{ "Brobdingnagian":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": marked by tremendous size" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccbr\u00e4b-di\u014b-\u02c8na-g\u0113-\u0259n", "-dig-\u02c8na-" ], "synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "bumper", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantesque", "gigantic", "grand", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "mammoth", "massive", "mega", "mighty", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "oceanic", "pharaonic", "planetary", "prodigious", "super", "super-duper", "supersize", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping" ], "antonyms":[ "bantam", "bitty", "diminutive", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "micro", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "midget", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pocket", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee" ], "examples":[ "a Brobdingnagian billboard stood at the entrance to the theme park" ], "history_and_etymology":" Brobdingnag , imaginary land of giants in Gulliver's Travels , by Jonathan Swift", "first_known_use":[ "1728, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195101" }, "Bronx cheer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": raspberry sense 2" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4\u014b(k)s-" ], "synonyms":[ "bird", "boo", "catcall", "hiss", "hoot", "jeer", "raspberry", "razz", "snort" ], "antonyms":[ "cheer" ], "examples":[ "a baseball legend who seems never to have forgotten the Bronx cheer he once received from the hometown ingrates" ], "history_and_etymology":" Bronx , borough of New York City", "first_known_use":[ "1924, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-124441" }, "Broken Hill":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":[ "city 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liquids or gases resulting from the impact of molecules of the fluid surrounding the particles" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brau\u0307-n\u0113-\u0259n-", "\u02ccbrau\u0307-n\u0113-\u0259n-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":"Robert Brown \u20201858 Scottish botanist", "first_known_use":[ "1849, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-223250" }, "Bravo":{ "type":[ "communications code word", "noun ()", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": villain , desperado", ": a hired assassin", ": a shout of approval", ": to applaud by shouts of bravo" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4-(\u02cc)v\u014d", "\u02c8br\u00e4-(\u02cc)v\u014d", "br\u00e4-\u02c8v\u014d", "\u02c8br\u00e4-(\u02cc)v\u014d", "br\u00e4-\u02c8v\u014d", "\u02c8br\u00e4-(\u02cc)v\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)", "first_known_use":[ "Noun (1)", "1600, in the meaning defined above", "Noun (2)", "1806, in the meaning defined above", "Verb", "1732, in the meaning defined above", "Communications code word", "1952, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-045134" }, "Breathalyzer":{ "type":[ "trademark" ], "definitions":[ "Definition of Breathalyzer \u2014 used for a device that is used to determine the alcohol content of a breath sample" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bre-th\u0259-\u02ccl\u012b-z\u0259r", "\u02c8breth-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012b-z\u0259r", "\u02c8bre-th\u0259-\u02ccl\u012b-z\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-121041" }, "Brinser":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a member of a religious body called United Zion's Children that in 1853 separated from the River Brethren" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brinz\u0259(r)", "-n(t)s\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "after Matthias Brinser fl 1855 American theologist, founder of the sect" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-005454" }, "Broken Arrow":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":[ "city in northeastern Oklahoma southeast of Tulsa population 98,850" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259n-\u02c8er-\u014d", "-\u02c8a-r\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045753" }, "Brevoortia":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a genus of small marine fishes (family Clupeidae) comprising the menhadens" ], "pronounciation":[ "br\u0259\u02c8v\u014drsh(\u0113)\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "New Latin, probably from J. Carson Brevoort \u20201887 American naturalist and ichthyologist + New Latin -ia" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-025608" }, "Brasenia":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a monotypic genus of widely distributed aquatic plants (family Nymphaeaceae) with floating oval leaves and small dull-purple flowers \u2014 see water shield" ], "pronounciation":[ "br\u0259\u02c8s\u0113n\u0113\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "New Latin" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-233410" }, "Brasher Doubloon":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a gold coin of the weight of a doubloon struck in New York City in 1787" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brash\u0259(r)-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "after Ephraim Brasher or Brashear , 18th century American goldsmith who struck it" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084413" }, "Brummell":{ "type":[ "biographical name" ], "definitions":[ "George Bryan 1778\u20131840 Beau Brummell English dandy" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259-m\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-073028" }, "Brocken":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":[ "mountain 3747 feet (1142 meters) high in central Germany near the former East Germany\u2013West Germany border; highest of the Harz Mountains" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4-k\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110902" }, "Brisbane quandong":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an Australian tree ( Elaeocarpus grandis ) with hard white timber and edible fruit" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123959" }, "Braz":{ "type":[ "abbreviation" ], "definitions":{ "Brazil ; Brazilian":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113147" }, "Brocken specter":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an optical phenomenon sometimes seen from the summit of mountains or from an aircraft when the observer is between the sun and a mass of cloud, the figures of the observer and surrounding objects being seen projected on the cloud much enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colors \u2014 compare glory sense 6a (3)":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4k\u0259n-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "from Brocken , peak in the Harz mountains, Germany; Brocken specter , translation of German Brockengespenst":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105122" }, "Brisbane lily":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a bulbous plant ( Eurycles sylvestris ) of the family Amaryllidaceae that is native to Australia, Malaysia, and the Philippines and has umbels of white flowers resembling lilies":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115000" }, "Brutus":{ "type":[ "biographical name" ], "definitions":{ "Marcus Junius 85\u201342 b.c. Roman politician and conspirator against Julius Caesar":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fc-t\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120226" }, "brabble":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": squabble" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bra-b\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[ "altercate", "argue", "argufy", "bicker", "brawl", "controvert", "dispute", "fall out", "fight", "hassle", "jar", "quarrel", "quibble", "row", "scrap", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "bored children brabbling in the back seat" ], "history_and_etymology":"perhaps from Middle Dutch brabbelen , of imitative origin", "first_known_use":[ "1568, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175428" }, "brace":{ "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": prepare , steel":[ "brace yourself for the shock" ], ": invigorate , freshen":[ "\u2026 I took the shower and it braced me up a bit.", "\u2014 Raymond Chandler" ], ": to prepare for use by making taut":[ "brace a drum" ], ": to furnish or support with a brace (see brace entry 2 sense 1 )":[ "heavily braced against the wind" ], ": to make stronger : reinforce":[ "nerves \u2026 braced by long familiarity with danger", "\u2014 T. B. Macaulay" ], ": to put or plant firmly":[ "braces his foot in the stirrup" ], ": to turn (a sail yard ) by means of a brace (see brace entry 2 sense 1e )":[], ": to waylay especially with demands or questions : confront":[ "when braced , Willie had naturally denied his identity", "\u2014 Time" ], ": to fasten tightly : bind":[], ": to get ready (as for an attack)":[ "brace for the storm" ], ": to take heart":[ "\u2014 used with up brace up and do something \u2014 Upton Sinclair" ], ": something that transmits, directs, resists, or supports weight or pressure: such as":[], ": a diagonal piece of structural material that serves to strengthen something (such as a framework)":[ "walls held up with braces" ], ": an appliance for supporting a body part":[ "has braces on his legs", "a neck brace" ], ": an orthodontic appliance usually of metallic wire that is used especially to exert pressure to straighten misaligned teeth":[ "had braces as a teenager" ], ": suspenders":[], ": a rope rove through a block at the end of a ship's yard (see yard entry 4 sense 3 ) to swing it horizontally":[], ": one of two marks { } used to connect words or items to be considered together":[], ": one of these marks connecting two or more musical staffs (see staff entry 1 sense 3 ) carrying parts to be performed simultaneously":[], ": bracket sense 3a":[ "numbers written in braces" ], ": two of a kind : pair":[ "several brace of quail" ], ": something (such as a clasp) that connects or fastens":[], ": a crank-shaped instrument for turning a bit (see bit entry 1 sense 1a(2) )":[], ": a position of rigid attention":[ "on review, his uniform and brace were technically correct", "\u2014 Time" ], ": something that arouses energy or strengthens morale":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101s" ], "synonyms":[ "amp (up)", "animate", "energize", "enliven", "fillip", "fire", "ginger (up)", "invigorate", "jazz (up)", "juice up", "jump-start", "liven (up)", "pep (up)", "quicken", "spike", "stimulate", "vitalize", "vivify", "zip (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "buttress", "mount", "mounting", "prop", "reinforcement", "shore", "spur", "stay", "support", "underpinning" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "He braced the gate with a piece of wood.", "Steel columns brace the structure.", "She braced herself with one hand and reached up with the other.", "Noun", "We need to add some sort of brace to hold the shelf in place.", "He could walk with braces on his legs.", "She wears a back brace .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "And of course, universities need to brace for what\u2019s likely to be a new round of student protest, debate and ferment by antiabortion activists and pro-choice advocates alike. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 24 June 2022", "The stock market struggled for direction on Friday after brutal selloffs in recent days, with the benchmark S&P 500 on track for its worst week since March 2020 as investors brace for a looming recession. \u2014 Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes , 17 June 2022", "The site\u2019s founders say anyone from Ukraine who joins them in Germany should brace themselves for culture shock. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022", "Over the weekend, the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline hit $5 for the first time as drivers brace for a painful summer at the pump. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 13 June 2022", "The arms and legs\u2014which brace the rack against your trunk\u2014are both easily adjusted by hand, and the rack attaches to the trunk with ratcheting straps. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022", "The state responded to those concerns by agreeing to provide a device that would brace Atwood while on the gurney. \u2014 Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022", "The prolonged downturn in cryptocurrency prices, along with broader tech sector woes, has led to a growing number of layoffs at crypto firms as participants brace for a bumpier ride ahead. \u2014 Michael Bellusci, Fortune , 3 June 2022", "The initiative, approved by the National Climate Task Force earlier this year, comes amid signs that coastal communities should brace themselves for more intense storms. \u2014 Freida Frisaro, Orlando Sentinel , 1 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Sophia Smith had a brace for Portland while Hina Sugita, Becky Sauerbrunn, Natalia Kuikka and Taylor Porter each scored as well. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 June 2022", "Msituni only ended up needing one custom brace , and after 10 days, the problem was corrected. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 26 May 2022", "Luter, who is among the Sun Belt and national leaders in both interceptions (4) and pass break-ups (10), had a heavy brace on his right knee Tuesday and is unlikely to play vs. Tennessee, Wommack said. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 16 Nov. 2021", "Calzada had a brace on his left knee against Missouri, the same knee an Alabama defender inadvertently rolled on late in the Aggies\u2019 victory. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 22 Oct. 2021", "Northern Illinois safety Devin Lafayette had a brace placed on his left leg after a collision with a teammate late in the first half. \u2014 Charles Odum, chicagotribune.com , 5 Sep. 2021", "San Marino, which always has left Olympus empty-handed, has a brace of medals from the shooting range. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Aug. 2021", "Teller trained obsessively to get into proper boxing shape and spent a large chunk of the film acting in a circular metal neck brace Pazienza used to regain movement of his neck following the accident. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 9 June 2022", "One friend walked led the stream of teens on crutches, his left leg wrapped in a brace . \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French bracer to embrace, from brace":"Verb", "Middle English, clasp, pair, from Anglo-French, pair of arms, pair, support, from Latin bracchia , plural of bracchium arm, from Greek brachi\u014dn , from comparative of brachys short \u2014 more at brief":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 6":"Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161456" }, "bracelet":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an ornamental band or chain worn around the wrist", ": something (such as handcuffs) resembling a bracelet", ": a decorative band or chain usually worn on the wrist or arm" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101-sl\u0259t", "\u02c8br\u0101-sl\u0259t" ], "synonyms":[ "band", "bind", "bond", "chain", "cuff(s)", "fetter", "handcuff(s)", "irons", "ligature", "manacle(s)", "shackle" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "putting the handcuffs on the jewel thief, the detective asked him how he liked those bracelets", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Harkness was found wearing a diamond bracelet , a Rolex watch and a gold ring, according to court records. \u2014 Graham Kates, CBS News , 20 May 2022", "Megan wore accessorizes that complemented the shimmery strap, including a chunky bracelet , chunky rings, and stiletto sandals that had no visible strap over the toes. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 16 May 2022", "And while timeless jewelry pieces like a tennis bracelet , delicate pendant necklace, or cocktail ring can take a bridal look from lovely to extraordinary, earrings always make the most impact without taking away from your wedding look. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 May 2022", "Like the other Big Bangs in the Integral Ceramic series, which launched in 2020, the two new timepieces feature a case, bracelet , bezel and case back fashioned entirely from ceramic. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 21 Apr. 2022", "Jean Schlumberger earrings, bracelet , Tiffany & Co. Slingbacks, Prada, $1,150. \u2014 ELLE , 29 Mar. 2022", "This meaningful custom bracelet comes with a special message that\u2019s sure to bring a tear to her eye. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022", "Cinderella is identified not by a glass slipper but by her bracelet . \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Apr. 2022", "Her earrings showcased almost all the shades of spinel, her ring was centered by a lilac stone, and her bracelet a pink spinel. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 28 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French, diminutive of bras arm, from Latin bracchium ", "first_known_use":[ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211203" }, "bracing":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":[ ": giving strength, vigor, or freshness" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101-si\u014b" ], "synonyms":[ "cordial", "invigorating", "refreshing", "rejuvenating", "restorative", "reviving", "stimulating", "stimulative", "tonic", "vital", "vitalizing" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a chilly but bracing day", "Recent Examples on the Web", "No Way Home, The Batman is as bracing as a shot of whisky after a grape Slushee. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 28 Feb. 2022", "The 700-some-page tome is a bracing addition to an ongoing field of research and testimony on AIDS history, a corrective to previous accounts that have elevated some perspectives over others and latched onto only a handful of figures. \u2014 Brandon Tensley, CNN , 24 June 2021", "Indeed, for today\u2019s readers, perhaps the most bracing paradox in the lectures is the suggestion that professionalism derives higher significance from precisely the inhospitable character of its context. \u2014 Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020", "Indeed, for today\u2019s readers, perhaps the most bracing paradox in the lectures is the suggestion that professionalism derives higher significance from precisely the inhospitable character of its context. \u2014 Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020", "Indeed, for today\u2019s readers, perhaps the most bracing paradox in the lectures is the suggestion that professionalism derives higher significance from precisely the inhospitable character of its context. \u2014 Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020", "Indeed, for today\u2019s readers, perhaps the most bracing paradox in the lectures is the suggestion that professionalism derives higher significance from precisely the inhospitable character of its context. \u2014 Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020", "Indeed, for today\u2019s readers, perhaps the most bracing paradox in the lectures is the suggestion that professionalism derives higher significance from precisely the inhospitable character of its context. \u2014 Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020", "Indeed, for today\u2019s readers, perhaps the most bracing paradox in the lectures is the suggestion that professionalism derives higher significance from precisely the inhospitable character of its context. \u2014 Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1752, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193410" }, "brackish":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "somewhat salty", "not appealing to the taste", "repulsive", "somewhat salty" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8bra-kish", "synonyms":[ "distasteful", "unappetizing", "unpalatable", "unsavory", "yucky", "yukky" ], "antonyms":[ "appetizing", "delectable", "delicious", "delish", "palatable", "savory", "savoury", "tasty", "toothsome", "yummy" ], "examples":[ "the office coffee is often some brackish brew that's been sitting around for a couple of hours", "the river becomes brackish as we approach the tidemark", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Walker, a proper boomer, seems also to have been diving deep into the brackish waters of YouTube. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022", "Adult alligators can spend time in brackish waters where food resources such as blue crabs are plentiful, said alligator biologist Alicia Davis of North Carolina\u2019s Wildlife Resources Commission. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022", "But artworks have suffered from the Hudson River\u2019s brackish waters and superstorms like Hurricane Sandy. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021", "In the 1950s, an average of 37,400 tons of oysters were taken annually from brackish waters nationwide. \u2014 Janet Mcconnaughey, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Dec. 2021", "At Calvert Cliffs State Park, the Chesapeake Bay is slowly eroding the shoreline, causing 15-million-year-old fossils embedded in its banks to wash into the brackish waters. \u2014 Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful , 2 July 2021", "They can be viewed through September or October in the state\u2019s brackish warm waters. \u2014 Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com , 23 June 2021", "Joseph Josiah Robbins sold his homestead in 1909, family members say, after salty, brackish waters invaded his fields, stunting and killing his crops. \u2014 Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS , 17 June 2021", "In its native range along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, alewife make annual migrations from the salt water of the ocean into brackish and fresh water in estuaries and rivers to spawn. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Dutch brac salty; akin to Middle Low German brac salty", "first_known_use":[ "circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "brag":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a pompous or boastful statement", ": arrogant talk or manner : cockiness", ": braggart", ": to talk boastfully", ": to assert boastfully", ": first-rate", ": to speak in a way that shows too much pride : boast" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brag", "\u02c8brag" ], "synonyms":[ "bluster", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bull", "cockalorum", "fanfaronade", "gas", "gasconade", "grandiloquence", "hot air", "magniloquence", "rant", "rodomontade", "rhodomontade" ], "antonyms":[ "blow", "boast", "bull", "crow", "gasconade", "swagger", "vapor", "vaunt" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The real question, though, is whether the town is ready for the inevitable influx of tourists and art lovers in search of their next geotag brag . \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 14 June 2022", "No child has ever read faster, which is not a brag . \u2014 Elinor Lipman, Washington Post , 26 May 2022", "Overnight a copy of your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 with something clever, funny or interesting\u2014photoshop yourself into a team photo, send your brag book, create a QR code with an introduction video or solve a problem, for example\u2014make an effort. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022", "Bob McKillop, legendary coach of the giant-killing Davidson basketball team, slid a humble brag into his post-game words after his team\u2019s 79-78 upset of No.10 Alabama. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 22 Dec. 2021", "For every diamond and every death, for every feeling of loss and insecure emotion, Mill comes out with hope and real brio on his side \u2013 a confidence that goes way beyond any mere humble- brag or boast. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 1 Oct. 2021", "But a skincare fridge has a purpose beyond the social media brag . \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 29 Sep. 2021", "Try creating that sense of approval, support, and safety for yourself with a brag file. \u2014 Forbes , 21 June 2021", "Always be succinct, use your brag -bag and stories and respect the other person\u2019s time. \u2014 Gerry Valentine, Forbes , 26 May 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "There's also the option to book a photographer and brag to friends back home. \u2014 Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022", "California has the right to brag about its particular brand of exceptionalism. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022", "Banks and fintechs that brag about their app store rating are wasting their breath. \u2014 Ron Shevlin, Forbes , 6 June 2022", "People stand in long lines, buy up multiple packs and brag about their haul and from which farms. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022", "Tout your love for travel, and brag about your business. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022", "Sure, there's a Bronco or a Wrangler for (almost) everyone, but at the end of the day fans of the Ford and Jeep brands need a halo model to brag about and drool over. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 21 May 2022", "He\u2019s humble, not one to brag or talk tough, and not one to exaggerate either. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022", "Canley was described as quiet and not one to brag or tout his many military decorations. \u2014 Garrett Andrews, oregonlive , 14 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "This will also give you a brag bank to pull from when the interviewer asks you to articulate your strengths. \u2014 Dominique Law, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021", "The Wild Insulated Water Bottle Allow us to humble- brag about The Wild water bottle with the cool logo of the L.A. Times newsletter about the outdoors in Southern California. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021", "Extremely familiar forays into bass-heavy brag rap, whooshing R&B, and Afrobeats break up the slog. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 5 Sep. 2021", "Lays down brag -worthy numbers, draws every eye, amazing value. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 2 Sep. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2", "Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense", "Adjective", "1836, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225510" }, "braggadocio":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": empty boasting", ": arrogant pretension : cockiness", ": braggart" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccbra-g\u0259-\u02c8d\u014d-s\u0113-\u02cc\u014d", "-sh\u0113-", "-ch\u0113-", "-(\u02cc)sh\u014d", "-(\u02cc)ch\u014d" ], "synonyms":[ "bluster", "bombast", "brag", "bull", "cockalorum", "fanfaronade", "gas", "gasconade", "grandiloquence", "hot air", "magniloquence", "rant", "rodomontade", "rhodomontade" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a loudmouthed braggart who hid his cowardice with braggadocio", "his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate", "Recent Examples on the Web", "However, Clenney\u2019s lawyer says her braggadocio is in line with her OnlyFans persona and doesn\u2019t represent the real Courtney. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 9 May 2022", "The experience of watching American Buffalo is essentially the experience of listening to Teach talk: At first, like Donny, you're dazzled by the endless flow of braggadocio and confidence. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022", "Is the comment a bit of jealous braggadocio , or is Vic actually a cold-blooded killer? \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022", "Outside of empty braggadocio , meant to contrast himself with Trump, Biden has done little to uphold his promise of deterring Russian expansion. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 22 Feb. 2022", "Mickelson's braggadocio has hastened a reckoning that was overdue. \u2014 Eamon Lynch, The Arizona Republic , 22 Feb. 2022", "Most of that statement is the usual Trump bullying and braggadocio . \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 14 Feb. 2022", "The trio trade verses of braggadocio before the track slows down for a rapid-fire flow from J.I.D. \u2014 Natalia Barr, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022", "The actors moved with both the braggadocio and the anxious overperformance that early-career rappers like their characters would carry into that kind of music-industry event. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 24 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":" Braggadochio , personification of boasting in Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser", "first_known_use":[ "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 2" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201650" }, "brain":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": the portion of the vertebrate central nervous system enclosed in the skull and continuous with the spinal cord through the foramen magnum that is composed of neurons and supporting and nutritive structures (such as glia) and that integrates sensory information from inside and outside the body in controlling autonomic function (such as heartbeat and respiration), in coordinating and directing correlated motor responses, and in the process of learning \u2014 compare forebrain , hindbrain , midbrain":[], ": a nervous center in invertebrates comparable in position and function to the vertebrate brain":[], ": intellect , mind":[ "has a clever brain" ], ": intellectual endowment : intelligence":[ "\u2014 often used in plural plenty of brains in that family" ], ": a very intelligent or intellectual person":[], ": the chief planner within a group":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural she's the brains behind their success" ], ": to kill by smashing the skull":[], ": to hit on the head":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101n" ], "synonyms":[ "brainiac", "genius", "intellect", "thinker", "whiz", "wiz", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[ "blockhead", "dodo", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "fathead", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "idiot", "imbecile", "knucklehead", "moron", "nitwit", "numskull", "numbskull", "pinhead" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "Scientists are learning more about how the human brain works.", "The left and right sides of the brain have different functions.", "The other children always teased him about being such a brain .", "Verb", "The tree limb fell and nearly brained me.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The cancer had metastasized to his bones, lungs, and brain . \u2014 John Mulder, STAT , 3 July 2022", "The Rock of Love star had surgery to repair a hole in his heart following a mini-stroke in 2011, a year after suffering his brain hemorrhage. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 2 July 2022", "Anything that\u2019s really important in organizations today is achieved through cross-functional brain power and action. \u2014 Jeff Rosenthal, Forbes , 1 July 2022", "Huntington\u2019s disease is a brain disease that is passed down in families from generation to generation with symptoms described as having ALS, Parkinson\u2019s and Alzheimer\u2019s simultaneously. \u2014 cleveland , 1 July 2022", "Their unborn child had a neural tube defect, meaning the baby's brain would never fully form. \u2014 Adrienne Broaddus And Jason Kravarik, CNN , 1 July 2022", "There are more than 300 brain teasers and riddles in this book \u2014 not bad for something that's less than $10! \u2014 Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022", "The man sustained a skull fracture, a brain bleed and other injures, the officer said. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 July 2022", "Taking a deep dive into the host city really helps to get the brain working to find some unique and little-known facts then figure out a creative way to relate it to food. \u2014 Carole Horst, Variety , 30 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "They are linked to brain developmental problems in infants and cancer. \u2014 Katy Stech Ferek, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022", "How will brain stimulation become accessible to all the patients who need it, given how expensive and invasive some treatments are? \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 14 Jan. 2022", "The researchers contend that this study marks the first time that a machine-learning algorithm has been matched to brain data to explain the workings of a high-level cognitive task. \u2014 Anna Blaustein, Scientific American , 26 Oct. 2021", "Arguably, achieving universal health care and higher education and addressing the nation\u2019s aging water pipe infrastructure (which has yielded a modern-day lead crisis) could be expected to make similar contributions to brain health across decades. \u2014 Daniel R. George, Scientific American , 25 Aug. 2021", "Then of course there\u2019s me, spying on these other women \u2014 and some dads, too \u2014 instead of keeping tabs on my four kids, one of whom is poised to brain somebody with a stick. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 June 2021", "Biden, who lost his son Beau Biden to brain cancer in 2015, has pledged to make the fight against cancer a key focus of his administration. \u2014 Dom Calicchio, Fox News , 25 Mar. 2021", "The priority is personal to Biden, who lost his son Beau Biden to brain cancer in 2015. \u2014 Marisa Schultz, Fox News , 20 Feb. 2021", "This less average bone and muscle support makes the head and brain more vulnerable to sudden movement and predicts risk for concussion. \u2014 Bob Roehr, Scientific American , 9 Mar. 2016" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English br\u00e6gen ; akin to Middle Low German bregen brain, and perhaps to Greek brechmos front part of the head":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162425" }, "braininess":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": having or showing a well-developed intellect : intelligent", ": very smart" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101-n\u0113", "\u02c8br\u0101-n\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "alert", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "exceptional", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "antonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thickheaded", "thick-witted", "unbrilliant", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "From a best friend anthem to a brainy bop, this collection of tunes from Karma shows her singing, shining and freestyling alongside friends and family. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 12 June 2022", "To me, Monopoly was this brainy and focused game, so listening to them during the games turned into me listening to them during high school, college and eventually writing. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 3 June 2022", "But the brainy and independent Kate doesn\u2019t want a husband and the unlikely couple match wits and fists all the way to the altar. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022", "Adam Rigg\u2019s sets, an obvious response to Blain-Cruz\u2019s brainy exuberance, are marvellous\u2014the Atlantic City boardwalk in Act II, complete with a working slide, almost took my attention away from the actors. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022", "And Maryland will get more than a brainy , slick-fielding shortstop who can smash the ball hard enough to knock over the L screen, but also a player with unbridled joy for the game and a desire to spread it. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022", "One of the most amusing aspects of the movie \u2014 and of Swinton\u2019s characteristically batty- brainy performance \u2014 is the swiftness with which Alithea gets used to having a 3,000-year-old djinn for company. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022", "The 8,000-capacity Orion oozes classic charm and has a first-year lineup boasting big gets for Huntsville, a brainy market zooming with development and now the state\u2019s most populous city. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022", "These strange mammals were not particularly brainy . \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1845, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-231247" }, "brainless":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "devoid of intelligence stupid", "not demanding understanding or intelligence dull , stupefying", "lacking a brain" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8br\u0101n-l\u0259s", "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "examples":[ "He thought most of his coworkers were brainless .", "The plot of the new movie is brainless and the acting is terrible.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The cleaners might not have lungs, and the physiotherapist could be completely brainless . \u2014 Rebecca Cairns; Video By Dan Tham, CNN , 25 Aug. 2021", "Be Our Chef is a charmingly peppy, brainless half-hour. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2020", "Some amount of activity to stimulate conversation, but of the brainless variety. \u2014 Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful , 23 Apr. 2020", "However, things quickly turned sour for the London side, after the ever- brainless Serge Aurier was sent off on the 30 minute mark following two quick bookings. \u2014 SI.com , 28 Sep. 2019", "Desperate to meet women and open their own dance club, brainless brothers Steve and Doug Butabi cruise Beverly Hills. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2019", "Exactly like junk food, some inputs feel good in the moment but take a toll over the long-term gossip, brainless reality TV shows, jealousy-inducing social media posts, and mind-numbing small talk. \u2014 Josh Linkner, Columnist, Detroit Free Press , 14 Dec. 2019", "Desperate to meet women and open their own dance club, brainless brothers Steve and Doug Butabi cruise Beverly Hills. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2019", "The Belgians haven't been helped in having sub-standard options at full-back supporting them, with Serge Aurier continuing to be brainless and Danny Rose being at fault for nearly a goal a game. \u2014 SI.com , 8 Oct. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":null, "first_known_use":[ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "brainlessness":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "devoid of intelligence stupid", "not demanding understanding or intelligence dull , stupefying", "lacking a brain" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8br\u0101n-l\u0259s", "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "examples":[ "He thought most of his coworkers were brainless .", "The plot of the new movie is brainless and the acting is terrible.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The cleaners might not have lungs, and the physiotherapist could be completely brainless . \u2014 Rebecca Cairns; Video By Dan Tham, CNN , 25 Aug. 2021", "Be Our Chef is a charmingly peppy, brainless half-hour. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2020", "Some amount of activity to stimulate conversation, but of the brainless variety. \u2014 Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful , 23 Apr. 2020", "However, things quickly turned sour for the London side, after the ever- brainless Serge Aurier was sent off on the 30 minute mark following two quick bookings. \u2014 SI.com , 28 Sep. 2019", "Desperate to meet women and open their own dance club, brainless brothers Steve and Doug Butabi cruise Beverly Hills. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2019", "Exactly like junk food, some inputs feel good in the moment but take a toll over the long-term gossip, brainless reality TV shows, jealousy-inducing social media posts, and mind-numbing small talk. \u2014 Josh Linkner, Columnist, Detroit Free Press , 14 Dec. 2019", "Desperate to meet women and open their own dance club, brainless brothers Steve and Doug Butabi cruise Beverly Hills. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2019", "The Belgians haven't been helped in having sub-standard options at full-back supporting them, with Serge Aurier continuing to be brainless and Danny Rose being at fault for nearly a goal a game. \u2014 SI.com , 8 Oct. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":null, "first_known_use":[ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "brainpower":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": intellectual ability", ": people with developed intellectual ability" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101n-\u02ccpau\u0307(-\u0259)r" ], "synonyms":[ "brain(s)", "gray matter", "headpiece", "intellect", "intellectuality", "intelligence", "mentality", "reason", "sense", "smarts" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The brainpower of the staff constitutes the company's greatest asset.", "The product is supposed to boost your brainpower .", "The company is increasing efforts to recruit scientific brainpower .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "As scores of Silicon Valley tech workers relocate to Tahoe, community leaders hope to channel that influx of brainpower to create new, lasting job opportunities for locals. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 June 2022", "And maybe that\u2019s enough brainpower to make the offense go. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022", "That brainpower can be mustered with open source systems. \u2014 Amit Ronen, Forbes , 1 June 2022", "That moment provides a brief shred of human drama in what\u2019s otherwise a film fueled more by adrenaline than brainpower . \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022", "Because visual information accounts for 30 percent of brainpower , the simple act of closing your eyes can create a sense of calm. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 19 May 2022", "Jets still scream and muscles still gleam in the ridiculous and often ridiculously entertaining sequel, though in several respects, the movie evinces \u2014 and rewards \u2014 an unusual investment of brainpower , writes film critic Justin Chang. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022", "Faced with a simple matching task, worrywarts were thinking slower than their more Covid-unconcerned peers; the psychologists theorized that their stress was, essentially, hogging background brainpower . \u2014 Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022", "Even when people are managing multiple demands on their brainpower , the research suggests their intuitive thought processes may still be readily accessible. \u2014 Emily Laber-warren, Scientific American , 26 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192041" }, "brainsick":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":[ ": mentally disordered", ": arising from mental disorder" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101n-\u02ccsik" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ], "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ], "examples":[ "today he is regarded as a brainsick genius who produced some of the greatest paintings in the history of art" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175042" }, "brainy":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "having or showing a well-developed intellect intelligent", "very smart" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8br\u0101-n\u0113", "synonyms":[ "alert", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "exceptional", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "antonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thickheaded", "thick-witted", "unbrilliant", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "From a best friend anthem to a brainy bop, this collection of tunes from Karma shows her singing, shining and freestyling alongside friends and family. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 12 June 2022", "To me, Monopoly was this brainy and focused game, so listening to them during the games turned into me listening to them during high school, college and eventually writing. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 3 June 2022", "But the brainy and independent Kate doesn\u2019t want a husband and the unlikely couple match wits and fists all the way to the altar. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022", "Adam Rigg\u2019s sets, an obvious response to Blain-Cruz\u2019s brainy exuberance, are marvellous\u2014the Atlantic City boardwalk in Act II, complete with a working slide, almost took my attention away from the actors. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022", "And Maryland will get more than a brainy , slick-fielding shortstop who can smash the ball hard enough to knock over the L screen, but also a player with unbridled joy for the game and a desire to spread it. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022", "One of the most amusing aspects of the movie \u2014 and of Swinton\u2019s characteristically batty- brainy performance \u2014 is the swiftness with which Alithea gets used to having a 3,000-year-old djinn for company. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022", "The 8,000-capacity Orion oozes classic charm and has a first-year lineup boasting big gets for Huntsville, a brainy market zooming with development and now the state\u2019s most populous city. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022", "These strange mammals were not particularly brainy . \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":null, "first_known_use":[ "1845, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "brake":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "noun ()", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a device for arresting or preventing the motion of a mechanism usually by means of friction", ": something used to slow down or stop movement or activity", ": to operate or manage a brake", ": to apply the brake on a vehicle", ": to become checked by a brake", ": to slow or stop by or as if by a brake (see brake entry 1 )", ": the common bracken fern ( Pteridium aquilinum )", ": a toothed instrument or machine for separating out the fiber of flax or hemp by breaking up the woody parts", ": a machine for bending, flanging , folding, and forming sheet metal", ": rough or marshy land overgrown usually with one kind of plant", ": a device for slowing or stopping motion (as of a wheel) usually by friction", ": to slow or stop by using a brake" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101k", "\u02c8br\u0101k" ], "synonyms":[ "decelerate", "retard", "slacken", "slow" ], "antonyms":[ "boscage", "boskage", "bosk", "bosque", "bosquet", "brushwood", "chaparral", "coppice", "copse", "covert", "thicket" ], "examples":[ "Verb", "I had to brake suddenly when a cat ran in front of the car.", "braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Noun (1)", "circa 1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1868, in the meaning defined at transitive sense", "Noun (2)", "14th century, in the meaning defined above", "Noun (3)", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun (4)", "1562, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171259" }, "braking":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "noun ()", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a device for arresting or preventing the motion of a mechanism usually by means of friction", ": something used to slow down or stop movement or activity", ": to operate or manage a brake", ": to apply the brake on a vehicle", ": to become checked by a brake", ": to slow or stop by or as if by a brake (see brake entry 1 )", ": the common bracken fern ( Pteridium aquilinum )", ": a toothed instrument or machine for separating out the fiber of flax or hemp by breaking up the woody parts", ": a machine for bending, flanging , folding, and forming sheet metal", ": rough or marshy land overgrown usually with one kind of plant", ": a device for slowing or stopping motion (as of a wheel) usually by friction", ": to slow or stop by using a brake" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101k", "\u02c8br\u0101k" ], "synonyms":[ "decelerate", "retard", "slacken", "slow" ], "antonyms":[ "boscage", "boskage", "bosk", "bosque", "bosquet", "brushwood", "chaparral", "coppice", "copse", "covert", "thicket" ], "examples":[ "Verb", "I had to brake suddenly when a cat ran in front of the car.", "braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Noun (1)", "circa 1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1868, in the meaning defined at transitive sense", "Noun (2)", "14th century, in the meaning defined above", "Noun (3)", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun (4)", "1562, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185535" }, "brand-new":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "conspicuously new and unused", "recently introduced", "completely new" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8bran(d)-\u02c8n\u00fc", "synonyms":[ "fresh", "mint", "pristine", "span-new", "virgin", "virginal" ], "antonyms":[ "stale" ], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":" brand entry 1 ", "first_known_use":[ "circa 1570, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "brashness":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "brittle", "heedless of the consequences audacious", "done in haste without regard for consequences rash", "full of fresh raw vitality", "uninhibitedly energetic or demonstrative (see demonstrative entry 1 sense 3 ) bumptious", "lacking restraint and discernment tactless", "aggressively self-assertive impudent", "piercingly sharp harsh", "marked by vivid contrast bold", "a mass of fragments (as of ice)", "an attack of illness", "a short severe illness", "water brash" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8brash", "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "antonyms":[ "meek", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "She asks such brash questions.", "a brash request to get something for free", "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective", "Here\u2019s a brash overgeneralization American writers tend to charge at life freestyle, while Europeans approach it with an ironic half smile and perhaps a glance at their libraries. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 1 June 2022", "These folks can dance the line between being selfish and self-reliant and do well to partner with patient types as friends, lovers, or business partners who will understand their sometimes brash nature. \u2014 Glamour , 27 May 2022", "Jancs\u00f3\u2019s brash cinematic manipulations won\u2019t appeal to all film lovers. \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 17 May 2022", "By the fall of 2011, antiabortion advocates had started pushing for bold restrictions with brash new tactics. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022", "By the fall of 2011, antiabortion advocates had started pushing for bold restrictions with brash new tactics. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022", "Representing a brash new generation of Argentine acts who have become global streaming phenoms with their blend of trap, pop and R&B, each of the three displayed a distinctive sound. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 21 Apr. 2022", "Caddyshack \u2013 An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 Apr. 2022", "His co-star, who plays Lady Macbeth, was even more brash . \u2014 John Carucci, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web Noun", "Philbrick burst on the art scene as a brash young dealer, bidding millions for works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Yayoi Kusama, and then vanished in late 2019 amid a wave of lawsuits by collectors including the billionaire Reuben brothers. \u2014 Bob Van Voris And Bloomberg, Fortune , 24 May 2022", "Between the brash -to-humble son and his angry-to-sorrowful father, the movie confesses masculinity\u2019s quintessential struggle. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022", "Bay specializes in making brash , cacophonous, high-calorie, low-nutrition fast-food cinema. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 Apr. 2022", "UConn coach Geno Auriemma was the brash upstart going up against venerable Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, and UConn was looking for its first national championship. \u2014 Lori Riley, courant.com , 4 Apr. 2022", "Boz, these employees say, is more extroverted, more hard-charging and brash . \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 2 June 2022", "Naturally, the brass has issues with his brash ways and our man will get called to carpet a lot. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 29 May 2022", "Tony Scott\u2019s film was a highly successful, undeniably compelling advertisement for brash 1980s jingoism. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022", "In the file footage, including rare clips of the group\u2019s formative gigs at the Rivoli in Toronto, the Kids are all brash energy and suburban rebellion. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun", "1787, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162431" }, "brass":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an alloy consisting essentially of copper and zinc in variable proportions", ": the brass instruments of an orchestra or band", ": a usually brass memorial tablet", ": bright metal fittings, utensils, or ornaments", ": empty cartridge shells", ": brazen self-assurance : gall", ": high-ranking members of the military", ": persons in high positions (as in a business or the government)", ": made of brass", "\u2014 see also brass ring , brass tacks", ": made up of or composed for brass musical instruments", "\u2014 see also brass band", ": an alloy made by combining copper and zinc", ": the musical instruments of an orchestra or band that are usually made of brass and include the cornets, trumpets, trombones, French horns, and tubas" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bras", "\u02c8bras" ], "synonyms":[ "audaciousness", "audacity", "brashness", "brassiness", "brazenness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "chutzpah", "chutzpa", "hutzpah", "hutzpa", "crust", "effrontery", "face", "gall", "nerve", "nerviness", "pertness", "presumption", "presumptuousness", "sauce", "sauciness", "temerity" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Noun", "a candlestick made of brass", "The whole orchestra\u2014the strings, percussion, woodwinds, and brass \u2014began to play.", "The brasses began to play.", "polishing the brass and the silver", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Although the firm is known for extensive use of brass , Donati personally leans toward natural wood and stone. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022", "The first such meeting is with Rear Adm. Chester Cain, a weathered chunk of brass played by Ed Harris, who has an impressive in-movie flight record of his own. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022", "For zero warmth whatsoever, this shampoo from Matrix is built to eradicate all hints of brass . \u2014 ELLE , 17 May 2022", "At the Washington Pavilion, strings and percussion were placed together onstage; four groups of brass and winds occupied balconies to the right and to the left; trumpets and trombones thundered from the rear. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022", "Plateaus of brass appearing on a sonic horizon like a strip of dry land. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 13 May 2022", "Italian table bases of brass , instead of the typical cast iron. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 May 2022", "In New Orleans, the swaggering sounds of brass and are booming out from Jazzfest this week. \u2014 Joe Sills, Forbes , 2 May 2022", "Limestone floors, rich oak doors and window frames of burnished brass lend a patina of age to lofty spaces. \u2014 James Stewart, Robb Report , 23 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Adjective", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190631" }, "brass tacks":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":[ ": details of immediate practical importance" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[ "nitty-gritty", "nuts and bolts", "ropes" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The former first lady\u2019s version was pink chiffon with porcelain beading, but Ford stripped the idea down to brass tacks outfitting Moore in white cr\u00e8me silk and ivory kid gloves. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 6 May 2022", "Sometimes the most creative thing a person can do is strip things down to brass tacks . \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022", "But the point of this article is to get down to brass tacks and simply show the relationship between housing costs and worker shortages. \u2014 Atticus Leblanc, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022", "Rae reveals that key elements of the finale were up in the air until very late in the game, from the final decision on the show\u2019s enduring love triangle to the brass tacks of the script itself. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 26 Dec. 2021", "The brass tacks of this proposal are to be unveiled Tuesday. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 25 Oct. 2021", "The goal of the course was to infuse problem sets on policy dilemmas and philosophical debates with the brass tacks of coding. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021", "The sensitivity of Newkirk\u2019s reporting and the gravity of his voice allow for a kind of grieving in addition to a revisiting of the brass tacks of what actually happened. \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 7 June 2021", "As these groups grapple with existential questions, others are focused on brass tacks . \u2014 Lee Seymour, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1863, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213710" }, "brassbound":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": having trim made of brass or a metal resembling brass", ": tradition-bound and opinionated", ": making no concessions : inflexible", ": brazen , presumptuous" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bras-\u02ccbau\u0307nd", "-\u02c8bau\u0307nd" ], "synonyms":[ "cast-iron", "exacting", "hard-line", "inflexible", "rigid", "rigorous", "strict", "stringent", "uncompromising" ], "antonyms":[ "flexible", "lax", "loose", "relaxed", "slack" ], "examples":[ "a person of brassbound honesty", "the brassbound military leadership had failed to realize that this time the nation was fighting a different kind of war" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215633" }, "brassy":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": shamelessly bold", ": obstreperous", ": resembling brass especially in color", ": resembling the sound of a brass instrument" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bra-s\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassbound", "brazen", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "antonyms":[ "meek", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid" ], "examples":[ "a brassy customer insisted on arriving late and still being taken first", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The brassy banda group will become the first act from Tijuana \u2014 and the first regional Mexican music act of any kind \u2014 to ever headline at the massive stadium. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022", "Purple formulas help cancel unwanted yellow or brassy tones, as purple and yellow are opposite on the color wheel and neutralize each other. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022", "On a recent spring night, the brassy horn from a saxophonist and bright beating of a cymbal played from the upstairs bar of the dark black and brick facade. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022", "Her kaleidoscopic patter, a forceful blend of life and career advice dispensed with a brassy New York inflection, is by turns funny, savvy and nasty. \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022", "Backed with brassy flair by a funky trumpet section, the R&B and soul singer excels on an uptempo number that offers a funky counterpart to the album's heavy dose of '80s rock. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022", "The brassy shade of the fish may be a form of camouflage that absorbs remnants of blue light, so at deep depths, the fish is nearly invisible, per Live Science. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022", "In its first-ever Broadway revival, Funny Girl stars Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice, the brassy Ziegfeld comedian first portrayed by Barbra Streisand in the 1960s. \u2014 Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022", "Plus, her acting skills, always tremendous in brassy tough-talking mode, only add nuance as Nadia loses control over her place in time and her conviction that her family\u2019s unfinished business is, in fact, finishable. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170833" }, "bravery":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the quality or state of having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : the quality or state of being brave : courage", ": fine clothes", ": showy display", ": courage" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101v-r\u0113", "\u02c8br\u0101-v\u0259-", "\u02c8br\u0101-v\u0259-r\u0113", "\u02c8br\u0101v-r\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "best", "caparison", "feather", "finery", "frippery", "full dress", "gaiety", "gayety", "glad rags", "regalia" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He received a medal for bravery .", "children in their Sunday bravery", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Cobb Assistant District Attorney John Overcocker, who prosecuted the case, commended the carjacking victim\u2019s bravery at trial. \u2014 Henri Hollis, ajc , 10 June 2022", "This remarkable heritage brand from does more than just inspire compassion, generosity, and bravery . \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 7 June 2022", "The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. \u2014 Douglas Brinkley, Washington Post , 3 June 2022", "The bravery of this burgeoning rebellion impacted Obi-Wan deeply and McGregor communicated this beautifully without saying a word. \u2014 Lauren Morgan, EW.com , 1 June 2022", "These people have assumed great risks and have exhibited notable bravery . \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 31 May 2022", "In the days that followed, local heartbreak bubbled into rage as Texas officials waxed on about police bravery , glossing over law enforcement missteps that took days to acknowledge. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022", "In Alpharetta, during his introductory speech, Christie praised Kemp\u2019s bravery . \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022", "Hodges is proud of her students' bravery , and the kids \u2014 now dubbed Hodges' Heroes \u2014 have been recognized by local officials and the Dole Food Company, which named them Healthy Heroes. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 19 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French braverie \"bravado, challenge, audacity,\" from braver \"to challenge, flout, brave entry 2 \" + -erie -ery ", "first_known_use":[ "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184853" }, "brawl":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle", ": to make a loud confused noise", ": a noisy quarrel or fight", ": a loud tumultuous noise", ": to quarrel or fight noisily", ": a noisy quarrel or fight" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fl", "\u02c8br\u022fl" ], "synonyms":[ "altercate", "argue", "argufy", "bicker", "brabble", "controvert", "dispute", "fall out", "fight", "hassle", "jar", "quarrel", "quibble", "row", "scrap", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "antonyms":[ "affray", "broil", "donnybrook", "fracas", "fray", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "rough-and-tumble", "row", "ruckus", "ruction" ], "examples":[ "Verb", "Fans were brawling in the streets after the game.", "the Wilsons were always loudly brawling , and the neighbors were always shutting their windows", "Noun", "they were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl", "the student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Brad Pitt plays a hapless hitman who is forced to brawl with everyone from Bad Bunny to a cute looking mascot in the new trailer for Bullet Train, set to arrive Aug. 5. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 7 June 2022", "This copper hair is parted down the middle and braided back when the trailer begins, but that neat hairstyle is short-lived as King's character has to brawl with two guards. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 3 June 2022", "However, Dumbledore and Grindelwald do brawl in the climactic battle. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022", "People often ask Benner if the Pacers-Pistons brawl in 2004 was the worst moment of his career. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2022", "First was Michigan coach Juwan Howard\u2019s confrontation with Wisconsin\u2019s Greg Gard on Feb. 27, which turned into a semi- brawl and led to a five-game suspension for Howard. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 10 Mar. 2022", "Proud Boys members frequently brawl with antifascist activists at rallies and protests. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Nov. 2021", "Tampa Bay\u2019s Jan Rutta then hit Larkin, sending him to the ice as the other players on the ice began to brawl . \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 15 Oct. 2021", "Kyle Schwarber was an 11-year-old slugger in Middletown, Ohio, when Alex Rodriguez turned toward Jason Varitek, uttered a few choice words and dared the Boston Red Sox catcher to brawl , Varitek only too happy to comply. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 5 Oct. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Harris and another Marine were stabbed in the ensuing brawl . \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022", "Both candidates have raised and spent millions in the Democratic brawl as their campaigns and outside groups have blanketed South Texas airwaves with ads in recent weeks. \u2014 Benjamin Wermund, San Antonio Express-News , 18 May 2022", "The March 4 fight, which was captured on video, showed Kenosha Officer Shawn Guetschow intervening in the brawl and then getting into a scuffle with the girl before falling to the ground and hitting his head on a table. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022", "There was an excellent sequence where Sting was in a disguise before revealing himself and helping Allin in a brawl . \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022", "The North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference wasted little time disciplining those involved in a baseball game that went went viral after a pitcher tackled an opposing player, which resulted in a brawl . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022", "Also unlikely are the chances the hearings become a partisan brawl , given the court's currently-impenetrable 6-3 conservative majority and the timing of the nomination. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 26 Jan. 2022", "A night at the Jackson County Fair last week ended with two men erupting in a brawl that left one of them dead from suffocation, according to sheriff\u2019s officials. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Aug. 2021", "Despite the smaller crowds, Ocean City experienced several notable violent incidents on the Boardwalk last June, including multiple assaults and stabbings, along with a large brawl that left the public and business owners uneasy about safety. