dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/dr_mw.json

{
  "Dracula":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who maintains a relationship like that of a vampire toward another by sapping his or her physical or emotional strength":[
        "I wish I could find a truly cruel, fiendish woman, a sheer vicious Dracula",
        "\u2014 Calder Willingham"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after Count Dracula , a vampire depicted in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker \u20201912 British writer":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8draky\u0259l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113700",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Dracut":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "town in northeastern Massachusetts north of Lowell population 29,457":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-k\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011426",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Draper":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dealer in cloth and sometimes also in clothing and dry goods":[],
      "Henry 1837\u20131882 American astronomer":[],
      "city in north central Utah south of Salt Lake City population 42,274":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bertie\u2019s stint as assistant schoolmaster under a family friend suited him better but ended when the school closed; another round of trials as apprentice pharmacist, draper , and trainee teacher followed. \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "That same greenery accented the mantelpieces and serving tables and ran the length of the old draper \u2019s table at which the guests sat. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "At age 14, he was apprenticed in a draper \u2019s shop, a soul-killing job the boy hated. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "The poet\u2019s third husband was Richard Prowse, of Exeter, a prominent draper who was also the city\u2019s bailiff, sheriff, alderman, and mayor, as well as a Member of Parliament. \u2014 Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker , 5 Aug. 2019",
      "Here\u2019s the draper Baudu: The place would soon be really ridiculous in its immensity; the customers would lose themselves in it. \u2014 Benedict Evans, WIRED , 26 July 2019",
      "K St., 1420-Robert Draper to Emerson Siegle and Ariel Xue, $772,500. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2017",
      "Teacher\u2019s pet in the best possible way: the perfect draper , perfect sketcher, won all the awards. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, New York Times , 2 Sep. 2016",
      "Drapers -Oscar de la Renta's son Moises is starting an online store-slash-magazine. \u2014 Veronique Hyland, Harper's BAZAAR , 12 Aug. 2011"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, weaver, clothier, from Anglo-French draper , from drap cloth \u2014 more at drab":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164401",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Dravida":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several Dravidian languages":[],
      ": dravidian":[],
      ": one of the basic styles of medieval Indian architecture":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Sanskrit Dr\u0101vi\u1e0da, Dravi\u1e0da , of Dravidian origin; akin to Tamil tamir\u0324 Tamil":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4v\u0259d\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133046",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Dravidian":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of an ancient dark-skinned people of southern India":[],
      ": dravidian languages":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Sanskrit Dr\u0101vi\u1e0da":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02c8vi-d\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083128",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Dravidian language":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a language of a family of languages that are used in southern India, northern Sri Lanka, and in the isolated case of Brahui in Pakistan, that have no established genetic relationship to any other family, and that are classified into a Dravida group comprising Tamil, Malayalam, Kanarese, Kurukh, and Malto, an Andhra group comprising Telugu, Gondi, and Khond, and a Brahui group containing only Brahui":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054634",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Dravidian languages":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a language family of India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan that includes Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070839",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "Dravidianist":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a specialist in Dravidian languages":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-d\u0113\u0259n\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193525",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drab":{
    "antonyms":[
      "arid",
      "boring",
      "colorless",
      "dreary",
      "drudging",
      "dry",
      "dull",
      "dusty",
      "flat",
      "heavy",
      "ho-hum",
      "humdrum",
      "jading",
      "jejune",
      "leaden",
      "mind-numbing",
      "monochromatic",
      "monotonous",
      "numbing",
      "old",
      "pedestrian",
      "ponderous",
      "slow",
      "stale",
      "stodgy",
      "stuffy",
      "stupid",
      "tame",
      "tedious",
      "tiresome",
      "tiring",
      "uninteresting",
      "wearisome",
      "weary",
      "wearying"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality":[],
      ": a light olive brown":[],
      ": a small amount":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase dribs and drabs receiving donations in dribs and drabs"
      ],
      ": any of various cloths of a dull brown or gray color":[
        "dressed in drabs"
      ],
      ": characterized by dullness and monotony : cheerless":[
        "a drab life",
        "drab industrial buildings"
      ],
      ": of a light olive brown color : of the color drab (see drab entry 3 sense 2a )":[],
      ": of the dull brown color of drab (see drab entry 3 sense 1 )":[],
      ": prostitute":[],
      ": slattern":[],
      ": to associate with prostitutes":[
        "a waster, an idler; drinking and drabbing",
        "\u2014 Aldous Huxley"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He lives a drab life.",
      "the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1599, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1809, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1515, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French drap cloth, from Late Latin drappus":"Noun and Adjective",
      "noun derivative of drab entry 1":"Verb",
      "origin unknown":"Noun",
      "probably alteration of drib":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drab"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bawd",
      "call girl",
      "cocotte",
      "courtesan",
      "hooker",
      "hustler",
      "prostitute",
      "sex worker",
      "streetwalker",
      "tart",
      "whore"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071738",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dracunculiasis":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": infestation with or disease caused by the Guinea worm that is marked by painful blisters especially on the lower legs or feet from which one or more mature female Guinea worms slowly emerge and that has been eradicated in most regions except Africa":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After decades of backbreaking work, dracunculiasis is one of two human diseases on the brink of eradication. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2018",
      "The other disease closest to complete eradication is dracunculiasis , better known as Guinea worm disease. \u2014 Donald G. Mcneil Jr., New York Times , 22 Jan. 2018",
      "The last few hundred cases of Guinea worm, or dracunculiasis , the only other disease as close to eradication as polio is, are also confined to Africa. \u2014 Donald G. Mcneil Jr., New York Times , 11 Aug. 2016"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Dracunculus , the guinea worm genus, from Latin, diminutive of dracon-, draco serpent, dragon \u2014 more at dragon":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02cck\u0259\u014b-ky\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185259",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dracunculiasis?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=d&file=dracu01m":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": infestation with or disease caused by the Guinea worm that is marked by painful blisters especially on the lower legs or feet from which one or more mature female Guinea worms slowly emerge and that has been eradicated in most regions except Africa":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After decades of backbreaking work, dracunculiasis is one of two human diseases on the brink of eradication. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2018",
      "The other disease closest to complete eradication is dracunculiasis , better known as Guinea worm disease. \u2014 Donald G. Mcneil Jr., New York Times , 22 Jan. 2018",
      "The last few hundred cases of Guinea worm, or dracunculiasis , the only other disease as close to eradication as polio is, are also confined to Africa. \u2014 Donald G. Mcneil Jr., New York Times , 11 Aug. 2016"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Dracunculus , the guinea worm genus, from Latin, diminutive of dracon-, draco serpent, dragon \u2014 more at dragon":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02cck\u0259\u014b-ky\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-201044",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draegerman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of a crew of miners trained in underground emergency and rescue work":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Alexander B. Dr\u00e4ger \u20201928 German scientist and inventor of a combined gas mask and oxygen inhalator worn in underground rescue work + English man":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101g\u0259(r)m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210517",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draff":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the damp remains of malt after brewing often used as an appetizer or supplement in animal rations":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English draf dregs, draff, from (assumed) Old English dr\u00e6f or Old Norse draf ; akin to Old High German trebir grape husks, draff, Middle Irish drab dregs, Old English deorc dark":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-aa(\u0259)-",
      "\u02c8draf",
      "-ai-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235354",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draffsack":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lazy glutton":[],
      ": a sack for draff":[],
      ": paunch":[
        "celebrated his son's arrival by filling his draffsack with ale",
        "\u2014 T. B. Costain"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English draf sak , from draf draff + sak sack (bag)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064234",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draffy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling draff : worthless":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105732",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "draft":{
    "antonyms":[
      "conscribe",
      "conscript",
      "levy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a current of air in a closed-in space":[
        "felt a draft"
      ],
      ": a device for regulating the flow of air (as in a fireplace)":[
        "open the draft"
      ],
      ": a group of individuals selected especially by military draft":[],
      ": a portion of liquid so drawn":[
        "a draft of ale"
      ],
      ": a portion poured out or mixed for drinking : dose":[],
      ": a preliminary sketch, outline, or version":[
        "the author's first draft",
        "a draft treaty"
      ],
      ": a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for compulsory military service)":[
        "debating whether or not to institute a draft"
      ],
      ": a system whereby exclusive rights to selected new players are apportioned among professional teams":[
        "He was chosen in the first round of the draft ."
      ],
      ": a team of animals together with what they draw":[],
      ": an act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without the individual's expressed consent":[],
      ": an order for the payment of money drawn (see draw entry 1 sense 7c ) by one person or bank on another":[],
      ": being or having been ready to be drawn from a receptacle : being or having been on draft":[
        "drinking draft beer"
      ],
      ": compose , prepare":[
        "draft a memo"
      ],
      ": delineation , representation":[
        "a draft for a future skyscraper"
      ],
      ": draft (see draft entry 2 sense 2 ) beer":[
        "a glass of draft"
      ],
      ": haul sense 2b":[
        "a draft of fish"
      ],
      ": load or load-pulling capacity":[
        "the draft of a typical draft horse"
      ],
      ": ready to be drawn from a receptacle":[
        "beer on draft"
      ],
      ": scheme , design":[],
      ": the act of causing a liquid to come out of a container or source : the act of drawing (as from a cask or keg )":[],
      ": the act of drawing or pulling in a net":[],
      ": the act of moving loads by drawing or pulling : pull":[],
      ": the act or an instance of drawing from or making demands upon something : demand":[],
      ": the act, result, or plan of lengthening or stretching something (such as threads or metal)":[],
      ": the depth of water a ship draws (see draw entry 1 sense transitive 6 ) especially when loaded":[],
      ": the force required to pull a plow or other implement":[],
      ": to conscript for military service":[
        "was drafted and sent overseas"
      ],
      ": to draft another racer (as in car or bike racing)":[],
      ": to draw off or away":[
        "water drafted by pumps"
      ],
      ": to draw the preliminary sketch, version, or plan of":[
        "draft legislation"
      ],
      ": to practice draftsmanship":[],
      ": to select (a professional athlete) by draft":[
        "got drafted by the Yankees"
      ],
      ": to select for some purpose: such as":[],
      ": to stay close behind (another racer) so as to take advantage of the reduced air pressure created by the leading racer":[],
      ": used or adapted for drawing loads":[
        "draft horses"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The published poem differs quite a bit from earlier drafts .",
      "You may want to seal the windows with plastic to stop drafts .",
      "Verb",
      "The two countries are drafting a treaty.",
      "The drama club drafted three teenagers to be in the parade.",
      "The legislature debated drafting more soldiers.",
      "The new rule prohibits teams from drafting players under 18.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The decision had been anticipated, for some, since the Trump administration locked in a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, and for others, since the draft opinion was leaked in early May. \u2014 Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic , 26 June 2022",
      "Politico publishes a 98-page draft opinion written by Alito in the Mississippi case that would strike down Roe and Casey if finalized by a majority of justices. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 26 June 2022",
      "The ruling was made by the court\u2019s conservative majority over a month after a leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicated the country\u2019s highest court was preparing to make the move. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022",
      "The final text hewed remarkably close to the draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, so much so that entire passages of the two documents are nearly indistinguishable. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "Whatever the intentions of the person who leaked Alito\u2019s draft opinion, the conservatives held firm in overturning Roe and Casey. \u2014 Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "Since a draft opinion was leaked in May, civil rights activists have been concerned that the decision would open the door to overturning other landmark cases. \u2014 Nyssa Kruse, Arkansas Online , 24 June 2022",
      "Whatever the intentions of the person who leaked Alito\u2019s draft opinion, the conservatives held firm in overturning Roe and Casey. \u2014 Mark Sherman, ajc , 24 June 2022",
      "An act of institutional sabotage leaked Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization nearly eight weeks in advance. \u2014 David B. Rivkin Jr. And Jennifer L. Mascott, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The 6-11 forward, who did a pre- draft workout for the Pacers on June 8, inked an Exhibit 10 deal Saturday with Indiana, a league source told IndyStar. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 26 June 2022",
      "The two have done that often lately as the former BYU men\u2019s basketball star has been making the rounds around the NBA and participating in pre- draft workouts with several teams. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "The Cavaliers have held numerous pre- draft workouts at Cleveland Clinic Courts over the last week, and there are plenty more ahead. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "The former Purdue 3-point specialist and Crown Point native said his pre- draft workout for Pacers, the only one he's had so far, came together quickly. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
      "Here\u2019s a list of the prospects the Magic either interviewed at the combine, hosted for pre- draft workouts or are expected to host for workouts. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
      "Now, Jackson-Davis is availing himself of that pre- draft process for the first time. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 3 May 2022",
      "The Giants traded down twice in the second round before taking Robinson at No. 43, exceeding his most optimistic pre- draft projections by a full round. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The next step is to wait for Mensah\u2019s decision after receiving pre- draft evaluation from NBA teams. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But the plan hit a hitch: For some reason, the state attorneys who draft bills for lawmakers took much longer than expected to write Wielechowski\u2019s amendment. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
      "The Louisiana bill is the only one to have made it out of committee so far, according to Pierce, who helped draft that legislation. \u2014 Alison Durkee, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Biden has also nominated Michael Barr, a former Treasury Department official who helped draft the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulation law, to be the Fed\u2019s top banking regulator and fill the last open spot on the seven-member board. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "Ayesha Barenblat, the founder and CEO of the fashion advocacy group Remake, who helped draft the bill, explained that creating and updating garment jobs in the United States is more critical than ever due to the fractured global supply chain. \u2014 Alyssa Hardy, Vogue , 10 May 2022",
      "Fran Pavley, a former state senator who helped draft the 2014 law, said the bill is a necessary update. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "The Broncos, who can\u2019t draft QBs, don\u2019t deserve Rodgers. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "One of the parents who helped draft the letter spoke at length about it before the district\u2019s board of trustees during public comments at a meeting Jan. 18. \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Landing this year's No. 1 pick gives them a chance to draft a franchise cornerstone to give this rebuild an identity. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1714, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English draght ; akin to Old English dragan to draw \u2014 more at draw":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4ft",
      "\u02c8draft"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "burden",
      "cargo",
      "freight",
      "haul",
      "lading",
      "load",
      "loading",
      "payload",
      "weight"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004653",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "draft allowance":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": draft sense 10e":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200418",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draft board":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a civilian board that registers, classifies, and selects men for compulsory military service":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the cornerback could be ranked higher on a draft board . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The main avenue would take Pace on a journey up the draft board to select a quarterback. \u2014 Amanda Kaschube, chicagotribune.com , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "On this episode: This week, the guys first take one more look at their personal NBA draft board . \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 10 May 2022",
      "As a result, Douglas told reporters, the Jets landed three of the top eight players on their draft board . \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "One of the players the Detroit Lions ranked highly on their draft board , Washington defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike, was still available, and Holmes wanted to trade up to get him. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The Patriots march to the beat of their own draft board . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "But while at the Senior Bowl, ESPN\u2019s draft guru Todd McShay had new criticism for Thibodeaux that could push his name down the draft board . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Keim leads the process of building the team\u2019s draft board , and Bidwill doesn\u2019t participate in that process. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193654",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134831",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "conscript",
      "levy"
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      ": a device for regulating the flow of air (as in a fireplace)":[
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      ": a preliminary sketch, outline, or version":[
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        "a draft treaty"
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      ": a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for compulsory military service)":[
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      ": a system whereby exclusive rights to selected new players are apportioned among professional teams":[
        "He was chosen in the first round of the draft ."
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      ": a team of animals together with what they draw":[],
      ": an act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without the individual's expressed consent":[],
      ": an order for the payment of money drawn (see draw entry 1 sense 7c ) by one person or bank on another":[],
      ": being or having been ready to be drawn from a receptacle : being or having been on draft":[
        "drinking draft beer"
      ],
      ": compose , prepare":[
        "draft a memo"
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      ": delineation , representation":[
        "a draft for a future skyscraper"
      ],
      ": draft (see draft entry 2 sense 2 ) beer":[
        "a glass of draft"
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      ": haul sense 2b":[
        "a draft of fish"
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      ": load or load-pulling capacity":[
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      ": ready to be drawn from a receptacle":[
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      ": scheme , design":[],
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      ": the act of drawing or pulling in a net":[],
      ": the act of moving loads by drawing or pulling : pull":[],
      ": the act or an instance of drawing from or making demands upon something : demand":[],
      ": the act, result, or plan of lengthening or stretching something (such as threads or metal)":[],
      ": the depth of water a ship draws (see draw entry 1 sense transitive 6 ) especially when loaded":[],
      ": the force required to pull a plow or other implement":[],
      ": to conscript for military service":[
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      ": to draft another racer (as in car or bike racing)":[],
      ": to draw off or away":[
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      ": to draw the preliminary sketch, version, or plan of":[
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      ": to select (a professional athlete) by draft":[
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      ": to select for some purpose: such as":[],
      ": to stay close behind (another racer) so as to take advantage of the reduced air pressure created by the leading racer":[],
      ": used or adapted for drawing loads":[
        "draft horses"
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      "Noun",
      "The published poem differs quite a bit from earlier drafts .",
      "You may want to seal the windows with plastic to stop drafts .",
      "Verb",
      "The two countries are drafting a treaty.",
      "The drama club drafted three teenagers to be in the parade.",
      "The legislature debated drafting more soldiers.",
      "The new rule prohibits teams from drafting players under 18.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The decision had been anticipated, for some, since the Trump administration locked in a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, and for others, since the draft opinion was leaked in early May. \u2014 Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic , 26 June 2022",
      "Politico publishes a 98-page draft opinion written by Alito in the Mississippi case that would strike down Roe and Casey if finalized by a majority of justices. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 26 June 2022",
      "The ruling was made by the court\u2019s conservative majority over a month after a leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicated the country\u2019s highest court was preparing to make the move. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022",
      "The final text hewed remarkably close to the draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, so much so that entire passages of the two documents are nearly indistinguishable. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "Whatever the intentions of the person who leaked Alito\u2019s draft opinion, the conservatives held firm in overturning Roe and Casey. \u2014 Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "Since a draft opinion was leaked in May, civil rights activists have been concerned that the decision would open the door to overturning other landmark cases. \u2014 Nyssa Kruse, Arkansas Online , 24 June 2022",
      "Whatever the intentions of the person who leaked Alito\u2019s draft opinion, the conservatives held firm in overturning Roe and Casey. \u2014 Mark Sherman, ajc , 24 June 2022",
      "An act of institutional sabotage leaked Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization nearly eight weeks in advance. \u2014 David B. Rivkin Jr. And Jennifer L. Mascott, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The 6-11 forward, who did a pre- draft workout for the Pacers on June 8, inked an Exhibit 10 deal Saturday with Indiana, a league source told IndyStar. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 26 June 2022",
      "The two have done that often lately as the former BYU men\u2019s basketball star has been making the rounds around the NBA and participating in pre- draft workouts with several teams. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "The Cavaliers have held numerous pre- draft workouts at Cleveland Clinic Courts over the last week, and there are plenty more ahead. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "The former Purdue 3-point specialist and Crown Point native said his pre- draft workout for Pacers, the only one he's had so far, came together quickly. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
      "Here\u2019s a list of the prospects the Magic either interviewed at the combine, hosted for pre- draft workouts or are expected to host for workouts. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
      "Now, Jackson-Davis is availing himself of that pre- draft process for the first time. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 3 May 2022",
      "The Giants traded down twice in the second round before taking Robinson at No. 43, exceeding his most optimistic pre- draft projections by a full round. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The next step is to wait for Mensah\u2019s decision after receiving pre- draft evaluation from NBA teams. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But the plan hit a hitch: For some reason, the state attorneys who draft bills for lawmakers took much longer than expected to write Wielechowski\u2019s amendment. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
      "The Louisiana bill is the only one to have made it out of committee so far, according to Pierce, who helped draft that legislation. \u2014 Alison Durkee, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Biden has also nominated Michael Barr, a former Treasury Department official who helped draft the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulation law, to be the Fed\u2019s top banking regulator and fill the last open spot on the seven-member board. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "Ayesha Barenblat, the founder and CEO of the fashion advocacy group Remake, who helped draft the bill, explained that creating and updating garment jobs in the United States is more critical than ever due to the fractured global supply chain. \u2014 Alyssa Hardy, Vogue , 10 May 2022",
      "Fran Pavley, a former state senator who helped draft the 2014 law, said the bill is a necessary update. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "The Broncos, who can\u2019t draft QBs, don\u2019t deserve Rodgers. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "One of the parents who helped draft the letter spoke at length about it before the district\u2019s board of trustees during public comments at a meeting Jan. 18. \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Landing this year's No. 1 pick gives them a chance to draft a franchise cornerstone to give this rebuild an identity. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1714, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English draght ; akin to Old English dragan to draw \u2014 more at draw":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb"
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      "\u02c8draft"
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      "payload",
      "weight"
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      "haul",
      "lug",
      "pull",
      "tow",
      "tug"
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      ": a clog (see clog entry 1 sense 1a ) fastened to a trap to prevent the escape of a trapped animal":[],
      ": a drawing along or over a surface with effort or pressure":[],
      ": a movement, inclination, or retardation caused by or as if by dragging":[
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      ": a sledge (see sledge entry 3 sense 2 ) for conveying heavy bodies":[],
      ": an object drawn over the ground to leave a scented trail":[],
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      ": conveyance":[],
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      ": draw sense 4a":[
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      ": entertainment in which performers caricature or challenge gender stereotypes (as by dressing in clothing that is stereotypical of another gender, by using exaggeratedly gendered mannerisms, or by combining elements of stereotypically male and female dress) and often wear elaborate or outrageous costumes":[
        "\"\u2026 Atlanta \u2026 was, like, mecca for drag . It had the traditional drag queens who were female impersonators. But, you know, I had come from the punk rock side of the tracks, and we did drag as a social comment \u2026\"",
        "\u2014 RuPaul",
        "\u2014 often used before another noun Drag shows are events where performers impersonate characters from a certain gender and often don elaborate costuming and makeup. \u2014 Lauren Wavra The drama sparked a conversation within the LGBTQ community regarding trans, female, and nonbinary drag performers. \u2014 Xavier Piedra"
      ],
      ": harrow":[],
      ": influence securing special favor : pull":[],
      ": of, being, involving, or intended for a person wearing clothing typical of the opposite sex : of, being, involving, or intended for a person in drag (see drag entry 1 sense 7b(1) )":[
        "a drag ball"
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      ": one that is boring or gets in the way of enjoyment":[
        "thinks studying is a drag",
        "this sickly kid is going to be a social drag",
        "\u2014 Edmund Morris"
      ],
      ": protract":[
        "drag a story out"
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      ": something that retards or impedes motion, action, or advancement":[],
      ": street , road":[
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      ": the act or an instance of dragging or drawing: such as":[],
      ": the retarding force acting on a body (such as an airplane) moving through a fluid (such as air) parallel and opposite to the direction of motion":[],
      ": to act in a deliberately slow or dilatory manner":[],
      ": to bring by or as if by force or compulsion":[
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      ],
      ": to catch with a dragnet (see dragnet sense 1 )":[],
      ": to cause to move with slowness or difficulty":[
        "dragged myself up the stairs",
        "dragging his feet"
      ],
      ": to cause to trail (see trail entry 1 sense 1a ) along a surface":[
        "wandered off dragging the leash"
      ],
      ": to draw or pull slowly or heavily : haul":[
        "dragging a box down the hall"
      ],
      ": to explore with a drag":[
        "drag the pond for the drowning victim"
      ],
      ": to extract by or as if by pulling":[
        "drag the truth out of him"
      ],
      ": to fish or search with a drag (see drag entry 1 sense 1 )":[],
      ": to hang or lag behind":[
        "Stop dragging and hurry up."
