{
  "Bowling Green":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in northwestern Ohio south of Toledo population 30,028":[],
      "city in southern Kentucky population 58,067":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174158",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Bowman's capsule":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a thin membranous double-walled capsule surrounding the glomerulus of a vertebrate nephron through which glomerular filtrate passes to the proximal convoluted tubule":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1860, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Sir William Bowman \u20201892 English surgeon":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-m\u0259nz-",
      "\u02ccb\u014d-m\u0259nz-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175928",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Bowman's glands":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": branching tubular glands in the olfactory mucous membrane":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190840",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "bow":{
    "antonyms":[
      "angle",
      "arc",
      "arch",
      "bend",
      "crook",
      "curvature",
      "curve",
      "inflection",
      "turn",
      "wind"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a knot formed by doubling a ribbon or string into two or more loops":[],
      ": a metal ring or loop forming a handle (as of a key)":[],
      ": a stroke of such a bow":[
        "on the up bow"
      ],
      ": a weapon that is used to propel an arrow and that is made of a strip of flexible material (such as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends and holding the strip bent":[
        "hunting with bow and arrow"
      ],
      ": a wooden rod with horsehairs stretched from end to end used in playing an instrument of the viol or violin family":[],
      ": archer":[],
      ": bow tie sense 1":[],
      ": bowman entry 2":[],
      ": debut":[
        "the play will bow next month"
      ],
      ": rainbow":[],
      ": something bent into a simple curve or arc":[],
      ": the forward part of a ship":[
        "\u2014 often used in plural crossing the bows"
      ],
      ": to bend into a curve":[
        "the wall bows a little"
      ],
      ": to bend the head, body, or knee in reverence, submission, or shame":[
        "Bow before the king.",
        "bowed her head in shame"
      ],
      ": to cause to bend into a curve":[
        "Years of riding had bowed his legs."
      ],
      ": to cause to incline":[
        "wind bowing the treetops"
      ],
      ": to crush with a heavy burden":[
        "whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": to express by bending the head, body, or knee : to express by bowing":[
        "bowing his appreciation"
      ],
      ": to incline especially in respect or submission":[
        "bow their heads in prayer"
      ],
      ": to incline the head or body in salutation or assent or to acknowledge applause":[
        "bowing to the audience"
      ],
      ": to play (a stringed instrument) with a bow":[
        "bowing the strings"
      ],
      ": to play a stringed instrument with a bow (see bow entry 3 sense 5a )":[],
      ": to usher in or out with a bow (see bow entry 2 )":[],
      "river 315 miles (507 kilometers) long in southwestern Alberta, Canada, rising in Banff National Park":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "circa 1656, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bowe , from Old English boga ; akin to Old English b\u016bgan":"Noun and Verb",
      "Middle English bowe, bowgh , probably from Middle Dutch boech bow, shoulder; akin to Old English b\u014dg bough":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Old English b\u016bgan ; akin to Old High German biogan to bend, Sanskrit bhujati he bends":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d",
      "\u02c8bau\u0307"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blink",
      "budge",
      "capitulate",
      "concede",
      "give in",
      "knuckle under",
      "quit",
      "relent",
      "submit",
      "succumb",
      "surrender",
      "yield"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193257",
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bow (to)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "as in submit (to) , succumb (to)"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-190554",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bow down to (someone or something)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to show weakness by agreeing to the demands or following the orders of (someone or something)":[
        "I will bow down to no one.",
        "The government is refusing to bow down to pressure to lift the sanctions."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180511",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "bow drill":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a drill worked by a bow and string to bore holes or make fire":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005537",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bowdlerism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bowdlerization , expurgation":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "T. Bowdler + English -ism":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014ddl\u0259\u02c8riz\u0259m",
      "\u02c8bau\u0307d-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111933",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bowdlerization":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar":[
        "bowdlerize the text"
      ],
      ": to modify by abridging , simplifying, or distorting in style or content":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "bowdlerize a classic novel by removing offensive language",
      "a bowdlerized version of \u201cGulliver's Travels\u201d that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Congress and the president must counter the forces that seek to diminish, exploit or bowdlerize our understanding of this terrible and confounding un-American event. \u2014 James Reston Jr., Star Tribune , 29 Mar. 2021",
      "The mobs of students \u2014 and their enabling professors and administrators \u2014 renaming buildings and bowdlerizing the language are still products of Western civilization. \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News , 28 Aug. 2017",
      "The Bard gets bowdlerized to musical and comic effect in this touring production of the Broadway hit, in which the Bottom Brothers try to outdo that dude from Stratford-upon-Avon. \u2014 Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com , 25 May 2017",
      "Prince the raunchy sylph eventually became a Jehovah\u2019s Witness who would bowdlerize his more explicit material in concert. \u2014 John Williams, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2017",
      "Maybe there\u2019s a kind of metaphor in there, about how young and spiky verve gets softened and bowdlerized by time spent in the world. \u2014 Richard Lawson, VanityFair.com , 17 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Thomas Bowdler \u20201825 English editor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014dd-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
      "\u02c8bau\u0307d-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "censor",
      "clean (up)",
      "expurgate",
      "launder",
      "red-pencil"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003824",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bowdlerize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar":[
        "bowdlerize the text"
      ],