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":"Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170541" }, "brawly":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": inclined to brawl", ": characterized by brawls or brawling" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022f-l\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "aggressive", "agonistic", "argumentative", "assaultive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "chippy", "combative", "confrontational", "contentious", "discordant", "disputatious", "feisty", "gladiatorial", "militant", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "warlike" ], "antonyms":[ "nonaggressive", "nonbelligerent", "pacific", "peaceable", "peaceful", "unbelligerent", "uncombative", "uncontentious" ], "examples":[ "a bar that was once a favorite haunt of brawly servicemen from the nearby military base" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185726" }, "brawn":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the flesh of a boar", ": headcheese", ": full strong muscles", ": muscular strength", ": muscular strength" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fn", "\u02c8br\u022fn" ], "synonyms":[ "beef", "main", "muscle", "thew" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an actor who is more famous for his brawn than for his talent", "Recent Examples on the Web", "For the workers, the labor involved required skill, brawn , and a high tolerance for pain. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022", "The film telegraphs that the true romance will be between Loretta and Alan, the repressed brain and the impractical brawn . \u2014 Amy Nicholson, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022", "Use your brawn to accomplish the big stuff, but use your brain to get the little details right. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022", "This is not Rocky vs. Apollo, but two middle-aged men who specialize in brains rather than brawn . \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 10 May 2022", "This isn\u2019t Pittsburgh, with its Steelers brawn and its valley of great quarterbacks. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 5 May 2022", "During the Paleocene Epoch, a chaotic chapter of Earth\u2019s history that began after the cataclysmic asteroid strike 66 million years ago that doomed the dinosaurs, our ancestors appear to have prioritized brawn over brains. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022", "Oxen were important draft animals, with their brawn pressed into service to till the land for rice, the foundation of the Japanese diet. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022", "Gavish, who is forty, has the kind of excess brawn that would deter most people from picking a fight. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 19 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French braon flesh, muscle, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English br\u01e3d flesh", "first_known_use":[ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193120" }, "brawny":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": muscular", ": strong , powerful", ": being swollen and hard", ": having large strong muscles", ": being swollen and hard" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022f-n\u0113", "\u02c8br\u022f-n\u0113", "\u02c8br\u022f-n\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "muscular", "rugged", "sinewy", "stalwart", "stout", "strong" ], "antonyms":[ "delicate", "feeble", "frail", "weak", "weakling", "wimpy" ], "examples":[ "the store manager always asked the brawniest person there to do the heavy lifting", "brawny arms that weren't developed in the gym but by years of work in the construction business", "Recent Examples on the Web", "But how did these brawny beasts acquire their status as the default metaphors for stock market sentiment? \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 14 June 2022", "Up ahead, the George Washington Bridge looms, a brawny feat of engineering connecting New York to New Jersey. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022", "The brawny mill is aided by a parallel hybrid system eMotor that boosts overall production to an astonishing 1,055 horses and 848 ft lbs of twist. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 27 Apr. 2022", "P\u00e9rez\u2019s depiction of Princess Diana was more athletic and brawny compared to other artists\u2019 takes on the character, and the reboot significantly altered her backstory, giving her a more in-depth connection with the Greek pantheon of gods. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 7 May 2022", "Johnson plays a brawny dad who goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 2 May 2022", "Meanwhile, a brawny guard follows behind trying to keep up. \u2014 Amy Haneline, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022", "Formed in \u201860s London as a psychedelic group, Deep Purple quickly evolved to harness both brawny guitar riffs and a taste for blasting down the highway at reckless speeds. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 22 Apr. 2022", "Viking tales have been mainstays of American cinema for decades, thrilling audiences with stories of brawny heroics and swashbuckling exploits. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220151" }, "brazen":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": made of brass", ": sounding harsh and loud like struck brass", ": of the color of polished brass", ": marked by shameless or disrespectful boldness", ": to face with defiance or impudence", ": made of brass", ": sounding loud and usually harsh", ": done or acting in a very bold and shocking way without shame" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101-z\u1d4an", "\u02c8br\u0101-z\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "antonyms":[ "beard", "brave", "breast", "confront", "dare", "defy", "face", "outbrave", "outface" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.", "a brazen demand for special treatment just because she's rich", "Verb", "a filmmaker willing to brazen the criticism that such a violent film was sure to provoke", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Police are investigating the brazen theft of six new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500s from the Flat Rock assembly plant early Thursday that ended in a brief chase and one suspect in custody. \u2014 Navya Gupta, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022", "Then, in 1985, it was stolen on the day after Thanksgiving in a brazen heist and remained missing for more than 30 years. \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022", "Nothing draws the news like novelty; a brief scooplet, freshly exposed, will often outweigh a brazen plot freely confessed from a presidential podium or by tweet. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022", "The brazen killing of Pecci, a key South American partner of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, has shocked Colombians and Paraguayans alike, and appeared to underscore the dangers of investigating drug trafficking in Latin America. \u2014 Diana Dur\u00e1n, Washington Post , 11 May 2022", "The man who made national headlines after a video of his brazen Walgreens theft went viral has been sentenced to 16 months in prison, time served, and one year of probation, the San Francisco District Attorney\u2019s Office announced Monday. \u2014 Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Apr. 2022", "The @BrooklynDiocese is announcing the #NYPD is investigating a brazen crime of disrespect and hate, which desecrated the most Holy Eucharist and altar at @StAugustineRC located in Park Slope. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 31 May 2022", "In this wildly inventive collection of stories, Kirby explores the power of feminity in its many forms \u2013 including as brazen witches, virgins who can't be sacrificed and even cockroaches who catcallers fear. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022", "Visceral is a term commonly assigned to visual art that provokes us, often with brazen imagery (representational, figurative, or abstract), symbolism, and colors. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 19 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "On Wednesday, the wild, brazen Detroit publication launched a free digital archive, featuring every issue from its 20-year run (1969-1989) that features bylines by Lester Bangs, Patti Smith, Cameron Crowe, Dave Marsh, and more. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022", "Bourgoin\u2019s lies ran the spectrum from pointless little fictions to brazen fabulation. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022", "But while there is an abundance of opportunity, there are just as many pitfalls awaiting the brand brazen enough to plunge headlong into filmmaking without putting the proper pieces in place. \u2014 Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022", "Ukraine\u2019s largest plaza, and the nucleus of public life in the city \u2014 was seen by many Ukrainians as brazen evidence that the Russian invasion wasn\u2019t just about hitting military targets but also about breaking their spirit. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2022", "In the case of this series, the whopper the guy tells is especially brazen . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 9 Feb. 2022", "Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said trigger-pullers in the city are becoming increasingly brazen , with shootings involving multiple victims becoming more common amid an overall rise in violent crime. \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 30 Mar. 2022", "Unfortunately, brazen and medically uninformed politicians denying basic human rights over binary ideas of gender have left us no choice but to rally and continue to fight. \u2014 Ashley Andreou, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022", "That Baku would extend this project to its new dominions is brazen but unsurprising. \u2014 Simon Maghakyan, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "circa 1555, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174116" }, "brazen-faced":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": marked by insolence and bold disrespect" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101-z\u1d4an-\u02ccf\u0101st" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "antonyms":[ "meek", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid" ], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1571, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171858" }, "brazenness":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": made of brass", ": sounding harsh and loud like struck brass", ": of the color of polished brass", ": marked by shameless or disrespectful boldness", ": to face with defiance or impudence", ": made of brass", ": sounding loud and usually harsh", ": done or acting in a very bold and shocking way without shame" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101-z\u1d4an", "\u02c8br\u0101-z\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "antonyms":[ "beard", "brave", "breast", "confront", "dare", "defy", "face", "outbrave", "outface" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.", "a brazen demand for special treatment just because she's rich", "Verb", "a filmmaker willing to brazen the criticism that such a violent film was sure to provoke", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Police are investigating the brazen theft of six new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500s from the Flat Rock assembly plant early Thursday that ended in a brief chase and one suspect in custody. \u2014 Navya Gupta, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022", "Then, in 1985, it was stolen on the day after Thanksgiving in a brazen heist and remained missing for more than 30 years. \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022", "Nothing draws the news like novelty; a brief scooplet, freshly exposed, will often outweigh a brazen plot freely confessed from a presidential podium or by tweet. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022", "The brazen killing of Pecci, a key South American partner of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, has shocked Colombians and Paraguayans alike, and appeared to underscore the dangers of investigating drug trafficking in Latin America. \u2014 Diana Dur\u00e1n, Washington Post , 11 May 2022", "The man who made national headlines after a video of his brazen Walgreens theft went viral has been sentenced to 16 months in prison, time served, and one year of probation, the San Francisco District Attorney\u2019s Office announced Monday. \u2014 Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Apr. 2022", "The @BrooklynDiocese is announcing the #NYPD is investigating a brazen crime of disrespect and hate, which desecrated the most Holy Eucharist and altar at @StAugustineRC located in Park Slope. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 31 May 2022", "In this wildly inventive collection of stories, Kirby explores the power of feminity in its many forms \u2013 including as brazen witches, virgins who can't be sacrificed and even cockroaches who catcallers fear. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022", "Visceral is a term commonly assigned to visual art that provokes us, often with brazen imagery (representational, figurative, or abstract), symbolism, and colors. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 19 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "On Wednesday, the wild, brazen Detroit publication launched a free digital archive, featuring every issue from its 20-year run (1969-1989) that features bylines by Lester Bangs, Patti Smith, Cameron Crowe, Dave Marsh, and more. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022", "Bourgoin\u2019s lies ran the spectrum from pointless little fictions to brazen fabulation. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022", "But while there is an abundance of opportunity, there are just as many pitfalls awaiting the brand brazen enough to plunge headlong into filmmaking without putting the proper pieces in place. \u2014 Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022", "Ukraine\u2019s largest plaza, and the nucleus of public life in the city \u2014 was seen by many Ukrainians as brazen evidence that the Russian invasion wasn\u2019t just about hitting military targets but also about breaking their spirit. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2022", "In the case of this series, the whopper the guy tells is especially brazen . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 9 Feb. 2022", "Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said trigger-pullers in the city are becoming increasingly brazen , with shootings involving multiple victims becoming more common amid an overall rise in violent crime. \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 30 Mar. 2022", "Unfortunately, brazen and medically uninformed politicians denying basic human rights over binary ideas of gender have left us no choice but to rally and continue to fight. \u2014 Ashley Andreou, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022", "That Baku would extend this project to its new dominions is brazen but unsurprising. \u2014 Simon Maghakyan, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "circa 1555, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184619" }, "breach":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard", ": a broken, ruptured, or torn condition or area", ": a gap (as in a wall) made by battering", ": a break in accustomed friendly relations", ": a temporary gap in continuity : hiatus", ": a leap especially of a whale out of water", ": to make a gap in by battering : to make a breach (see breach entry 1 sense 2b ) in", ": break , violate", ": to leap out of water", ": a failure to act in a promised or required way", ": an opening made by breaking", ": to fail to do as promised or required by", ": to make a break in", ": a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification", ": a breach of a duty especially by a fiduciary (as an agent or corporate officer) in carrying out the functions of his or her position", ": a breach by a trustee of the terms of a trust (as by stealing from or carelessly mishandling the funds)", ": a breach by a seller of the terms of a warranty (as by the failure of the goods to conform to the seller's description or by a defect in title)", ": failure without excuse or justification to fulfill one's obligations under a contract", ": a breach of contract that occurs as a result of a party's anticipatory repudiation of the contract", ": breach of contract in economic theory in which it is more profitable for the breaching party to breach the contract and pay damages than to perform under the contract", ": a breach of contract that is so substantial that it defeats the purpose of the parties in making the contract and gives the nonbreaching party the right to cancel the contract and sue for damages \u2014 compare substantial performance at performance", ": a breach of contract in which the breaching party's nonperformance is minor and gives rise to the right to sue for damages but not to suspend performance or cancel the contract \u2014 compare part performance at performance", ": a breach of contract under the Restatement (Second) of Contracts that is so substantial that it gives rise to the right to cancel the contract and sue for damages", ": a violation or disturbance of something (as a law or condition)", ": breach of the peace", ": an act of breaking out", ": the condition of having committed a breach of contract" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113ch", "\u02c8br\u0113ch", "\u02c8br\u0113ch" ], "synonyms":[ "contravention", "infraction", "infringement", "transgression", "trespass", "violation" ], "antonyms":[ "break", "contravene", "fracture", "infringe (on ", "offend", "traduce", "transgress", "violate" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "According to the transcript of body camera video, Arredondo could be heard speaking into a phone, preparing for a breach and asking for someone to look into the windows of one of the classrooms to see if anything could be seen. \u2014 J. David Goodman, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022", "Nationwide, about 800 people have been arrested as of this month in all 50 states and the District of Columbia on charges stemming from the Capitol breach , according to the U.S. Justice Department. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022", "Joan Trumpauer Mulholland was sentenced to prison for breach of peace due to her participation as a Freedom Rider. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 28 May 2022", "Village Roadshow in February sued Warner Bros. for breach of contract over the studio\u2019s decision to release the Matrix sequel simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022", "Arte Moreno, who formed the management company to develop the Angel Stadium property, also could sue the city for breach of contract. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022", "Outsourcing business functions increases a company\u2019s financial and reputational risks from a breach . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 13 May 2022", "Think about the average consumer whose credit rating has been devastated by identity theft stemming from a cloud security breach . \u2014 Bart Ziegler, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022", "That stemmed from a breach in the procedure for identifying a target. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Dec. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Angeli, according to prosecutors citing security footage, was among the first people to breach the Capitol. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022", "According to court documents, Copeland was seen on YouTube and Instagram videos pushing and fighting with police officers during the insurrection, part of a group people trying to breach police lines. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022", "Police responded by using water cannons on government supporters trying to breach law enforcement cordons. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022", "Gillespie admitted to the AP reporter that he and some other people were involved in trying to breach the Capitol building. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022", "Gas prices were already expected to breach the $4 a gallon mark for the first time since 2008, with or without shots fired in Eastern Europe or economic sanctions imposed on Russia. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 1 June 2022", "The Customs and Border Protection's tactical team arrived on scene at 12:15 p.m. but did not breach the classroom until 35 minutes later, at 12:50 p.m., according to McCraw. \u2014 Jason Potere, ABC News , 27 May 2022", "Police breach the door using keys obtained from the janitor because both doors are locked. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 27 May 2022", "What your nervy acquaintance did was breach whatever privacy is left in our society these days, which was thoughtless, rude and inexcusable. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 17 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1547, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201458" }, "breadbasket":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": stomach", ": a major cereal-producing region" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bred-\u02ccba-sk\u0259t" ], "synonyms":[ "abdomen", "belly", "gut", "solar plexus", "stomach", "tummy" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the breadbasket of the world", "The area is becoming the nation's breadbasket .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Historically a breadbasket , the country is suffering from a collapse of wheat production due to a combination of drought and rising prices. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022", "The test of resilience posed by Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine is radiating out from the Black Sea region, a global breadbasket . \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Mar. 2022", "Blessed with rich soil, abundant rain, and a long growing season, the Delmarva peninsula\u2014a tri-state area sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay\u2014was known as the breadbasket of the American Revolution. \u2014 Tim Neville, Outside Online , 8 July 2021", "And then Russia invaded Ukraine, the world's breadbasket . \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 13 May 2022", "For decades, it\u2019s been referred to as the breadbasket of Europe. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 6 May 2022", "Two months into its invasion, Russia controls swaths of southern Ukraine \u2014 a region that helped the country earn its reputation as the breadbasket of Europe. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022", "Ukraine, known as the breadbasket of Russia, produced the flour for matzoh. \u2014 George Castle, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022", "But the impact of the war has extended much further afield, with global oil prices rising to almost-decade highs and grain prices soaring amid a shortage from a region that is often referred to as the breadbasket of Europe. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223010" }, "break":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to separate into parts with suddenness or violence", ": to cause (a bone) to separate into two or more pieces : fracture", ": to fracture a bone of (a bodily part)", ": to dislocate or dislocate and fracture a bone of (the neck or back)", ": to cause an open wound in : rupture", ": to cut into and turn over the surface of", ": to render inoperable", ": violate , transgress", ": to invalidate (a will) by action under the provisions of the law", ": to force entry into", ": to burst and force a way through", ": to escape by force from", ": to make or effect by cutting, forcing, or pressing through", ": to disrupt the order or compactness of", ": to make ineffective as a binding force", ": to defeat utterly and end as an effective force : destroy", ": to crush the spirit of", ": to make tractable or submissive: such as", ": to train (an animal) to adjust to the service or convenience of humans", ": inure , accustom", ": to exhaust in health, strength, or capacity", ": to stop or bring to an end suddenly : halt", ": interrupt , suspend", ": to open and bring about suspension of operation", ": to destroy unity or completeness of", ": to change the appearance of uniformity of", ": to split the surface of", ": to cause to discontinue a habit", ": to make known : tell", ": to bring to attention or prominence initially", ": to ruin financially", ": to reduce in rank", ": to split into smaller units, parts, or processes : divide", ": to give or get the equivalent of (a bill) in smaller denominations", ": to use as the denomination in paying a bill", ": to check or slow the speed, force, or intensity of", ": to cause failure and discontinuance of (a strike) by measures outside bargaining processes", ": to cause a sudden significant decrease in the price, value, or volume of", ": exceed , surpass", ": to score less than (a specified total)", ": to win against (an opponent's service)", ": to make (a run) by getting past defenders", ": to open the action of (a breechloader )", ": to find an explanation or solution for : solve", ": to discover the essentials of (a code or cipher system)", ": to demonstrate the falsity of", ": to ruin the prospects of", ": to produce visibly", ": to escape with sudden forceful effort", ": to come into being by or as if by bursting forth", ": to effect a penetration", ": to emerge through the surface of the water", ": to start abruptly", ": to become known or published", ": to make a sudden dash", ": to separate after an instance of holding an opponent at close quarters : to separate after a clinch", ": to achieve initial success in usually a sudden or striking way", ": to begin a race", ": to come apart or split into pieces : fragment , shatter", ": to open spontaneously or by pressure from within", ": to curl over and fall apart in surf or foam", ": to interrupt one's activity or occupation for a brief period", ": to alter sharply in tone, pitch, or intensity", ": to become fair (see fair entry 1 sense 3 ) : clear", ": to make the opening shot of a game of pool", ": to end a relationship, connection, or agreement", ": to give way in disorderly retreat", ": to swerve suddenly", ": to curve from a straight path", ": to fail in health, strength, vitality, resolve, or control", ": to become inoperative because of damage, wear, or strain", ": to fail to keep a prescribed gait", ": to undergo a sudden significant decrease in price, value, or volume", ": happen , develop", ": to win against an opponent's serve", ": to divide into classes, categories, or types", ": to fold, bend, lift, or come apart at a seam, groove, or joint", ": to separate during churning into liquid and fat", ": to dine together", ": to pack up gear and leave a camp or campsite", ": to start from a hiding place, covert (see covert entry 2 sense 1 ), or lair", ": to achieve a balance", ": to operate a business or enterprise without either loss or profit", ": to get away by overcoming restraints or constraints", ": to begin construction", ": to make or show discoveries : pioneer", ": to begin with or as if with a sudden throwing off of restraint", ": to make entry or entrance into", ": interrupt", ": to crush emotionally with sorrow", ": to turn the wrists as part of the swing of a club or bat", ": to differ in opinion or action from one's peers", ": to subdue the main force of", ": to make a beginning", ": to get through the first difficulties in starting a conversation or discussion", ": to expel gas from the intestine", ": an act or action of breaking", ": the opening shot in a game of pool or billiards", ": a gap or opening caused or appearing as if caused by damage : a condition produced by or as if by breaking : gap", ": a gap in an otherwise continuous electric circuit", ": the action or act of entering, escaping, or emerging from something (such as darkness) often in a sudden or violent way : the action or act of breaking in , breaking out , or breaking forth", ": a place or situation at which a break occurs: such as", ": the place at which a word is divided especially at the end of a line of print or writing", ": the location at which waves curl over and fall apart in surf or foam : the point at which waves break (see break entry 1 sense 2c ) for surfing", ": separation of composed matter at an indicated point", ": the separation between a preview of a website or a particular post on a website and the full content", ": an interruption in continuity", ": such as", ": a notable change of subject matter, attitude, or treatment", ": an abrupt, significant, or noteworthy change or interruption in a continuous process, trend, or surface", ": a respite from work, school, or duty", ": relief from annoyance", ": a planned interruption in a radio or television program", ": deviation of a pitched ball from a straight line", ": fault , dislocation", ": failure of a horse to maintain the prescribed gait", ": an abrupt change in musical or vocal pitch or quality", ": the point between two distinctive musical registers of a voice or a wind instrument", ": a sudden change in vocal pitch, intensity, or tone", ": a quick shift from one rhythmic track to another in the same tempo and key on a different turntable", ": the action or an instance of winning against an opponent's service : the action or an instance of breaking (see break entry 1 sense 13c ) service", ": a usually solo instrumental passage in jazz, folk, or popular music", ": dash , rush", ": fast break", ": a sudden and abrupt decline of prices or values", ": the start of a race", ": the act of separating after an instance of holding an opponent at close quarters : the act of separating after a clinch", ": a stroke of luck and especially of good luck", ": a favorable or opportune situation : chance", ": favorable consideration or treatment", ": a rupture in previously agreeable relations", ": an abrupt split or difference with something previously adhered to or followed", ": breakdown sense 1c", ": to separate into parts especially suddenly or forcibly", ": to cause (a bone) to separate into two or more pieces", ": to stop working or cause to stop working because of damage or wear", ": to fail to keep", ": to force a way", ": to cut into and turn over", ": to go through : penetrate", ": tame entry 2", ": to do better than", ": to interrupt or put an end to : stop", ": to reduce the force of", ": to develop or burst out suddenly", ": to make known", ": solve", ": change entry 1 sense 4", ": to run or flee suddenly", ": to stop working properly", ": to separate or become separated into simpler substances : decompose", ": to be overcome by emotion", ": to knock down", ": to develop a skin rash", ": to start up suddenly", ": to separate into parts", ": to bring or come to an end", ": to end a romantic relationship", ": an act of breaking", ": something produced by breaking", ": a period of time when an activity stops", ": an accidental event", ": to snap into pieces : fracture", ": to fracture the bone of (a bodily part)", ": to dislocate or dislocate and fracture a bone of (the neck or back)", ": to cause an open wound in : rupture", ": to rupture the surface of and permit flowing out or effusing", ": to fail in health or strength", ": to suffer complete or marked loss of resistance, composure, resolution, morale, or command of a situation", ": an act or action of breaking : fracture", ": the act of opening a gap in an electrical circuit", ": a condition produced by breaking", ": a gap in an otherwise continuous electric circuit", ": the occurrence of a disease in a person or especially in a domestic animal supposed to be immune to or to have been completely isolated from exposure to that disease", ": violate , transgress", ": to invalidate (a will) by a court proceeding", ": to open (another's real property) by force or without privilege (as consent) for entry", ": to escape by force from", ": to cause (a strike) to fail and discontinue by means (as force) other than bargaining", ": to escape with forceful effort", ": to enter by force or without privilege" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101k", "\u02c8br\u0101k", "\u02c8br\u0101k", "\u02c8br\u0101k" ], "synonyms":[ "break up", "bust", "disintegrate", "dismember", "disrupt", "fracture", "fragment", "rive" ], "antonyms":[ "breath", "breather", "interruption", "lull", "pause", "recess" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Wade Melton and Travis Bazzana hit home runs off Tiger starter Joseph Gonzales in the top half of the fourth to break the scoreless tie and give Beavers a 2-0 lead. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 13 June 2022", "After a generation of carnage and legislative inaction, the larger hope among gun-control advocates is that this agreement will break years of partisan deadlock and open the way for future measures. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022", "The announcement concerns ad blockers, and the Google Chrome changes dubbed Manifest V3, which may cause some ad blockers to break . \u2014 Kate O'flaherty, Forbes , 13 June 2022", "Jared Walsh saw Khalil Lee break back on his eighth-inning line drive at first, but only when the New York Mets center fielder raced in and fell short with his diving attempt did the Angels slugger realize history was within his grasp. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2022", "Sometimes, there is not much to do but break the bad news. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022", "Police and telephone men checked out the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington on Jun 16, 1972 after five men were arrested during a break -in attempt. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022", "Begin spraying when the earliest cultivars break bud. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 June 2022", "On Saturday, Phoenix could top 115, which would break the daily record of 114 set in 1918. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 10 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "That's how important and significant the world of journalism thought that initial break -in was. \u2014 Lesley Stahl, CBS News , 15 June 2022", "The recording is of a conversation between Nixon and Haldeman six days after the break -in. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 June 2022", "It is best known for its home security products, which monitor doors and windows for break -ins, but ADT also offers a line of smart-home products. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 June 2022", "In many ways, the violent Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was much worse than the coverup of the Watergate break -in. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022", "Department officials released surveillance photos and videos of the break -in at the Holiday Bottle Shop in the 700 block of Morrow Road. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 11 June 2022", "Next Friday, eight days later, is the 50th anniversary of the break -in at the Democratic National Committee\u2019s headquarters in Washington\u2019s Watergate complex. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 10 June 2022", "Perhaps the most readily apparent counterpart to the January 6 investigation is the Watergate hearings of 1973, which unraveled the scandal surrounding a June 17, 1972, break -in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022", "In the half century since the Watergate break -in, the Watergate Three have become, in the popular imagination, the Watergate Two. \u2014 Joshua Benton, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Verb", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a", "Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210050" }, "break down":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": the action or result of breaking down : such as", ": a failure to function", ": failure to progress or have effect : disintegration", ": a complete loss of physical, mental, or emotional vitality : a physical, mental, or nervous collapse", ": the process of decomposing", ": division into categories", ": classification", ": an account analyzed into categories", ": a fast shuffling dance", ": music for such a dance", ": to cause to fall or collapse by breaking or shattering", ": to make ineffective", ": to divide into parts or categories", ": to separate (something, such as a chemical compound) into simpler substances : decompose", ": to take apart especially for storage or shipment and for later reassembling", ": to stop functioning because of breakage or wear", ": to become inoperative or ineffective : fail", ": to fail in strength or vitality", ": to succumb to mental or emotional stress", ": to lose one's resolve : give in", ": to severely injure the supporting ligament or bones of the fetlock joint", ": to be susceptible to or undergo analysis or subdivision", ": to undergo decomposition", ": a failure to function properly", ": a sudden failure of mental or physical health", ": the action or result of breaking down : as", ": a failure to function", ": a physical, mental, or nervous collapse", ": the process of decomposing", ": obtained or resulting from disintegration or decomposition of a substance", ": to separate (as a chemical compound) into simpler substances : decompose", ": to stop functioning because of breakage or wear", ": to fail in strength or vitality", ": to succumb to mental or emotional stress", ": to severely injure the supporting ligament or bones of the fetlock joint", ": to undergo decomposition" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccdau\u0307n", "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccdau\u0307n", "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccdau\u0307n", "(\u02c8)br\u0101k-\u02c8dau\u0307n" ], "synonyms":[ "crack-up", "nervous breakdown", "tailspin" ], "antonyms":[ "assort", "categorize", "class", "classify", "codify", "compartment", "compartmentalize", "digest", "distinguish", "distribute", "grade", "group", "peg", "place", "range", "rank", "relegate", "separate", "sort", "type" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "And politics editor Jeff Parrott gives us a breakdown of the primary election races in the Utah Legislature. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022", "Though no official breakdown has been given, the Times reported that more than half of the players appeared to participate. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022", "Ren\u00e9, like the obsessive filmmaker of the 1996 Irma Vep, played by Jeanne-Pierre L\u00e9aud, is just one stress point away from a breakdown . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022", "Her character\u2019s breakdown \u2014and decision to start dressing like her frenemy, Maddy\u2014included tons of skin-baring, bubblegum pink outfits, which were more often than not a matching two-piece set. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 5 June 2022", "This breakdown of technique, over time, can lead to unnecessary lower-back strain, which can lead to more serious injuries. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 4 June 2022", "And Fortune 500 companies are scattered all across the U.S. Here\u2019s a visual breakdown of where those companies are headquartered by region, and what industries dominate which areas. \u2014 Nicolas Rapp, Fortune , 4 June 2022", "The following is the ethnic breakdown : seven whites, 26 Latinos, three African Americans and three Asian Americans. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022", "The New York Fed provides a detailed breakdown of the accounting on its Liberty Street Economics blog. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 2 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Now, watch dermatologist Dr. Ellen Marmur break down hand filler treatments: Our bad! \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 29 May 2022", "Plastics are key because international research increasingly shows some types can break down into smaller pieces known as microplastics. \u2014 Scott Sonner, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022", "Plastics are key because international research increasingly shows some types can break down into smaller pieces known as microplastics. \u2014 Scott Sonner, ajc , 13 May 2022", "Plastics are key because international research increasingly shows some types can break down into smaller pieces known as microplastics. \u2014 Scott Sonner, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2022", "Davidson wants Greenberg to break down the Hawks\u2019 analytics \u2014 how they\u2019re collected and disseminated \u2014 and revolutionize that process using the Cubs\u2019 proprietary system as a template. \u2014 Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022", "Here's how the Lions' picks break down by round: Round 4 \u2014 none. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022", "Excess heat or moisture may cause the nutrients to break down . \u2014 cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022", "One backdoor cut against the Clippers exemplified how Williams can help the Bulls break down defenses intent on double-teaming leading scorer DeMar DeRozan. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183252" }, "break in":{ "type":[ "intransitive verb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": the act or action of breaking in", ": a performance or a series of performances serving as a trial run", ": an initial period of operation during which working parts begin to function efficiently", ": to enter something (such as a building or computer system) without consent or by force", ": intrude", ": to interrupt a conversation", ": to start in an activity or enterprise", ": to accustom to a certain activity or occurrence", ": to overcome the stiffness or newness of", ": the act or action of breaking in", ": to enter something (as a building or computer system) without privilege (as consent) or by force" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccin", "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccin" ], "synonyms":[ "burglarize", "burgle" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Verb", "the burglars broke in by smashing a window", "he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "One important negotiation item \u2014 ask to resume your employee benefits as if there had been no break in employment. \u2014 Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022", "There will be a break in the trial next week; Ms. Heard will resume her testimony on May 16. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022", "But during a break in the match, Nadal said something interesting to his coach and uncle, Toni Nadal. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 27 May 2022", "Doncic didn\u2019t get much of a break in the last offseason after Dallas\u2019s first-round loss because the season started late. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022", "During a break in their relationship, Strickland had had a relationship with Wilson, according to the affidavit. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 26 May 2022", "Wednesday also will see the highest temperatures of the work week due to a midday break in the clouds that will let in sunshine and warm up the area. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 25 May 2022", "When Russia launched the invasion of Ukraine in February, Moscow and Washington came close to an outright break in relations. \u2014 Alan Cullison, WSJ , 24 May 2022", "After a break in fighting, the Russians will build up their weapons and manpower and start a new offensive, Podolyak said, acknowledging that Kyiv\u2019s stance was becoming more uncompromising. \u2014 Fortune , 22 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "circa 1535, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212615" }, "break off":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to stop abruptly", ": to become detached", ": to end a relationship", ": discontinue", ": to remove by or as if by breaking" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[ "break", "break up", "can", "cease", "cut off", "cut out", "desist (from)", "discontinue", "drop", "end", "give over", "halt", "knock off", "lay off", "leave off", "pack (up ", "quit", "shut off", "stop" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch", "talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Long staple cotton is considered a luxury fiber because the longer staples mean there are no short fibers to stick out or break off , making the fabric smoother and more durable. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 4 May 2022", "As fighting raged, the latest conflict assessment from British military intelligence, released early Saturday, depicted Russian forces as facing some of the same difficulties that prompted Moscow to break off an earlier bid to seize Kyiv. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022", "Initially, many anticipated that such devastating economic pressure would force the Kremlin to break off its invasion. \u2014 WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022", "Deep vein clots are predisposed to break off and go into the lungs, a life-threatening condition called pulmonary embolism. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 12 Apr. 2022", "The two eventually marry, but not before Lucy has to break off an engagement with someone else. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Mar. 2022", "The assortment of five objects \u2014 one of the season's central mysteries \u2014 represents troubled relationships Percy had to break off . \u2014 Matt Cabral, EW.com , 11 Nov. 2021", "The bars break off easily for small bites, and are filled with all sorts of good things. \u2014 Lisa Jhung, Outside Online , 1 Oct. 2020", "Amid continuing Western efforts to get Putin to break off his assault, leaders of the Group of Seven nations, including President Biden, held a video consultation with Zelensky on Sunday. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184927" }, "break up":{ "type":"noun", "definitions":[ "an act or instance of breaking up", "the breaking, melting, and loosening of ice in the spring", "to cease to exist as a unified whole disperse", "to end a romance", "to lose morale, composure, or resolution", "to become abandoned to laughter", "to break into pieces", "to bring to an end", "to do away with destroy", "to disrupt the continuity or flow of", "decompose", "to cause to laugh heartily" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02cc\u0259p", "synonyms":[ "bifurcation", "cleavage", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "fractionalization", "fractionation", "partition", "schism", "scission", "separation", "split", "sundering" ], "antonyms":[ "disband", "disperse", "dissolve" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web Noun", "Many ARMYs concluded that BTS was going on hiatus, and some feared a breakup . \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022", "Told out of chronological order, Appropriate Behavior is the story of a breakup and its aftermath. \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022", "Kellogg is the latest legacy company to opt for a breakup , following announcements from Johnson & Johnson, General Electric and Toshiba late last year. \u2014 Hamza Shaban, Washington Post , 21 June 2022", "Kellogg is the latest legacy company to opt for a breakup , following announcements from Johnson & Johnson, General Electric, and Toshiba late last year. \u2014 Hamza Shaban, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022", "That breakup forged her resolve never to live with anyone again. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022", "The breakup of the 312,000-person firm could happen as soon as late next year. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 20 June 2022", "On June 17, both parties took to Instagram stories to share earnest messages with their fans about the breakup . \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 18 June 2022", "Launched as part of DC's Pride Month publications, Poison Ivy #1 picks up in the aftermath of a traumatic breakup between Ivy and Harley. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 17 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web Verb", "Even in a deadly pandemic, pets get sick, couples break up , heart attacks occur and fender-benders ruin an afternoon. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022", "The couple fight, break up and make up at a dizzying speed; DP Julien Poupard favors close-ups, giving those scenes an unnerving intimacy. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022", "And just weeks ago, commanders conducted a large-scale staff transfer between New Britain\u2019s eight firehouses to break up cliques of troubled employees, Mayor Erin Stewart said Monday. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 17 May 2022", "Monday, Biden said Putin mistakenly believed the invasion of Ukraine would break up NATO and weaken the European Union, according to Reuters. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022", "The game originated in 1917 when a group of railroad engineers bet a total of $800 trying to guess the precise date and time when the Tanana River would break up . \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022", "One of the biggest changes is that Mr. DeSantis\u2019s map would break up the plurality Black Fifth Congressional District in northern Florida and replace it with a district that leans Republican. \u2014 Alexa Corse, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022", "Chrishell and Jason break up After only seven months of dating, the Selling Sunset co-stars have gone their separate ways. \u2014 Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful , 22 Apr. 2022", "However, in an interview with US Weekly ahead of the Season 5 premiere, Oppenheim opened up about how challenging the break up has been for him. \u2014 Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful , 22 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":null, "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "breakable":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": capable of being broken" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101-k\u0259-b\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[ "delicate", "fragile", "frail", "frangible" ], "antonyms":[ "infrangible", "nonbreakable", "strong", "sturdy", "tough", "unbreakable" ], "examples":[ "a world record that may not be breakable", "elderly people's bones can be highly breakable if they haven't gotten enough calcium during their lifetimes", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Gold comes from treasure chests, enemies, and breakables (damn-near every object in the game is breakable and spits out goodies when destroyed\u2014a delightful touch). \u2014 Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022", "During the last few months, an even more viral follow-up has been strategically unleashed: a highly breakable version of the bag, made in collaboration with the Heven, makers of handblown glassware. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022", "Like: There is no doubt that owning a ski with these dimensions can make the best days better and at the same time make the worst days ( breakable crud) fun too. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2022", "Pomper is part of a collaborative group that intends to fix such situations by building a less complicated, expensive or breakable modular linac. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, Scientific American , 11 Mar. 2022", "Perhaps the company wants to make the phone less breakable first. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 22 Feb. 2022", "Rogan and Spotify have reminded everyone, maybe even themselves, that their bond, however fragile and easily breakable , remains. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 3 Feb. 2022", "Unwrapped toys should be appropriate for hospitalized infants, children or adolescents that do not pose a safety hazard, such as those with sharp edges or small, removable or easily breakable parts. \u2014 courant.com , 19 Nov. 2021", "That deep rocker shines in mank, breakable crust, and tracked pow. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1570, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221635" }, "breakdown":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": the action or result of breaking down : such as", ": a failure to function", ": failure to progress or have effect : disintegration", ": a complete loss of physical, mental, or emotional vitality : a physical, mental, or nervous collapse", ": the process of decomposing", ": division into categories", ": classification", ": an account analyzed into categories", ": a fast shuffling dance", ": music for such a dance", ": to cause to fall or collapse by breaking or shattering", ": to make ineffective", ": to divide into parts or categories", ": to separate (something, such as a chemical compound) into simpler substances : decompose", ": to take apart especially for storage or shipment and for later reassembling", ": to stop functioning because of breakage or wear", ": to become inoperative or ineffective : fail", ": to fail in strength or vitality", ": to succumb to mental or emotional stress", ": to lose one's resolve : give in", ": to severely injure the supporting ligament or bones of the fetlock joint", ": to be susceptible to or undergo analysis or subdivision", ": to undergo decomposition", ": a failure to function properly", ": a sudden failure of mental or physical health", ": the action or result of breaking down : as", ": a failure to function", ": a physical, mental, or nervous collapse", ": the process of decomposing", ": obtained or resulting from disintegration or decomposition of a substance", ": to separate (as a chemical compound) into simpler substances : decompose", ": to stop functioning because of breakage or wear", ": to fail in strength or vitality", ": to succumb to mental or emotional stress", ": to severely injure the supporting ligament or bones of the fetlock joint", ": to undergo decomposition" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccdau\u0307n", "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccdau\u0307n", "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccdau\u0307n", "(\u02c8)br\u0101k-\u02c8dau\u0307n" ], "synonyms":[ "crack-up", "nervous breakdown", "tailspin" ], "antonyms":[ "assort", "categorize", "class", "classify", "codify", "compartment", "compartmentalize", "digest", "distinguish", "distribute", "grade", "group", "peg", "place", "range", "rank", "relegate", "separate", "sort", "type" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "And politics editor Jeff Parrott gives us a breakdown of the primary election races in the Utah Legislature. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022", "Though no official breakdown has been given, the Times reported that more than half of the players appeared to participate. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022", "Ren\u00e9, like the obsessive filmmaker of the 1996 Irma Vep, played by Jeanne-Pierre L\u00e9aud, is just one stress point away from a breakdown . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022", "Her character\u2019s breakdown \u2014and decision to start dressing like her frenemy, Maddy\u2014included tons of skin-baring, bubblegum pink outfits, which were more often than not a matching two-piece set. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 5 June 2022", "This breakdown of technique, over time, can lead to unnecessary lower-back strain, which can lead to more serious injuries. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 4 June 2022", "And Fortune 500 companies are scattered all across the U.S. Here\u2019s a visual breakdown of where those companies are headquartered by region, and what industries dominate which areas. \u2014 Nicolas Rapp, Fortune , 4 June 2022", "The following is the ethnic breakdown : seven whites, 26 Latinos, three African Americans and three Asian Americans. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022", "The New York Fed provides a detailed breakdown of the accounting on its Liberty Street Economics blog. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 2 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Now, watch dermatologist Dr. Ellen Marmur break down hand filler treatments: Our bad! \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 29 May 2022", "Plastics are key because international research increasingly shows some types can break down into smaller pieces known as microplastics. \u2014 Scott Sonner, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022", "Plastics are key because international research increasingly shows some types can break down into smaller pieces known as microplastics. \u2014 Scott Sonner, ajc , 13 May 2022", "Plastics are key because international research increasingly shows some types can break down into smaller pieces known as microplastics. \u2014 Scott Sonner, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2022", "Davidson wants Greenberg to break down the Hawks\u2019 analytics \u2014 how they\u2019re collected and disseminated \u2014 and revolutionize that process using the Cubs\u2019 proprietary system as a template. \u2014 Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022", "Here's how the Lions' picks break down by round: Round 4 \u2014 none. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022", "Excess heat or moisture may cause the nutrients to break down . \u2014 cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022", "One backdoor cut against the Clippers exemplified how Williams can help the Bulls break down defenses intent on double-teaming leading scorer DeMar DeRozan. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214359" }, "breaking point":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the point at which a person gives way under stress", ": the point at which a situation becomes critical", ": the point at which something loses force or validity", ": the point at which a person gives way under stress" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[ "boiling point", "clutch", "conjuncture", "crisis", "crossroad(s)", "crunch", "crunch time", "Dunkirk", "emergency", "exigency", "extremity", "flash point", "head", "juncture", "tinderbox", "zero hour" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "tensions between the two nations had risen to the breaking point", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Still, before the pandemic, budget tourism had reached a breaking point . \u2014 Max Vadukul. Styled By Nicoletta Santoro., Town & Country , 12 June 2022", "Eventually the sustainability of a franchise, especially those originally founded on relatively simple premises, has to reach a breaking point . \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022", "Working people in this country have reached a breaking point . \u2014 Daniel Olayiwola, Fortune , 24 May 2022", "Nate was frustrated after Shanique and April both chose other people, but Colby choosing Lauren seems to be his breaking point . \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022", "Her breaking point was reached after the Utah Legislature discarded redistricting maps recommended by the state\u2019s independent redistricting commission in favor of their own. \u2014 Kim Boj\u00f3rquez, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022", "Creature is poked and prodded, coerced and repeatedly brought to his breaking point . \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022", "Here, glass is often corrupted, polluted and pushed to its breaking point . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2021", "But in neighboring Idaho, 20 miles down Interstate 90 from Spokane, unchecked virus transmission has already pushed hospitals beyond their breaking point . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Sep. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214822" }, "breakup":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": an act or instance of breaking up":[], ": the breaking, melting, and loosening of ice in the spring":[], ": to cease to exist as a unified whole : disperse":[ "their partnership broke up" ], ": to end a romance":[], ": to break into pieces":[], ": to bring to an end":[ "broke up the fight" ], ": to do away with : destroy":[ "break up a monopoly" ], ": to disrupt the continuity or flow of":[ "break up a dull routine" ], ": decompose":[ "break up a chemical" ], ": to cause to laugh heartily":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02cc\u0259p" ], "synonyms":[ "bifurcation", "cleavage", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "fractionalization", "fractionation", "partition", "schism", "scission", "separation", "split", "sundering" ], "antonyms":[ "disband", "disperse", "dissolve" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "Money problems often lead to marital breakups .", "She's just gone through a bad breakup with her boyfriend.", "He began drinking heavily following the breakup of his marriage.", "a couple heading for marital breakup", "What caused the breakup of the Roman Empire?", "the breakup of a monopoly", "the breakup of an asteroid as it hits the Earth's atmosphere", "Verb", "the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful", "the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Those close to them were reportedly shocked about the breakup . \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022", "As time passed the pain from the breakup began to subside, but the eczema stuck around. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, SELF , 14 June 2022", "In fact, the breakup helped make the ubiquity of the internet possible. \u2014 Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022", "But that\u2019s not to say that the breakup has been easy for either of them. \u2014 Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022", "While neither party likely has anything to say about the breakup , someone cracking a few jokes about it is Steve Harvey. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 6 June 2022", "Now, three years later, the 2019 breakup has worked out for both sides. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 1 June 2022", "This time around, Henry has been more vocal about the breakup as well. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 24 May 2022", "After recounting the series of events that led to the breakup , I was met with stone-cold silence. \u2014 Kushie Amin, refinery29.com , 17 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "In classic lesbian fashion, Turner co-wrote the screenplay with director Rose Troche, only for the two to break up in the middle of production. \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022", "Despite moving in together, the physical intimacy between Jessica and Helen dwindles, pushing Helen to break up with Jessica. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 17 June 2022", "However, remember that consistent professional behavior can preserve and enhance your reputation, so don\u2019t be afraid to break up with some challenging clients. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 3 June 2022", "After Zay was gone for hours and neglected to reach out to her during that time, Rae chose to break up with him and pursue Jake. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022", "The Yeezy founder\u2019s remorseful post comes less than a day after his split from Uncut Gems actress Julia Fox, whose representative confirmed their break up in a statement to E! \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 15 Feb. 2022", "Even in a deadly pandemic, pets get sick, couples break up , heart attacks occur and fender-benders ruin an afternoon. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022", "The couple fight, break up and make up at a dizzying speed; DP Julien Poupard favors close-ups, giving those scenes an unnerving intimacy. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022", "And just weeks ago, commanders conducted a large-scale staff transfer between New Britain\u2019s eight firehouses to break up cliques of troubled employees, Mayor Erin Stewart said Monday. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 17 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161628" }, "breast-feed":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to feed (a baby) from a mother's breast", ": to breastfeed a baby", ": to feed oneself by sucking milk from a mother's breast", ": to feed (a baby) from a mother's breast", ": to feed (a baby) from a mother's breast", ": to breastfeed a baby", ": to feed oneself by sucking milk from a mother's breast" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brest-\u02ccf\u0113d", "\u02c8brest-\u02c8f\u0113d" ], "synonyms":[ "nurse", "suckle", "wet-nurse" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1869, in the meaning defined at transitive sense" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224210" }, "breath":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": air filled with a fragrance or odor", ": a slight indication : suggestion", ": the faculty of breathing", ": an act of breathing", ": opportunity or time to breathe : respite", ": a slight breeze", ": air inhaled and exhaled in breathing", ": something (such as moisture on a cold surface) produced by breath or breathing", ": inhalation", ": a spoken sound : utterance", ": spirit , animation", ": a welcome or refreshing change", ": almost simultaneously", ": breathing very rapidly (as from strenuous exercise)", ": so as to be barely audible", ": ability to breathe : ease of breathing", ": air taken in or sent out by the lungs", ": a slight breeze", ": breathing very rapidly as a result of hard exercise", ": very quietly", ": the faculty of breathing", ": an act or an instance of breathing or inhaling", ": air inhaled and exhaled in breathing", ": something (as moisture on a cold surface) produced by breath or breathing", ": breathing very rapidly (as from strenuous exercise)" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8breth", "\u02c8breth", "\u02c8breth" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "breather", "interruption", "lull", "pause", "recess" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Staymates also recorded himself with an infrared camera, which detects the hot air in an exhalation, to demonstrate how much of a mask\u2019s area was actively filtering his breath . \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 9 June 2022", "Golden State Warriors fans collectively held their breath as Stephen Curry hobbled off the court in the final minutes of Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night at TD Garden. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 June 2022", "This also was not quite right\u2014though there are rare cases when newborns accidentally drink some bath water, most wait to take their first breath until they\u2019ve been brought into the air. \u2014 Keith Gessen, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022", "Despite the epic titles and jagged riffs and rhythms, most songs were of a reasonable length, giving the audience enough time to catch their hot and humid breath before another one. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 3 June 2022", "But don\u2019t hold your breath for a Fantastic Four director and/or cast announcement. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 3 June 2022", "Grocers need to take a breath and apply the same lessons learned in the height of the pandemic. \u2014 Greg Maloney, Forbes , 2 June 2022", "Armani has benefited from nostalgia, but also the pandemic-era interest in generous silhouettes that don\u2019t require the wearer to hold their breath to fit into them. \u2014 Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022", "In other words, don\u2019t hold your breath to see Samantha Jones show up in Paris. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 2 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English breth , from Old English br\u01e3th ; akin to Old High German br\u0101dam breath, and perhaps to Old English beorma yeast \u2014 more at barm ", "first_known_use":[ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203527" }, "breather":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": one that breathes", ": a break in activity for rest or relief", ": a small vent in an otherwise airtight enclosure", ": a pause for rest", ": one that breathes usually in a specified way \u2014 see mouth breather" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113-t\u035fh\u0259r", "\u02c8br\u0113-t\u035fh\u0259r", "\u02c8br\u0113-t\u035fh\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "breath", "interruption", "lull", "pause", "recess" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He decided to give them a breather .", "took a breather from the seemingly endless task of sorting through years of stuff stored in the attic", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Jean Herring sat down, taking a breather Sunday after watching the entire Pride Parade through downtown Aurora. \u2014 Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022", "After taking a breather for several weeks, mortgage rates climbed again. \u2014 Anna Bahney, CNN , 9 June 2022", "That will be integral in crucial moments when Ayton needs a breather in Game 3, and the rest of this series. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2022", "No one is asking Ware to carry the team when Tshiebwe encounters foul trouble or needs a breather . \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 4 Feb. 2022", "The Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Minnesota Vikings are all taking a breather this week. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 24 Oct. 2021", "Meanwhile, Drummond should be a more-than-capable fill-in whenever All-Star center Joel Embiid needs a breather . \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021", "The good news is that the oil market, which sets the pace for gasoline and diesel, is taking a breather . \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 9 May 2022", "His post is illustrated by a glorious photo taken in 1977 by Rennie Ellis, capturing Bailey, taking a breather with his back to the audience, a young Cave among those looking-on in awe. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 12 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215104" }, "breathtaking":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":[ ": causing one to breathe rapidly or with difficulty : making one out of breath", ": exciting , thrilling", ": very great : astonishing", ": very exciting or beautiful" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8breth-\u02cct\u0101-ki\u014b", "\u02c8breth-\u02cct\u0101-ki\u014b" ], "synonyms":[ "charged", "electric", "electrifying", "exciting", "exhilarating", "exhilarative", "galvanic", "galvanizing", "hair-raising", "heart-stopping", "inspiring", "intoxicating", "kicky", "mind-bending", "mind-blowing", "mind-boggling", "rip-roaring", "rousing", "stimulating", "stirring", "thrilling" ], "antonyms":[ "unexciting" ], "examples":[ "The train raced past with breathtaking speed.", "They gave a breathtaking performance.", "The view of the mountains was breathtaking .", "a scene of breathtaking beauty", "The scope of the error is breathtaking .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "To access one of the park's most breathtaking attractions, the 60-foot-tall Brandywine Falls, park at the visitor's center and hike the Stanford Trail. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 17 June 2022", "Thanks to its shimmery hue and ruched details, this swimsuit is just as breathtaking as the Mediterranean destination. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022", "While some choose to hike one way and take the chairlift the other, the ride back down was almost more breathtaking than the upward one, as the entire gulf stretched before me during the slow descent. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 7 May 2022", "Plus, don\u2019t miss chef Mario Carbone in The Answers, the anniversary Royal Oaks to collect and a new hotel with perhaps the most breathtaking views of the French Riviera. \u2014 Paul Croughton, Robb Report , 3 Apr. 2022", "Big Bluff is one of the tallest in the Ozarks at 550 feet, and the Goat Trail offers one of the most breathtaking views anywhere in the Ozarks region. \u2014 Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online , 21 Dec. 2021", "On the west-facing side of the peak, the Summit Area Crags have a long approach (at least five miles, depending on your route), the longest routes, and the most breathtaking views, but the area is also cooler in summer because of the elevation. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020", "Maroon Bells Scenic Trail is probably the most famous hike in Aspen, and for good reason: the trail has a breathtaking view of an alpine lake surrounded by wildflowers, and the dual peaks of Maroon and North Maroon. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 11 May 2022", "The storytelling beneath the wiry pop-rock production is top-notch, as Peters\u2019 head and heart have a literal conversation over how to react to a breathtaking new beau. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 9 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205350" }, "bred-in-the-bone":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": deep-rooted", ": inveterate" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bre-d\u1d4an-t\u035fh\u0259-\u02ccb\u014dn" ], "synonyms":[ "chronic", "confirmed", "dyed-in-the-wool", "habitual", "inveterate" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220515" }, "breech":{ "type":[ "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": short pants covering the hips and thighs and fitting snugly at the lower edges at or just below the knee":[ "wearing riding breeches" ], ": pants":[], ": the hind end of the body : buttocks":[], ": the part of a firearm at the rear of the barrel (see barrel entry 1 sense 3a )":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113ch" ], "synonyms":[ "backside", "behind", "booty", "bootie", "bottom", "bum", "buns", "butt", "buttocks", "caboose", "can", "cheeks", "derriere", "derri\u00e8re", "duff", "fanny", "fundament", "hams", "haunches", "heinie", "hunkers", "keister", "keester", "nates", "posterior", "rear", "rear end", "rump", "seat", "tail", "tail end", "tush" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "plant yourselves on your breeches on that bench and listen to what I have to say", "the mounted riders look striking in their red coats and white breeches", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The guns are commonly identified by the thick band of iron around the breech (base) of the gun. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Mar. 2022", "This includes plugging a tank gun barrel with concrete, for example, or removing the breech mechanism. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 29 July 2021", "So there was Glen, a veteran road warrior, filling the breech . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 10 Sep. 2021", "The gentleman who could have walked in from the Scottish moors stepped to the shooting box and dropped two shotshells into the side by side breech of his British hammer gun. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2021", "The similarity stands, even though Jewish law posits that life begins at birth \u2013 with the emergence of the head, or in case of breech , the majority of the body (Ohalot 7:6). \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 13 Apr. 2021", "The loader grabbed hold of the loader\u2019s hatch, swung his legs forward, and kicked the round in; the breech came up, and the gunner fired a round that destroyed a T-72 tank at very close range. \u2014 H.r. Mcmaster, Washington Examiner , 4 Mar. 2021", "By venting propellant gases out the rear, the 75mm had almost no recoil and no need for a weighty breech block, which meant it could be carried by a soldier\u2014or, in this case, even an Italian motor scooter. \u2014 Cory Graff, Popular Mechanics , 30 Nov. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, breeches, from Old English br\u0113c , plural of br\u014dc leg covering; akin to Old High German bruoh breeches, Latin braca pants":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161933" }, "breed":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation", ": beget sense 1", ": produce , engender", ": to propagate (plants or animals) sexually and usually under controlled conditions", ": bring up , nurture", ": to inculcate by training", ": mate entry 4 sense 3", ": to mate with : inseminate", ": impregnate sense 2", ": to produce (a fissionable element) by bombarding a nonfissionable element with neutrons from a radioactive element", ": to produce offspring by sexual union", ": copulate , mate", ": to propagate animals or plants", ": a group of usually domesticated animals or plants presumably related by descent from common ancestors and visibly similar in most characters", ": a number of persons of the same stock (see stock entry 1 sense 4a(1) )", ": class , kind", ": to produce or increase (animals or plants) by sexual reproduction", ": to produce offspring by sexual reproduction", ": to bring up : train", ": to bring about : cause", ": a kind of animal or plant that is found only under human care and is different from related kinds", ": class entry 1 sense 6 , kind", ": to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation", ": to propagate (plants or animals) sexually and usually under controlled conditions", ": mate", ": to mate with : inseminate", ": impregnate sense 1", ": to produce offspring by sexual union", ": copulate , mate", ": to propagate animals or plants", ": a group of animals or plants presumably related by descent from common ancestors and visibly similar in most characters", ": such a group differentiated from the wild type under domestication" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113d", "\u02c8br\u0113d", "\u02c8br\u0113d" ], "synonyms":[ "multiply", "procreate", "propagate", "reproduce" ], "antonyms":[ "class", "description", "feather", "genre", "ilk", "kidney", "kind", "like", "manner", "nature", "order", "sort", "species", "strain", "stripe", "type", "variety" ], "examples":[ "Verb", "He got into the business of breeding cattle.", "The plants are bred to resist disease and drought.", "She believes that we are breeding a generation of children who know nothing about the history of their country.", "Noun", "The collie is a working breed .", "a new breed of athlete", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Roth Feeder II, a hog CAFO, will breed and sell piglets for other farms in the Midwest. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022", "The mosquitoes breed in tiny bodies of standing water, which are difficult to survey on foot\u2014but one drone can cover more than 70 acres in about 20 minutes. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 14 May 2022", "As stocks are the most closely linked to the U.S. economy, faith in the latter should breed faith in the former. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 May 2022", "The scientists are learning about how to breed and accelerate staple crops. \u2014 Cindy Gordon, Forbes , 1 June 2021", "In 2018, the Gates Foundation invested $40 million researching how to breed chickens that lay better quality eggs and cows that produce more milk in Asia and Africa. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner , 15 Jan. 2021", "But this year \u2014 despite a new mayor, a City Council stacked with new, ambitious faces, and an entirely new budgeting process that some warned would breed chaos \u2014 the debate has produced few fireworks. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022", "Puppy mills, which typically breed a large number of puppies for sale, have long been criticized as having inhumane conditions for animals. \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022", "Mosquitoes can breed in just half an inch of water; a bottle cap is enough to get the job done. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 13 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Dispelling many falsehoods about the breed and racing industry. \u2014 cleveland , 26 May 2022", "While the environment has become far more hospitable, Silicon Valley VCs remain a unique breed . \u2014 Rami Essaid, Forbes , 23 May 2022", "The Animal Pad, an all- breed dog rescue that saves dogs from high-kill shelters and the streets of Mexico, recently teamed with TrustedHousesitters to help one of their newest rescues. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022", "The Australian Cattle Dog sits outside of the top 50 in AKC's popularity rankings, but don't miss out on this smart breed . \u2014 Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022", "Imagine allowing a breed of humanity as vulgar as actors (wink-wink) to besmirch their palace beautiful. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022", "Baby Girl, a nearly 6-year-old mixed breed canine, was found at the corner of East Walnut Street and South Clay Street, according to the organization's website. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022", "Afghan Hounds are an ancient breed that present themselves in dignified and aloof ways, according to the American Kennel Club. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022", "Like breed , dog size had almost no effect on differences in behavior among individual dogs, the study found. \u2014 Katie Shepherd, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Verb", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1", "Noun", "1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204856" }, "breeding":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the action or process of bearing or generating", ": ancestry", ": education", ": training in or observance of the proprieties", ": the sexual propagation of plants or animals", ": training especially in manners" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113-di\u014b", "\u02c8br\u0113-di\u014b" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestry", "birth", "blood", "bloodline", "descent", "extraction", "family tree", "genealogy", "line", "lineage", "origin", "parentage", "pedigree", "stock", "strain" ], "antonyms":[ "issue", "posterity", "progeny", "seed" ], "examples":[ "She became involved in the breeding of sled dogs.", "His politeness shows good breeding .", "a person who lacks breeding", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Port Lympne houses a number of rare and endangered species such as Siberian tigers and has Britain\u2019s largest breeding herd of black rhinoceros. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 12 June 2022", "Clans of meerkats, the cute mongooses that stand up on their back legs to scan the African savanna, are dominated by a single female animal that monopolizes breeding . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 12 June 2022", "Monarch butterfly populations in North America may be more stable than scientists previously thought \u2014 at least during the summer breeding months, according to new research. \u2014 Denise Chow, NBC News , 10 June 2022", "The owner of an exotic animal breeding business in Florida has been sentenced to five years' probation for illegally selling a capuchin monkey to a celebrity in Los Angeles. \u2014 Mike Schneider, ajc , 9 June 2022", "The owner of an exotic animal breeding business in Florida has been sentenced to five years\u2019 probation for illegally selling a capuchin monkey to a celebrity in Los Angeles. \u2014 Mike Schneider, Sun Sentinel , 9 June 2022", "From Seabourn: King penguins are remarkable for their beauty and their vast breeding colonies on South Georgia Island\u2014one of the stops on the December 2022 Antarctic sailing of the Seabourn Venture. \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 3 June 2022", "The New Hampshire Fish and Game Endangered Wildlife Program has been monitoring and protecting breeding piping plovers and their habitat on the seacoast since 1997. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022", "Now, thanks to efforts of researchers on both sides of the border, new habitats are being built, and more than 6,000 eggs have been released into two new Southern California breeding ponds. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190619" }, "breeze":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "noun ()", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a light gentle wind", ": a wind of from 4 to 31 miles (6 to 50 kilometers) an hour", ": something easily done : cinch", ": easily", ": to move swiftly and airily", ": to make progress quickly and easily", ": residue from the making of coke or charcoal", ": a gentle wind", ": something that is easy to do" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113z", "\u02c8br\u0113z" ], "synonyms":[ "air", "breath", "puff", "waft", "zephyr" ], "antonyms":[ "bowl", "brush", "coast", "cruise", "drift", "flow", "glide", "roll", "sail", "skim", "slide", "slip", "stream", "sweep", "whisk" ], "examples":[ "Verb", "Look who just breezed in!", "He breezed past us without so much as a nod.", "She breezed through the test." ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)", "first_known_use":[ "Noun (1)", "1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Verb", "1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun (2)", "1726, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194558" }, "breviary":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a book of the prayers, hymns, psalms, and readings for the canonical hours", ": divine office", ": a brief summary" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113-v\u0259-r\u0113", "-vy\u0259-", "-v\u0113-\u02ccer-\u0113", "-\u02cce-r\u0113", "also" ], "synonyms":[ "abstract", "brief", "capsule", "conspectus", "digest", "encapsulation", "epitome", "inventory", "outline", "pr\u00e9cis", "recap", "recapitulation", "r\u00e9sum\u00e9", "resume", "resum\u00e9", "roundup", "run-through", "rundown", "sum", "sum-up", "summa", "summarization", "summary", "summing-up", "synopsis", "wrap-up" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a speech that could serve as a breviary for impeachment" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English breviarie , from Medieval Latin breviarium , from Latin, summary, from brevis ", "first_known_use":[ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194243" }, "brick":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2\u00b9/\u2084 \u00d7 3\u00b3/\u2084 \u00d7 8 inches (57 \u00d7 95 \u00d7 203 millimeters) and made of moist clay hardened by heat", ": a good-hearted person", ": a rectangular compressed mass (as of ice cream)", ": a semisoft cheese with numerous small holes, smooth texture, and often mild flavor", ": gaffe , blunder", ": a badly missed shot in basketball", ": to close, face, or pave with bricks", ": to render (an electronic device, such as a smartphone) nonfunctional (as by accidental damage, malicious hacking, or software changes)", ": to miss (a shot) very badly : to throw up a brick on (a shot) (see brick entry 1 sense 6 )", ": a building or paving material made from clay molded into blocks and baked", ": a block made of brick", ": to close, face, or pave with bricks" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brik", "\u02c8brik" ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "bobble", "boo-boo", "boob", "clanger", "clinker", "error", "fault", "flub", "fluff", "fumble", "gaff", "gaffe", "goof", "inaccuracy", "lapse", "miscue", "misstep", "mistake", "oversight", "screwup", "slip", "slipup", "stumble", "trip" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Noun", "a house made of brick", "a brick of ice cream", "children playing with wooden bricks", "He has been an absolute brick .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The bustling college district gives way to a downtown of brick facades characteristic of Old West towns established in the mid-1800s. \u2014 Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022", "While the brick exterior points to the home\u2019s history, the 2021 renovation changed just about everything about the interior, Karpas said. \u2014 Katharine Jose, Chron , 16 June 2022", "The building to be redeveloped is a Cream City brick building constructed in 1890, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022", "Yelchin's Jeep rolled down his driveway and pinned him to a brick post in front of his Los Angeles home. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 15 June 2022", "Beyond the home\u2019s elegant brick fa\u00e7ade, the double-height entry hall flows through to a grand spiral staircase that connects the second level. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 14 June 2022", "In this kitchen designed by Shawn Henderson, the white brick backsplash allows for a more modern, fresh mood as opposed to the industrial and darker presence of unpainted bricks. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 14 June 2022", "Haidai said Russian forces destroyed railway depots, a brick factory and a glass factory. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022", "The kitchen showcases marble columns and arched brick ceilings. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Forrest compared Amazon to brick -and-mortar stores like Urban Outfitters, where shoppers might be presented with an entire outfit rather than just a single item at a time. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022", "Not only did Netflix do for them what Amazon did to brick -and-mortar bookstores, though; Netflix increasingly has a little bit of a strange juggling act to pull off in terms of its messaging. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 27 Mar. 2022", "People have been wielding the proverbial cane against architectural change here for decades; even van der Rohe had to concede to brick for the facade of his residential apartment building, Highfield House, after the neighbors insisted. \u2014 Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022", "Plastic News reported that of the 840,000 single-family dwellings constructed in 2018, vinyl siding was installed on 26%, stucco on 25%, brick on 21%, fiber cement 20%, wood on 5%, and other materials like aluminum siding on 2%. \u2014 Jennifer Castenson, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022", "The century-old buildings that lined the main square were reduced to matchsticks and brick piles. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 12 Dec. 2021", "Whether people join live shopping events for entertainment, to simply pass the time, or to enjoy a more interactive shopping experience, the current climate has accelerated live shopping\u2019s appeal to online and brick -and-mortar shoppers alike. \u2014 Jia Wertz, Forbes , 26 Dec. 2021", "Construction workers were seen Monday digging the open land next to brick buildings that were constructed at the site earlier this year for retail tenants. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Oct. 2021", "Spandet said she's hired an executive chef, Morgan Lopez, and is excited about the business making the transition from a mobile operation to brick -and-mortar. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175208" }, "brickbat":{ "type":"noun", "definitions":[ "a fragment of a hard material (such as a brick )", "one used as a missile", "an uncomplimentary remark" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8brik-\u02ccbat", "synonyms":[ "affront", "barb", "cut", "dart", "dig", "dis", "diss", "epithet", "gird", "indignity", "insult", "name", "offense", "offence", "outrage", "personality", "poke", "put-down", "sarcasm", "slap", "slight", "slur" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The candidates resorted to hurling brickbats at one another.", "For all the brickbats it has received, it's a good plan.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "India has faced brickbats for not testing enough despite the emphasis laid by the World Health Organisation. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz India , 22 Mar. 2020", "His popularity has survived brickbats and thrived despite personal woes. \u2014 Matthew Daly, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Feb. 2020", "Kudos and brickbats Padukone\u2019s bold move to visit JNU has been lauded across the board, except by right-wing supporters. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 7 Jan. 2020", "The task has made him a target of brickbats from some elements of the Republican party, including President Trump, who see the Mueller investigation as tainted by political bias. \u2014 Sadie Gurman, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2018", "Mr Johnson is hyper-sensitive to the brickbats of the liberal elite into which he was born, and sulked after the referendum when his neighbours in Islington turned against him. \u2014 Boris Johnson, The Economist , 4 July 2019", "And Mr Biden may not be up to dealing with the brickbats this guarantees him. \u2014 Lexington | Washington, The Economist , 28 June 2019", "Lenny, who was accustomed to brickbats , picked himself up and kept his conducting dates, but Jamie believes that Felicia, suffering from public humiliation, was never the same. \u2014 David Denby, The New Yorker , 16 June 2018", "Years of critical brickbats toughened Albee\u2019s already tough hide and taught him to trust only himself. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":" brick + bat entry 1 (lump, fragment)", "first_known_use":[ "1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163525" }, "brickle":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "brittle" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8bri-k\u0259l", "synonyms":[ "brittle", "crisp", "crispy", "crumbly", "embrittled", "flaky", "flakey", "friable", "short" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "that stuff's so brickle that it breaks into pieces as soon as you touch it" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English brekyl ", "first_known_use":[ "13th century, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "bridle":{ "type":"noun", "definitions":[ "the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit entry 1 sense 2a ) and reins", "a length of line or cable attached to two parts of something (such as a ship) to spread the force of a pull", "rigging on a kite for attaching line", "curb , restraint", "to put a harness with which a horse is governed on the head of to put a bridle (see bridle entry 1 sense 1 ) on", "to restrain, check, or control with or as if with a bridle", "to show hostility or resentment (as to an affront to one's pride or dignity) especially by drawing back the head and chin", "a device for controlling a horse made up of a set of straps enclosing the head, a bit, and a pair of reins", "to put a bridle on", "restrain sense 2", "to hold the head high and draw in the chin as an expression of resentment", "frenulum" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8br\u012b-d\u1d4al", "synonyms":[ "check", "constrain", "contain", "control", "curb", "govern", "hold", "inhibit", "keep", "measure", "pull in", "regulate", "rein (in)", "restrain", "rule", "tame" ], "antonyms":[ "lose" ], "examples":[ "Verb", "try to bridle your criticism next time so that it is helpful and not hurtful", "Recent Examples on the Web Noun", "For most passenger cars, like Subarus, this means ordering an additional tow eyelet and a static strap so that a bridle can be created between the two eyelets on the front of your car. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 31 May 2021", "Based on an actual torture device, the bridle is outfitted with bells that would have alerted slaveholders to any movement. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Apr. 2022", "There are decorative bronze pendants from a bridle used by a cavalry officer, and a delicate doll\u2019s leg, made out of bone, that was once played with by a child. \u2014 Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Oct. 2021", "Set the Tone, a 2-year-old filly, lost her rider during training, the bridle came loose and the saddle slipped underneath her. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021", "The artifact, which may have been part of a bridle or harness, appeared as though it might have been dropped in the ice the just day before \u2013 our guides even recognized the technique of traditional manufacture. \u2014 William Taylor, The Conversation , 11 Aug. 2021", "The prongs of faith and duty two sides of a bridle . \u2014 Emily Bernard, The New Yorker , 25 June 2020", "Activities Golf, fishing, swimming, boating, hiking, plus 70 miles of bridle trails and a horse camp. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 7 June 2020", "Mount Airy Forest Mount Airy Forest can be accessed from Mount Airy and Westwood and the park's 1,459 acres include miles of hiking trails, bridle trails. \u2014 Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com , 24 Apr. 2020", "Recent Examples on the Web Verb", "Adaptive dampers and air springs bridle the mass with authoritative control. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 4 Oct. 2021", "Left to its own devices, the virus could hypothetically bridle itself. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2021", "Right-wing politicians who bridle at lockdown restrictions are as angry as the left-wing climate protesters who regularly clog Trafalgar Square in London as part of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2021", "Wild horses might drag the people of China away from their tyrannical government, but rather than shoot the horses in true Soviet style, the CCP has decided to break and bridle them instead. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 1 Oct. 2020", "For weeks, neither did many Italians, who alternately obeyed and bridled at the restrictions imposed on them. \u2014 Jason Horowitz, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2020", "Trump has bridled at findings that Russia mounted a massive effort to attack his 2016 Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, and by doing so boost his candidacy. \u2014 Alan Levin, Bloomberg.com , 12 Jan. 2020", "Companies with a lot of independent contractors on their books have bridled , in some cases preposterously. \u2014 Nathan Heller, The New Yorker , 12 Sep. 2019", "The smooth, adult bent of Nashville continued into the '60s, sparking another rebellion among a loose crew of musicians who bridled at the restrictions imposed on them. \u2014 Randy Lewis, chicagotribune.com , 9 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163754" }, "bridled":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit entry 1 sense 2a ) and reins", ": a length of line or cable attached to two parts of something (such as a ship) to spread the force of a pull", ": rigging on a kite for attaching line", ": curb , restraint", ": to put a harness with which a horse is governed on the head of : to put a bridle (see bridle entry 1 sense 1 ) on", ": to restrain, check, or control with or as if with a bridle", ": to show hostility or resentment (as to an affront to one's pride or dignity) especially by drawing back the head and chin", ": a device for controlling a horse made up of a set of straps enclosing the head, a bit, and a pair of reins", ": to put a bridle on", ": restrain sense 2", ": to hold the head high and draw in the chin as an expression of resentment", ": frenulum" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u012b-d\u1d4al", "\u02c8br\u012b-d\u1d4al", "\u02c8br\u012bd-\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[ "check", "constrain", "contain", "control", "curb", "govern", "hold", "inhibit", "keep", "measure", "pull in", "regulate", "rein (in)", "restrain", "rule", "tame" ], "antonyms":[ "lose" ], "examples":[ "Verb", "try to bridle your criticism next time so that it is helpful and not hurtful", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "For most passenger cars, like Subarus, this means ordering an additional tow eyelet and a static strap so that a bridle can be created between the two eyelets on the front of your car. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 31 May 2021", "Based on an actual torture device, the bridle is outfitted with bells that would have alerted slaveholders to any movement. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Apr. 2022", "There are decorative bronze pendants from a bridle used by a cavalry officer, and a delicate doll\u2019s leg, made out of bone, that was once played with by a child. \u2014 Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Oct. 2021", "Set the Tone, a 2-year-old filly, lost her rider during training, the bridle came loose and the saddle slipped underneath her. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021", "The artifact, which may have been part of a bridle or harness, appeared as though it might have been dropped in the ice the just day before \u2013 our guides even recognized the technique of traditional manufacture. \u2014 William Taylor, The Conversation , 11 Aug. 2021", "The prongs of faith and duty: two sides of a bridle . \u2014 Emily Bernard, The New Yorker , 25 June 2020", "Activities: Golf, fishing, swimming, boating, hiking, plus 70 miles of bridle trails and a horse camp. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 7 June 2020", "Mount Airy Forest Mount Airy Forest can be accessed from Mount Airy and Westwood and the park's 1,459 acres include miles of hiking trails, bridle trails. \u2014 Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com , 24 Apr. 2020", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Adaptive dampers and air springs bridle the mass with authoritative control. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 4 Oct. 2021", "Left to its own devices, the virus could hypothetically bridle itself. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2021", "Right-wing politicians who bridle at lockdown restrictions are as angry as the left-wing climate protesters who regularly clog Trafalgar Square in London as part of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2021", "Wild horses might drag the people of China away from their tyrannical government, but rather than shoot the horses in true Soviet style, the CCP has decided to break and bridle them instead. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 1 Oct. 2020", "For weeks, neither did many Italians, who alternately obeyed and bridled at the restrictions imposed on them. \u2014 Jason Horowitz, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2020", "Trump has bridled at findings that Russia mounted a massive effort to attack his 2016 Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, and by doing so boost his candidacy. \u2014 Alan Levin, Bloomberg.com , 12 Jan. 2020", "Companies with a lot of independent contractors on their books have bridled , in some cases preposterously. \u2014 Nathan Heller, The New Yorker , 12 Sep. 2019", "The smooth, adult bent of Nashville continued into the '60s, sparking another rebellion among a loose crew of musicians who bridled at the restrictions imposed on them. \u2014 Randy Lewis, chicagotribune.com , 9 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212120" }, "brief":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "short in duration, extent, or length", "concise", "curt , abrupt", "an official letter or mandate (see mandate entry 1 sense 1 )", "a papal letter less formal than a bull", "a specific instruction or responsibility", "a concise article (as in a newspaper)", "synopsis , summary", "a concise statement of a client's case made out for the instruction of an attorney usually by a law clerk", "an outline of an argument", "a formal written presentation of an argument that sets forth the main points with supporting precedents and evidence", "short snug pants or underpants", "in a few words briefly", "to make an abstract or abridgment of", "to give final precise instructions to", "to coach thoroughly in advance", "to give essential information to", "to discuss (something, such as a military operation) in a briefing", "not very long short", "to give information or instructions to", "a concise statement of a client's case written for the instruction of an attorney usually by a law clerk", "a formal written presentation of an argument that sets forth the main points with supporting precedents and evidence", "to write a brief concerning (a motion or question of law)" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8br\u0113f", "synonyms":[ "aphoristic", "apothegmatic", "capsule", "compact", "compendious", "concise", "crisp", "curt", "elliptical", "elliptic", "epigrammatic", "laconic", "monosyllabic", "pithy", "sententious", "succinct", "summary", "telegraphic", "terse", "thumbnail" ], "antonyms":[ "abstract", "breviary", "capsule", "conspectus", "digest", "encapsulation", "epitome", "inventory", "outline", "pr\u00e9cis", "recap", "recapitulation", "r\u00e9sum\u00e9", "resume", "resum\u00e9", "roundup", "run-through", "rundown", "sum", "sum-up", "summa", "summarization", "summary", "summing-up", "synopsis", "wrap-up" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective", "The kiss is brief and is included during a montage sequence that depicts the life of Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba). \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 15 June 2022", "But the role was brief in terms of screen minutes as Cain reluctantly follows orders to send Maverick on to instruct at the Top Gun training school. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022", "Although their pairing was brief \u2014 a one-year mix of success and frustration \u2014 the bonds among VeeKay, owner Augie Pabst III and his family and crew remain strong five years and several series later. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022", "Her return was however unfortunately brief , with the princess choosing to transfer her care to a Swiss clinic. \u2014 Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com , 5 June 2022", "Liotta\u2019s role is brief in Noah Baumbach\u2019s divorce drama \u2014 but his lawyer is a Exhibit A in the case for there being no such thing as small parts, just small actors. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022", "The long wait for the return of the state track and field championships could be brief for many local entrants. \u2014 Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 May 2022", "Both women agreed that their gathering was too brief . \u2014 Sydney Page, Washington Post , 25 May 2022", "The National Weather Service issued an overnight frost advisory Sunday for much of northern Wisconsin but said the cold spell will be brief . \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web Noun", "Spiderhead, in brief , is based on a short story that writer George Saunders penned for The New Yorker. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 16 June 2022", "In the brief , lawyers for the two write that the committee does not have the authority to issue subpoenas, an argument that has been dismissed in other court proceedings. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022", "Kaiser argued in a brief that the North Little Rock Police Department received federal funds of $37,170 in 2020 to purchase Tasers and first-aid equipment during fiscal 2020, amounting to 0.15% of the department's $24 million budget. \u2014 Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online , 17 May 2022", "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky asked the Supreme Court in a brief to use the Cruz case to invalidate the entire law. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022", "In a science brief last year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said scientific studies suggest that each contact with a surface contaminated with Covid-19 has less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of causing an infection. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 2 May 2022", "To put it in brief , neoliberalism essentially aims to roll out education as vocational training, and the extreme right essentially aims to turn education into church. \u2014 David Marchese, New York Times , 1 May 2022", "Here\u2019s the saga in brief Award presenter Chris Rock made a (bad) joke. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2022", "Collaboration on a creative brief or whiteboarding and brainstorming sessions were immediately and severely impacted as team members have tried to find ways to adapt to connections on video conferencing software. \u2014 Todd Juneau, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web Verb", "Agencies may over-promise and then, under-deliver, but, equally, clients may brief poorly or be seduced by enticing showmanship or short-term tactics. \u2014 Avi Dan, Forbes , 16 June 2022", "Discreetly brief your colleagues about a codependent client\u2019s quirks and triggers. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022", "And later Monday, economic officials will brief the press in Washington. \u2014 Maegan Vazquez And Kevin Liptak, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022", "Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, met with Biden on Tuesday to brief him on where the negotiations stood. \u2014 Brian Bennett, Time , 7 June 2022", "To assess the state of the Oscars, look no further than Thursday\u2019s publicity event organized to brief the Hollywood press on the plans for the 94th annual awards ceremony. \u2014 Lisette Voytko, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022", "Asked Thursday whether the E.U. would consider offering Ukraine candidate status, a senior E.U. diplomat, speaking on the condition of anonymity to brief the press, insisted the timing was wrong. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022", "The senators \u2014 five Republicans and five Democrats \u2014 will meet with President Biden on Thursday to brief him on the framework for an infrastructure package. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 23 June 2021", "The Taliban leaders, who spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the press, did not give details on what the punishment for listening or playing music would be. \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 31 Oct. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Verb", "1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "briefly":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":[ ": in a brief way", ": in brief", ": for a short time" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113-fl\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "compactly", "concisely", "crisply", "curtly", "elliptically", "laconically", "pithily", "shortly", "succinctly", "summarily", "tersely" ], "antonyms":[ "diffusely", "long-windedly", "verbosely", "wordily" ], "examples":[ "Several important issues are only briefly mentioned.", "Please briefly describe your experience.", "We briefly considered canceling the trip.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Arredondo, who spoke only briefly at two short news conferences on the day of the shooting, appeared behind state officials speaking at news conferences over the next two days, but was not present at McCraw\u2019s Friday news conference. \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon, Jamie Stengle, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022", "Arredondo, who spoke only briefly at two short news conferences on the day of the shooting, appeared behind state officials speaking at news conferences over the next two days, but was not present at McCraw\u2019s Friday news conference. \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon And Jamie Stengle, Chron , 31 May 2022", "Arredondo, who spoke only briefly at two short news conferences on the day of the shooting, appeared behind state officials speaking at news conferences over the next two days, but was not present at McCraw\u2019s Friday news conference. \u2014 Luz Moreno-lozano, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022", "And, at the beginning, Indianapolis met the institution's new CEO in person when Colette Pierce Burnette spoke briefly . \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022", "Smith also spoke briefly to how the team\u2019s issues translated on the basketball court. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 May 2022", "Bronstein's daughters and mother also spoke briefly , echoing the same sentiment. \u2014 Mallika Kallingal And Taylor Romine, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022", "Anderson, whose film is up for best picture, best original screenplay and best director Oscars, has remained relatively silent on the subject, having briefly spoke to Indiewire earlier this year about the uproar. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Mar. 2022", "Biden, wearing a suit, no tie and a cap from the Beau Biden Foundation, also spoke briefly with American chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s, whose charity organization \u2014 the World Central Kitchen \u2014 is feeding refugees in the stadium. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221600" }, "bright":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "radiating or reflecting light shining , sparkling", "sunny", "radiant with happiness", "illustrious , glorious", "beautiful", "of high saturation or lightness", "lively , cheerful", "intelligent , clever", "auspicious , promising", "a color of high saturation a bright (see bright entry 1 sense 4 ) color", "clothing that is brightly colored", "high beams", "giving off or filled with much light", "very clear or vivid in color", "intelligent sense 1 , clever", "cheerful sense 1", "likely to be good", "John 1811\u20131889 English orator and statesman" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8br\u012bt", "synonyms":[ "beaming", "bedazzling", "brilliant", "candescent", "clear", "dazzling", "effulgent", "fulgent", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "lucent", "lucid", "luminous", "lustrous", "radiant", "refulgent", "sheeny", "shining", "shiny", "splendid" ], "antonyms":[ "dim", "dull", "lackluster", "unbright", "unbrilliant" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "The lighting was too bright .", "a bright room with lots of windows", "It was a bright , sunny day.", "The room was decorated in bright colors.", "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective", "Make the Spartans a 9 with Tucker in charge and a bright future ahead. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 20 June 2022", "The biggest bright spot in the economy remains the strong jobs market, with the unemployment rate at a pandemic low of 3.6%. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022", "The biggest bright spot in the economy remains the strong jobs market, with the unemployment rate at a pandemic low of 3.6%. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022", "Caroline agreed to step in as interim headmaster and saved the day, paving the way for the Salvatore School to live on with a bright future full of prospective new students ready to tour the campus. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 17 June 2022", "New-look West Clermont has bright future with Chris Henry Jr. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 16 June 2022", "But the Braves have signed Acu\u00f1a, Albies, and Olson to long-term deals that promise a bright future. \u2014 Dan Schlossberg, Forbes , 13 June 2022", "Minners had a good heart and bright future, Richard Perdomo told CNN affiliate WPVI. \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin And Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN , 11 June 2022", "Tucker Barnhart believes rookie pitcher Elvin Rodriguez has a bright future ahead of him, the type of future that will put him on the mound at Yankee Stadium for a second time. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web Noun", "Following it after having left the Mingei International Museum\u2019s future bright . \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022", "Additionally, the small spaces in complex brush piles can be shelter for many young fish and baitfish to keep the fishery's future bright . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 21 June 2021", "This fall, Garden & Gun shined a bright on Smoke-A-Holics in a feature on Derrick, his technique and his passion. \u2014 Dallas News , 30 Nov. 2020", "Executive chef Brian Archibald leads the culinary team of the 5,000-square-foot bright , airy restaurant by Fig & Olive restaurateur Laurent Halasz. \u2014 Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic , 24 Sep. 2020", "The crowd remained enthusiastic on the bright and cloudless 90-degree evening, cheering, clapping and singing throughout the service. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Aug. 2020", "More than just a tiny blip on your Instagram feed, the bright , feel-good manicure now has a major celebrity endorsement. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 30 Apr. 2020", "Wear your neon brights and whites and dance out in color. \u2014 Stefania Lugliand Meghan Sorensen, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Jan. 2020", "Customers had come in droves to sit beneath the bright suspended lights and dine on fried whiting or catfish strips, shrimp baskets or chicken wings. \u2014 Derek M. Norman, New York Times , 8 Jan. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Noun", "1920, in the meaning defined at sense 3" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "bright-line":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": providing an unambiguous criterion or guideline especially in law", ": a clear distinction that resolves a question or matter in dispute" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u012bt-\u02ccl\u012bn" ], "synonyms":[ "apparent", "bald", "bald-faced", "barefaced", "broad", "clear", "clear-cut", "crystal clear", "decided", "distinct", "evident", "lucid", "luculent", "luminous", "manifest", "nonambiguous", "obvious", "open-and-shut", "palpable", "patent", "pellucid", "perspicuous", "plain", "ringing", "straightforward", "transparent", "unambiguous", "unambivalent", "unequivocal", "unmistakable" ], "antonyms":[ "ambiguous", "clouded", "cryptic", "dark", "enigmatic", 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2022", "My Peptide Eye Cream uses a unique blend of vitamins, ceramides, and mixed molecular-weight hyaluronic acid to nourish and brighten the eye area. \u2014 C\u00e9cilia Pelloux, Forbes , 2 June 2022", "Yerba mate and orange peel oil invigorate and brighten your complexion. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022", "Infused with a blend of caffeine, pink algae, vitamin B5, peptides, and hyaluronic acid, expect this concealer to brighten , soothe, and plump skin leaving a dewy finish perfect for versatile daily wear. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 18 May 2022", "French patio doors are the perfect way to lighten and brighten a space while adding architectural interest to a room. \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 9 May 2022", "The Vitality Eye Cream helps brighten the dark circles around my eyes. \u2014 Nyakio Grieco, refinery29.com , 2 May 2022", "The best concealers neutralize hyperpigmentation, conceal blemishes, and brighten the area underneath your eyes. \u2014 Rachel Dube, SELF , 7 Apr. 2022", "While some of these products will brighten your grays, others will simply make your porous hair far more cooperative and healthy. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195550" }, "brightness":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the quality or state of being bright", ": an instance of such a quality or state", ": luminance", ": the attribute of light-source colors by which emitted light is ordered continuously from light to dark in correlation with its intensity \u2014 compare hue sense 2c , lightness entry 1 sense 2a , saturation sense 4", ": the one of the three psychological dimensions of color perception by which visual stimuli are ordered continuously from light to dark and which is correlated with light intensity \u2014 compare hue , saturation sense 4a" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u012bt-n\u0259s", "\u02c8br\u012bt-n\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[ "brilliance", "brilliancy", "candor", "dazzle", "effulgence", "illumination", "lambency", "lightness", "luminance", "luminosity", "luminousness", "luster", "lustre", "lustrousness", "radiance", "refulgence", "splendor" ], "antonyms":[ "blackness", "dark", "darkness", "dullness", "dulness", "duskiness" ], "examples":[ "the brightness of the sunshine made me squint after an afternoon spent in a darkened movie theater", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The painting process brought the community together physically, and the finished pieces have added color and brightness to otherwise drab city streets. \u2014 Sydney Page, Washington Post , 8 June 2022", "Let your skin sparkle with the Countermatch Adaptive Body Moisturizer from BeautyCounter, a lotion that turns up skin\u2019s brightness , shine, and luster by combining a few of nature\u2019s best botanicals. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022", "The software also enables manual settings to be tweaked like brightness , sharpness, contrast and saturation. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 22 May 2022", "That includes the smallest details (how intuitive the remote is to use), essential tech specs ( brightness , contrast ratio, etc.), and other key buying considerations. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022", "The cream increased skin\u2019s hydration by 31% over six hours and significantly improved brightness , dark spots and texture after four weeks, GH Beauty Lab data evaluation confirmed. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022", "There are a few key elements that set projectors apart, and one of the most important is brightness , measured in lumen. \u2014 Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics , 22 Apr. 2022", "The fragrance hits you with a heady brightness that\u2019s sweet and feminine (from the citrus and flowers), then over time reveals other layers (musk and sandalwood) that are dense, grounded and almost spiritual. \u2014 Julissa Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022", "Some keyboard backlights also come with different effects rather than just static color and brightness controls. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 28 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210014" }, "brilliance":{ "type":"noun", "definitions":[ "the quality or state of being brilliant", "great brightness" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8bril-y\u0259n(t)s", "synonyms":[ "brightness", "brilliancy", "candor", "dazzle", "effulgence", "illumination", "lambency", "lightness", "luminance", "luminosity", "luminousness", "luster", "lustre", "lustrousness", "radiance", "refulgence", "splendor" ], "antonyms":[ "blackness", "dark", "darkness", "dullness", "dulness", "duskiness" ], "examples":[ "The professor was known for his brilliance .", "the brilliance of a diamond", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Shah is the creative brilliance behind the timeless looks of household names like Game of Thrones and Eternals star Kit Harrington. \u2014 Sara Klausing, Men's Health , 9 June 2022", "When designing your office, focus on creating a space that sparks brilliance by giving your employees an experience that adds to their well-being and satisfaction. \u2014 Simon Pole, Forbes , 8 June 2022", "Ignored by the Celtics\u2019 fourth-quarter offensive brilliance in Game 1 was their second-half defensive impact against the Golden State Warriors. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022", "Berry and Valenzuela brought this piece to life with a depth and brilliance that was jarring. \u2014 Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022", "And its tale is a tribute not just to the seemingly improbable achievements of a Lebanese country boy but also to America, his land of adoption, which shaped and quickened the brilliance within him. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 13 May 2022", "But there\u2019s no denying the man\u2019s subtle brilliance as a mood-maker and slump-breaker. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022", "From recommendations from Bloomscape\u2019s Joyce Mast to personal picks, one thing\u2019s for sure The assortment below is full-bloom brilliance . \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022", "Garner\u2019s performance captures the optimism of Ruth\u2019s brilliance , the pessimism of her genetically inescapable amorality and her bursts of childlike innocence. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":null, "first_known_use":[ "1748, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "brilliancy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": brilliance", ": an instance of brilliance" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bril-y\u0259n(t)-s\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "brightness", "brilliance", "candor", "dazzle", "effulgence", "illumination", "lambency", "lightness", "luminance", "luminosity", "luminousness", "luster", "lustre", "lustrousness", "radiance", "refulgence", "splendor" ], "antonyms":[ "blackness", "dark", "darkness", "dullness", "dulness", "duskiness" ], "examples":[ "the brilliancy of the diamond is shown to good effect by the museum's lighting" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1732, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175431" }, "brilliant":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": very bright : glittering", ": striking , distinctive", ": distinguished by unusual mental keenness or alertness", ": very good : excellent", ": a gem (such as a diamond) cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to have special brightness or brilliance", ": flashing with light : very bright", ": very impressive", ": very smart or clever" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bril-y\u0259nt", "\u02c8bril-y\u0259nt" ], "synonyms":[ "beaming", "bedazzling", "bright", "candescent", "clear", "dazzling", "effulgent", "fulgent", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "lucent", "lucid", "luminous", "lustrous", "radiant", "refulgent", "sheeny", "shining", "shiny", "splendid" ], "antonyms":[ "gem", "gemstone", "jewel", "rock" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "At 34, Curry turned in one of the better seasons of his career, being named All-Star Game MVP, Western Conference finals MVP, and NBA Finals MVP with a brilliant performance (sans Game 5) against the Celtics. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022", "English hit a brilliant second shot but missed a short putt that could have ended it. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 18 June 2022", "Others have chimed in, heaping praise on the brilliant skating, stick-handling and playmaking of Makar, a prodigy from Alberta, Canada, who has helped lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 1-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Finals. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022", "There\u2019s never been a movie quite like it: an unflinching tour through the darkest recesses of a brilliant artist\u2019s mind. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022", "As well as being suited to DJing, the Sennheiser HD 25 are brilliant for broadcasting as well as for monitoring sound when filming on locations or for audio capture. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 11 June 2022", "No matter how brilliant the Mister Fantastic toy above might be, there\u2019s no way to buy it. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 5 June 2022", "The Scripps National Spelling Bee has come to a close, and this year has once again reminded us how brilliant these kids are, able to spell words like sesquipedalian and plenipotentiary with zero hesitation. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022", "If just anyone could be brilliant in the CEO seat, this would be reflected in reduced compensation. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 5 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "circa 1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun", "1690, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173637" }, "brim":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": an upper or outer margin : verge":[], ": the upper surface of a body of water":[], ": the edge or rim of a hollow vessel, a natural depression, or a cavity":[], ": the projecting rim of a hat":[], ": to fill to the brim":[], ": to be or become full often to overflowing":[ "eyes brimming with tears" ], ": to reach or overflow a brim":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brim" ], "synonyms":[ "border", "borderline", "bound", "boundary", "circumference", "compass", "confines", "edge", "edging", "end", "frame", "fringe", "hem", "margin", "perimeter", "periphery", "rim", "skirt", "skirting", "verge" ], "antonyms":[ "abound", "bristle", "bulge", "burst", "bustle", "buzz", "crawl", "hum", "overflow", "pullulate", "swarm", "teem" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "the brim of the teacup was banded with gold", "touched the brim of his cap by way of salute", "Verb", "Her heart was brimming with happiness.", "The show brims with excitement.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Quantity aside, the store is stocked to the brim with wines from around the world. \u2014 Kate Dingwall, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022", "Penned in partnership with Spanish studio Daroca Design, the 164-footer goes by the name of Odisye and is full to the brim with striking juxtapositions. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 22 June 2022", "Presumably, a person already filled with biases is going to be able to more readily sense that this other human is likewise filled to the brim with toxicity. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 15 June 2022", "As a result, Beach Explorer is full to the brim with toys, gear and amenities to keep guests entertained at sea. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 June 2022", "The album finds comfort in that fact, filled to the brim with a desire for movement. \u2014 Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022", "Thousands will pour into Eugene this July for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, where their cars are expected to choke city streets and fill parking lots to the brim . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022", "Billboard unveiled its staff\u2019s 50 favorite albums so far in 2022 on Monday (June 6), filled to the brim with A-list releases and emerging artists. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 6 June 2022", "This high-strength lightweight serum is packed to the brim with 15 percent pure vitamin C that works overtime to improve skin brightness and firmness while fighting against persistent discoloration, dullness and uneven tone. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The film's exquisite clutter extends to its eccentric ensemble, a collection of enigmas that brim with weariness and wonder. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022", "But Clarke\u2019s eyes also grow glassy, then brim with tears. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 31 Jan. 2022", "Hurd has co-written nine of the 11 tracks, and all reflect his affinity for radio-ready melodies and lyrics that brim with originality. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 15 Oct. 2021", "Bright colorful murals decorate the walls of buildings, while the streets brim with vibrant bars, sleek third-wave coffee shops, trendy boutiques, and al fresco dining. \u2014 Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure , 16 Aug. 2021", "Decked out in dark woods, leather chairs and golden mirrors, the space will brim with narrative details inspired by its namesake, Captain Hook: an inlaid wooden map of Never Land, a hidden pocket watch and \u2013 of course \u2013 a hook, to name a few. \u2014 Tim Walters, USA TODAY , 29 July 2021", "Their TikToks often brim with specific references \u2014 in one video, Sabatine manages to reference rising signs, veganism, trips to Home Depot, and Shego from Kim Possible in under two minutes. \u2014 Lydia Wang, refinery29.com , 2 June 2021", "The scenes between Dom and her friends \u2014 played by standouts Crystal Sha're Nelson, Brittany Adebumola, and Naiya Ortiz \u2014 brim with humanity and love. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 7 Oct. 2020", "The Buffalo Bills, fellow upstarts who brim with confidence. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English brimme ; akin to Middle High German brem edge":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun", "1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161958" }, "brimful":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": full to the brim : ready to overflow" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brim-\u02c8fu\u0307l", "-\u02ccfu\u0307l" ], "synonyms":[ "brimming", "bursting", "chock-full", "chockful", "chockablock", "crammed", "crowded", "fat", "filled", "full", "jam-packed", "jammed", "loaded", "packed", "stuffed" ], "antonyms":[ "bare", "blank", "devoid", "empty", "stark", "vacant", "void" ], "examples":[ "a book brimful of stories about people who overcome childhood adversities to achieve great things" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "circa 1530, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192458" }, "brimming":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": an upper or outer margin : verge", ": the upper surface of a body of water", ": the edge or rim of a hollow vessel, a natural depression, or a cavity", ": the projecting rim of a hat", ": to fill to the brim", ": to be or become full often to overflowing", ": to reach or overflow a brim", ": the edge or rim of something hollow", ": the part of a hat that sticks out around the lower edge", ": to be or become full to overflowing" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brim", "\u02c8brim" ], "synonyms":[ "border", "borderline", "bound", "boundary", "circumference", "compass", "confines", "edge", "edging", "end", "frame", "fringe", "hem", "margin", "perimeter", "periphery", "rim", "skirt", "skirting", "verge" ], "antonyms":[ "abound", "bristle", "bulge", "burst", "bustle", "buzz", "crawl", "hum", "overflow", "pullulate", "swarm", "teem" ], "examples":[ "Noun", "the brim of the teacup was banded with gold", "touched the brim of his cap by way of salute", "Verb", "Her heart was brimming with happiness.", "The show brims with excitement.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Presumably, a person already filled with biases is going to be able to more readily sense that this other human is likewise filled to the brim with toxicity. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 15 June 2022", "As a result, Beach Explorer is full to the brim with toys, gear and amenities to keep guests entertained at sea. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 June 2022", "The album finds comfort in that fact, filled to the brim with a desire for movement. \u2014 Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022", "Thousands will pour into Eugene this July for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, where their cars are expected to choke city streets and fill parking lots to the brim . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022", "Billboard unveiled its staff\u2019s 50 favorite albums so far in 2022 on Monday (June 6), filled to the brim with A-list releases and emerging artists. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 6 June 2022", "This high-strength lightweight serum is packed to the brim with 15 percent pure vitamin C that works overtime to improve skin brightness and firmness while fighting against persistent discoloration, dullness and uneven tone. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022", "Remedy\u2019s body wash comes filled to the brim with other powerful natural ingredients. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022", "The Kardashians has been filled to the brim with drama surrounding Kim Kardashian and Kanye West\u2018s divorce, but in the episode that premiered Thursday (May 17), fans got to enjoy a sweet moment of fatherhood from Ye. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 18 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The film's exquisite clutter extends to its eccentric ensemble, a collection of enigmas that brim with weariness and wonder. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022", "But Clarke\u2019s eyes also grow glassy, then brim with tears. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 31 Jan. 2022", "Hurd has co-written nine of the 11 tracks, and all reflect his affinity for radio-ready melodies and lyrics that brim with originality. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 15 Oct. 2021", "Bright colorful murals decorate the walls of buildings, while the streets brim with vibrant bars, sleek third-wave coffee shops, trendy boutiques, and al fresco dining. \u2014 Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure , 16 Aug. 2021", "Decked out in dark woods, leather chairs and golden mirrors, the space will brim with narrative details inspired by its namesake, Captain Hook: an inlaid wooden map of Never Land, a hidden pocket watch and \u2013 of course \u2013 a hook, to name a few. \u2014 Tim Walters, USA TODAY , 29 July 2021", "Their TikToks often brim with specific references \u2014 in one video, Sabatine manages to reference rising signs, veganism, trips to Home Depot, and Shego from Kim Possible in under two minutes. \u2014 Lydia Wang, refinery29.com , 2 June 2021", "The scenes between Dom and her friends \u2014 played by standouts Crystal Sha're Nelson, Brittany Adebumola, and Naiya Ortiz \u2014 brim with humanity and love. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 7 Oct. 2020", "The Buffalo Bills, fellow upstarts who brim with confidence. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)", "Verb", "1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193119" }, "bring":{ "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to convey, lead, carry, or cause to come along with one toward the place from which the action is being regarded":[ "brought a bottle of wine to the party" ], ": to cause to be, act, or move in a special way: such as":[], ": attract":[ "her screams brought the neighbors" ], ": persuade , induce":[ "try to bring them to his way of thinking" ], ": force , compel":[ "was brought before a judge" ], ": to cause to come into a particular state or condition":[ "bring water to a boil" ], ": escort , accompany":[ "May I bring you home?" ], ": to bear as an attribute or characteristic":[ "brings years of experience to the position" ], ": to cause to exist or occur: such as":[], ": to be the occasion of":[ "winter brings snow" ], ": to result in":[ "the drug brought immediate relief", "brought tears to her eyes" ], ": institute":[ "bring legal action" ], ": adduce":[ "bring forth persuasive arguments" ], ": prefer":[ "whether to bring legal charges against him" ], ": to procure in exchange : sell for":[ "should bring a high price at auction" ], ": yield , produce":[], ": bear":[ "brought forth fruit" ], ": to give birth to : produce":[], ": to produce to view : introduce":[ "brought new evidence forward" ], ": to carry (a total) forward":[], ": to make unmistakably clear":[ "brought home the importance of exercise" ], ": to bring to book":[ "must be brought to account for her mistakes" ], ": reprimand":[], ": to use with effect":[ "bring pressure to bear" ], ": to compel to give an account":[], ": disclose , reveal":[ "bring new facts to light" ], ": recall":[ "These events bring to mind another time in history." ], ": to compel to agree, assent, or submit":[], ": to come last or behind":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bri\u014b" ], "synonyms":[ "beget", "breed", "bring about", "bring on", "catalyze", "cause", "create", "do", "draw on", "effect", "effectuate", "engender", "generate", "induce", "invoke", "make", "occasion", "produce", "prompt", "result (in)", "spawn", "translate (into)", "work", "yield" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "\u201cShould I send you a check?\u201d \u201cWhy not just bring me the money when you come?\u201d", "Have you brought the money with you from the bank?", "She brought her boyfriend home to meet her parents.", "Love of adventure brought her here before taking her to many other places.", "This radio station brings you all the news as it happens.", "Can anything bring peace to this troubled region?", "Having a baby has brought great happiness into her life.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Others still have ground prepared but are hopeful rains will bring moisture for planting. \u2014 Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online , 2 July 2022", "Bastian said Delta will even bring employees from its corporate offices into the airport to help in Atlanta and New York. \u2014 CNN , 1 July 2022", "Portland has completed a trade that will bring 6-8 forward Jerami Grant to the roster. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 June 2022", "The visibility will bring Faith Community Pharmacy even more clients, Broomall predicted. \u2014 Terry Demio, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022", "Sarandos told the Hollywood Reporter last week that ads will bring Netflix to customers who could not otherwise afford the service. \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 29 June 2022", "Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing global hunger and galloping food prices, and future supply-chain disruptions will bring more such misery. \u2014 Elisabeth Braw, WSJ , 29 June 2022", "That said, July will bring a slew of other events, including Saturday night\u2019s UFC 276. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 28 June 2022", "Kids don't have a great grasp of time or logic, so hinting that the new baby will bring change will only cause anxiety. \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Week , 28 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English bringan ; akin to Old High German bringan to bring, Welsh he brwng to accompany":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162920" }, "bring about":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to cause to take place : effect" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[ "beget", "breed", "bring", "bring on", "catalyze", "cause", "create", "do", "draw on", "effect", "effectuate", "engender", "generate", "induce", "invoke", "make", "occasion", "produce", "prompt", "result (in)", "spawn", "translate (into)", "work", "yield" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I promise: making one mistake will not bring about the apocalypse." ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212955" }, "bring in":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": include , introduce", ": to produce as profit or return", ": to enable (a base runner) to reach home plate by hitting the ball", ": to report to a court", ": to cause (something, such as an oil well) to be productive", ": to win tricks with the cards of (a long suit) in bridge", ": earn" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[ "acquire", "attain", "bag", "capture", "carry", "come by", "draw", "earn", "gain", "garner", "get", "knock down", "land", "make", "obtain", "procure", "pull down", "realize", "reap", "secure", "win" ], "antonyms":[ "forfeit", "lose" ], "examples":[ "she's bringing in good money selling houses" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221944" }, "bring off":{ "type":"verb", "definitions":[ "to cause to escape rescue", "to carry to a successful conclusion achieve , accomplish" ], "pronounciation":null, "synonyms":[ "accomplish", "achieve", "carry off", "carry out", "commit", "compass", "do", "execute", "follow through (with)", "fulfill", "fulfil", "make", "negotiate", "perform", "perpetrate", "prosecute", "pull off", "put through" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the cast and crew were able to bring off an eccentric but engaging reinterpretation of King Lear", "had it been alerted in time, a nearby ship might have been able to bring off all of the passengers from the Titanic" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163604" }, "bring out":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to make apparent", ": to effectively develop (something, such as a quality)", ": to present to the public", ": to introduce formally to society", ": utter" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[ "articulate", "enunciate", "pass", "say", "speak", "state", "talk", "tell", "utter", "verbalize", "vocalize" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he ever so casually brings out the names of celebrities with whom he's supposedly buddy-buddy", "a blue scarf would bring out the color of your eyes" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211409" }, "brio":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": enthusiastic vigor : vivacity , verve" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113-(\u02cc)\u014d" ], "synonyms":[ "beans", "bounce", "dash", "drive", "dynamism", "energy", "esprit", "gas", "get-up-and-go", "ginger", "go", "gusto", "hardihood", "juice", "life", "moxie", "oomph", "pep", "punch", "sap", "snap", "starch", "verve", "vigor", "vim", "vinegar", "vitality", "zing", "zip" ], "antonyms":[ "lethargy", "listlessness", "sluggishness", "torpidity" ], "examples":[ "impressed the interviewers with his poise and brio", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Great Marino perfectly knows the house of Chanel, expressing Chanel\u2019s creation evolving over the years with brio . \u2014 C\u00e9cilia Pelloux, Forbes , 22 May 2022", "But that postmodern brio told barely half of Mr. Mandanipour\u2019s tale. \u2014 Boyd Tonkin, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022", "Hot Thoughts, this one feels like a return to the coiled, trenchant band-in-a-room brio of LPs like their 2002 classic, Kill the Moonlight. \u2014 Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone , 9 Feb. 2022", "The Philippines is a vibrant filmmaking region in Asia and that brio is underlined by the brace of projects from the country selected at the Southeast Asia Film Lab, which is part of the Singapore Media Festival. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 25 Nov. 2021", "It\u2019s a celebration of his heroism in the face of constant anguish, narrated by Olivia Colman and dramatized with daringly comic brio . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 21 Oct. 2021", "These include an encounter at the barbershop, where the requisite wise barber (Esau Pritchett) lays down the law about respecting everyone, even the swish gentrifier played (with brio ) by Bryan Terrell Clark. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 13 Oct. 2021", "For every diamond and every death, for every feeling of loss and insecure emotion, Mill comes out with hope and real brio on his side \u2013 a confidence that goes way beyond any mere humble-brag or boast. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 1 Oct. 2021", "The show-must-go-on brio of Michael Kors\u2019s presentation at Tavern on the Green? \u2014 Erik Maza, Town & Country , 14 Sep. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":"Italian", "first_known_use":[ "1731, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202029" }, "briskly":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": keenly alert : lively":[ "a brisk old lady with no nonsense about her", "\u2014 Jean Stafford" ], ": pleasingly tangy":[ "brisk tea" ], ": fresh , invigorating":[ "a brisk autumn day" ], ": sharp in tone or manner":[ "was very brisk on the phone" ], ": energetic , quick":[ "took a brisk walk", "at a brisk pace" ], ": marked by much activity":[ "business was brisk" ], ": to make animated, energetic, or marked by much activity : to make brisk":[], ": to become brisk":[ "\u2014 usually used with up business brisked up" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brisk" ], "synonyms":[ "active", "airy", "animate", "animated", "bouncing", "energetic", "frisky", "gay", "jaunty", "jazzy", "kinetic", "lively", "mettlesome", "peppy", "perky", "pert", "pizzazzy", "pizazzy", "racy", "snappy", "spanking", "sparky", "spirited", "sprightly", "springy", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy" ], "antonyms":[ "dead", "inactive", "inanimate", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languishing", "languorous", "leaden", "lifeless", "limp", "listless", "spiritless", "vapid" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Adjective", "She answered the phone in a brisk voice.", "They went for a brisk walk in the woods.", "She walked at a brisk pace.", "Business is brisk at the store.", "There is a brisk market in old movie posters.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "This is particularly so at tech startups which typically tend to over-hire while business is brisk . \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 24 June 2022", "Business is brisk at U.S. ports, as container shippers handle orders from retailers bringing in merchandise for the back-to-school selling season and late-year holidays. \u2014 Costas Paris, WSJ , 22 June 2022", "With Juneteenth being observed as a federal holiday Monday, and the Father's Day holiday on Sunday, traffic was brisk at airports over the weekend. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 20 June 2022", "The pace was brisk even after the stripping out of food and fuel prices. \u2014 Jeanna Smialek, New York Times , 15 June 2022", "Bonus: The water really warms up in September, and the air temperature generally remains pretty warm then too, so swimming is much more enjoyable than in the summer, when the water is brisk and beaches crowded. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 8 June 2022", "Options activity has been brisk in recent weeks, which is hardly surprising as the collapse of Terra\u2019s algorithmic stablecoin injected uncertainty into the market, forcing traders to take hedges. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 3 June 2022", "Southwest winds on Friday will be brisk , and push temperatures to close to 90 degrees, but moderate Northeast winds and a cool front will open the Lake Erie fishing week on Monday and Tuesday. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 19 May 2022", "Rhonda Fiero, who works in supplier quality and quality management for Dakkota, explained that the process to ship the components out can be brisk . \u2014 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press , 6 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "As in all Taycans, a two-speed automatic transmission on the rear axle enables brisk off-the-line acceleration and more efficient high-speed cruising. \u2014 Nelson Ireson, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2021", "THE VIBE IS: brisk and professional, if borderline chaotic. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit, Bon Appetit , 13 Apr. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "probably modification of Middle French brusque":"Adjective", "verbal derivative of brisk entry 1":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective", "1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162947" }, "briskness":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "keenly alert lively", "pleasingly tangy", "fresh , invigorating", "sharp in tone or manner", "energetic , quick", "marked by much activity", "to make animated, energetic, or marked by much activity to make brisk", "to become brisk", "done or spoken with quickness and energy", "quick and efficient", "very refreshing" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8brisk", "synonyms":[ "active", "airy", "animate", "animated", "bouncing", "energetic", "frisky", "gay", "jaunty", "jazzy", "kinetic", "lively", "mettlesome", "peppy", "perky", "pert", "pizzazzy", "pizazzy", "racy", "snappy", "spanking", "sparky", "spirited", "sprightly", "springy", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy" ], "antonyms":[ "dead", "inactive", "inanimate", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languishing", "languorous", "leaden", "lifeless", "limp", "listless", "spiritless", "vapid" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "She answered the phone in a brisk voice.", "They went for a brisk walk in the woods.", "She walked at a brisk pace.", "Business is brisk at the store.", "There is a brisk market in old movie posters.", "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective", "Across the board, vendors reported brisk business and minimal fan complaints about price increases. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 31 May 2022", "The truck has been there for five weeks and is doing brisk business, Pipkin says, filling about 100 to 200 orders a day. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 16 May 2022", "Ingrid Puac, an alumna with two sons at the school, stood outside on a brisk November day alongside other parents, teachers and students protesting a potential closure. \u2014 Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022", "Brite Winter came back on Saturday night, filling a brisk February day with music, art and community. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022", "Within a short drive of the White House, lines of people waiting for free tests snaked around buildings on a brisk December day. \u2014 Anne Flaherty, ABC News , 20 Dec. 2021", "Conditions throughout the day ranged from brilliant sunshine to steel gray clouds, rain, graupel, and brisk winds all while temperatures hovered around the low to mid-fifties. \u2014 Maryanna Skowronski, Baltimore Sun , 12 Apr. 2022", "The jean fabric is warm enough to protect you from brisk winds and the silhouette is cool enough to tie around your neck or waist once temps heat up. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022", "Another thing to watch out for today will be brisk winds. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 17 Feb. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web Verb", "As in all Taycans, a two-speed automatic transmission on the rear axle enables brisk off-the-line acceleration and more efficient high-speed cruising. \u2014 Nelson Ireson, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2021", "THE VIBE IS brisk and professional, if borderline chaotic. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit, Bon Appetit , 13 Apr. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163648" }, "bristle":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a short stiff coarse hair or filament", ": to furnish with short stiff coarse hairs or filaments : to furnish with bristles", ": to make aggressive or angry : to make bristly : ruffle", ": to rise and stand stiffly erect", ": to raise the bristles (as in anger)", ": to take on an aggressively defensive attitude (as in response to a slight or criticism)", ": to be full of or covered with especially something suggestive of bristles", ": to be full of something specified", ": a short stiff hair", ": a stiff hair or something like a hair fastened in a brush", ": to rise up and stiffen like bristles", ": to show signs of anger", ": to be covered with", ": a short stiff coarse hair or filament" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bri-s\u0259l", "\u02c8bri-s\u0259l", "\u02c8bris-\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[ "fiber", "filament", "hair", "thread" ], "antonyms":[ "abound", "brim", "bulge", "burst", "bustle", "buzz", "crawl", "hum", "overflow", "pullulate", "swarm", "teem" ], "examples":[ "Noun", "a face covered with bristles", "the bristles of a brush", "Verb", "Electricity makes your hair bristle .", "a recent college grad thrilled to be starting a new life in a city bristling with possibilities", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Timothy Boyd, 52, stood below Lincoln\u2019s massive legs and hoisted a 40-foot long pole topped by a soft bristle brush into the air. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 May 2022", "Add warm water and dish soap to a bucket and grab a stiff- bristle brush. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021", "The secret ingredient might be the Microfil technology, which boosts the textures of lashes, while the patented, asymmetrical oversized brush has a bristle weave design to catch every eyelash. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022", "The silicone bristle brush uses vibrations instead of circularly rotating while cleansing for a deeper cleanse and less irritation. \u2014 Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Apr. 2022", "The curved wand with varying bristle lengths is perfect for nabbing and lifting lashes. \u2014 Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022", "There are galls that are chambered, secrete nectar or bristle with fibers. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022", "After giving Schafer\u2019s wet hair a clean center part, the pro worked Virtue 6-in-1 Styling Paste through her lengths and used a dense boar bristle brush to brush the hair down to ultra-sleek effect. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 28 Mar. 2022", "Use your bristle brush to get off stubborn dirt and to scrub zippers clean. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Some of these people bristle at singling out Feinstein, when congressional history is filled with aging male politicians who remained in office despite their declining state. \u2014 Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Apr. 2022", "Does your mother bristle at the sight of invasive plants? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022", "First, Erik Spoelstra would bristle at the notion of terming Duncan Robinson\u2019s shift to the second team as a demotion. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022", "First, Erik Spoelstra would bristle at the notion of terming Duncan Robinson\u2019s shift to the second team as a demotion. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Apr. 2022", "Of course, many of the dozen tourists who have previously visited the ISS brought their own research projects and didn\u2019t bristle at the title. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 13 Apr. 2022", "Vic does, however, bristle that Melinda gravitates to dimwits like Joel Dash ( Brendan Miller ), who when trying to ask if Vic feels emasculated can\u2019t even pronounce the word. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022", "Many Republicans now bristle when Trump or Tucker Carlson\u2019s praise for Putin is connected to the GOP at large right now. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 9 Mar. 2022", "Young lion cubs are plentiful, and small elephants huddle by their mothers, who bristle preemptively at the sound of a jeep. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 22 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined above", "Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214405" }, "bristly":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": thickly set with bristles":[ "a bristly shrub" ], ": consisting of or resembling bristles":[ "a bristly mustache" ], ": inclined to or showing aggressiveness or anger":[ "a bristly temperament" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bri-s\u0259-", "\u02c8bris-l\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "brushy", "cottony", "fleecy", "furred", "furry", "hairy", "hirsute", "rough", "shaggy", "silky", "unshorn", "woolly", "wooly" ], "antonyms":[ "bald", "furless", "glabrous", "hairless", "shorn", "smooth" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "although pigs look hairless, they're actually bristly creatures", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Sandstrom\u2019s most recent Squonk is a hairy, wart-covered monster with bristly , unkempt fur, fangs, and ears that curve down submissively. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 19 Apr. 2020", "Often, as a bonus, a librarian or teacher will lean in to give Daisy a kiss on her bristly snout, to general glee from the young audience. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Aug. 2019", "Three is definitely a crowd when bristly comedian Zadie (Sasheer Zamata) goes for a getaway at her parents\u2019 bed and breakfast with her ex-boyfriend Bradford (Tone Bell) and his current girlfriend, Margo (DeWanda Wise). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Sep. 2019", "The film\u2019s lively dynamics owe much to the bristly nature of nearly every relationship and interaction in the film. \u2014 Todd Mccarthy, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Aug. 2019", "Not only were the bones in excellent condition, but so were the rock and soft tissue, which included wing membranes, bristly body feathers, gizzard stones, and even the contents of its last meal in its stomach. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 8 May 2019", "But the larger forces at play\u2014the tug of populism in a brutally competitive political environment and the rise of bristly nativism in a country that increasingly sees itself as a rival to China\u2014will likely affect other foreign companies as well. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 10 Jan. 2019", "With a dogged spirit, Loree has transformed her plain lot into a home for some of the most bristly and weird flora that can survive her city\u2019s climate. \u2014 Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018", "Long, a stout man with a bristly gray mustache, was impressed. \u2014 Time , 15 Feb. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162633" }, "broach":{ "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb", "verb ()" ], "definitions":[ ": brooch", ": any of various pointed or tapered tools, implements, or parts: such as", ": a spit for roasting meat", ": a tool for tapping casks", ": a cutting tool for removing material from metal or plastic to shape an outside surface or a hole", ": to pierce (something, such as a cask) in order to draw the contents", ": to open for the first time", ": to open up or break into (a mine, stores, etc.)", ": to shape or enlarge (a hole) with a broach (see broach entry 1 sense 2c )", ": to make known for the first time", ": to open up (a subject) for discussion", ": to break the surface from below", ": to veer or yaw dangerously so as to lie broadside to the waves", ": to bring up as a subject for discussion", ": a fine tapered flexible instrument used in dentistry to remove dental pulp and to dress a root canal", ": to open (a vein) to draw blood" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014dch", "\u02c8br\u014dch", "\u02c8br\u014dch" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "surface" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "With the help of a marker to keep track, count how many pointed ridges the broach has, because any replacement handle will need to match. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 July 2021", "Van den Berg got hold of a photo of her as a young woman in her white nanny\u2019s uniform, with a crescent chapeau clipped to her blonde hair and a gold broach at her collar. \u2014 Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021", "This broach -no-compromise obstructionism has been the strategy of congressional Republicans since the mid-1990s. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Nov. 2020", "Baldwin wore a broach from her grandmother, who helped raise her and was featured in the speech. Baldwin praised Biden and Obama for pushing through the Affordable Care Act. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Aug. 2020", "She's dressed in all black and wearing her power broach : the Mace of the Republic, which symbolizes the legislative authority of the House of Representatives. \u2014 Channing Hargrove, refinery29.com , 5 Feb. 2020", "Here's Pelosi on the House floor with her broach vs a pic of the mace. \u2014 Channing Hargrove, refinery29.com , 5 Feb. 2020", "Her Majesty is closest to the camera in the image, wearing a white dress accessorized by dresser Angela Kelly with a sapphire and diamond broach , and one of her iconic Launer handbags. \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 Jan. 2020", "It can be worn in 12 different ways \u2013 a necklace, broach , the arrow detaches as a pin, and more and more. \u2014 al , 6 Oct. 2019", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Was there any kind of conversation with Netflix about how to broach topics like that? \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022", "But The Daily Wire is prematurely patting itself on the back for changing the landscape and bankrolling conservative movies that creep out of the paracinematic tradition and broach the perimeter of cinema proper. \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 17 Feb. 2022", "While members of the disability community typically have to broach the need for equity, Lachi shares that the Wavy Awards\u2019 organizers came to them. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Jan. 2022", "Those reverse faults hide underground, and unlike strike-slip faults, may never broach the surface while wreaking havoc from below. \u2014 Alka Tripathy-lang, Ars Technica , 12 Mar. 2022", "But the chief hopes to begin to be able to broach the topic of mental health with his officers. \u2014 Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star , 1 Mar. 2022", "Ipson presented the bill twice on the Senate floor and did not broach the subject of the new building. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Jan. 2022", "If not, prep with co-workers on what better expectations would look like and broach the topic with your manager together. \u2014 Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2022", "Create a mental list and be prepared to broach the subject of competition with each person differently. \u2014 Punit Dhillon, Rolling Stone , 29 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb (1)", "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a", "Verb (2)", "1699, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201731" }, "broad":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "geographical name", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": having ample extent from side to side or between limits", ": having a specified extension from side to side", ": extending far and wide : spacious", ": relating to the main or essential points", ": open , full", ": plain , obvious", ": dialectal especially in pronunciation", ": liberal , tolerant", ": widely applicable or applied : general", ": wide in range or amount", ": open", ": marked by lack of restraint, delicacy, or subtlety:", ": coarse , risqu\u00e9", ": outspoken", ": in a broad (see broad entry 1 sense 4a ) manner : fully", ": woman", ": an expansion of a river", ": not narrow : wide", ": extending far and wide : spacious", ": complete entry 1 sense 1 , full", ": not limited", ": covering only the main points : general", "river 220 miles (354 kilometers) long in North Carolina and South Carolina \u2014 see saluda", "river 70 miles (113 kilometers) long in southern South Carolina flowing into the Atlantic" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fd", "\u02c8br\u022fd", "\u02c8br\u022fd" ], "synonyms":[ "fat", "thick", "wide" ], "antonyms":[ "hairline", "narrow", "paper-thin", "skinny", "slender", "slim", "slim-jim", "thin" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "The store has a broad selection of coats.", "There was broad agreement on the new government.", "There are three broad categories of industry in the region: computers, finance, and education.", "the broad outlines of a problem", "discusses \u201cfamily\u201d in its broadest sense", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Kendall envisioned a system that would incentivize civility and pragmatism, dilute the influence of political parties and dark money, and deliver consensus winners with broad appeal. \u2014 Dan Zak, Washington Post , 9 June 2022", "Charbogian told Lancaster the subpoena for Morrissey had not been properly served, was too vague and was overly broad , according to a copy of the transcript obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022", "Caruso insists that his centers have broad appeal, pointing to some food offerings at low price points and the sheer volume of visitors who keep coming back. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022", "Job growth was broad and led by the leisure and hospitality sector, as consumers continued to pivot their spending habits away from goods and toward services like travel, dining, and entertainment. \u2014 Talmon Joseph Smith, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022", "Some of the sanctions against ransomware hackers are geographically broad , including against paying hackers affiliated with the Iranian or North Korean governments, even though victims aren\u2019t likely to know where their attackers are coming from. \u2014 Kevin Collier, NBC News , 2 June 2022", "The Pony has a really broad menu, but one of the more distinctive options is the shrimp & crab spaghetti. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022", "Critics of the ordinance sued May 11 in federal court in Cincinnati, saying the law was overly broad . \u2014 cleveland , 27 May 2022", "The broad appeal of the platform is the secret to its success, adds Feng. \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 23 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb", "Price increases were broad -based in May, which could be a sign that inflation is becoming entrenched in the U.S. economy. \u2014 David Harrison, WSJ , 10 June 2022", "One encouraging sign, Vitner said, was that hiring was broad -based across most of the economy. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 3 June 2022", "These investments need to be broad -based, including equipment, processes and especially people. \u2014 Rebecca Henderson, Forbes , 2 June 2022", "Eligibility for the Affordable Connectivity Program is pretty broad -based. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 19 May 2022", "The downgrade is broad -based, which includes the world's largest economies such as the U.S., China and the European Union. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, ajc , 18 May 2022", "The downgrade is broad -based, which includes the world\u2019s largest economies such as the U.S., China and the European Union. \u2014 Alexa Viega, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022", "The downgrade is broad -based, which includes the world's largest economies such as the U.S., China and the European Union. \u2014 CBS News , 18 May 2022", "Gains across the region were broad -based, with banks, transport companies and energy producers rising. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe And Alexander Osipovich, WSJ , 17 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Adverb", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above", "Noun", "1659, in the meaning defined at sense 2" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172905" }, "broad-gauge":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": wide in area or scope", ": comprehensive in outlook, range, or capability" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fd-\u02c8g\u0101j" ], "synonyms":[ "all-embracing", "all-in", "all-inclusive", "compendious", "complete", "comprehensive", "cover-all", "cyclopedic", "embracive", "encyclopedic", "exhaustive", "full", "global", "in-depth", "inclusive", "omnibus", "panoramic", "thorough", "universal" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194800" }, "broad-gauged":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": wide in area or scope", ": comprehensive in outlook, range, or capability" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fd-\u02c8g\u0101j" ], "synonyms":[ "all-embracing", "all-in", "all-inclusive", "compendious", "complete", "comprehensive", "cover-all", "cyclopedic", "embracive", "encyclopedic", "exhaustive", "full", "global", "in-depth", "inclusive", "omnibus", "panoramic", "thorough", "universal" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203750" }, "broad-minded":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "tolerant of varied views", "inclined to condone minor departures from conventional behavior", "willing to consider unusual or different opinions, beliefs, and practices" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8br\u022fd-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d", "synonyms":[ "liberal", "nonconventional", "nonorthodox", "nontraditional", "open-minded", "progressive", "radical", "unconventional", "unorthodox" ], "antonyms":[ "conservative", "conventional", "hidebound", "nonprogressive", "old-fashioned", "orthodox", "stodgy", "traditional" ], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":null, "first_known_use":[ "1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "broadcast":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to scatter or sow (seed or something similar) over a broad area", ": to make widely known", ": to send out or transmit (something, such as a program) by means of radio or television or by streaming over the Internet", ": to transmit a broadcast", ": to speak or perform on a broadcast program", ": a program that is broadcast on radio or television or over the Internet", ": the act of transmitting sound or images by radio or television", ": a casting or scattering in all directions (as of seed from the hand in sowing)", ": cast or scattered in all directions", ": made public by means of radio or television", ": of or relating to radio or television broadcasting", ": to or over a broad area", ": to send out by radio or television from a transmitting station", ": to make widely known", ": to scatter far and wide", ": an act of broadcasting", ": a radio or television program" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fd-\u02cckast", "\u02c8br\u022fd-\u02cckast" ], "synonyms":[ "circulate", "disseminate", "propagate", "spread" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The Toyota/Save Mart 350 will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 12 June 2022", "The race will be broadcast on 93.1 FM (WIBC) and 93.5/107.5 (The Fan). \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 28 May 2022", "The season-opener will be broadcast on the ACC Network. \u2014 Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel , 26 May 2022", "Four of the team\u2019s first six games will be broadcast on the flagship channels of ESPN, NBC or FOX. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022", "The game will be broadcast on TNT beginning at 5 p.m. Arizona time. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022", "The Thursday game will be broadcast on NBC, with an 8:20 p.m. ET kickoff. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022", "The Meteor and Gucci\u2019s Chime for Change, and will be broadcast virtually on May 9. \u2014 Madison Feller, ELLE , 29 Apr. 2022", "The 2022 NBA Playoff games will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN and TNT in the U.S. and on TSN in Canada. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Networks pay top dollar for broadcast rights, European leagues have entered the mainstream of American sports, and MLS boasts 28 clubs. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 16 June 2022", "Season 10, Episode 1 of Impractical Jokers premieres tonight on Thursday, June 16 at 10 p.m. with a live broadcast on TruTV. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022", "According to ESPNCricinfo, the TV rights for each game for the next cycle are $7.37 million (Rs 57.5 crore) per game, while the digital broadcast rights were sold for Rs 48 crore ($ 6.15 million) per game. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 13 June 2022", "The awards were created to honor and recognize excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast , cable and streaming platforms. \u2014 Scott Huver, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022", "Members voted between May 23 and June 9 on the resolution, which proposed instituting new vice president positions in three work sectors \u2014 film, TV and streaming, broadcast , cable and streaming news and online media. \u2014 Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022", "The company develops broadcast , cable and streaming series\u2019 for television. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 8 June 2022", "The women and men will also share revenue from ticket sales, broadcast rights and sponsorships. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022", "For the first time, U.S. Soccer will share a portion of its commercial revenues \u2013 think broadcast rights, corporate sponsorships and ticket sales \u2013 with the players. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "The \u2018Nothing Regular\u2019 campaign was structured so that those moments could be pushed out on digital and broadcast channels with very little turnaround time. \u2014 Carol Schram, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021", "Dharma Productions have partnered for a theatrical and broadcast distribution slate. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 22 Sep. 2021", "The pre- broadcast Premiere Ceremony, where most of the 83 categories were awarded, had an even more makeshift feel. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 15 Mar. 2021", "The globalization of Premier League soccer means the money earned by teams from a spectator\u2019s fortnightly spend at the stadium is dwarfed by commercial and broadcast revenue. \u2014 Zak Garner-purkis, Forbes , 28 Feb. 2021", "Periodically, the users\u2019 devices will also download broadcast beacon identifiers of anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been in the same local region. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2020", "LE Audio will also include a broadcast audio feature. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 9 Jan. 2020", "That sends broadcast revenues spiraling, enabling clubs to pay for better players, who entice yet more fans to the stadiums and yet greater audiences on TV. \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 29 Nov. 2019", "Thompson had agreed to do a quarter of TV duty with the NBC Sports Bay Area broadcast team, subbing briefly for sideline reporter Kerith Burke. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 27 Nov. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "Verb", "1744, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1", "Noun", "1758, in the meaning defined at sense 3", "Adjective", "1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Adverb", "1743, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194019" }, "broiling":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": extremely hot" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fi(-\u0259)-li\u014b" ], "synonyms":[ "ardent", "boiling", "burning", "fervent", "fervid", "fiery", "hot", "piping hot", "red", "red-hot", "roasting", "scalding", "scorching", "searing", "sultry", "superheated", "sweltering", "torrid", "ultrahot", "white-hot" ], "antonyms":[ "algid", "arctic", "bitter", "bone-chilling", "cold", "freezing", "frigid", "frozen", "glacial", "ice-cold", "iced", "icy" ], "examples":[ "the office was broiling because the air conditioning was on the blink" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1555, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183258" }, "brook":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": creek sense 1", ": to stand for : tolerate", ": a small stream" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bru\u0307k", "\u02c8bru\u0307k" ], "synonyms":[ "beck", "bourn", "bourne", "brooklet", "burn", "creek", "gill", "rill", "rivulet", "run", "runlet", "runnel", "streamlet" ], "antonyms":[ "abide", "absorb", "accept", "bear", "bide", "countenance", "endure", "go", "hack", "handle", "meet", "pocket", "stand", "stick out", "stomach", "support", "sustain", "sweat out", "take", "tolerate", "wear" ], "examples":[ "Noun", "there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook", "Verb", "I will not brook insults from my own employees.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The lone call of the magic horn that sounds at its outset trails off into a misty landscape, a trickling brook , a waking dawn and the blunt-force thwack of a cold-water tutti. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022", "In a remote and hidden valley with a babbling brook in the southern Japanese Alps region, Aoki Ren used to proudly show his cattle farm\u2019s serene surroundings to fastidious buyers of quality wagyu beef. \u2014 Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022", "Connecticut\u2019s first wild trout management plan aims to conserve and expand habitat for brook and brown trout and boost opportunities for anglers. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 25 Jan. 2022", "In the movie\u2019s key scene, and its greatest one, Jessica meets a man\u2014also named Hernan, but much older than the sound engineer, and played by Elkin D\u00edaz\u2014who spends his days cleaning fish by a brook . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 1 Apr. 2022", "In the late morning twilight of Windhorse\u2019s hemlock forest, the Dreschers make another stop on their hike, this one beside a mossy mound, looking over a brook that hurries past under a thin coating of ice. \u2014 Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Feb. 2022", "Dozens of gallons of acid flowed into a nearby brook and down a three-mile stretch of the North River. \u2014 Charlie Mckenna, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Dec. 2021", "Try Lynn Camp Prong Cascades, the park\u2019s most recent brook -trout restoration project, which parallels Middle Prong Trail, an easy eight-mile hike that features multiple waterfalls. \u2014 Neil Norman, Outside Online , 8 Oct. 2019", "Legge says focusing on a natural sound\u2014like a bubbling brook , singing sands, birds chirping, et cetera\u2014can help facilitate that break. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 11 Feb. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "This refusal to brook any reform of public-sector performance created charter schools. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 1 June 2022", "But empires do not usually brook the emergence of plausible competitors. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 17 May 2022", "Set around a conference table, the play offers a portrait not of an avuncular artist whose childlike imagination took over the world but of a megalomaniac who cannot brook dissent. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022", "Riyadh refused to even brook discussion of Moscow\u2019s difficulties when it was raised at an OPEC+ meeting on March 2. \u2014 Alan Crawford, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022", "Word to the wise, though: New England\u2019s islanders brook no foolishness. \u2014 Will Grunewald, Outside Online , 18 June 2020", "Deerman\u2019s 3-yard touchdown run with 10:22 remaining in the third quarter brook a 21-21 tie and started a rally that would put the Eagles (11-1) on top for good. \u2014 Al.com Reports, al , 12 Nov. 2021", "Julien will eventually wonder \u2014 and willing to brook her friends\u2019 disapproval by introducing Zoya (Whitney Peak), a freshman nobody from Buffalo, into their circle. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 8 July 2021", "Analysts said the exercises were a warning to Taipei and Washington that Beijing would not brook any moves for Taiwanese independence and was prepared to act militarily to prevent that from happening. \u2014 Brad Lendon, CNN , 12 Apr. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above", "Verb", "1530, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210745" }, "brooklet":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a small brook" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bru\u0307-kl\u0259t" ], "synonyms":[ "beck", "bourn", "bourne", "brook", "burn", "creek", "gill", "rill", "rivulet", "run", "runlet", "runnel", "streamlet" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a little brooklet trickled past the house" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1807, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202954" }, "browse":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse entry 2 sense 1 )", ": graze", ": to look over casually : skim", ": to access (a network) by means of a browser", ": to feed on or as if on tender shoots, twigs, and leaves of trees and shrubs : to feed on or as if on browse", ": graze", ": to skim through a book reading passages that catch the eye", ": to look over or through an aggregate of things casually especially in search of something of interest", ": tender shoots, twigs, and leaves of trees and shrubs used by animals for food", ": an act or instance of browsing", ": to read or look in a casual way", ": to nibble young shoots and foliage" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brau\u0307z", "\u02c8brau\u0307z" ], "synonyms":[ "forage", "graze", "pasture", "rustle" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Verb", "Several customers were browsing in the bookstore.", "He was browsing the want ads in the newspaper.", "cows browsing in the pasture", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Your digital storefront should feel like something people want to walk into, spend some time in and browse around. \u2014 Mollie Barnett, Forbes , 17 June 2022", "There\u2019s food, drink, live music and plenty of products to browse . \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022", "Start your shopping there, or head to the Movers and Shakers charts to browse a more curated selection featuring the most popular ones. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com , 12 June 2022", "Reservations aren't being taken, but diners who have to wait for a table can sip a drink outside or browse the adjoining Orange and Blue store. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022", "Visitors are free to browse the museum store and exhibit galleries at no charge, thanks to generous support of the Town of Windsor. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022", "Read on for a few of Bristowe's favorite wedding gifts and pretty decor for the big day, and browse her full collection here. \u2014 Caitlin Scott, House Beautiful , 9 June 2022", "Or like a Renaissance-era wheel device that allowed readers to browse multiple books at once? \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022", "The Baker administration recently unveiled Massachusetts Data Hub, a user-friendly search tool to browse state data, but much of that information is outdated. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "It's not built to browse \u2014or at least not very well. \u2014 Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica , 2 Feb. 2022", "Sites Valley is a glimpse back in time \u2014 a great dusty bowl 13 miles long and about 5\u00bd miles wide where cattle and deer browse grasslands framed by oaks and creeks that go dry in the brutal heat of summer. \u2014 Louis Sahag\u00fanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022", "But give this a shot: Go to a local bookstore or library and browse together. \u2014 Deborah Taylor, Washington Post , 26 May 2022", "Some browse comes from Arizona and Florida, while others come from right within the state. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 26 May 2022", "Then head to Quartz Obsession to sign up for Quartz\u2019s Weekly Obsession email and browse hundreds of interesting backstories. \u2014 Quartz Staff, Quartz , 7 Feb. 2022", "Adrian Chabla, 21, (left) and Luke Morrison, 22, browse records at Nuggets in Kenmore Square. \u2014 Dart Adams, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022", "In the meantime, that photo and video collection on the site is entertaining to browse . \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022", "Customers can also place custom orders and browse and shop online. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 21 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a", "Noun", "1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203826" }, "bruit":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": noise , din", ": report , rumor", ": any of several generally abnormal sounds heard on auscultation", ": report , rumor", ": any of several generally abnormal sounds heard on auscultation" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fct", "\u02c8br\u00fc-\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "babel", "blare", "bluster", "bowwow", "brawl", "cacophony", "chatter", "clamor", "clangor", "decibel(s)", "din", "discordance", "katzenjammer", "noise", "racket", "rattle", "roar" ], "antonyms":[ "circulate", "noise (about ", "rumor", "whisper" ], "examples":[ "Noun", "a film that captures the thunderous fury of medieval warfare and the bruit of a thousand clashing swords" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173312" }, "brunt":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)":[ "bear the brunt of the storm", "the brunt of the struggle with the German army fell upon the Russians", "\u2014 Walter Lippmann" ], ": the greater part : burden":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259nt" ], "synonyms":[ "body", "bulk", "chief", "core", "generality", "heft", "main", "mass", "staple", "weight" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Women still bear the brunt of both childcare and elder care. \u2014 Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes , 25 June 2022", "Whenever there are increasing restrictions on abortions, the most vulnerable and marginalized groups bear the brunt of the burden \u2014 and that includes young people, Klafeta said. \u2014 Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022", "Teachers bear the brunt of the shrinking spaces of teaching and sweeping changes in curriculum. \u2014 Theodora Yu, Washington Post , 22 June 2022", "Ahead, experts explain why people assigned female at birth tend to bear the brunt of migraine. \u2014 Kirsten Nunez, SELF , 22 June 2022", "Furthermore, the governor said New Mexico and other border states would bear the brunt of adverse economic and social impacts likely to arise from the influx of migrants without additional planning by the federal government. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 16 June 2022", "The records also indicate that Texas taxpayers could bear the brunt of the costs. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 16 June 2022", "Large economic disparities within the bloc mean that fragile and highly indebted southern European economies such as Italy and Spain bear the brunt of higher borrowing costs. \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 10 June 2022", "Systemic biases continue to exist in workplaces around the world, and women who are perceived as the cultural \u2018other\u2019 are often more likely to bear the brunt of these biases. \u2014 Sally Percy, Forbes , 9 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163101" }, "brush (aside":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to treat (something) as not important : to ignore or dismiss (something)" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191033" }, "brush (aside ":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to treat (something) as not important : to ignore or dismiss (something)" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192613" }, "brushwood":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": wood of small branches especially when cut or broken", ": a thicket of shrubs and small trees", ": brush entry 3" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259sh-\u02ccwu\u0307d", "\u02c8br\u0259sh-\u02ccwu\u0307d" ], "synonyms":[ "boscage", "boskage", "bosk", "bosque", "bosquet", "brake", "chaparral", "coppice", "copse", "covert", "thicket" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "cleared away the brushwood in order to build a shed" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "circa 1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194251" }, "brushy":{ "type":"adjective (1)", "definitions":[ "covered with or abounding in brush or brushwood", "shaggy , rough" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8br\u0259-sh\u0113", "synonyms":[ "bristly", "cottony", "fleecy", "furred", "furry", "hairy", "hirsute", "rough", "shaggy", "silky", "unshorn", "woolly", "wooly" ], "antonyms":[ "bald", "furless", "glabrous", "hairless", "shorn", "smooth" ], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":null, "first_known_use":[ "Adjective (1)", "1567, in the meaning defined above", "Adjective (2)", "1665, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000" }, "brusk":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": markedly short and abrupt", ": blunt in manner or speech often to the point of ungracious harshness", ": so abrupt and frank in manner or speech as to be impolite" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259sk", "\u02c8br\u0259sk" ], "synonyms":[ "abrupt", "bluff", "blunt", "crusty", "curt", "downright", "short", "short-spoken", "snippy", "unceremonious" ], "antonyms":[ "circuitous", "mealymouthed" ], "examples":[ "She asked for a cup of coffee and received a brusque reply: \u201cWe don't have any.\u201d", "The teacher was brusque and impatient.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Kate McKinnon returned with fists in the air, the frilly collar, and digs at Ted Cruz \u2014 all part of her delightfully brusque portrait of RBG. \u2014 Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone , 10 Apr. 2022", "Boras sees each of Christie's characters in this story, from a glamorous princess and a beautiful countess to a brusque businessman and a mousy missionary, as a diamond. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022", "The brusque remark during the 2019 operation was not out of the ordinary for Kiran, Keller says. \u2014 Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News , 7 May 2022", "Sara daren\u2019t tell her protective but brusque mother (Carmen Machi, superb) about the bullying, while the girls\u2019 poolside assault on her is witnessed only by a hulking, taciturn stranger (Richard Holmes) taking a dip at the same time. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 25 Jan. 2022", "Alternately warm and imperious, charming and brusque , politically shrewd and prideful, his portrait of Mandela is one of the richest and most complex performances of his career. \u2014 Mark Harris, EW.com , 7 Jan. 2022", "Pitter is particularly irresistible as the brusque Frankie. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022", "One study found that patients with irritable bowel syndrome treated by an empathetic versus a brusque researcher had symptom relief as high as that associated with the most powerful drugs. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022", "Her love poems are brusque , her poems about children icy and odd. \u2014 Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books , 8 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"French brusque , from Italian brusco , from Medieval Latin bruscus butcher's-broom (plant with bristly twigs)", "first_known_use":[ "circa 1639, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171011" }, "brusque":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": markedly short and abrupt", ": blunt in manner or speech often to the point of ungracious harshness", ": so abrupt and frank in manner or speech as to be impolite" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259sk", "\u02c8br\u0259sk" ], "synonyms":[ "abrupt", "bluff", "blunt", "crusty", "curt", "downright", "short", "short-spoken", "snippy", "unceremonious" ], "antonyms":[ "circuitous", "mealymouthed" ], "examples":[ "She asked for a cup of coffee and received a brusque reply: \u201cWe don't have any.\u201d", "The teacher was brusque and impatient.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Kate McKinnon returned with fists in the air, the frilly collar, and digs at Ted Cruz \u2014 all part of her delightfully brusque portrait of RBG. \u2014 Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone , 10 Apr. 2022", "Boras sees each of Christie's characters in this story, from a glamorous princess and a beautiful countess to a brusque businessman and a mousy missionary, as a diamond. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022", "The brusque remark during the 2019 operation was not out of the ordinary for Kiran, Keller says. \u2014 Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News , 7 May 2022", "Sara daren\u2019t tell her protective but brusque mother (Carmen Machi, superb) about the bullying, while the girls\u2019 poolside assault on her is witnessed only by a hulking, taciturn stranger (Richard Holmes) taking a dip at the same time. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 25 Jan. 2022", "Alternately warm and imperious, charming and brusque , politically shrewd and prideful, his portrait of Mandela is one of the richest and most complex performances of his career. \u2014 Mark Harris, EW.com , 7 Jan. 2022", "Pitter is particularly irresistible as the brusque Frankie. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022", "One study found that patients with irritable bowel syndrome treated by an empathetic versus a brusque researcher had symptom relief as high as that associated with the most powerful drugs. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022", "Her love poems are brusque , her poems about children icy and odd. \u2014 Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books , 8 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"French brusque , from Italian brusco , from Medieval Latin bruscus butcher's-broom (plant with bristly twigs)", "first_known_use":[ "circa 1639, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211928" }, "brutal":{ "type":"adjective", "definitions":[ "suitable to one who lacks intelligence, sensitivity, or compassion befitting a brute such as", "cruel , cold-blooded", "harsh , severe", "unpleasantly accurate and incisive", "very bad or unpleasant", "grossly ruthless or unfeeling", "typical of beasts animal", "cruel and harsh" ], "pronounciation":"\u02c8br\u00fc-t\u1d4al", "synonyms":[ "bitter", "burdensome", "cruel", "excruciating", "grievous", "grim", "hard", "hardhanded", "harsh", "heavy", "inhuman", "murderous", "onerous", "oppressive", "rough", "rugged", "searing", "severe", "stiff", "tough", "trying" ], "antonyms":[ "easy", "light", "soft" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Scars still run deep in both France and Algeria from the colonial period and the brutal war that ended it. \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 9 June 2022", "The match was shaping up to be a brutal war of attrition between the two players, with Nadal\u2019s natural prowess on the Roland Garros courts going head-to-head with Zverev\u2019s natural stamina, at just 25 years old to Nadal\u2019s 36. \u2014 Vogue , 3 June 2022", "Russia, though currently prosecuting a brutal war of annihilation in Ukraine, is expected to receive $321 billion from the sale of fossil fuels this year, while fossil fuel companies have used the crisis as an opportunity to bolster their revenues. \u2014 David Vetter, Forbes , 1 June 2022", "The initiative precedes the July 5 celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Algerian independence from France, which was won after a brutal seven-year war. \u2014 Elaine Ganley, ajc , 28 May 2022", "This was in 2006 in Somalia\u2019s capital, Mogadishu, when government troops, bolstered by Ethiopian forces, were engaged in a brutal war with Islamist fighters that saw thousands of people killed and many more mutilated in the violence. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022", "The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. \u2014 Fox News , 19 May 2022", "Deshchytsia estimates that there are now between 3 and 4 million Ukrainians in Poland, of whom some 1.5 million had already been working, studying and living in Poland before Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, and the rest have arrived since then. \u2014 Vanessa Gera, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022", "Deshchytsia estimates that there are now between 3 and 4 million Ukrainians in Poland, of whom some 1.5 million had already been working, studying and living in Poland before Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, and the rest have arrived since then. \u2014 Vanessa Gera, ajc , 21 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin brutalis , from Latin brutus \u2014 more at brute ", "first_known_use":[ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163527" }, "brutalize":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to make brutal , unfeeling, or inhuman", ": to treat brutally" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fc-t\u1d4al-\u02cc\u012bz" ], "synonyms":[ "animalize", "bestialize", "dehumanize" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a young man brutalized by the experience of war", "The prisoners claimed to have been brutalized by their captors.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Public torture in seventeenth-century Europe created searing, unforgettable spectacles of pain and suffering to convey the message that a system in which husbands could brutalize wives, and parents could beat children, was ultimately a form of love. \u2014 David Graeber, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021", "Trump was able to use that weakness and disorganization to transform the department first into a machine for carrying out policies designed to brutalize immigrants, and then into a police force attacking people protesting the murder of George Floyd. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2021", "Roaming morality police brutalize women for not wearing the mandatory hijab. \u2014 Hossein Ronaghi, WSJ , 12 Oct. 2021", "On the other side of the Canadian border, Nick drives Fred into No Man's Land, where he is met with June and a group of women who brutalize him to death. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2021", "This is even more critical when police are allowed to brutalize someone unjustifiably or murder people in the streets. \u2014 Edward Segal, Forbes , 25 May 2021", "Anna\u2019s trauma has helped her in her police work of tracking down the monsters who brutalize children. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2021", "Two years ago, one of the biggest reasons the Twins won 101 games was their ability to brutalize lefthanded pitchers, better than any team in baseball this century over a full season. \u2014 Phil Miller, Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021", "There is, seemingly, no desire for conquest, for assimilation into the patriarchal, monarchical order that drove Stefan to brutalize Maleficent and pursue the destruction of the Moors and ownership of Aurora at all costs. \u2014 Jeanna Kadlec, Longreads , 8 Oct. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "circa 1704, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215832" }, "brute":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": of or relating to beasts", ": inanimate sense 1a", ": characteristic of an animal in quality, action, or instinct: such as", ": cruel , savage", ": not working by reason", ": purely physical", ": unrelievedly harsh", ": beast", ": one who lacks intelligence, sensitivity, or compassion : a brutal person", ": typical of beasts : like that of a beast", ": a four-footed animal especially when wild", ": a cruel or rough person" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fct", "\u02c8br\u00fct" ], "synonyms":[ "atrocious", "barbaric", "barbarous", "brutal", "butcherly", "cruel", "fiendish", "heartless", "inhuman", "inhumane", "sadistic", "savage", "truculent", "vicious", "wanton" ], "antonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "creature", "critter" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "They used brute force to open the door.", "the brute fact of getting old", "Noun", "Let go of me, you brute !", "it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "In many ways, his hero is the joke: a perpetual bull in a china shop for whom brute force is the default in any perilous situation, but who also has a humble, long-suffering, softie side. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 3 June 2022", "The final message of Men is that for all their scary intent and brute -force behavior, men are inherently, almost cosmically pathetic creations. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022", "The key is the ability to brute -force the PIN that encrypts the data. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022", "The Taiwanese government has been integral in protecting us from the brute force of the pandemic. \u2014 Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022", "American forces took over the country the following summer and ruled it with brute force for 19 years, one of the longest military occupations in American history. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022", "Homer\u2019s Civil War scenes reflect his early career as an artist-reporter for Harper\u2019s Weekly, and turn an unsparing eye on the war\u2019s blunt truths and brute ferocity. \u2014 Mary Tompkins Lewis, WSJ , 4 May 2022", "Amid such brute lethality, what chance did the sisters have? \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022", "Newsom wants California \u2014 home to the world\u2019s fifth-largest economy \u2014 to join President Biden and the rest of the free world in cutting off the flow of money to brute Russia. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Now Biden\u2019s job is to give the Ukrainians the tools to guarantee democracy\u2019s survival and the brute \u2019s defeat. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022", "Further leaning into its inevitable role as a pavement-dwelling brute , the Defender V8's Terrain Response system gains a new Dynamic mode, which sharpens the engine throttle response and stiffens up the adaptive dampers. \u2014 Derek Powell, Car and Driver , 17 Feb. 2022", "Bang makes Fj\u00f6lnir an implacable brute , but not an unsympathetic one. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022", "The world has known for 20 years that Putin is a brute . \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022", "By making physics do the work of computation for us, rather than brute -forcing it through a reality-screen of ones and zeroes. \u2014 John Koetsier, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022", "The brute then begins to foot-stomp the woman \u2013 and does so seven times \u2013 and spits on her, according to police and the video. \u2014 Fox News , 14 Mar. 2022", "Barnhill nixed the human-eating brute of most fairy tales. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022", "Gone is the notion of a center as a lumbering, slow-footed brute who blocks shots and dunks. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun", "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210727" }, "brutish":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": resembling, befitting, or typical of a brute or beast", ": strongly and grossly sensual", ": showing little intelligence or sensibility", ": being unfeeling and stupid" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fc-tish", "\u02c8br\u00fc-tish" ], "synonyms":[ "animalistic", "beastly", "bestial", "brutal", "brute", "feral", "ferine", "subhuman", "swinish" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She is married to a brutish , drunken slob.", "as the months of recurrent combat dragged on, the daily existence of the soldiers became increasingly brutish", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Out front in the mid-size luxury SUV segment are performance models such as the exotic Lamborghini Urus and brutish Porsche Cayenne. \u2014 Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022", "The film tells the tale of Gelsomina, a young woman trapped in servitude to the brutish circus strongman Zampano\u0300, who ends up killing the only light in her life \u2014 the Fool from the high wire \u2014 and plunging her into a fatal despair. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 3 June 2022", "Courtney was the long time Cuyahoga county reporter covering all the before bowls of Norman brutish administration and the tragedies that happened at the jail. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 May 2022", "She is soon tormented by her brutish brother-in-law Stanley (played by Marlon Brando) and her cracks in her perception of reality begin to form. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022", "To be sure, there are enough of these sorts of brutish battles going on in nature to make war-of-all-against-all theorist Thomas Hobbes smirk. \u2014 Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American , 15 Apr. 2022", "These men, between ages 18 and 65, have been yoked to the stereotypes of manhood: tough, stoic, brutish . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022", "In a conflict as brutish as this, involving a protagonist as cruel as Putin, that may be the best the world can wish for. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022", "Equally as thrilling as the high-flying and brutish displays of wrestling tactics are the elaborate ways in which wrestlers make their way from the locker room to the squared circle. \u2014 Matt Caputo, SPIN , 1 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204732" }, "breathless":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": not breathing", ": dead", ": panting or gasping for breath", ": gripped with emotion", ": intense , gripping", ": very rapid or strenuous", ": marked by intense or unremitting activity", ": oppressive because of no fresh air or breeze", ": panting from exertion", ": filled with excitement or tension", ": panting or gasping for breath", ": suffering from dyspnea" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8breth-l\u0259s", "\u02c8breth-l\u0259s", "\u02c8breth-l\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[ "close", "stifling", "stuffy", "suffocating" ], "antonyms":[ "airy", "breezy", "unstuffy" ], "examples":[ "They were breathless with anticipation.", "I watched them in breathless wonder.", "She describes the scene in breathless prose.", "He drove at a breathless pace.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "His videos are often breathless reports with graphic footage of dead bodies, violence for which Lancaster claims Ukraine is responsible. \u2014 Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News , 8 June 2022", "City and Liverpool played out a breathless 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium last week, in what was an exhibition of football at the top level. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022", "Sections are told entirely via email, or as an increasingly unhinged handbook for prospective female spies; another pours out in the breathless confessional rush of a teenage girl with one finger on the caps lock key. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022", "By the time the breathless series of misfortune ended, the Bruins\u2019 three-point lead had been transformed into a five-point deficit. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022", "Dennis Duncan\u2019s breathless description of his encounter with a 15th-century volume in an Oxford library offers an indication of his enthusiasm for the subject of his new book. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Mar. 2022", "Eddy and Kaplan match them for heat, but a couple of their breathless declarations of love for each other sound like two MFA students\u2019 attempt at improv theater. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Mar. 2022", "After cutting their deficit to two points entering the fourth quarter, the Bulls traded leads with the Wizards in a breathless race to the final buzzer. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 2 Jan. 2022", "Other times, as in the case of a front-page story about a potential cancer cure in the New York Times, the writing is so breathless that readers fail to notice the caveats. \u2014 Michael D. Lemonick, Scientific American , 31 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-112425" }, "brand":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a charred piece of wood", ": firebrand sense 1", ": something (such as lightning) that resembles a firebrand", ": sword", ": a mark made by burning with a hot iron to attest manufacture or quality or to designate ownership", ": a printed mark made for similar purposes : trademark", ": a mark put on criminals with a hot iron", ": a mark of disgrace : stigma", ": a class of goods identified by name as the product of a single firm or manufacturer : make", ": a characteristic or distinctive kind", ": brand name sense 2", ": a public image, reputation, or identity conceived of as something to be marketed or promoted", ": a tool used to produce a brand", ": to mark with a brand", ": to mark with disapproval : stigmatize", ": to impress indelibly", ": a mark made by burning (as on cattle) or by stamping or printing (as on manufactured goods) to show ownership, maker, or quality", ": a category of goods identified by a name as being made by a certain company", ": trademark", ": a particular type", ": a mark of disgrace", ": put a mark on to show ownership", ": to show or claim (something) to be bad or wrong" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brand", "\u02c8brand" ], "synonyms":[ "trademark" ], "antonyms":[ "engrave", "etch", "impress", "imprint", "infix", "ingrain", "engrain" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Chapek joined Disney after working in brand management at the H.J. Heinz Co. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 16 June 2022", "For example ever luxury brand has a beauty line which is often the point of entry. \u2014 Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes , 16 June 2022", "The ad inspired various memes and a satirical campaign from Ryan Reynolds\u2019s marketing firm Maximum Effort, which promoted the actor\u2019s own Aviation Gin brand . \u2014 Patrick Coffee, WSJ , 16 June 2022", "Chelsea Spencer, 28 of Canton, travels around the country building brand awareness for her skin care products, and she\u2019s making a pit stop in her hometown for a major event. \u2014 Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022", "Do yourself one better by grabbing a moisture-wicking piece with an elastic waist by go-to essentials brand Everlane. \u2014 Bernd Fischer, Men's Health , 16 June 2022", "Chevrolet was in a sales slump in the early 1950s, and like many within the bow-tie division's ranks, brand manager Thomas Keating was eager to reverse course. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022", "Lighting design brand ServoMuto experimented with lycra to create a lamp collection. \u2014 CNN , 16 June 2022", "This three-blade option from popular brand Minka-Aire eliminates the pull-chain and operates completely via remote control. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Biden has sought to brand his presidency as one in which the US has returned to the diplomatic stage following an era of isolation under Trump. \u2014 Maegan Vazquez And Sam Fossum, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022", "When done correctly, your social media content will grab and retain the attention of past, present, and future clients, expand your reach (and your revenue!), and help brand you as the go-to agent in your market. \u2014 Ryan Serhant, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022", "The former boyfriend allegedly told investigators that Papini asked him to brand her. \u2014 Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com , 10 Mar. 2022", "The judges additionally found that the congressional districts designed by Democrats violated an explicit state ban on partisan gerrymandering, undercutting the party\u2019s national campaign to brand itself as the champion of voting rights. \u2014 Nicholas Fandos, New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022", "That may be at odds with Panera\u2019s efforts to brand itself as a restaurant with healthier choices on the menu. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 19 Apr. 2022", "How to brand her escorts as being higher-end, more exclusive, better than everybody else, and how that worked. \u2014 ELLE , 11 Apr. 2022", "With concerts becoming more abundant, consider our list of a dozen events that run the gamut from longtime favorites to brand new works. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Mar. 2022", "The largest component would be 430,000 square feet of offices for rent, perhaps to several entertainment firms in search of a Hollywood address or to one large tenant that may want to brand the building with its company name. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-114725" }, "broke":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": penniless", ": having no money" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014dk", "\u02c8br\u014dk" ], "synonyms":[ "beggared", "beggarly", "destitute", "dirt-poor", "down-and-out", "famished", "hard up", "impecunious", "impoverished", "indigent", "necessitous", "needful", "needy", "pauperized", "penniless", "penurious", "poor", "poverty-stricken", "skint", "threadbare" ], "antonyms":[ "affluent", "deep-pocketed", "fat", "fat-cat", "flush", "moneyed", "monied", "opulent", "rich", "silk-stocking", "wealthy", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "She is broke and homeless.", "Can I borrow 10 dollars? I'm broke until payday.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "The final days before an election are often when some of the most interesting political spending takes place and in the Democratic and Republican primaries for Oregon governor, candidates are going for broke as the May 17 election looms. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022", "The summer of 1977, New York City was broke , so there weren\u2019t any summer jobs. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022", "Before the nation began to recover in 1897, 600 banks failed, 15,000 businesses went bankrupt, one-third of all railroads went broke and national unemployment reached as high as 18.4 percent. \u2014 Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 9 Jan. 2022", "Its unemployment program went broke in 2009, forcing the state to borrow more than $2 billion from the federal government. \u2014 Jonathan Ingram, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022", "When the symphony went broke in 1996, Ash helped keep the orchestra afloat by subsidizing the musicians\u2019 paychecks. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Dec. 2021", "Many consultants went broke and sold the merchandise at steep discounts. \u2014 Jonathan Berr, Forbes , 11 Sep. 2021", "Before launching Nasty Gal and Girlboss, Sophia Amoruso was broke , homeless and rummaging through dumpsters for leftover food. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 9 May 2022", "Bridgerton season two broke records as the biggest opening weekend for any English-speaking show in Netflix history with over 193 million hours viewed that weekend, according to a Netflix press release last week. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "1710, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-120555" }, "brig":{ "type":[ "abbreviation", "noun", "noun ()" ], "definitions":[ ": a 2-masted square-rigged ship", ": a place (as on a ship) for temporary confinement of offenders in the U.S. Navy", ": guardhouse , prison", "brigade ; brigadier", ": a square-rigged sailing ship with two masts", ": a place (as on a ship) for temporary confinement of offenders in the United States Navy", ": a military prison" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brig", "\u02c8brig", "\u02c8brig" ], "synonyms":[ "bastille", "big house", "bridewell", "calaboose", "can", "clink", "cooler", "coop", "guardroom", "hock", "hold", "hoosegow", "jail", "jailhouse", "joint", "jug", "lockup", "nick", "pen", "penitentiary", "pokey", "prison", "quod", "slam", "slammer", "stir", "stockade", "tolbooth" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)", "first_known_use":[ "Noun (1)", "1712, in the meaning defined above", "Noun (2)", "1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-121621" }, "breezy":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": swept by breezes", ": briskly informal", ": airy , nonchalant", ": somewhat windy", ": lively and somewhat carefree" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113-z\u0113", "\u02c8br\u0113-z\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "affable", "devil-may-care", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "laid-back", "low-pressure", "mellow" ], "antonyms":[ "high-strung", "uptight" ], "examples":[ "I enjoy the author's breezy style.", "She listened to their complaints with breezy indifference.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Bay Area can expect breezy weather conditions Monday before a warming trend pushes temperatures into the 80s later this week, meteorologists said. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022", "Tonight: Winds become less gusty during the evening, but remain rather breezy through the overnight. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022", "High pressure will ridge into the region from the Midwest on Wednesday, bringing partly sunny skies and breezy conditions with high temperatures in the 50s. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 26 Apr. 2022", "The breezy conditions will increase by mid day between 15 and 20 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service meteorologist Tony Cristaldi. \u2014 Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel , 24 Apr. 2022", "Wind alerts along the coast have ended as the strongest winds have subsided, but the area will remain breezy on Tuesday. \u2014 Eric Levenson And Monica Garrett, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022", "Temperatures are expected to be mildest in the morning and midday hours and then turn cooler during the afternoon when it is also expected to become breezy . \u2014 courant.com , 21 Nov. 2021", "From the get-go it\u2019s summery and breezy , Curry invoking the good name of De La Soul within the first few bars. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022", "The primary bedroom is a lush reprieve from the rest of the breezy interiors. \u2014 Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful , 2 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-122213" }, "brightly":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "biographical name", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": radiating or reflecting light : shining , sparkling", ": sunny", ": radiant with happiness", ": illustrious , glorious", ": beautiful", ": of high saturation or lightness", ": lively , cheerful", ": intelligent , clever", ": auspicious , promising", ": a color of high saturation : a bright (see bright entry 1 sense 4 ) color", ": clothing that is brightly colored", ": high beams", ": giving off or filled with much light", ": very clear or vivid in color", ": intelligent sense 1 , clever", ": cheerful sense 1", ": likely to be good", "John 1811\u20131889 English orator and statesman" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u012bt", "\u02c8br\u012bt", "\u02c8br\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[ "beaming", "bedazzling", "brilliant", "candescent", "clear", "dazzling", "effulgent", "fulgent", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "lucent", "lucid", "luminous", "lustrous", "radiant", "refulgent", "sheeny", "shining", "shiny", "splendid" ], "antonyms":[ "dim", "dull", "lackluster", "unbright", "unbrilliant" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "The lighting was too bright .", "a bright room with lots of windows", "It was a bright , sunny day.", "The room was decorated in bright colors.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Make the Spartans a 9 with Tucker in charge and a bright future ahead. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 20 June 2022", "The biggest bright spot in the economy remains the strong jobs market, with the unemployment rate at a pandemic low of 3.6%. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022", "The biggest bright spot in the economy remains the strong jobs market, with the unemployment rate at a pandemic low of 3.6%. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022", "Caroline agreed to step in as interim headmaster and saved the day, paving the way for the Salvatore School to live on with a bright future full of prospective new students ready to tour the campus. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 17 June 2022", "New-look West Clermont has bright future with Chris Henry Jr. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 16 June 2022", "But the Braves have signed Acu\u00f1a, Albies, and Olson to long-term deals that promise a bright future. \u2014 Dan Schlossberg, Forbes , 13 June 2022", "Minners had a good heart and bright future, Richard Perdomo told CNN affiliate WPVI. \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin And Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN , 11 June 2022", "Tucker Barnhart believes rookie pitcher Elvin Rodriguez has a bright future ahead of him, the type of future that will put him on the mound at Yankee Stadium for a second time. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Following it after having left the Mingei International Museum\u2019s future bright . \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022", "Additionally, the small spaces in complex brush piles can be shelter for many young fish and baitfish to keep the fishery's future bright . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 21 June 2021", "This fall, Garden & Gun shined a bright on Smoke-A-Holics in a feature on Derrick, his technique and his passion. \u2014 Dallas News , 30 Nov. 2020", "Executive chef Brian Archibald leads the culinary team of the 5,000-square-foot bright , airy restaurant by Fig & Olive restaurateur Laurent Halasz. \u2014 Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic , 24 Sep. 2020", "The crowd remained enthusiastic on the bright and cloudless 90-degree evening, cheering, clapping and singing throughout the service. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Aug. 2020", "More than just a tiny blip on your Instagram feed, the bright , feel-good manicure now has a major celebrity endorsement. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 30 Apr. 2020", "Wear your neon brights and whites and dance out in color. \u2014 Stefania Lugliand Meghan Sorensen, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Jan. 2020", "Customers had come in droves to sit beneath the bright suspended lights and dine on fried whiting or catfish strips, shrimp baskets or chicken wings. \u2014 Derek M. Norman, New York Times , 8 Jan. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Noun", "1920, in the meaning defined at sense 3" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-130128" }, "broil":{ "type":[ "noun ()", "verb", "verb ()" ], "definitions":[ ": to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill", ": to be subjected to great or oppressive heat", ": the act or state of cooking something directly over or under high radiant heat : the act or state of broiling (see broil entry 1 )", ": brawl", ": embroil", ": a noisy disturbance : tumult", ": brawl", ": to cook or be cooked directly over or under a heat source", ": to make or feel extremely hot" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fi(-\u0259)l", "\u02c8br\u022fil" ], "synonyms":[ "bog (down)", "embrangle", "embroil", "mire" ], "antonyms":[ "affray", "brawl", "donnybrook", "fracas", "fray", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "rough-and-tumble", "row", "ruckus", "ruction" ], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)", "first_known_use":[ "Verb (1)", "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense", "Noun (1)", "1563, in the meaning defined above", "Verb (2)", "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense", "Noun (2)", "1525, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-141529" }, "brash":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": brittle", ": heedless of the consequences : audacious", ": done in haste without regard for consequences : rash", ": full of fresh raw vitality", ": uninhibitedly energetic or demonstrative (see demonstrative entry 1 sense 3 ) : bumptious", ": lacking restraint and discernment : tactless", ": aggressively self-assertive : impudent", ": piercingly sharp : harsh", ": marked by vivid contrast : bold", ": a mass of fragments (as of ice)", ": an attack of illness", ": a short severe illness", ": water brash" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brash", "\u02c8brash" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "antonyms":[ "meek", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "She asks such brash questions.", "a brash request to get something for free", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Here\u2019s a brash overgeneralization: American writers tend to charge at life freestyle, while Europeans approach it with an ironic half smile and perhaps a glance at their libraries. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 1 June 2022", "These folks can dance the line between being selfish and self-reliant and do well to partner with patient types as friends, lovers, or business partners who will understand their sometimes brash nature. \u2014 Glamour , 27 May 2022", "Jancs\u00f3\u2019s brash cinematic manipulations won\u2019t appeal to all film lovers. \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 17 May 2022", "By the fall of 2011, antiabortion advocates had started pushing for bold restrictions with brash new tactics. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022", "By the fall of 2011, antiabortion advocates had started pushing for bold restrictions with brash new tactics. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022", "Representing a brash new generation of Argentine acts who have become global streaming phenoms with their blend of trap, pop and R&B, each of the three displayed a distinctive sound. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 21 Apr. 2022", "Caddyshack \u2013 An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 Apr. 2022", "His co-star, who plays Lady Macbeth, was even more brash . \u2014 John Carucci, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Philbrick burst on the art scene as a brash young dealer, bidding millions for works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Yayoi Kusama, and then vanished in late 2019 amid a wave of lawsuits by collectors including the billionaire Reuben brothers. \u2014 Bob Van Voris And Bloomberg, Fortune , 24 May 2022", "Between the brash -to-humble son and his angry-to-sorrowful father, the movie confesses masculinity\u2019s quintessential struggle. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022", "Bay specializes in making brash , cacophonous, high-calorie, low-nutrition fast-food cinema. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 Apr. 2022", "UConn coach Geno Auriemma was the brash upstart going up against venerable Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, and UConn was looking for its first national championship. \u2014 Lori Riley, courant.com , 4 Apr. 2022", "Boz, these employees say, is more extroverted, more hard-charging and brash . \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 2 June 2022", "Naturally, the brass has issues with his brash ways and our man will get called to carpet a lot. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 29 May 2022", "Tony Scott\u2019s film was a highly successful, undeniably compelling advertisement for brash 1980s jingoism. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022", "In the file footage, including rare clips of the group\u2019s formative gigs at the Rivoli in Toronto, the Kids are all brash energy and suburban rebellion. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun", "1787, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-182500" }, "broadly":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "geographical name", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": having ample extent from side to side or between limits":[ "broad shoulders", "\u2026 one of the broadest estuaries of any river in America.", "\u2014 William Styron" ], ": having a specified extension from side to side":[ "made the path 10 feet broad" ], ": extending far and wide : spacious":[ "the broad plains" ], ": relating to the main or essential points":[ "broad outlines" ], ": open , full":[ "a crime committed in broad daylight" ], ": plain , obvious":[ "a broad hint" ], ": dialectal especially in pronunciation":[ "a broad northern accent" ], ": liberal , tolerant":[ "broad views" ], ": widely applicable or applied : general":[ "a broad rule", "the broader sense of the word" ], ": wide in range or amount":[ "This store has a broader selection of items.", "a politician with broad [=widespread] appeal", "There is broad agreement [=many people agree] that these changes are needed." ], ": open":[ "\u2014 used specifically of a pronounced as in father" ], ": marked by lack of restraint, delicacy, or subtlety:":[], ": coarse , risqu\u00e9":[ "broad humor" ], ": outspoken":[ "\u2026 from broad words \u2026 Macduff lives in disgrace.", "\u2014 Shakespeare" ], "river 220 miles (354 kilometers) long in North Carolina and South Carolina \u2014 see saluda":[], "river 70 miles (113 kilometers) long in southern South Carolina flowing into the Atlantic":[], ": in a broad (see broad entry 1 sense 4a ) manner : fully":[ "broad awake" ], ": woman":[], ": an expansion of a river":[ "\u2014 often used in plural" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fd" ], "synonyms":[ "fat", "thick", "wide" ], "antonyms":[ "hairline", "narrow", "paper-thin", "skinny", "slender", "slim", "slim-jim", "thin" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for broad Adjective broad , wide , deep mean having horizontal extent. broad and wide apply to a surface measured or viewed from side to side. a broad avenue wide is more common when units of measurement are mentioned rugs eight feet wide or applied to unfilled space between limits. a wide doorway broad is preferred when full horizontal extent is considered. broad shoulders deep may indicate horizontal extent away from the observer or from a front or peripheral point. a deep cupboard deep woods", "examples":[ "Adjective", "The store has a broad selection of coats.", "There was broad agreement on the new government.", "There are three broad categories of industry in the region: computers, finance, and education.", "the broad outlines of a problem", "discusses \u201cfamily\u201d in its broadest sense", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "The killing of the woman, Naira Ashraf, in broad daylight was caught on film and left the Arab world in shock as activists called for justice and more protection for women. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 1 July 2022", "But for now, the same reason a man can take multiple wives in Utah is the same reason another can operate a psilocybin church in broad daylight. \u2014 Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022", "Someone was recording on their phone as, in broad daylight on or before Thursday, three wheeled launchers apparently belonging to the 19th Separate Missile Brigade fired their Tochkas one after another in rapid succession. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 27 June 2022", "The shooting happened in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon in the Inglenook community. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 27 June 2022", "Esmailzadeh was a colleague of Colonel Hassan Sayyad-Khodaei, who was shot dead in his car outside his home in Tehran in broad daylight on May 22. \u2014 Somayeh Malekian, ABC News , 21 June 2022", "The massacre begins with this sequence of Sons getting picked off one by one in broad daylight \u2014 in a motel room, at a coffee cart, at a stoplight. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 June 2022", "Brazen thefts have increased in Los Angeles and have become a concern to law enforcement as thieves often target unsuspecting victims, even in broad daylight. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 31 May 2022", "Some lawyers expressed relief that the Glencore certifications weren\u2019t overly broad , and instead tailored to the specific legal violations at issue. \u2014 Dylan Tokar, WSJ , 16 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb", "But advertising\u2019s problems aren\u2019t necessarily broad -based, and despite the negativity there are pockets of optimism. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022", "Hiring has not been even, with some sectors like healthcare still scrambling for workers, but growth has been broad -based, the department said. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 16 June 2022", "One thing that\u2019s always been true about Yelp is that our platform is broad -based so when consumer spending shifts, say from restaurants to something else, that other category is often captured somewhere else on Yelp. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022", "Price increases were broad -based in May, which could be a sign that inflation is becoming entrenched in the U.S. economy. \u2014 David Harrison, WSJ , 10 June 2022", "One encouraging sign, Vitner said, was that hiring was broad -based across most of the economy. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 3 June 2022", "These investments need to be broad -based, including equipment, processes and especially people. \u2014 Rebecca Henderson, Forbes , 2 June 2022", "Eligibility for the Affordable Connectivity Program is pretty broad -based. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 19 May 2022", "The downgrade is broad -based, which includes the world's largest economies such as the U.S., China and the European Union. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, ajc , 18 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English brood , from Old English br\u0101d ; akin to Old High German breit broad":"Adjective", "Middle English broode , from Old English br\u0101de , adverbial derivative of br\u0101d broad entry 1":"Adverb", "Middle English brood , noun derivative of brood broad entry 1":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb", "1659, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-160540" }, "brittle":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": easily broken, cracked, or snapped", ": easily disrupted, overthrown, or damaged : frail", ": perishable , mortal", ": transitory , evanescent", ": easily hurt or offended : sensitive", ": sharp", ": lacking warmth, depth, or generosity of spirit : cold", ": affected with or being a form of type 1 diabetes characterized by large and unpredictable fluctuations in blood glucose level", ": a candy made with caramelized sugar and nuts spread in thin sheets", ": hard but easily broken", ": affected with or being a form of type 1 diabetes characterized by large and unpredictable fluctuations in blood glucose level" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bri-t\u1d4al", "\u02c8bri-t\u1d4al", "\u02c8brit-\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[ "brickle", "crisp", "crispy", "crumbly", "embrittled", "flaky", "flakey", "friable", "short" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Adjective", "a brittle cracker that turned into crumbs in my pocket", "a brittle apology that was anything but heartfelt", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "On a fundamental level, domination by a few companies may have made supply chains more brittle . \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022", "This fact that testers enjoyed the more brittle chocolate was not surprising. \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 May 2022", "Their closets are bigger, and their hips more brittle . \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 3 Feb. 2022", "Metallurgy also requires rapid heat quenching when shaping metals to strengthen the material and keep it from becoming brittle . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 Jan. 2022", "Overall, experts note the importance of hydration so that strands won\u2019t feel brittle over time. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 18 Jan. 2022", "The Nobel, however, began to render the voice hoarse and brittle from expectations and demands. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Sep. 2021", "The truce in Idlib looks brittle from Hamdo\u2019s town, called Maarat al-Naasan, where the rebels and government forces hold positions barely a few miles apart. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 July 2021", "Meanwhile, Japan\u2019s victories in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor proved to be too brittle to last. \u2014 Arthur Herman, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Craft Beer Collection includes 12 caramels and 8 ounces of brittle for $32. \u2014 Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022", "Aromas of mint brittle , cherries, tobacco and wet ferns. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022", "For that brittle , glassy sugar topping, a mini blowtorch is your friend\u2014and a worthy investment. \u2014 Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine , 28 Apr. 2022", "The cola brittle is a play on the African American tradition of dropping a handful of peanuts into fizzy bottles of Coca Cola. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022", "This bar of ruby cacao swirls in cocoa nibs from regular chocolate that have been made into a sweet brittle . \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 21 Jan. 2022", "Another popular choice is Peanut Brittle, a subtle peanut butter ice cream topped with a crunchy, sweet brittle . \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Mar. 2022", "The brittle adds crunch and a slightly bitter flavor that pleasantly offsets the slightly sweet ruby cacao. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 21 Jan. 2022", "The finished brittle will snap versus having a chewy texture that can stick to your teeth. \u2014 Sydney Novak, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Noun", "1892, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-010948" }, "breadth":{ "type":[ "adverb or adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": distance from side to side : width", ": something of full width", ": comprehensive quality : scope", ": liberality of views or taste", ": distance measured from side to side", ": scope sense 2" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bretth", "\u02c8bredth", "nonstandard", "\u02c8bredth" ], "synonyms":[ "distance", "expanse", "expansion", "extent", "field", "length", "plain", "reach", "sheet", "spread", "stretch", "waste" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "We measured the height, breadth , and depth of each piece of furniture.", "a great breadth of land awaited those who were brave and hardy enough to settle it", "Recent Examples on the Web", "This exhibition of the breadth of Mexican music, performed as if it was all created in current times is both aspirational and inspirational. \u2014 Eric Fuller, Forbes , 6 June 2022", "Her jump was something fantastical, like an illustration of courage; her expansive arms and back were full of breadth . \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022", "Through examining these, a more complete picture of the breadth of shut-offs during the pandemic emerges. \u2014 Agnel Philip, ProPublica , 18 Mar. 2022", "That\u2019s on top of the United States and other Western nations hitting Russia with sanctions of unprecedented breadth and severity. \u2014 Daria Litvinova, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 Mar. 2022", "That's on top of the United States and other Western nations hitting Russia with sanctions of unprecedented breadth and severity. \u2014 Dasha Litvinova, ajc , 3 Mar. 2022", "That\u2019s on top of the United States and other Western nations hitting Russia with sanctions of unprecedented breadth and severity. \u2014 Dasha Litvinova, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Mar. 2022", "One measure of market breadth compares the performance of the market-cap weighted S&P 500 with an equal-weighted version. \u2014 Michael Wursthorn, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2021", "From chief executives and entrepreneurs to an early pioneer in zoology, this compilation of more than two dozen women is indicative of the breadth of achievement over the last century. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Sep. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English breadeth, breth , from brede breadth (from Old English br\u01e3du , from br\u0101d broad) + -th (as in lengthe length)", "first_known_use":[ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-040303" }, "brave":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage", ": making a fine show : colorful", ": excellent , splendid", ": to face or endure with courage", ": to make showy", ": to show courage : to make a brave show", ": one with mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : one who is brave (see brave entry 1 )", ": an American Indian warrior", ": bravado", ": bully , assassin", ": feeling or showing no fear", ": to face or handle without fear", ": an American Indian warrior", "[in part borrowed from French, noun derivative of brave brave entry 1 ]" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101v", "\u02c8br\u0101v" ], "synonyms":[ "bold", "courageous", "dauntless", "doughty", "fearless", "gallant", "greathearted", "gutsy", "gutty", "heroic", "heroical", "intrepid", "lionhearted", "manful", "stalwart", "stout", "stouthearted", "undauntable", "undaunted", "valiant", "valorous" ], "antonyms":[ "beard", "brazen", "breast", "confront", "dare", "defy", "face", "outbrave", "outface" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "She gave us a brave smile.", "He lost his brave fight against the disease.", "Verb", "Thousands of fans braved rush-hour traffic to see the concert.", "a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue her wounded comrade", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "President Biden was brave enough to put sanctions on Russian oil, which affects gasoline prices in the U.S. \u2014 WSJ , 6 Apr. 2022", "The American people will stand with you, and the brave citizens of Ukraine who want peace. \u2014 ABC News , 26 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", "Those who were brave enough to stick with it were subject to four hours of instruction per class, with no completion date or graduation. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Mar. 2022", "The fund was established by industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1904 to honor brave citizens like the two men who valiantly attempted to rescue victims of the massive Harwick coal mine explosion that killed 181 people near Pittsburgh that year. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Dec. 2021", "May 27 - Aug 20: Now in its 85th year, more than 100 professional actors, technicians and designers have gathered every summer to honor the memory of the brave people who came here to build a new country. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 22 May 2022", "Video uploaded to social media showed a woman putting on a brave face as her leg bled out. \u2014 CNN , 12 May 2022", "Across the ward, in her apartment complex off a hilly stretch of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue with a view of the Washington Monument, Dayshi Green was also struggling to put on a brave face for her family. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "First, those present had to brave the 90-plus degree heat, which bit a sizable chunk from opening night crowds in both the Pritzker Pavilion and on the Millennium Park Great Lawn. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022", "Throngs of travelers brave the sizzling arid air, spotting a desert landscape dotted with saguaro cactus, on the way to their destination. \u2014 Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022", "Another friend took her grocery list and bought everything on it in bulk and then some, so her husband wouldn\u2019t have to brave to store whatever germs might be in there. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 3 May 2022", "Befriend a guide and take a heart-pounding plunge down the pristine powder fields of La Foglietta or brave a leg-jellying descent to the historic hamlet of Le Monal for a memorable big day. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts, CNN , 14 Feb. 2022", "The job might be thankless (according to two-time host Chevy Chase) or downright career suicide, but hosting the Academy Awards remains a proverbial blue check, cementing the men and women brave enough to accept in the annals of Hollywood history. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022", "Aleksei, 35, would brave driving around the city each day in search of food. \u2014 Loveday Morris, Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Mar. 2022", "Every year, thousands of people brave the early morning cold to catch a glimpse of boats dropping dye into the river before the city's parade begins its march through downtown. \u2014 Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure , 17 Mar. 2022", "Aleksei, 35, would brave driving around the city each day in search for food. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Indeed, in the 19th century, Haiti was the land of the free and home of the brave to which other freedom fighters in the hemisphere, like Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar, looked for inspiration. \u2014 Marlene L. Daut, Essence , 24 Feb. 2022", "In time, history will record which has done the most far-reaching harm to the United States, land of the free, home of the brave . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Dec. 2021", "Some say that as a long-term bet, China is only for the brave . \u2014 Gregor Stuart Hunter, Fortune , 9 Sep. 2021", "The future is for the brave who move quickly and consider the open banking environment. \u2014 Sandeepan Mukherjee, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021", "Prada and Simone Rocha showed split-sole options, while Matthew Williams\u2019s hoof-like platform at Givenchy is truly for the brave . \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 19 Mar. 2021", "Only the brave at heart will want to cross this new bridge near Porto. \u2014 Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure , 7 Oct. 2020", "Many respectable Americans sadly are allowing fear of ridicule and bullying to silence their voices in this land of the free and home of the brave . \u2014 Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online , 27 Sep. 2020", "But the movement started with Burke and a 12-year-old brave enough to speak up. \u2014 USA Today , 13 Aug. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":"Adjective", "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1", "Noun", "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 2" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-121429" }, "brotherhood":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the quality or state of being brothers", ": fellowship , alliance", ": an association (such as a labor union or monastic society) for a particular purpose", ": the whole body of persons engaged in a business or profession", ": the state of being a brother", ": a group of people who are engaged in the same business or have a similar interest", ": feelings of friendship, support, and understanding between people" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r-\u02cchu\u0307d", "\u02c8br\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r-\u02cchu\u0307d" ], "synonyms":[ "association", "board", "chamber", "club", "college", "congress", "consortium", "council", "fellowship", "fraternity", "guild", "gild", "institute", "institution", "league", "order", "organization", "society", "sodality" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "they're a brotherhood of retired war veterans", "a family that has been part of the brotherhood of police officers for four generations", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Seems to me that\u2019s the kind of welcoming brotherhood any player would want to be a part of. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022", "This dish is so beloved by the French, Castelnaudary has its own brotherhood to defend it-- the Grande Confr\u00e9rie du Cassoulet. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022", "She was used to the dynamic of being in a brotherhood . \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022", "This journey has been especially meaningful for the two members of their brotherhood who are actually blood relatives. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Mar. 2022", "With his solo career still in front of him, DELE\u014cN is clear that his brotherhood with his CNCO family will always remain. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, PEOPLE.com , 21 Oct. 2021", "Our brotherhood begins with me in a blindfold, one that\u2019s been on for what feels like forever. \u2014 William Torrey, Longreads , 26 Sep. 2019", "The UN General Assembly allocated the day in 1954 to promote brotherhood among the world's children and promote their well-being with social and cultural activities. \u2014 Nadia Cant\u00fa, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2022", "Turkey\u2019s support for popular movements linked to the Muslim Brotherhood initially spurred the break with Arab regimes that saw the brotherhood \u2019s vision of political Islam as a threat. \u2014 Andrew Wilks, ajc , 28 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English brotherhede, brotherhod , alteration of brotherrede , from Old English br\u014dthorr\u01e3den , from br\u014dthor + r\u01e3den condition \u2014 more at kindred entry 2 ", "first_known_use":[ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-133115" }, "bread":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a usually baked and leavened food made of a mixture whose basic constituent is flour or meal", ": food , sustenance", ": livelihood", ": money", ": resources risked or charitable deeds performed without expectation of return", ": to cover with bread crumbs", ": a baked food made from flour or meal", ": food sense 1", ": to cover with bread crumbs" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bred", "\u02c8bred" ], "synonyms":[ "bucks", "cabbage", "cash", "change", "chips", "coin", "currency", "dough", "gold", "green", "jack", "kale", "legal tender", "lolly", "long green", "loot", "lucre", "money", "moola", "moolah", "needful", "pelf", "scratch", "shekels", "sheqels", "shekelim", "shekalim", "sheqalim", "tender", "wampum" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Noun", "She bakes bread every day.", "The bakery offers a nice selection of breads and pastries.", "Verb", "She breaded the pork chops before frying them.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "In Egypt, the world\u2019s largest buyer of wheat (approximately 80% its wheat imports came from Russia and Ukraine in 2021 according to Reuters), soaring prices triggered price controls on bread in March. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "Ukraine and Russia account for a third of global wheat and barley exports, which countries in the Middle East and Africa rely on to feed millions of people who subsist on subsidized bread . \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 28 May 2022", "Wilkerson went with a six-inch sandwich on white bread at the start of the season, but then she was introduced to the herb-and-cheese option by freshman pitcher/outfielder Kiley Sullivan. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 12 May 2022", "From June 18-20, guests can enjoy BBQ baby back ribs, crab and shrimp boil, andouille sausage, corn on the cob, red potatoes, mac and cheese, french fries, garlic bread , and grilled pineapple margaritas. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Country Living , 6 May 2022", "The sandwich is layered with thick slices of ham, Genoa salami and pepperoni on fluffy local bread . \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 26 Apr. 2022", "Remove the garlic cloves from the skillet and reserve for another use, such as adding to a dressing or spreading on bread . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022", "The loss of those affordable supplies of wheat, barley and other grains raises the prospect of food shortages and political instability in Middle Eastern, African and some Asian countries where millions rely on subsidized bread and cheap noodles. \u2014 Geoffrey Kaviti, Chinedu Asadu And Paul Wiseman, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Apr. 2022", "The loss of those affordable supplies of wheat, barley, and other grains raises the prospect of food shortages and political instability in Middle Eastern, African, and some Asian countries where millions rely on subsidized bread and cheap noodles. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The high-hydration dough undergoes a 30-hour cold fermentation, yielding a moist, bubbly bread with a chewy texture, according to Dennig. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Oct. 2021", "This session will bread down how parents can access materials and stay connected. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Aug. 2020", "Staten Island Angelina\u2019s Ristorante Listed as costoletta con burrata, the veal Parm at this upscale spot comes breaded , pounded and topped with burrata and tomato. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 5 May 2020", "If the bread hasn\u2019t gone rock-solid, tear into pieces and pulse it in your food processor, then keep your fresh breadcrumbs in the freezer for topping a pan of mac and cheese or breading a chicken cutlet. \u2014 Carla Lalli Music, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 Apr. 2020", "Chicken cutlets are ideal for breading and frying to bring restaurant-style cooking to your kitchen. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2020", "To bread the pork, cover each piece in flour mix, fully submerge into the egg and water mixture and then coat with panko breadcrumbs. \u2014 Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com , 2 Apr. 2020", "One of Irondale Cafe\u2019s specialties was unripe tomatoes that were sliced, breaded , and deep-fried. \u2014 Eric Velasco, al , 12 Mar. 2020", "It\u2019s fried and breaded perfectly before being coated in a sweet, spicy, tangy red sauce. \u2014 John-john Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com , 25 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "circa 1600, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-133708" }, "brain(s)":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": the portion of the vertebrate central nervous system enclosed in the skull and continuous with the spinal cord through the foramen magnum that is composed of neurons and supporting and nutritive structures (such as glia) and that integrates sensory information from inside and outside the body in controlling autonomic function (such as heartbeat and respiration), in coordinating and directing correlated motor responses, and in the process of learning \u2014 compare forebrain , hindbrain , midbrain", ": a nervous center in invertebrates comparable in position and function to the vertebrate brain", ": intellect , mind", ": intellectual endowment : intelligence", ": a very intelligent or intellectual person", ": the chief planner within a group", ": something that performs the functions of a brain", ": an automatic device (such as a computer) for control or computation", ": to kill by smashing the skull", ": to hit on the head", ": the part of the nervous system that is inside the skull, consists of grayish nerve cells and whitish nerve fibers, and is the organ of thought and the central control point for the nervous system", ": the ability to think : intelligence", ": someone who is very smart", ": to hit on the head very hard", ": the portion of the vertebrate central nervous system enclosed in the skull and continuous with the spinal cord through the foramen magnum that is composed of neurons and supporting and nutritive structures (as glia) and that integrates sensory information from inside and outside the body in controlling autonomic function (as heartbeat and respiration), in coordinating and directing correlated motor responses, and in the process of learning \u2014 see forebrain , hindbrain , midbrain", ": a nervous center in invertebrates comparable in position and function to the vertebrate brain" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101n", "\u02c8br\u0101n", "\u02c8br\u0101n" ], "synonyms":[ "brainiac", "genius", "intellect", "thinker", "whiz", "wiz", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[ "blockhead", "dodo", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "fathead", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "idiot", "imbecile", "knucklehead", "moron", "nitwit", "numskull", "numbskull", "pinhead" ], "examples":[ "Noun", "Scientists are learning more about how the human brain works.", "The left and right sides of the brain have different functions.", "The other children always teased him about being such a brain .", "Verb", "The tree limb fell and nearly brained me.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Musk is the founder of SpaceX and The Boring Company and co-founder of PayPal and brain technology company, Neuralink, among other companies. \u2014 Daryl Perry, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022", "In June 2011, between T.J\u2019s freshman and sophomore seasons, Andre Jones died of a brain aneurysm at age 42. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 19 June 2022", "Bluebird\u2019s first treatment, eli-cel, helped children with a lethal neurodegenerative disease called cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy live longer by supplying them with a gene that\u2019s crucial for the proper functioning of brain cells. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022", "But on July 28, 2014, the 19-year-old sophomore was diagnosed with stage 3 malignant brain melanoma. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022", "A few days after Dusty was born, Arlene suffered a massive brain embolism from a blood clot and died. \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 19 June 2022", "The enzyme is normally concentrated in the liver, kidneys and brain . \u2014 Rachel Yehuda, Scientific American , 18 June 2022", "Animals that contract chronic wasting disease develop brain lesions, become emaciated, appear listless, may salivate excessively and eventually die. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2022", "Whiteman demonstrated her courage, strength and resilience after being diagnosed in 2007 with a rare form of cancer that affected her spinal cord and brain . \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 17 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "They are linked to brain developmental problems in infants and cancer. \u2014 Katy Stech Ferek, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022", "How will brain stimulation become accessible to all the patients who need it, given how expensive and invasive some treatments are? \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 14 Jan. 2022", "The researchers contend that this study marks the first time that a machine-learning algorithm has been matched to brain data to explain the workings of a high-level cognitive task. \u2014 Anna Blaustein, Scientific American , 26 Oct. 2021", "Arguably, achieving universal health care and higher education and addressing the nation\u2019s aging water pipe infrastructure (which has yielded a modern-day lead crisis) could be expected to make similar contributions to brain health across decades. \u2014 Daniel R. George, Scientific American , 25 Aug. 2021", "Then of course there\u2019s me, spying on these other women \u2014 and some dads, too \u2014 instead of keeping tabs on my four kids, one of whom is poised to brain somebody with a stick. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 June 2021", "Biden, who lost his son Beau Biden to brain cancer in 2015, has pledged to make the fight against cancer a key focus of his administration. \u2014 Dom Calicchio, Fox News , 25 Mar. 2021", "The priority is personal to Biden, who lost his son Beau Biden to brain cancer in 2015. \u2014 Marisa Schultz, Fox News , 20 Feb. 2021", "This less average bone and muscle support makes the head and brain more vulnerable to sudden movement and predicts risk for concussion. \u2014 Bob Roehr, Scientific American , 9 Mar. 2016" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-170902" }, "bring around":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to restore to consciousness : revive", ": persuade" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[ "argue", "bring", "convert", "convince", "gain", "get", "induce", "move", "persuade", "prevail (on ", "satisfy", "talk (into)", "win (over)" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an airtight argument is the only thing that will ever bring him around" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-172342" }, "brigade":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a large body of troops", ": a tactical and administrative unit composed of a headquarters, one or more units of infantry or armor, and supporting units", ": a group of people organized for special activity", ": to form or unite into a brigade", ": a body of soldiers consisting of two or more regiments", ": a group of persons organized for acting together" ], "pronounciation":[ "bri-\u02c8g\u0101d", "bri-\u02c8g\u0101d" ], "synonyms":[ "army", "band", "company", "crew", "gang", "outfit", "party", "platoon", "squad", "team" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Noun", "The morality brigade insists that the book be censored.", "a clean-up brigade put the parish hall back in good order", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Makes 6oz cinnamon syrup, or enough for a whole brigade of Jet Pilots. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 11 June 2022", "Missing from the brigade of streaming winners were Amazon\u2019s Prime Video and Disney\u2019s Hulu, both of which were shut out. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Sep. 2021", "Aware that the music lover cannot live on mushrooms alone, the organizers of this year\u2019s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival enlisted a brigade of chefs to prepare haute cuisine in the Palm Springs desert. \u2014 Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022", "Under the new Army plan, the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, now based in Alaska, would be converted to a light infantry brigade . \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022", "Under the new Army plan, the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, now based in Alaska, would be converted to a light infantry brigade . \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022", "The Washington Post shadowed a brigade of paramedics for a 24-hour shift in Kharkiv, the eastern Ukrainian city about 25 miles from the Russian border that has been heavily battered by airstrikes and artillery since the first day of the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022", "The two Americans\u2014who are Mormon\u2014met at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Lviv, Ukraine, and ended up connecting informally with a Ukrainian Marines brigade operating out of the southern city of Mykolaiv. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022", "The first unit to be deployed will likely be a French and German infantry brigade of 3,500 troops that is always on a heightened state of alert. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 25 Feb. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "These communities have also been known to brigade other subreddits, meaning members would hop into other subreddits and spam them with falsehoods about the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin or the effectiveness of vaccines. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 2 Sep. 2021", "This strain of eliminationism is not simply a derangement of the political right; the notes sounded by the dollars versus deaths brigade come straight from the liberal hymnbook. \u2014 Aaron Timms, The New Republic , 18 May 2020", "He was assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, Texas. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, The Seattle Times , 5 July 2017", "He was assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, Texas. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 July 2017", "Brigade defensive back Qumain Black was named the game's outstanding defender. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 3 June 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Verb", "1781, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-183347" }, "brainchild":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a product of one's creative effort" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101n-\u02ccch\u012b(-\u0259)ld" ], "synonyms":[ "coinage", "concoction", "contrivance", "creation", "innovation", "invention", "wrinkle" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The museum is the brainchild of a wealthy art collector.", "the artificial language Esperanto was the brainchild of L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The event is the brainchild of Marvin (Eric Graise), a mouthy paraplegic who refuses to be Julian's friend mostly because Marvin's a lot cooler than Julian could ever hope to be. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 8 June 2022", "The brainchild of former Houston Dynamo player Brian Ching, Pitch 25 is one of the largest sports bars in the city at 25,000 square feet, even housing an indoor soccer pitch. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 4 June 2022", "The brainchild of Pierpaolo Lazzarini, founder of the ever-disruptive Lazzarini Design Studio, the new Pearlsuite is an emissions-free floating adobe intended to revolutionize seaside hospitality. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 11 Apr. 2022", "The brainchild of longtime stylist Jeff Hafler, the Beauty Bubble is home to more than 3,000 pieces of hair and beauty memorabilia, curated by Hafler, who began collecting as a beauty school student in 1991. \u2014 Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022", "The brainchild of Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds, himself a Latter-day Saint, the daylong concert will be May 14 at Vivint Smart Home Arena in downtown Salt Lake City. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 Mar. 2022", "Nourish + Bloom, one of the first stores of its kind in the southeast, is the brainchild of Jamie Michael Hemmings and Jilea Hemmings, who came up with the idea in part because of their oldest son\u2019s autism. \u2014 Leon Stafford, ajc , 21 Jan. 2022", "Travel Freely is the brainchild of Zac Hood, a school teacher and award travel enthusiast in Denver Colorado. \u2014 Jaime Catmull, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022", "The brainchild of Chef Jos\u00e9 Avillez, Barrio Do Avillez is a great way to experience food created by the first chef to bring two Michelin stars to a restaurant in Portugal. \u2014 Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure , 7 July 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1628, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190718" }, "branch":{ "type":[ "adjective", "intransitive verb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a natural subdivision of a plant stem", ": a secondary shoot or stem (such as a bough) arising from a main axis (as of a tree)", ": something that extends from or enters into a main body or source: such as", ": a stream that flows into another usually larger stream : tributary", ": creek sense 1", ": a side road or way", ": a slender projection (such as the tine of an antler)", ": a distinctive part of a mathematical curve (see curve entry 3 sense 1a(2) )", ": a part of a computer program executed as a result of a program decision", ": a part of a complex body: such as", ": a division of a family descending from a particular ancestor", ": an area of knowledge that may be considered apart from related areas", ": a division of an organization", ": a separate but dependent part of a central organization", ": a language group less inclusive than a family (see family entry 1 sense 5c )", ": to put forth secondary shoots or stems : to put forth branches (see branch entry 1 sense 1 ) : ramify", ": to extend in different directions from a main part or point : to spring out (as from a main stem) : diverge", ": to develop or derive from a source : to be an outgrowth", ": to extend activities", ": to follow one of two or more parts of a computer program executed as a result of a program decision : to follow one of two or more branches (see branch entry 1 sense 2e )", ": to ornament with designs of branches (see branch entry 1 sense 1 )", ": to divide up : section", ": a part of a tree that grows out from the trunk or from a main division of the trunk", ": something extending from a main line or body like a branch", ": a division or subordinate part of something", ": to spread or divide into smaller or attached parts : send out a branch", ": something that extends from or enters into a main body or source", ": an area of knowledge that may be considered apart from related areas", ": a part of a complex body: as", ": one of the three main divisions of the U.S. or a state government \u2014 see also executive , judiciary , legislature", ": a division of a business or organization", "\u2014 see also branch bank at bank" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8branch", "\u02c8branch", "\u02c8branch" ], "synonyms":[ "bough", "limb" ], "antonyms":[ "fan (out)", "radiate", "ray" ], "examples":[ "Noun", "birds singing from the branches of a tree", "The bank has a new branch in our area.", "She works at the branch office downtown.", "Verb", "The stream branches from the river near their house.", "threads branched from the center of the spider web", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Although no group has claimed the attack in Seytenga, Nsaibia said a branch of the Islamic State, which is most active in that part of northern Burkina Faso, is probably responsible. \u2014 Borso Tall, Washington Post , 16 June 2022", "The Crossroads Mason branch is closed Tuesday due to a power outage, but the staff is working to reopen, said Erin Caproni, director of public relations. \u2014 Lexi Whitehead, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022", "Now an even more contagious branch of the coronavirus family tree is dominant, the omicron mutant and its relatives. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022", "Now an even more contagious branch of the coronavirus family tree is dominant, the omicron mutant and its relatives. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022", "Now an even more contagious branch of the coronavirus family tree is dominant, the omicron mutant and its relatives. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, ajc , 2 June 2022", "In contrast to the vast downtown mothership, the West Hartford branch is cozy and convivial, a stylish room where a blackboard lists bar specials in multicolored chalk. \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022", "In a democracy, no branch of government is supreme. \u2014 Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press , 22 Apr. 2022", "The new military branch is one of his few legacies that Biden has embraced, with the White House submitting a recent budget request of $24.5 billion for the Space Force, a bump of about 40% over the prior year. \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "For Spotify to come anywhere close to $100 billion in annual revenue, the streamer likely will need to branch far beyond its core music business. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 9 June 2022", "Facing competitive pressure from professional services firms and from clients that want to solve more business problems in one stop, law firms\u2014among the most venerable American business institutions\u2014have begun to branch out. \u2014 Richard Vanderford, WSJ , 28 May 2022", "Looking to change that, Cochran has started to branch out as a Cleveland photographer. \u2014 John Canale, cleveland , 23 May 2022", "This retaining of culture and cultural lines becomes even more important to some as the diaspora continues to branch outside of India and across the world. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 18 May 2022", "The company is continuing to branch out, finding new devotees in the process. \u2014 Nancy Olson, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021", "Although Equality Health Foundation spearheaded the initiative and vetted the project, co-sponsors such as Valley of the Sun United Way were also looking for ways to branch out and serve health needs in the community. \u2014 Megan Taros, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022", "Lee, though, was excited to branch out in the glam trailer. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 20 Apr. 2022", "Steven Phillips-Horst and Lily Marotta, the hosts of a dishy podcast that deconstructs the bizarre genre of memoirs by the rich and famous, branch out with a stage show. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191102" }, "brutally":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":[ ": suitable to one who lacks intelligence, sensitivity, or compassion : befitting a brute : such as", ": cruel , cold-blooded", ": harsh , severe", ": unpleasantly accurate and incisive", ": very bad or unpleasant", ": grossly ruthless or unfeeling", ": typical of beasts : animal", ": cruel and harsh" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fc-t\u1d4al", "\u02c8br\u00fc-t\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[ "bitter", "burdensome", "cruel", "excruciating", "grievous", "grim", "hard", "hardhanded", "harsh", "heavy", "inhuman", "murderous", "onerous", "oppressive", "rough", "rugged", "searing", "severe", "stiff", "tough", "trying" ], "antonyms":[ "easy", "light", "soft" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Scars still run deep in both France and Algeria from the colonial period and the brutal war that ended it. \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 9 June 2022", "The match was shaping up to be a brutal war of attrition between the two players, with Nadal\u2019s natural prowess on the Roland Garros courts going head-to-head with Zverev\u2019s natural stamina, at just 25 years old to Nadal\u2019s 36. \u2014 Vogue , 3 June 2022", "Russia, though currently prosecuting a brutal war of annihilation in Ukraine, is expected to receive $321 billion from the sale of fossil fuels this year, while fossil fuel companies have used the crisis as an opportunity to bolster their revenues. \u2014 David Vetter, Forbes , 1 June 2022", "The initiative precedes the July 5 celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Algerian independence from France, which was won after a brutal seven-year war. \u2014 Elaine Ganley, ajc , 28 May 2022", "This was in 2006 in Somalia\u2019s capital, Mogadishu, when government troops, bolstered by Ethiopian forces, were engaged in a brutal war with Islamist fighters that saw thousands of people killed and many more mutilated in the violence. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022", "The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. \u2014 Fox News , 19 May 2022", "Deshchytsia estimates that there are now between 3 and 4 million Ukrainians in Poland, of whom some 1.5 million had already been working, studying and living in Poland before Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, and the rest have arrived since then. \u2014 Vanessa Gera, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022", "Deshchytsia estimates that there are now between 3 and 4 million Ukrainians in Poland, of whom some 1.5 million had already been working, studying and living in Poland before Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, and the rest have arrived since then. \u2014 Vanessa Gera, ajc , 21 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin brutalis , from Latin brutus \u2014 more at brute ", "first_known_use":[ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192727" }, "broad-mindedness":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": tolerant of varied views", ": inclined to condone minor departures from conventional behavior", ": willing to consider unusual or different opinions, beliefs, and practices" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fd-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d", "-\u02ccm\u012bn-", "\u02c8br\u022fd-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d" ], "synonyms":[ "liberal", "nonconventional", "nonorthodox", "nontraditional", "open-minded", "progressive", "radical", "unconventional", "unorthodox" ], "antonyms":[ "conservative", "conventional", "hidebound", "nonprogressive", "old-fashioned", "orthodox", "stodgy", "traditional" ], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193219" }, "breathing":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": either of the marks \u02bd and \u02bc used in writing Greek to indicate aspiration or its absence" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113-t\u035fhi\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Some of the primary health risks caused by a bulldog's distinctive physical traits include eye problems, skin fold infections, and trouble breathing , according to the study. \u2014 Bellamy Richardson, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022", "Extreme high temperatures can also put significant strain on the heart or make breathing more difficult. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 15 June 2022", "The victim was alert and breathing when they were taken to a hospital, and their condition was unknown Wednesday. \u2014 Chelsea Prince, ajc , 15 June 2022", "Near-surface ozone production is catalyzed by excessive heat, and can cause breathing difficulties. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 9 June 2022", "This show makes a case yet again that should hardly need to be made: that human hands pushing paint to portray human beings is as elemental to our species\u2019 culture as walking and breathing . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022", "Kuang guides people to simply close their eyes and feel their heart beating and lungs breathing . \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 8 June 2022", "The researchers also float some simpler options, like your subjective sense of effort or your breathing rate (which is a good proxy for subjective effort) at the end of the session. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 8 June 2022", "But other children endured vomiting, had altered breathing or showed other symptoms. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1696, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194857" }, "brainiac":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a very intelligent person" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101-n\u0113-\u02ccak" ], "synonyms":[ "brain", "genius", "intellect", "thinker", "whiz", "wiz", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[ "blockhead", "dodo", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "fathead", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "idiot", "imbecile", "knucklehead", "moron", "nitwit", "numskull", "numbskull", "pinhead" ], "examples":[ "a techie who always has to have the latest gadget that the brainiacs in Silicon Valley have cooked up", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Cardinals made a trade to draft a quarterback from UCLA, Josh Rosen, who was hailed as a brainiac , but who turned out to be an overthinker. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 21 Apr. 2022", "But if Weddle couldn\u2019t fend off blocks or make tackles, being a brainiac wouldn\u2019t be enough. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Feb. 2022", "Now settled in the fictitious Port Oswego, Ore., the congenial brainiac has become popular among students and teachers alike. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2022", "But again, there\u2019s probably a whole load more business decisions and brainiac ideas that will probably help that idea flourish. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 22 Mar. 2021", "Familiar tropes get a raucous refresh when an underdog brainiac teams up with misfit dancers to pop-and-lock like a champ. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 21 Dec. 2020", "Meanwhile there\u2019s a new bad guy to reckon with: Merrick (Harry Melling), a bratty brainiac who likes to refer to himself as the youngest billionaire in pharma. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 8 July 2020", "Among the many impressive and articulate brainiacs featured here, Orlowski's one-time contemporary at Stanford, Tristan Harris, grabs the lion's share of the screen time. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Jan. 2020", "But the Stallman affair touches on something else: a simmering resentment of the treatment of women by the scruffy brainiacs who built our digital world, as well as the Brahmins of academia and business who benefited from the hackers\u2019 effort. \u2014 Wired , 18 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":"probably from Brainiac , superintelligent villain in the Superman comic-book series", "first_known_use":[ "1975, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194955" }, "bridal":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a marriage festival or ceremony", ": of or relating to a bride or a wedding : nuptial", ": intended for a newly married couple", ": of or relating to a bride or a wedding" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u012b-d\u1d4al", "\u02c8br\u012b-d\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[ "espousal", "marriage", "nuptial(s)", "wedding" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "His daughters\u2019 bridal and baby showers were held at the restaurant. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022", "Cabrera also went with blush for his suit by Sir Dudley's, who did the custom suits for the men in their bridal and groom party as well. \u2014 Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com , 9 Apr. 2022", "La Jolla neighborhood by native Alexia Mar\u00eda, the label is dedicated to bridal and evening wear that borrows from the codes of bygone Hollywood glamour. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 29 Sep. 2021", "And it\u2019s one of the few dishes that\u2019s embraced any time of day and for any occasion, including breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, Easter, Christmas, baby showers, bridal showers, potlucks, game day, tea parties and more. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022", "And it\u2019s one of the few dishes that\u2019s embraced any time of day and for any occasion, including breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, Easter, Christmas, baby showers, bridal showers, potlucks, game day, tea parties and more. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022", "This planning is useful if you\u2019re invited to multiple weddings, or bridal showers, bachelor or bachelorette parties and rehearsal dinners. \u2014 cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022", "For the occasion, the Poosh founder wore an entirely Dolce & Gabbana bridal look consisting of a lacy white corset minidress and a long dramatic veil embellished with religious iconography. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 May 2022", "At the spa, maternity, bridal and couples' massages are just some of the options to extend the bliss. \u2014 Chris Dwyer, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Find bridal gowns, bridesmaid and mother-of-the-bride gowns, and flower girl dresses and accessories as well as event decorations. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022", "Among wedding trends heating up, sellers have noted a surge in interest in black bridal gowns. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 17 May 2022", "The Spring 2017 ready-to-wear collection brought a shift to what Wang's most known for \u2013\u2013 her stunning bridal gowns. \u2014 Julia Moore, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022", "The lack of black wedding dress options is what inspired designer Hannah Chivers to start her own boutique focused on black bridal gowns. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 5 May 2022", "The white mini tulip gown is from Giambattista Valli's Love Collection, per Harper's Bazaar, the fashion house's first line of bridal gowns. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 9 Feb. 2022", "Their businesses\u2019 neighbors include a vintage clothing shop, a bridal shop and an optical store. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Feb. 2022", "Founder Lori Stephenson began her career in the wedding industry more than 25 years ago, designing custom bridal gowns. \u2014 Vogue , 10 Dec. 2021", "While the mall\u2019s Montgomery Ward anchor store continued to sell everything from bridal gowns to microwaves, the Handy Andy store that started it all moved to Fredericksburg Road. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Sep. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above", "Adjective", "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200000" }, "brassiness":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": shamelessly bold", ": obstreperous", ": resembling brass especially in color", ": resembling the sound of a brass instrument" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bra-s\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassbound", "brazen", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "antonyms":[ "meek", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid" ], "examples":[ "a brassy customer insisted on arriving late and still being taken first", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The brassy banda group will become the first act from Tijuana \u2014 and the first regional Mexican music act of any kind \u2014 to ever headline at the massive stadium. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022", "Purple formulas help cancel unwanted yellow or brassy tones, as purple and yellow are opposite on the color wheel and neutralize each other. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022", "On a recent spring night, the brassy horn from a saxophonist and bright beating of a cymbal played from the upstairs bar of the dark black and brick facade. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022", "Her kaleidoscopic patter, a forceful blend of life and career advice dispensed with a brassy New York inflection, is by turns funny, savvy and nasty. \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022", "Backed with brassy flair by a funky trumpet section, the R&B and soul singer excels on an uptempo number that offers a funky counterpart to the album's heavy dose of '80s rock. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022", "The brassy shade of the fish may be a form of camouflage that absorbs remnants of blue light, so at deep depths, the fish is nearly invisible, per Live Science. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022", "In its first-ever Broadway revival, Funny Girl stars Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice, the brassy Ziegfeld comedian first portrayed by Barbra Streisand in the 1960s. \u2014 Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022", "Plus, her acting skills, always tremendous in brassy tough-talking mode, only add nuance as Nadia loses control over her place in time and her conviction that her family\u2019s unfinished business is, in fact, finishable. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201953" }, "bromide":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives", ": a commonplace or tiresome person : bore", ": a commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion", ": a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (as potassium bromide) used as sedatives", ": a dose of bromide taken usually as a sedative" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014d-\u02ccm\u012bd", "\u02c8br\u014d-\u02ccm\u012bd" ], "synonyms":[ "banality", "chestnut", "clich\u00e9", "cliche", "commonplace", "groaner", "homily", "platitude", "shibboleth", "trope", "truism" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "His speech had nothing more to offer than the usual bromides about how everyone needs to work together.", "a newspaper editorial offering the timeworn bromide that people should settle their differences peacefully", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Tennessee uses a three-drug series to put inmates to death: midazolam, a sedative to render the inmate unconscious; vecuronium bromide , to paralyze the inmate; and potassium chloride, to stop the heart. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022", "Tennessee uses a three-drug series to put inmates to death: midazolam, a sedative to render the inmate unconscious; vecuronium bromide , to paralyze the inmate; and potassium chloride, to stop the heart. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022", "Tennessee uses a three-drug series to put inmates to death: midazolam, a sedative to render the inmate unconscious; vecuronium bromide , to paralyze the inmate; and potassium chloride, to stop the heart. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022", "These questions lead us to the tiresome but correct bromide that more studies are needed to figure out the implications of this bump in the road. \u2014 Kent Sepkowitz, CNN , 10 May 2022", "Tennessee uses a three-drug series to put inmates to death: midazolam, a sedative to render the inmate unconscious; vecuronium bromide , to paralyze the inmate; and potassium chloride, to stop the heart. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022", "Tennessee uses a three-drug series to put inmates to death: midazolam, a sedative to render the inmate unconscious; vecuronium bromide , to paralyze the inmate; and potassium chloride, to stop the heart. \u2014 CBS News , 22 Apr. 2022", "In Harris\u2019s hands, the nonsensical bromide becomes an art form unto itself. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 16 Mar. 2022", "Once unconsciousness was confirmed, the rest of the chemicals began to flow through the IV lines: a muscle relaxant called rocuronium bromide , and potassium chloride, to induce cardiac arrest. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-204534" }, "bring up":{ "type":[ "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to bring (a person) to maturity through nurturing care and education", ": to cause to stop suddenly", ": to bring to attention : introduce", ": to cause (something, such as a file or picture) to appear on a computer screen", ": vomit", ": to stop suddenly", ": vomit" ], "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)bri\u014b-\u02c8\u0259p" ], "synonyms":[ "breed", "foster", "nourish", "nurse", "raise", "rear" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it takes an immense commitment and a lot of love to bring up a child properly", "I hate to bring this up , but we're running short of money.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Callisto Protocol was the first of many Summer Game Fest games to bring up strong Dead Space vibes, right down to the camera angle. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022", "When is the time to bring up this difficult subject? \u2014 cleveland , 30 May 2022", "When is the time to bring up this difficult subject? \u2014 oregonlive , 30 May 2022", "Not a bad idea but a wild thing to bring up to someone who just experienced a situation like that. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 5 Nov. 2021", "In his comments, Modi mentioned several trade programs but didn't bring up the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 24 May 2022", "When hunting for a new job, don\u2019t bring up salary during the initial stages of interviewing. \u2014 Wsj Staff, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2022", "SpaceX executives speaking at the Satellite 2022 conference this week did not bring up cost increases for launch services. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 25 Mar. 2022", "Stefanski didn\u2019t bring up the fact that Mayfield played with a torn labrum and fractured humerus in his left shoulder, the former suffered in Week 2, but Mayfield\u2019s injury ties in with the emphasis on getting the ball out quickly. \u2014 Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY , 3 Nov. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-212237" }, "bribe":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust", ": something that serves to induce or influence", ": to influence the judgment or conduct of (someone) with or as if with offers of money or favor : to induce or influence by or as if by bribery", ": to practice bribery", ": something given or promised to a person in order to influence dishonestly a decision or action", ": to influence or try to influence dishonestly by giving or promising something", ": a benefit (as money) given, promised, or offered in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust (as an official or witness) \u2014 compare kickback", ": to influence (a person) by giving a bribe" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u012bb", "\u02c8br\u012bb" ], "synonyms":[ "backhander", "boodle", "cumshaw", "fix", "sop" ], "antonyms":[ "buy", "corrupt", "have", "pay off", "square" ], "examples":[ "Noun", "I offered the children a bribe for finishing their homework.", "that judge refused a huge bribe to dismiss the charges against the wealthy defendant", "Verb", "She was arrested for attempting to bribe a judge.", "They bribed him to keep quiet about the incident.", "We bribed the children with candy.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "David Lausman \u2014 as a bribe following a party at a hotel in Manila, Philippines. \u2014 Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022", "FirstEnergy admitted paying $60 million into as a bribe to a nonprofit controlled by House Speaker Larry Householder. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Apr. 2022", "Timothy Ray Vasquez, 52, was charged with one count of receipt of a bribe by an agent of an organization receiving federal funds and three counts of honest services mail fraud. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Mar. 2022", "The nuclear bailout was repealed last year after federal authorities charged ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and five others with using $60 million in FirstEnergy bribe money to secure the passage of the HB6. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022", "The lawyer for Johnson argued that no bribe was necessary because the councilman supported Universal\u2019s mission for years before Chavous was hired. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 30 Mar. 2022", "The Trench being put into turnaround), a bribe or a nice birthday present may be in order next month. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022", "The little girl holding the pretzel was a daughter, Mary, who was given it as a bribe , family members said. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 12 Mar. 2022", "This is Prince's way of circumventing Drache's bribe , his way of trying to change the culture of business which is often driven by corruption. \u2014 Kyle Fowle, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The Bengals were so lousy for so long that Gregory sometimes had to bribe his boys to join him for the journey to Paul Brown Stadium, selling his sons on going to a game with the promise of new gear. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 11 Feb. 2022", "Giusti in November was charged with bribery and money laundering and has since pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to bribe a local official and commit honest services fraud and agreed to cooperate with federal investigators. \u2014 Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Sep. 2021", "As long as conniving CEOs don\u2019t bribe their way into the parallel world to get hold of kaiju eggs . . . \u2014 Tom Shippey, WSJ , 13 May 2022", "Others make doctor\u2019s appointments to obtain medical permits to enter Jerusalem, or bribe soldiers or Jewish settlers to get them through checkpoints, according to people who have used these methods. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022", "The ever-increasing cost of such cards has prompted many parents to have two savings funds: one to pay for college and another to bribe the enlistment office. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022", "Prosecutors allege that at Sun\u2019s direction, Liu paid a private investigator in Queens to bribe an IRS employee to obtain the artist\u2019s tax returns. \u2014 Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022", "The defense will also likely introduce to jurors Mitchell\u2019s apparent work starting in 2006 as an FBI informant tasked with finding public officials to bribe . \u2014 Leon Stafford, ajc , 16 Mar. 2022", "So state and local officials in Mexico tried to bribe journalists over the years, or threatened them to stop a story\u2019s publication, Carrasco said. \u2014 Palabra, al , 28 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1528, in the meaning defined at transitive sense" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-013224" }, "breakout":{ "type":[ "adjective", "intransitive verb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a violent or forceful break from a restraining condition or situation: such as", ": a military attack to break from encirclement", ": an escape from prison or jail", ": an eruption or inflammation of the skin", ": an outbreak of disease", ": a success or accomplishment especially in comparison to previous efforts", ": breakout session", ": a play that moves the puck out of the defensive zone", ": being or relating to a sudden or smashing success especially in comparison to previous efforts", ": being, relating to, or used in a breakout session", ": to develop or emerge with suddenness or force", ": to become covered", ": to become affected with an eruption or inflammation of the skin", ": to make a break from a restraining condition or situation", ": to make ready for action or use", ": to produce for consumption", ": to display flying and unfurled", ": to separate from a mass of data", ": an eruption or inflammation of the skin", ": to be affected with a skin eruption and especially one indicative of the presence of a particular disease", ": to manifest itself by skin eruptions", ": to become covered with" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccau\u0307t", "\u02c8br\u0101-\u02cckau\u0307t", "(\u02c8)br\u0101-\u02c8kau\u0307t" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "bunk", "escape", "flight", "getaway", "lam", "rout", "slip" ], "antonyms":[ "blaze (up)", "burst (forth)", "erupt", "explode", "flame", "flare (up)" ], "examples":[ "Noun", "the captives had been planning to stage a breakout at the next change in shift for the guards", "Adjective", "The company had a breakout year last year, tripling its profits from the previous year.", "Verb", "in the wake of news reports of deaths from the flu, panic broke out , and there was a mad rush for flu shots", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "An under-the-radar (to most) rapper who\u2019s also getting a breakout moment here. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 17 June 2022", "Max Scherzer is recovering from an oblique strain, Jacob deGrom has a shoulder injury and Tylor Megill, an early-season breakout star, is working his way back from biceps tendinitis. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022", "Mia Hansen-L\u00f8ve is an icon in the arthouse world, partly due to her reluctance to submit to a mainstream breakout moment. \u2014 Douglas Greenwood, Vogue , 30 May 2022", "Johnson started off on the right track this season, quickly establishing himself as a starter and even having a breakout moment with a game-winning three-pointer against Seton Hall. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022", "And then comes the curious case of Pato O\u2019Ward, popular breakout star and supposed championship contender. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Apr. 2022", "Following the age of Logan Lerman's Percy Jackson films, Walker Scobell, the 13-year-old breakout star of Netflix's The Adam Project, has been cast as the titular demigod in the upcoming Disney+ TV series based. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022", "And what kind of breakout moment is this for J.I.D? \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 29 Mar. 2022", "Through their mutual art and culture world connections, as well as buzzy society parties, the brand was poised to be the spirit world\u2019s next breakout star. \u2014 Elva Ramirez, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "In this film, Hamm returns to the sort of office setting that marked his breakout role in Mad Men, but this is a very different office indeed. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022", "Stephenson went 3-for-5 with four RBI, continuing his breakout 2022 season. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022", "Always a good player, but just short of a great one, Murphy Stehly was asked the secret to his breakout baseball season at the University of Texas. \u2014 John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Mar. 2022", "Karlberg received honorable mention honors as a sophomore but received all conference status after his breakout 2021-2022 season. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Mar. 2022", "The Rams expected to take another step forward after enjoying a breakout 2019-20 season. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 8 Nov. 2021", "During his breakout 2017 season, Barnhart hit .270 and turned in a solid walk rate (9.9%) and career-best strikeout rate (16.1%). \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 4 Nov. 2021", "A few months after finishing his breakout second season with the Thunder, Brown often tips rebounds away from opponents. \u2014 Callie Caplan, Dallas News , 3 Oct. 2021", "Adebayo, coming off his breakout 31-point performance in Game 3, opened the game by missing an 18-foot jumper. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "His alleged plan was to take a hostage and break out of the facility on the day of his arraignment, before he was scheduled to transfer back to state prison. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 5 May 2022", "During the show\u2019s first season, Mr. Hickman bleached his hair blond, which caused a rash to break out on his scalp. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2022", "All of this happens within three turns making this the right length of a game to break out early on game night or before everyone arrives for an RPG session. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021", "On the whole, the zoo doesn\u2019t break out cost by individual species, says Andi Kornak, deputy executive director at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 27 May 2022", "Kering SA does not break out financial results by brand, but analysts say sales are likely well above \u20ac2 billion a year. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 20 May 2022", "Merchandise licensing and retail sales generated $5.2 billion for Disney last year, but the company does not break out how much of that comes solely from the sales of Mickey Mouse products. \u2014 Hugo Mart\u00edn, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022", "The study also did not break out results by age group. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 11 May 2022", "Google doesn't break out specifics on the details of the software bugs being addressed \u2013 or potential hackers using them \u2013 until most users have updated the fixes. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Adjective", "1960, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-015415" }, "branch (out)":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to begin to do more different kinds of activities or work" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-183348" }, "brumous":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": mist , fog" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fcm" ], "synonyms":[ "fog", "gauze", "haze", "mist", "murk", "reek", "smog", "soup" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "cloaked in the early-morning brume , the village did indeed look like some long-lost Brigadoon" ], "history_and_etymology":"French, mist, winter, from Old Occitan bruma , from Latin, winter solstice, winter; akin to Latin brevis short \u2014 more at brief ", "first_known_use":[ "1694, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105753" }, "brew":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to prepare (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermentation or by infusion and fermentation", ": to bring about : foment", ": contrive", ": to prepare (a drink or other liquid) by infusion in hot water", ": to brew beer or ale", ": to be in the process of forming", ": a brewed beverage (such as beer)", ": a serving of a brewed beverage", ": something produced by or as if by brewing", ": the process of brewing", ": to make (beer) from water, malt, and hops", ": to prepare by soaking in hot water", ": plan entry 2 sense 2", ": to start to form", ": something made by brewing" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fc", "\u02c8br\u00fc" ], "synonyms":[ "abet", "ferment", "foment", "incite", "instigate", "pick", "provoke", "raise", "stir (up)", "whip (up)" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "In progressively larger vessels, researchers brew a cloudy broth of moth cells capable of churning out the spikes. \u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022", "Some of these coffee brands were even launched with the goal of better coffee on the go, like Kuju Coffee, a company founded by two brothers looking to improve their morning brew during trips to the great outdoors. \u2014 Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine , 4 June 2022", "Prices for a grande chocolate cream cold brew range from $5.25 to $5.45 depending on which US city customers order from. \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 10 May 2022", "Temperatures closer to boiling, on the other hand, will brew bolder, with a richer texture and more astringency. \u2014 Max Falkowitz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 5 May 2022", "The equipment can brew up to 450 gallons in one batch. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Mar. 2022", "The Samuel Adams Brewery in Jamaica Plain will ring in the release of its Love Conquers Ale brew with festivities in the beer garden. \u2014 Dana Gerber, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022", "Ridge in 2019 said Ninkasi had previously been under contract to brew Laurelwood\u2019s distribution beers, and the deal was seen as a good way to expand the Laurelwood brand. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022", "The top tier earns you free beer for life (at the rate of one beer a day) and the chance to brew your own beer, among a long list of other benefits. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 27 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The Craft Brew Races return to Newport July 16, where runners follow a 5K roadmap around Fort Adams State Park before enjoying a pint of craft brew . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022", "Coffee, cold brew , espresso drinks, chai lattes, steamers and more are available. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022", "Get a free 12-ounce hot coffee or cold brew Wednesday with the chain's app with code COFFEE. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 29 Sep. 2021", "Place Roast brewed coffee, while some roasteries in Seattle, Chicago and New York City will offer free Starbucks Reserve coffee or cold brew . \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 29 Sep. 2021", "Similar to a coffee or cold- brew color, the tone is a dark, rich, pigmented brunette that has the most subtle brown highlight kissing the ends. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 28 June 2021", "To satisfy the latter, pick up this cold brew coffee maker, which brews four servings in one go. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022", "The event doubled as a release party for his final brew , a West Coast-Style IPA aptly called Exit Interview. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022", "Not sure what coffee blend your brother-in-law prefers for his morning brew ? \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Verb", "first_known_use":[ "Verb", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1", "Noun", "circa 1510, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110210" }, "breakneck":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": very fast or dangerous", ": very fast or dangerous" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02c8nek", "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccnek" ], "synonyms":[ "blistering", "breathless", "brisk", "dizzy", "fast", "fleet", "fleet-footed", "flying", "galloping", "hasty", "hot", "lightning", "nippy", "quick", "rapid", "rapid-fire", "rattling", "snappy", "speedy", "splitting", "swift", "whirlwind", "zippy" ], "antonyms":[ "slow" ], "examples":[ "the breakneck production of naval vessels during World War II", "Recent Examples on the Web", "On the bright side, the film itself, with its incisive detail, brisk intercutting of stories, and breakneck pace effected by split screens, demonstrates that if print fades, documentary filmmakers will still persist in exposing the truth. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022", "Amid one of the worst stretches for financial performance in Amazon\u2019s history, Mr. Jassy is working to cut back the excesses of an e-commerce operation the company expanded at breakneck pace during much of the Covid-19 pandemic. \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 16 June 2022", "Mozart composed the symphony at a breakneck pace in 1782 after his father volunteered him for an eleventh-hour commission against his will. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022", "Experts say the streaming rights represented the top prize since the owner will be able to tap into a streaming market that's expanding at a breakneck pace; every day, more than 200,000 Indians go online for the first time. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 15 June 2022", "The band enters at a breakneck pace, and lead vocalist Pierce Jordan unleashes his signature howls. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022", "In an industry-changing at breakneck pace every year, so, too, is their relevance. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 21 May 2022", "Since slamming to a halt in the early days of the pandemic, New York City\u2019s real estate market has not just come back to life, but hit an increasingly breakneck pace. \u2014 Virginia K. Smith, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022", "The breakneck pace of celebrity arrivals on the Met Gala red carpet will do things to you. \u2014 Alaina Demopoulos, Allure , 2 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1562, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-113524" }, "bracket":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": an overhanging member that projects from a structure (such as a wall) and is usually designed to support a vertical load or to strengthen an angle", ": a fixture (as for holding a lamp) projecting from a wall or column", ": one of a pair of marks [ ] used in writing and printing to enclose matter or in mathematics and logic as signs of aggregation", ": one of the pair of marks \u3008 \u3009 used to enclose matter", ": parenthesis sense 3", ": brace sense 2b", ": a section of a continuously numbered or graded series (such as age ranges or income levels)", ": a pairing of opponents in an elimination tournament", ": to place within or as if within brackets", ": to eliminate from consideration", ": to extend around so as to encompass : include", ": to furnish or fasten with brackets", ": to put in the same category or group", ": to get the range on (a target) by firing over and short", ": to establish the limits of", ": to take photographs of at more than one exposure in order to ensure that the desired exposure is obtained", ": a support for a weight (as a shelf) that is usually attached to a wall", ": one of a pair of marks [ ] (", ") used to enclose letters or numbers or in mathematics to enclose items to be treated together", ": one of a pair of marks \u3008 \u3009 (", ") used to enclose letters or numbers", ": group entry 1 sense 1 , category", ": to place within brackets", ": to put into the same class : group" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bra-k\u0259t", "\u02c8bra-k\u0259t" ], "synonyms":[ "category", "class", "classification", "division", "family", "genus", "grade", "group", "kind", "league", "order", "rank(s)", "rubric", "set", "species", "tier", "type" ], "antonyms":[ "analogize", "assimilate", "compare", "equate", "liken" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Click here for the 2022 ACC Baseball Tournament printable bracket . \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 23 May 2022", "The Arizona Interscholastic Association recently got together with select high school basketball coaches to do some brainstorming and share visions for the new Open Division playoff bracket . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022", "The European qualifying playoffs meant that Thursday was only a semifinal for this four-team bracket . \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022", "Free Press sports writers make NCAA tournament predictions for 2022 March Madness bracket , with the Final Four in New Orleans at the Caesars Superdome. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 14 Mar. 2022", "March Madness for women's college basketball officially begins on Sunday night when the 12-member championship committee announces the teams for the women's NCAA Tournament bracket . \u2014 Analis Bailey, USA TODAY , 13 Mar. 2022", "No funky axle spacing or special adapter for the bottom bracket . \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 3 Dec. 2021", "The dreaded red light frequently appeared for the Pro Stock bracket as four of the eight first-round qualifying matches had winners by default after their opponents prematurely started. \u2014 Christopher Deharde, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Sep. 2021", "Hingham is as balanced as any team and is the main challenger to Prep on that side of the bracket . \u2014 Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The story and the colors are used to bracket the beginning and end credits of the documentary. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022", "In contrast to such provocateurs as Lars von Trier or Nicolas Winding Refn, who bracket their cinematic endurance tests in compulsory irony, Cronenberg is in some senses a peculiarly earnest filmmaker. \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022", "The solar eclipses of 1961 and 1999, both observable in Serbia, bracket the events explored in the lyrical imagery of Nata\u0161a Urban\u2019s debut feature-length documentary. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022", "His paintings bracket three compelling canvases by James Little, whose work in geometric abstraction\u2014executed in oils mixed with beeswax\u2014hinges on its feeling of freedom. \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 2 Apr. 2022", "Western officials can\u2019t say for certain how an attack on Ukraine might unfold by the more than 100,000 Russian troops that now bracket the country on three sides. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022", "The kickoff temperature was 3 degrees with a minus-14 wind chill at Allianz Field, selected by the U.S. Soccer Federation along with Columbus, Ohio, to bracket a road game against Canada. \u2014 Dave Campbell, chicagotribune.com , 3 Feb. 2022", "Vocally, the first and last wives bracket the show with two astonishments. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 4 Oct. 2021", "Missing is one section of the distinctive colonnades that bracket the lawn, removed from the venue\u2019s border with the actively renovating Boca Raton Museum of Art next door. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 30 Sep. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-124427" }, "briny":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": of, relating to, or resembling brine or the sea : salty", ": salty" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u012b-n\u0113", "\u02c8br\u012b-n\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "brackish", "saline", "salt", "salty" ], "antonyms":[ "nonsaline" ], "examples":[ "oysters with a briny flavor", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The shucked fresh oysters cook on the half shell over an open fire, while a homemade butter sauce adds a savory complexity to the briny shellfish. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 May 2021", "After about three months\u2019 worth of experimentation with Matunuck oysters, the team finally hit on the ideal balance of a velvety premium vodka with briny minerality. \u2014 Robin Catalano, Robb Report , 15 Feb. 2022", "A few hundred yards away, wild horses drink from a small, briny lake. \u2014 Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Apr. 2022", "Aficionados love the strong smoky flavors and the briny notes of seaweed and iodine that are reminiscent of a smoldering campfire by the shore. \u2014 Tony Sachs, Robb Report , 23 Oct. 2019", "The flavor is less briny and is mildly reminiscent of salmon. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022", "The creaminess of this dip holds all your toppings in place while the flavor enhances the briny heat of the pepperoncini, bright freshness of the mint and deep warmth of chile oil. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2022", "Tissue engineers and scientists in several countries are trying to find a commercially viable way to transform animal stem cells into a marbled Wagyu steak, briny oysters or sushi-grade salmon. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022", "Balance the fat and salt of the meats and cheeses with sweet or bright and briny items, and include ingredients that allow people to create interesting texture profiles. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1581, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-134913" }, "bridewell":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": prison" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u012bd-\u02ccwel", "-w\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[ "bastille", "big house", "brig", "calaboose", "can", "clink", "cooler", "coop", "guardroom", "hock", "hold", "hoosegow", "jail", "jailhouse", "joint", "jug", "lockup", "nick", "pen", "penitentiary", "pokey", "prison", "quod", "slam", "slammer", "stir", "stockade", "tolbooth" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the citadel was later converted into a bridewell to house the city's growing criminal population" ], "history_and_etymology":" Bridewell , London jail", "first_known_use":[ "1583, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-183017" }, "browbeat":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brau\u0307-\u02ccb\u0113t" ], "synonyms":[ "blackjack", "bogart", "bulldoze", "bully", "bullyrag", "cow", "hector", "intimidate", "strong-arm" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "His father likes to browbeat waiters and waitresses.", "they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried", "Recent Examples on the Web", "My siblings invited me out to visit them and proceeded to browbeat me into leaving him. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 16 June 2022", "On Tuesday this column noted the valiant attempt by a Washington Post columnist to browbeat consumers into feeling guilty for wanting products to be available on store shelves. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 20 Oct. 2021", "And there were people like Malcolm who browbeat kids into adopting extremist beliefs. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 10 June 2021", "The left, in this light, is not simply advocating equality of people regardless of their backgrounds; it\u2019s a cabal seeking to marginalize and browbeat white people for having created a bigoted society that does not actually exist. \u2014 Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker , 29 May 2021", "Instead, Chinese internet companies are using the threat of government action to browbeat their rivals, my colleague Li Yuan wrote in her latest column. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2021", "Congress routinely imposes conditions on states that receive federal funds, but whatever the extent of Congress\u2019s power to browbeat or cajole states, the tax mandate falls well short of the clarity that federal courts require. \u2014 Robert Alt, WSJ , 7 May 2021", "But rather than trying to browbeat Manchin into submission, Biden appears, according to The New York Times, to be making a go of crafting infrastructure legislation that 10 Republicans could support. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 12 Apr. 2021", "Yet, the president of the United States is still calling the Republican secretary of state of Georgia to try to browbeat him into awarding him victory in the state based on misinformation and conspiracy theories. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 3 Jan. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1581, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-215657" }, "broad-brush":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": general , nonspecific" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fd-\u02ccbr\u0259sh" ], "synonyms":[ "across-the-board", "blanket", "common", "general", "generic", "global", "overall", "universal" ], "antonyms":[ "individual", "particular" ], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1954, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-140146" }, "brambly":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": any of a genus ( Rubus ) of usually prickly shrubs of the rose family including the raspberries and blackberries", ": the fruit of a bramble", ": a rough prickly shrub or vine", ": a rough prickly bush or vine" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bram-b\u0259l", "\u02c8bram-b\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In December 2010, the skeletal remains of Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25; Megan Waterman, 22, and Amber Lynn Costello, 27, were found wrapped in burlap and placed 500 feet apart from each other in the bramble at Gilgo Beach. \u2014 Cristina Corbin, Fox News , 23 Oct. 2021", "Then, from thorny bramble , the wildcat exhales in a guttural hiss. \u2014 Leigh Ann Henion, Washington Post , 7 Sep. 2021", "In June 2019, a Guatemalan mother, her toddler son and two other young children died of exposure in a thick bramble near McAllen. \u2014 Dudley Althaus, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Mar. 2021", "This bramble of biological interconnections appears to be reflected in the rich diversity of tastes found within these regional wines. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 28 Feb. 2021", "Varrone believes the killer had to be familiar with the area along Ocean Parkway and likely chose it as his dumping ground because, at the time, the land was covered in thick bramble . \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 11 Dec. 2020", "The recordings are still cryptic, a hazy bramble of ambience. \u2014 Sabrina Imbler, New York Times , 10 Nov. 2020", "One was a toddler, who would later be linked by DNA to yet another unidentified woman found in the bramble , whom the police would call Peaches, after a tattoo on her body. \u2014 Robert Kolker, New York Times , 25 Sep. 2020", "The trail soon encounters the edge of Munds Canyon, where a series of flowing switchbacks glide off the rim and into green drainages cluttered with brambles and wildflowers that thrive in the moist ecozones. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 22 May 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English brembel , from Old English br\u0113mel ; akin to Old English br\u014dm broom", "first_known_use":[ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-160837" }, "broken":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": violently separated into parts : shattered", ": damaged or altered by or as if by breaking (see break entry 1 ): such as", ": having undergone or been subjected to fracture", ": not working properly", ": being irregular, interrupted, or full of obstacles", ": violated by transgression : not kept or honored", ": discontinuous , interrupted", ": disrupted by change", ": having an irregular, streaked, or blotched pattern especially from virus infection", ": made weak or infirm", ": subdued completely : crushed , sorrowful", ": bankrupt", ": reduced in rank", ": cut off : disconnected", ": imperfectly spoken or written", ": not complete or full", ": disunited by divorce, separation, or desertion of one parent", ": separated into parts or pieces", ": not working properly", ": having gaps or breaks", ": not kept or followed", ": imperfectly spoken", ": having undergone or been subjected to fracture" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259n", "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259n", "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[ "busted", "fractured", "fragmented", "shattered", "smashed" ], "antonyms":[ "unbroken" ], "examples":[ "The street was covered with broken glass.", "a broken vase that could not be repaired", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In our broken political system, the fact that any deal was reached can be classified as progress. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022", "The painful result was a fractured right orbital bone along with a broken nose. \u2014 Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022", "The arrest left Pecoraro with a concussion, a broken nose, deep abrasions, damage to his esophagus and post-traumatic stress, according to the lawsuit. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022", "The candidates cast their races as a fight for the future of democracy, the best chance to reform a broken voting system \u2014 and to win elections. \u2014 Alexandra Berzon, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022", "The candidates cast their races as a fight for the future of democracy, the best chance to reform a broken voting system \u2014 and to win elections. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022", "The school tried to cover up the student\u2019s injuries, which included a concussion and a broken nose, by not calling paramedics and not contacting his family for 90 minutes, the lawsuit said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022", "Biden, who pardoned three people and commuted the sentences of 75 others, is also opening up pathways to new opportunities for people in our broken criminal justice system. \u2014 Van Jones And Janos Marton, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022", "Daniel eventually escaped through a window of the classroom, cutting his hand on the broken glass. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English brocen , from past participle of brecan to break", "first_known_use":[ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-185527" }, "brokenhearted":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": overcome by grief or despair", ": very sad" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259n-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d", "\u02ccbr\u014d-k\u0259n-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "blue", "cast down", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "doleful", "down", "down in the mouth", "downcast", "downhearted", "droopy", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "hangdog", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heartsore", "heavyhearted", "inconsolable", "joyless", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholic", "melancholy", "miserable", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "sorry", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "wretched" ], "antonyms":[ "blissful", "buoyant", "buoyed", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "delighted", "glad", "gladdened", "gladsome", "gleeful", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "jubilant", "sunny", "upbeat" ], "examples":[ "She was brokenhearted when her boyfriend left her.", "she was brokenhearted when the relationship ended" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1526, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-215041" }, "brighten":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to become bright or brighter", ": to make bright or brighter", ": to enhance or intensify the flavor of (food) especially by adding an acidic element (such as citrus juice or vinegar)", ": to add more light to", ": to make or become cheerful" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u012b-t\u1d4an", "\u02c8br\u012b-t\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[ "buck up", "cheer (up)", "lighten", "look up", "perk (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "darken", "sadden" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The carotenoid technology is an intense antioxidant to brighten and reduce visible discoloration. \u2014 ELLE , 24 June 2022", "Roses climb up old stone walls, brighten small squares and even perfume the Roland Garros stadium, where the French Open tennis tournament is held. \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 17 June 2022", "The super thin formula plays well with other products and includes carotenoid technology, which reflects UV light and acts as a powerful antioxidant to brighten and reduce visible discoloration. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022", "Aloe leaf juice and shea butter nourish and soften the skin, while green tea extract works as an antioxidant to brighten and soothe. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022", "Cepheids, or stars that periodically brighten and dim, have long been the gold standard of cosmic mile markers. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 May 2022", "Case in point: Saie, one of our favorite clean beauty brands, recently launched its Hydrabeam concealer, a product that's time traveled from the future to brighten and blur dark spots and discoloration\u2014all without settling into fine lines. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022", "But this search looked for transient changes in brightness: objects that would periodically brighten and fade again. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022", "Artists would use the buttery paint to brighten and define their compositions, which often relied on dramatic contrasts between light and shadows, per NPR. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-235146" }, "brownie":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a legendary good-natured elf that performs helpful services at night", ": a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls typically in the second and third grades in school", ": a small square or rectangle of rich usually chocolate cake often containing nuts", ": a small square piece of chewy chocolate cake", ": a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls in the first through third grades in school", ": a cheerful elf believed to perform helpful services at night" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brau\u0307-n\u0113", "\u02c8brau\u0307-n\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "dwarf", "elf", "faerie", "faery", "fairy", "fay", "gnome", "goblin", "gremlin", "hobgoblin", "kobold", "leprechaun", "pixie", "pixy", "puck", "sprite", "troll" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "some people believe that brownies will clean your house if you leave them milk", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The shop has several unique flavors, including Nutella brownie blast, purple moon, cream cheese, lemon blueberry and more. \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 May 2022", "For another eggless brownie , try Chocolate, Red Bean and Rose Brownies, which include aquafaba. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022", "Andrew's signature dish is pan-seared filet mignon with baked potato served with a s'more brownie as a dessert. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 17 Mar. 2022", "The menu features pasta with homemade Bolognese sauce, Caesar salad and dinner roll prepared and donated by Salad Bar Glastonbury, and a chocolate brownie . \u2014 courant.com , 3 Mar. 2022", "Pre-pandemic, the cafe was usually full during the week, noisy and buzzing with atmosphere as people socialized with each other while smoking a marijuana cigarette or eating a cannabis brownie . \u2014 Isabelle Gerretsen, CNN , 19 Feb. 2022", "But working with Disney definitely earned me some major brownie points with my kids; just getting to have my name up there on a Disney project definitely impressed them, which takes a lot to do. \u2014 Lyndsey Havens, Billboard , 25 Jan. 2022", "This brownie is high on the Guinness World Records list \u2014 the highest actually! \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 9 Dec. 2021", "Che said a cannabis products and retail company recently claimed to have created the world's largest pot brownie , 850 pounds' worth. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":" brown entry 1 ", "first_known_use":[ "circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-000628" }, "breast":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": either of the pair of mammary glands extending from the front of the chest in pubescent and adult human females and some other mammals", ": either of the analogous but rudimentary organs of the male chest especially when enlarged", ": the fore or ventral part of the body between the neck and the abdomen", ": the part of an article of clothing covering the breast", ": the seat of emotion and thought : bosom", ": something (such as a front, swelling, or curving part) resembling a breast", ": face sense 6", ": to contend with resolutely : confront", ": climb , ascend", ": to thrust the chest against", ": either of the two enlarged soft parts on a woman's chest that contain a gland that produces milk when she has a baby", ": the front part of the body between the neck and the stomach", ": the front part of a bird's body below the neck", ": either of the pair of mammary glands extending from the front of the chest in pubescent and adult females of humans and some other mammals", ": either of the analogous but rudimentary organs of the male chest especially when enlarged", ": the fore or ventral part of the body between the neck and the abdomen" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brest", "\u02c8brest", "\u02c8brest" ], "synonyms":[ "belly", "blood", "bone(s)", "bosom", "core", "gut", "heart", "heartstrings", "inner space", "inside", "quick", "soul" ], "antonyms":[ "beard", "brave", "brazen", "confront", "dare", "defy", "face", "outbrave", "outface" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "These results blow the outcomes for other metastatic breast -cancer therapies out of the water. \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 15 June 2022", "In the field of breast cancer, the evidence supports this strongly. \u2014 Tlalit Bussi Tel Tzure, Forbes , 13 June 2022", "The two-time Olympian also runs for Team USA teammate Kikkan Randall, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022", "Throughout her 100 years, Breunig has survived breast cancer, a heart attack and the loss of her late husband. \u2014 Fox News , 11 June 2022", "Earlier this year, she was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, a type of breast cancer that starts in the milk ducts and can move into the lymph nodes. \u2014 Essence , 9 June 2022", "The data has helped detect rising cases of breast cancer among Japanese women who moved to the United States; link pesticides to brain tumors in children; and pinpoint racial disparities in cancer diagnosis and outcomes. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022", "Despite the positive results, the future of Trodelvy as a new treatment for women with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer remains unclear. \u2014 Adam Feuerstein, STAT , 8 June 2022", "The national and international LGBTQ community lost a powerful voice when Ms. Vaid died in New York City of metastatic breast cancer on May 14, at 63. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Here\u2019s an easy pot sticker recipe that can be made with pigeon or any number of other game meats. 8 pigeons, breasted \u00bc cup ginger, minced 2 eggs, beaten 1 head Napa cabbage, sliced 2 bunches of scallions, thinly sliced 2 carrots, julienned 2 Tbsp. \u2014 Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream , 30 Apr. 2020", "On Plum Island, there were 16 Northern shovelers, eight red-grebes, two rough-legged hawks, and a yellow- breasted chat. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Dec. 2019", "Few people pluck snows, and the birds are typically breasted . \u2014 Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life , 2 Apr. 2020", "From the menswear brand's Winter 2019 collection, the monochrome look consisted of a double- breasted jacket over a matching shirt, skinny tie, and trousers. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Sep. 2019", "In fact, business suits with ties were few and far between on Milan runways, while jackets took on an array of shapes beyond the traditional notched lapel or double- breasted looks. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2020", "Sandwiched in between her husband and her son, Victoria grounded the trio of tailored looks in a white double- breasted ensemble which was deliberately oversized. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 4 Sep. 2019", "The black pleated pants, the black bell sleeve turtleneck sweater, and the gingham plaid double breasted coat. \u2014 Katie Intner, PEOPLE.com , 7 Nov. 2019", "Working with stylist Kate Young, Gomez wore a checkered, double- breasted suit by Frame to cap off of her slew of winning looks. \u2014 Vogue , 28 Oct. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-044227" }, "bray":{ "type":[ "geographical name", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to utter or play loudly or harshly":[ "\"I'm the best!\" he brayed ." ], "town and port on the Irish Sea in eastern Ireland population 25,101":[], ": to crush or grind fine":[ "bray seeds in a mortar" ], ": to spread thin":[ "bray printing ink" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Leagues and team owners and sponsors will bray against it, because of their insatiable desire to make money, money and more money. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021", "Brees and everyone else who\u2019s brayed about Kaepernick disrespecting the anthem or the flag fails to realize that those are symbols for the ideals and rights enshrined in our Constitution. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 3 June 2020", "When Emily picked up dinner recently at a local restaurant, a couple of braying young customers laughed at her mask. \u2014 Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News , 23 May 2020", "All hail sound designer Ben Burtt: The tittering probe droid, the braying AT-AT laserspray. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 30 Oct. 2019", "Expect more braying from the brash second-year signal-caller, the NFL poster child for inflated self-worth. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Oct. 2019", "The most obvious failure of our Constitution is President Trump himself, of course, who is exactly the sort of corrupt, braying champion of the mob that our Founding Fathers devoted so much time and effort to keeping out of the presidency. \u2014 Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine , 10 Jan. 2019", "Old-schoolers would bray about Grier letting down his school, yadda, yadda, yadda. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2018", "Is there anything worse, anything less conducive to the enjoyment and understanding of the beautiful game, than a round table of former professionals braying platitudes at one another beneath the unforgiving lights of a TV studio? \u2014 Giles Harvey, New York Times , 3 July 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French braire to cry, bellow, roar, from Vulgar Latin *bragere , of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish braigid he breaks wind":"Verb", "Middle English, from Anglo-French braier, breier , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German brehhan to break \u2014 more at break":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162909" }, "brownnoser":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to ingratiate oneself with : curry favor with" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brau\u0307(n)-\u02ccn\u014dz" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He has been brownnosing everyone in the company just to get a bigger office." ], "history_and_etymology":"from the implication that servility is equivalent to having one's nose in the anus of the person from whom advancement is sought", "first_known_use":[ "1938, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-064715" }, "brood":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": the young of an animal or a family of young", ": the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time", ": a group having a common nature or origin", ": the children of a family", ": kept for breeding (see breed entry 1 sense 3 )", ": to sit on or incubate (eggs)", ": to produce by or as if by incubation : hatch", ": to cover (young) with the wings", ": to think anxiously or gloomily about : ponder", ": to brood eggs or young", ": to sit quietly and thoughtfully : meditate", ": hover , loom", ": to dwell gloomily on a subject", ": to be in a state of depression", ": to sit on eggs to hatch them", ": to cover (young) with the wings for warmth and protection", ": to think long and anxiously about something", ": the young of birds hatched at the same time", ": a group of young children or animals having the same mother", ": the young of an animal or a family of young", ": the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time", ": to sit on or incubate (eggs)", ": to produce by or as if by incubation", ": to think anxiously or gloomily about", ": to brood eggs or young", ": to dwell gloomily on a subject", ": to be in a state of depression" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fcd", "\u02c8br\u00fcd", "\u02c8br\u00fcd" ], "synonyms":[ "hatch", "incubate", "set", "sit" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Noun", "a hen and her brood of chicks", "Mrs. Smith took her brood to church every Sunday.", "Verb", "He brooded over his mistake.", "After the argument, she sat in her bedroom, brooding .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The puppy was with its mother, who was nursing her brood on the side of the road, while a protective adult male dog lingered nearby. \u2014 Fox News , 23 June 2022", "Prince William and his brood know how to have a royally good time! \u2014 Leah Simpson, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022", "Ready to keep up with Kim and the rest of her brood with The Kardashians? \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 20 May 2022", "Borrow a Moke electric, open-air vehicle to tote the whole brood around town in a fun and unique way. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 19 May 2022", "Elsewhere in the big Bridgerton brood , bookish rebel Eloise (Claudia Jessie) is forced to come out into society but avoids balls and other soirees to attend political rallies and befriends a witty printer. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022", "Only a small handful of the Baker children are given satisfying arcs while the rest of the brood are there solely for shenanigans\u2019 sake. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022", "Anderson, sounding every bit the proud dad, also had a message for his on-screen brood . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022", "However, since their divorce was finalized in 2016, the host of The Masked Singer has added six more children to his growing brood by four other women. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 15 Feb. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Their home became a way station for traveling students, poets and artists, as well as for Mr. Barker\u2019s already sizable brood , many of them grown with families of their own. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022", "The Yankees\u2019 ace didn\u2019t brood that whole time, but didn\u2019t forget about the Red Sox chasing him in the third inning of the American League Wild Card. \u2014 Kristie Ackert, Hartford Courant , 7 Apr. 2022", "Biologists this week assigned the famed gray wolf OR-7 and his brood official pack status, the Associated Press reports. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2015", "The most limiting factor for these stockings is acquiring brood stock. \u2014 Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Apr. 2021", "The department\u2019s goal within the next few years is to create an army of brood fish from ShareLunker offspring. \u2014 Dallas News , 10 Apr. 2021", "Justin Hughes, upland gamebird habitat specialist for Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks in Region 7, said turkeys enjoyed good nesting and brood conditions across the region during 2020. \u2014 Brian Lovett, Outdoor Life , 8 Jan. 2021", "Though still being tabulated, this summer\u2019s study suggests brood survival was favorable, at least in the northeast, Roy said. \u2014 Star Tribune , 17 Sep. 2020", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The male seahorses \u2018get pregnant\u2019 and brood the babies in their pouch. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021", "Keaton\u2019s Wayne, who manages to brood with a sense of humor, communicates with every love language in this film. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Feb. 2021", "The passengers on the Diamond Princess were mostly asleep, and Arma, not long awake himself, brooded over the possibilities. \u2014 Lauren Smiley, Wired , 30 Apr. 2020", "There is fighting, there are hijinks, there are lots of tall, brooding Central Asians\u2014but beyond Sukhov, there is far too little character development. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 8 Apr. 2020", "Almost all presidents brood in private about the insults aimed at them. \u2014 Edwin L. Battistella, Time , 1 Apr. 2020", "Weaks\u2019s brooding Cory, on the other hand, is a complete portrait of boyhood trying to break free of oppressive parental restraint. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 3 Oct. 2019", "When emoting and brooding are needed, Daniel Craig portrays James Bond. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 20 Feb. 2020", "On Saturday afternoon, the lines of fans to meet those prices stretched backward through the grim, concrete conventional hall, the fans waiting quietly, dressed as Captain Marvels and Spider-Men and brooding beneath faux-fur as cosplay Jon Snows. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 13 Oct. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Adjective", "15th century, in the meaning defined above", "Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-121126" }, "bruit (about)":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ "to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy please don't bruit accusations about without confirming them first" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131325" }, "brownness":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the quality or state of being brown" ], "pronounciation":[ "-nn\u0259\u0307s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133328" }, "brown mustard":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": black mustard", ": indian mustard" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141525" }, "bravura":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a musical passage requiring exceptional agility and technical skill in execution", ": a florid brilliant style", ": a show of daring or brilliance", ": marked by a dazzling display of skill", ": ornate , showy" ], "pronounciation":[ "br\u0259-\u02c8vyu\u0307r-\u0259", "br\u00e4-", "-\u02c8vu\u0307r-" ], "synonyms":[ "adroit", "artful", "deft", "delicate", "dexterous", "dextrous", "expert", "masterful", "masterly", "practiced", "practised", "skillful", "virtuoso", "workmanlike" ], "antonyms":[ "amateur", "amateurish", "artless", "rude", "unprofessional", "unskillful" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "a truly bravura performance of the ballet that brought the crowd to its feet", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The longest-running show in Broadway history has been astonishing audiences with bravura performances \u2014 not to mention its crashing chandelier \u2014 since Jan. 26, 1988. \u2014 Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure , 3 June 2022", "Slay\u2019s legacy is enhanced by his lifelong dedication to old-school hip-hop vibes, sound and personal pride turned into bravura across each of his recordings. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 18 Apr. 2022", "He\u2019s fascinated by ritual, runic mysticism and physical mortification, as well as visual compositions that favor firelight, shadows and bravura camera work. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022", "Despite the Ukrainian president\u2019s bravura performance, his wished-for closing of the skies will likely go unfulfilled. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 16 Mar. 2022", "Pauline Kael, in The New Yorker, was also struck by the visual bravura . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022", "After a bravura opening, The Reef settles down into a kind of m\u00e9nage \u00e0 quatre between a man, a woman, his mistress, and her stepson. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 27 Sep. 2021", "For four wonderful seasons, Louie graced us and fans of Baskets with a bravura performance as Christine Baskets, for which he deservedly was recognized by his peers with the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 21 Jan. 2022", "There's a playfulness to Trier's filmmaking \u2014 the storybook chapters and wry voice-overs, a bravura segment in which love literally puts the entire universe on pause \u2014 that lends the movie a kind of dizzying effervescence. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 21 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Noun", "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Adjective", "1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143525" }, "brownnose":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to ingratiate oneself with : curry favor with" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brau\u0307(n)-\u02ccn\u014dz" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He has been brownnosing everyone in the company just to get a bigger office." ], "history_and_etymology":"from the implication that servility is equivalent to having one's nose in the anus of the person from whom advancement is sought", "first_known_use":[ "1938, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144825" }, "broken heart":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a state of extreme grief and depression", ": rupture of the heart muscle (as after myocardial infarction)" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155132" }, "breathe (out)":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ "to let or force out of the lungs leaned back in his chair and breathed out the smoke from his pipe" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160217" }, "brochure":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": pamphlet , booklet", ": one containing descriptive or advertising material" ], "pronounciation":[ "br\u014d-\u02c8shu\u0307r", "British especially" ], "synonyms":[ "booklet", "circular", "flyer", "flier", "folder", "leaflet", "pamphlet" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "handed out brochures giving practical hints about environment-friendly practices that every family can adopt", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Make sure to post updates on a single social media account, the brochure advised. \u2014 Mitch Smith, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022", "The city recently posted a four-page, full-color brochure advertising the position on the municipal website, which also lists the position\u2019s current salary at $271,437 plus a $500 monthly car allowance. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022", "The brochure was full of gestures of care toward the natural world, most of them enforced by legal settlements. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 3 May 2022", "See the digital season brochure at SummerStage.org. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 26 Apr. 2022", "The Big Sugar brochure states the park is still in the development stage. \u2014 Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online , 8 Mar. 2022", "The brochure features stories and biographies of the people involved. \u2014 Tamela Baker, baltimoresun.com , 1 Mar. 2022", "The brochure was distributed by a company calling itself NSO\u2019s North American branch. \u2014 Ellen Nakashima, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Feb. 2022", "Residents in the program received a brochure and a compost kitchen pail from the city. \u2014 Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"French, from brocher to sew, from Middle French, to prick, from Old French brochier , from broche ", "first_known_use":[ "1748, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171505" }, "breakthrough":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a sudden advance especially in knowledge or technique", ": a person's first notable success", ": an act or instance of moving through or beyond an obstacle", ": an instance of passing through a barrier or protection", ": infection occurring in someone who is fully vaccinated against an infectious agent", ": an offensive military assault that penetrates and carries beyond a defensive line", ": to make a breakthrough", ": a sudden advance or successful development", ": infection occurring in someone who is fully vaccinated against an infectious agent" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccthr\u00fc", "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccthr\u00fc", "\u02c8br\u0101k-\u02ccthr\u00fc" ], "synonyms":[ "advance", "advancement", "enhancement", "improvement", "refinement" ], "antonyms":[ "setback" ], "examples":[ "Noun", "Researchers say they have made a major breakthrough in cancer treatment.", "The police have announced a breakthrough in the murder case.", "This job could be the breakthrough she's been waiting for.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The Russians made an initial breakthrough Sunday in Toshkivka, a small town southeast of the metropolitan area of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, where vicious street-by-street fighting and artillery duels have raged for weeks. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022", "Back in October 2021, ahead of the talk show's 13th season premiere, Williams' breakthrough COVID-19 case and her ongoing health issues tied to Graves' disease delayed its initial return. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022", "Pick interesting partners to work with, as multiple viewpoints make for more breakthrough findings. \u2014 David Hessekiel, Forbes , 15 June 2022", "Changing attitudes toward social media created another breakthrough for the 1,000 True Fans model. \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022", "Hall starred in Anderson\u2019s breakthrough short, Cigarettes and Coffee, and its subsequent feature-length adaptation, Hard Eight, as well as classics like Magnolia and Boogie Nights. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022", "Senators announced a breakthrough agreement on gun control legislation Sunday. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022", "The breakthrough on gun control came after the mass shootings at a Buffalo, Nwe York, supermarket, where 10 shoppers and workers were killed, and an elementary school in Texas, where 19 students and two educators were killed. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022", "On Monday, a panel on the next breakthrough in mRNA technology attracted an overflow crowd. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "1915, in the meaning defined at sense 3", "Verb", "1946, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185532" }, "brutishness":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": resembling, befitting, or typical of a brute or beast", ": strongly and grossly sensual", ": showing little intelligence or sensibility", ": being unfeeling and stupid" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fc-tish", "\u02c8br\u00fc-tish" ], "synonyms":[ "animalistic", "beastly", "bestial", "brutal", "brute", "feral", "ferine", "subhuman", "swinish" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She is married to a brutish , drunken slob.", "as the months of recurrent combat dragged on, the daily existence of the soldiers became increasingly brutish", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Out front in the mid-size luxury SUV segment are performance models such as the exotic Lamborghini Urus and brutish Porsche Cayenne. \u2014 Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022", "The film tells the tale of Gelsomina, a young woman trapped in servitude to the brutish circus strongman Zampano\u0300, who ends up killing the only light in her life \u2014 the Fool from the high wire \u2014 and plunging her into a fatal despair. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 3 June 2022", "Courtney was the long time Cuyahoga county reporter covering all the before bowls of Norman brutish administration and the tragedies that happened at the jail. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 May 2022", "She is soon tormented by her brutish brother-in-law Stanley (played by Marlon Brando) and her cracks in her perception of reality begin to form. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022", "To be sure, there are enough of these sorts of brutish battles going on in nature to make war-of-all-against-all theorist Thomas Hobbes smirk. \u2014 Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American , 15 Apr. 2022", "These men, between ages 18 and 65, have been yoked to the stereotypes of manhood: tough, stoic, brutish . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022", "In a conflict as brutish as this, involving a protagonist as cruel as Putin, that may be the best the world can wish for. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022", "Equally as thrilling as the high-flying and brutish displays of wrestling tactics are the elaborate ways in which wrestlers make their way from the locker room to the squared circle. \u2014 Matt Caputo, SPIN , 1 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185610" }, "brutality":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the quality or state of being brutal", ": a brutal act or course of action", ": the quality of being cruel and harsh", ": a cruel and harsh act or course of action" ], "pronounciation":[ "br\u00fc-\u02c8ta-l\u0259-t\u0113", "br\u00fc-\u02c8ta-l\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "atrociousness", "atrocity", "barbarity", "barbarousness", "cruelness", "cruelty", "fiendishness", "heartlessness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "sadism", "savageness", "savagery", "truculence", "viciousness", "wantonness" ], "antonyms":[ "benignity", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "humaneness", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindness", "sympathy", "tenderheartedness" ], "examples":[ "the brutalities of a prison", "the police were accused of brutality for using excessive force in making arrests", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Two years after thousands of residents descended on Phoenix streets to protest police brutality and call on the city to divert money from police, some of the same activists were outside City Hall on Tuesday to condemn pay raises for officers. \u2014 Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022", "And not to mention, the NFL was also facing backlash over their lack of support for players like Colin Kaepernick who had been kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police brutality . \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022", "This heinous crime on May 25, 2020, caused a major racial reckoning worldwide, as people gathered together to protest police brutality toward Blacks. \u2014 Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022", "The video of the officers shoving Gugino was one of many instances of law enforcement personnel using riot tactics to forcefully move protesters in June 2020 as people nationwide took the streets to protest police brutality . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022", "Others applauded Eminem for taking a knee during his set\u2014a clear nod to Colin Kaepernick, who in 2016 knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality in the U.S. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 13 Feb. 2022", "The move was an apparent nod to the former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee during the playing of the national anthem during the 2016 season to protest police brutality and racial inequity. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2022", "Like the hint of bitterness that keeps Coca-Cola from being cloying, Schwarzenegger\u2019s brutality is part of his verve. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022", "Also, the rising death toll when police brutality and violent white supremacists are constant concerns, interested gun owners are taking stock of measures to protect themselves and others. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 8 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190412" }, "bruting":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the process of bruting a diamond" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fcti\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":"modification (influenced by English -ing ) of French brutage ", "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195040" }, "brown oak":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an exceptionally dark reddish brown heartwood occurring in certain English oak trees and highly prized for cabinet and finish work" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-210054" }, "broken arch":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a decorative arch (as over a door or in the top of a piece of furniture) with a gap at the apex of the curve that is usually occupied by some decorative feature" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214548" }, "brown hyena":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a solitary southern African hyena ( Hyaena brunnea ) often scavenging along the seashore" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232343" }, "brood body":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a gemma (as of a moss or liverwort)" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001727" }, "breas":{ "type":[], "definitions":[ "Definition of breas plural of brea" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-013600" }, "bravoite":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a mineral (Ni,Fe)S 2 consisting of a nickel sulfide containing iron related to pyrite" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4\u02ccv\u014d\u02cc\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":"Jos\u00e9 J. Bravo \u20201928 Peruvian mineralogist + English -ite ", "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-030315" }, "break off (with)":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ "to end a usually intimate relationship with sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-033123" }, "bruteness":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the quality or state of being brute" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-033906" }, "brock":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": badger" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4k" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English broc , of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh broch badger", "first_known_use":[ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-034143" }, "brink":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": edge", ": the edge at the top of a steep place", ": a bank especially of a river", ": the point of onset : verge", ": the threshold of danger", ": the edge at the top of a steep place", ": a point of beginning" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bri\u014bk", "\u02c8bri\u014bk" ], "synonyms":[ "cusp", "edge", "point", "threshold", "verge" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "was at the brink of death when the rescuers arrived", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The signs of the devastating crisis are everywhere, including medicine shortages at hospitals and businesses on the brink of closure. \u2014 Hafeel Farisz, Washington Post , 23 June 2022", "The natural disaster comes at a difficult time for Afghanistan as the country was already teetering on the brink of a humanitarian disaster amid crippling food shortages and sanctions against the country\u2019s Taliban rulers. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 22 June 2022", "Meanwhile, Jefferson County Public Schools is on the brink of embarking on a historic new direction for student assignment. \u2014 courier-journal.com , 22 June 2022", "Melville wrote the book in 1857, on the brink of the Civil War, when the everyman made use of a loose, unchecked system of currency. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022", "Talks had teetered on the brink of failure repeatedly last week, as lawmakers, in late-night meetings and calls, wrestled with how to translate their outline into a legislative text. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022", "Notwithstanding committee hyperbole about our democracy on the brink of destruction, the main hero of this dark episode is the Constitution. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 20 June 2022", "The evolution of the Israeli policy comes as U.S.-led efforts to broker a new deal to contain Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities with Iran appear to be on the brink of collapse. \u2014 Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ , 20 June 2022", "The losses sustained during the rise in robberies have some operators teetering on the brink of solvency. \u2014 Scott Thomas, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse brekka slope; akin to Middle Dutch brink grassland", "first_known_use":[ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-040030" }, "brown horseshoe bat":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an Australian leaf-nosed bat ( Hipposideros bicolor )" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-043220" }, "brownie point":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a credit regarded as earned especially by currying favor (as with a superior)" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "While people are thrilled that the statue is gone, some have rightly pointed out that the city, and Kenney, in particular, should not receive brownie points for their decision to finally take it down. \u2014 refinery29.com , 3 June 2020", "As each task is completed, reward yourself with virtual brownie points (not chips or cookies!), then go on to the next one. \u2014 Jane E. Brody, New York Times , 18 May 2020", "To really score some brownie points with your working mom friends, bring over toys, games, or books that will keep her kids busy for at least 5-10 minutes. \u2014 Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens , 28 Apr. 2020", "All the doom and gloom aside, the time is upon you to one-up your pals with some factual knowledge, courtesy of Opta, that is sure to earn you brownie points in the everlasting battle to have the biggest footballing brain. \u2014 SI.com , 28 Sep. 2019", "For two decades, Senator Sessions kept his head down in the weeds - and against the weed - voting Alabama/Bible belt/NRA red, collecting conservative brownie points and being a loyal Boy Scout to the old ways. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 30 Oct. 2019", "But there\u2019s no sign yet if O\u2019Rourke\u2019s new strategy will win him more than progressive brownie points . \u2014 Casey Tolan, The Mercury News , 19 Sep. 2019", "Both got brownie points for wearing black shoes, pun intended. \u2014 Rub\u00e9n Rosario, Twin Cities , 20 Aug. 2019", "So, tactically, China has a chance to win brownie points with America\u2019s business lobby. \u2014 The Economist , 6 July 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1951, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050814" }, "breathe":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to draw air into and expel it from the lungs : respire", ": to take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide through natural processes", ": to inhale and exhale freely", ": to blow softly", ": live", ": to pause and rest before continuing", ": to feel free of restraint", ": to permit passage of air or vapor", ": to use air to support combustion", ": to be cooled or dried by air that passes by or through", ": to develop flavor and bouquet by exposure to air", ": to become perceptible : be expressed", ": to emit a fragrance or aura", ": to inhale and exhale", ": to send out by exhaling", ": to instill by or as if by breathing", ": to take in in breathing", ": utter , express", ": to make manifest : evince", ": to give rest from exertion to", ": to spend a great deal of time, thought, or effort on (something) : to be wholly devoted to (some interest or activity)", ": to threaten especially in attack or pursuit", ": to keep one under close or constant surveillance", ": to enjoy relief (as from pressure or danger)", ": to draw air into and expel it from the lungs", ": to take in by inhaling", ": live entry 1 sense 1", ": say entry 1 sense 1 , utter", ": to draw air into and expel it from the lungs : respire", ": to take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide through natural processes", ": to inhale and exhale freely", ": to inhale and exhale" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113t\u035fh", "\u02c8br\u0113t\u035fh", "\u02c8br\u0113t\u035fh" ], "synonyms":[ "respire" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "There is scant doubt that today\u2019s AI foregoes even a modicum of attention toward the AI symbolics camp, whereby the use of KBS, ES, and RBS or similar tech are all relegated to the backroom and rarely given any room to breathe . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 May 2022", "But between the rapidly changing intel on the Separatist insurgencies and the sheer chaos of synthesizing military battalions into the long-standing traditions of the Jedi Order, Obi-Wan and Anakin barely had time to breathe , let alone have a talk. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022", "The moments where Hanna had room to breathe landed best. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022", "After giving the moment some time to breathe , Smith and Pinkett Smith held hands over the bistro table between their seats at the front of the auditorium. \u2014 Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022", "Lured by nostalgia for his ancestors' land, and after having built up his finances as a lawyer and consultant, Di Ciacca decided to return to breathe new life into the village his family had left behind and revamp its local economy. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 8 June 2022", "And in fact, the diverse cast of the show even add in elements from their own lives to breathe more depth into their characters. \u2014 Anhar Karim, Forbes , 6 June 2022", "McKinney and his partner Daniel Banks, who co-founded the DNAWORKS arts and service organization, saw an opportunity to breathe new, productive life into a building that once housed so much hate. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022", "The exchanges breathe warmth into social interactions, which are so important in post-pandemic life. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":"Middle English brethen , from breth \u2014 see breath ", "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-064831" }, "brown mouth":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a virus disease of dogs related to and perhaps a phase of distemper" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-090510" }, "brush-off":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a quietly curt or disdainful dismissal" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259sh-\u02cc\u022ff" ], "synonyms":[ "cold shoulder", "rebuff", "repulse", "silent treatment", "snub" ], "antonyms":[ "open arms" ], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1938, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-090544" }, "breast auger":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an auger for soft rock or coal that is advanced under pressure from the miner's chest or breast \u2014 compare breast drill" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-100809" }, "brown mixture":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a dark brown liquid preparation made of fluid extract of licorice root, tartar emetic, camphorated tincture of opium, spirit of ethyl nitrite glycerol, and water and used as an expectorant" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-102249" }, "brush":{ "type":[ "noun", "noun ()", "verb", "verb ()" ], "definitions":[ ": brushwood", ": scrub vegetation", ": land covered with scrub vegetation", ": a device composed of bristles typically set into a handle and used especially for sweeping, smoothing, scrubbing, or painting", ": something resembling a brush: such as", ": a bushy tail", ": a feather tuft worn on a hat", ": an electrical conductor that makes sliding contact between a stationary and a moving part (as of a generator or a motor)", ": an act of brushing", ": a quick light touch or momentary contact in passing", ": to apply a brush to", ": to apply with a brush", ": to remove with passing strokes (as of a brush)", ": to dispose of in an offhand way : dismiss", ": to pass lightly over or across : touch gently against in passing", ": a brief encounter or skirmish", ": to move lightly or heedlessly", ": a tool made of bristles set in a handle and used for cleaning, smoothing, or painting", ": an act of smoothing or scrubbing with a brush", ": a light stroke", ": a bushy tail", ": to scrub or smooth with a brush", ": to remove with or as if with a brush", ": to pass lightly across", ": branches and twigs cut from trees", ": a heavy growth of small trees and bushes", ": a brief fight or quarrel" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259sh", "\u02c8br\u0259sh" ], "synonyms":[ "graze", "kiss", "nudge", "shave", "skim" ], "antonyms":[ "encounter", "hassle", "run-in", "scrape", "skirmish" ], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)", "first_known_use":[ "Noun (1)", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun (2)", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb (1)", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a", "Noun (3)", "14th century, in the meaning defined above", "Verb (2)", "1674, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-102715" }, "bravingly":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":[ ": in a braving manner" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-105349" }, "bring on":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to cause to appear or occur" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[ "beget", "breed", "bring", "bring about", "catalyze", "cause", "create", "do", "draw on", "effect", "effectuate", "engender", "generate", "induce", "invoke", "make", "occasion", "produce", "prompt", "result (in)", "spawn", "translate (into)", "work", "yield" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "this legislation will surely bring on some unintended consequences" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1592, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-105830" }, "broken-field":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": characterized by or making quick changes in direction to avoid widely scattered tacklers" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259n-\u02ccf\u0113ld" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1903, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-120533" }, "broken-down":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": worn-out , debilitated" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259n-\u02c8dau\u0307n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1727, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-124523" }, "brutely":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":[ ": in the manner of a brute" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135039" }, "brown mite":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": clover mite" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135417" }, "brevity":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": shortness of duration", ": shortness or conciseness of expression", ": the condition of being short or brief" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bre-v\u0259-t\u0113", "\u02c8bre-v\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "briefness", "conciseness", "shortness" ], "antonyms":[ "lengthiness" ], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity . \u2014 Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes , 6 June 2022", "The Enquirer's questions and were edited for clarity and brevity while Berhalter's responses are quoted verbatim. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 30 May 2022", "The following interview was edited for clarity and brevity . \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 4 May 2022", "Candidate responses have been edited lightly for formatting and brevity . \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Apr. 2022", "Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s six-page majority opinion is a monument to brevity . \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 27 Apr. 2022", "The Conversation has collaborated with SciLine to bring you highlights from the discussion, which have been edited for brevity and clarity. \u2014 Claire Brindis, The Conversation , 24 May 2022", "What makes poetry so perfect for traveling is its dense brevity . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022", "This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity . \u2014 Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Latin brevitas , from brevis \u2014 see breve" ], "first_known_use":[ "15th century, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135818" }, "breard":{ "type":[], "definitions":[ "Definition of breard Scottish variant of braird" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113rd" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140730" }, "brooch":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck", ": a piece of jewelry fastened to clothing with a pin" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014dch", "also", "\u02c8br\u014dch", "\u02c8br\u00fcch" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The giant sapphire was originally a brooch , gifted to Diana by the Queen Mother as a wedding present. \u2014 Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022", "The single piece from contemporary jeweler, JAR, was a brooch designed as a watercolor flower painting using diamonds, green garnets, pink and orange sapphires in an oak wood frame. \u2014 Anthony Demarco, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022", "In addition to the brooch , Queen Elizabeth accessorized her bright-pink outfit with a multi-strand pearl necklace, one of her signature pieces of jewelry. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 25 May 2022", "This deep blue velvet blazer, with a peek of glittering lining bordering his collarless shirt, and the tasteful brooch all look fit for the Duke of Hastings on a night out on the ton. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 3 May 2022", "But the shamrock brooch reportedly belongs to the Irish Guards. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 17 Mar. 2022", "The double nominee, for EE Rising Star and as supporting actor for The Power of the Dog, wore a custom double-breasted suit in blue wool with a white silk shirt by Louis Vuitton and a diamond brooch . \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022", "There is some mystery surrounding the provenance of Princess Anne\u2019s copy of the brooch . \u2014 Jennifer Newman, Town & Country , 17 May 2022", "Apatow\u2019s Cartier jewelry included a vintage 1939 brooch in her hair and a high-jewelry necklace of diamonds set in platinum. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Middle English broche \"pointed instrument, brooch\" \u2014 more at broach entry 1" ], "first_known_use":[ "13th century, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141618" }, "brinkmanship":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the art or practice of pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit of safety especially to force a desired outcome" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bri\u014bk-m\u0259n-\u02ccship" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "two nations caught up in nuclear brinksmanship", "Recent Examples on the Web", "That Simeone\u2019s team had been able to run City so close was not despite its brinkmanship , but because of it. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022", "The limitations on what those majorities can do is rapidly attenuating, and if voters don\u2019t send a contrary message, the result will be a combustible mix of greater polarization, partisan brinkmanship and heightened election stakes. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022", "Wagner\u2019s car rolled off of a VW Beetle assembly line in 1962, the year Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev played nuclear brinkmanship with President Kennedy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022", "The country will now face early elections after days of brinkmanship in which Mr. Khan tried to dissolve Parliament to head off the no-confidence vote. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022", "An atomic test would be the first globally in more than four years and add to concerns about the risks of nuclear brinkmanship amid Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine. \u2014 Jon Herskovitz, Bloomberg.com , 7 Apr. 2022", "North Korea\u2019s resumption of nuclear brinkmanship reflects a determination to cement its status as a nuclear power and wrest economic concessions from Washington and others from a position of strength, analysts say. \u2014 Kim Tong-hyung, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Mar. 2022", "For the first time in at least 30 years, a US president has arrived with the continent rattled by Russian aggression and jarred by a return of nuclear brinkmanship . \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022", "This, in effect, would be a victory for Putin and his tactics of nuclear brinkmanship , leading to a more dangerous world in which other dictators take the lesson that bullying and intimidation work. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 14 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1956, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141647" }, "braw":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": good , fine", ": well dressed" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022f", "\u02c8br\u00e4" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "modification of Middle French brave brave entry 1" ], "first_known_use":[ "circa 1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-145102" }, "brownmillerite":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a mineral Ca 2 AlFeO 5 consisting of an oxide of calcium, iron, and aluminum" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brau\u0307n\u02ccmil\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "German brownmillerit , from L. T. Brownmiller , born 1902 American chemist + German -it -ite" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151859" }, "brutalitarian":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun," ], "definitions":[ ": advocating or practicing brutality" ], "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)br\u00fc\u02cctal\u0259\u02c8ter\u0113\u0259n", "" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brutality + -arian (as in humanitarian ; probably newly coined in the 30s or construed as a blend of brutal and totalitarian" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152614" }, "breast backstay":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a forward backstay set up to sustain an upper mast when the wind is before the beam":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163119" }, "brisk":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": keenly alert : lively", ": pleasingly tangy", ": fresh , invigorating", ": sharp in tone or manner", ": energetic , quick", ": marked by much activity", ": to make animated, energetic, or marked by much activity : to make brisk", ": to become brisk", ": done or spoken with quickness and energy", ": quick and efficient", ": very refreshing" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brisk", "\u02c8brisk" ], "synonyms":[ "active", "airy", "animate", "animated", "bouncing", "energetic", "frisky", "gay", "jaunty", "jazzy", "kinetic", "lively", "mettlesome", "peppy", "perky", "pert", "pizzazzy", "pizazzy", "racy", "snappy", "spanking", "sparky", "spirited", "sprightly", "springy", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy" ], "antonyms":[ "dead", "inactive", "inanimate", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languishing", "languorous", "leaden", "lifeless", "limp", "listless", "spiritless", "vapid" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "She answered the phone in a brisk voice.", "They went for a brisk walk in the woods.", "She walked at a brisk pace.", "Business is brisk at the store.", "There is a brisk market in old movie posters.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Across the board, vendors reported brisk business and minimal fan complaints about price increases. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 31 May 2022", "The truck has been there for five weeks and is doing brisk business, Pipkin says, filling about 100 to 200 orders a day. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 16 May 2022", "Ingrid Puac, an alumna with two sons at the school, stood outside on a brisk November day alongside other parents, teachers and students protesting a potential closure. \u2014 Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022", "Brite Winter came back on Saturday night, filling a brisk February day with music, art and community. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022", "Within a short drive of the White House, lines of people waiting for free tests snaked around buildings on a brisk December day. \u2014 Anne Flaherty, ABC News , 20 Dec. 2021", "Conditions throughout the day ranged from brilliant sunshine to steel gray clouds, rain, graupel, and brisk winds all while temperatures hovered around the low to mid-fifties. \u2014 Maryanna Skowronski, Baltimore Sun , 12 Apr. 2022", "The jean fabric is warm enough to protect you from brisk winds and the silhouette is cool enough to tie around your neck or waist once temps heat up. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022", "Another thing to watch out for today will be brisk winds. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 17 Feb. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "As in all Taycans, a two-speed automatic transmission on the rear axle enables brisk off-the-line acceleration and more efficient high-speed cruising. \u2014 Nelson Ireson, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2021", "THE VIBE IS: brisk and professional, if borderline chaotic. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit, Bon Appetit , 13 Apr. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Adjective", "probably modification of Middle French brusque", "Verb", "verbal derivative of brisk entry 1" ], "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154525" }, "brushability":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": ease of application with a brush" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccbr\u0259-sh\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1936, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164802" }, "brush ore":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an iron ore in stalactitic forms resembling a brush" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brush entry 3" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170941" }, "bris\u00e9 vol\u00e9":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a bris\u00e9 performed with each leg alternately and finished on one foot" ], "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)br\u0113\u02ccz\u0101v\u014d\u02c8l\u0101" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "French, literally, flown bris\u00e9" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172552" }, "bream":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": a bronze-colored European freshwater cyprinid fish ( Abramis brama )", ": any of various related fishes", ": any of various marine fish (family Sparidae) related to the porgy", ": any of various freshwater sunfishes ( Lepomis and related genera)", ": bluegill", ": to clean (a ship's bottom) by heating and scraping" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brim", "\u02c8br\u0113m", "\u02c8br\u0113m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "For over three hours we were served more than a dozen courses, including the platonic ideal of chorizo, sardines, prawns, razor clams, goose barnacles and a whole red bream . \u2014 Jason Wilson, Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022", "The Inner Passage winds through the Combahee River, a small blackwater tributary that is good for bream fishing. \u2014 Imani Perry, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022", "In this corner of Portugal, bass, bream , octopi, and delectable goose-neck barnacles thrive in the highly oxygenated intertidal zone where whitewater waves crash against the rocks. \u2014 Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure , 1 Feb. 2022", "Archeologists also found animal remains that attest to the rich diet that the emperors and their acolytes would have enjoyed \u2013 oyster shells, sea urchins, and the bones of fish like tuna and bream , as well as mammals such as wild boar and cattle. \u2014 Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Oct. 2021", "Red bream is plated under a white truffle ponzu jelly; Scottish langoustine is dusted under English Bergamot. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021", "The tasty bream typically are on the beds on the weeks of full and new moon in May, June and July across much of Alabama. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 2 June 2021", "Dinners feature spicy Durban curry prepared with local bream and wines from a cellar stocked by the family's Bouchard Finlayson estate in South Africa. \u2014 Jane Broughton, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 18 May 2021", "Pine Tree is also open to small game and waterfowl hunting, and several ponds and lakes across the property provide access for catfish and bream fishing. \u2014 James Brandenburg, Outdoor Life , 13 Mar. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Noun", "Middle English breme , from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German brahsima bream, Middle High German brehen to shine", "Verb", "probably from Dutch brem furze; from the use of burning furze in the cleaning" ], "first_known_use":[ "Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "1626, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172636" }, "breastband":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": breast collar", ": a band or rope fastened at both ends to the rigging to support the person who heaves the lead in sounding" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173802" }, "broody":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": being in a state of readiness to brood eggs that is characterized by cessation of laying and by marked changes in behavior and physiology", ": given or conducive to introspection : contemplative , moody" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fc-d\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "cogitative", "contemplative", "meditative", "melancholy", "musing", "pensive", "reflective", "ruminant", "ruminative", "thoughtful" ], "antonyms":[ "unreflective" ], "examples":[ "a movie with a dark and broody atmosphere", "he spent a long, broody weekend trying to figure out where his relationship with his girlfriend was headed" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175941" }, "brute-force":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": relying on or achieved through the application of force, effort, or power in usually large amounts instead of more efficient, carefully planned, or precisely directed methods" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1902, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-183440" }, "brain-dead":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": characterized by brain death", ": lacking intelligence or vitality" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101n-\u02ccded" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1972, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184001" }, "bright-eyed":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": having or giving the impression of open and youthful innocence" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-191715" }, "brain death":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": final cessation of activity in the central nervous system especially as indicated by a flat electroencephalogram for a predetermined length of time", ": final cessation of activity in the central nervous system especially as indicated by a flat electroencephalogram for a predetermined length of time", ": the final stopping of activity in the central nervous system especially as indicated by a flat electroencephalogram for a usually statutorily predetermined period of time" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101n-\u02ccdeth" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "By the time the error was realized, the patient suffered cardiac arrest and partial brain death . \u2014 Mariah Timms, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022", "Vaught eventually realized the error, but Murphey had already gone into cardiac arrest and suffered partial brain death . \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 14 May 2022", "His body launched a severe inflammatory response that led to organ failure and, ultimately, brain death . \u2014 Tanya Lewis, Scientific American , 18 Oct. 2021", "The rabies virus attacks the central nervous system and causes disease and brain death . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021", "The rabies virus attacks the central nervous system and causes disease and brain death , the department noted. \u2014 CBS News , 29 Sep. 2021", "Doctors cannot take a medical history from a patient who suffered brain death after a car accident or drug overdose. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 11 May 2021", "The organ donor, a woman from the Upper Midwest who suffered brain death following an auto accident, also had a negative PCR test using a nasopharyngeal swab within 48 hours of when her organs were procured. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2021", "The organ donor, a woman from the Upper Midwest who suffered brain death following an auto accident, also had a negative PCR test using a nasopharyngeal swab within 48 hours of when her organs were procured. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1921, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-191925" }, "brush apple":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": black apple" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brush entry 1" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-193827" }, "brinjarry":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a traveling dealer in grain and salt in India" ], "pronounciation":[ "brin\u02c8j\u00e4r\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "modification of Hindi b\u00e3j\u0101r\u0101 , from Sanskrit va\u1e47ijy\u0101 trade (from va\u1e47ij merchant) + -k\u0101raka one who does; akin to Sanskrit karoti he does" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-205224" }, "brown mica":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": phlogopite" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-220559" }, "bright emerald green":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a variable color averaging a brilliant bluish green that is greener, lighter, and stronger than average bright turquoise green" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221935" }, "bruschetta":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": thick slices of bread grilled, rubbed with garlic, drizzled with olive oil, often topped with tomatoes and herbs, and usually served as an appetizer" ], "pronounciation":[ "br\u00fc-\u02c8she-t\u0259", "-\u02c8ske-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "This bruschetta , from the Jane Goodall Institute\u2019s new book of vegan recipes, employs some smart strategies to keep the oven from overheating your kitchen. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 July 2021", "Garnish each bruschetta with a fresh mint sprig. Serve immediately and enjoy. \u2014 Kristen Massad, Dallas News , 28 July 2021", "Either of these sauces also works well as a bruschetta and crostini topping for an impromptu happy hour with snacks. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 6 July 2021", "Also featured on the new menu is bruschettone prosciutto e fichi, a summer bruschetta with fig, prosciutto, whipped ricotta and chestnut honey. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2021", "Boursin scalloped potatoes, my mother-in-law's steak dinner magic, and my sister-in-law's famous bruschetta . \u2014 Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living , 28 May 2021", "Serve on crostini, toss it with pasta for an appetizer, use it as a panini spread or stir the bruschetta topping into a bowl of chicken soup. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 29 Dec. 2020", "The company's Signature Selection Menu has regional dishes derived from local ingredients in more than 40 major markets across 240 airports, such as tuna tartare in South Florida, lobster bruschetta in Boston, and Texas carpaccio in Houston. \u2014 Katy Spratte Joyce, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 24 Sep. 2020", "To make the bruschetta : Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. \u2014 Beth Dooley, Star Tribune , 12 Aug. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Italian, from Italian dialect (Tuscany), from bruscare to toast, burn, probably from Vulgar Latin *brusicare , frequentative of *brusare, *brusiare to burn" ], "first_known_use":[ "1954, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222001" }, "brushout":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a sample application of paint usually for testing" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brush out , verb" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-011829" }, "broo":{ "type":[ "noun ()" ], "definitions":[ ": the liquid in which food has been cooked : broth , juice", ": favorable opinion" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fc", "\"", "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "Noun (1)", "Middle English bro , probably from Middle French breu", "Noun (2)", "origin unknown" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-015347" }, "brown hickory":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a pignut ( Carya glabra )" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-015843" }, "broken consort":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a group of musical instruments of different families" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045107" }, "brume":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": mist , fog" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fcm" ], "synonyms":[ "fog", "gauze", "haze", "mist", "murk", "reek", "smog", "soup" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "cloaked in the early-morning brume , the village did indeed look like some long-lost Brigadoon" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "French, mist, winter, from Old Occitan bruma , from Latin, winter solstice, winter; akin to Latin brevis short \u2014 more at brief" ], "first_known_use":[ "1694, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053009" }, "bronzitite":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a hypabyssal rock composed essentially of bronzite" ], "pronounciation":[ "-nz\u0259\u02cct\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "bronzite + -ite" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054559" }, "breathe a sigh of relief":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ ": to relax because something one has been worrying about is not a problem or danger anymore : to feel relieved" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-055028" }, "brush arbor":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an arbor made of brushwood especially as a place for a camp meeting" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brush entry 1" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-062510" }, "break (with) precedent":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ ": to do something that has not been done before" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-062601" }, "brashly":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": brittle", ": heedless of the consequences : audacious", ": done in haste without regard for consequences : rash", ": full of fresh raw vitality", ": uninhibitedly energetic or demonstrative (see demonstrative entry 1 sense 3 ) : bumptious", ": lacking restraint and discernment : tactless", ": aggressively self-assertive : impudent", ": piercingly sharp : harsh", ": marked by vivid contrast : bold", ": a mass of fragments (as of ice)", ": an attack of illness", ": a short severe illness", ": water brash" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brash", "\u02c8brash" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "antonyms":[ "meek", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "She asks such brash questions.", "a brash request to get something for free", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Here\u2019s a brash overgeneralization: American writers tend to charge at life freestyle, while Europeans approach it with an ironic half smile and perhaps a glance at their libraries. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 1 June 2022", "These folks can dance the line between being selfish and self-reliant and do well to partner with patient types as friends, lovers, or business partners who will understand their sometimes brash nature. \u2014 Glamour , 27 May 2022", "Jancs\u00f3\u2019s brash cinematic manipulations won\u2019t appeal to all film lovers. \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 17 May 2022", "By the fall of 2011, antiabortion advocates had started pushing for bold restrictions with brash new tactics. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022", "By the fall of 2011, antiabortion advocates had started pushing for bold restrictions with brash new tactics. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022", "Representing a brash new generation of Argentine acts who have become global streaming phenoms with their blend of trap, pop and R&B, each of the three displayed a distinctive sound. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 21 Apr. 2022", "Caddyshack \u2013 An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 Apr. 2022", "His co-star, who plays Lady Macbeth, was even more brash . \u2014 John Carucci, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Philbrick burst on the art scene as a brash young dealer, bidding millions for works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Yayoi Kusama, and then vanished in late 2019 amid a wave of lawsuits by collectors including the billionaire Reuben brothers. \u2014 Bob Van Voris And Bloomberg, Fortune , 24 May 2022", "Between the brash -to-humble son and his angry-to-sorrowful father, the movie confesses masculinity\u2019s quintessential struggle. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022", "Bay specializes in making brash , cacophonous, high-calorie, low-nutrition fast-food cinema. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 Apr. 2022", "UConn coach Geno Auriemma was the brash upstart going up against venerable Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, and UConn was looking for its first national championship. \u2014 Lori Riley, courant.com , 4 Apr. 2022", "Boz, these employees say, is more extroverted, more hard-charging and brash . \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 2 June 2022", "Naturally, the brass has issues with his brash ways and our man will get called to carpet a lot. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 29 May 2022", "Tony Scott\u2019s film was a highly successful, undeniably compelling advertisement for brash 1980s jingoism. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022", "In the file footage, including rare clips of the group\u2019s formative gigs at the Rivoli in Toronto, the Kids are all brash energy and suburban rebellion. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Adjective", "origin unknown", "Noun", "obsolete English brash to breach a wall" ], "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Noun", "1787, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075035" }, "break the truce":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ ": to begin fighting when there is an agreement not to fight" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-080332" }, "break out (of)":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ "to get free from a dangerous or confining situation at last she decided to break out of her suffocating marriage" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-080405" }, "brocht":{ "type":[], "definitions":[ "Definition of brocht Scottish variant of brought" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-091733" }, "brothel":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a building in which prostitutes are available" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4-th\u0259l", "\u02c8br\u022f-", "also" ], "synonyms":[ "bagnio", "bawdy house", "bordello", "cathouse", "disorderly house", "sporting house", "stew", "whorehouse" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the district is infamous for its brothels and drug dealers", "Recent Examples on the Web", "This growling ode to a New Orleans brothel could also help sell a New England abode facing eastward, with dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows and captivating sunrises. \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022", "One day Kenny and my boyfriend delivered a crimson love seat to a brothel . \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022", "What is a shock is that this glorious combination was supposedly conjured up in a brothel . \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022", "The difference between what exists at the moment and, say, a brothel denizen on Westworld is the difference between an ox cart and a Tesla. \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022", "Krell charged the motel owner and manager with conspiracy to commit prostitution and pimping \u2014 essentially, owning and operating a brothel . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022", "Born in 1775, historians speculate that Madame Ching may have started out as a prostitute or madame on a floating brothel . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 Apr. 2022", "Their success at eluding Daiyu\u2019s predatory madam and the Hip Yee tong, the bloodthirsty gang that controls the brothel , is one of many junctures where Zhang\u2019s novel seems to tilt toward a conventional redemption story. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022", "The story focus on a forlorn band of prostitutes, forced to pick sides when the American military invades and the soldiers hole up in their seaside brothel . \u2014 Emiliano De Pablos, Variety , 18 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Middle English, worthless fellow, prostitute, from brothen , past participle of brethen to waste away, go to ruin, from Old English br\u0113othan to waste away; akin to Old English br\u0113otan to break \u2014 more at brittle" ], "first_known_use":[ "1566, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-092536" }, "brisken":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": brisk" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brisk\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brisk entry 1 + -en" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-095922" }, "brockage":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an imperfectly minted coin", ": an error made in striking a coin usually as the result of the coin getting stuck in the die" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4-kij" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "English dialect brock rubbish + English -age" ], "first_known_use":[ "1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-102409" }, "brown ocher":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a limonite that is used as a pigment":[], ": ocher brown":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161058" }, "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ ": happy and full of energy" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-123916" }, "bronzite":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a mineral consisting of a ferriferous variety of enstatite often having a luster like that of bronze" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4n\u02ccz\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "German bronzit , from bronze (from French) + -it -ite" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-124615" }, "break the spell":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ ": to bring an end to magic" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-131427" }, "brasero":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a brick stove built into many Mexican kitchens" ], "pronounciation":[ "br\u0259\u02c8se(\u02cc)r\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "Spanish, from brasa live coals" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-175537" }, "brinjal":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": eggplant" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brin\u02ccj\u022fl", "-j\u00e4l", "\u02c8brinj\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "Portuguese bringella, beringela , from Arabic b\u0101dhinj\u0101n , from Persian b\u0101ding\u0101n , probably from Sanskrit v\u0101ti\u1e45ga\u1e47a" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-183336" }, "brown malt":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": malt for brewing kilned at high temperature over a wood fire" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-185819" }, "break the record":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ ": to perform better than anyone or anything else or to achieve something no other person or thing has achieved" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-190824" }, "brise-soleil":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an architectural device (such as a projection, louvers, or a screen) to block off unwanted sunlight" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6br\u0113zs\u014d\u00a6l\u0101" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "French, from brise (as in brise-bise) + soleil sun, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin soliculus , diminutive of Latin sol sun" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-193257" }, "broody coop":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a small coop designed to break up broodiness of hens by preventing any comfortable settling down" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-195503" }, "breathed":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": having breath especially of a specified kind", ": voiceless sense 2" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bretht" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-000503" }, "brush aside":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":[ ": to treat (something) as not important : to ignore or dismiss (something)" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-033803" }, "brown hen":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": gray hen" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-041334" }, "brave west winds":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the strong westerly to northwesterly winds between the latitudes 40 degrees and 50 degrees in the oceans of the southern hemisphere" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-045943" }, "bring oneself":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ ": to force oneself to do something that one does not want to do" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-073847" }, "brood bud":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": bulbil", ": soredium" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-125745" }, "brighteyes":{ "type":[ "noun plural but singular in construction" ], "definitions":[ ": bluet" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-132252" }, "brutter":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": ballhooter", ": limber" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259t\u0259(r)" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "origin unknown" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-173142" }, "bring your own bottle":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ "Definition of bring your own bottle \u2014 used to tell the people who are invited to a party that they should bring their own alcoholic drinks" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-185837" }, "brise-bise":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a half curtain for the lower part of a window" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113z\u02ccb\u0113z" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "French, literally, windbreaker, from briser to break + bise north wind" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-214517" }, "brush mouse":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a common white-footed mouse ( Peromyscus boylii ) of the western U.S." ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brush entry 1" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-020617" }, "bright-field":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": producing or using a strongly lighted background", "\u2014 compare dark-field" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181433" }, "brother":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a male who has the same parents as another or one parent in common with another", ": one related to another by common ties or interests", ": a fellow member", ": one of a type similar to another", ": kinsman", ": one who shares with another a common national or racial origin", ": a Black boy or man : soul brother", ": a member of a congregation of men not in holy orders and usually in hospital or school work", ": a member of a men's religious order who is not preparing for or is not ready for holy orders", ": a male person or animal related to another person or animal by having one or both parents in common", ": a fellow member of an organization" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r", "\u02c8br\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "We must support our brothers and sisters fighting overseas.", "the brothers in a monastery", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The royal family recently celebrated Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, reuniting with William's younger brother Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 20 June 2022", "And 13-year-old Laila will likely shoulder more responsibilities, including babysitting her brother and sister. \u2014 Holly Yan, CNN , 19 June 2022", "Designed by Brooklyn artist Andy Freidman, the shoes feature images of Boone\u2019s grandfather, father and brother , all of whom also played big league baseball. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 19 June 2022", "The two had been adopted by the Faheys and lived as brother and sister, but had fallen in love. \u2014 Johnny Edwards, ajc , 17 June 2022", "Speaking to her older brother Ethan and his wife Olivia in the clip, Moriah further explained her thoughts on Max's video. \u2014 Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022", "Willie Alexander III had three siblings, including an older brother and two younger sisters. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022", "Jonathan's brother Drew and wife Linda Phan joined them in person while JD Scott and wife Annalee Belle and Jim and Joanne Scott joined them over Zoom. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 16 June 2022", "Scott's younger brother and sister \u2014 twins Jordan and Joshua \u2014 turn 22 this week. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 16 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Middle English, from Old English br\u014dthor ; akin to Old High German bruodor brother, Latin frater , Greek phrat\u0113r member of the same clan" ], "first_known_use":[ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181516" }, "broker":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": one who acts as an intermediary: such as", ": an agent who arranges marriages", ": an agent who negotiates contracts of purchase and sale (as of real estate, commodities, or securities)", ": power broker", ": one who sells or distributes something", ": a person who acts as an agent for others in the buying or selling of property", ": an agent who negotiates contracts of sale (as of real estate or securities) or other agreements (as insurance contracts or mortgages) between the parties for a fee or commission \u2014 compare dealer , finder" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259r", "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259r", "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[ "buffer", "conciliator", "go-between", "honest broker", "interceder", "intercessor", "intermediary", "intermediate", "interposer", "mediator", "middleman", "peacemaker" ], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the broker in the hostage situation was a prominent reporter that the gunman felt he could trust", "all of the local yacht brokers were at the boat show", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The median listing price in Fredericksburg in April 2022 was $780,500 \u2014 a 45.3% jump year over year, according to Anna Lee, a broker at Moreland Properties. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022", "Rising interest rates put the most pressure on people who were already stretching their finances to the limit to afford a home, said Carl Hawthorne, broker at Atlanta Communities. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 6 May 2022", "Don\u2019t make any assumptions, said Mario Greco, a real estate broker at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago and the founder of MG Group, which specializes in land acquisition and new construction development. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022", "Alison Malkin, head broker at RE/MAX Essentia in Avon, said in an interview in March. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 2 Jan. 2022", "Available to Clarendon Hills residents only is also porch-pickup option coordinated by Meredith Lannert, real estate broker at Keller Williams Experience Realty. \u2014 Zareen Syed, chicagotribune.com , 14 Dec. 2021", "Randy Baruh, 51, an associate broker at Corcoran, thought of TikTok as something his 9-year-old used until his social media manager persuaded him to post a tour of a $50 million apartment at Museum Tower. \u2014 Kim Velsey, Curbed , 13 Oct. 2021", "Barry, as a broker , underwriter and developer, left his mark on landmarks across metro Atlanta. \u2014 Ben Smith, ajc , 7 June 2022", "For example, an EU broker providing services in the EU member states (EU MSs), on EU stock markets, in instruments denominated in EU MSs currencies, is also subject to EU sanctions regulation. \u2014 Timur Turlov, Forbes , 3 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Middle English, negotiator, from Anglo-French brocour" ], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182231" }, "bronzing fluid":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a liquid for mixing with metallic powders to make a paint or coating" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182250" }, "brave the elements":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ ": to go out in bad weather" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185457" }, "brain cramp":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a mental lapse caused especially by carelessness, forgetfulness, or inattention" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Santana scored three more in the top of the seventh with the aid of a Saints defensive brain cramp . \u2014 John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022", "And, yet, in a massive brain cramp by the entire organization, manager Dave Roberts stuck to the party line by summoning a starting pitcher who has not relieved in a late-inning high-leverage situation all year. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 17 Oct. 2021", "Rosario singled also had a brain cramp in the first inning of Game 3, getting a terrible read on Albies\u2019 looper to shallow center and getting doubled off second in the first inning. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 20 Oct. 2021", "This wasn\u2019t a brain cramp from a young player who got confused or doesn\u2019t know any better. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2021", "The brain cramp leaving the house, grabbing your face covering but not your wallet, or vice versa, and shoot, the tank is empty and hand sanitizer would be nice after pumping gas. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 4 July 2020", "Accordingly, Marchand skated freely from his line-change brain cramp . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Oct. 2019", "After the end-of-period brain cramp , the Bruins regained the lead on a gaffe by Tampa\u2019s penalty killers, and a nice look by Krug. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Oct. 2019", "Rickard could thank some brain cramps by Rays catcher Wilson Ramos. \u2014 Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com , 27 May 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1944, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185729" }, "brown mallet":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": any of certain shrubs of the genus Eucalyptus (especially E. astringens ) that are a rich source of tannin" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190005" }, "broken coal":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a size of anthracite coal", ": coal of this size" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192454" }, "brummagem":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": spurious", ": cheaply showy : tawdry" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259-mi-j\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "alteration of Birmingham , England, the source in the 17th century of counterfeit groats" ], "first_known_use":[ "1679, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200552" }, "brazenly":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":[ ": made of brass", ": sounding harsh and loud like struck brass", ": of the color of polished brass", ": marked by shameless or disrespectful boldness", ": to face with defiance or impudence", ": made of brass", ": sounding loud and usually harsh", ": done or acting in a very bold and shocking way without shame" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101-z\u1d4an", "\u02c8br\u0101-z\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "antonyms":[ "beard", "brave", "breast", "confront", "dare", "defy", "face", "outbrave", "outface" ], "examples":[ "Adjective", "He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.", "a brazen demand for special treatment just because she's rich", "Verb", "a filmmaker willing to brazen the criticism that such a violent film was sure to provoke", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Police are investigating the brazen theft of six new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500s from the Flat Rock assembly plant early Thursday that ended in a brief chase and one suspect in custody. \u2014 Navya Gupta, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022", "Then, in 1985, it was stolen on the day after Thanksgiving in a brazen heist and remained missing for more than 30 years. \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022", "Nothing draws the news like novelty; a brief scooplet, freshly exposed, will often outweigh a brazen plot freely confessed from a presidential podium or by tweet. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022", "The brazen killing of Pecci, a key South American partner of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, has shocked Colombians and Paraguayans alike, and appeared to underscore the dangers of investigating drug trafficking in Latin America. \u2014 Diana Dur\u00e1n, Washington Post , 11 May 2022", "The man who made national headlines after a video of his brazen Walgreens theft went viral has been sentenced to 16 months in prison, time served, and one year of probation, the San Francisco District Attorney\u2019s Office announced Monday. \u2014 Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Apr. 2022", "The @BrooklynDiocese is announcing the #NYPD is investigating a brazen crime of disrespect and hate, which desecrated the most Holy Eucharist and altar at @StAugustineRC located in Park Slope. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 31 May 2022", "In this wildly inventive collection of stories, Kirby explores the power of feminity in its many forms \u2013 including as brazen witches, virgins who can't be sacrificed and even cockroaches who catcallers fear. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022", "Visceral is a term commonly assigned to visual art that provokes us, often with brazen imagery (representational, figurative, or abstract), symbolism, and colors. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 19 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "On Wednesday, the wild, brazen Detroit publication launched a free digital archive, featuring every issue from its 20-year run (1969-1989) that features bylines by Lester Bangs, Patti Smith, Cameron Crowe, Dave Marsh, and more. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022", "Bourgoin\u2019s lies ran the spectrum from pointless little fictions to brazen fabulation. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022", "But while there is an abundance of opportunity, there are just as many pitfalls awaiting the brand brazen enough to plunge headlong into filmmaking without putting the proper pieces in place. \u2014 Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022", "Ukraine\u2019s largest plaza, and the nucleus of public life in the city \u2014 was seen by many Ukrainians as brazen evidence that the Russian invasion wasn\u2019t just about hitting military targets but also about breaking their spirit. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2022", "In the case of this series, the whopper the guy tells is especially brazen . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 9 Feb. 2022", "Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said trigger-pullers in the city are becoming increasingly brazen , with shootings involving multiple victims becoming more common amid an overall rise in violent crime. \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 30 Mar. 2022", "Unfortunately, brazen and medically uninformed politicians denying basic human rights over binary ideas of gender have left us no choice but to rally and continue to fight. \u2014 Ashley Andreou, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022", "That Baku would extend this project to its new dominions is brazen but unsurprising. \u2014 Simon Maghakyan, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Adjective and Verb", "Middle English brasen , from Old English br\u00e6sen , from br\u00e6s brass" ], "first_known_use":[ "Adjective", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1", "Verb", "circa 1555, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211001" }, "browning":{ "type":[ "biographical name", "biographical name ()" ], "definitions":[ "Elizabeth Barrett 1806\u20131861 wife of Robert Browning English poet", "Robert 1812\u20131889 English poet" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brau\u0307-ni\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211152" }, "breathed new life into":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ ": to give new energy, vitality, or hope to" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211246" }, "brain coral":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a massive reef-building coral (such as genus Diploria ) having the surface covered by ridges and furrows" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "They'll all be interspersed as a mass of modular floating platforms in the pattern of a brain coral . \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022", "Designed in a pattern similar to brain coral , the city will consist of 5,000 floating units including houses, restaurants, shops and schools, with canals running in between. \u2014 CNN , 19 June 2022", "Coral Morphologic sells a line of surf and swimwear that takes designs from flower anemones and brain coral and uses environmentally sustainable materials such as a type of nylon recycled from old fishing nets. \u2014 Curt Anderson And Cody Jackson, Sun Sentinel , 9 May 2022", "Coral Morphologic sells a line of surf and swimwear that takes designs from flower anemones and brain coral and uses environmentally sustainable materials such as a type of nylon recycled from old fishing nets. \u2014 Curt Anderson And Cody Jackson, Anchorage Daily News , 9 May 2022", "The park\u2019s main pool, a 70-foot-deep cavern, is shaped like a funnel, with limestone formations that resemble brain coral . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 5 Feb. 2020", "An unusual feature of the recovery is that brain coral that started out with heat-sensitive algae had a higher survival rate (82%) than coral that began with heat-tolerant algae (25%), the team reports today in Nature Communications. \u2014 Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS , 8 Dec. 2020", "Researchers discovered the protist living on a brain coral in a tropical aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. \u2014 Sean Greene, latimes.com , 23 May 2018", "Coral researchers believe brain coral , like this off Grassy Key, are more susceptible to the disease. \u2014 Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald , 20 Apr. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "circa 1711, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082708" }, "broth":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": liquid in which meat, fish, cereal grains, or vegetables have been cooked : stock", ": a fluid culture medium", ": the liquid in which a meat, fish, or vegetable has been cooked", ": liquid in which meat or sometimes vegetable food has been cooked", ": a fluid culture medium" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u022fth", "\u02c8br\u022fth", "\u02c8br\u022fth" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "But when the pho is really good, when the broth is deeply flavorful, rich, and nuanced, Sriracha obscures all that. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022", "The Calphalon Digital Saut\u00e9 turned out some of the most tender beef in our lab's test; the stew broth was rich and the vegetables held their shape. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022", "The fiery broth is fortified with kimchi, gochujang and an assortment of flavorful sausages. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022", "The steaming broth was spicy and flavorful, and the beans came with cueritos de puerco and small slices of salchicha. \u2014 Marco Torres, Chron , 9 June 2022", "The spicy broth in the signature Kazu Ramen is even better than the lighter, milky tonkotsu that wowed me during my first visit. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022", "But it was served lukewarm, and even for Skyline, the broth was thin and bland. \u2014 cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022", "The broth was too watery, the vegetables were haphazardly thrown together. \u2014 An Uong, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 Feb. 2022", "The soup feels medicinal: The broth is relatively clear, though beef particles swirl around like the soul of the cow distilled into beef stock. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German brod broth, Old English br\u0113owan to brew \u2014 more at brew" ], "first_known_use":[ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085538" }, "brazenface":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an impudent or shameless person" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-124754" }, "bright fuchsia purple":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a strong reddish purple that is redder, stronger, and slightly lighter than average fuchsia purple and redder and paler than purple orchid" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125912" }, "brashiness":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the quality or state of being brashy" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brash\u0113n\u0259\u0307s", "-raash-", "-raish-", "-shin-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-132739" }, "brutalism":{ "type":[ "adjective or noun", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a style in art and especially architecture using exaggeration and distortion to create its effect (as of massiveness or power)" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00fct\u1d4al\u02cciz\u0259m", "-\u00fct\u1d4al-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brutal + -ism" ], "first_known_use":[ "1953, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133417" }, "broker's loan":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a loan by a bank to a stock-exchange broker secured by negotiable securities", ": the aggregate amount of money loaned to brokers (as in the New York market) at any given time" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134429" }, "bright gold":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a variable color averaging a strong yellow that is deeper than yolk yellow, goldenrod (see goldenrod sense 2b ), or light chrome yellow and greener and deeper than gamboge" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-141914" }, "brash oak":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a post oak ( Quercus stellata )" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brash entry 3" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142111" }, "bris\u00e9":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a movement in ballet in which the feet or legs are clicked together in the air" ], "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)br\u0113\u00a6z\u0101" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "French, from bris\u00e9 , past participle of briser to break" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-165559" }, "brutum fulmen":{ "type":[ "Latin noun phrase" ], "definitions":{ ": meaningless thunderbolt : an empty threat : an ineffectual legal judgment":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccbr\u00fc-tu\u0307m-\u02c8fu\u0307l-men" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162444" }, "breathable":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": suitable for breathing", ": allowing air to pass through : porous" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113-t\u035fh\u0259-b\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Dear Frances's mesh ballet flats are so much more breathable than all-over leather pairs\u2014ideal for your muggiest summertime commutes or outdoor events. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 June 2022", "All of Eberjey's loungewear is made with buttery soft fabrics that are extremely breathable and temperature-regulating, so even hot sleepers can feel comfortable lounging around in them. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022", "Testers loved how breathable and stretchy the polyester-elastane blend was beneath a shell. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 5 June 2022", "Now that summer is upon us, the crunch is on to find supportive sandals that are breathable , slip-on, and provide extra cushioning. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, SELF , 1 June 2022", "Ideal for hot sleepers, these sheets are more breathable than other fabrications. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022", "Plants provide oxygen, which could be used to help create atmospheres that are breathable within lunar colonies. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 15 May 2022", "The machine-washable yoga pants are made from a four-way stretch material that's both breathable and moisture-wicking. \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022", "The 100 percent cotton fabric is breathable and also fits snugly. \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-172543" }, "brown ore":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": limonite" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-190342" }, "broken home":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a family in which the parents have divorced" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-195910" }, "bring up short":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":[ ": to cause (someone) to stop suddenly" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-210930" }, "brownout":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a period of reduced voltage of electricity caused especially by high demand and resulting in reduced illumination" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8brau\u0307-\u02ccnau\u0307t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "More than 100 San Diego firefighters are in isolation due to the coronavirus, prompting department leaders to put together an emergency brownout plan outlining which fire crews will be idled if staffing shortages demand it. \u2014 Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Jan. 2022", "As the field of burnout research expanded, subcategories proliferated: wear-out, brownout , frenetic burnout, underchallenged burnout. \u2014 Clayton Dalton, The New Yorker , 9 Dec. 2021", "Gensse also simulated an out-of-control flight in brownout conditions, resembling limited pilot visibility. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 21 Nov. 2021", "When Your Lights Go Out Ally suffered from a brownout , a drop in mental voltage when work stress steals your brain power, dimming you in the present moment. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021", "In the same way that high-energy appliances will be disproportionately affected when voltage levels drop during a metropolitan brownout , even small reductions in mitochondrial function can have large effects on the brain, Wallace says. \u2014 Diana Kwon, Scientific American , 18 June 2021", "The film is arch, but no triumph, an airless exercise in mistrusting its audience, and all of it is accompanied by pummeling music that sounds like a Vangelis wannabe recorded during a brownout . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 18 Feb. 2021", "Three months prior to the end of the war in Europe, cities in the U.S. were under a brownout order in which shop windows were dark and theater marquees and outdoor advertising signs were turned off. \u2014 Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star , 8 May 2020", "The Australian energy industry hopes having good market data and access to renewables storage will mean smoothing out events like, for example, black- or brownouts caused by high-cost, high-demand summer heat. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 10 Apr. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "brown + black out" ], "first_known_use":[ "1942, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-211455" }, "brushman":{ "type":[ "noun ()" ], "definitions":[ ": one who uses a brush especially as a vocation: such as", ": a worker who assists in cleaning the outside of a building by brushing a previously scoured surface with a chemical cleaner", ": one who applies coats of finish with a brush", ": a worker who roughens new concrete pavement with a stiff brush", ": a painter especially skilled in brushwork", ": one who cuts and burns brush" ], "pronounciation":[ "-m\u0259n", "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "Noun (1)", "brush entry 3 + man", "Noun (2)", "brush entry 1 + man" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-214355" }, "br\u00f6tchen":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": roll sense 2d(1)" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0153\u0305t\u1e35\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "German, from br\u00f6t- (from brot bread, from Old High German br\u014dt ) + -chen , diminutive suffix, from Middle High German -ch\u012bn ; akin to Middle Dutch -kijn , diminutive suffix" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-222252" }, "braze":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb ()" ], "definitions":[ ": harden", ": to solder with a nonferrous alloy having a lower melting point than the metals being joined" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0101z" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "Verb (1)", "irregular from brass", "Verb (2)", "French braser , from Old French, to burn, from breze hot coals \u2014 more at braise" ], "first_known_use":[ "Verb (1)", "1604, in the meaning defined above", "Verb (2)", "1678, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-000924" }, "bright dutch blue":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a variable color averaging strong blue to purplish blue" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-010416" }, "briscola":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": an Italian card game for four players in two partnerships" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113sk\u014d(\u02cc)l\u00e4" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "Italian" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-023140" }, "bronzing":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a bronze coloring or discoloration (as of leaves)" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4n-zi\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Ditch the bronzing mitt with this aerosol self-tanning solution. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, SELF , 27 May 2022", "Sunny Honey Bali bronzing foam comes with a hypoallergenic tanning mitt and kabuki brush for seamless application without streaks and orange tones. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Mar. 2022", "Often confused with bronzing , contouring is solely designed to add structure to the [face]. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 4 July 2021", "Incorporate a bronzing product into your summer makeup routine for a dewy, glass-skin finish. \u2014 Chelsea Hall, Marie Claire , 29 June 2021", "Tom Ford\u2019s grooming range is produced by Est\u00e9e Lauder and features a bronzing gel, a concealer, a brow definer and gel comb. \u2014 Ahmed Zambarakji, Robb Report , 23 June 2021", "This bronzing foam is one of the best self tanners for deeper skin tones. \u2014 Kasey Caminiti, Forbes , 9 Mar. 2021", "Liquid bronzers have a dewy finish and are blendable, unlike bronzing powders, for a more natural look that melts in with the rest of your makeup. \u2014 Ana Sanchez, chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2021", "First things first, bronzing and contouring the skin are not the same. \u2014 Shammara Lawrence, Allure , 12 Dec. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1834, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-031833" }, "brush-pen":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a pen with a fibrous point" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brush entry 3" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-050543" }, "broken-kneed":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": characterized by or suffering from broken knees" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-053139" }, "brushlike":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": resembling a brush" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-064229" }, "brushless":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": lacking a brush", ": designed for use without a brush" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259shl\u0259\u0307s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "brush entry 3 + -less" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-064917" }, "bronze yellow":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a moderate orange to dark orange yellow" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072622" }, "bright jade green":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a variable color averaging a strong green that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than mintleaf (see mintleaf sense 1 ) and bluer, lighter, and less strong than primitive green" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083327" }, "brisket":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the breast or lower chest of a quadruped animal", ": a cut of beef from the brisket \u2014 see beef illustration", ": the breast or lower chest of a quadruped animal" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bri-sk\u0259t", "\u02c8bris-k\u0259t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Chef-owner Rudy Zamora-Herrera starts by simmering brisket for hours in a stock pot. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 June 2022", "Traditional biscuits and gravy will be offered, but Walker might be compelled to prepare a brisket gravy, as well. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022", "The highlight of the event is an array of pitmaster vendors offering a selection of mouth-watering barbecued foods from brisket to ribs to pulled pork and plenty more. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022", "Take, for example, the Wagyu beef brisket bao buns with serrano peppers. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 2 June 2022", "Garcia's brisket curry prompted major accolades from all of the judges. \u2014 Lauren Mcdowell, Chron , 2 June 2022", "In Houston, Al Flores increased the price of his BBQ restaurant\u2019s brisket plate because the cost of the cut doubled due to meatpacking plants\u2019 inability to fully staff immigrant-heavy production lines. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022", "It's typically served with gefilte fish or beef brisket , or eaten on matzo. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Apr. 2022", "Canter\u2019s family has shared and compared notes on brisket recipes with other deli owners \u2014 and shared supplies. \u2014 Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[ "Middle English brusket ; akin to Old English br\u0113ost breast" ], "first_known_use":[ "14th century, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083418" }, "broken-bone fever":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": dengue" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-085027" }, "brain drain":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the departure of educated or professional people from one country, economic sector, or field for another usually for better pay or living conditions" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Nothing has been done to stop the brain drain as more and more doctors move away from the area.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The lack of progress may lead to a brain drain as workers choose areas that are more tolerant, according to a new business climate ranking given exclusively to USA TODAY. \u2014 Charisse Jones, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022", "This brain drain echoes multiple prior periods in the Russian people\u2019s troubled history. \u2014 Alyona Minkovski, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022", "The war against Ukraine has triggered a brain drain of professional workers from Russia. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022", "Of the three countries, only Ukraine has the potential to join those nations for which a brain drain becomes, surprisingly enough, an economic boon. \u2014 Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Apr. 2022", "With the Russian economy in shreds and Putin rapidly closing anything left of a free internet, the tech-worker brain drain was becoming a frantic mass exodus. \u2014 Paul Starobin, Wired , 22 Mar. 2022", "By contrast, Russia faces a drastic tech brain drain , with thousands of engineers having left for other countries since President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to invade Ukraine. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 17 May 2022", "Another less talked about aspect of sanctions is ' brain drain ' \u2013 high-skilled professionals exiting the country due to punishing sanctions and brutal political repression. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022", "And tens of thousands of young professionals have fled the country out of opposition to the war or fear of sanctions, causing a devastating brain drain . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[ "1960, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091634" }, "brumby":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a wild or unbroken horse" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259m-b\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "origin unknown" ], "first_known_use":[ "1871, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092041" }, "broken ashlar":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": ashlar in which the stones are rectangular but of different sizes and shapes" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100101" }, "brocked":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":[ ": striped or spotted with black and white", ": streaked with dirt" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u00e4kit" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "earlier Scots brokit , probably alteration of brukit streaked with black, from Middle English (Scots) brukit, brukyd" ], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102045" }, "broken knees":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":[ ": the injured or abnormal knees of a horse that falls frequently while in action" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111903" }, "brotch":{ "type":[], "definitions":[ "Definition of brotch dialectal English variant of broach:1 2d" ], "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014dch", "-r\u00e4ch" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120740" }, "brumation":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a state or condition of sluggishness, inactivity, or torpor exhibited by reptiles (such as snakes or lizards) during winter or extended periods of low temperature" ], "pronounciation":[ "br\u00fc-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[ "Latin br\u016bma \"winter solstice, midwinter\" + (hibern)ation", "Note: Term introduced by the American zoologist Wilbur W. Mayhew (born 1920) in \"Hibernation in the Horned Lizard Phrynosoma m'calli ,\" Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology , vol. 16, no. 1 (September, 1965), pp. 116: \" \u2026 it seems advisable to have one term to designate winter dormancy in heterotherms and another for such [in] ectotherms. Hibernation has been used to denote this condition in heterotherms particularly, so it seems best to retain this term for that group of vertebrates. Therefore, I propose the terms brumation (from bruma , L. winter) to indicate winter dormancy in ectothermic vertebrates that demonstrate physiological changes which are independent of body temperature.\"" ], "first_known_use":[ "1965, in the meaning defined above" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121247" }, "broken banknote":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":[ ": a note issued by a bank, business firm, or other legal body before the issue of an authorized U.S. paper currency in 1861" ], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "first_known_use":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-130921" }, "broken line":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a line made up of straight lines that join a number of given points taken in some specified order":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111504" }, "brushpopper":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "brush entry 1 + popper":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111930" }, "bright dip":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an acid bath for cleaning metal before enameling":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112134" }, "brown mahogany":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a variable color averaging a dark grayish reddish brown that is lighter, stronger, and slightly yellower than carbuncle and yellower, lighter, and stronger than average burgundy (see burgundy sense 2a )":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112226" }, "brushland":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an area covered with brush growth":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259sh-\u02ccland" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Del Rio sector, a gargantuan 47-county riverfront region of sparsely populated brushland , is the second-busiest on the entire Southwest Border. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Sep. 2021", "About 20 miles northeast of the Lava Fire, the 9,836-acre Tennant Fire also was burning forest and brushland along Highway 97. \u2014 Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 July 2021", "Most of the activity is in Northern California, where fires have chewed through about 500 square miles of brushland , rural areas, canyon country and dense forest surrounding San Francisco. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Aug. 2020", "Most of the activity is in Northern California \u2014 where fires have chewed through about 500 square miles of brushland , rural areas, canyon country and dense forest surrounding San Francisco. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 21 Aug. 2020", "Australia\u2019s unprecedented wildfire season has charred huge expanses of brushland , rainforests and national parks \u2013 killing more than a billion wild animals by one estimate. \u2014 USA TODAY , 30 Jan. 2020", "Two hundred thousand years ago, paleoclimate records suggest that the area was a lush wetland mostly surrounded by less-inviting arid brushland . \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 1 Nov. 2019", "During this season, burning within 150 feet of any woodland or brushland area is not allowed between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Contact Ben Tobin at bjtobin@gannett.com and 502-582-4181 or follow on Twitter @TobinBen. \u2014 Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal , 9 Oct. 2019", "He was charged with 13 felony counts of arson of brushland and two of committing arson during a state of emergency. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1820, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113215" }, "breathe down someone's neck":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{ ": to chase after someone closely":[ "The cops were breathing down our necks ." ], ": to watch someone carefully and constantly":[ "His parents are always breathing down his neck ." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113408" }, "brother-german":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a brother through both father and mother : a full brother \u2014 compare half brother":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English brother germain , partial translation of Middle English frere germain , from frere brother + germain having the same parents":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114134" }, "broken-backed":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": having a broken back: such as":[], ": hogged , sagged : so weakened as to droop at each end":[], ": having bones of the back or loins ankylosed or united by a bony growth":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from broken + backed":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114546" }, "brashy":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": brash":[ "brashy timber" ], ": showery":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"", "-sh\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "brash entry 3 + -y":"Adjective", "brash entry 1 + -y":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114909" }, "broker's price opinion":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a report prepared by a real estate broker of the value of a property based on a usually exterior viewing of the property and comparison of it to similar properties on the market":[ "Considered as a whole, the statements in the Broker's Price Opinion are simply opinions relating to possible future prices given by Sands to California Federal while acting as its agent." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1980, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114934" }, "brisket disease":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": dropsy of the brisket of cattle in high altitudes caused by dilatation and consequent weakness of the heart":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115803" }, "broken-winded":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": affected with or as if with heaves":[ "a broken-winded horse" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8wind-\u0259d", "\u02c8br\u014d-k\u0259n-\u02c8win-d\u0259d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1523, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124647" }, "breastbeam":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a beam where the quarterdeck or forecastle breaks":[], ": the beam or rail over which newly woven cloth passes in a loom on its way to the take-up and cloth roll":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125156" }, "brevit":{ "type":[ "intransitive verb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": forage , hunt":[ "the dog is always breviting about" ], ": to pry and prowl around : snoop":[ "who's brevited through this drawer" ], ": a snoopy meddlesome person":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"", "\u02c8brev\u0259\u0307t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"Intransitive verb" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125415" }, "brown owl":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an adult leader of a pack of brownies in the Girl Guide movement":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125514" }, "brushback":{ "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": a pitch intentionally thrown near the batter's head or body in baseball":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259sh-\u02ccbak" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Shortly after the attack, the longtime anchor Shepard Smith, a beloved figure in the Fox newsroom, threw a brushback pitch at his own network. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022", "For a while, in the fall, the city was a delight, with some improvisational recapturing of the streets, a more alive streetscape, a reimagining of sidewalks, and a brushback of the automobile. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021", "McMaster holds up this decision as a virtue, prefacing his book with a brushback statement that amounts to a pox on both houses. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Sep. 2020", "Tlaib has already felt the brushback from a few of her future colleagues. \u2014 Eslah Attar, Glamour , 13 Dec. 2018", "The latest head-swerving shift in Trump\u2019s approach to North Korea\u2019s nuclear threat appeared a direct brushback to Trump\u2019s own national security advisor, John Bolton, a hard-line hawk who had pushed the upfront and all-at-once disarmament scenario. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinson, latimes.com , 6 June 2018", "Trump said earlier this month in a brushback to Democratic efforts to campaign against the tax cuts. \u2014 Time , 26 Feb. 2018", "Trump said earlier this month in a brushback to Democratic efforts to campaign against the tax cuts. \u2014 Time , 26 Feb. 2018", "Trump said earlier this month in a brushback to Democratic efforts to campaign against the tax cuts. \u2014 Time , 26 Feb. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1954, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125621" }, "broken-backed line":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a line truncated in the middle":[ "\u2014 used especially of many lines in the verse of John Lydgate that have usually nine syllables and appear to lack an unstressed syllable at the medial break or caesura" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125759" }, "brocho":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": berakah":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u1e35\u0259", "\u02c8br\u022f(\u02cc)\u1e35\u022f" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Yiddish, brokhe, brokho , from Hebrew b\u0115r\u0101kh\u0101h blessing":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125940" }, "brown hemp":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": sunn":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130045" }, "brosy":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": fed or smeared with brose":[], ": stout and somewhat bloated in appearance : sluggish , torpid":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u014dzi" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "brose + -y":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130403" }, "brain dump":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the act or an instance of comprehensively and uncritically expressing and recording one's thoughts and ideas (as on a particular topic)":[ "Instead, Shafer recommends doing a brain dump \u2014getting workflow, ideas, commitments, and to-do lists out of your head and onto a physical list and calendar.", "\u2014 Stephanie Vozza", "First, you do a giant brain dump to force yourself to clear out the mental clutter and face head-on all the contradictory goals and obligations that are crowding your days.", "\u2014 Jessica Stillman" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1985, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131322" }, "Brumalia":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a pagan festival held at the winter solstice from which some features of the celebration of Christmas seem to have originated":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "br\u00fc\u02c8m\u0101l\u0113\u0259", "-ly\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from Late Greek broum\u00e1lia , borrowed from Latin *br\u016bm\u0101lia , from neuter plural of br\u016bm\u0101lis \"of the winter solstice, of midwinter\"":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132324" }, "brummy":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": brummagem":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0259mi" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "by shortening & alteration":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134517" }, "brood stock":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a small population of any animal maintained as a source of population replacement or for the establishment of new populations (as of game birds) in suitable habitats":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134836" }, "brine":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": water saturated or strongly impregnated with common salt":[], ": a strong saline solution (as of calcium chloride)":[], ": the water of a sea or salt lake":[], ": to treat (as by steeping) with brine":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u012bn" ], "synonyms":[ "blue", "deep", "Neptune", "ocean", "sea", "seven seas" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "The chicken was soaked in brine before it was roasted.", "for hundreds of years people from Atlantic Canada have made their living from the brine", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Remove from the heat and evenly divide the brine among the jars. \u2014 Anna Voloshyna, Washington Post , 17 June 2022", "To the yolks, add the mustard, horseradish, caper brine and \u00bd teaspoon salt. \u2014 Christopher Kimball, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022", "More than 1 million gallons of oil and brine oozed from a well, filling a dry creek and creating a hazardous black lagoon. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022", "Indeed, hard-rock mines require three-to-five years to get up and running, while brine projects can take seven years, according to a 2019 analysis from S&P Global that ominously forecasted that lithium demand would outweigh supply. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 26 May 2022", "Slice garlic scapes stems into 4-inch pieces (or whatever will fit your canning jars) and follow your favorite pickle brine recipe to give them tons of tangy flavor. \u2014 Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022", "Irvins\u2019 in-house chefs salt- brine duck egg yolks for 30 days before steaming and tossing them with Southeast Asian spices. \u2014 Victoria Namkung, NBC News , 5 May 2022", "In other cases, the environmental impact is opaque at best, as in the Atacama Desert, where most lithium is extracted through brine mining. \u2014 Shel Evergreen, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022", "Extracting potash from underground generates tailings that are disposed of along with salty brine water. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Frias prefers to brine his cuts of pork \u2014 shoulder, leg and rib meat \u2014 in a solution that includes salt, sugar, vinegar, orange juice, cloves and cinnamon. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 June 2022", "The column essentially suggested that brining is out of favor, though Severson spoke to several people who still wet- brine their turkeys. \u2014 Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 22 Nov. 2021", "Murphy has been known since to overprepare for storms, sending trucks to brine roadways ahead of storms that never materialize. \u2014 Sarah Rankin, ajc , 6 Jan. 2022", "The family shared recipes for a fish sauce-marinated turkey that can brine in a wet rub for up to four days, blistered vegetables in scallion oil, and a salted meyer lemon cocktail to wash it all down with. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 14 Dec. 2021", "Do not brine kosher turkeys or self-basting turkeys. \u2014 Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 22 Nov. 2021", "However, some say there is no reason to brine at all. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Nov. 2021", "Americans brine it in buttermilk and fry until golden brown. \u2014 Lauren Kotmel, cleveland , 20 July 2021", "Here, there\u2019s a bit of prep time to brine and smoke the chicken, but the rest of the dish goes together easily right before the meal. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Nov. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English br\u0233ne ; akin to Middle Dutch br\u012bne brine":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1552, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134945" }, "briefness":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": short in duration, extent, or length":[ "a brief meeting" ], ": concise":[ "gave a brief description of events", "promises to be brief" ], ": curt , abrupt":[], ": a specific instruction or responsibility":[ "his brief was to strengthen the army" ], ": a concise article (as in a newspaper)":[ "a news brief" ], ": synopsis , summary":[], ": a concise statement of a client's case made out for the instruction of an attorney usually by a law clerk":[], ": short snug pants or underpants":[ "wearing briefs" ], ": in a few words : briefly":[ "today's news in brief" ], ": to make an abstract or abridgment of":[ "brief a report", "summarized northeastern Siberian archaeology and has briefed many normally unavailable sources", "\u2014 Wendell Oswalt" ], ": to give final precise instructions to":[ "were briefed before their mission" ], ": to coach thoroughly in advance":[], ": to give essential information to":[ "The president is being briefed by his advisors." ], ": to discuss (something, such as a military operation) in a briefing":[ "briefed the mission" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8br\u0113f" ], "synonyms":[ "aphoristic", "apothegmatic", "capsule", "compact", "compendious", "concise", "crisp", "curt", "elliptical", "elliptic", "epigrammatic", "laconic", "monosyllabic", "pithy", "sententious", "succinct", "summary", "telegraphic", "terse", "thumbnail" ], "antonyms":[ "abstract", "breviary", "capsule", "conspectus", "digest", "encapsulation", "epitome", "inventory", "outline", "pr\u00e9cis", "recap", "recapitulation", "r\u00e9sum\u00e9", "resume", "resum\u00e9", "roundup", "run-through", "rundown", "sum", "sum-up", "summa", "summarization", "summary", "summing-up", "synopsis", "wrap-up" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Adjective", "The meeting will be brief .", "The essay is brief but thorough enough.", "a few brief words of caution", "Noun", "Her brief is to manage the company's sales department.", "a one-page brief of the intelligence report", "Verb", "The captain briefed the crew on the new safety procedures.", "The President has been briefed by his advisers.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "For a brief moment in the top of the sixth inning, Oklahoma seized the lead. \u2014 Nick Suss, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022", "With the rapid success of Juul, Monsees and Bowen were billionaires for a brief moment in 2018 when tobacco giant Altria acquired a 35% stake in the company for $13 billion. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 24 June 2022", "The unmistakable perfume wafts over the cityscape and, for a brief moment, disguises less savory urban odors, luring passersby to plunge their noses into the roses and inhale with gusto. \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 17 June 2022", "That brief moment quickly provoked anger among costume experts and historians, however. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022", "For a brief moment, you could\u2019ve been fooled into thinking BYU football had solved its most pressing problem. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022", "For a brief moment in 2020, the cost of a barrel of oil fell below zero because storage tanks were full from the lack of demand. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022", "Cherry Jones pops in for a brief moment as Vivi's mother, a semi-gorgon who seems deeply terrorized by Vivi's father (David Rasche). \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022", "For a brief moment Wednesday night, last year\u2019s version of Tony Gonsolin started to reappear. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "In a friend-of-the-court brief , the Cherokee Nation and other tribes noted that a hostile state government could use that power to upend tribal life. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 29 June 2022", "In a brief filed Wednesday, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Brooklyn urged Judge Ann M. Donnelly to make that sentence close to an effective life sentence for the 55-year-old Kelly. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Billboard , 8 June 2022", "Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost submitted a brief in favor of Ames\u2019 in the case. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 9 Mar. 2022", "The ruling by Loudoun County Circuit James P. Fisher came before attorneys for Katie Orndoff submitted a brief on their motion to vacate or got a chance to make oral arguments on the topic at a hearing that was scheduled for Thursday. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2021", "Lambda Legal, a group that fights for the civil rights of LGBTQ people, had submitted a brief supporting the Colorado law. \u2014 NBC News , 27 July 2021", "In response, Rokita submitted on Monday, May 24, another brief highlighting a bevy of other legal precedents that support his own argument. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 28 May 2021", "Spiderhead, in brief , is based on a short story that writer George Saunders penned for The New Yorker. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 16 June 2022", "In the brief , lawyers for the two write that the committee does not have the authority to issue subpoenas, an argument that has been dismissed in other court proceedings. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "For instance, when a financial services firm failed to properly brief and prepare its employees prior to a public announcement about its acquisition by a larger organization with global reach, the result was chaos that could have been avoided. \u2014 Marie Swift, Forbes , 29 June 2022", "But Cheney also displayed an email showing that there were discussions about having Klukowski \u2014 who had just joined the Justice Department \u2014 accompany Eastman to brief Vice President Mike Pence about how the election results could be reversed. \u2014 Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022", "Having secured the official report on the airstrike that killed the woman\u2019s relatives \u2014 as well as 1,300 other strikes \u2014 Khan was able to brief the woman on the rationale for the strike. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 20 May 2022", "Likens led a group of scientists to the White House to brief the then-President Ronald Reagan on acid rain in 1983. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 22 Apr. 2022", "Agencies may over-promise and then, under-deliver, but, equally, clients may brief poorly or be seduced by enticing showmanship or short-term tactics. \u2014 Avi Dan, Forbes , 16 June 2022", "Discreetly brief your colleagues about a codependent client\u2019s quirks and triggers. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022", "And later Monday, economic officials will brief the press in Washington. \u2014 Maegan Vazquez And Kevin Liptak, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022", "Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, met with Biden on Tuesday to brief him on where the negotiations stood. \u2014 Brian Bennett, Time , 7 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English bref, breve , from Anglo-French bref, brief , from Latin brevis ; akin to Old High German murg short, Greek brachys":"Adjective", "Middle English bref , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin brevis , from Late Latin, summary, from Latin brevis brief entry 1":"Noun", "verbal derivative of brief entry 2":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135231" }, "break the news":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{ ": to tell (someone) bad news":[ "We tried to break the news to her gently." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135259" }, "bronze-winged duck":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a South American duck ( Anas specularis ) having a bronzy speculum":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135407" }, "break with":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to end a relationship, connection, or agreement with (someone or something)":[ "He broke with his former friends and colleagues when he decided to support the conservative candidate.", "a strong desire to break with tradition/the past" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135942" }, "brood capsule":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the secondary scolex-containing cysts that are proliferated from the lining of a hydatid and constitute the infective agent when eaten by a suitable host (such as a dog)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140008" }, "bright kelly green":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a variable color averaging a strong yellowish green that is greener and deeper than Cyprus green and greener, lighter, and stronger than emerald (see emerald sense 2b )":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140423" } }