{ "bivouac":{ "antonyms":[ "camp (out)", "encamp" ], "definitions":{ ": a temporary or casual shelter or lodging":[], ": a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter":[], ": encampment usually for a night":[], ": to make a bivouac : camp":[ "a place for the troops to bivouac" ], ": to provide temporary quarters for":[ "They were bivouacked in the gym during the storm." ], ": to take shelter often temporarily":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "soldiers setting up a bivouac by the stream", "Verb", "the army bivouacked for the night by the lake", "survivors of the tornado were bivouacked in the church basement", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "During that event, Jacky Ickx autographed the hood at the Dakar bivouac , a fitting tribute for any desert-driving Porsche. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 25 Apr. 2022", "One of my favorites of his is a picture of Napoleon the Second at a bivouac with his army and a horse is prominent. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Mar. 2022", "The governor on Sunday announced measures intended to prepare for a wave of patients, including setting up temporary hospitals in three New York City suburbs and erecting a massive medical bivouac in the Jacob Javits Center on Manhattan\u2019s West Side. \u2014 Jesse Mckinley, New York Times , 22 Mar. 2020", "Days, even weeks, in a tent or a bivouac , the hours empty of all but numbing chores and the howling of the wind. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020", "This is where our team met up to start missions or head to the bivouac to make supplies. \u2014 Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News , 3 Sep. 2019", "Right, competitors check their bikes at the bivouac after the end of the Stage 3. \u2014 Marc Martin, latimes.com , 3 May 2018", "Right, competitors check their bikes at the bivouac after the end of the Stage 3. \u2014 Marc Martin, latimes.com , 3 May 2018", "Parts of the facility, more accustomed to housing oil and gas trade shows than an exhausted bivouac , smelled of urine and pet feces. \u2014 Russell Gold, WSJ , 30 Aug. 2017", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "And now comes the coronavirus, which has prompted people to bivouac in their homes, theaters to put in place social-distancing restrictions and studios to postpone most theatrical releases through the end of April. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2020", "At the end of Pine Creek Canyon Road, nearly 800 girls are bivouacked at Camp Lo-Mia, a retreat for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 23 July 2019", "During the Civil War, troops bivouacked in farm fields. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 1 May 2018", "At night, the POWs bivouacked in fields \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 5 Sep. 2017", "Kansas volunteers bivouacked in the East Room to protect Abraham Lincoln, and the president tested rifles on the grounds around the house. \u2014 Daniel S. Levy / Time Books, Time , 2 Aug. 2017", "The 82nd Airborne was bivouacked in the Ardennes Forest, vastly outmanned and outgunned against a surprise German counteroffensive in the snow and ice. \u2014 Brian Murphy, Twin Cities , 3 Apr. 2017", "World War I troops gave tips on bayonet thrusts, and a company of infantry in War of 1812 gear bivouacked not far from a blacksmith and an impressive array of medieval swords. \u2014 Andrew Roth, Washington Post , 12 June 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1809, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb", "1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "French, from Low German biwacht , from bi by + wacht guard":"Noun and Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8biv-\u02ccwak", "\u02c8bi-v\u0259-\u02ccwak" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "camp", "campground", "campsite", "encampment", "hutment" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192417", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bivalve":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": being or having a shell composed of two valves":[], ": any of a class (Bivalvia synonym Pelecypoda) of typically marine mollusks (such as clams, oysters, or scallops) that have a 2-valved hinged shell, are usually filter feeders, and lack a distinct head":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccvalv" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "clams, mussels, oysters, and other bivalves", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "The town\u2019s big, bivalve -themed bash, Wellfleet Oyster Fest, happens annually on the weekend after Columbus Day (Oct. 19 and 20 this year) along Main Street. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2019", "Deep-sea wood borers (Xylophaga, a genus of bivalve mollusks) take over where shallow water gribbles and shipworms left off. \u2014 Brian Payton, Smithsonian , 9 Feb. 2018", "In 2005, the oyster as aphrodisiac got a big boost as many consumer publications reported that bivalve mollusks (which include clams, oysters, mussels and scallops) had been found to have desire-inducing properties. \u2014 Alicia Ault, Smithsonian , 13 Feb. 2017", "While the lyric connotes cozy relations between the famously fertile shellfish of this bivalve capital, feelings among shellfishermen themselves are decidedly less friendly. \u2014 Corey Kilgannon, New York Times , 30 June 2017", "In 2005, the oyster as aphrodisiac got a big boost as many consumer publications reported that bivalve mollusks (which include clams, oysters, mussels and scallops) had been found to have desire-inducing properties. \u2014 Alicia Ault, Smithsonian , 13 Feb. 2017", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Maine\u2019s coastline, crenellated with deep estuaries and bays fed by rivers mixing with cold ocean water that pumps nutrients up from below, may seem like a bivalve paradise. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American , 1 May 2022", "Today, places that were once rich in oyster beds like the Chesapeake Bay on the US East Coast, San Francisco Bay, and Botany Bay near Sydney, populations of the bivalve have been decimated. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 3 May 2022", "Mook found a way to buffer seawater to protect the oysters growing in the indoor hatchery, a remarkable innovation that\u2014though highly labor-intensive\u2014may well catch on with other Maine bivalve farmers if acid levels continue to rise. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American , 1 May 2022", "Biologists believe this cancer is one of the most lethal diseases among bivalve mollusks like quagga mussels. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022", "Why should this helpless bivalve \u2014 captive in its shell until pried open and steamed, baked, minced, stuffed, and casinoed by humans \u2014 be happy", "Using the extremely high-definition photography, the team also detected bivalve fossil fragments in the statue of the same type found in oolite limestone from northern Italy, according to Live Science. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022", "Six scalloped, bivalve shells consorted wordlessly beneath a tiny makeshift pergola, its posts and trelliswork wrought from twigs. \u2014 Laura Bannister, Vogue , 21 Mar. 2022", "The bivalve -curious can head to restaurants like Dylan\u2019s Oyster Cellar or True Chesapeake Oyster Co. in Hampden to watch expert shuckers at work. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 7 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1661, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "1683, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012509" }, "bivalent":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": having a valence of two : divalent":[ "bivalent calcium" ], ": associated in pairs in synapsis":[ "bivalent chromosomes" ], ": having two combining sites":[ "a bivalent antibody capable of binding to two molecules of an antigen" ], ": conferring immunity to two diseases or two serotypes":[ "a bivalent vaccine" ], ": a pair of synaptic chromosomes":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8b\u012b-v\u0259-", "(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8v\u0101-l\u0259nt", "(\u02c8)b\u012b-\u02c8v\u0101-l\u0259nt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Moderna says the bivalent booster, dubbed mRNA-1273.214, can increase neutralizing antibody levels against BA.4 and BA.5 up to 6-fold. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022", "Moderna is expected to present data on its bivalent vaccine during the meeting. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 22 June 2022", "Earlier this month, Moderna reported data from the same trial showing the bivalent vaccine generated a superior immune response against the original Omicron strain. \u2014 Robert Langreth, Fortune , 22 June 2022", "Earlier this month, Moderna reported data from the same trial showing the bivalent vaccine generated a superior immune response against the original omicron strain. \u2014 Robert Langreth, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022", "The company has tested such a bivalent vaccine in adults and expects to seek U.S. authorization to use it as a booster shot in adults. \u2014 Peter Loftus, WSJ , 15 June 2022", "But the bivalent vaccine sparked a nearly eight-fold rise in levels of antibodies capable of fighting omicron. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 June 2022", "In the trial, 437 people got a booster shot of the bivalent vaccine, and those who weren\u2019t infected at the start had antibody levels against Omicron one month later that were 8-fold higher than their baseline levels, Moderna said. \u2014 Robert Langreth, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022", "The company reported that this new bivalent vaccine combines the original shot and the omicron mRNA together in a single shot. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 8 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective", "circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025542" }, "Bivalvia":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "b\u012b\u02c8valv\u0113\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from English bivalve entry 2 + New Latin -ia":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203700" }, "bivariant":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": capable of twofold variation : having two degrees of freedom":[ "\u2014 used of a system in which the number of components equals the number of phases" ], "\u2014 compare phase rule":[ "\u2014 used of a system in which the number of components equals the number of phases" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)b\u012b +" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "bi- entry 1 + variant":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212640" }, "bivariate":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or involving two variables":[ "a bivariate frequency distribution" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8va-r\u0113-", "(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8ver-\u0113-\u0259t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1920, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220611" }, "bivoltine":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun," ], "definitions":{ ": producing two broods in a season":[ "\u2014 used especially of silkworms" ], ": having two generations a year, a summer generation without diapause and a winter generation with diapause":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "b\u012b\u02c8v\u014dl\u02cct\u0113n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "French bivoltin , from bi- bi- entry 1 + Italian volta time, instance (from\u2014assumed\u2014Vulgar Latin volvita , from Latin volvere to turn) + French -in -ine":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223735" }, "bivoltinize":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to treat (silkworm eggs) so as to produce bivoltine products":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015608" } }