      ": to modify by abridging , simplifying, or distorting in style or content":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "bowdlerize a classic novel by removing offensive language",
      "a bowdlerized version of \u201cGulliver's Travels\u201d that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Congress and the president must counter the forces that seek to diminish, exploit or bowdlerize our understanding of this terrible and confounding un-American event. \u2014 James Reston Jr., Star Tribune , 29 Mar. 2021",
      "The mobs of students \u2014 and their enabling professors and administrators \u2014 renaming buildings and bowdlerizing the language are still products of Western civilization. \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News , 28 Aug. 2017",
      "The Bard gets bowdlerized to musical and comic effect in this touring production of the Broadway hit, in which the Bottom Brothers try to outdo that dude from Stratford-upon-Avon. \u2014 Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com , 25 May 2017",
      "Prince the raunchy sylph eventually became a Jehovah\u2019s Witness who would bowdlerize his more explicit material in concert. \u2014 John Williams, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2017",
      "Maybe there\u2019s a kind of metaphor in there, about how young and spiky verve gets softened and bowdlerized by time spent in the world. \u2014 Richard Lawson, VanityFair.com , 17 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Thomas Bowdler \u20201825 English editor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014dd-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
      "\u02c8bau\u0307d-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "censor",
      "clean (up)",
      "expurgate",
      "launder",
      "red-pencil"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224502",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bowdlerized":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": altered to remove or modify elements considered objectionable or potentially offensive":[
        "In February PBS advised member stations to air a bowdlerized version of a Frontline documentary about the war in Iraq because the uncut version also had soldiers swearing.",
        "\u2014 James Poniewozik",
        "\u2026 like all unexpurgated books it is an improvement on the bowdlerized version, if only because it has more sex.",
        "\u2014 Katha Pollitt"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Yet Brice, knowing all that, still adored him, which makes a far more interesting tale than the bowdlerized one the show offers, of a duped woman finally and regretfully seeing the light. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "How did a bowdlerized rendering of a marginal psychological pathology come to hold such sway in the humanities\u2014and increasingly in popular discourse as well"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014dd-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bzd",
      "\u02c8bau\u0307d-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090528",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bowdock":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of bowdock variant spelling of bodock"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d\u02ccd\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-033104",
    "type":[]
  },
  "bowed":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unbending",
      "upright"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bent downward and forward":[
        "listened with bowed heads"
      ],
      ": furnished with or shaped like a bow":[],
      ": having the back and head inclined":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "partly from bow entry 3 + -ed ; partly from past participle of bow entry 4":"Adjective",
      "past participle of bow entry 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014dd",
      "\u02c8bau\u0307d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bowing",
      "declined",
      "declining",
      "descendant",
      "descendent",
      "descending",
      "drooping",
      "droopy",
      "hanging",
      "hung",
      "inclining",
      "nodding",
      "pendulous",
      "sagging",
      "stooping",
      "weeping"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100155",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bower":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lady's private apartment in a medieval hall or castle":[],
      ": a shelter (as in a garden) made with tree boughs or vines twined together : arbor":[],
      ": an anchor carried at the bow of a ship":[],
      ": an attractive dwelling or retreat":[],
      ": embower , enclose":[
        "tree- bowered streets"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1599, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1652, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bour dwelling, from Old English b\u016br ; akin to Old English & Old High German b\u016ban to dwell, Old English b\u0113on to be \u2014 more at be":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
      "\u02c8bau\u0307-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bosom",
      "circumfuse",
      "cocoon",
      "embosom",
      "embower",
      "embrace",
      "enclose",
      "inclose",
      "encompass",
      "enfold",
      "enshroud",
      "enswathe",
      "envelop",
      "enwrap",
      "invest",
      "involve",
      "lap",
      "mantle",
      "muffle",
      "shroud",
      "swathe",
      "veil",
      "wrap"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023200",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bowing":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the technique or manner of managing the bow in playing a stringed musical instrument":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1791, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080618",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bowl":{
    "antonyms":[
      "breeze",
      "brush",
      "coast",
      "cruise",
      "drift",
      "flow",
      "glide",
      "roll",
      "sail",
      "skim",
      "slide",
      "slip",
      "stream",
      "sweep",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ball (as of lignum vitae ) weighted or shaped to give it a bias (see bias entry 1 sense 3a ) when rolled":[],
      ": a bowl-shaped or concave part: such as":[],
      ": a cylindrical roller or drum (as for a machine)":[],
      ": a delivery of the ball in bowling":[],
      ": a natural formation or geographical region shaped like a bowl":[],
      ": a postseason game between specially invited teams":[
        "college bowl games"
      ],
      ": lawn bowling":[
        "playing bowls"
      ],
      ": the contents of a bowl":[
        "ate a bowl of rice"
      ],
      ": the hollow of a spoon or tobacco pipe":[],
      ": the receptacle of a toilet":[
        "cleaning toilet bowls"
      ],
      ": to complete by bowling":[
        "bowl a spare"
      ],
      ": to participate in a game of bowling":[
        "bowls every Thursday night"
      ],
      ": to roll (a ball) in bowling":[],
      ": to roll a ball in bowling":[
        "your turn to bowl"
      ],
      ": to score by bowling":[
        "bowls 150"
      ],
      ": to strike with a swiftly moving object":[
        "being bowled over by a base runner"
      ],
      ": to travel smoothly and rapidly (as in a wheeled vehicle)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I don't think I can bowl a 12-pound ball.",
      "We bowl every Thursday night.",
      "Do you like to bowl ",
      "I haven't bowled since I was a kid.",