      ],
      ": to hit (a drag bunt ) while moving toward first base":[],
      ": to make a plucking or pulling movement":[],
      ": to move slowly because of fatigue":[
        "was dragging after the long trip"
      ],
      ": to participate in a drag race":[],
      ": to pass a drag over":[
        "drag a field"
      ],
      ": to proceed or continue laboriously or tediously":[
        "The lawsuit dragged on for years."
      ],
      ": to select and move (an item on a computer screen) by using a mouse, a touch screen, etc.":[
        "drag the icon to the bottom row"
      ],
      ": to trail along on the ground":[
        "Your scarf is dragging ."
      ],
      "\u2014 see also drag king , drag queen":[
        "\"\u2026 Atlanta \u2026 was, like, mecca for drag . It had the traditional drag queens who were female impersonators. But, you know, I had come from the punk rock side of the tracks, and we did drag as a social comment \u2026\"",
        "\u2014 RuPaul",
        "\u2014 often used before another noun Drag shows are events where performers impersonate characters from a certain gender and often don elaborate costuming and makeup. \u2014 Lauren Wavra The drama sparked a conversation within the LGBTQ community regarding trans, female, and nonbinary drag performers. \u2014 Xavier Piedra"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "My parents can be such a drag . They won't let me do anything.",
      "These meetings are a total drag .",
      "Let me have a drag from your cigarette.",
      "He took a long drag on the cigarette.",
      "Verb",
      "She dragged one of the other tables over to ours.",
      "Firefighters dragged the man to safety.",
      "One of the parents eventually dragged the screaming toddler out of the store.",
      "The broken muffler dragged behind the car.",
      "The dog's leash was dragging along the ground.",
      "The child is always dragging his blanket.",
      "The puppy ran up to us, dragging her leash behind her.",
      "He dragged himself up the stairs and climbed into bed.",
      "Can you drag yourself away from that computer?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Internet fame may be a drag , but as Marcel the Shell himself knows, celebrity certainly has its uses. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "If reverse logistics is a drag on your business, consider new technologies for streamlining and improving the process and make every return count. \u2014 Scott Fletcher, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "The disconnect was a major drag on earnings this year\u2014Amazon signaled the excess space would contribute to $10 billion in extra costs in the first half of 2022. \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Put another way, Meta may be harkening back to its Facebook past to secure its short-term future, even as the mistrust sown by that past continues to be a drag on the company\u2019s public image. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
      "So when most of the wealth goes to the richest 1 percent, or 0.01 percent, the lack of consumption by the other 99 percent of Americans is a drag on the economy. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 9 June 2022",
      "WarnerMedia had been a drag on AT&T\u2019s overall earnings. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 7 June 2022",
      "In Santiago, Pinochet once explained to me that the old constitution had been a drag on his power. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Technology stocks, which led the market rally a day earlier, were the biggest drag on the S&P 500. \u2014 Alexa Viega, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The World Bank is concerned that interest rate hikes in advanced economies could drag down the world economy. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
      "The tech sector has been hit hard as inflation and a tangle of other economic tensions drag down highflying companies and speculative sections of the market. \u2014 Taylor Telford, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "The investment bank estimates tighter financial conditions could drag down GDP as much as 2 percentage points over the next year. \u2014 Jonathan Ponciano, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Another concern for Russia is that the cutoff of imports could lead to industrial shortages, while a drop in foreign investment is expected to drag down the country's economic growth for years, the Institute of International Finance predicted. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
      "That's feeding concerns about whether consumers could become more frugal, which would drag down the economy. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 13 June 2022",
      "That drop in purchasing is likely to artificially drag down GDP numbers, economists say. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "He\u2019s on the small side at 5 feet 11 and 229 pounds and lacks elite measurables, which will drag down his stock. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Horizon also flies to a handful of major Western cities, which does drag those stats down. \u2014 cleveland , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But to keep it a buck, makeup removal ain't no crystal stair for non- drag artists either. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Portrayed by Jared Johnson, 32, who grew up on Milwaukee's north side, Hall emerged in Milwaukee's drag scene nine years ago, becoming a regular performer at Hamburger Mary's. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2020",
      "She's been working on drag magazine VELOUR and has continued to produce her show Nightgowns, which showcases a diverse array of drag performances in Brooklyn. \u2014 John Paul Brammer, Teen Vogue , 4 May 2018",
      "The sunny skies were great and 70-degree temps were perfect, but a flag-snapping crosswind made the drag track sensitive to navigate for those not in tune with the conditions. \u2014 Elton Alexander, cleveland.com , 25 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English dragge , probably from Middle Low German draggen grapnel; akin to Old English dragan to draw \u2014 more at draw":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drag"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drip",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165533",
    "type":[
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      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drag (out)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause (something) to take more time than necessary":[
        "He dragged out the speech much too long."
      ],
      ": to force (something, such as a confession) from (someone) : to make (someone) tell one (something)":[
        "The teacher eventually dragged a confession out of one of the students.",
        "Doctors sometimes have to drag information out of their patients."
      ]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065031",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
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  },
  "drag anchor":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": drag sense 3a (1)":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130656",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "drag coefficient":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a factor representing the drag acting on a body (such as an automobile or airfoil)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mercedes' design team managed to create a shape with a drag coefficient (Cd) of just 0.22. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The Spectre, which the new Spirit adorns, is already Rolls-Royce\u2019s most aerodynamic vehicle yet, with a drag coefficient (cd) of just 0.26, something which will help improve battery efficiency. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Mercedes credits its aggressive regeneration strategy, large battery, and the EQS's incredibly low 0.20 drag coefficient for the range number. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "This means great aerodynamics with a drag coefficient of just 0.25, lightweight design using natural and recycled materials and a high recycling rate for the battery. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "In fact, its drag coefficient is even lower than that of a football (0.18). \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Top speed is a frightening 168 mph, due in part to the car's ultra-low drag coefficient . \u2014 Jeremy White, Wired , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "The engineering team\u2019s meticulous attention to aerodynamics delivered an incredibly slippery drag coefficient of .20 \u2013 that\u2019s a new industry benchmark. \u2014 Michael Harley, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Hopefully, Kia will share a drag coefficient number during a more robust online reveal later this month. \u2014 Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver , 14 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120000",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drag conveyor":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a conveyor consisting of wooden or steel plates attached to endless chains and running in a trough through which the material is dragged":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192928",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drag down":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to force (someone) into a bad situation or condition":[
        "We cannot let our enemies drag us down to their level."
      ],
      ": to make (someone) unhappy":[
        "You can't let her bad moods drag you down ."
      ],
      ": to make (something) lower in amount or quality":[
        "High energy costs are dragging down profits."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043659",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "drag fold":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a minor geological fold produced in soft or thinly laminated beds lying between harder or more massive beds in the limbs of a major fold":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101316",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drag-and-drop":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": allowing the movement of items (such as icons ) by dragging them to a new location":[
        "a drag-and-drop interface"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1985, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drag-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8dr\u00e4p"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122836",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "dragbar":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hinged or pivoted bar or yoke attached to the back of a mine car on inclines to prevent its backing if the cable breaks":[],
      ": drawbar sense 2a":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130107",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "dragger":{
    "antonyms":[
      "speedster"
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    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "we quickly left the draggers behind and sprinted up the hill",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Over the past week Germany, the perennial foot- dragger , has done what the U.S. has spent decades politely asking it to do: begin to disconnect its energy sector from the Russian grid and commit to spending seriously on its own defense. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "For better or worse, Hill is too much of a gentleman to call me a knuckle- dragger . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2021",
      "But for now, even a blind knuckle- dragger can do a hearing. \u2014 Kristin Wilson And Paul Leblanc, CNN , 29 Apr. 2021",
      "Take the Cowboys\u2019 scoring drive just before the half, when Dalton found Gallup on a 19-yard toe- dragger down the left sideline \u2026 and then on a back-shoulder fade in the left corner of the end zone to take a 20-17 lead into halftime. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 27 Dec. 2020",
      "So, if your foot- dragger is, say, a phone-hating introvert with pandemic anxiety, then the call to the pediatrician isn't the thing to delegate. \u2014 The Washington Post , 14 Aug. 2020",
      "Becket Adams writing for the Washington Examiner, Dec. 30: NBC News\u2019 Chuck Todd offered a good reminder this weekend that many in the press view people of faith as regressive knuckle- draggers . \u2014 WSJ , 30 Dec. 2019",
      "No knuckle- draggers , no chowder; not even any annoying pop music blaring from Pylon speakers. \u2014 Adam H. Graham, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 11 Oct. 2018",
      "While the Europeans have undeniably richer interiors and pedigrees, Detroit's latest muscle cars aren't low-tech knuckle draggers . \u2014 Brent Romans, Edmunds, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1500, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "crawler",
      "dallier",
      "dawdler",
      "laggard",
      "lagger",
      "lingerer",
      "loiterer",
      "plodder",
      "slowpoke",
      "snail",
      "straggler"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045026",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dragger net":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dragnet sense 1a":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094041",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who draws heated billets from furnaces":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212749",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094323",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that operates or works on a dragger":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113624",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "draw",
      "hale",
      "haul",
      "lug",
      "pull",
      "tow",
      "tug"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a clog (see clog entry 1 sense 1a ) fastened to a trap to prevent the escape of a trapped animal":[],
      ": a drawing along or over a surface with effort or pressure":[],
      ": a movement, inclination, or retardation caused by or as if by dragging":[
        "the drag of his bottom lip"
      ],
      ": a sledge (see sledge entry 3 sense 2 ) for conveying heavy bodies":[],
      ": an object drawn over the ground to leave a scented trail":[],
      ": burden , encumbrance":[
        "the drag of population growth on living standards"
      ],
      ": conveyance":[],
      ": drag race":[],
      ": draw sense 4a":[
        "drag on a cigarette"
      ],
      ": entertainment in which performers caricature or challenge gender stereotypes (as by dressing in clothing that is stereotypical of another gender, by using exaggeratedly gendered mannerisms, or by combining elements of stereotypically male and female dress) and often wear elaborate or outrageous costumes":[
        "\"\u2026 Atlanta \u2026 was, like, mecca for drag . It had the traditional drag queens who were female impersonators. But, you know, I had come from the punk rock side of the tracks, and we did drag as a social comment \u2026\"",
        "\u2014 RuPaul",
        "\u2014 often used before another noun Drag shows are events where performers impersonate characters from a certain gender and often don elaborate costuming and makeup. \u2014 Lauren Wavra The drama sparked a conversation within the LGBTQ community regarding trans, female, and nonbinary drag performers. \u2014 Xavier Piedra"
      ],
      ": harrow":[],
      ": influence securing special favor : pull":[],
      ": of, being, involving, or intended for a person wearing clothing typical of the opposite sex : of, being, involving, or intended for a person in drag (see drag entry 1 sense 7b(1) )":[
        "a drag ball"
      ],
      ": one that is boring or gets in the way of enjoyment":[
        "thinks studying is a drag",
        "this sickly kid is going to be a social drag",
        "\u2014 Edmund Morris"
      ],
      ": protract":[
        "drag a story out"
      ],
      ": something that is dragged, pulled, or drawn along or over a surface: such as":[],
      ": something that retards or impedes motion, action, or advancement":[],
      ": street , road":[
        "the main drag"
      ],
      ": the act or an instance of dragging or drawing: such as":[],
      ": the retarding force acting on a body (such as an airplane) moving through a fluid (such as air) parallel and opposite to the direction of motion":[],
      ": to act in a deliberately slow or dilatory manner":[],
      ": to bring by or as if by force or compulsion":[
        "had to drag her husband to the opera"
      ],
      ": to catch with a dragnet (see dragnet sense 1 )":[],
      ": to cause to move with slowness or difficulty":[
        "dragged myself up the stairs",
        "dragging his feet"
      ],
      ": to cause to trail (see trail entry 1 sense 1a ) along a surface":[
        "wandered off dragging the leash"
      ],
      ": to draw or pull slowly or heavily : haul":[
        "dragging a box down the hall"
      ],
      ": to explore with a drag":[
        "drag the pond for the drowning victim"
      ],
      ": to extract by or as if by pulling":[
        "drag the truth out of him"
      ],
      ": to fish or search with a drag (see drag entry 1 sense 1 )":[],
      ": to hang or lag behind":[
        "Stop dragging and hurry up."
      ],
      ": to hit (a drag bunt ) while moving toward first base":[],
      ": to make a plucking or pulling movement":[],
      ": to move slowly because of fatigue":[
        "was dragging after the long trip"
      ],
      ": to participate in a drag race":[],
      ": to pass a drag over":[
        "drag a field"
      ],
      ": to proceed or continue laboriously or tediously":[
        "The lawsuit dragged on for years."
      ],
      ": to select and move (an item on a computer screen) by using a mouse, a touch screen, etc.":[
        "drag the icon to the bottom row"
      ],
      ": to trail along on the ground":[
        "Your scarf is dragging ."
