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165233"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": flageolet sense 1":[],
      ": musette":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English scheperdys pype":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172428"
  },
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174109"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a large, one-layer, usually frosted cake":[
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1862, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174947"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180020"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each spool was covered in either brown, orange, yellow or gray sheathing . \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "This month roofing will start on the south addition, exterior sheathing of the South addition will take place, and the underground retention system in the existing parking lot will take shape. \u2014 cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "There weren\u2019t many decibels left in the old network; wires had corroded and cable sheathing had become rat snacks, and in 1985, L.A. County shut the whole thing down. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Copper sheathing was laid out on the dome and then sealed. \u2014 Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "Even as lumber prices start to fall, Twin Cities Habitat expects to spend $1.5 million this year on lumber, trusses and sheathing \u2014 up 200% over typical years. \u2014 Kelly Smith, Star Tribune , 25 July 2021",
      "Founded by Nick Stoppello and Pat Churchman, Flashpoint Building Systems developed a patented process that laser engraves building information and plans directly onto the subfloor sheathing . \u2014 Jennifer Castenson, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Strips of distressed copper sheathing run throughout the house, a special solution to a common problem. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "Although the sheathing adds to that weight, some of the weight also comes from the additional wires inside, and the thickness (or gauge) of those wires. \u2014 Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld , 8 July 2021"
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      ": a tropical African tree ( Vitellaria paradoxa synonym Butyrospermum parkii ) of the sapodilla family with fatty nuts that yield shea butter":[]
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      "In fact, the storied history of this emollient \u2014 which comes from the nut of the shea tree , common in sub-Saharan Africa \u2014 apparently dates all the way back to Cleopatra herself, who was said to always keep a jar of it on hand. \u2014 Rosemary Donahue, Allure , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "The shea butter comes from two oily kernels within the shea tree seed. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "Shea butter is a seed fat that comes from the shea tree . \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "Shea butter is a lipid that's produced from the nuts of the shea tree . \u2014 Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "In Northern Ghana, where much of the world\u2019s shea butter is produced, collectives of women make a living by processing the nuts of the shea tree into butter. \u2014 Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appetit , 6 Feb. 2018",
      "The Katariga women begin by buying shea nuts in bulk or collecting the shea nuts from dense forests of shea trees , then boiling them for about half an hour until their shells come off, as in the photo above. \u2014 Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appetit , 6 Feb. 2018"
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      "Bambara si":""
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      "1799, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The haul included a generator, dolly, cables and a shelter tent with a replacement value of $20,000. \u2014 Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Paparazzi followed their every Starbucks sip, thwarted by their massive handbags and cardigans that doubled as shelter tents . \u2014 Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 Dec. 2019",
      "San Diego City Council members agreed to continue funding its three large bridge shelter tents for a cost of $11.6 million Tuesday. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2019",
      "Murphy, a domestic abuse survivor who is about eight months pregnant, has been in the shelter tent since January and had gone out with the downtown crews several times. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2019",
      "Among the items found in his car were digital devices, California and Nevada license plates, a shotgun, ammunition, a first aid kit, bottle rockets, an open bottle of Jack Daniels, and a camouflage pack with a fire shelter tent . \u2014 Chelcey Adami, USA TODAY , 9 Aug. 2019",
      "Among the other items found in his car were digital devices, California and Nevada license plates, a shotgun, ammunition, a first aid kit and a camouflage pack with a fire shelter tent . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Aug. 2019",
      "The city of San Diego\u2019s independent budget analyst concluded funding for three homeless bridge shelter tents and a facility where the homeless can store their belongings is unsustainable, according to KPBS. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2019",
      "Several housing advocates complained that $17 million that had been earmarked as seed money for such projects has been redirected to pay for temporary homeless solutions, such as shelter tents and a transitional storage center. \u2014 David Garrick, sandiegouniontribune.com , 12 June 2018"
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      "1862, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This British restaurant serves favorites like bangers and mash, shepherd's pie , and a Sunday roast, along with afternoon tea, offered all day. \u2014 Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Ruta's Vibrant Indian Cafe \u2014 Take-and-heat options include shepherd's pie , or four sides to serve with your own turkey. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Cook a shepherd's pie dinner for his mother and sister, relax in his Twin Cities apartment, get ready for another day of training at CHS Field. \u2014 Phil Miller, Star Tribune , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "On March 17, the kitchen will focus on corned beef and cabbage, shepherd's pie , Irish beef stew and, in a nod to another March tradition, brownie sundaes with Thin Mints Girl Scout Cookies. \u2014 Rick Nelson, Star Tribune , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "Think a breakfast casserole with eggs, sausage, and broccoli, or a shepherd's pie filled with veggies and lentils for dinner. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 6 Jan. 2021",