      "She usually bowls around 150."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bolle , from Old English bolla ; akin to Old High German bolla blister":"Noun",
      "Middle English boule , from Middle French, from Latin bulla bubble":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "circus",
      "coliseum",
      "colosseum",
      "stadium"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040812",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bowl (down":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the exuberant dog bowled over several children"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-170006",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bowl (down ":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the exuberant dog bowled over several children"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-140611",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bowl over":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": impress entry 1 sense 1":[],
      ": to take unawares":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "dumbfound",
      "dumfound",
      "flabbergast",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224708",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bowled over":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": impress entry 1 sense 1":[],
      ": to take unawares":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "dumbfound",
      "dumfound",
      "flabbergast",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062409",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bowling alley":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a room or building in which people play the game of bowling":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192905",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bowling crease":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of two lines with wickets pitched in the center of each from or behind which the cricket ball must be bowled":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124601",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bowling on the green":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": lawn bowling":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071217",
    "type":[]
  },
  "bowling stump":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stump marking the cricket bowler's position when a single wicket is used":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231251",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bowly":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large usually rectangular sunken pool or well in India that serves as a public water supply and a resting place and is usually provided with terraces and shaded recesses":[],
      ": crooked , bent":[
        "bowly legs"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hindi b\u0101wl\u012b , from Sanskrit v\u0101p\u012b pond":"Noun",
      "perhaps from bool + -y":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00fcl\u0113",
      "\u02c8b\u014dl\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055329",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bowman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a boatman, oarsman, or paddler stationed in the front of a boat":[],
      ": archer sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1829, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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      "alteration of English dialect bowy-yanks (plural) leather leggings":""
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      "noun"
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      ": a maker of shooting bows":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Zeljko Ilicic, bowyer , a maker of wooden bows and arrows, moulds a piece of wood to make a bow, in his workshop in the town of Lapovo, in central Serbia, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2017",
      "Bow makers, known as bowyers , layer the wood with fiberglass, resin and occasionally some carbon (similar to what\u2019s done in ski construction). \u2014 Brigid Mander, WSJ , 6 July 2017",
      "Bowyer won at Sonoma in 2012 and is piloting the car that Tony Stewart drove to victory \u2014 the last of Stewart\u2019s NASCAR career \u2014 last year. \u2014 Jenna Fryer, The Seattle Times , 23 June 2017"
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Middle English bowyere":""
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The views from the Park Hotel are breathtaking and for this reason, the bow window in the drawing room became a real focus during the renovation. \u2014 Bridget Arsenault, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
      "The setting, next to Hampton Court bridge with a bow window over the water is superb, a proper nod to post-Puritan life that resonates today. \u2014 Sarah Turner, Forbes , 28 Feb. 2021",
      "The living room to the right of the entrance includes a south-facing bow window shaped by the house\u2019s tower, and one of several (nonworking) fireplaces. \u2014 Julie Lasky, New York Times , 13 May 2020",
      "Set behind gates, the Georgian traditional-style home features a wide, symmetrical front lined with creeping ivy and a pair of bow windows . \u2014 Neal J. Leitereg, Los Angeles Times , 19 Sep. 2019",
      "In addition to the spacious living room with fireplace, built-in shelving, bow window , and a Dutch door overlooking the river, there\u2019s a formal dining room, updated kitchen, and three lovely bedrooms, including a huge master suite. \u2014 Lauren Ro, Curbed , 25 May 2018",
      "The reception hall on the ground floor connects three rooms: the drawing room straight ahead, with views of the lake from twin bow windows ; a dining room on the left, which fits a table that can seat up to 14; and a family room, also on the left. \u2014 Roxana Popescu, New York Times , 14 Feb. 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1679, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "a disease of the bowel",
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      "The engine room is down in the bowels of the ship.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The reasons older children need formula ranges beyond genetic diseases to structural problems such as short bowel syndrome. \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
      "The reasons older children need formula ranges beyond genetic diseases to structural problems such as short bowel syndrome. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
      "Movement helps increase muscle activity in your intestines, stimulating bowel movements. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 24 May 2022",
      "Both of the children hospitalized in Memphis have short bowel syndrome and can\u2019t absorb full-size proteins. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 19 May 2022",
      "Children who have preexisting complications like short bowel syndrome require them to be formula fed vary in age. \u2014 Corinne S Kennedy, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
      "Having just moved back to San Antonio, the 30-something searched for a doctor to manage her Crohn\u2019s disease, an inflammatory bowel condition that is successfully managed with medications and lifelong monitoring\u2014including regular colonoscopies. \u2014 Emmarie Huetteman, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
      "The CT scan showed sections of the large intestine protruding through the hernia, which posed a high risk for bowel twisting, which can lead to perforation and sepsis or tissue deoxygenation and necrosis. \u2014 Ashley Andreou, Scientific American , 26 May 2022",