      ],
      "\u2014 see also drag king , drag queen":[
        "\"\u2026 Atlanta \u2026 was, like, mecca for drag . It had the traditional drag queens who were female impersonators. But, you know, I had come from the punk rock side of the tracks, and we did drag as a social comment \u2026\"",
        "\u2014 RuPaul",
        "\u2014 often used before another noun Drag shows are events where performers impersonate characters from a certain gender and often don elaborate costuming and makeup. \u2014 Lauren Wavra The drama sparked a conversation within the LGBTQ community regarding trans, female, and nonbinary drag performers. \u2014 Xavier Piedra"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "My parents can be such a drag . They won't let me do anything.",
      "These meetings are a total drag .",
      "Let me have a drag from your cigarette.",
      "He took a long drag on the cigarette.",
      "Verb",
      "She dragged one of the other tables over to ours.",
      "Firefighters dragged the man to safety.",
      "One of the parents eventually dragged the screaming toddler out of the store.",
      "The broken muffler dragged behind the car.",
      "The dog's leash was dragging along the ground.",
      "The child is always dragging his blanket.",
      "The puppy ran up to us, dragging her leash behind her.",
      "He dragged himself up the stairs and climbed into bed.",
      "Can you drag yourself away from that computer?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Internet fame may be a drag , but as Marcel the Shell himself knows, celebrity certainly has its uses. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "If reverse logistics is a drag on your business, consider new technologies for streamlining and improving the process and make every return count. \u2014 Scott Fletcher, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "The disconnect was a major drag on earnings this year\u2014Amazon signaled the excess space would contribute to $10 billion in extra costs in the first half of 2022. \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Put another way, Meta may be harkening back to its Facebook past to secure its short-term future, even as the mistrust sown by that past continues to be a drag on the company\u2019s public image. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
      "So when most of the wealth goes to the richest 1 percent, or 0.01 percent, the lack of consumption by the other 99 percent of Americans is a drag on the economy. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 9 June 2022",
      "WarnerMedia had been a drag on AT&T\u2019s overall earnings. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 7 June 2022",
      "In Santiago, Pinochet once explained to me that the old constitution had been a drag on his power. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Technology stocks, which led the market rally a day earlier, were the biggest drag on the S&P 500. \u2014 Alexa Viega, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The World Bank is concerned that interest rate hikes in advanced economies could drag down the world economy. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
      "The tech sector has been hit hard as inflation and a tangle of other economic tensions drag down highflying companies and speculative sections of the market. \u2014 Taylor Telford, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "The investment bank estimates tighter financial conditions could drag down GDP as much as 2 percentage points over the next year. \u2014 Jonathan Ponciano, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Another concern for Russia is that the cutoff of imports could lead to industrial shortages, while a drop in foreign investment is expected to drag down the country's economic growth for years, the Institute of International Finance predicted. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
      "That's feeding concerns about whether consumers could become more frugal, which would drag down the economy. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 13 June 2022",
      "That drop in purchasing is likely to artificially drag down GDP numbers, economists say. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "He\u2019s on the small side at 5 feet 11 and 229 pounds and lacks elite measurables, which will drag down his stock. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Horizon also flies to a handful of major Western cities, which does drag those stats down. \u2014 cleveland , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But to keep it a buck, makeup removal ain't no crystal stair for non- drag artists either. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Portrayed by Jared Johnson, 32, who grew up on Milwaukee's north side, Hall emerged in Milwaukee's drag scene nine years ago, becoming a regular performer at Hamburger Mary's. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2020",
      "She's been working on drag magazine VELOUR and has continued to produce her show Nightgowns, which showcases a diverse array of drag performances in Brooklyn. \u2014 John Paul Brammer, Teen Vogue , 4 May 2018",
      "The sunny skies were great and 70-degree temps were perfect, but a flag-snapping crosswind made the drag track sensitive to navigate for those not in tune with the conditions. \u2014 Elton Alexander, cleveland.com , 25 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English dragge , probably from Middle Low German draggen grapnel; akin to Old English dragan to draw \u2014 more at draw":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drag"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drip",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181942",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dragging beam":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dragon beam":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175651",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dragging step":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": drag sense 6c(2)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200518",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draggle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": straggle":[],
      ": to make wet and dirty by dragging":[],
      ": to trail on the ground":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "frequentative of drag":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034843",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "draggle-tail":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": slattern":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1596, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259l-\u02cct\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054320",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draggled":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": straggle":[],
      ": to make wet and dirty by dragging":[],
      ": to trail on the ground":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "frequentative of drag":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114218",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "draggletailed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": untidy , sluttish , slatternly":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140035",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun,"
    ]
  },
  "dragon lady":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "The new boss is a real dragon lady .",
      "a conniving dragon lady , their mother attempted to dominate their lives well into their adult years",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Why not call Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox or Daryl Hannah a dragon lady ? \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2021",
      "But because of miscegenation laws that prevented interracial couples onscreen\u2014and rampant yellowface practices\u2014her opportunities were mostly limited to stereotypes like the rejected other woman or the villainous dragon lady . \u2014 Time , 5 Mar. 2020",
      "My eyes caught the glances of the portraits, all people who made their bread acting as dragon ladies and inscrutable Chinamen in the movies. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "There's a dragon lady also walking around Winterfell right now with eyes that look green in a certain light... \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire , 2 May 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1949, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "character in the comic strip \"Terry and the Pirates\" by Milton Caniff":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "battle-ax",
      "battle-axe",
      "fury",
      "harpy",
      "harridan",
      "shrew",
      "termagant",
      "virago",
      "vixen"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205958",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dragoon":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed mounted troops":[],
      ": cavalryman":[],
      ": to force into submission or compliance especially by violent measures":[],
      ": to subjugate or persecute by harsh use of troops":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "she was dragooned into agreeing to the fraudulent scheme",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The words were emblazoned beneath an image of the cannon on a battle flag flown at the Battle of Gonzalez where Mexican dragoons skirmished unsuccessfully with the Texian rebels to decide the matter. \u2014 Myke Cole, The New Republic , 1 Aug. 2019",
      "The hat is said to have been picked up as a war trophy by a Dutch dragoon captain after the Battle of Waterloo, where a coalition of European armies defeated the French on June 18, 1815. \u2014 Aurelien Breeden, New York Times , 18 June 2018",
      "The two companies of U.S. Army dragoons that arrived eight months before Texas joined the union in 1846 followed Republic of Texas volunteers, the Mexican army and Spaniards who established the city in 1718. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 3 May 2018",
      "The camp hands out small Confederate flags at town events and lays a wreath at the site of two monuments to the dragoons on the last Monday in April, when the state celebrates Confederate Memorial Day. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Sep. 2017",
      "Prattville Dragoons monument in Prattville, above, erected 1916, to honor unit that fought in the Battle of Shiloh. \u2014 AL.com , 17 Aug. 2017",
      "The weekend\u2019s stars are the Virginia militia, British Dragoons and Redcoats\u2014all armed and dressed accordingly. \u2014 Katie Jackson, Fox News , 15 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Simeon of Cyrene would have been the innocent brunch-goer, and the Romans dragoon him into Christ\u2019s Passion, giving him an honor every human on earth should have desired. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "The prospect of a new law that could allow China to dragoon suspects in mainland prisons amplified fears further. \u2014 Suzanne Sataline, The Atlantic , 21 May 2020",
      "Brundage was a standout quarterback and punter in high school who gave it up to play baseball at Oregon State, then was dragooned onto the 1984 football team when all the regular punters got hurt. \u2014 Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com , 29 Nov. 2019",
      "Even when earlier on three or more subgroups are doing entirely different, often intense things, the mood is controlled, involuntary, dragooned . \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 11 July 2018",
      "Now Dracaena fragrans, aka the corn plant, and spider plants are being dragooned into doing the job. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 26 July 2018",
      "Many Syrians flinch at the idea of going back, fearful that they will be killed, forced into camps or dragooned into the army. \u2014 The Economist , 30 June 2018",
      "The relatively small number of women who are fertile are dragooned as handmaids, child-bearing slaves for married couples. \u2014 David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2018",
      "He's dragooned away from this life into a case investigating an insurance claim by a former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war and may have been trafficking loot stolen from Jews being deported to Auschwitz. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French dragon dragon, dragoon, from Middle French":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "dra-",
      "dr\u0259-\u02c8g\u00fcn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blackjack",
      "coerce",
      "compel",
      "constrain",
      "drive",
      "force",
      "impel",
      "impress",
      "make",
      "muscle",
      "obligate",
      "oblige",
      "press",
      "pressure",
      "sandbag"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193903",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drag\u00e9e":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small silver-colored ball used as a decoration (as on a cake)":[],
      ": a sugar-coated nut":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Decorate half of the ginger cookies with royal icing, sanding sugar, and dragees , as desired. \u2014 The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping , 31 Oct. 2019",
      "Colorful sanding sugar, edible glitter or dragees , optional Place crumbled cake in a food processor and pulse once or twice until it is crumbled. \u2014 Ann Maloney, NOLA.com , 6 Feb. 2018",
      "To decorate, pick up a purple, green and gold sanding sugars, edible glitter or dragees . \u2014 Ann Maloney, NOLA.com , 6 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Middle French dragie \u2014 more at dredge":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "dra-\u02c8zh\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014817",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draigon":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of draigon Scottish variant of dragon"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101g\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-004924",
    "type":[]
  },
  "drail":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling for fish (as bluefish)":[],
      ": a perforated iron projecting from the beam of a plow to which the horses are hitched":[],
      ": to fish by trolling with a drail":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from obsolete English drail to drag or trail along, perhaps alteration (influenced by draw & drag ) of trail":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101l",
      "especially before pause or consonant -\u0101\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112622",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drain":{
    "antonyms":[
      "fill"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gradual outflow or withdrawal : depletion":[
        "a net drain from the East of five million souls",
        "\u2014 G. W. Pierson"
      ],
      ": a means (such as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained":[],
      ": an electrode in a field-effect transistor toward which charge carriers move \u2014 compare gate , source":[],
      ": drop sense 7c , sink":[
        "drain the putt",
        "drained two free throws"
      ],
      ": filter":[],
      ": something that causes depletion : burden":[
        "a drain on the city's resources"
      ],
      ": the act of draining":[],
      ": to a state of being wasted or irretrievably lost":[
        "All their hard work went down the drain ."
      ],
      ": to become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping":[
        "waiting for the tub to drain"
      ],
      ": to carry away the surface water of":[
        "the river that drains the valley"
      ],
      ": to cause the gradual disappearance of":[
        "drain the region's wealth"
      ],
      ": to deplete or empty by or as if by drawing off by degrees or in increments":[
        "drained the country of its resources"
      ],
      ": to disappear gradually : dwindle":[
        "his nervousness drained away, as it always did",
        "\u2014 H. A. Sinclair"
      ],
      ": to discharge surface or surplus water":[
        "drains into the Gulf of Mexico"
      ],
      ": to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely":[
        "drained all the water out of the pool"
      ],
      ": to empty by drinking the contents of":[
        "drain a mug of beer"
      ],
      ": to exhaust (see exhaust entry 1 sense 1b ) physically or emotionally":[
        "feeling drained at the end of a long workday"
      ],
      ": to flow off gradually":[],
      ": to make gradually dry":[
        "drain a swamp"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Drain the canned tomatoes before adding them to the pot.",
      "The swamp has been drained .",
      "I was waiting for the bathtub to drain .",
      "The river drains into a lake.",
      "Years of civil war have drained the country's resources.",
      "The city's emergency fund has been drained .",
      "I feel totally drained of energy this evening.",
      "Noun",
      "The drain in the bathtub is blocked.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Officials have said that the United States hopes the West's upcoming surge of military assistance to Ukraine -- along with Russia's increasing isolation on the world stage -- will drain Putin's will to fight. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 June 2022",
      "The United States hopes the West\u2019s upcoming surge of military assistance to Ukraine \u2014 along with Russia\u2019s increasing isolation on the world stage \u2014 will drain President Vladimir Putin\u2019s will to fight. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "This means poor conversion rates that will drain your marketing budget. \u2014 Marius Vetrici, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Piatek indicated that storm water from 215 residential structures will drain into the basin, alleviating pressure on the sewer system at Kolleda Ditch when large rain events occur. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "And Kalos doesn\u2019t think that the demand will drain the supply. \u2014 Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "And the growing human demand for water will drain the pools further. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "Jimmy Junkin, manager of the city\u2019s water/wastewater department, said crews will drain the tank Thursday night, remove any debris and sanitize the tank. \u2014 Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "The blood clots form in unusual places, such as veins that drain blood from the brain. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Some bottles went straight down the drain (A Russian sparkling wine?!). \u2014 Douglas Heye, CNN , 18 June 2022",
      "And if there\u2019s anything left over, use it to water the plants rather than pouring it down the drain . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "East County officials fear a $950 million sewage recycling project could get flushed down the drain because of a pipeline deal gone awry. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s half of the precious time, effort and money spent in crafting job advertisements, reviewing resumes, conducting interviews and training new employees gone down the drain . \u2014 Kiran Mann, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Swatting calls are a drain on resources and dangerous to both police and the public, Lampson said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
      "The last item, industrial paint jobs, are the main drain on water supplies in an auto plant. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Harrison has argued that unruly crowds outside the clubs, especially around the current last call of 2 a.m., is a major drain on police manpower. \u2014 Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Until this point, Beijing had relied completely on artificial snow to cover its slopes and venues \u2014 which environmentalists and critics say is a huge drain on energy and water resources. \u2014 Helen Regan, CNN , 14 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English draynen , from Old English dr\u0113ahnian \u2014 more at dry":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for drain Verb deplete , drain , exhaust , impoverish , bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function. depleting our natural resources drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence. personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit exhaust stresses a complete emptying. her lecture exhausted the subject impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness. impoverished soil bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse. war had bankrupted the nation of resources",
    "synonyms":[
      "bleed",
      "draft",
      "draw (off)",
      "pump",
      "siphon",
      "syphon",
      "tap"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235340",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drain (away)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "pronounciation":null,
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000",
    "type":null
  },
  "drainage":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an area or district drained":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With sport sandal-style water shoes, which typically expose the upper parts of your feet and toes to the open air, drainage is almost instantaneous. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
      "For that reason, drainage is the key to maintaining a sound foundation, ensuring that water is directed away from the building. \u2014 Robby Brown, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Divers have been searching for an 11-year-old child and two Milwaukee men who were swept into a drainage tunnel near 27th and Loomis after heavy rains Monday. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
      "The 2022 budget for the city\u2019s drainage levy fund is $2.4 million, Dean said. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "City water bills are calculated based on water usage, sewerage disposal, and flat service charges for water, sewerage and drainage . \u2014 Nushrat Rahman And Malachi Barrett, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
      "Site improvements include a mill and overlay of 4 inches of pavement, increasing the right-of-way in certain locations and rehabilitating drainage structures. \u2014 Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
      "The flood control plans include a handful of retention ponds, to hold water and then release it slowly, along with a huge drainage conduit, dubbed the North Tunnel, to carry water safely into the Patapsco. \u2014 Steve Thompson, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "The Harappans of the Indus Valley Civilization went one better, building public drainage systems that enabled even ordinary dwellings to have bathrooms and toilets. \u2014 Amanda Foreman, WSJ , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-nij"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081244",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drainage basin":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": basin sense 3d":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212032",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drainage district":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a governmental corporation or quasi corporation created by a state for the drainage of a specified territory":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141355",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drained":{
    "antonyms":[
      "fill"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gradual outflow or withdrawal : depletion":[
        "a net drain from the East of five million souls",
        "\u2014 G. W. Pierson"
      ],
      ": a means (such as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained":[],
      ": an electrode in a field-effect transistor toward which charge carriers move \u2014 compare gate , source":[],
      ": drop sense 7c , sink":[
        "drain the putt",
        "drained two free throws"
      ],
      ": filter":[],
      ": something that causes depletion : burden":[
        "a drain on the city's resources"
      ],
      ": the act of draining":[],
      ": to a state of being wasted or irretrievably lost":[
        "All their hard work went down the drain ."
      ],
      ": to become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping":[
        "waiting for the tub to drain"
      ],
      ": to carry away the surface water of":[
        "the river that drains the valley"
      ],
      ": to cause the gradual disappearance of":[
        "drain the region's wealth"
      ],
      ": to deplete or empty by or as if by drawing off by degrees or in increments":[
        "drained the country of its resources"
      ],
      ": to disappear gradually : dwindle":[
        "his nervousness drained away, as it always did",
        "\u2014 H. A. Sinclair"
      ],
      ": to discharge surface or surplus water":[
        "drains into the Gulf of Mexico"
      ],
      ": to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely":[
        "drained all the water out of the pool"
      ],
      ": to empty by drinking the contents of":[
        "drain a mug of beer"
      ],
      ": to exhaust (see exhaust entry 1 sense 1b ) physically or emotionally":[
        "feeling drained at the end of a long workday"
      ],
      ": to flow off gradually":[],
      ": to make gradually dry":[
        "drain a swamp"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Drain the canned tomatoes before adding them to the pot.",
      "The swamp has been drained .",
      "I was waiting for the bathtub to drain .",
      "The river drains into a lake.",
      "Years of civil war have drained the country's resources.",
      "The city's emergency fund has been drained .",
      "I feel totally drained of energy this evening.",
      "Noun",
      "The drain in the bathtub is blocked.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Officials have said that the United States hopes the West's upcoming surge of military assistance to Ukraine -- along with Russia's increasing isolation on the world stage -- will drain Putin's will to fight. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 June 2022",
      "The United States hopes the West\u2019s upcoming surge of military assistance to Ukraine \u2014 along with Russia\u2019s increasing isolation on the world stage \u2014 will drain President Vladimir Putin\u2019s will to fight. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "This means poor conversion rates that will drain your marketing budget. \u2014 Marius Vetrici, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Piatek indicated that storm water from 215 residential structures will drain into the basin, alleviating pressure on the sewer system at Kolleda Ditch when large rain events occur. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "And Kalos doesn\u2019t think that the demand will drain the supply. \u2014 Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "And the growing human demand for water will drain the pools further. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "Jimmy Junkin, manager of the city\u2019s water/wastewater department, said crews will drain the tank Thursday night, remove any debris and sanitize the tank. \u2014 Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "The blood clots form in unusual places, such as veins that drain blood from the brain. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Some bottles went straight down the drain (A Russian sparkling wine?!). \u2014 Douglas Heye, CNN , 18 June 2022",
      "And if there\u2019s anything left over, use it to water the plants rather than pouring it down the drain . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "East County officials fear a $950 million sewage recycling project could get flushed down the drain because of a pipeline deal gone awry. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s half of the precious time, effort and money spent in crafting job advertisements, reviewing resumes, conducting interviews and training new employees gone down the drain . \u2014 Kiran Mann, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Swatting calls are a drain on resources and dangerous to both police and the public, Lampson said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
      "The last item, industrial paint jobs, are the main drain on water supplies in an auto plant. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Harrison has argued that unruly crowds outside the clubs, especially around the current last call of 2 a.m., is a major drain on police manpower. \u2014 Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Until this point, Beijing had relied completely on artificial snow to cover its slopes and venues \u2014 which environmentalists and critics say is a huge drain on energy and water resources. \u2014 Helen Regan, CNN , 14 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English draynen , from Old English dr\u0113ahnian \u2014 more at dry":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for drain Verb deplete , drain , exhaust , impoverish , bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function. depleting our natural resources drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence. personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit exhaust stresses a complete emptying. her lecture exhausted the subject impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness. impoverished soil bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse. war had bankrupted the nation of resources",
    "synonyms":[
      "bleed",
      "draft",
      "draw (off)",
      "pump",
      "siphon",
      "syphon",
      "tap"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042700",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drainpipe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pipe for drainage":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "our drainpipe is always getting clogged with leaves",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the New Zealand National Aquarium, Inky figured out how to sneak out of his tank and escape to the ocean through a drainpipe . \u2014 Erin Spencer, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
      "This is what happens when failing infrastructure, in this case an underground drainpipe , meets weather\u2019s new normal: stronger storms and more intense rainfall. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "And yet, as soon as guests had the chance to fall in love with the nostalgia of the 1890s, a pair of drainpipe jeans brought their musing to the 1990s. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Perhaps no neighborhood drama illustrates Harvard\u2019s challenges better than the dustup over the drainpipe . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "Loosen the two compression fittings that hold the trap to the drainpipe . \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Notably missing was former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a huge supporter of the Olympics, who in 2016 jumped out of a gigantic green drainpipe dressed as Super Mario during the Closing Ceremony, as Rio transitioned the Games to Tokyo. \u2014 Amy Bass, CNN , 23 July 2021",
      "Install an air-gap catch basin on the unit and run a full-size drainpipe to the nearest floor drain. \u2014 Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics , 25 June 2021",
      "So the team turned to the 84-inch drainpipe that runs under El Segundo Boulevard, on the southern edge of Magic Johnson Park. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1857, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n-\u02ccp\u012bp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "eaves trough",
      "gutter",