      "Mashed potatoes might top a shepherd's pie later in the week. \u2014 Katie Workman, Star Tribune , 16 Nov. 2020",
      "This modification might be the shepherd's pie of suspension modifications, but the axle height is still dependent on wheel and tire size. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 20 June 2020",
      "Uzziel, 9, passes up the BBQ mac and cheese, shepherd's pie and even a fruit slushy during a school lunch taste test at Harry Stone Montessori Academy. \u2014 Eva-marie Ayala, Dallas News , 27 Jan. 2020"
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      "1854, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a trench hastily constructed to secure shelter from direct fire that is usually first dug as a shallow excavation with the dirt thrown up as a parapet in front to shelter a man lying down and then if time permits is deepened as rapidly as possible until it will shelter a man standing":[]
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      ": an extensive ice sheet originating on land but continuing out to sea beyond the depths at which it rests on the sea bottom":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Authorities said Bryce Dunfee was walking with friends on shelf ice on West Beach about 5:30 p.m. when the ice began to crack. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Bryce Dunfee was last seen with a group of friends walking on shelf ice along the park\u2019s West Beach. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Winter wonderland: Explore shelf ice and winter beach formations at Indiana Dunes State Park at noon-1 p.m. Feb. 25. \u2014 Post-Tribune , 20 Feb. 2018",
      "Access may be challenging due to shelf ice around marsh edges. \u2014 Tyler Mahoney, kansascity , 24 Jan. 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Middle English sheve ; akin to Old High German sc\u012bba disk":"Noun",
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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      "alteration (perhaps influenced by German schaid sheatfish, from Old High German sceida sheatfish, sheath) of sheathfish":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222408"
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      "Middle English she asse , from she entry 2 + asse ass":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231645"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234924"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000808"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001846"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
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      "Swahili":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003607"
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      "adjective"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012119"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013228"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014255"
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      "city in northeastern China; capital of the province of Liaoning and chief city of Manchuria population 5,987,000":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021100"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of the most notorious is a giant golden statue of a Turkmen shepherd dog , Berdymukhamedov's favorite breed and one of the country's official symbols. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "The pups, which ranged from birth to seven months old, spanned three popular dog breeds, including Jack Russell terriers, cane corsos, and white shepherd dogs . \u2014 Elaina Zachos, National Geographic , 16 May 2018"
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      "contends that casino gambling would generate a sheaf of social problems for the state",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These included a December 2017 order revoking and rescinding a sheaf of Obama-era directives and reports on how the department should integrate climate science into its work. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
      "The panels show a variety of scenes \u2014 a scholar at his desk with an attendant bringing tea, a child riding an ox, a farmer tying together a sheaf of wheat. \u2014 Michelle Terris, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "Every few minutes, another taxpayer entered hesitantly with a sheaf of papers in hand. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
      "Since death was imminent if they were caught, one of the boys and his father buried the sheaf and retrieved it after liberation. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The man was bent like a parenthesis, with a bald head that shined like the rock that was split open on Rudy Kauffmann's desk, onto which the ancient fellow now tossed a sheaf of papers. \u2014 CBS News , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "An affectionate portrait of his friend John Gaspar Gevartius juxtaposes a bust of Marcus Aurelius, the ancient Stoic philosopher-king, with the humanist literary scholar, pen poised over a thick sheaf of paper. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Similar distortions can be found in a sheaf of new lawsuits aimed at vaccine mandates. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "The $7 billion plan for precisely how to fix up that gruesome mole\u2019s lair hasn\u2019t changed much since Andrew Cuomo released a sheaf of promising renderings last spring. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 3 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English sheef , from Old English sc\u0113af ; akin to Old High German scoub sheaf, Russian chub forelock":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030319"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031703"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The third title follows Lucija, a mountain shepherdess who waits for her boyfriend to help her bring her cows down to the valley. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "Westwood said her collection was inspired by Boucher\u2019s Daphnis and Chloe, a painting based upon the ancient Greek tale of a shepherd and shepherdess who fall in love without knowing what love is. \u2014 Leslie Camhi, Vogue , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "The painting depicts a young shepherdess kneeling in prayer side-by-side with an angel before the Lady Madonna. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "Although their popular name is amaryllis, the name of a mythological Greek shepherdess , botanists call the flowering bulb Hippeastrum. \u2014 Karen Dardick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "Bustles and hoops and towering Marie Antoinette hair played a part; shepherdesses in loops and whorls of shell pink and baby blue, each swirling and twirling and waving what looked like a wand with a miniature straw hat on the top. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 30 Sep. 2019",