      "Over the last year, research has shown the presence of these particles in human blood, healthy lung tissue and meconium \u2014 the first bowel movement of a newborn. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022"
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French buel, boel , from Medieval Latin botellus , from Latin, diminutive of botulus sausage":""
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070938"
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      "noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071808"
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      "noun"
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      ": a waxed or sized cord joining the ends of a shooting bow":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This morning, Case has been shooting practice arrows, pulling the bowstring back little by little, limbering up for the big shot that will occur in the cooler evening. \u2014 Patrick Cooke, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "The adaptation that makes archery possible for Rispoli is essentially a piece of nylon material with a bite piece that wraps around a bowstring . \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2021",
      "Sinew could make a powerful bowstring for dry weather hunting, but that string would soon come undone after being rained upon or dropped in water. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 12 Oct. 2020",
      "\u00d6tzi\u2019s bowstring was made of three strands of animal sinew twisted into a cord, according to the new analysis. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Jan. 2020",
      "In most world competitions, archers use compound bows, where the bowstring is engineered with a system of pulleys and levers to create a uniform process that reduces the strain. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com , 16 Feb. 2020",
      "Per a from the museum, prehistoric bowstrings are among the rarest archaeological finds. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Jan. 2020",
      "Previously, research had been done on plant fibers that would not have proven successful as a bowstring . \u2014 Fox News , 24 Dec. 2019",
      "The new theater, which sits inside a 7,500-square-foot bowstring truss structure, represents the final piece of the puzzle of DuVernay\u2019s Array campus, which opened early last year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2019"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1809, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122206"
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      "noun"
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      "1870, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185544"
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      "bowed , past participle of bow entry 4":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220131"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234516"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020247"
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      "noun"
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      ": a mineral consisting of a hard compact light green serpentine resembling nephrite (hardness 5.5\u20136)":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "G.T. Bowen , 19th century American mineralogist who analyzed it + English -ite":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044458"
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      "noun"
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      ": a very large baleen whale ( Balaena mysticetus of the family Balaenidae) of cold waters of the northern hemisphere that is related to the right whales , may reach a length of 45 to 60 feet (13.5 to 18 meters), and has an extremely large head with an arched lower jaw":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Inside were 58 Ziploc bags filled with bowhead whale maktak: harvested by one of Sweeney\u2019s friends in her North Slope home community of Utqiagvik, flown to Anchorage and sliced, with traditional ulu knives, by Sweeney the night before. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 9 May 2022",
      "As orcas move in, Indigenous communities and scientists have observed that more bowhead whale carcasses have been left tattered in the seas, the Times reports. \u2014 Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Other whales included the North Atlantic right whale and bowhead whale eating more than 1,825 tons of zooplankton a year. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Tourists posed nearby for photos beneath an archway made from the lower jawbones of a bowhead whale . \u2014 Henry Wismayer, Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Sea ice benefited the Dutch, redirecting the republic's voyages of northern exploration into bowhead whale feeding grounds off Norway\u2019s Svalbard archipelago. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "In recent decades, the village of about 200 people has seen rising numbers of polar bears, many drawn to the area by an Arctic Ocean beach where whaling crews discard bowhead whale carcasses. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Mar. 2021",
      "The spring softening gives way to bowhead whale and caribou hunts, snowmobile treks and the mirthful Nalukataq whaling festival. \u2014 Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com , 18 Jan. 2021",
      "In the warmer, more ice-free Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas, biologists point to the bowhead whale as a symbol of resilience and adaptation. \u2014 Jenna Kunze, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Dec. 2020"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1869, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051856"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-071953"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-075657"
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      "noun"
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      "perhaps by folk etymology (influence of bow entry 5 ) from obsolete bongrace bowgrace, literally, projecting brim for a bonnet":""
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      "bowed , past participle of bow entry 4 ; from the practice of separating the fiber from the seeds by blows of a bowstring":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If left untreated, as was the case with Valerie, bowlegs can lead to deformities such as differences in leg lengths, difficulty walking and running and high risk of arthritis. \u2014 Fox News , 3 Dec. 2019",
      "Braces, vitamin D or calcium supplements, or even surgery are explored as possible treatments for bowlegs . \u2014 Fox News , 3 Dec. 2019"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If left untreated, as was the case with Valerie, bowlegs can lead to deformities such as differences in leg lengths, difficulty walking and running and high risk of arthritis. \u2014 Fox News , 3 Dec. 2019",
      "Braces, vitamin D or calcium supplements, or even surgery are explored as possible treatments for bowlegs . \u2014 Fox News , 3 Dec. 2019"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The sidewalk that abuts the bowfront brick rowhouses and wood-frame two-families with porch railings and multiple mailboxes feels comfortably quiet. \u2014 Kerri Greenidge, The Atlantic , 15 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1918, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-222857"
  },
  "bow and scrape":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to treat someone who is powerful or wealthy in an extremely respectful way especially in order to get approval, friendship, etc.":[
        "She's disgusted by politicians who bow and scrape before wealthy contributors."