      "rainspout",
      "spout",
      "trough",
      "waterspout"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112404",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drake":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a male duck":[],
      "Sir Francis 1540(or 1543)\u20131596 English navigator and buccaneer":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The sketch showed a drake and hen mallard dropping into a marsh. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "Pingping, who had worked on a poultry farm for two years back in China and knew how to treat sick chickens, broke the aspirin in half and inserted one piece into the drake \u2019s mouth. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "This year's stamp features a drake lesser scaup painted by Richard Clifton of Milford, Delaware. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2021",
      "Unquestionably, the drake wood duck is the most beautiful of all waterfowl, with the female also being more colorful than the females of other species. \u2014 Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune , 27 May 2021",
      "The presence of a white bar border on the speculum (found on drake mallards) varies from bird-to-bird. \u2014 Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life , 1 Mar. 2021",
      "The drake dives, and Dublin swims circles around the spot, then disappears underwater. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 16 Dec. 2020",
      "Bear emerged from the water with the drake clamped in his jaws. \u2014 Hal Herring, Field & Stream , 12 May 2020",
      "Scrimshaw panels feature a flying mallard drake and hen on one side, and a retriever on the other. \u2014 Colin Moore, Outdoor Life , 19 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English; akin to Old High German an trahho drake":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103109",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dram":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small amount":[],
      ": a small portion of something to drink":[],
      ": a type of RAM that must be continuously supplied with power and periodically rewritten in order to retain data \u2014 compare sram":[],
      ": a unit of liquid capacity equal to 0.217 cubic inches \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table":[],
      ": a unit of liquid capacity equal to \u00b9/\u2088 fluid ounce \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table":[],
      ": a unit of weight in the apothecaries' system equal to one eighth of an ounce \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table":[],
      ": a unit of weight in the avoirdupois system equal to one sixteenth of an ounce \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table":[],
      ": the basic monetary unit of Armenia \u2014 see Money Table":[],
      "dramatic ; dramatist":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(2)":"Noun",
      "1980, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1993, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Armenian, literally, coin, money, ultimately from Greek drachm\u0113 drachma":"Noun",
      "Middle English dragme , from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French, dram , drachma , from Late Latin dragma , from Latin drachma , from Greek drachm\u0113 , literally, handful, from drassesthai to grasp":"Noun",
      "d ynamic + RAM ( r andom- a ccess m emory)":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccram",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4m",
      "\u02c8dram"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ace",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "dab",
      "driblet",
      "glimmer",
      "hint",
      "lick",
      "little",
      "mite",
      "nip",
      "ounce",
      "particle",
      "peanuts",
      "ray",
      "scintilla",
      "scruple",
      "shade",
      "shadow",
      "shred",
      "skosh",
      "smack",
      "smell",
      "smidgen",
      "smidgeon",
      "smidgin",
      "smidge",
      "snap",
      "soup\u00e7on",
      "spark",
      "spatter",
      "speck",
      "splash",
      "spot",
      "sprinkling",
      "strain",
      "streak",
      "suspicion",
      "tad",
      "touch",
      "trace"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222212",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dramatic":{
    "antonyms":[
      "undramatic"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a powerful voice and a declamatory style \u2014 compare lyric":[],
      ": of or relating to the drama":[
        "a dramatic actor"
      ],
      ": striking in appearance or effect":[
        "a dramatic pause"
      ],
      ": suitable to or characteristic of the drama":[
        "a dramatic story",
        "a dramatic attempt to escape",
        "a dramatic comeback"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "His parents noticed a dramatic change in his behavior.",
      "There was a dramatic increase in prices.",
      "The book tells the dramatic story of her battle with cancer.",
      "She made a dramatic entrance wearing a bright red dress.",
      "There was a dramatic pause before his big announcement.",
      "The painter used dramatic colors.",
      "They are members of the local dramatic society.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The turnover of homes in this city is dramatic in the last 10-15 years. \u2014 cleveland , 30 June 2022",
      "The playoffs were dramatic and the Cup Final was splendid. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
      "Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia are ready to find love \u2014 no matter how dramatic the process may be. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Note that Final Cut Pro is particularly well-optimized among its peers for Apple's silicon and multithreaded performance, so the differences might not be as dramatic with other video editing applications. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
      "For the Diamondbacks, this will be their first draft with Rebhan as the scouting director, though the transition from Deric Ladnier, who held that title for the previous seven drafts, is not expected to be dramatic . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
      "Few markers of the COVID-19 pandemic were as dramatic as the drop in railroad ridership. \u2014 Tom Condon, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
      "The soaring granite massifs and aquamarine lakes dotting its famed W- and O-circuit backpacking routes are as dramatic as landscapes get. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 18 June 2022",
      "These examples are far less dramatic than a mid-century secretary seeking privacy with a computer therapist or a Google engineer driven out of his job for believing that his team\u2019s program might have a soul. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see drama":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for dramatic dramatic , theatrical , histrionic , melodramatic mean having a character or an effect like that of acted plays. dramatic applies to situations in life and literature that stir the imagination and emotions deeply. a dramatic meeting of world leaders theatrical implies a crude appeal through artificiality or exaggeration in gesture or vocal expression. a theatrical oration histrionic applies to tones, gestures, and motions and suggests a deliberate affectation or staginess. a histrionic show of grief melodramatic suggests an exaggerated emotionalism or an inappropriate theatricalism. made a melodramatic plea",
    "synonyms":[
      "histrionic",
      "melodramatic",
      "operatic",
      "stagy",
      "stagey",
      "theatrical",
      "theatric"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184708",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "dramshop":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": barroom":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "according to the state's dramshop laws, anyone who serves alcohol automatically incurs certain liabilities"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1725, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dram-\u02ccsh\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bar",
      "barroom",
      "caf\u00e9",
      "cafe",
      "cantina",
      "gin mill",
      "grogshop",
      "pub",
      "public house",
      "saloon",
      "taproom",
      "tavern",
      "watering hole",
      "watering place"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015034",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drant":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to speak in a tiresome whining drawl":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Scots drant, draunt droning or drawling tone, modification of Scottish Gaelic dranndan, draundan hum, buzzing, complaint, growl; akin to Irish Gaelic dranntan hum, buzzing, growl":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drant",
      "-\u0227-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132938",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "drap":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": cloth":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French (cloth)":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drap",
      "\u02c8dr\u0227"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073519",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drap d'\u00e9t\u00e9":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a thin woolen or blended fabric that has a twill weave and is used especially for summer clothing":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French drap d' \u00e9t\u00e9 , literally, summer cloth":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4(\u02cc)d\u0101\u02c8t\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190446",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drap-de-Berry":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a woolen cloth formerly made in Berry, France":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, cloth from Berry (region in France)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4d\u0259\u02ccbe\u02c8r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172257",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "drapery"
    ],
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      ": a drapery especially for a window : curtain":[],
      ": a sterile covering used in an operating room":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": arrangement in or of folds":[],
      ": the cut or hang of clothing":[],
      ": to arrange in flowing lines or folds":[],
      ": to become arranged in folds":[
        "this silk drapes beautifully"
      ],
      ": to cause to hang or stretch out loosely or carelessly":[],
      ": to cover or adorn with or as if with folds of cloth":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We'll drape strings of lights between the trees for the party.",
      "a trophy wife who invariably appears at events draped in furs and diamonds",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "This blanket may not have the feel of a luxurious cashmere touch of the Herm\u00e8s blanket, but the super soft microfiber flannel fabric is still perfect to nap with, or to simply drape across your couch for an inviting look. \u2014 Amina Khan, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "Your mother-in-law can pop it in the microwave for one minute, and then drape it around her neck or shoulders to soothe any aches and pains after a long day. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Made from 100 percent organic cotton jersey, the shirts are impossibly light and drape like your favorite vintage tee, while a subtle boxy cut feels flattering and modern. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "It was decided to spread some on tables, hang some on large wooden drying racks and drape others over quilt racks standing atop the tables. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Big sycamore trees drape the stream, with oaks and pines filling the canyon. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Then, to trap the steam, drape the towel over your whole head and let your face peek out so the hot water can reach your skin. \u2014 Mara Santilli, SELF , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Napping beauties can drape themselves in Sleeper\u2019s fantasy of eco rayon capes and silky sets of smocked bralettes and boxers. \u2014 Vogue , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Liberals and Democrats would do well to take the opening they\u2019ve been given, drape themselves in the Founders and the Constitution, and cast themselves as the guardians of principals that should be allowed to endure. \u2014 Simon Lazarus, The New Republic , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The strapless dress had a body-hugging mermaid silhouette and featured a drape detailing at the waist that tied into a large bow at her back. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
      "The drape back adds an elegant touch and the side slits allow for movement. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "The material is made of modal, a fiber which typically feels super soft and lightweight with a characteristic drape -y look. \u2014 Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Crombie coats are a fixture\u2014but infused with a subtle sense of irreverence: trousers are often cut wide for a louche drape , traditional tailoring is spliced with utilitarian details, leather and punchy colors make frequent appearances. \u2014 Kristopher Fraser, Robb Report , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "After Fernandes is lowered to the floor, dancers circle her; most file out, but a few drape themselves on top of her body before another duet begins. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Jackets also had feminine cutouts, and were adorned with thick ornamental chains that drape , without enclosing. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "So, when fashion\u2019s pendulum began swinging back in favor of looser fits, longer lengths and dramatic drape , the polo coat was perfectly positioned to seize the moment. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Tender morsels of chicken in a velvety green drape of pureed cilantro and cashews add up to a superlative korma, simply streaked with chile oil. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1847, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably back-formation from drapery":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "deck",
      "decorate",
      "do",
      "do up",
      "doll up",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "fancy up",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095237",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "draper":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dealer in cloth and sometimes also in clothing and dry goods":[],
      "Henry 1837\u20131882 American astronomer":[],
      "city in north central Utah south of Salt Lake City population 42,274":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bertie\u2019s stint as assistant schoolmaster under a family friend suited him better but ended when the school closed; another round of trials as apprentice pharmacist, draper , and trainee teacher followed. \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "That same greenery accented the mantelpieces and serving tables and ran the length of the old draper \u2019s table at which the guests sat. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "At age 14, he was apprenticed in a draper \u2019s shop, a soul-killing job the boy hated. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "The poet\u2019s third husband was Richard Prowse, of Exeter, a prominent draper who was also the city\u2019s bailiff, sheriff, alderman, and mayor, as well as a Member of Parliament. \u2014 Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker , 5 Aug. 2019",
      "Here\u2019s the draper Baudu: The place would soon be really ridiculous in its immensity; the customers would lose themselves in it. \u2014 Benedict Evans, WIRED , 26 July 2019",
      "K St., 1420-Robert Draper to Emerson Siegle and Ariel Xue, $772,500. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2017",
      "Teacher\u2019s pet in the best possible way: the perfect draper , perfect sketcher, won all the awards. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, New York Times , 2 Sep. 2016",
      "Drapers -Oscar de la Renta's son Moises is starting an online store-slash-magazine. \u2014 Veronique Hyland, Harper's BAZAAR , 12 Aug. 2011"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, weaver, clothier, from Anglo-French draper , from drap cloth \u2014 more at drab":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113615",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draper's cap":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": thin brown wrapping paper that is glazed on one side":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055519",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draper's teasel":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": fuller's teasel":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "draper entry 1 ; from its being formerly used to raise a nap on cloth":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205717",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "draperied":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": covered or supplied with drapery or draperies":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "drapery entry 1 + -ed":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p(\u0259)r\u0113d",
      "-rid"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185945",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "drapery":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a decorative piece of material usually hung in loose folds and arranged in a graceful design":[],
      ": dry goods":[],
      ": hangings of heavy fabric for use as a curtain":[],
      ": the draping or arranging of materials":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The painter arranged several items among drapery and began to work.",
      "the drapery for the picture window matched the color of the furniture in the center of the room",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many of the bedrooms, especially the primary suite, wouldn\u2019t look out of place in a five-star hotel, with sumptuous drapery and a white-and-ivory color palette that allows the greenery through the windows to take center stage. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
      "After marrying the Russian ballet dancer Olga Khokhlova in 1918, Picasso began making neoclassical paintings that placed a premium on gestural expressiveness, having elegant women pose for him in chalky drapery . \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
      "Among the biggest challenges were floor coverings, lighting and drapery . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "D\u00e9cor in the hotel's social hub, the Library, is equally playful, with teal velvet drapery and a standing lamp in the shape of a giraffe. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The gown was made of an ivory silk georgette with handmade drapery embellished with a floral Lily of the Valley motif made of crystals and beads. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Di Petsa showed a fall 2022 collection inspired by pregnancy and all its stages, with drapery , bump-friendly corsetry and mesh intended to be worn during and after pregnancy. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead, both Park and Warnke are using colour and playful elements and eye-catching techniques \u2014 like butterflies, leather gloves, drapery , and asymmetrical designs. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "There was lots of gold drapery and eye-shifting, like junior prom with more breasts. \u2014 Laurie Segall, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p\u0259-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-pr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "drapes"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211704",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drapes":{
    "antonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "drapery"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a drapery especially for a window : curtain":[],
      ": a sterile covering used in an operating room":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": arrangement in or of folds":[],
      ": the cut or hang of clothing":[],
      ": to arrange in flowing lines or folds":[],
      ": to become arranged in folds":[
        "this silk drapes beautifully"
      ],
      ": to cause to hang or stretch out loosely or carelessly":[],
      ": to cover or adorn with or as if with folds of cloth":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We'll drape strings of lights between the trees for the party.",
      "a trophy wife who invariably appears at events draped in furs and diamonds",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "This blanket may not have the feel of a luxurious cashmere touch of the Herm\u00e8s blanket, but the super soft microfiber flannel fabric is still perfect to nap with, or to simply drape across your couch for an inviting look. \u2014 Amina Khan, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "Your mother-in-law can pop it in the microwave for one minute, and then drape it around her neck or shoulders to soothe any aches and pains after a long day. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Made from 100 percent organic cotton jersey, the shirts are impossibly light and drape like your favorite vintage tee, while a subtle boxy cut feels flattering and modern. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "It was decided to spread some on tables, hang some on large wooden drying racks and drape others over quilt racks standing atop the tables. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Big sycamore trees drape the stream, with oaks and pines filling the canyon. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Then, to trap the steam, drape the towel over your whole head and let your face peek out so the hot water can reach your skin. \u2014 Mara Santilli, SELF , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Napping beauties can drape themselves in Sleeper\u2019s fantasy of eco rayon capes and silky sets of smocked bralettes and boxers. \u2014 Vogue , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Liberals and Democrats would do well to take the opening they\u2019ve been given, drape themselves in the Founders and the Constitution, and cast themselves as the guardians of principals that should be allowed to endure. \u2014 Simon Lazarus, The New Republic , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The strapless dress had a body-hugging mermaid silhouette and featured a drape detailing at the waist that tied into a large bow at her back. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
      "The drape back adds an elegant touch and the side slits allow for movement. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "The material is made of modal, a fiber which typically feels super soft and lightweight with a characteristic drape -y look. \u2014 Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Crombie coats are a fixture\u2014but infused with a subtle sense of irreverence: trousers are often cut wide for a louche drape , traditional tailoring is spliced with utilitarian details, leather and punchy colors make frequent appearances. \u2014 Kristopher Fraser, Robb Report , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "After Fernandes is lowered to the floor, dancers circle her; most file out, but a few drape themselves on top of her body before another duet begins. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Jackets also had feminine cutouts, and were adorned with thick ornamental chains that drape , without enclosing. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "So, when fashion\u2019s pendulum began swinging back in favor of looser fits, longer lengths and dramatic drape , the polo coat was perfectly positioned to seize the moment. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Tender morsels of chicken in a velvety green drape of pureed cilantro and cashews add up to a superlative korma, simply streaked with chile oil. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1847, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably back-formation from drapery":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "deck",
      "decorate",
      "do",
      "do up",
      "doll up",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "fancy up",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162017",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drapet":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": cloth , covering":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian drappetto , diminutive of drappo cloth, from Late Latin drappus (cloth)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041458",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drapped":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of drapped past tense of drap"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-063741",
    "type":[]
  },
  "drappie":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small amount of liquid":[],
      ": intoxicating drink":[
        "was unco fond o' the drappie",
        "\u2014 James Ballantine"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "drap entry 2 + -ie, -y":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212001",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drapping":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of drapping present participle of drap"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-070646",
    "type":[]
  },
  "draps":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of draps plural of drap present tense third person singular of drap"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-063453",
    "type":[]
  },
  "drash":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of drash dialectal variant of thrash"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drash"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-160817",
    "type":[]
  },
  "drastic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": acting rapidly or violently":[
        "a drastic purgative"
      ],
      ": extreme in effect or action : severe":[
        "drastic measures",
        "made drastic changes"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The situation calls for drastic measures.",
      "Maybe we should try something less drastic first.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Partly due to the drastic decrease in the value of crypto as of late. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "Being prepared can save many from the drastic effects of a hurricane. \u2014 Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "The increase in home values and record-low interest rates during the heart of the pandemic further widened the already drastic wealth gap between homeowners and renters, as well as racial inequities, according to the study. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 22 June 2022",
      "Ten years later, even more drastic revisions of the curriculum are taking place with barely a murmur, as an all-encompassing security law written by Beijing crushes dissent in a city once characterized by its open debate. \u2014 Theodora Yu, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
      "Nonetheless, discursively centering democracy could have drastic repercussions. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "This drastic jump follows a 6-7 finish to the 2021 season, which ended with losses to rival Kentucky and Air Force in the Servpro First Responder Bowl. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 21 June 2022",
      "Investors may be asking what sparked this drastic shift in market sentiment toward the digital assets. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
      "The drastic sell-offs show how intertwined and complex the crypto markets have become in recent years, said R.A. Farrokhnia, a professor at Columbia Business School who specializes in financial technology. \u2014 Erin Griffith, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek drastikos , from dran to do":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-stik",
      "\u02c8dras-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104803",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drastically":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a drastic manner : severely or seriously":[
        "The industry has changed drastically over the last 30 years.",
        "This \u2026 car will allow you to drastically reduce the amount of time (and money) spent pumping gas \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jim Motavelli",
        "Some of those plants \u2026 are native species present before humans drastically altered the land.",
        "\u2014 Peter Del Tredici"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1850, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-sti-k(\u0259-)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194749",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "drat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": damn":[
        "\u2014 used as a mild oath"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1815, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably euphemistic alteration of God rot":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drat"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135823",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dravidian languages":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a language family of India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan that includes Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084035",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "dravite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a magnesium-containing tourmaline that is often brown in color":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German dravit , from the Drave or Drava river, Austria and Yugoslavia, its locality + German -it -ite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4\u02ccv\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222846",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "draw":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dead heat",
      "stalemate",
      "standoff",
      "tie"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a card drawn to replace a discard in poker":[],
      ": a contest left undecided or deadlocked : tie":[],
      ": a face-off in ice hockey":[
        "won the draw and knocked the puck backward"
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      ": a gully shallower than a ravine":[],
      ": a lot or chance drawn at random":[
        "the only grand prize winner of the lottery draw"
      ],
      ": a play that simulates a pass play so a runner can go straight up the middle past the pass rushers":[],
      ": a removal of a handgun from its holster":[
        "quick on the draw"
      ],
      ": a slight to moderate and usually intentional hook (see hook entry 1 sense 3 )":[],
      ": a sucking pull on something held with the lips":[
        "took a long draw on her cigarette"
      ],
      ": accumulate , gain":[
        "drawing interest"
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      ": backward spin given to a ball by striking it below center \u2014 compare follow":[],
      ": bring on , provoke":[
        "drew enemy fire"
      ],
      ": eviscerate":[
        "plucking and drawing a goose before cooking"
      ],
      ": inhale":[
        "drew a deep breath"
      ],
      ": one that draws attention or patronage (see patronage sense 4 ) : attraction":[
        "Their band is the main draw at the festival."
