{ "Vasa Murrhina":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a late 19th century American glassware of variegated color and often with metallic flecking":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, literally, murrhine dish":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-m\u0259\u02c8r\u012bn\u0259", "-r\u0113n\u0259" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232237", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Vasai-Virar":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "dual city north of Mumbai on the coast of the Arabian Sea in western Maharashtra, India population 1,222,390":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8v\u00e4-\u02ccs\u012b-\u02c8vir-\u02cc\u00e4r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065407", "type":[ "geographical name" ] }, "vas":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an anatomical vessel : duct":[], ": blood vessel":[ "vaso motor" ], ": vas deferens":[ "vas ectomy" ], ": vascular and":[ "vaso vagal" ], ": vasomotor":[ "vaso active" ], ": vessel: such as":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Before long the eggs were sharing space with cups, bowls, and vases . \u2014 William Grimes, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Apr. 2020", "People are able to participate by delivering and leaving clean, medium sized vases in a box with their name on it at 150 N Galt Ave in Crescent Hill on the front porch. \u2014 Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal , 29 Apr. 2020", "They're often grown for cutting and display in vases , says Gragnani. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful , 31 Mar. 2020", "Very heavy things like vases and very heavy coffee mugs. \u2014 Peter Van Sant, CBS News , 4 Apr. 2020", "Musgrove said this could include lighter blankets, more colorful throw pillows, or things tucked away in cabinets like pitchers and vases . \u2014 Dallas News , 28 Mar. 2020", "Its great heroes\u2019 aspirations to dominance are the seeds of the idea of perfection that appears in the figures on Greek vases and in sculpture long after Homer died. \u2014 Seth Cropsey, National Review , 28 Feb. 2020", "Chestnuts feel very seasonal, and all nuts are nice strewn about, or piled into clear glasses or vases . \u2014 Katie Workman, NBC News , 27 Nov. 2019", "Someone broke into a locked storage pod near the alley behind a real estate business and stole two Dell computers, two computer monitors, 48 flower vases and a box of promotional notepads. \u2014 La Ca\u00f1ada Valley Sun , 2 Oct. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1651, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Latin vas":"Combining form", "borrowed from New Latin v\u0101s, v\u0101sus , going back to Latin, \"container, vessel,\" going back to Italic *w\u0101ss- of obscure origin":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8vas" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012733", "type":[ "abbreviation", "adjective", "combining form", "noun" ] }, "vas aberrans":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a blind tube that is occasionally present parallel to the first part of the vas deferens with which or with the epididymis it may communicate":[], ": slender arteries that are only occasionally present and that connect the axillary or brachial artery and the radial or other artery of the forearm or the subclavian artery and the thoracic aorta":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, literally, deviating vessel":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8va\u02c8sab\u0259\u02ccranz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084412", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vas-":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an anatomical vessel : duct":[], ": blood vessel":[ "vaso motor" ], ": vas deferens":[ "vas ectomy" ], ": vascular and":[ "vaso vagal" ], ": vasomotor":[ "vaso active" ], ": vessel: such as":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Before long the eggs were sharing space with cups, bowls, and vases . \u2014 William Grimes, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Apr. 2020", "People are able to participate by delivering and leaving clean, medium sized vases in a box with their name on it at 150 N Galt Ave in Crescent Hill on the front porch. \u2014 Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal , 29 Apr. 2020", "They're often grown for cutting and display in vases , says Gragnani. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful , 31 Mar. 2020", "Very heavy things like vases and very heavy coffee mugs. \u2014 Peter Van Sant, CBS News , 4 Apr. 2020", "Musgrove said this could include lighter blankets, more colorful throw pillows, or things tucked away in cabinets like pitchers and vases . \u2014 Dallas News , 28 Mar. 2020", "Its great heroes\u2019 aspirations to dominance are the seeds of the idea of perfection that appears in the figures on Greek vases and in sculpture long after Homer died. \u2014 Seth Cropsey, National Review , 28 Feb. 2020", "Chestnuts feel very seasonal, and all nuts are nice strewn about, or piled into clear glasses or vases . \u2014 Katie Workman, NBC News , 27 Nov. 2019", "Someone broke into a locked storage pod near the alley behind a real estate business and stole two Dell computers, two computer monitors, 48 flower vases and a box of promotional notepads. \u2014 La Ca\u00f1ada Valley Sun , 2 Oct. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1651, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Latin vas":"Combining form", "borrowed from New Latin v\u0101s, v\u0101sus , going back to Latin, \"container, vessel,\" going back to Italic *w\u0101ss- of obscure origin":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8vas" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074942", "type":[ "abbreviation", "adjective", "combining form", "noun" ] }, "vasa parrot":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": any of several blackish brown Madagascan parrots of the genus Coracopsis (especially C. vasa )":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Malagasy v\u00e0za vasa parrot, literally, loud-voiced":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6v\u00e4s\u0259-", "-\u00e4z\u0259-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135453", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vast":{ "antonyms":[ "bantam", "bitty", "diminutive", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "micro", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "midget", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pocket", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee" ], "definitions":{ ": a boundless space":[ "the vast of heaven", "\u2014 John Milton" ], ": very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially in extent or range":[ "vast knowledge", "a vast expanse" ] }, "examples":[ "Adjective", "She has a vast amount of knowledge on this subject.", "The policy is supported by the vast majority of citizens.", "a vast expanse of land", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "With its vast supply of artillery, armor and troops, Russia now has an edge, experts say. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022", "The Commonwealth\u2019s member states range from vast India to tiny Tuvalu. \u2014 Ignatius Ssuuna, ajc , 24 June 2022", "With a vast number of sizes, forms, and colors, annuals often bloom from spring to frost for a season-long show. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022", "Judd was inspired by the landscape \u2014 the vast openness of the nearly mile-high plain in the Chihuahuan Desert \u2014 and was able to manifest his idea to create public large-scale permanent art installations. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Washington Post , 24 June 2022", "The relatively sudden elimination of the dinosaurs created a vast ecological niche, and that niche was filled by tiny, furry creatures who\u2019d fled and hidden from their saurian overlords. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022", "Since last month, the German government has been rapidly pumping fuel into the vast underground site in Rehden, hoping to fill it in time for the winter, when demand for gas surges to heat homes and businesses. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022", "Motorists would cruise the mall\u2019s vast parking lots searching for a rare empty spot during the busy holiday seasons. \u2014 Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel , 23 June 2022", "Though Congress clarified the law in 2018 to allow for research funding, there remains a vast gap of data never collected. \u2014 Asheley Van Ness, Scientific American , 23 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "These technologies will make the resulting image-continuum vast . \u2014 Rashed Haq, Wired , 20 Jan. 2022", "Furthermore, it could be easily scaled up, thereby opening vasts swaths of the universe to observation without the hefty price tag associated with building large, solid telescopes. \u2014 Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED , 11 June 2019", "That is a more ticklish argument: the obstruction laws are complicated and the ambit of presidential power vast . \u2014 The Economist , 7 June 2018", "As a Cold War-era child who did drop-and-cover nuclear-attack drills under my desk, I\u2019d been ingrained with ominous, gray images of Soviet military tanks rolling through the vast cobbled landmark. \u2014 Norma Meyer, sandiegouniontribune.com , 20 Sep. 2017", "Near Potsdam, and a stone\u2019s throw from the breathtaking gardens of Sanssouci Palace, lies Templiner See: Vast and choppy, there\u2019s a seaside holiday vibe in the air. \u2014 Alexandra Pereira, CNT , 9 Aug. 2017", "A clatter of gunshots suggested the worst The Brillante was built like two rectangles joined at a right angle: one vast , flat, hollow shape that held the liquid cargo, and one smaller, upright stack that contained mechanical systems and crew spaces. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 27 July 2017", "Vast and growing databases compiled for commerce and policing are also for sale to politicians and their strategists, who can now know more about you than your spouse or parents. \u2014 Nina Burleigh, Newsweek , 8 June 2017", "Vast sums must be invested to build refineries and smelters to turn that ore into metal. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1585, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "1604, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from Latin v\u0101stus or vastus \"devoid of habitation, desolate, dreary,\" also, \"of great size, immense,\" probably in part continuing Indo-European *h 1 u\u032feh 2 -sto- (whence Old High German wuosti \"empty, deserted,\" Old English w\u0113ste , Old Irish f\u00e1s ), in part conflated with another base *wast- of uncertain origin":"Adjective", "noun derivative of vast entry 1 , perhaps by analogy with deep entry 1 , deep entry 3":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8vast" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vast Adjective enormous , immense , huge , vast , gigantic , colossal , mammoth mean exceedingly large. enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness. an enormous expense an immense shopping mall huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount. incurred a huge debt vast usually suggests immensity of extent. the vast Russian steppes gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind. a gigantic sports stadium colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions. a colossal statue of Lincoln mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk. a mammoth boulder", "synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantesque", "gigantic", "grand", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "mammoth", "massive", "mega", "mighty", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "oceanic", "pharaonic", "planetary", "prodigious", "super", "super-duper", "supersize", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071728", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "vastly":{ "antonyms":[ "little", "negligibly", "nominally", "slightly", "somewhat" ], "definitions":{ ": to a very great or vast degree or extent : exceedingly":[ "two people with vastly different tastes", "a vastly more powerful bomb", "But bluff and bravado \u2026 won against potential enemies who vastly outnumbered him.", "\u2014 David Gilmour", "It was the most eclectic\u2014yet also vastly entertaining\u2014evening of dance I have seen in a long time.", "\u2014 Rita Felciano" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Analysts have said a call-up of reservists by Russia could vastly alter the balance in the war but could also come with political consequences for President Vladimir Putin\u2019s government. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022", "When Tesla awarded Elon Musk a multibillion-dollar pay package in 2018, the landmark deal helped to vastly increase the potential compensation of the chief executives at many of America\u2019s biggest public companies. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022", "The jobless rate is historically low and the number of job openings is vastly higher than the number of people searching for work. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 23 June 2022", "Three floors below at the hospital, 15-year-old Anastasia Pryhoda describes a vastly different experience, and a precocious ability to cope. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 June 2022", "The vastly different experiences illustrate the unintended consequences of a $178 billion bailout that Congress dumped into the national health-care system at the start of the pandemic in an urgent attempt to keep hospitals and doctors afloat. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Washington Post , 22 June 2022", "The once over-the-top criticisms over the prequels have vastly subsided, and the films are now largely enjoyed by fans. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022", "And Tesla EVs are vastly more expensive on average. \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 15 June 2022", "These Avs are vastly superior to the 2020 Dallas Stars and the 2021 Canadiens, the teams the Lightning beat to win their last two Stanley Cups. \u2014 Michael Arace, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1598, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8vast-l\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "achingly", "almighty", "archly", "awful", "awfully", "badly", "beastly", "blisteringly", "bone", "colossally", "corking", "cracking", "damn", "damned", "dang", "deadly", "desperately", "eminently", "enormously", "especially", "ever", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "extra", "extremely", "fabulously", "fantastically", "far", "fiercely", "filthy", "frightfully", "full", "greatly", "heavily", "highly", "hugely", "immensely", "incredibly", "intensely", "jolly", "majorly", "mightily", "mighty", "monstrous", "mortally", "most", "much", "particularly", "passing", "rattling", "real", "really", "right", "roaring", "roaringly", "seriously", "severely", "so", "sore", "sorely", "spanking", "specially", "stinking", "such", "super", "supremely", "surpassingly", "terribly", "that", "thumping", "too", "unco", "uncommonly", "very", "vitally", "way", "whacking", "wicked", "wildly" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172217", "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "vasty":{ "antonyms":[ "bantam", "bitty", "diminutive", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "micro", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "midget", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pocket", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee" ], "definitions":{ ": vast":[ "call spirits from the vasty deep", "\u2014 William Shakespeare" ] }, "examples":[ "the days when intrepid explorers sailed the vasty deep in small vessels", "Recent Examples on the Web", "But in room after room, the vasty majority of the objects were mute and meaningless, and only those that somehow referenced other periods of crisis spoke with clarity. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Oct. 2020", "The Globe reports that Breggin spent most of Monday morning painting a vasty different picture of Carter than the one presented by prosecutors last week. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 12 June 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1596, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "vast entry 1 + -y entry 1":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8va-st\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantesque", "gigantic", "grand", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "mammoth", "massive", "mega", "mighty", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "oceanic", "pharaonic", "planetary", "prodigious", "super", "super-duper", "supersize", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204853", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "vastitude":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": immensity , vastness":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8va-st\u0259-\u02cct\u00fcd", "-\u02ccty\u00fcd" ], "synonyms":[ "enormity", "enormousness", "giantism", "gigantism", "hugeness", "immenseness", "immensity", "magnitude", "massiveness", "prodigiousness", "vastness" ], "antonyms":[ "diminutiveness", "minuteness", "tininess" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "the vastitude of the ocean, especially when contemplated from the deck of a small boat" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from Latin v\u0101stit\u016bd\u014d \"ravaged or neglected condition, immense size\" from v\u0101stus or vastus \"devoid of habitation, desolate, dreary,\" also, \"of great size, immense\" + -t\u016bd\u014d , abstract noun suffix \u2014 more at vast entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1623, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024347" }, "vastidity":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": vastness":[ "through all the world's vastidity", "\u2014 Shakespeare" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "va\u02c8stid\u0259t\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "alteration of vastity":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064250" }, "vasopressin":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a polypeptide hormone secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland or obtained synthetically that increases blood pressure and decreases urine flow":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-\u02c8pres-\u1d4an", "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-\u02c8pre-s\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Simply put, the FDA handed one manufacturer a complete monopoly on the intravenous- vasopressin market, and prices shot through the roof. \u2014 Casey B. Mulligan, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022", "Take intravenous vasopressin , which is used to support blood pressure in patients with septic shock (often a dangerous consequence of infections) and other conditions. \u2014 Casey B. Mulligan, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022", "Your doctor may also prescribe tolvaptan, a type of drug known as a vasopressin receptor antagonist that slows down the rate of the disease, per the US Food and Drug Administration. \u2014 Hallie Levine, Health.com , 27 Oct. 2021", "First, your child needs to develop increased levels of the hormone vasopressin , which concentrates his urine. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020", "And while researchers aren\u2019t clear on what might put postpartum women at higher risk, a fluctuation in hormones \u2014 such as oxytocin, prolactin and vasopressin \u2014 may be partially to blame, as might a lack of quality sleep. \u2014 Leigh Ann Henion, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020", "One of the most interesting things is the finding that the vasopressin in the CSF correlates with sociality in the macaques and in autism with children. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 2 May 2018", "Although the relationship here isn\u2019t fully understood, a lot of this seems to come down to the fact that alcohol suppresses a hormone in your body called vasopressin (also known as antidiuretic hormone). \u2014 Kimberly Truong, SELF , 16 Mar. 2019", "UK HealthCare, the University of Kentucky\u2019s hospitals and clinics, last month began buying the blood-pressure drug vasopressin compounded by Athenex. \u2014 Melanie Evans, WSJ , 9 Sep. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "from Vasopressin , a trademark":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1927, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091546" }, "vassal":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant":[], ": one in a subservient or subordinate position":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8va-s\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "This time round, the only ones on the Russian side are the Russian Federation itself, and Belarus, which has effectively become a Russian vassal state in the last couple years and served as a launchpad for this year's Ukraine invasion. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 1 July 2022", "Basically, this would turn Russia into a colony of China and Putin into Xi\u2019s vassal . \u2014 Wal Van Lierop, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2022", "The answer is to be seen in Belarus, now largely a Russian vassal state. \u2014 Jason Fields, The Week , 22 Mar. 2022", "Western analysts have warned that, despite tougher-than-expected resistance from Ukrainian forces and sanctions by the U.S. and its allies, Putin appears determined to prosecute the war until Ukraine is conquered and turned into a vassal state. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022", "Russia is now again promising humanitarian corridors\u2026leading to Russia and its vassal Belarus. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 7 Mar. 2022", "Because Moscow retains a close partner in this effort to geld Ukraine\u2014a vassal state that presents the model for what Putin would like to accomplish in Ukraine: Belarus. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 1 Mar. 2022", "No major population centers have yet fallen to Russian forces, which has raised fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon order an all-out blitz to overrun Ukraine, depose its government and turn it into a vassal state. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022", "His ally/ vassal Belarus has also decided to host Russian nuclear missiles. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 28 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin vassallus \"serf of the manor house, household servant, lord's man who has received a fief,\" borrowed from Gaulish *wassall- , derivative of *wass- \"servant\" (whence Medieval Latin vassus \"serf, servant, holder of a fief\"), going back to Celtic *wosto- , whence Welsh gwas \"boy, servant,\" Middle Breton goas , Old Irish foss \"servant, attendant\"":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094137" }, "vastation":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": devastation":[], ": a renewal or purification through the burning away or destruction of evil attributes":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "va\u02c8st\u0101sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin vastation-, vastatio , from vastatus (past participle of vastare to lay waste, from vastus empty, waste) + -ion-, -io -ion":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115142" }, "vastness":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially in extent or range":[ "vast knowledge", "a vast expanse" ], ": a boundless space":[ "the vast of heaven", "\u2014 John Milton" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8vast" ], "synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantesque", "gigantic", "grand", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "mammoth", "massive", "mega", "mighty", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "oceanic", "pharaonic", "planetary", "prodigious", "super", "super-duper", "supersize", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping" ], "antonyms":[ "bantam", "bitty", "diminutive", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "micro", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "midget", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pocket", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vast Adjective enormous , immense , huge , vast , gigantic , colossal , mammoth mean exceedingly large. enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness. an enormous expense an immense shopping mall huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount. incurred a huge debt vast usually suggests immensity of extent. the vast Russian steppes gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind. a gigantic sports stadium colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions. a colossal statue of Lincoln mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk. a mammoth boulder", "examples":[ "Adjective", "She has a vast amount of knowledge on this subject.", "The policy is supported by the vast majority of citizens.", "a vast expanse of land", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "On the Ukrainian side, the vast majority have fled. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2022", "Mesa has a slew of big-name employers from Meta and Google to Boeing and Gulfstream, yet the vast majority of residents still commute outside the city for work. \u2014 Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic , 5 July 2022", "And while tourists flock to the lake from around the U.S., the vast majority of visitors (80%) come from Utah and Idaho. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 July 2022", "The vast majority of people in America are good, hardworking humans from various walks of life. \u2014 Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer , 4 July 2022", "Just 73 films opened in the city\u2019s cinemas during the first half of 2022, the vast majority of which were foreign imports. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 4 July 2022", "This dramatic shift represents a rare moment of racial progress that's equally embraced by a vast majority of White and Black Americans. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 3 July 2022", "But critics claim fairness is an ironic word to use since the credit is not available to the vast majority of workers. \u2014 Patrick Gleason, Forbes , 6 July 2022", "The benefits will not extend to non-Emirati families and individuals, which make up the vast majority of the country\u2019s population but have very little power in this autocratic nation of nearly 10 million. \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 6 July 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "These technologies will make the resulting image-continuum vast . \u2014 Rashed Haq, Wired , 20 Jan. 2022", "Furthermore, it could be easily scaled up, thereby opening vasts swaths of the universe to observation without the hefty price tag associated with building large, solid telescopes. \u2014 Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED , 11 June 2019", "That is a more ticklish argument: the obstruction laws are complicated and the ambit of presidential power vast . \u2014 The Economist , 7 June 2018", "As a Cold War-era child who did drop-and-cover nuclear-attack drills under my desk, I\u2019d been ingrained with ominous, gray images of Soviet military tanks rolling through the vast cobbled landmark. \u2014 Norma Meyer, sandiegouniontribune.com , 20 Sep. 2017", "Near Potsdam, and a stone\u2019s throw from the breathtaking gardens of Sanssouci Palace, lies Templiner See: Vast and choppy, there\u2019s a seaside holiday vibe in the air. \u2014 Alexandra Pereira, CNT , 9 Aug. 2017", "A clatter of gunshots suggested the worst The Brillante was built like two rectangles joined at a right angle: one vast , flat, hollow shape that held the liquid cargo, and one smaller, upright stack that contained mechanical systems and crew spaces. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 27 July 2017", "Vast and growing databases compiled for commerce and policing are also for sale to politicians and their strategists, who can now know more about you than your spouse or parents. \u2014 Nina Burleigh, Newsweek , 8 June 2017", "Vast sums must be invested to build refineries and smelters to turn that ore into metal. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from Latin v\u0101stus or vastus \"devoid of habitation, desolate, dreary,\" also, \"of great size, immense,\" probably in part continuing Indo-European *h 1 u\u032feh 2 -sto- (whence Old High German wuosti \"empty, deserted,\" Old English w\u0113ste , Old Irish f\u00e1s ), in part conflated with another base *wast- of uncertain origin":"Adjective", "noun derivative of vast entry 1 , perhaps by analogy with deep entry 1 , deep entry 3":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "1585, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "1604, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151926" }, "vascular plant":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a plant having a specialized conducting system that includes xylem and phloem : tracheophyte":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Loreto Bay National Marine Park is home to 891 species of fish, a third of the world\u2019s whale and dolphin species, and 695 vascular plant species. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022", "Within a year, an Arctic sea rocket, Surtsey\u2019s first vascular plant , sprouted. \u2014 Barry Estabrook, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2020", "Almost 500 vascular plant species, flowering plants, have been named in the southeastern United States over the last 50 years. \u2014 John R. Platt, Scientific American , 11 July 2020", "Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of Innsbruck recovered at least 75 species of bryophytes, non- vascular plants such as mosses and liverworts, that had been preserved in ice with Otzi. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 31 Oct. 2019", "Now, a new study suggests that if present global habitat-degradation trends continue, vascular plants and invertebrates living in wildlands\u2014from wildflowers to bees\u2014are twice as likely to survive as their cousins dwelling in nonwilderness areas. \u2014 Richard A. Lovett, Science | AAAS , 18 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1861, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153850" }, "vasovagal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to, involving, or caused by action of the vagus nerve on blood vessel dilation and heart rate":[ "vasovagal syncope" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-\u02c8v\u0101-g\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Increasing intravascular volume by hydrating can help prevent a vasovagal syncope event that can lead to fainting. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 15 Nov. 2021", "Applied tension combats the vasovagal response by flexing large muscle groups to raise the blood pressure and pulse. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2021", "Remember that an occasional episode of vasovagal syncope is likely not of concern, as long as you haven\u2019t been injured in the process. \u2014 Anne R. Crecelius, The Conversation , 20 June 2019", "Remember that an occasional episode of vasovagal syncope is likely not of concern, as long as you haven\u2019t been injured in the process. \u2014 Anne R. Crecelius, The Conversation , 20 June 2019", "What\u2019s going on there that can lead to this overactive vasovagal response", "By far the most common trigger for fainting is a drop in blood pressure due to a strong vasovagal response. \u2014 Anne R. Crecelius, The Conversation , 20 June 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "vaso- + vagal":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1907, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164700" }, "vascular ray":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a band of usually parenchymatous cells extending from the cambium into both the xylem and phloem of a plant root or stem that conducts fluids radially and appears in a cross section like a spoke of a wheel":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1673, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192051" }, "vastity":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a waste or desolate condition":[ "his nature inclining to peace, by which his country might enjoy plenty, hating war and discord, as the causes of vastity and penury", "\u2014 J. B. Planch\u00e9" ], ": vastitude":[ "the dreadful vastity of the stars", "\u2014 Rose Macaulay" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-i", "\"", "-st\u0259t\u0113", "-\u0259t\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French vastit\u00e9 , from Latin vastitat-, vastitas , from vastus empty, waste + -itat-, -itas -ity":"Noun", "Latin vastitas , from vastus vast + -itas -ity":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220556" }, "vascularly":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": in a vascular manner : by vessels":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225001" }, "vascular system":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the part of the body of a vascular plant that is made up of vascular tissue":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225624" }, "vasomotor":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or being nerves or the centers (as in the medulla oblongata or spinal cord) from which they arise that regulate the amount of blood passing to a particular body part or organ by controlling the internal diameter of blood vessels":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-\u02c8m\u014dt-\u0259r", "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u0259-\u02c8m\u014d-t\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "vaso- + motor entry 2 , after French vaso-moteur":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1865, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-065112" }, "vascular cylinder":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": stele":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-082640" }, "vassar tan":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a moderate to strong brown that is redder and slightly lighter than oak, lighter than Arabian brown, and redder and slightly lighter than Sudan brown":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "from Vassar College":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-082743" }, "vascular cryptogam":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a cryptogamic plant (as a fern or moss) that has a vascular system \u2014 compare cellular cryptogam":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-083807" }, "vassar rose":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a dark pink to grayish red":[], ": a moderate purplish pink that is redder and paler than fuchsia pink":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6vas\u0259\u00a6r\u014dz", "\u00a6vaas-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-092319" }, "vassalage":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a position of subordination or submission (as to a political power)":[], ": the state of being a vassal":[], ": the homage, fealty, or services due from a vassal":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8va-s\u0259-lij" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "With the vassalage of American executives, woke-corporate cancel culture will become more obnoxious than ever before. \u2014 Robert H. Bork Jr., National Review , 14 July 2021", "Favereau writes: The Russian principalities experienced extraordinary economic vitality during their vassalage to the Horde. \u2014 Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books , 6 July 2021", "Trump is trying to use his vertical of vassalage to thwart the electoral system. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2020", "Those favoring Brexit blasted Mrs. May\u2019s deal as a form of vassalage that would prevent Britain from striking its own trade deals with the rest of the world. \u2014 Peter S. Goodman, New York Times , 31 July 2019", "In transition Britain will be in a form of vassalage , obliged to apply all EU laws and regulations with no say in making them. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Dec. 2019", "Yet though neither party seems likely to revert to the Republicans\u2019 former state of corporate vassalage , a sweeping corporate retreat is unlikelier still. \u2014 The Economist , 29 Aug. 2019", "The Qataris, in turn, argue that the Saudis want nothing short of Doha's vassalage . \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 7 June 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, \"knightly prowess, state of a vassal,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, \"courage, exploit\" from vassal \"worthy man, vassal \" + -age -age":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-092322" }, "vasopressor":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": causing a rise in blood pressure by exerting a vasoconstrictor effect":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8pres-\u0259r", "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-\u02c8pre-s\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "vaso- + pressor":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1928, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-164500" }, "vasoconstrictor":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an agent (such as a sympathetic nerve fiber or a drug) that induces or initiates vasoconstriction":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-k\u0259n-\u02c8strik-t\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Upneeq contains oxymetazoline hydrochloride, a vasoconstrictor that causes the M\u00fcller\u2019s muscle\u2014one of two muscles that open the eyelid\u2014to contract, creating a lift that lasts about six hours. \u2014 Jancee Dunn, Vogue , 12 Mar. 2021", "Manet became addicted to ergot, a derivative of a rye fungus, which had been prescribed as a vasoconstrictor . \u2014 Colin B. Bailey, The New York Review of Books , 17 Nov. 2020", "The idea is that applying a vasoconstrictor like caffeine on red, puffy, or otherwise slightly inflamed skin reduces blood flow to the area, thereby reducing the appearance of inflammation. \u2014 A.a. Newton, SELF , 11 July 2019", "The first such drugs, called ergotamines, were powerful vasoconstrictors derived from the ergot fungus, which grows on rye and other grains and led to mass poisonings in the Middle Ages. \u2014 Emily Underwood, Science | AAAS , 18 May 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "vaso- + constrictor , after French vaso-constricteur":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1877, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-194539" }, "vascular cambium":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the lateral meristem from which vascular tissue is differentiated and which is distinguished from phellogen":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-210841" }, "vassal state":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a state with varying degrees of independence in its internal affairs but dominated by another state in its foreign affairs and potentially wholly subject to the dominating state":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215710" }, "vasotocin":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a polypeptide pituitary hormone of most vertebrates below mammals that has properties similar to oxytocin and vasopressin":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u0259-\u02c8t\u014ds-\u1d4an", "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "vaso- + (oxy)tocin":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1963, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-223847" }, "vasoconstriction":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": narrowing of the lumen of blood vessels":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-k\u0259n-\u02c8strik-sh\u0259n", "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-k\u0259n-\u02c8strik-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The muscular wall of blood vessels contracts in a process known as vasoconstriction . \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022", "This vasoconstriction reduces blood flow to the affected area, which effectively limits inflammation and tampers pain. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022", "The new report notes that triptans can cause what\u2019s called vasoconstriction , which is the technical term for the narrowing of blood vessels. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 11 July 2019", "Second, the pattern of injury does not appear to be frostbite, as the cold causes vasoconstriction that would be most prominent in the toes and the cold air touches more of the circumference of toes. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Aug. 2019", "Mattos says the purpose is to induce vasoconstriction \u2014a tightening of the blood vessels\u2014to keep from bleeding out. \u2014 Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics , 1 Feb. 2019", "The vasoconstriction from products with caffeine can reduce puffiness, and cooling products can help reduce inflammation and promote blood flow. \u2014 Talia Abbas, SELF , 8 Aug. 2018", "The scientific term for this temporary narrowing of arteries is reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. \u2014 Author: James Gorman, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2018", "There\u2019s some vasoconstriction , some possible effects on blood pressure. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 7 May 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "vaso- + constriction , after French vaso-constriction":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1899, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-225253" }, "vascular":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8va-sky\u0259-l\u0259r", "\u02c8vas-ky\u0259-l\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The researchers are interested in adding a vascular system that could help the skin sustain itself, grow nails and even sweat. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 11 June 2022", "Events scheduled at the San Diego Convention Center include conventions for orthopedic and vascular surgeons, anesthesiologists, mortgage bankers and Realtors, plus home and art shows for the public. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Aug. 2021", "Alternatively, body fat could be implicated in metabolic and vascular pathways associated with the buildup of amyloid proteins or brain lesions, known to be associated with dementia. \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 23 June 2020", "Ongoing inflammation or a dysfunctional immune response may be responsible, along with reservoirs of the virus that remain in the body, small blood clots, or residual damage to the heart, lungs, vascular system, brain, kidneys, or other organs. \u2014 Judith Graham, CNN , 18 May 2022", "After falling in love on the job, Samar developed vascular dementia and left to an island to spare Aram from taking care of her. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 5 May 2022", "The class will cover what vascular dementia is, its causes and what folks can do to help prevent the disease. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022", "His brother, Doug Korty, said the cause was vascular dementia. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022", "She was diagnosed with vascular dementia seven years ago and is a board member for Dementia Advocacy Canada, which supports restrictions on Aduhelm\u2019s availability. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 13 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from New Latin v\u0101scul\u0101ris , from Latin v\u0101sculum \"small vessel\" (from v\u0101s \"container\" + -culum , diminutive suffix) + -\u0101ris -ar \u2014 more at vas":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1673, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-231325" }, "vasospasm":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": sharp and often persistent contraction of a blood vessel reducing its lumen and blood flow":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8v\u0101-z\u014d-\u02ccspaz-\u0259m", "\u02c8v\u0101-z\u014d-\u02ccspa-z\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "vaso- + spasm , probably after German Vasospasmus":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1902, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000602" }, "vasoactive":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "noun," ], "definitions":{ ": affecting the blood vessels especially in respect to the degree of their relaxation or contraction":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-\u02c8ak-tiv" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Aviptadil is a synthetic form of human vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, which is highly concentrated in the lungs. \u2014 Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2020", "These include parvalbumin (PV), somatostatin (SOM), and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-expressing interneurons. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 27 June 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "vaso- + active entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1921, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-033146" }, "vasoconstrictive":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": inducing vasoconstriction":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8strik-tiv", "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-k\u0259n-\u02c8strik-tiv" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The new medication does not present the vasoconstrictive effects that triptans sometimes produce, the report says. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 11 July 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1890, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-053745" }, "vasiform":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": having the form of a hollow tube : resembling or consisting of a duct":[], ": having the form of a vase":[ "porcelain vasiform lamp, with shade", "\u2014 Parke-Bernet Galleries Catalog" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8vas\u0259-", "\u02c8v\u0101s\u0259-", "\u02c8v\u0101z\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm", "\u02c8vaz\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin vasiformis , from Latin vas + -iformis -iform":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-064814" }, "vasocorona":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the system of peripheral blood vessels of the spinal cord sending branches toward the central canal":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from vas- + corona":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-065236" }, "vascular bundle":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a strand of specialized vascular tissue of higher plants consisting mostly of xylem and phloem":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1842, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-074200" }, "vassalry":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the whole body or estate of vassals":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-ri", "-s\u0259lr\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-074619" }, "vascularity":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the state of having large, prominent veins in the muscles":[ "Go to any bodybuilding competition and you will find men with impressive veins. But is vascularity really a sign of fitness?", "\u2014 Tania Tarafdar", "\u2026 talk about vascularity \u2014the veins snaked across his arms like freeways on a map of L.A.", "\u2014 Arthur Lubow" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8la-r\u0259-", "\u02ccvas-ky\u0259-\u02c8lar-\u0259t-\u0113", "\u02ccva-sky\u0259-\u02c8ler-\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090947" }, "vascularization":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccva-sky\u0259-l\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The fossils found there tend to be exceptionally well-preserved\u2014sometimes even showing vascularization \u2014thanks to the impact of seasonal monsoons. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "vascular + -ization":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1818, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-101856" }, "vassalic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to or having the nature of a vassal or the vassal system":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)va\u00a6salik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112222" }, "vascular tissue":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "To extend vitality, add fresh water daily, re-cut flowers stems (1/4 inch to 1 inch) to open up new vascular tissue and remove the leaves below the water line. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022", "Leaving them open to air allows damage to the vascular tissue , which affects water absorption. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022", "The discoloration extends into the tissue as far as the sapwood, which contains the functioning vascular tissue . \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2022", "From a satellite\u2019s point of view, New Jersey\u2019s barrier islands barely register, like fine white bones pulled from a body of green, separated by a vascular tissue of wetlands and shallow bays. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Aug. 2021", "Xylem is a vascular tissue that moves substances from plants\u2019 roots to their leaves. \u2014 Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American , 9 Oct. 2020", "Byrd left American Donor Services a short while later, worked briefly for a vascular tissue bank, and then founded Restore Life in 2008. \u2014 Author: Brian Grow, John Shiffman, Alaska Dispatch News , 25 Oct. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1842, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105021" }, "vasodilation":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": widening of the lumen of blood vessels":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n", "\u02ccv\u0101-zo-d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n", "-d\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "During intense exercise there is an excess of blood and fluid flooding the muscle through a process known as vasodilation . \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022", "Heat therapy, on the other hand, relaxes blood vessel wall muscles via vasodilation , which widens their diameter and increases blood flow. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022", "The cold weather and vasodilation of blood vessels causes more tightness in the muscles, which have to work harder than in milder weather. \u2014 Kelly Dinardo, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2021", "That's because their bodies naturally dilate their blood vessels in a process called vasodilation to compensate for the reduced oxygen content. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 23 Apr. 2020", "When your heart rate goes up, your blood vessels begin to expand ( vasodilation ) to pump more blood around your body. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, SELF , 27 July 2018", "For decades to come, migraine pain would be blamed primarily on the dilation of blood vessels ( vasodilation ) in the brain. \u2014 David Noonan, Scientific American , 1 Dec. 2015" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "vaso(dilator) + dilation or dilatation":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1908, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133857" }, "vassalize":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to make a vassal of : bring into a condition of subordination to someone or something":[ "vassalize a people" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8vas\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz", "\u02c8vaas-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-141033" }, "vasculation":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": formation or arrangement of vessels in a plant":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccvasky\u0259\u02c8l\u0101sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "vascul- + -ation":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155907" }, "vasoinhibitor":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an agent (as a drug) that depresses or inhibits the vasomotor and especially the vasoconstrictor nerves":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "vas- + inhibitor":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162558" }, "vasoganglion":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a dense knot of blood vessels":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from vas- + ganglion":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-173715" }, "vasifactive":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": vasoformative":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6v\u0101s|", "\u00a6vaz|", "\u00a6v\u0101z|\u0259\u00a6faktiv", "\u00a6vas|" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "vas- + -factive":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-201137" }, "vasicine":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a crystalline alkaloid C 11 H 12 N 2 O that is found in the leaves of the Malabar nut and seeds of the harmal and is thought to poison lower plants and animals but not higher animals":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8vas\u0259\u02ccs\u0113n", "-az\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary vasic- (from New Latin vasica \u2014specific epithet of the Malabar nut Adhatoda vasica \u2014, from Sanskrit v\u0101sik\u0101, v\u0101saka Malabar nut, from v\u0101sayati it perfumes, makes fragrant) + -ine":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-201801" }, "vasculature":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the blood vessels or arrangement of blood vessels in an organ or part":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02cctu\u0307r", "-\u02cctyu\u0307r", "\u02c8vas-ky\u0259-l\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307(\u0259)r, -\u02cct(y)u\u0307(\u0259)r", "-\u02ccchu\u0307r", "\u02c8va-sky\u0259-l\u0259-ch\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The surgeon is able to look directly into a patient during a procedure seeing internal anatomy under their skin in 3D (organs, bones, vasculature , etc.). \u2014 Charlie Fink, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022", "Bigger