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-231318"
  },
  "bow-arm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the arm that holds the bow in archery or in playing a musical instrument of the violin family":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000820"
  },
  "bow-backed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having the upright spindles held in place by a bow-shaped piece of wood":[
        "a bow-backed chair"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 3":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-020117"
  },
  "bowhunting":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun,",
      "verb, transitive + intransitive"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": hunting especially of large game animals (such as deer) done with bow and arrow":[
        "When Prenzlow questioned the hunter, he admitted that he had just killed an elk\u2014but legally, by bowhunting .",
        "\u2014 Fred Quartarone , Colorado Outdoors , January 1992"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-\u02cch\u0259n-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1920, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-022658"
  },
  "Bowie":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "James 1796\u20131836 hero of Texas revolution":[],
      "town in Maryland northeast of Washington, D.C. population 54,727":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-",
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024348"
  },
  "Bow's notation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a method of lettering the cells and outside spaces formed by the directions of the stresses in and loads on a framed structure so that these stresses and loads can be traced by similar letters in the reciprocal diagram":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014dz-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after R.H. Bow , 19th century English engineer":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-034028"
  },
  "bowlder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a detached and rounded or much-worn mass of rock":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-043757"
  },
  "bowels":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the seat of pity, tenderness, or courage":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bau\u0307-\u0259l",
      "\u02c8bau\u0307(-\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a disease of the bowel",
      "They dug deep into the bowels of the earth.",
      "The engine room is down in the bowels of the ship.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Like those women, Shepherd has struggled with irregular and sometimes painful bowel movements since childhood. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 8 July 2022",
      "Dame Deborah James, a podcast host and journalist known for her work in cancer research and advocacy, has passed away at 40 following a years-long battle with bowel cancer. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
      "Kate Middleton and Prince William have released a rare personal statement following the death of BBC host Dame Deborah James at age 40 following her battle with bowel cancer. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
      "The Queen has approved a damehood for British podcaster Deborah James, whose experience of living with bowel cancer captured the imagination of listeners across the country. \u2014 Rob Picheta, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "The reasons older children need formula ranges beyond genetic diseases to structural problems such as short bowel syndrome. \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
      "The reasons older children need formula ranges beyond genetic diseases to structural problems such as short bowel syndrome. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
      "Movement helps increase muscle activity in your intestines, stimulating bowel movements. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 24 May 2022",
      "Both of the children hospitalized in Memphis have short bowel syndrome and can\u2019t absorb full-size proteins. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French buel, boel , from Medieval Latin botellus , from Latin, diminutive of botulus sausage":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-045036"
  },
  "bowie knife":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stout single-edged hunting knife with part of the back edge curved concavely to a point and sharpened":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-\u0113-",
      "\u02c8b\u014d-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Adams recklessly tossed aside his rifle and jumped down a bank to chase the wolf with his bowie knife . \u2014 Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com , 7 July 2018",
      "During a mob scene, Thumbelina stabs one of the movie\u2019s villains with a bowie knife before jumping on a table and mowing down the police with a machine gun. \u2014 Matthew Sedacca, New York Times , 29 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "James Bowie":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1830, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-064749"
  },
  "Bow":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to bend the head, body, or knee in reverence, submission, or shame":[
        "Bow before the king.",
        "bowed her head in shame"
      ],
      ": to incline the head or body in salutation or assent or to acknowledge applause":[
        "bowing to the audience"
      ],
      ": debut":[
        "the play will bow next month"
      ],
      ": to cause to incline":[
        "wind bowing the treetops"
      ],
      ": to incline especially in respect or submission":[
        "bow their heads in prayer"
      ],
      ": to crush with a heavy burden":[
        "whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": to express by bending the head, body, or knee : to express by bowing":[
        "bowing his appreciation"
      ],
      ": to usher in or out with a bow (see bow entry 2 )":[],
      "river 315 miles (507 kilometers) long in southwestern Alberta, Canada, rising in Banff National Park":[],
      ": something bent into a simple curve or arc":[],
      ": rainbow":[],
      ": a weapon that is used to propel an arrow and that is made of a strip of flexible material (such as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends and holding the strip bent":[
        "hunting with bow and arrow"
      ],
      ": archer":[],
      ": a metal ring or loop forming a handle (as of a key)":[],
      ": a knot formed by doubling a ribbon or string into two or more loops":[],
      ": bow tie sense 1":[],
      ": a wooden rod with horsehairs stretched from end to end used in playing an instrument of the viol or violin family":[],
      ": a stroke of such a bow":[
        "on the up bow"
      ],
      ": to bend into a curve":[
        "the wall bows a little"
      ],
      ": to play a stringed instrument with a bow (see bow entry 3 sense 5a )":[],
      ": to cause to bend into a curve":[
        "Years of riding had bowed his legs."
      ],
      ": to play (a stringed instrument) with a bow":[
        "bowing the strings"
      ],
      ": the forward part of a ship":[
        "\u2014 often used in plural crossing the bows"
      ],
      ": bowman entry 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d",
      "\u02c8bau\u0307"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blink",
      "budge",
      "capitulate",
      "concede",
      "give in",
      "knuckle under",
      "quit",
      "relent",
      "submit",
      "succumb",
      "surrender",
      "yield"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "angle",
      "arc",
      "arch",
      "bend",
      "crook",
      "curvature",
      "curve",
      "inflection",
      "turn",
      "wind"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English b\u016bgan ; akin to Old High German biogan to bend, Sanskrit bhujati he bends":"Verb and Noun",
      "Middle English bowe , from Old English boga ; akin to Old English b\u016bgan":"Noun and Verb",
      "Middle English bowe, bowgh , probably from Middle Dutch boech bow, shoulder; akin to Old English b\u014dg bough":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "circa 1656, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-081123"
  },
  "bow out":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "fall",
      "lose"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conquer",
      "prevail",
      "triumph",
      "win"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083515"
  },
  "bow tie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a short necktie tied in a bowknot":[],
      ": something (such as pasta) resembling a bow tie in shape":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To make Charles more lifelike, presumably, Brian has dressed him up in a bow tie , beige cardigan and giant white dress shirt that looks like it was stitched together from old bedsheets. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Brendan kept things classic in a black tux and bow tie . \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 11 June 2022",