      ],
      ": something that is drawn: such as":[],
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      ": to swell out in a wind":[
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      "The computer can draw the graph for you.",
      "Students drew maps of the states and labeled them.",
      "She sat down and began to draw .",
      "The case has drawn attention to the fact that many athletes never graduate.",
      "I would like to draw your attention to the third line.",
      "The band always draws a large crowd.",
      "The college draws students from around the world.",
      "The animals were drawn to the campsite by the smell of food.",
      "We hope the display in the window will draw customers in from the street.",
      "The lure of city life has drawn away many of the town's young people.",
      "Noun",
      "Their band is the main draw at the festival.",
      "The festival is always a big draw .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In many residency programs, because there are few checks and balances against the power of program directors, those who draw the ire of leadership have little recourse. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 23 June 2022",
      "Leftover funds would go into a family account and draw interest over time. \u2014 Jeff Yass, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s these moments of the show that draw the characters of Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader even closer together. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
      "The basic concept calls for excess renewable energy to help draw a weight atop a tower or shaft. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
      "In recent years, co-owner Karen C. has stepped up the houseplant game at the family business, offering some harder-to-find plants at very reasonable prices that draw shoppers who love indoor plants. \u2014 Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
      "Disputes between wealthy and celebrity neighbors are a staple of Southern California life that draw tabloid attention. \u2014 Laurence Darmientostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
      "Good time to climb In traditional ski resort locations, via ferratas, along with activities like mountain biking, help draw visitors during the summer months when the terrain is safe to climb. \u2014 Sal Vaglica, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
      "Assaults on transit customers that are sometimes brutal and occasionally deadly draw considerable attention and have resulted in security changes by transportation districts. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep were among the first-round winners at the Bad Homburg (Germany) Open as Sabine Lisicki won a main- draw WTA Tour match for the first time since 2018 after long injury setbacks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
      "For Hill, smaller projects proved to be a bigger draw , including the 2015 crime drama Dixieland. \u2014 Justine Browning, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Rounding out the top 10 most polysemous words \u2014 each but a single syllable \u2014 are, alphabetically, cast, cut, draw , point, serve, strike, and through. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "Today, the jingkieng jri are not only a big tourist draw , but also an important proof of concept for engineers and designers interested in practicing living architecture. \u2014 Anne Pinto-rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "The world\u2019s thirst for crude oil continues to grow, as exemplified by the big, 5.1 million-barrel draw from U.S. crude inventories announced by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) last week. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "Junior finals at the French Open are not held on the big show court, Philippe-Chatrier, and they are scheduled on days when the main- draw finals are being played and the focus of fans is there. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
      "The higher-output version includes a 240-volt, 30-amp outlet in the bed that can be used for a variety of higher- draw needs, including charging another EV at a decent 7.2 kilowatts. \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 2 June 2022",
      "According to Tipico Sportsbook, the moneyline for the UEFA Champions League final is Liverpool (+105), Real Madrid (+250), 90-minute draw (+265). \u2014 Jim Reineking, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022"
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      "1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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      "drew off the fat from the top of the drippings",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Suns bench stood up, clapped, and cheered, but those playing for the visiting team couldn\u2019t draw off a raucous road crowd. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The more clay in the soil, the more ditches are needed to draw off the water. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Aug. 2021",
      "That means the frozen-berry market could draw off more fruit and further limit fresh supplies, said Anthony Gallino, vice president of sales for Bobalu Berries, a California grower, packer and processor. \u2014 Jesse Newman, WSJ , 5 May 2021",
      "When the fermentation is complete and the winemaker is satisfied, the wine is drawn off the skins to begin the aging process. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 7 May 2020",
      "King Guillermo, disrespected by the bettors at odds of 49-1, stalked the early pace, took over in the stretch turn on the dirt in Tampa, and drew off to an easy 4 \u00be-length victory. \u2014 cleveland , 1 May 2020",
      "After some setbacks, BP crews succeed in inserting a small siphon tube into the well to draw off some of the leaking oil. \u2014 Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al , 19 Apr. 2020",
      "Its inventor, Elisha Perkins, insisted that gently stroking each tractor over the affected area in alternation would draw off the electricity and provide relief. \u2014 Hannah Fry, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "Instead, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren both gained by roughly equal amounts, drawing off votes from lower-tier candidates like Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer, rather than from each other. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Feb. 2020"
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175849",
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      "idiom"
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      "1670, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Verb",
      "I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The rocket systems would be part of Pentagon drawdown authority, so would involve taking weapons from U.S. inventory and getting them into Ukraine quickly. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
      "Earlier on Friday, Kirby said that the administration had approximately $250 million in drawdown authority left. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "The White House says nearly all of the $3.5 billion in drawdown authority Congress provided last month for military assistance is depleted. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In particular, this is the eighth tranche of U.S. assistance from the Pentagon's existing stockpile, using what's known as presidential drawdown authority to expedite delivery. \u2014 Luis Martinez, ABC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "President Joe Biden is expected to use his drawdown authority to authorize the new aid package for Ukraine. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "In response to Stoltenberg\u2019s questioning of a drawdown , Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov faulted the ability of NATO systems to analyze what was happening. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Biden noted that Russia still has 150,000 troops amassed near Ukraine's border and the U.S. had seen no evidence of a drawdown . \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The intervention -- and now ongoing drawdown -- of the French military, the arrival of European Union forces, and the Pentagon's sustained support mean billions have been spent in attempts to bolster the local security forces. \u2014 Nick Paton Walsh, CNN , 21 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1918, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1949, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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      "\u02ccdr\u022f-\u02c8dau\u0307n",
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      "play out",
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      "use up"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085545",
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": approach":[
        "night draws on"
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      "the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense",
      "night draws on , so we should hurry home",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While business owners can draw on their experiences using other online platforms, leveraging Instagram and Instagram-specific features can take a business to new heights. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "To draw on photos: \u2022 Open the photo and tap Edit, then the Markup button. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Unlike, to draw on Spanberger's comparison, FDR, Biden was not and is not governing with considerable Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Leisure writers are product and shopping experts who draw on research and first-hand experience to curate the best up-to-date collections of items for readers. \u2014 Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
      "This instrument, available from lenders, is equivalent to cash for a landlord who may draw on it when rent is late. \u2014 Robin Gagnon, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The museum also commissioned three new pieces from comic artists Asia Alfasi, Bex Glendining and Woodrow Phoenix, who often draw on their own identities and experiences during the creative process. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a wealth of interviews and films to draw on when making the film. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Travel + Leisure writers are product and shopping experts who draw on research and first-hand experience to curate the best, up-to-date collections of items for readers. \u2014 Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure , 6 May 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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      "prompt",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192216",
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      "verb"
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      "the actor refused to draw out the interview any further"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "prolong",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114523",
    "type":[
      "verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100000",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212154",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": draw sense 8":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead, the 49ers ran a draw play to 216-pound, do-it-all Deebo Samuel. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The Lions forced a Browns punt after the field goal but were unable to advance past their own 41-yard line, calling a draw play on third-and-14 and punting back to the Browns with 2:36 left in the game. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "Hunt took the draw play 3 yards and Cleveland punted on fourth down. \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Two weeks ago, with Cleveland leading the Chargers 42-41 and 2:55 left, rather than put the game on Mayfield\u2019s shoulders on third-and-9, Stefanski called a draw play to Kareem Hunt, who got stopped well short of the first down. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "On a third-and-seven, the Seahawks converted on a draw play by Travis Homer that stung the Steelers for 26 yards and moved the ball to Pittsburgh\u2019s 15. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "On third-and-9, the Browns tried to recapture the magic of a week earlier when Hunt gained 33 yards on a third-and-20 draw play . \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Then on third and nine, Stefanski, oddly, called for a draw play to Hunt who gained three yards and the Browns had to punt. \u2014 Jim Ingraham, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Strongsville quarterback Maddox Beard then called a draw play and ran 99 yards for a touchdown. \u2014 Staff Reports, cleveland , 11 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173321",
    "type":[
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      ": poker in which each player is dealt five cards face down and after betting may get replacements for discards":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221208",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-005943",
    "type":[]
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      ": to straighten (oneself) to an erect posture especially as an assertion of dignity or resentment":[]
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    "examples":[
      "he drew up his horse outside the tavern",
      "drew up the troops into a line along the ridge",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The International Energy Agency also called on leaders to draw up plans for energy rationing. \u2014 Kate Brady, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "To keep pace with the latest advances, there are also provisions to draw up standards further down the line for wireless charging, which is seen as the next leap forward for charging technology, Mr. Saliba added. \u2014 Kevin Chan, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "As host country, the United States has the right to draw up its guest list. \u2014 Patrick Oppmann, CNN , 23 May 2022",
      "Wealthy people may be more likely to draw up wills if they are already used to working with\u2014and paying for\u2014lawyers. \u2014 Michael Waters, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
      "But just hiring someone who understands SEO, or bringing in an agency to draw up a plan, isn\u2019t enough on its own. \u2014 Nick Brown, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Brian Stivers, investment advisor and founder of Stivers Financial Services in Knoxville, Tennessee, said the most important thing retirees today can do is to draw up a short-term plan to deal with inflation. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "So McVay needs to run the scout team this week, and allow his assistant coaches to draw up the game plan. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Inspired by her daughter\u2019s positive experience renting an ADU, Field paid designer Agnieszka Kaleta $8,000 to draw up plans for a two-bedroom, 825-square-foot ADU in place of the garage, which had been used as a workshop. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1605, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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      "stop"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190146",
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      "Noun",
      "The trip sounds great, but cost is a major drawback .",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Telehealth's primary drawback is, yet again, access. \u2014 Sarah Sloat, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
      "In Salt Lake City, despite that potential drawback , the school board has discussed using and adding special programs to attract out-of-district students. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "One tip for alleviating this potential drawback is always to factor out non-repeatable anomalies, like one-time synchronization licensing, settlement and catch-up payments. \u2014 Elan Jacoby, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
      "The only drawback is a breezy wind from the northwest at 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts possible at times. \u2014 Matt Rogers, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "The only drawback is that there are no drainage holes on the bottom. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 1 June 2022",
      "The only drawback is that the fill is not made with true memory foam. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 20 May 2022",
      "Back in the \u201980s, when Shamai Grossman was mulling which medical specialty to choose, the major drawback of emergency medicine was that those doctors rarely got to learn what happened to their patients. \u2014 Tara Bannow, STAT , 19 May 2022",
      "Coinbase users may feel differently, however, after recently learning about one major drawback to their largely unregulated digital assets: a lack of bankruptcy protections. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Support trying out many options, including drawing , painting, writing, acting, singing, cooking, crafts, or entrepreneurship. \u2014 Laurel Donnellan, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
      "However, the greatest gift her parents gave her was an art box that allowed the only child to discover her love of drawing , painting and art history at a young age. \u2014 Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
      "All the while, Bayer stayed busy with hundreds of other projects: painting, drawing , sculpting, graphic design, producing world atlases and weaving tapestries, among other pursuits. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "The next Mega Millions drawing is at 11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22. \u2014 Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer , 18 June 2022",
      "The jackpot for the next drawing on Feb. 1 resets to its current starting value of $20 million, the equivalent of $13.7 million in cash, according to Mega Millions. \u2014 Nadine El-bawab, ABC News , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "The next drawing will be Monday night and can be viewed live at powerball.com/watch-drawing. \u2014 Naomi Ludlow, USA TODAY , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "The next drawing is January 1, so someone may be starting off 2022 in very auspicious style. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The next drawing will take place on New Year's Day. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 30 Dec. 2021"
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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",
      "And the adidas lotus flower has become a hybrid between William Morris and the wallpaper of my mother\u2019s drawing room , the Three Stripes have become something else. \u2014 Tiziana Cardini, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
      "Team executive Jon Nichols was in the lottery drawing room . \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
      "Jon Nichols, the team\u2019s vice president of basketball strategy and personnel who represented the organization in the official drawing room , didn\u2019t even bother bringing a lucky trinket. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
      "Krauskopf was the team's on-stage representative, while Buchanan represented the team in the drawing room . \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
      "The story, set in several swank apartments in Moscow or St. Petersburg, a piano always present in the drawing room , is loaded with Sturm und Drang but can also be quite a drag. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
      "The cozy drawing room is bookended with fireplaces and plush couches, perfect for sipping tea and gossiping about the latest royal drama. \u2014 Claire Stern, ELLE , 5 May 2022",
      "The roof at the famed Palm Court, closed through much of the pandemic, has been opened up, and now a soaring skylight pours sunshine onto the drawing room . \u2014 Christian L. Wright, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The court decisions in North Carolina, Ohio and Alabama all forced Republicans back to the drawing table and are likely to result in either more competitive seats or opportunities for Democrats in the midterm elections. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "On Beacon Hill, the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act is back on the drawing table . \u2014 Kevin G. Andrade, BostonGlobe.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "The set resembles a giant animator\u2019s drawing table . \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Early prototypes of the phone that were sent to reviewers in 2019 had major issues, so Samsung cancelled the launch and went back to the drawing table . \u2014 Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica , 24 Dec. 2020",
      "To do this, Cheung says agencies need to bring more diversity to the drawing table . \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 24 June 2020"
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      "1706, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202455",
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      "noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1793, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092618",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113613",
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      "noun"
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      ": a machine used to stretch synthetic textile yarns (as nylon) soon after extrusion":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193813",
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      "noun"
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      "terrifying"
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        "trimming each dread"
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        "looked great in dreads"
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        "\u2014 F. W. Saunders"
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      "Verb",
      "He can't swim and dreads going in the water.",
      "She dreaded making speeches in front of large audiences.",
      "I dread the day I will have to leave my friends.",
      "I dread the thought of moving next week.",
      "I dread to think about what they might do next.",
      "Noun",
      "She has a dread of failure.",
      "He lives with the constant dread of rejection.",
      "She awaited her punishment with dread .",
      "The news about the war fills me with dread .",
      "They live in constant dread of another attack.",
      "Adjective",
      "every ship on the Spanish Main was terrified of running into the dread pirate",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Finally, companies should not dread the implementation of mandatory ESG disclosures, but embrace the idea that this new lens may very well lead to organizational success. \u2014 Karl Moore, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "But Wray is looking at the psychology of grief and uncertainty amid a changing climate while working to find ways to channel that dread into action, joy, and meaning. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 18 June 2022",
      "Many people dread the blaring sound of an alarm clock, signaling the start of a busy workday. \u2014 Alexa Mikhail, CNN , 14 June 2022",
      "This could be because so many women dread the thought of running into clones of their first husbands. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "There was a new tone of darkness and dread that overtook all of us. \u2014 Madison Feller, ELLE , 27 May 2022",
      "For the owner of Elmer\u2019s Moving van company in Mission Valley, the weekly trip to fill up his 33-foot truck with diesel is something to dread . \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "While some dread our warmest season, there's absolutely no need to. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 23 May 2022",
      "Yet even those who dread remote teaching may accept the need for more of it. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But while the fear of serious illness has abated, the dread of suddenly testing positive, being stuck, and unable to return home has remained. \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 11 June 2022",
      "Co-host Alex Carter remembers the dread of the first wave of lockdowns. \u2014 Lee Keeler, SPIN , 10 May 2022",
      "There isn\u2019t a disquiet sharper than the dread of consequence; there are few finalities more final than life or not life. \u2014 Emily Cooke, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
      "Transitioning to civilian life created anxiety and dread of a different and wholly unsettling kind. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "The anthemic indie-folk ballad, inspired by a breakup and the lingering dread of California wildfire season, is the first glimpse at Cyrus\u2019 The Hardest Part, out July 15. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The film, set in the 1890s and infused with the creeping dread of Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s fiction, stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as two lighthouse keepers gripped by madness. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "For parents, that means the dread of being separated from their children. \u2014 Rebecca Kanthor / Shanghai, Time , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of this angst must be addressed by educational systems, but individuals can help shift the culture away from a dread of calculations, too. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English dreden , from Old English dr\u01e3dan":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for dread Noun fear , dread , fright , alarm , panic , terror , trepidation mean painful agitation in the presence or anticipation of danger. fear is the most general term and implies anxiety and usually loss of courage. fear of the unknown dread usually adds the idea of intense reluctance to face or meet a person or situation and suggests aversion as well as anxiety. faced the meeting with dread fright implies the shock of sudden, startling fear. fright at being awakened suddenly alarm suggests a sudden and intense awareness of immediate danger. view the situation with alarm panic implies unreasoning and overmastering fear causing hysterical activity. the news caused widespread panic terror implies the most extreme degree of fear. immobilized with terror trepidation adds to dread the implications of timidity, trembling, and hesitation. raised the subject with trepidation",
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      "misgiving"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173640",
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      "Definition of dreaddour variant spelling of dreddour"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084208",
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        "dreadful behavior",
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Her performance was absolutely dreadful .",
      "Those children have such dreadful manners.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "These guys may be the defending World Series champions, and proved a year ago how to recover, and thrive from a dreadful start, but this was too much to take. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
      "Their fourth-quarter efficiency in two consecutive losses is dreadful , scoring just 84.8 points and allowing 123.9 points per 100 possessions. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "Musk made his move just days before Twitter delivered a first-quarter earnings report widely expected to be dreadful \u2014and likely to send its stock still lower\u2014and news proved true to form. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "The offensive struggles late in close games was dreadful . \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "If that sounds dreadful , pay up for a preferred seat like Mrs. Keeler did. \u2014 Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "Free falling toward a dreadful bit of team history, the Angels fired manager Joe Maddon on Tuesday and appointed third base coach Phil Nevin to the role on an interim basis. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 8 June 2022",
      "Melton, meanwhile, entered the game mired in a dreadful slump, with just one hit in 13 regional at-bats. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 6 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s why the dreadful wait has given him a new perspective. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Like many people who live in the suburbs, there\u2019s no burning desire to get back on a bus or train and waste two to three hours going back and forth in a dreadful , soul-sucking commute to the city every day. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The comical bumps up against the chaotic, the domestic beats back the dreadful . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "But the Blazers minus Anfernee Simons in the lineup are next-level dreadful . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "For many people who live in the suburbs, there\u2019s no burning desire to get back on a bus or train and waste two to three hours going back and forth in a dreadful , soul-sucking commute to the city each and every day. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
      "The Rangers just completed their fourth consecutive losing season and packed a whole lot of dreadful into just 60 games. \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 30 Sep. 2020",
      "Only blue shells in Mario Kart games produce more pained utterances of swear words amongst users of interactive software than that dreadful , infuriating wiggle mode. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 28 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "circa 1873, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see dread entry 1":"Noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dred-f\u0259l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "alarming",
      "dire",
      "direful",
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      "fearful",
      "fearsome",
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      "formidable",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014623",
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Her performance was absolutely dreadful .",
      "Those children have such dreadful manners.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "These guys may be the defending World Series champions, and proved a year ago how to recover, and thrive from a dreadful start, but this was too much to take. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
      "Their fourth-quarter efficiency in two consecutive losses is dreadful , scoring just 84.8 points and allowing 123.9 points per 100 possessions. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "Musk made his move just days before Twitter delivered a first-quarter earnings report widely expected to be dreadful \u2014and likely to send its stock still lower\u2014and news proved true to form. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "The offensive struggles late in close games was dreadful . \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "If that sounds dreadful , pay up for a preferred seat like Mrs. Keeler did. \u2014 Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "Free falling toward a dreadful bit of team history, the Angels fired manager Joe Maddon on Tuesday and appointed third base coach Phil Nevin to the role on an interim basis. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 8 June 2022",
      "Melton, meanwhile, entered the game mired in a dreadful slump, with just one hit in 13 regional at-bats. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 6 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s why the dreadful wait has given him a new perspective. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Like many people who live in the suburbs, there\u2019s no burning desire to get back on a bus or train and waste two to three hours going back and forth in a dreadful , soul-sucking commute to the city every day. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The comical bumps up against the chaotic, the domestic beats back the dreadful . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "But the Blazers minus Anfernee Simons in the lineup are next-level dreadful . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "For many people who live in the suburbs, there\u2019s no burning desire to get back on a bus or train and waste two to three hours going back and forth in a dreadful , soul-sucking commute to the city each and every day. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
      "The Rangers just completed their fourth consecutive losing season and packed a whole lot of dreadful into just 60 games. \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 30 Sep. 2020",
      "Only blue shells in Mario Kart games produce more pained utterances of swear words amongst users of interactive software than that dreadful , infuriating wiggle mode. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 28 Sep. 2020"
    ],
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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      "see dread entry 1":"Noun"
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      "horrendous",
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      "scary",
      "shocking",
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      "Middle English dredelees , from drede, dred + -lees -less":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183324",
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      ": a hairstyle consisting of dreadlocks":[],
      ": a narrow ropelike strand of hair formed by matting, braiding, or twisting":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another student alleges that a teacher at the school cut a dreadlock from the student's head without his permission after his glasses became stuck on his head. \u2014 Evan Simko-bednarski And Maya Brown, CNN , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "One teacher allegedly cut off a student\u2019s dreadlock and threw it in the trash, the parents say. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Tatis said, taking off his cap and letting his platinum dyed dreadlock hair flow. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 23 Sep. 2020",
      "Richter got an annoyed look and brushed a rogue dreadlock off her face. \u2014 August Cole, Wired , 5 June 2020",
      "Once was to avoid a group of four young adults with dreadlocks and wearing Birkenstocks and toe socks. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 14 May 2020",
      "Not long ago, a Texas principal attempted to keep an African-American student from walking in his own graduation because of his dreadlocks . \u2014 Lizzie Skurnick, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "Last year, Kaden would wear a headband to keep his dreadlocks off his shoulders, his mother said. \u2014 Janelle Griffith, NBC News , 24 Jan. 2020",
      "Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union and Dove, the brand, invited De\u2019Andre Arnold, an 18-year-old high school senior in Texas, to attend the Oscars after he was suspended in December for wearing dreadlocks . \u2014 Jessica Testa, New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1960, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000212",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": one that is among the largest or most powerful of its kind":[]
    },