      "At the Eco-Goats work site in Delaware, the herd stays in the trailer, while Knox, chief shepherdess Jennifer Vaccaro and Vaccaro\u2019s nephew Mason mark out the border inside which the goats will graze for the next four days. \u2014 Rachel Manteuffel, Washington Post , 13 Aug. 2019",
      "Her earlier work \u2013 colorful, highly glazed, and smaller in scale \u2013 hearken to Meissen figurines of porcelain shepherdesses and gentlemen. \u2014 Diane M. Bacha, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Dec. 2017",
      "Rosalind\u2019s best friend and cousin, the urbane Celia (in a mellifluous portrayal by Stella Baker), is yet another character in disguise \u2014 as a shepherdess . \u2014 Julia M. Klein, Philly.com , 23 July 2017"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 38 mm-series dials come in a choice of Atlantic blue, bay green, sandstone, saffron and terracotta, while the 34mm references weigh in with dials of sea blue, lagoon green, sandstone, shell pink or lavender. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Nearby is the miniature Joanne Pring, which opens a rosy pink that fades to a shell pink . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2021",
      "The 85-year-old designer did so through color, mixing earthy coffee brown with royal blue, black with shell pink and ice green. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2019",
      "The 85-year-old designer did so through color, mixing earthy coffee brown with royal blue, black with shell pink and ice green. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2019",
      "The 85-year-old designer did so through color, mixing earthy coffee brown with royal blue, black with shell pink and ice green. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2019",
      "The 85-year-old designer did so through color, mixing earthy coffee brown with royal blue, black with shell pink and ice green. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2019",
      "The 85-year-old designer did so through color, mixing earthy coffee brown with royal blue, black with shell pink and ice green. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2019",
      "The 85-year-old designer did so through color, mixing earthy coffee brown with royal blue, black with shell pink and ice green. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2019"
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      "1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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        "\u2014 Sara Dickerman"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035828"
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      ": immersion foot from long exposure to cold and damp without actual immersion in water":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The set appears to consist of the aforementioned easel and sewing table complete with tiny sewing implements inside, plus a bookcase/cabinet filled with books and whatnot, a sofa, two side chairs, a table and a piano with sheet music . \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 1 June 2022",
      "Williams did autograph the Obi-Wan sheet music for her, however. \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 26 May 2022",
      "Later, at a musical labor camp, or Mulag, a composer begs Kharitonov to deliver a stack of sheet music to the Kremlin. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Bring sheet music and piano accompaniment will be provided. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 12 May 2022",
      "Inside the trunk were photos, letters \u2014 and hundreds of pages of handwritten sheet music . \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Bluish-green dots are arrayed on evenly spaced, vertical trunks, a pattern that resembles sheet music . \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Among the most iconic foods here is pane carasau, parchment-thin flatbread with a melodic nickname: carta de musica, or sheet music . \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "In contrast to my former bedroom, my youngest brother\u2019s room is a shrine, brimming with books, sheet music , and dusty childhood keepsakes, his bulletin board plastered with musical accolades. \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022"
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      "sometimes shipbuilders sheathe a ship's bottom with copper for extra protection from barnacles and other threats",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Perhaps the biggest statement of all is in the dining room, which the owner reconfigured and sheathed in a vintage wallcovering depicting the monuments of Paris. \u2014 Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor , 10 Sep. 2019",
      "This searing solo, performed by a dancer sheathed in a tube of purple jersey, is now a classic portrayal of grief. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2020",
      "The next day, the girls were back in the blackberry patch, their arms and hands sheathed in black lisle stockings to guard against the thorns, and hats pulled low over their faces to shield the sun. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 3 May 2020",
      "The home is built with dual climate control sheathing for superior weather and climate protection and top-of-the-line Andersen windows and patio doors, said a company spokesperson. \u2014 Dallas News , 26 Apr. 2020",
      "The supermassive object is surrounded by a swirling disk of million-degree matter and is sheathed by an x-ray corona with a temperature exceeding a billion degrees. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Jan. 2020",
      "One body bore gold bracelets with designs of vipers, a gold triple-strand necklace and a parazonium, a triangular dagger sheathed in seashells, with an ivory hilt. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2020",