      "Critics Choice Awards co-host Taye Diggs wore an aubergine velvet shawl-collar evening jacket with black evening trousers, black shirt and bow tie by Emporio Armani, with jewelry by David Yurman and shoes by Jimmy Choo. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "This comforting recipe combines bow tie pasta, chicken, broccoli, cheese, pesto, and cream perfectly. \u2014 Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day , 15 June 2022",
      "Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds \u2014 who accompanied her in a velvet tuxedo and white bow tie \u2014 were co-chairs at the 2022 Met Gala, along with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Regina King. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 4 May 2022",
      "The Adam Project actor, who kept it simple in a classic tux and white bow tie , seemed just as shocked as everyone else upon seeing his wife's intricate ensemble. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 May 2022",
      "According to the GQ Style Guide published in 2010, the look comprises black tailcoat and trousers with a white shirt, white vest (generally of piqu\u00e9 cotton), and white bow tie . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "On Monday, Do\u2019s son Max donned a spiffy white and navy blue outfit, with a bow tie and graduation cap. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083853"
  },
  "bowstring roof":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a roof with bowstring beams":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102301"
  },
  "bow saw":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a saw having a narrow blade held under tension by a light bow-shaped frame":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And the Agawa Canyon folding bow saw ($75) was able to shred both small branches and large limbs to make kindling. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 5 Mar. 2021",
      "At its base, the trunk was 6 inches in diameter, falling quickly to my bow saw . \u2014 David Mcgrath, Twin Cities , 25 Dec. 2019",
      "Woodsmen member Taylor Demick competes in the bow saw team event. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 15 Nov. 2018",
      "Petrie\u2019s son managed to get away from her and get the bow saw , FOX 5 reported. \u2014 Crystal Hill, miamiherald , 28 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1668, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-104214"
  },
  "bow trolley":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bow-shaped member for collecting current by sliding contact with an overhead trolley wire":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 3 + trolley ; from its shape":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111623"
  },
  "bow bearer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an underofficer of the forest in old England who looked after trespasses affecting vert and venison":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 3":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113954"
  },
  "bow pen":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bow compass for drawing small circles in ink":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122023"
  },
  "bow rudder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of the forward diving rudders of a submarine":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": a steering stroke that is used by a bow paddler to turn a canoe sharply and is executed by bracing the shaft of the paddle against the gunwale while pointing the blade diagonally forward at slight depth":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 5":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131448"
  },
  "bow shock":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the shock wave formed by the collision of a stellar wind with another medium (such as the magnetosphere of a planet)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bau\u0307-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The next structure that's expected to exist is the bow shock , but that's likely to be over 100 AU farther out. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 Nov. 2019",
      "However, the spacecraft only encountered the bow shock on one orbit out of many, which has led researchers to conclude that the magnetosphere was expanding during that time. \u2014 Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2017",
      "Juno entered the magnetosphere on June 24, 2016, and encountered what is known as a bow shock \u2014a kind of stationary shock wave where the magnetic field begins to drive away solar wind particles. \u2014 Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2017",
      "Listen to the sounds of Juno entering Jupiter's space: In the video, Juno crosses two thresholds: the bow shock and the magnetopause. \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 1 July 2016",
      "On June 24, Juno crossed Jupiter's bow shock , and the next day, Juno crossed the magnetopause. \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 1 July 2016",
      "The bow shock is formed by the collision of stellar wind with the planet's magnetosphere. \u2014 Samantha Mathewson, NBC News , 31 Oct. 2017",
      "The loud sounds recorded by the satellite represent the spacecraft's crossing of the bow shock just outside the magnetosphere on June 24, 2016. \u2014 Samantha Mathewson, NBC News , 31 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1950, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135600"
  },
  "bow up":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to reach the limit of one's patience and rebel : balk":[
        "the chore of it fell to me until I finally bowed up",
        "\u2014 Ross Santee"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 4":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-154131"
  },
  "bowse":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to haul by means of a tackle":[],
      ": to bowse something":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bau\u0307z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1614, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-154941"
  },
  "bow on":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": head on":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180359"
  },
  "bow oar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who pulls the bow oar":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 5":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-181636"
  },
  "bower actinidia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a high-climbing Asian vine ( Actinidia arguta ) that is sometimes cultivated for its ornamental long-petioled finely serrate leaves, white flowers, and globose greenish yellow edible fruits":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bower entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190058"
  },
  "Bower-Barff process":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a process for producing upon iron or steel an adhering coating of iron oxides to resist atmospheric corrosion":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bau\u0307(\u0259)r\u00a6b\u00e4rf-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after George and A.S. Bower and F.S. Barff , 19th century American engineers":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192706"
  },
  "bowrider":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a recreational motorboat that has a pointed bow with a seating area in front of the helm":[
        "Call it America's boat. The bowrider , invented specifically to appeal to families who boat on the lakes and rivers of our Heartland, is the most popular pleasure craft in the country, accounting for 59 percent of all stern drive boats sold.",
        "\u2014 Charles Plueddeman , Boating , February 1999"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bau\u0307-\u02ccr\u012b-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1969, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195128"
  },
  "bowshot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow : the effective range of a bow":[
        "waiting for the foe to come within bowshot"
      ],
      ": a shot in squash racquets that is hit into a sidewall from rear court, rebounds to the opposite sidewall, and then rebounds to the front wall":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English boweshot , from bowe bow + shot":"Noun",
      "bow entry 3":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-215225"
  },
  "bow net":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a trap for lobsters consisting of a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end":[],
      ": a net attached to a wooden bow for catching birds":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 3":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220639"
  },
  "bowser":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pump usually at a service station for dispensing liquid fuels, especially gasoline":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bau\u0307z\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Bowser , a trademark":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225449"