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      "poor gas mileage did little to stem the popularity of that dreadnought of the roadways: the SUV",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What forces have brought this dreadnought to our shores? \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The Tiffany diamond, a 128.54-carat dreadnought that Lady Gaga wore to the Academy Awards last year, was somewhere else. \u2014 James Barron, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2020",
      "In the summer of 1914, with nationalist agitation at its height, all the major European powers were armed and bristling, with millions of men in standing armies and dreadnoughts and howitzers galore, all ready to be mobilized within weeks. \u2014 Zachary Karabell, WSJ , 30 Nov. 2018",
      "The actual dreadnought was an early 20th century warship with big guns and steam power meant to be the apex predator of naval warfare, a deadly match for any other warship and a deliverer of terror through coastal bombardment. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2017",
      "The actual dreadnought was an early 20th century warship with big guns and steam power meant to be the apex predator of naval warfare, a deadly match for any other warship and a deliverer of terror through coastal bombardment. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2017",
      "The ship is the last surviving dreadnought class battleship and a veteran of both world wars. \u2014 Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle , 17 May 2018",
      "The actual dreadnought was an early 20th century warship with big guns and steam power meant to be the apex predator of naval warfare, a deadly match for any other warship and a deliverer of terror through coastal bombardment. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2017",
      "The actual dreadnought was an early 20th century warship with big guns and steam power meant to be the apex predator of naval warfare, a deadly match for any other warship and a deliverer of terror through coastal bombardment. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
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    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "dinosaur",
      "elephant",
      "giant",
      "Goliath",
      "jumbo",
      "leviathan",
      "mammoth",
      "mastodon",
      "monster",
      "titan",
      "whale",
      "whopper"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105434",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dream":{
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      "image",
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      "picture",
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    "definitions":{
      ": a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep":[
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      ],
      ": a state of mind marked by abstraction or release from reality : reverie":[
        "walking around in a dream"
      ],
      ": a strongly desired goal or purpose":[
        "a dream of becoming president"
      ],
      ": a visionary (see visionary entry 1 sense 2a ) creation of the imagination : daydream":[
        "the dreams of her youth"
      ],
      ": an experience of waking life having the characteristics of a dream: such as":[],
      ": an object seen in a dreamlike state : vision":[
        "a man that was her dream come true"
      ],
      ": something notable for its beauty, excellence, or enjoyable quality":[
        "the new car is a dream to operate"
      ],
      ": something that fully satisfies a wish : ideal":[
        "a meal that was a gourmet's dream"
      ],
      ": to appear tranquil or dreamy (see dreamy sense 3a )":[
        "houses dream in leafy shadows",
        "\u2014 Gladys Taber"
      ],
      ": to consider as a possibility : imagine":[
        "never dreamed I would become a teacher"
      ],
      ": to consider possible or fitting":[
        "wouldn't dream of disturbing you"
      ],
      ": to have a dream of":[
        "dreamt that he was running in the woods"
      ],
      ": to have a series of thoughts, images, or emotions while sleeping : to have a dream (see dream entry 1 sense 1 )":[
        "doesn't recall dreaming last night",
        "dream of departed loved ones"
      ],
      ": to indulge in daydreams or fantasies":[
        "dreaming of a better future"
      ],
      ": to pass (time) in reverie or inaction":[
        "dreaming the hours away"
      ],
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        "gives me bad dreams"
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He had a dream about climbing a mountain.",
      "You were in my dream last night.",
      "I've found the man of my dreams .",
      "They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams .",
      "Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine it would be so much fun.",
      "If you think the work will be easy, you're living in a dream world .",
      "He has had a lifelong dream of becoming an actor.",
      "It's a dream of mine to own a house in the country.",
      "Tell me your hopes and dreams .",
      "Making it to the Olympics was a dream come true .",
      "Verb",
      "Did it really happen or did I just dream it?",
      "He tends to dream big but he never really does the things he dreams of doing.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Demba has bought two freezers to expand his business and has a dream of building a house. \u2014 Myagro, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "For a Star Wars fan and Marvel enthusiast like myself, each was a dream come true. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 22 June 2022",
      "Winning the Chanel scholarship was a dream come true for a student who\u2019d first cut his teeth in couture during a pre-pandemic internship at Viktor and Rolf. \u2014 Sarah Mower, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
      "To try to continue this tradition of excellence is a dream come true. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
      "Harriet Tubman had that dream to get off of that plantation. \u2014 Javacia Harris Bowser, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
      "Working with Suzanne and the stellar Sony IP is a dream come true. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Almost three decades ago, Nick Vehr had this crazy dream of bringing the Olympics to Cincinnati. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
      "Working as a tour guide at Skara Brae was a dream come true. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "My inspiration behind the 2022 AT&T Dream in Black NFT was the freedom to create and dream , peace -despite trials, and gratitude for life. \u2014 Essence , 27 June 2022",
      "Abundance could feel within reach for those willing to work hard and dream big. \u2014 Kathryn Porritt, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "There was nothing to do in that room but listen to records and write and dream beside the fireplace. \u2014 Xochitl Gonzalez, ELLE Decor , 21 June 2022",
      "Pe\u00f1a-Guzm\u00e1n thinks that fish probably dream , too. Sign up for the Sleep, But Better newsletter series. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 10 May 2022",
      "Many viewers dream of buying a home in a place like Hawaii. \u2014 Fox News , 11 June 2022",
      "With massive screen sizes, tons of brightness, and reasonable prices, now is a great time to make your home theater dream a reality. \u2014 Parker Hall, Wired , 8 June 2022",
      "Newell has spent decades trying to make that dream a reality. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
      "Most music fans only dream about going backstage after a concert and meeting their favorite artist. \u2014 Spin Contributor, SPIN , 8 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English dreem , from Old English dr\u0113am noise, joy, and Old Norse draumr dream; akin to Old High German troum dream":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "conceit",
      "daydream",
      "delusion",
      "fancy",
      "fantasy",
      "phantasy",
      "figment",
      "hallucination",
      "illusion",
      "nonentity",
      "phantasm",
      "fantasm",
      "pipe dream",
      "unreality",
      "vision"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081522",
    "type":[
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      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dream team":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a team whose members are preeminent in a particular field":[
        "a legal dream team"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Written by a dream team of Queen's Gambit scribe Scott Frank and Mission Impossible master Christopher McQuarrie! \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The Biden administration assembled a leftist dream team of tax hikers to help raise the cost of working and investing. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
      "That dream team gave up after just three years, though JPMorgan, through its new health arm, Morgan Health, is trying again on its own. \u2014 Erika Fry, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
      "Director Susan Stroman\u2019s ensemble is a bona-fide dream team . \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Creating a dream team is something all CEOs aim to achieve. \u2014 Joanna Swash, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "These practices can help protect your dream team from becoming a clique and your company from becoming toxic. \u2014 Debra Rinell, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Since the big announcement, we've been completely enthralled with the pop star and her maternity styles, which her dream team (makeup artist Priscilla Ono, hairstylist Yusef Williams, and stylist Jahleel Weaver) manage to execute seamlessly. \u2014 Jennet Jusu, Allure , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Fourteen minutes felt way too short as the hip-hop dream team finished off their performance by all standing on stage together. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 13 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123453",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "dream up":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to form in the mind : devise , concoct":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1837, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112816",
    "type":[
      "verb"
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  },
  "dream vision":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually medieval poem having a framework in which the poet pictures himself as falling asleep and envisioning in his dream a series of allegorical people and events":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "My dream vision for myself is having wavy, messy hair. \u2014 ELLE , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "That same year, Life published one of Julius Shulman\u2019s now legendary photographs of the Kaufmann House\u2014a dream vision of postwar leisure, with Liliane Kaufmann lounging by the pool as the Palm Springs sun sets behind desert mountains. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "On her dream vision for twenty years from now, Marie hopes the data will inform wellness solutions that are integrated into all aspects of Black life, such as programming to help children in schools who have experienced trauma, for example. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "As the movie heads to the big screen all over again, its teen dream vision is sure to inspire a brand new generation. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 22 Mar. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080731",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "dreamer":{
    "antonyms":[
      "hardnose",
      "pragmatist",
      "realist"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person living in the United States without legal status who arrived as the child of someone who did not have the documentation required for legal entry or residence":[
        "In U.S. medical schools, there are currently 99 Dreamers enrolled, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.",
        "\u2014 Todd Ackerman",
        "The program\u2014Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals\u2014protects about 700,000 people, known as dreamers , who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children or came with families that overstayed visas.",
        "\u2014 Mark Sherman",
        "Bipartisan support exists for some form of legal protection for DREAMers , but fights over who should be protected, to what level and what should be included in the overall deal has forced Congress to a standstill.",
        "\u2014 Eliza Collins"
      ],
      ": one that dreams":[],
      ": one who has ideas or conceives projects regarded as impractical : visionary":[],
      ": one who lives in a world of fancy and imagination":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "I am a realist, but my sister is a dreamer .",
      "Some dreamers talk in their sleep to the people in their dreams.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Here, Paslay offers a stirring rendition of his tale of a small-town dreamer . \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Th\u00e5str\u00f6m is written as a harsh existentialist, political and speaks succinctly, while Cave is the opposite, a struggling Dionysian agnostic, and a romantic dreamer who swims in words. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
      "When such a check becomes habit, the dreamer can try it while dreaming, which may lead them to encounter strange hieroglyphics or nonsensical time. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "She's also portrayed as the ultimate embodiment of a Hollywood dreamer who meticulously created her own image and transformation. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 19 May 2022",
      "His friends knew Jim as a dreamer and a helper \u2014 a good person gone too soon. \u2014 Tucker Reals, CBS News , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Their relationship is filtered only through racial insecurity, with Michelle as the real-talk bully to Barack\u2019s dreamer . \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "The first ever College Football Playoff game made a dreamer out of Thomas Odukoya. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Calvino\u2019s particular skill is his dreamer \u2019s eye, his ability to make stories of incredible lightness out of a too-complicated world. \u2014 Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "2004, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "DREAM Act ( D evelopment, R elief and E ducation for A lien M inors Act, introduced in the U.S. Senate as S.1291 in 2001 but not passed) + -er entry 2 , with play on dreamer":"Noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0259r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "idealogue",
      "romantic",
      "romanticist",
      "utopian",
      "visionary"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085803",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "dreamily":{
    "antonyms":[
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      "unpleasant",
      "unwelcome"
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      ": delightful , ideal":[],
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      ": suggestive of a dream or dreamlike state":[
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    "examples":[
      "She was a dreamy young woman who never gave much serious thought to her future.",
      "He gazed at me with a dreamy look in his eyes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With her pleating and fabric stacking, Caroline Hu created an oil painting-like couture dress that was dreamy and classy. \u2014 Vogue , 24 June 2022",
      "But on April 12, both Jupiter and Neptune are transiting through dreamy Pisces and meeting at the same degree in the sky. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "While this Aries season is giving us mostly sunshine and rainbows, there is an off vibe to be aware of on the 14th April, when Mars, the planetary ruler of Aries, will head into dreamy Pisces. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Opening was Lunar Vacation, an Atlanta band whose songs were mostly dreamy or lounge-y, but were occasionally jolted by raucous guitar or an up-tempo passage. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "The classics student, up-and-coming model and social media star, 19, recently teamed up with Pottery Barn Teen to give her dorm room a refresh, and the result is a space that's dreamy yet down-to-earth. \u2014 Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "The music starts out with soft, dreamy violins as Addison stretches her limbs in all directions. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "With this trio of singers together, the dreamy love song should come with flood insurance. \u2014 Lucas Villa, SPIN , 10 June 2022",
      "Friends of Fendi pondered over von Bismarck\u2019s dreamy portraiture displayed on sizeable white gallery walls amidst the neutral color palette of the fashion house\u2019s latest collection. \u2014 Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "congenial",
      "darling",
      "delectable",
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      "delightful",
      "delightsome",
      "dulcet",
      "enjoyable",
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      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
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      "palatable",
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      "pleasing",
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      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051158",
    "type":[
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dreamtime":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the time of creation in the mythology of the Australian aborigines":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And while Tatch recommends no less than 7 hours of sleep, my actual dreamtime was a lot worse than what those numbers imply. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 5 May 2021",
      "An Aboriginal dreamtime story about the platypus (one indigenous name for the animal is Dharragarra) explains its origin as the product of a courtship between a water rat and a duck. \u2014 Helen Sullivan, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2020",
      "Yet this is a slightly different flavor than pure drift away, dreamtime escapism. \u2014 Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue , 5 Apr. 2018",
      "Then there was the fractured dreamtime of 2010\u2019s Inception and the space-travel distortions of Interstellar, both movies that resolve into heartwarming family reunions. \u2014 Christian Lorentzen, New Republic , 25 July 2017",
      "Often my dreamtime recipes come out somewhat better than my waking recipes. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 12 July 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1896, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m-\u02cct\u012bm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140117",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dreamworld":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a world of illusion or fantasy":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "It\u2019s theater of the absurd in a surrealist setting: a dreamworld built to question the hypercompetitive technosphere broadly accepted as reality. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Being lulled into this dreamworld by the government. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Being lulled into this dreamworld by the government. \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Being lulled into this dreamworld by the government. \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Traditionally, someone who touches Meredith in her dreamworld dies. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "Unable to accept the real reasons Germany had lost, Hitler, a fantasist since his adolescence, took refuge in a dreamworld of conspiracy theory in which Jews were allocated a uniquely malevolent role. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "Grinnan filtered the dreamworld of Surrealist tradition through contemporary channels of Conceptual art, unplugging calculation from the instrumental lay of the land. \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 18 June 2019",
      "Your work feels like surreal snapshots of a Lynchian dreamworld \u2014a place where American middle class suburbia is kind of exalted into this exotic realm. \u2014 Andrea Alonso, Los Angeles Magazine , 21 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1817, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m-\u02ccw\u0259rld"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101618",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "disagreeable",
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      "unpalatable",
      "unpleasant",
      "unwelcome"
    ],
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      ": pleasantly abstracted from immediate reality":[],
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      ": suggestive of a dream or dreamlike state":[
        "a dreamy smile",
        "dreamy speculation"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She was a dreamy young woman who never gave much serious thought to her future.",
      "He gazed at me with a dreamy look in his eyes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With her pleating and fabric stacking, Caroline Hu created an oil painting-like couture dress that was dreamy and classy. \u2014 Vogue , 24 June 2022",
      "But on April 12, both Jupiter and Neptune are transiting through dreamy Pisces and meeting at the same degree in the sky. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "While this Aries season is giving us mostly sunshine and rainbows, there is an off vibe to be aware of on the 14th April, when Mars, the planetary ruler of Aries, will head into dreamy Pisces. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Opening was Lunar Vacation, an Atlanta band whose songs were mostly dreamy or lounge-y, but were occasionally jolted by raucous guitar or an up-tempo passage. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "The classics student, up-and-coming model and social media star, 19, recently teamed up with Pottery Barn Teen to give her dorm room a refresh, and the result is a space that's dreamy yet down-to-earth. \u2014 Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "The music starts out with soft, dreamy violins as Addison stretches her limbs in all directions. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "With this trio of singers together, the dreamy love song should come with flood insurance. \u2014 Lucas Villa, SPIN , 10 June 2022",
      "Friends of Fendi pondered over von Bismarck\u2019s dreamy portraiture displayed on sizeable white gallery walls amidst the neutral color palette of the fashion house\u2019s latest collection. \u2014 Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue , 8 June 2022"
    ],
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      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "darling",
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      "good",
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      "jolly",
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      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
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      "sweet",
      "tasty",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194850",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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  "drear":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
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      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": dreary":[]
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    "examples":[
      "it was a drear morning in January when I went to take my driving test",
      "a barren and drear existence in a remote village"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1629, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drir"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
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      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "dreary",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
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      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061229",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": dreariness":[]
    },
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "drearihead from Middle English drerihed , from drery dreary + -hed, -hede (akin to Middle English -hod -hood); drearihood from dreary + -hood":""
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      "pronunciation at dreary +\u02cched"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044924",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being dreary":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-rim-",
      "-r\u0113m\u0259nt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082120",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
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      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
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        "\u2014 George Berkeley"
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        "a cold, dreary morning"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "It was a gray, dreary morning.",
      "The family struggled through dreary economic times.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Designer Barrett Cooke revitalized the formerly dark, dreary \u2014and frankly, dysfunctional kitchen by reworking the layout and adding a walnut butcher block island with ample storage, durable walnut cabinetry, and high-end appliances. \u2014 Ann Abel, House Beautiful , 7 June 2022",
      "Ozark is a show that's never shied away from what it's had to say about the dark, dreary , and unfortunate way that the world works. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 2 May 2022",
      "The cold, dreary weather created a less-than-ideal backdrop for what would become an instant classic. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Still, the dreary conditions didn't stop Louisville native Jack Harlow from rocking the stage as the day's headliner, with other performers like Earl Sweatshirt and COIN entertaining the crowd as well. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022",
      "And while that may sound like good news for beachgoers after facing a dreary spring, visitors are being asked to take precautionary measures ahead of Monday, the unofficial start of summer. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "Since his Antarctica trip, Pellegrin has walked among the burning embers of wildfires, floated on glassy waters in front of glaciers, climbed the steaming rims of volcanoes, and trudged through dreary coastal marshes. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "Tatum quickly erased those dreary visions by not only scoring 18 first-half points to give the Celtics a double-digit lead but also carrying his team and preventing another Milwaukee rally in the fourth with brilliant shot-making. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
      "But dreary weather, including overcast skies, gusty winds and occasional rain, will linger in parts of the Northeast through the mid-Atlantic over the weekend. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English drery , from Old English dr\u0113orig sad, bloody, from dr\u0113or gore; akin to Old High German tr\u016br\u0113n to be sad, Goth driusan to fall":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drir-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for dreary dismal , dreary , bleak , gloomy , cheerless , desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort. dismal indicates extreme and utterly depressing gloominess. dismal weather dreary , often interchangeable with dismal , emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility. a dreary job bleak suggests chill, dull, and barren characteristics that utterly dishearten. the bleak years of the depression gloomy often suggests lack of hope or promise. gloomy war news cheerless stresses absence of anything cheering. a drab and cheerless office desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect. a desolate outpost",
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181541",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drearisome":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by dreariness":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ris-",
      "-r\u0113s\u0259m"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195825",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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  },
  "dreary":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement":[
        "cheer a dreary mind",
        "\u2014 George Berkeley"
      ],
      ": having nothing likely to provide cheer, comfort, or interest : gloomy , dismal":[
        "a cold, dreary morning"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "It was a gray, dreary morning.",
      "The family struggled through dreary economic times.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Designer Barrett Cooke revitalized the formerly dark, dreary \u2014and frankly, dysfunctional kitchen by reworking the layout and adding a walnut butcher block island with ample storage, durable walnut cabinetry, and high-end appliances. \u2014 Ann Abel, House Beautiful , 7 June 2022",
      "Ozark is a show that's never shied away from what it's had to say about the dark, dreary , and unfortunate way that the world works. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 2 May 2022",
      "The cold, dreary weather created a less-than-ideal backdrop for what would become an instant classic. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Still, the dreary conditions didn't stop Louisville native Jack Harlow from rocking the stage as the day's headliner, with other performers like Earl Sweatshirt and COIN entertaining the crowd as well. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022",
      "And while that may sound like good news for beachgoers after facing a dreary spring, visitors are being asked to take precautionary measures ahead of Monday, the unofficial start of summer. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "Since his Antarctica trip, Pellegrin has walked among the burning embers of wildfires, floated on glassy waters in front of glaciers, climbed the steaming rims of volcanoes, and trudged through dreary coastal marshes. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "Tatum quickly erased those dreary visions by not only scoring 18 first-half points to give the Celtics a double-digit lead but also carrying his team and preventing another Milwaukee rally in the fourth with brilliant shot-making. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
      "But dreary weather, including overcast skies, gusty winds and occasional rain, will linger in parts of the Northeast through the mid-Atlantic over the weekend. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English drery , from Old English dr\u0113orig sad, bloody, from dr\u0113or gore; akin to Old High German tr\u016br\u0113n to be sad, Goth driusan to fall":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for dreary dismal , dreary , bleak , gloomy , cheerless , desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort. dismal indicates extreme and utterly depressing gloominess. dismal weather dreary , often interchangeable with dismal , emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility. a dreary job bleak suggests chill, dull, and barren characteristics that utterly dishearten. the bleak years of the depression gloomy often suggests lack of hope or promise. gloomy war news cheerless stresses absence of anything cheering. a drab and cheerless office desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect. a desolate outpost",
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      "cheerless",
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      "cloudy",
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      "depressing",
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      "dismal",
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      "elegiac",
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      "funereal",
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      "solemn",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172511",
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  "dreck":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": trash , rubbish":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The movie was pure dreck .",
      "he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Much of his work, then, centers on counterbalancing that deluge of dreck via boosterish content generation, whether blog posts on personal websites or sites like Medium. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
      "Offensive dreck , meanwhile, gets and stays published for as long as its commercially viable. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The dreck , not so much. Exhibit A is Simon Property Group (SPG), which created an empire of high-end shopping emporiums in affluent suburbs. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The fact that basically anyone could design and sell hastily coded Atari 2600 games with no interference from or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable dreck . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Frosty, featuring a cameo from Jimmy Durante and the excessive vocal hamminess of the character actor Billy De Wolfe as the bad guy, was cynical dreck . \u2014 Tom Nichols, The Atlantic , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "There were attacks on a good friend and Bengals fan in Los Angeles, @commissioneryas, about the usual dreck women hear \u2013 not being real fans, just trying to attract guys. \u2014 The Enquirer , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Beaver fans remember all too often from previous days of defensive dreck . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Those pieces are irresistible because there is such affection for the dreck seen from the view of someone whose tastes have become more sophisticated. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Yiddish drek & German Dreck , from Middle High German drec ; akin to Old English threax rubbish":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drek"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dross",
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      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
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      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184925",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "dreddour":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dread , terror":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English (Scots) dredour , from Middle English drede dread + -our (as in horrour horror)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dred\u0259r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201154",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "dredge":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a barge used in dredging":[],
      ": a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube":[],
      ": an apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net used especially for gathering fish and shellfish":[],
      ": to bring to light by deep searching":[
        "\u2014 often used with up dredging up memories"
      ],
      ": to coat by sprinkling (as with flour)":[
        "dredge the chicken in flour",
        "The fish is dredged with a cornmeal mixture and fried."