      "In addition, the edges of 727 West Madison\u2019s concrete floor slabs are sheathed in glass rather than aluminum, creating a continuous sculptural look. \u2014 Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com , 12 June 2019",
      "The worn, white house in the west of the city was now penned in by a chain-link fence sheathed in green mesh, and the families who had lived there together for two months were now scattered between Oakland and Berkeley. \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New York Review of Books , 9 Mar. 2020"
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      "Middle English shethen, derivative of shethe sheath":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There will be bagpiping and drumming, highland dancing, sheepdog trials and whisky tasting, along with a food court, live music, athletic competitions, and clans and Scottish groups. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
      "The Patagonian sheepdog has become a sort of national dog, Ostrander said. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "These ancestral working dogs were the foundation of the modern Patagonian sheepdog . \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Things like herding by sheepdog breeds or fetching by various retrievers. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "En route, families can stop to scale the striking Cliffs of Moher, some of Ireland's highest, and enjoy a private sheepdog demonstration at a farm in the Burren. \u2014 Jancee Dunn, Travel + Leisure , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Rounding out the household are a cat, a passel of goats and horses (one, retired from the N.Y.P.D., is named Officer Herman), and a sheepdog rescue. \u2014 Naomi Fry, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "In addition to symphonies, operas and kettlebells, there\u2019s that unwritten collaboration with Jerry Garcia \u2014 whenever the sheepdog decides to return. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Marris describes a recent case in Washington State in which a black wolf was impregnated by a domestic sheepdog . \u2014 Boyce Upholt, Outside Online , 29 June 2021"
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      "circa 1774, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "the top shelf of the kitchen cabinet",
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      "We don't have much shelf space.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While in the store, Stormi admires all of the different products and picks up a few items to buy and take home \u2014 including the last mauve eyeshadow palette on the shelf . \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
      "Slick new technology that has been proven to work can\u2019t easily be packed away and put back on the shelf . \u2014 David Benjamin And David Komlos, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "With over 900 pages and hundreds of simple recipes from chili to poached eggs, Mark Bittman's 1998 cookbook is hard to miss on the shelf . \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
      "With those three on the shelf , Peterson has stepped up for the Mets\u2019 short-handed staff. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Hip surgery will leave Brad Marchand on the shelf for an extended stretch. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Hope Trautwein and Nicole May look awfully strong, even if freshman phenom Jordy Bahl remains on the shelf . \u2014 Usa Today Sports Network, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
      "Several players are on the shelf due to injuries, including C Salvador Perez and SS Adalberto Mondesi. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 22 May 2022",
      "The Fever couldn't nearly match that offensive output with No. 2 overall pick NaLyssa Smith on the shelf with an ankle sprain. \u2014 Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022"
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      "Middle English, probably from Old English scylfe ; akin to Old Norse hl\u012bth skjalf Odin's seat":""
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      "translation of Greek basileus poim\u0113n ; translation of Egyptian \u1e25q\u02be\u0339\u0161\u02be\u0339sw":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Although the styling drew a clear connection to the original, Datsun ironed some creases into the sheet metal to update the organic curves of its predecessor. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "There was even a sauna built with plywood and sheet metal . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "If the Electra concept from Shanghai is anything to go by, then the potential production Electra ought to wear distinct, brand-specific sheet metal . \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Twisted sheet metal , downed power lines and wrecked vehicles lined the streets. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Twisted sheet metal , downed power lines and wrecked vehicles lined the streets. \u2014 Bruce Schreiner And Dylan Lovan, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Twisted sheet metal , downed power lines and wrecked vehicles lined the streets. \u2014 CBS News , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Rowe\u2019s issues were too severe for Swaner, 63, a retired sheet metal worker, to handle on her own, a court evaluator found. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Each style is crafted with stainless steel sheet metal and handmade Italian acetate. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 20 Jan. 2022"
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      ": an angle iron attached to an I beam to provide support for the ends of joists":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Roxanne Sanchez, 57, had returned to the camp after losing her place at a Bridge Home shelter half a mile away for failing to check in at the front desk for a third day straight. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022"
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      "1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": any of a class of achondritic geologically young meteorites of feldspar and pyroxene":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "During that analysis, the researchers discovered two different types of Martian volcanic rocks called shergottites . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 30 Mar. 2020"
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      "Shergotty (Sherghati), town in India":""