  },
  "bow thruster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an auxiliary propulsion device at the bow of a ship to aid in maneuvering":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1962, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233509"
  },
  "bow pulpit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pulpit sense 4":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 5":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-005338"
  },
  "bow priest":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Zu\u00f1i ceremonial group leader and high-ranking member of the religious hierarchy":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 3 + priest ; from the fact that he is also a leader in war":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010006"
  },
  "Bow bells":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the bells of the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow in London":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1567, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010243"
  },
  "bow pencil":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bow compass provided with a pencil point":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-020534"
  },
  "bowler":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": derby sense 4":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Bowler , 19th century family of English hatters":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1518, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1861, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023934"
  },
  "bowls":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the contents of a bowl":[
        "ate a bowl of rice"
      ],
      ": a bowl-shaped or concave part: such as":[],
      ": the hollow of a spoon or tobacco pipe":[],
      ": the receptacle of a toilet":[
        "cleaning toilet bowls"
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      ": a natural formation or geographical region shaped like a bowl":[],
      ": a postseason game between specially invited teams":[
        "college bowl games"
      ],
      ": a ball (as of lignum vitae ) weighted or shaped to give it a bias (see bias entry 1 sense 3a ) when rolled":[],
      ": lawn bowling":[
        "playing bowls"
      ],
      ": a delivery of the ball in bowling":[],
      ": a cylindrical roller or drum (as for a machine)":[],
      ": to participate in a game of bowling":[
        "bowls every Thursday night"
      ],
      ": to roll a ball in bowling":[
        "your turn to bowl"
      ],
      ": to travel smoothly and rapidly (as in a wheeled vehicle)":[],
      ": to roll (a ball) in bowling":[],
      ": to complete by bowling":[
        "bowl a spare"
      ],
      ": to score by bowling":[
        "bowls 150"
      ],
      ": to strike with a swiftly moving object":[
        "being bowled over by a base runner"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "circus",
      "coliseum",
      "colosseum",
      "stadium"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "breeze",
      "brush",
      "coast",
      "cruise",
      "drift",
      "flow",
      "glide",
      "roll",
      "sail",
      "skim",
      "slide",
      "slip",
      "stream",
      "sweep",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I don't think I can bowl a 12-pound ball.",
      "We bowl every Thursday night.",
      "Do you like to bowl ?",
      "I haven't bowled since I was a kid.",
      "She usually bowls around 150."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bolle , from Old English bolla ; akin to Old High German bolla blister":"Noun",
      "Middle English boule , from Middle French, from Latin bulla bubble":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044733"
  },
  "bowerbird":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a family (Ptilonorhynchidae) of passerine birds of Australia and New Guinea in which the male builds a chamber or passage arched over with twigs and grasses, often adorned with bright-colored objects, and used especially to attract the female":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bau\u0307(-\u0259)r-\u02ccb\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the wrong hands, this approach might have yielded 21 hodgepodges, but Mr. Preston uses it so deftly that each chapter is like the seductive arrangement of some clever Papuan bowerbird . \u2014 Ben Downing, WSJ , 16 Nov. 2018",
      "Among the missing skins were rare and precious quetzals and cotingas, from Central and South America; and bowerbirds , Indian crows and birds of paradise that Alfred Russel Wallace had shipped over from New Guinea. \u2014 Franz Lidz, Smithsonian , 21 Mar. 2018",
      "The male bowerbird spends most of his life trying to create a bower that will draw in his mate. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 May 2016",
      "In bowerbirds , for example, females have used choice preferences to make males less aggressive and more amenable. \u2014 Michael Forsberg, National Geographic , 18 June 2017",
      "This is shown in bowerbirds : Females receive dramatic and even violent displays because those displays are stimulating and because the females can keep their autonomy intact. \u2014 Michael Forsberg, National Geographic , 18 June 2017",
      "If ducks reflect our cultural present, bowerbirds may illuminate both our evolutionary origins and our social future. \u2014 Richard O. Prum, The New Yorker , 17 May 2017",
      "A few species, such black wheateaters and bowerbirds , are already known to use nest design in courtship displays. \u2014 Brandon Keim, WIRED , 20 Jan. 2011"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1841, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-050638"
  },
  "bowknot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a knot with decorative loops":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-\u02ccn\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1547, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-054103"
  },
  "bowfin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a predaceous dull-green iridescent North American freshwater fish ( Amia calva ) that is the only surviving member of an order (Amiiformes) dating back to the Jurassic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-\u02ccfin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Traditional caviar service goes full bayou here, where spicy bowfin caviar is accompanied with cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche, chives and a bag of Zapps potato chips. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Each year there are several bowfin caught from nearby Lake Marburg just outside of Hanover, Pennsylvania. \u2014 Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "Snakeheads are easy to confuse with native fish such as the bowfin and the burbot, state officials said, releasing a chart that shows physical differences among the species. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "The Larder is also home base for Cajun Caviar, a brand made with roe from locally plentiful bowfin fish. \u2014 Ian Mcnulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 14 Dec. 2020",
      "Back in the 1990s, Cajun Caviar introduced Louisiana caviar, made with roe from locally plentiful bowfin fish. \u2014 Ian Mcnulty, NOLA.com , 17 Sep. 2020",
      "These pump stations, along with their spillways, are concentration points for bowfins . \u2014 Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "Cast to every little bit of cover, every bank indentation, patch of shade, hole, bubble trail left, by bowfin or snakehead, any current break, piece of cover cypress knee, cypress trunk, fallen tree, duck blind. \u2014 Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 22 Sep. 2019",
      "Chives and bowfin caviar bead the omelet\u2019s sloping surface, adding balancing pops of salinity and allium heat to each luxurious forkful. \u2014 Fortune , 14 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1845, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065634"
  },
  "bowkail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": cabbage":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d\u02cck\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from bow entry 3 + kale ; from its rounded shape":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-070507"
  },
  "bowpin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cotter for the bows of an ox yoke":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 3":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082603"
  },
  "Bowles":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Chester 1901\u20131986 American economist and diplomat":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014dlz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082749"
  },