      ],
      ": to deepen (a waterway) with a machine that removes earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube : to deepen with a dredge (see dredge entry 2 sense 2 )":[],
      ": to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge (see dredge entry 2 )":[
        "dredging oysters in the bay",
        "\u2014 often used with up dredge up silt from the canal bottom"
      ],
      ": to search deeply":[],
      ": to use a dredge":[
        "dredging for oysters"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Staring down the barrel of a $3 million lawsuit, ecology professor Ben Abbott is now turning the legal tables on the company proposing to dredge Utah Lake. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "Multiple lawsuits continue to dredge up various scandals from Facebook\u2019s past. \u2014 Benjamin Wofford, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "There were also concerns that the project could lead to a vast number of turbines in the lake over time and whether putting turbines in the lake would dredge up potentially toxic material. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "In a major change along the way, JaxPort developed a funding model that paid to dredge 11 miles of the river from a depth of 40 feet down to 47 feet, rather than going the full 13 miles authorized by Congress. \u2014 David Bauerlein, Orlando Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
      "Dip fish fillets in the egg, shake off the excess, then dredge in cornmeal. \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 12 May 2022",
      "Sweet turtle thighs, dredge us from the wreck, these years of steady losing. \u2014 Tishani Doshi, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
      "Water managers are worried that a plan to dredge Utah Lake could compromise Wasatch Front water-users\u2019 access to drinking water. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Dip in milk, then dredge in cornstarch until shrimp is covered. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "First, Williams spoke on the $5 million lawmakers set aside to dredge and berm Great Salt Lake. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The annual dredge survey is done in the winter when blue crabs are less active. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "The 11-mile dredge was slated to finish at the end of October and wrapped up about six months sooner. \u2014 David Bauerlein, Orlando Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
      "Transfer the pieces to the flour, and dredge until evenly coated. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "Stony dredge sites from early-20th-century gold-mining operations mark the banks in places. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The giant dredge operated in the Goldstream Valley between 1928 and 1959. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "After a light flour dredge , the chiles are eased into iron skillets to shallow fry until golden outside and molten inside. \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "In 2012 that included the huge cost of bringing to San Diego a dredge large enough for the job from the East Coast, said Shelby Tucker, the project manager for SANDAG. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1508, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1596, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "obsolete dredge , noun, sweetmeat, from Middle English drage, drege , from Anglo-French dragee , modification of Latin tragemata sweetmeats, from Greek trag\u0113mata , plural of trag\u0113ma sweetmeat, from tr\u014dgein to gnaw":"Verb",
      "perhaps from Old English *drecge ; akin to Old English dr\u00e6ge dragnet, dragan to draw":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drej"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "comb",
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      "rake",
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    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081109",
    "type":[
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  },
  "dredge (up)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to start talking or thinking again about (something unpleasant that happened a long time ago)":[
        "Reporters dredged up the fact that the senator avoided the military draft.",
        "She didn't like to dredge up bad memories."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174319",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a mixed crop of oats and barley used in Great Britain for stock feed":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dredge entry 1":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093023",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to start talking or thinking again about (something unpleasant that happened a long time ago)":[
        "Reporters dredged up the fact that the senator avoided the military draft.",
        "She didn't like to dredge up bad memories."
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173840",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
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  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dredger sense 1":[],
      ": one who is in charge of the operation of a dredge used to mine metal-bearing sands from the bottom of a body of water":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dredge entry 2":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104443",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a container with a perforated top that is used to coat food (as with flour or sugar) by sprinkling":[
        "While still warm, shake over some sugar from a dredger , then cut into squares or fingers.",
        "\u2014 Maxine Gordon"
      ],
      ": something (such as a barge or a machine) that is used for dredging : dredge entry 2":[
        "The groups blame the use of the \"Newhaven\" scallop dredger , common since the 1970s, for deeper and more damaging fishing practices than ever before.",
        "\u2014 Tony Diver",
        "Why buy expensive sand, sourced from licensed mines, when you can anchor your dredger in some remote estuary, blast the sand out of the riverbed with a water jet and suck it up?",
        "\u2014 Neil Tweedie"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1600, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1666, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dre-j\u0259r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225029",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dredgeman sense 2":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194758",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dredgie":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dirgie sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by alteration":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drej\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135720",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bucket (as an orange-peel or clamshell bucket) used in dredging":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184730",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dree":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": endure , suffer":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u0113ogan ; akin to Goth driugan to perform military service":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071457",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dreel":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dreel Scottish variant of drill"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113l"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-140713",
    "type":[]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dreen dialectal variant of drain"
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-065004",
    "type":[]
  },
  "dreep":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dreep dialectal British variant of drip"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-125800",
    "type":[]
  },
  "dreepy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": spiritless and ineffective : droopy":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dreep + -y":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-pi"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014359",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "dreg":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate entry 1 sense 3a ) from it : lees":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural coffee dregs at the bottom of the cup"
      ],
      ": the last remaining part : vestige":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural the last dregs of fuel"
      ],
      ": the most undesirable part":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural the dregs of society"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Add apple cider, stock or the dregs from a bottle of wine. \u2014 Ali Slagle, New York Times , 12 May 2020",
      "The Redskins expected to be a contender for the NFC East title, not scuffling among the dregs of the NFL. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "Because of the siege by intellectuals (never mind the dregs ) on Jewish sovereignty and liberty and independence. \u2014 David Kipen, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "The Detroit Pistons have played poorly against the dregs of the Eastern Conference. \u2014 Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press , 27 Dec. 2019",
      "This is a wintry beer, meant to warm you up during the dregs of January and February. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "Erasing kids from the elements of play drains all the potential magic from this show, leaving us with mere Peter Pan dregs . \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Feb. 2020",
      "But as Memphis and Iowa a month ago showed, in contests against likely NCAA Tournament teams with deeper rosters than the dregs of the AAC, Cincinnati's bench has to contribute for the Bearcats to keep up. \u2014 Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com , 18 Jan. 2020",
      "After six games this year, the Lovie Smith era looked like an utter failure, as his record against FBS opponents fell to 9-31 with nearly all of those wins coming against the dregs of college football. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 3 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old Norse dregg ; perhaps akin to Latin fraces dregs of oil":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dreg"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "deposit",
      "deposition",
      "grounds",
      "precipitate",
      "sediment",
      "settlings"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165735",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dregs":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate entry 1 sense 3a ) from it : lees":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural coffee dregs at the bottom of the cup"
      ],
      ": the last remaining part : vestige":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural the last dregs of fuel"
      ],
      ": the most undesirable part":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural the dregs of society"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Add apple cider, stock or the dregs from a bottle of wine. \u2014 Ali Slagle, New York Times , 12 May 2020",
      "The Redskins expected to be a contender for the NFC East title, not scuffling among the dregs of the NFL. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "Because of the siege by intellectuals (never mind the dregs ) on Jewish sovereignty and liberty and independence. \u2014 David Kipen, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "The Detroit Pistons have played poorly against the dregs of the Eastern Conference. \u2014 Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press , 27 Dec. 2019",
      "This is a wintry beer, meant to warm you up during the dregs of January and February. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "Erasing kids from the elements of play drains all the potential magic from this show, leaving us with mere Peter Pan dregs . \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Feb. 2020",
      "But as Memphis and Iowa a month ago showed, in contests against likely NCAA Tournament teams with deeper rosters than the dregs of the AAC, Cincinnati's bench has to contribute for the Bearcats to keep up. \u2014 Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com , 18 Jan. 2020",
      "After six games this year, the Lovie Smith era looked like an utter failure, as his record against FBS opponents fell to 9-31 with nearly all of those wins coming against the dregs of college football. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 3 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old Norse dregg ; perhaps akin to Latin fraces dregs of oil":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dreg"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "deposit",
      "deposition",
      "grounds",
      "precipitate",
      "sediment",
      "settlings"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104630",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dregs of wine":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dark red to deep reddish brown that is less strong than Malaga":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201254",
    "type":[]
  },
  "dreich":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": dreary":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "historically regarded as a dreich corner of Britain, Scotland's very name comes from the Greek word for \u201cdark\u201d"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1813, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse drj\u016bgr lasting":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113\u1e35"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreary",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225520",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "drek":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": trash , rubbish":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The movie was pure dreck .",
      "he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Much of his work, then, centers on counterbalancing that deluge of dreck via boosterish content generation, whether blog posts on personal websites or sites like Medium. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
      "Offensive dreck , meanwhile, gets and stays published for as long as its commercially viable. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The dreck , not so much. Exhibit A is Simon Property Group (SPG), which created an empire of high-end shopping emporiums in affluent suburbs. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The fact that basically anyone could design and sell hastily coded Atari 2600 games with no interference from or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable dreck . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Frosty, featuring a cameo from Jimmy Durante and the excessive vocal hamminess of the character actor Billy De Wolfe as the bad guy, was cynical dreck . \u2014 Tom Nichols, The Atlantic , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "There were attacks on a good friend and Bengals fan in Los Angeles, @commissioneryas, about the usual dreck women hear \u2013 not being real fans, just trying to attract guys. \u2014 The Enquirer , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Beaver fans remember all too often from previous days of defensive dreck . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Those pieces are irresistible because there is such affection for the dreck seen from the view of someone whose tastes have become more sophisticated. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Yiddish drek & German Dreck , from Middle High German drec ; akin to Old English threax rubbish":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drek"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dross",
      "dust",
      "effluvium",
      "effluvia",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202330",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drench":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "dry",
      "parch",
      "scorch",
      "sear"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a quantity sufficient to drench or saturate":[],
      ": something that drenches":[],
      ": to administer a drench to (an animal)":[],
      ": to fill or cover completely as if by soaking or precipitation":[
        "was drenched in furs and diamonds",
        "\u2014 Richard Brautigan"
      ],
      ": to force to drink":[],
      ": to soak or cover thoroughly with liquid that falls or is precipitated":[],
      ": to wet thoroughly (as by soaking or immersing in liquid)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm",
      "when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "After dissipating over Mexico, tropical depression Agatha may drench South Florida by week's end. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "Shea butter and squalane drench the skin with extreme moisture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "The 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 is Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, when 33 drivers will compete at the most iconic auto race in the world for a chance to drench themselves in milk and capture the Borg-Warner Trophy. \u2014 Nathan Brown, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
      "Soaring feedback creating comet-like waves that just drench your soul with heartache and solitude. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Strong thunderstorms and heavy rainfall will drench the Southeast. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Use it to cover kitchen cabinetry, as Napier showed in her post, or drench a living room in the shade for an inviting atmosphere. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Firefighting conditions are expected to improve today with decreasing winds, and a snowstorm could help drench the flames. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "The storm systems will drench the region in flooding rainfall. \u2014 CNN , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Gone, of course, were the aerial rope tricks and getting drench while singing in a waterfall. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 1 May 2022",
      "The final step is giving your repotted orchid a good drench . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s the perfect wash to pop in your gym bag for cleansing after even the most drench -inducing workouts. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Use a systemic insecticide (Imidacloprid) as a soil drench around the root system in mid-May to prevent the insects ever from feeding. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Licensed applicators are treating trees where the psyllids have been observed with a combination of the foliar spray Tempo and a root drench of the systemic Merit. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Rare and intriguing, black maraschino cherry and bitter chocolate drench the palate, and a final kiss of licorice and tarte Tatin ebbs slowly in the background. \u2014 Emily Price, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Use the systemic insecticide Imidacloprid as a soil drench in mid-May to prevent them. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Certain animal formulations of ivermectin such as pour-on, injectable, paste, and \u2018 drench ,\u2019 are approved in the U.S. to treat or prevent parasites in animals. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English drencan ; akin to Old English drincan to drink":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drench"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for drench Verb soak , saturate , drench , steep , impregnate mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid. soak implies usually prolonged immersion as for softening or cleansing. soak the garment in soapy water saturate implies a resulting effect of complete absorption until no more liquid can be held. a saturated sponge drench implies a thorough wetting by something that pours down or is poured. clothes drenched by a cloudburst steep suggests either the extraction of an essence (as of tea leaves) by the liquid or the imparting of a quality (such as a color) to the thing immersed. steep the tea for five minutes impregnate implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another. a cake strongly impregnated with brandy",
    "synonyms":[
      "bathe",
      "bedraggle",
      "douse",
      "dowse",
      "drown",
      "soak",
      "sodden",
      "sop",
      "souse",
      "wash",
      "water",
      "water-soak",
      "waterlog",
      "wet",
      "wet down"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231209",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drenched":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "dry",
      "parch",
      "scorch",
      "sear"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a quantity sufficient to drench or saturate":[],
      ": something that drenches":[],
      ": to administer a drench to (an animal)":[],
      ": to fill or cover completely as if by soaking or precipitation":[
        "was drenched in furs and diamonds",
        "\u2014 Richard Brautigan"
      ],
      ": to force to drink":[],
      ": to soak or cover thoroughly with liquid that falls or is precipitated":[],
      ": to wet thoroughly (as by soaking or immersing in liquid)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm",
      "when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "After dissipating over Mexico, tropical depression Agatha may drench South Florida by week's end. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "Shea butter and squalane drench the skin with extreme moisture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "The 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 is Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, when 33 drivers will compete at the most iconic auto race in the world for a chance to drench themselves in milk and capture the Borg-Warner Trophy. \u2014 Nathan Brown, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
      "Soaring feedback creating comet-like waves that just drench your soul with heartache and solitude. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Strong thunderstorms and heavy rainfall will drench the Southeast. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Use it to cover kitchen cabinetry, as Napier showed in her post, or drench a living room in the shade for an inviting atmosphere. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Firefighting conditions are expected to improve today with decreasing winds, and a snowstorm could help drench the flames. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "The storm systems will drench the region in flooding rainfall. \u2014 CNN , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Gone, of course, were the aerial rope tricks and getting drench while singing in a waterfall. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 1 May 2022",
      "The final step is giving your repotted orchid a good drench . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s the perfect wash to pop in your gym bag for cleansing after even the most drench -inducing workouts. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Use a systemic insecticide (Imidacloprid) as a soil drench around the root system in mid-May to prevent the insects ever from feeding. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Licensed applicators are treating trees where the psyllids have been observed with a combination of the foliar spray Tempo and a root drench of the systemic Merit. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Rare and intriguing, black maraschino cherry and bitter chocolate drench the palate, and a final kiss of licorice and tarte Tatin ebbs slowly in the background. \u2014 Emily Price, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Use the systemic insecticide Imidacloprid as a soil drench in mid-May to prevent them. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Certain animal formulations of ivermectin such as pour-on, injectable, paste, and \u2018 drench ,\u2019 are approved in the U.S. to treat or prevent parasites in animals. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English drencan ; akin to Old English drincan to drink":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drench"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for drench Verb soak , saturate , drench , steep , impregnate mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid. soak implies usually prolonged immersion as for softening or cleansing. soak the garment in soapy water saturate implies a resulting effect of complete absorption until no more liquid can be held. a saturated sponge drench implies a thorough wetting by something that pours down or is poured. clothes drenched by a cloudburst steep suggests either the extraction of an essence (as of tea leaves) by the liquid or the imparting of a quality (such as a color) to the thing immersed. steep the tea for five minutes impregnate implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another. a cake strongly impregnated with brandy",
    "synonyms":[
      "bathe",
      "bedraggle",
      "douse",
      "dowse",
      "drown",
      "soak",
      "sodden",
      "sop",
      "souse",
      "wash",
      "water",
      "water-soak",
      "waterlog",
      "wet",
      "wet down"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001615",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dress":{
    "antonyms":[
      "frock",
      "gown"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a particular form of presentation : guise":[],
      ": an outer garment (as for a woman or girl) usually consisting of a one-piece bodice and skirt":[],
      ": apparel , clothing":[],
      ": covering, adornment, or appearance appropriate or peculiar to a particular time":[],
      ": dress down":[],
      ": relating to or used for a dress":[
        "dress material"
      ],
      ": requiring or permitting formal dress":[
        "a dress affair"
      ],
      ": suitable for a formal occasion":[
        "dress clothes",
        "dress shoes"
      ],
      ": to add decorative details or accessories to : embellish":[],
      ": to align oneself with the next soldier in a line to make the line straight":[],
      ": to apply dressings or medicaments to":[
        "dress a wound"
      ],
      ": to arrange (the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling":[],
      ": to arrange (troops, equipment, etc.) in a straight line and at proper intervals":[],
      ": to groom and curry (an animal)":[],
      ": to kill and prepare for market or for consumption":[
        "\u2014 often used with out"
      ],
      ": to make or set straight":[],
      ": to ornament a ship for a celebration by hoisting national ensigns at the mastheads and running a line of signal flags and pennants from bow to stern":[],
      ": to provide with clothing":[
        "feed and dress a growing family"
      ],
      ": to put clothes on":[
        "dress a child"
      ],
      ": to put on clothing":[],
      ": to put on or wear formal, elaborate, or fancy clothes":[
        "dress for dinner"
      ],
      ": to weigh after being dressed":[
        "\u2014 often used with out"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They dressed themselves in a hurry.",
      "He dressed the child in a snowsuit.",
      "She showered, dressed , and ate breakfast.",
      "She dressed warmly for skiing.",
      "She is dressing for the opera.",
      "They always dress for dinner.",
      "The nurse dressed the cut on my knee.",
      "Noun",
      "She wore dresses only on special occasions.",
      "She wore a short black dress to the party.",
      "Her wedding dress was decorated with lace.",
      "The guests were clothed in traditional Indian dress .",
      "It is wise to wear conservative dress to an interview.",
      "Adjective",
      "I wore dress pants and a nice sweater.",
      "the naval commander wore his dress uniform to the ball",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Celebrity spectators are known to dress to the nines for the games, bringing forward their most polished\u2014and preppy\u2014ensembles for the occasion. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
      "Everyone claims to dress only for comfort or self-expression, but at the same time, everyone is using clothing choice as a way of sizing up others. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "The reality is that fundamentalist women dress exactly like you. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "This in-flux culture further complicates the already stressful process of interviewing and makes a critical question\u2014how to dress for it\u2014even more confounding. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "Over the course of a century, the house of Chanel have innovated the way women dress , introducing everything from trousers to sportswear into women\u2019s wardrobes. \u2014 Grace Banks, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "Tips on how to dress for rain at Churchill Downs Also, be on the lookout for NBC Sports\u2019 Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rutledge Wood who will serve as lifestyle correspondents. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 5 May 2022",