appendages also allow growing larger vasculature that brings more blood, and thus more body heat to dispel. \u2014 Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Sep. 2021", "VoxCell BioInnovation is developing a set of tools capable of fabricating Truly Biomimetic tissue models with vasculature for in vitro drug testing and allow for independent fabrication of vascularized models. \u2014 Ali Shahbaz, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021", "For vasculature , this translates to the costs of making veins and pumping fluids through them. \u2014 Emily Singer, Scientific American , 20 Aug. 2013", "For vasculature , this translates to the costs of making veins and pumping fluids through them. \u2014 Emily Singer, Scientific American , 20 Aug. 2013", "If the interstellar probe makes a close pass by the sun and pushes hydrogen into its shield\u2019s vasculature , the hydrogen will expand and explode from a nozzle at the end of the pipe. \u2014 Daniel Oberhaus, Wired , 20 Nov. 2020", "The pathologists continued searching other organs for signs of SARS-CoV-2 infiltration and found clues that the virus may hide in vasculature throughout the body. \u2014 Emma Yasinski Undark, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Oct. 2020", "The most common persistent symptoms include arthritis, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and vasculature issues such as atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathies and blood clotting. \u2014 Sumathi Reddy, WSJ , 28 Sep. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "vascul(ar) + -ature (in musculature )":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1927, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004123" }, "vasicentric tracheid":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of the short tracheids found in the vicinity of wood vessels and not arranged in definite longitudinal rows":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021042" }, "vasicentric":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": forming a distinct round to oval sheath about a vessel in wood":[ "vasicentric parenchyma" ], "\u2014 see vasicentric tracheid \u2014 compare apotracheal , metatracheal , paratracheal":[ "vasicentric parenchyma" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6v\u0101s\u0259-", "\u00a6vaz\u0259-", "\u00a6v\u0101z\u0259\u00a6sen\u2027trik", "\u00a6vas\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "vas- + -centric":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-031147" }, "vasculitis":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": inflammation of a blood or lymph vessel":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccvas-ky\u0259-\u02c8l\u012bt-\u0259s", "\u02ccva-sky\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-t\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Leigh died at age 77 in October 2004, following a long and private struggle with vasculitis , which is a group of disorders that attacks blood vessels through inflammation. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 17 Oct. 2021", "Many of Fauci\u2019s vasculitis patients suffered from rare inflammatory diseases, such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis, which damages blood vessels in the lungs, kidneys, and other organs. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-well, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021", "Chronic fevers can have a number of underlying causes, among them an uncommon condition known as vasculitis \u2014an inflammation of the blood cells that often occurs when the body\u2019s immune system mistakenly attacks its own blood vessels. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-well, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021", "Another hypothesis is inflammation of the blood vessel wall, medically known as vasculitis . \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2020", "His first doctors believed Cash had central nervous system vasculitis , an inflammation of the blood vessels, and decided to treat it with 11-hour sessions of chemotherapy, two times a month. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 21 Nov. 2019", "Swanson, who retired in 1999 as a security guard for Andersen and retired from his Ice Road duties in 2016, died Oct. 30 at his house in North Hudson as a result of complications related to vasculitis . \u2014 Mary Divine, Twin Cities , 5 Nov. 2019", "Mayo experts ruled out several possible diagnoses, including vasculitis , a group of rare diseases caused by blood vessel inflammation. \u2014 The Washington Post, oregonlive , 22 Sep. 2019", "According to news reports at the time, Hollingsworth was admitted to Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale November 2008 when the vasculitis was causing pain in and sores on her hands and feet. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 12 June 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from German Vasculitis , from Latin v\u0101sculum \"small container, vessel\" + New Latin -itis -itis \u2014 more at vascular":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1900, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053851" }, "vascul-":{ "type":[ "combining form" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Latin vasculum small vessel":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-070731" }, "vasi-":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ "\u2014 see vas-":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074415" }, "vasodilator":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an agent (such as a parasympathetic nerve fiber or a drug) that induces or initiates vasodilation":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccl\u0101-", "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccl\u0101t-\u0259r", "\u02ccv\u0101-z\u014d-d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101-t\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Sponges also have cells called pinacocytes that contract in unison like muscle cells to squeeze the animal and expunge waste or unwanted debris; pinacocytes have some sensory machinery that responds to nitric oxide, a vasodilator . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 4 Nov. 2021", "In addition to helping prevent forward-head posture, inhaling through your nose expresses nitric oxide, a natural vasodilator that increases oxygenation. \u2014 Dana Santas, CNN , 23 June 2021", "These characteristics are likely to lower hypertension, the study said, as hypertensionmay be caused by underproduction of vasodilators that help blood flow, and thickening arteries. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 23 Apr. 2020", "Manganese is a vasodilator with anti-oxidative properties that helps to improve blood flow to the brain as well as fight free-radicals. \u2014 Adele Jackson-gibson, Good Housekeeping , 3 Feb. 2020", "Instead, a growing pile of studies suggested that CGRP was not just a vasodilator , but a previously unknown, pain-signaling neurotransmitter. \u2014 Emily Underwood, Science | AAAS , 18 May 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "vaso- + dilator , after French vaso-dilateur":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1881, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081151" }, "Vascon":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": basque":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8vask\u0259n", "-\u02ccsk\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin Vascon-, Vasco":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081237" }, "Vasco da Gama":{ "type":[ "biographical name" ], "definitions":{ "\u2014 see gama":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082051" }, "vasectomy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": surgical division or resection of all or part of the vas deferens usually to induce sterility":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "v\u0259-\u02c8sek-t\u0259-m\u0113", "-t\u0259-m\u0113", "v\u0101-\u02c8zek-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "So really there\u2019s no long term side effects to getting a vasectomy . \u2014 Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland , 1 July 2022", "The vasectomy , a form of medical sterilization in which sperm is surgically blocked in a man, was performed last month. \u2014 Maya Brown, NBC News , 30 June 2022", "If the anxiety doesn\u2019t start to diminish soon, then talk to your doctor about sperm banking and getting a vasectomy . \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 27 June 2022", "Cannon has previously talked about the possibility of getting a medical vasectomy telling E! \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022", "There\u2019s only one thing a Gin Guy wants for Father\u2019s Day, according to Ryan Reynolds: a vasectomy . \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 9 June 2022", "After having two children, Guar\u00edn performed a vasectomy on himself. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Dec. 2021", "What are the odds after 18 years of my vasectomy not working? \u2014 Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022", "Lawmakers in Texas and Idaho have grouped treatments like puberty blockers with castration, vasectomy , hysterectomy, vaginoplasty and mastectomies \u2014 procedures that are not performed on people under the age of 18 in the United States. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from French vasectomie , from vas ( deferens ) vas deferens + -ectomie -ectomy":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1899, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-090311" }, "vasculum":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a usually metal and commonly cylindrical or flattened covered box used in collecting plants":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8va-sky\u0259-l\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from Latin v\u0101sculum \"small vessel,\" from v\u0101s \"container\" + -culum , diminutive suffix":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1782, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104325" }, "vasectomize":{ "type":[ "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to perform a vasectomy on":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "v\u0259-\u02c8sek-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz", "v\u0101-\u02c8zek-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Once most of the male deer are sterilized, a program would need to be established to vasectomize any deer that may swim over from New Jersey, where the borough\u2019s deer are thought to have originated. \u2014 Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times , 22 Sep. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "vasectomy + -ize":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1900, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125455" }, "vashegyite":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a mineral 2Al 4 (PO 4 ) 3 (OH) 3 .27H 2 O (?) that is hydrated basic aluminum phosphate and occurs in white to yellow masses (hardness 2\u20133, specific gravity 1.96)":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8v\u00e4sh\u02cche\u02ccj\u012bt", "\u02c8v\u022fsh-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "German vashegyit , from Vashegy , village formerly in Hungary, now in southern Czechoslovakia, its locality + German -it -ite":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140236" }, "vaseful":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": as much as a vase will hold":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "pronunciation at vase +\u02ccfu\u0307l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140953" }, "Vaseline":{ "type":[ "trademark" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8va-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u0113n", "\u02ccva-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141938" }, "Vasey grass":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an erect perennial grass ( Paspalum urvillei ) native to Argentina and grown for pasture from North Carolina to Texas":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u0101s\u0113-", "\u02c8v\u0101z\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "after George Vasey \u20201893 American physician and botanist":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144804" }, "vase-vine":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": leatherflower":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-155021" }, "vase splat":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a splat of a chair back having the outline of a vase and being common in the Queen Anne period":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-101032" }, "vase rug":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an uncommon 16th century Persian rug woven over a double warp in striking and severe floral designs with which a vase motive is often combined":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160554" }, "vase clock":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172829" }, "vas deferens":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a sperm-carrying duct especially of a higher vertebrate that in the human male is a thick-walled tube about two feet (0.61 meters) long that begins at and is continuous with the tail of the epididymis and eventually joins the duct of the seminal vesicle to form the ejaculatory duct":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8def-\u0259-r\u0259nz, -\u02ccrenz", "-\u02ccrenz", "\u02c8vas-\u02c8de-f\u0259-r\u0259nz" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "On a very rare occasion, the vas deferens (the tubes that chauffeur sperm from the testicles to the urethra) can spontaneously reconnect, allowing sperm to schmooze with the semen again. \u2014 Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022", "One form of male sterilization that is better known than the rest is the vasectomy, a procedure which blocks the vas deferens , the tubes that carry sperm during ejaculation. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021", "During a vasectomy, doctors cut or block the vas deferens , one of two tubes in the scrotum that carries sperm from the testes to the urethra, in two places. \u2014 Dara T. Mathis, SELF , 29 Aug. 2019", "Men also have the option of a vasectomy, which involves cutting the vas deferens to prevent semen from making it from the testicles to the prostate. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 22 Mar. 2018", "The idea, discovered by biomedical engineer Sujoy Guha of the Indian Institute of Technology, involves injecting a polymer gel into the vas deferens to block sperm, rather than cutting or tying the vas (a vasectomy). \u2014 Julia Belluz, Vox , 4 May 2018", "Other forms of male birth control in the works include a topical gel, a gel injected into the vas deferens that mimics the effects of a vasectomy, and an injectable hormone combination. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 22 Mar. 2018", "Vasalgel is a polymer that is injected into the vas deferens , which transports sperm to the ejaculatory ducts. \u2014 Hannah Flynn, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2018", "The injection requires only one incision to reach the vas deferens , and can be done easily as an outpatient procedure. \u2014 Ben Panko, Smithsonian , 8 Feb. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from New Latin v\u0101s deferens , literally, \"downward-conveying vessel\"":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1578, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190242" }, "Vasates":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a genus of plant-feeding mites containing some that are destructive to many crop plants \u2014 see tomato russet mite":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "v\u0259\u02c8s\u0101t(\u02cc)\u0113z" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192650" }, "Vasari":{ "type":[ "biographical name" ], "definitions":{ "Giorgio 1511\u20131574 Italian artist and art historian":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "v\u0259-\u02c8z\u00e4r-\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-215614" }, "vase":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a usually round vessel of greater depth than width used chiefly as an ornament or for holding flowers":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "British usually, Canadian also, and US sometimes \u02c8v\u00e4z", "\u02c8v\u0101z", "\u02c8v\u0101s", "US usually \u02c8v\u0101s", "Canadian usually and US also \u02c8v\u0101z" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "This harmony is echoed in the pattern on the tablecloth, the flowers in the vase , the curtains and the chair. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 June 2022", "The vote center in Carmel Mountain Ranch was decorated with American flags and a vase of pink gladiolas from site manager Christy Corle\u2019s yard. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022", "Teal tablecloths, a vase of flowers and a macaron sat on each supervisor's desk. \u2014 Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Apr. 2022", "In the wake of her violent death, a vase of flowers stood outside her tent home \u2013 not a memorial, but a pop of beauty that friends said Drain often placed there to make living out in the elements feel homier. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Apr. 2022", "For a maintenance-free alternative, fill an oversized vase with branches or faux greenery. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Aug. 2021", "Once received, plopping the stems into a vase and walking away may work. \u2014 cleveland , 6 May 2022", "There are even more ways to help support flower arrangements, including floral frogs, chicken wire, and decorative stones or beads in the vase . \u2014 Mackenzie Nichols, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 Apr. 2022", "Here\u2019s how to do it: Warm enough full-strength household vinegar to cover the deposits and then pour into the vase . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Nov. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin v\u0101s \"container, vessel,\" going back to Italic *w\u0101ss- of obscure origin":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1629, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-220702" } }