  "bowling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several games in which balls are rolled on a green or down an alley at an object or group of objects":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "She watches bowling on TV.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This French-Belgian co-production \u2013 and Mazuy\u2019s fifth film \u2013 focuses on a police officer who inherits his family\u2019s bowling business following the death of his father. \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 6 July 2022",
      "Sometimes our cousin Brenda and her boyfriend Al would take us to the movies or bowling . \u2014 David Wright Falad\u00e9, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
      "Lantana resident Elizabeth Smith won the gold medal in unified team bowling and also took fifth place in unified doubles. \u2014 Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
      "The bowling game is a wonder \u2014 a six-player arcade machine that keeps score and resets pins purely through electromechanical switches. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
      "The bowling fundraiser is just one in a series of events that CFK and the Elks have collaborated on this year. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
      "Candlepin bowling originated in Wooster, Massachusetts, in the 1880s. \u2014 Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer , 28 June 2022",
      "Supported by the International Olympic Committee, some of the sports featured include women\u2019s softball, bowling and karate. \u2014 Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al , 27 June 2022",
      "With their Hawthorne shirt, denim brand Taylor Stich treads the line between bowling style and Hawaiian fit. \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1535, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103836"
  },
  "bow fast":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mooring line at the bow of a ship":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111755"
  },
  "bowline on a bight":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bowline knot with a double loop tied in the bight of a rope":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113855"
  },
  "bowline cringle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a loop or eye in the leech of a sail for attaching the bowline bridle":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125023"
  },
  "bowerly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": stout , burly":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u022f\u0259(r)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably alteration of burly":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130121"
  },
  "bower plant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an Australian woody vine ( Pandorea jasminoides ) cultivated for its large pink-and-white flowers":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133500"
  },
  "bown":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make ready":[],
      ": go":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00fcn",
      "\u02c8b\u0259u\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bounen , from boun ready":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142457"
  },
  "bow cap":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cap of metal or fabric used to reinforce the extreme forward ends of the bow stiffeners of an airship":[],
      ": the conical or cap-shaped structure at the bow of a rigid airship to which the longitudinal girders are attached and which supports the bow mooring spindle":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 5":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143250"
  },
  "bowless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": being without a bow":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014dl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 3 + -less":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145126"
  },
  "bow chaser":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gun so placed as to be able to fire ahead (as at a ship being chased)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 5":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145826"
  },
  "bow light":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the white light displayed forward by a ship at anchor or by a power ship under way":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 5":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-150532"
  },
  "bowline":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rope used to keep the weather edge of a square sail taut forward":[],
      ": a knot used to form a loop that neither slips nor jams \u2014 see knot illustration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-l\u0259n",
      "-\u02ccl\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of the most common knots, and handiest, is a bowline . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 9 July 2021",
      "One of the most common knots, and handiest, is a bowline . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 9 July 2021",
      "One of the most common knots, and handiest, is a bowline . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 9 July 2021",
      "One of the most common knots, and handiest, is a bowline . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 9 July 2021",
      "One of the most common knots, and handiest, is a bowline . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 9 July 2021",
      "One of the most common knots, and handiest, is a bowline . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 9 July 2021",
      "One of the most common knots, and handiest, is a bowline . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 9 July 2021",
      "One of the most common knots, and handiest, is a bowline . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 9 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English boweline , probably from bowe bow + line":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-152726"
  },
  "bowerwoman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": chambermaid":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bourwoman , from bour bedroom + woman":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170724"
  },
  "bowk":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to steep (textile materials) often with boiling in a bath usually containing lime, soda, or soap in order to cleanse before bleaching":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014dk",
      "\u02c8b\u00fck"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bouken (to soak)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-171144"
  },
  "Bow china":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": china made at Stratford-le-Bow, near London, in the 18th century":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u014d-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Stratford-le- Bow , town near London, England, where it was made":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-171728"
  },
  "bowery":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a colonial Dutch plantation or farm":[],
      ": a city district known for cheap bars and derelicts":[],
      ": like a bower (see bower entry 1 ) : full of bowers":[
        "\u2026 many other choice flowers, which thrive best in partial shade, perfumed this bowery walk, and decked it with endless bloom. Near the southern end, the bower-alley was widened to ten or twelve feet.",
        "\u2014 William Bottrell"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bau\u0307(-\u0259)r-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "A novelty store, a Chinese hand laundry and a Chinese hairstylist were operating at 50-52 Bowery in 1974, around the time a keen young entrepreneur named Joseph Chu bought the buildings. \u2014 Emily S. Rueb, New York Times , 12 Feb. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Dutch bouwerij , from bouwer farmer, from bouwen to till; akin to Old High German b\u016ban to dwell":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1713, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172244"
  },
  "bow compass":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small pair of compasses one leg of which carries a pencil, pen, or point, its legs being connected by a bow-shaped spring instead of by a joint":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bow entry 3":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-183504"
  },
  "bowline bridle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rope by which the bowline is connected to the leech of the sail \u2014 see bowline cringle ;":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192601"
  },
  "bowman's root":{
    "type":[
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      "by folk etymology from beaumont root":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-193009"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-193216"
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      "Middle English bourmaiden , from bour bedroom + maiden":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194128"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202523"
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