{ "awning":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a rooflike cover extending over or in front of a place (as over the deck or in front of a door or window) as a shelter":[] }, "examples":[ "stayed under the awning outside the shop during the rainstorm", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The awning , a fake inside hedge, piano players, lounge singers, striped bar stools, wine selection and other features made the establishment stand out amidst the not exactly cutting-edge bar, club and restaurant scene of the midcentury town. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Aug. 2021", "The lucky ones have a rack under an awning , or a place on an indoor windowsill. \u2014 Rachel Abrams, New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021", "Some of the other standout add-ons include five amber LED lights on the roof, a retractable awning , a two-person ground tent, and an onboard air compressor. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022", "The canopy features a collapsible awning , which can be used to shield you from rain or the sun's rays, or to block the wind behind the grill. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 9 May 2022", "Her family sat at a table outside the church, under an awning set up in a parking lot. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022", "Knowing the importance of outside viewing to some patrons, The Parlor added a retractable awning for the patio for hot days. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Sep. 2021", "The awning 's size and retraction mechanism are what drives cost. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2022", "The Parthenon, a Greek restaurant, is recognizable by its signature blue-and-white awning that juts out onto the sidewalk. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1582, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u022f-ni\u014b", "\u02c8\u00e4-ni\u014b" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "canopy", "ceiling", "cover", "roof", "tent" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213203", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "awn":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the slender bristles that terminate the glumes of the spikelet in some cereal and other grasses":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u022fn" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Smallholding farmers of West Bengal and Jharkhand prefer varieties with long and strong awns (spine-like projections at the end of the hull), which deter grazing by cattle and goats. \u2014 Debal Deb, Scientific American , 16 Oct. 2019", "These grasses have bushy florets hosting grass awns , seeds with a sharp appendage meant to burrow into the ground. \u2014 Molly Korzenowski, Twin Cities , 3 Sep. 2019", "Aesthetics is yet another value that indigenous farmers cherish, cultivating certain landraces simply for their beautiful colors or patterns: gold, brown, purple and black furrows on yellow hulls, purple apexes, black awns , and so on. \u2014 Debal Deb, Scientific American , 16 Oct. 2019", "Plant these natives to make an interesting meadow: purple three awn (Aristida purpurea), nodding needle grass (Stipa cernua), deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) and wild oat grass (Elymus condensatus) 15. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2019", "The barbed seed awn sticks to their coats and can work their way into ears, eyes, noses or paws. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 19 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English awne, going back to late Old English agene (accusative plural) \"awns,\" Old English \u00e6gnan (plural) \"chaff, sweepings,\" going back to Germanic *agan\u014d-, *ahan\u014d (whence also Old High German agana \"awn, chaff, straw,\" Old Norse \u01ebgn, plural agnar \"chaff, husks,\" Gothic ahana \"chaff\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 e\u1e31-on- (whence also Old Prussian ackons \"awn\" and perhaps Latin agna \"ear of grain,\" Greek akont-, \u00e1k\u014dn \"javelin, dart\"), derivative of *h 2 e\u1e31- \"sharp, pointed\" \u2014 more at edge entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "12th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012346" }, "awned wheatgrass":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": bearded wheatgrass":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050341" }, "awner":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a machine for removing awns from grain":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u022fn\u0259(r)" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134251" }, "awned":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the slender bristles that terminate the glumes of the spikelet in some cereal and other grasses":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u022fn" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Smallholding farmers of West Bengal and Jharkhand prefer varieties with long and strong awns (spine-like projections at the end of the hull), which deter grazing by cattle and goats. \u2014 Debal Deb, Scientific American , 16 Oct. 2019", "These grasses have bushy florets hosting grass awns , seeds with a sharp appendage meant to burrow into the ground. \u2014 Molly Korzenowski, Twin Cities , 3 Sep. 2019", "Aesthetics is yet another value that indigenous farmers cherish, cultivating certain landraces simply for their beautiful colors or patterns: gold, brown, purple and black furrows on yellow hulls, purple apexes, black awns , and so on. \u2014 Debal Deb, Scientific American , 16 Oct. 2019", "Plant these natives to make an interesting meadow: purple three awn (Aristida purpurea), nodding needle grass (Stipa cernua), deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) and wild oat grass (Elymus condensatus) 15. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2019", "The barbed seed awn sticks to their coats and can work their way into ears, eyes, noses or paws. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 19 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English awne, going back to late Old English agene (accusative plural) \"awns,\" Old English \u00e6gnan (plural) \"chaff, sweepings,\" going back to Germanic *agan\u014d-, *ahan\u014d (whence also Old High German agana \"awn, chaff, straw,\" Old Norse \u01ebgn, plural agnar \"chaff, husks,\" Gothic ahana \"chaff\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 e\u1e31-on- (whence also Old Prussian ackons \"awn\" and perhaps Latin agna \"ear of grain,\" Greek akont-, \u00e1k\u014dn \"javelin, dart\"), derivative of *h 2 e\u1e31- \"sharp, pointed\" \u2014 more at edge entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "12th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094214" }, "awnless bromegrass":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a drought-resistant perennial bromegrass ( Bromus inermis ) with awns lacking or very short that spreads by creeping rhizomes, is native to Europe, and is cultivated for forage and hay":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024742" }, "awn grass":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a tufted grass ( Chrysopogon aciculatus ) of tropical Asia and Pacific Islands with sharp-pointed seeds that penetrate clothing and sheep's wool":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-080216" }, "awning window":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a window consisting of several top-hinged sections arranged in a vertical series, operated by one or more control devices that swing the bottom edges of the sections outward, and designed especially to admit air while excluding rain":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090348" }, "awnlet":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a small awn":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u022fnl\u0259\u0307t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "awn + -let":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113057" }, "awny":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": having awns : bearded":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-i", "\u02c8\u022fn\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "awn entry 1 + -y":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125339" }, "awning deck":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a light deck extending over the main deck from stem to stern":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180643" }, "awning cloth":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190444" } }