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      "circa 1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": either of two white shorebirds ( Chionis alba and C. minor of the family Chionididae) of colder parts of the southern hemisphere that have a horny sheath over the base of the upper mandible and suggest the pigeons in general appearance":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After rain, snow and strong winds, Le Lyrial\u2019s captain found calm at Moltke Harbor, where a Gentoo penguin rookery sat just over a hill, and guides sighted a snowy sheathbill and numerous South Georgia pipits. \u2014 David G. Molyneaux, cleveland , 25 Feb. 2022"
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      "circa 1781, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": shetland sheepdog":[]
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      "\u02c8shel-t\u0113"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Owners Robert and Marilyn in Papillion, Neb., caught sheltie Cuan in a big smile! \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Photos of Shetland sheepdogs \u2014 shelties \u2014 caught our eye. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "Truitt, a black and white sheltie , divides his time between Overlake, the Swedish Medical Center Issaquah Campus and several nursing homes on the Eastside. \u2014 Lynn Thompson, The Seattle Times , 9 June 2017"
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      "probably from Old Norse Hjalti Shetlander":""
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      "1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "lobsters, crabs, and other shellfish",
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      "Street food stalls decorated with colorful, exuberant paintings of sandwiches, bright-eyed shellfish or smiling pigs simmering in pots of boiling broth. \u2014 Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "The measure opened 110,000 acres of Peconic Estuary shellfish leases for seaweed farming. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Where seafood is involved, the seas themselves are different, as are the denizens of those seas, whether fin fish, shellfish or crustacean. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "By replanting over 110,000 mangroves, the group is rejuvenating a local ecosystem, and some participants are now harvesting shellfish that live among the trees. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The species is a small but mighty predator that poses a threat to Washington's native shellfish like shore crab, clams and small oysters. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Last month\u2019s emergency order by Gov. Jay Inslee, backed up by almost $9 million in funds, speaks to the threat facing the Pacific Northwest shellfish industry if the invaders take over. \u2014 Amanda Foreman, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Who else but New York\u2019s queen of beaded accessories could make shellfish so stylish",
      "From there, clammers can excavate the shellfish using a shovel or clam gun, or even their hands. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022"
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192511"
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      "noun"
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      ": one that sheds something: such as":[],
      ": a crab or lobster about to molt":[],
      ": a newly molted crab":[]
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      "\u02c8she-d\u0259r"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of the 14, a ewe, was a chronic shedder identified in 2020, but was not shedding this fall. \u2014 Jayson Jacoby, oregonlive , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "Instead of drawing attention to the tear- shedder , Jakub \u2014 who is based in Charlottesville and frequently works with combat veterans \u2014 makes eye contact and offers a meaningful nod. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "The fastest shedder gathers 10 plus-sized women interested in losing weight and puts them through rigorous training on TV. \u2014 CNN , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "Certain breeds are considered heavy shedders , including dogs with arctic breed-type fur (like huskies), retriever coats and shepherd-y pelts, but any kind of dog will shed. \u2014 Dr. Patty Khuly, miamiherald , 8 June 2018",
      "The quantity of hair and the frequency of the cycles shedders go through varies not only by breed type, but by age and lifestyle, too. \u2014 Dr. Patty Khuly, miamiherald , 8 June 2018",
      "And some people simply seem to be naturally superior shedders . \u2014 Katie Worth, WIRED , 19 Apr. 2018",
      "None of them tried to hide their tears, and the public wholeheartedly embraced them \u2014 both the tears and the shedders . \u2014 Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com , 30 Aug. 2017"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200403"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Prospectors tended to have severely limited diets due to high food costs in remote mining boomtowns, the shorter shelf life of vitamin C-rich options, and the overriding focus on fortune hunting. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
      "Those kinds of songs tend to have a long shelf life because those emotions continue. \u2014 Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer , 18 May 2022",
      "Hard pretzels sealed in an airtight container had a long shelf life , could be shipped nearly anywhere, and could be displayed in attractive tin containers on store shelves. \u2014 The Conversation, oregonlive , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Shortening has a long shelf life , too, at least a year (or more, depending on your point of view) at room temperature. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Alongside the sprouting of Instagram pages dedicated to achieving a long relationship shelf life by channelling femininity, YouTube femininity coaches have also increased in number and reach. \u2014 Chant\u00e9 Joseph, refinery29.com , 7 June 2021",
      "This also ensures that your tests will still be within the expiration date (at-home tests have a shorter shelf life \u2014some can expire in a few months). \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Methane has a shorter shelf life than carbon dioxide, but is far more potent in warming the atmosphere. \u2014 Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Phthalates Phthalates are chiefly used in products like soap, shampoo, and skin moisturizers to extend shelf life and preserve coloring. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202950"
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      "geographical name"
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      "strait of the North Pacific in southern Alaska between Alaska Peninsula and the islands of Kodiak and Afognak":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210307"
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      "noun"
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      ": any of the six divisions into which the Isle of Man is divided for the purposes of civil jurisdiction and over which there is a coroner or chief constable appointed by the governor":[]
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      "Middle English sheding separation, division":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212110"
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      "noun"
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      ": a thin flat usually long and narrow piece of material (such as wood) fastened horizontally (as on a wall) at a distance from the floor to hold objects":[],
      ": one of several similar pieces in a closet, bookcase, or similar structure":[],
      ": the contents of a shelf":[
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      "Put the vase on the shelf .",
      "the top shelf of the kitchen cabinet",
      "Will you get that book down off the shelf ",
      "We don't have much shelf space.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With that, below are 22 of the best Amazon Prime books to get in your cart and on your shelf , stat. \u2014 Deanna Pai, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
      "According to Sue Thew, communications manager with Vitalant, Vitalant strives to keep a four-day supply of blood on the shelf at all times. \u2014 Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2022",
      "Like her glamorously gloomy character, Gomez helps Short and Martin keep their inner hams on the shelf . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "My grandma had the same two books on her shelf my whole life. \u2014 Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Due to a lack of refrigeration, eggs were brined in a salt solution to prolong their shelf lives. \u2014 Victoria Namkung, NBC News , 5 May 2022",
      "The book is on my shelf , to be consulted now and then, but the ears have it. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Halle Berry has another trophy for her awards shelf . \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Her trophy shelf includes an Oscar, two Emmys, a SAG Award and a BAFTA. \u2014 Marc Malkin, Variety , 1 Feb. 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, probably from Old English scylfe ; akin to Old Norse hl\u012bth skjalf Odin's seat":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213513"
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      "transitive verb"
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      ": a record kept on cards of the books and other materials in a library in the order in which they stand on the shelves":[],
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      "\""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220010"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221406"
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      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of the best known molt migrations in Europe involves the common shelduck . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2018",
      "Shelduck mystery The report and photograph of a European shelduck at Clear Lake, 5,500 miles from its home at the Wadden Sea off Germany, may have been solved. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Dec. 2017"
    ],
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      "shel- (as in sheldrake ) + duck":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1707, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224722"
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      "William 1714\u20131763 English poet":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225930"
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      ": a Chinese unit of liquid capacity equal to 1.094 quarts or 1.035 liters according to the 1914 standard or 1.057 quarts or 1 liter according to the 1929 standard":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Chinese (Pekingese) sheng 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231736"
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      "noun"
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      ": an easily replaceable pin inserted at a critical point in a machine and designed to break when stressed to excess":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With lawn mowers, many times people would hit something and break the shear pin . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": photographic film cut into sheets of various sizes for individual exposure when held in suitable holders in a camera":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233658"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234617"
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      "noun"
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      ": a composition board (such as fiber board or gypsum plaster board) used to take the place of wood sheathing for buildings":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234702"
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      ": any of several New Zealand plants of the genus Raoulia (such as R. eximia, R. lutescens , and R. mammillaris ) with white woolly tufted foliage that when viewed from a distance suggests the form of a sheep":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010914"
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      "she entry 2 (plant) + balsam":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012442"
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    "type":[
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      ": injure , mar":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English scendan ; akin to Old English scamu shame \u2014 more at shame":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013049"
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      "circa 1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022317"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022441"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, being, or printed by a press that prints on paper in sheet form":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
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