      "This month, a Stranger Things Experience will open at Brooklyn\u2019s Duggal Warehouse, where guests are encouraged to dress for the occasion. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
      "In a recent interview, the Met Gala mainstay gave some advice on how to dress for Fashion's Biggest Night, drawing on her appearances spanning since 1995 to argue the importance of guests dressing to the theme. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Made of a polyester-rayon blend and a bit of spandex, the dress is soft and has some stretch. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "Not only was the dress beautifully tailored, but the bottom featured a surprise array of feathers. \u2014 Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2022",
      "The sparkling dress is from 16Arlington\u2019s pre-fall 2022 collection. \u2014 Alice Cary, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
      "The dress is now on display at Ripley's Believe It or Not! \u2014 Morgan Sung, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
      "As weighted as the dress was, Cardi looked far from bulky while walking the steps of Manhattan\u2019s Metropolitan Museum of Art. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
      "With short sleeves and subtle side slits, the black maxi dress is even suitable for a casual office environment if paired with wedges. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Although wearing white is now fashionable for all seasons, a classic dress is a staple for summer wardrobes. \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
      "And while the dress was rose gold and featured a massive bow when Lively entered the glamorous event, assistants helped untie the bow on the Met steps, revealing a blue-green train. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "That's the case even if the job does not require dress clothes. \u2014 Daniel B. Kline, USA TODAY , 31 Aug. 2017",
      "Dress code controversies are nothing new, especially in the era of social media. \u2014 Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
      "Factor in alterations: Dress alterations can be costly, so talk to your salon about their policy in advance. \u2014 Emily Valla, idahostatesman , 21 July 2017",
      "Dress -code-busting aside, these are some excellent, just-DGAF-enough outfits. \u2014 Megan Gustashaw, GQ , 13 July 2017",
      "Dress code double standards not only can make summer unbearable but also serve to police people's gender expression. \u2014 Suzannah Weiss, Glamour , 23 June 2017",
      "Dress Meets Body collection, which is set in a large funnel-like space with a video of Merce Cunningham\u2019s dancers performing in the clothing by viewers\u2019 feet. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 1 May 2017",
      "Dress rehearsals are over and the Sky open their season Sunday on the road against the second-ranked Minnesota Lynx. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 12 May 2017",
      "Dress blues and elegant gowns were the order of the day, at the Windsor High School annual Air Force Junior ROTC Ball, on April 22. \u2014 Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community , 5 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French drescer, dresser to direct, put right, from Vulgar Latin *directiare , from Latin directus direct, past participle of dirigere to direct, from dis- + regere to lead straight \u2014 more at right":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dres"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bandage",
      "bind",
      "swathe"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025255",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dress down":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to dress casually especially for reasons of fashion":[],
      ": to reprove severely":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dress up or dress down , Nobu is proof positive that great food, drink and service can be relaxed and unpretentious without compromising on quality. \u2014 Duncan Madden, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "But two great consolations guaranteed in the contract are these: 1) The right to dress down , be comfortable and, indeed, be so vulnerable in front of another human that no goofball pun is off limits; 2) the right to experience joy. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Dressing in layers can help keep you warm, while giving you options to dress down once your body gets warmed up. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Note that elements of a capsule collection will vary by industry, but overall, a capsule should provide you with wardrobe pieces to dress up or dress down according to your needs. \u2014 Stephanie (stifel) Coughlan, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Easy to dress up with satin midi skirts, trousers, and booties or dress down with leggings, jeans, and sneakers, sweaters are one of the most versatile pieces of clothing in your closet. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "For a Saturday stroll, dress down your trousers with some Adidas Sambas and a lightweight pouch for your long day of errands. \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "The business mogul and reality star was photographed running errands in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and didn't dress down for the occasion. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "Others dress down on flights, wearing sweatpants and hoodies to avoid drawing attention to themselves. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1852, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "baste",
      "bawl out",
      "berate",
      "call down",
      "castigate",
      "chastise",
      "chew out",
      "flay",
      "hammer",
      "jaw",
      "keelhaul",
      "lambaste",
      "lambast",
      "lecture",
      "rag",
      "rail (at ",
      "rant (at)",
      "rate",
      "ream (out)",
      "rebuke",
      "reprimand",
      "reproach",
      "scold",
      "score",
      "tongue-lash",
      "upbraid"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195907",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dress uniform":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a uniform for formal wear":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In June 1960, Brand, the future icon of the counterculture, attended Stanford\u2019s commencement ceremony in his Reserve Officers\u2019 Training Corps dress uniform . \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
      "Stewart began by questioning why Vindman chose to wear his dress uniform to the hearing. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "During a funeral replete with a salute of gunfire and an Air Force honor guard\u2019s ceremonial folding of the American flag that draped his casket, William\u2019s final wish to be buried in his dress uniform and next to his beloved wife was carried out. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "For the occasion, the princess selected a sparkling, ice blue evening gown embellished with sequins and beading and accented by sheer panels, while her husband donned a military dress uniform . \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Vallejo, wearing his full- dress uniform , was seated at the defense table, next to his defense attorney, Kris Poppe, a former JAG prosecutor who previously served as an infantry officer. \u2014 Seth Harp, Rolling Stone , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Other guests source their own 19th century party garb or attend in military dress uniform or traditional Alaska Native regalia. \u2014 Visit Sitka, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "The new dress uniform prototype is a navy-blue uniform. \u2014 Ellie Kaufman, CNN , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Space Force unveiled the service\u2019s first prototype dress uniform today. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 21 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1814, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122234",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dress up":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a game or activity (as for children) that involves dressing up in special clothing or costumes":[
        "Most young children like to play dress-up , parading around the house in their dad's wing tips or smearing their mom's lipstick all over their face.",
        "\u2014 Christine Gorman",
        "Nina was petite but too muscular to wear her mother's cast-off Chanel. She was like a girl playing dress-up .",
        "\u2014 Tom Jenks",
        "I drew pictures with her and played dress-up with our mother's party gowns.",
        "\u2014 Lorene Cary",
        "So get in the spirit with these costume parties, haunted tours, pet dress-ups , \u2026 and haunted houses.",
        "\u2014 Cincinnati.com"
      ],
      ": a time or occasion for which fancy or formal clothing is worn":[
        "Miller used to favor high-necked lace blouses for dress-up and fishing hats for play.",
        "\u2014 Curry Kirkpatrick",
        "Marla feels comfiest in jeans and sweats but likes soft beiges for dress-up .",
        "\u2014 People Weekly",
        "Also like their parents, children want a wardrobe that is suitable for a variety of activities: play, school and dress-up .",
        "\u2014 Andrea Skinner"
      ],
      ": to attire in best or formal clothes":[],
      ": to attire in clothes suited to a particular role":[],
      ": to get dressed up":[],
      ": to make more attractive, glamorous, or fancy":[
        "dress up a plain dessert with a rich chocolate sauce"
      ],
      ": to present in the most attractive or impressive light":[
        "a fiasco dressed up as a triumph"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "we always like to dress up when going to parties",
      "the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Resist the urge to dress up in a medical hazard suit, anything resembling a virus or as a victim of the virus itself. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
      "Shimmery, shiny shoes have the power to dress up something as simple as a pair of jeans and a plain white tee. \u2014 Nicole Kliest, Vogue , 30 May 2022",
      "Cunningham said the event gives women a chance to dress up and enjoy music, food, games, a marketplace, and fortunetellers. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "But like much in the retail world, this etymology is an attempt to dress up a more mundane reality. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "The holidays are the perfect excuse to dress up and add some glam to your look. \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Children were offered lollipops and the chance to dress up like a superhero and have their photo taken. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Nick loves to longboard, dress up and go out in the city to art galleries, museums and artistic events. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "There are ornate writing desks and four-poster beds in each bedroom, waiters carry silver trays of gins and tonic out to the pool before lunch, and long mahogany tables are laid for dinner, when guests are encouraged to dress up and mingle. \u2014 Melissa Twigg, CNN , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "circa 1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the phrasal verb dress up":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dres-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "doll up",
      "dress"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220330",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dress-down day":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a day during which employees are allowed to wear casual attire at work":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The suggestions for raising funds include raffles, dress-down day , bake sale, chili cook-off, spaghetti dinners, etc. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 5 Mar. 2021",
      "If your workplace doesn't already, maybe consider organizing a Pride bake sale or dress-down day with proceeds going to an LGBTQ charity. \u2014 Nick Levine, GQ , 14 June 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1986, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202902",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dressed":{
    "antonyms":[
      "frock",
      "gown"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a particular form of presentation : guise":[],
      ": an outer garment (as for a woman or girl) usually consisting of a one-piece bodice and skirt":[],
      ": apparel , clothing":[],
      ": covering, adornment, or appearance appropriate or peculiar to a particular time":[],
      ": dress down":[],
      ": relating to or used for a dress":[
        "dress material"
      ],
      ": requiring or permitting formal dress":[
        "a dress affair"
      ],
      ": suitable for a formal occasion":[
        "dress clothes",
        "dress shoes"
      ],
      ": to add decorative details or accessories to : embellish":[],
      ": to align oneself with the next soldier in a line to make the line straight":[],
      ": to apply dressings or medicaments to":[
        "dress a wound"
      ],
      ": to arrange (the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling":[],
      ": to arrange (troops, equipment, etc.) in a straight line and at proper intervals":[],
      ": to groom and curry (an animal)":[],
      ": to kill and prepare for market or for consumption":[
        "\u2014 often used with out"
      ],
      ": to make or set straight":[],
      ": to ornament a ship for a celebration by hoisting national ensigns at the mastheads and running a line of signal flags and pennants from bow to stern":[],
      ": to provide with clothing":[
        "feed and dress a growing family"
      ],
      ": to put clothes on":[
        "dress a child"
      ],
      ": to put on clothing":[],
      ": to put on or wear formal, elaborate, or fancy clothes":[
        "dress for dinner"
      ],
      ": to weigh after being dressed":[
        "\u2014 often used with out"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They dressed themselves in a hurry.",
      "He dressed the child in a snowsuit.",
      "She showered, dressed , and ate breakfast.",
      "She dressed warmly for skiing.",
      "She is dressing for the opera.",
      "They always dress for dinner.",
      "The nurse dressed the cut on my knee.",
      "Noun",
      "She wore dresses only on special occasions.",
      "She wore a short black dress to the party.",
      "Her wedding dress was decorated with lace.",
      "The guests were clothed in traditional Indian dress .",
      "It is wise to wear conservative dress to an interview.",
      "Adjective",
      "I wore dress pants and a nice sweater.",
      "the naval commander wore his dress uniform to the ball",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Celebrity spectators are known to dress to the nines for the games, bringing forward their most polished\u2014and preppy\u2014ensembles for the occasion. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
      "Everyone claims to dress only for comfort or self-expression, but at the same time, everyone is using clothing choice as a way of sizing up others. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "The reality is that fundamentalist women dress exactly like you. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "This in-flux culture further complicates the already stressful process of interviewing and makes a critical question\u2014how to dress for it\u2014even more confounding. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "Over the course of a century, the house of Chanel have innovated the way women dress , introducing everything from trousers to sportswear into women\u2019s wardrobes. \u2014 Grace Banks, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "Tips on how to dress for rain at Churchill Downs Also, be on the lookout for NBC Sports\u2019 Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rutledge Wood who will serve as lifestyle correspondents. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 5 May 2022",
      "This month, a Stranger Things Experience will open at Brooklyn\u2019s Duggal Warehouse, where guests are encouraged to dress for the occasion. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
      "In a recent interview, the Met Gala mainstay gave some advice on how to dress for Fashion's Biggest Night, drawing on her appearances spanning since 1995 to argue the importance of guests dressing to the theme. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Made of a polyester-rayon blend and a bit of spandex, the dress is soft and has some stretch. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "Not only was the dress beautifully tailored, but the bottom featured a surprise array of feathers. \u2014 Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2022",
      "The sparkling dress is from 16Arlington\u2019s pre-fall 2022 collection. \u2014 Alice Cary, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
      "The dress is now on display at Ripley's Believe It or Not! \u2014 Morgan Sung, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
      "As weighted as the dress was, Cardi looked far from bulky while walking the steps of Manhattan\u2019s Metropolitan Museum of Art. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
      "With short sleeves and subtle side slits, the black maxi dress is even suitable for a casual office environment if paired with wedges. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Although wearing white is now fashionable for all seasons, a classic dress is a staple for summer wardrobes. \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
      "And while the dress was rose gold and featured a massive bow when Lively entered the glamorous event, assistants helped untie the bow on the Met steps, revealing a blue-green train. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "That's the case even if the job does not require dress clothes. \u2014 Daniel B. Kline, USA TODAY , 31 Aug. 2017",
      "Dress code controversies are nothing new, especially in the era of social media. \u2014 Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
      "Factor in alterations: Dress alterations can be costly, so talk to your salon about their policy in advance. \u2014 Emily Valla, idahostatesman , 21 July 2017",
      "Dress -code-busting aside, these are some excellent, just-DGAF-enough outfits. \u2014 Megan Gustashaw, GQ , 13 July 2017",
      "Dress code double standards not only can make summer unbearable but also serve to police people's gender expression. \u2014 Suzannah Weiss, Glamour , 23 June 2017",
      "Dress Meets Body collection, which is set in a large funnel-like space with a video of Merce Cunningham\u2019s dancers performing in the clothing by viewers\u2019 feet. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 1 May 2017",
      "Dress rehearsals are over and the Sky open their season Sunday on the road against the second-ranked Minnesota Lynx. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 12 May 2017",
      "Dress blues and elegant gowns were the order of the day, at the Windsor High School annual Air Force Junior ROTC Ball, on April 22. \u2014 Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community , 5 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French drescer, dresser to direct, put right, from Vulgar Latin *directiare , from Latin directus direct, past participle of dirigere to direct, from dis- + regere to lead straight \u2014 more at right":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dres"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bandage",
      "bind",
      "swathe"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051614",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dressing":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sauce for adding to a dish (such as a salad)":[],
      ": a seasoned mixture usually used as a stuffing (as for poultry)":[],
      ": an instance of such act or process":[],
      ": fertilizing material (such as manure or compost)":[],
      ": material (such as ointment or gauze) applied to cover a lesion or wound":[],
      ": the act or process of one who dresses":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We had turkey with dressing and potatoes for dinner.",
      "The nurse cleaned the cut and applied a dressing .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The contemporary British menu \u2013 think: Wye Valley Green Asparagus with wild garlic dressing ; London Fish and Chips and Pan-Fried Spring Lamb Rump \u2013 is the perfect contrast to the avant-garde design. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Alongside Eloquii\u2019s creative director Yesenia Torres, the collection is filled with day-to-night party dressing . \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Toss salad with enough dressing to generously coat. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Flakey haddock in an Irish beer batter with fries and slaw with mayonnaise-vinegar dressing . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Wild and elaborate costumes are often seen at the Marche, with some dressing as the Nain, himself. \u2014 Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The warm duck wilted the bitter leaves, and its golden juices commingled with the fiery garlic dressing . \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Add the radicchio to the bowl with the dressing and toss to coat. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Toss lettuce and tomato in a medium-size bowl with the dressing . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dre-si\u014b",
      "-i\u014b"
    ],
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    "synonyms":[
      "cataplasm",
      "plaster",
      "poultice"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180812",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "dressing table":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a table often fitted with drawers and a mirror in front of which one sits while dressing and grooming oneself":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Clothes and belongings were scattered all over the floors, and empty jewelry boxes littered a dressing table . \u2014 Tim Judah, The New York Review of Books , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "This premium choice is available in the brand\u2019s signature chic flacon design, a welcome addition to your dressing table . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Candelabras, a clock, a silver dressing table set and glassware were among the missing items, according to the publication. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Over 350 items were taken during the heist, including a replica Faberg\u00e9 egg, a grandfather clock clockface, a dressing table , crystal glassware and silver and gold candelabras. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Pieces like this Swedish vintage dressing table , which can do duty as a desk or entry table, are prized for their flexibility. \u2014 Michelle Slatalla, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "The highlight is, of course, the full-beam owner\u2019s suite that sports large wardrobes, a dressing table and a separate seating area with desk. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Glistening jewelry and the perfume bottle that lends the work its title reflect off a smooth dressing table , like sun on quiet water. \u2014 Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Antique furniture \u2013 such as a yellow chinoiserie dressing table found in Eliza\u2019s room and chests used to house bathroom sinks \u2013 have been thoughtfully placed. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 27 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1668, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120036",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "dressy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "casual",
      "informal",
      "sportif",
      "sporty"
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      ": requiring or characterized by fancy or formal dress":[
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      ],
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      ": stylish , smart":[
        "dressy clothes"
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    },
    "examples":[
      "Those shoes are so dressy , I rarely wear them.",
      "She wore an outfit that was much too dressy for the occasion.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On the more dressy end, roomy Bermuda\u2019s shorts in cream paired with a camel jacket and ochre zipper back, with the cutout bucket hat. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 18 June 2022",
      "Outfits where some embellishment is added to your blouse or jacket in the form of a pin, necklace, dressy buttons or handbag may be appropriate. \u2014 Stephanie (stifel) Coughlan, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "And when done in interesting fabrics like lace or sequins, the design makes for a dressy moment, too. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
      "Both looks felt dressy and formal, yet entirely individualistic and representative of their own unique style. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 30 May 2022",
      "Giving us the best of both worlds, Cyrus showed us how to do rock star style in both casual and dressy forms. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 17 May 2022",
      "There are lots of different kinds, and this one from Rhodes is a little less dressy than what the rock and rollers liked. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 1 Apr. 2020",
      "Keep it in mind for an evening affair that calls for more dressy attire. \u2014 Marie Lodi, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
      "This $33 pair also includes pockets \u2014 a huge bonus \u2014 and a tie belt, which adds a dash of dressy femininity. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dre-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dress",
      "formal"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114254",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dribble":{
    "antonyms":[
      "atom",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "fleck",
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      "particle",
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      "scrap",
      "scruple",
      "snip",
      "snippet",
      "speck",
      "tittle"
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      ": to come or issue in piecemeal or desultory fashion":[],
      ": to dribble a ball or puck":[],
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      ": to hit (a ball) without much force so that it bounces slowly along the ground":[],
      ": to issue sporadically and in small bits":[],
      ": to let or cause to fall in drops little by little":[],
      ": to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth : drool":[],
      ": to move with short bounces":[],
      ": to proceed by dribbling":[],
      ": to propel by successive slight taps or bounces with hand, foot, or stick":[
        "dribble a basketball",
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      ]
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    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Juice dribbled down his chin.",
      "She accidentally dribbled wine onto the rug.",
      "Dribble olive oil over the warm bread before serving.",
      "She dribbled across the basketball court.",
      "He skillfully dribbled the soccer ball towards the goal.",
      "Noun",
      "He wiped a dribble of juice from the corner of the baby's mouth.",
      "She gave the ball a dribble before passing it.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Celtics\u2019 ballhandlers couldn\u2019t find space to dribble because the Heat defense was so adept at stripping the ball. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "And then watch another person pass on a 3-pointer, but crash into three people, get slapped in the forehead, roll an ankle and dribble it off their own foot? \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
      "Some Nutella will naturally dribble down your chin; reserve this. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "Desperate for someone who could dribble and run an offense, the front office acted quickly, cheaply acquiring 35-year-old Rondo. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "On the first, Primo lost control of the ball trying to dribble behind his back, resulting in a turnover. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The Tide was able to dribble it out after a jump ball. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Coby White scrambled to dribble up the court in transition, only to have his pocket picked for a transition layup. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Wahab went from barely able to dribble to hitting mid-range jumpers and spin moves. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The 6-foot-6, 204-pound shooting guard Mathurin is a versatile wing who creates well off the dribble , and thrives playing above the rim, finishes strong in transition as well as halfcourt sets through traffic, and is a solid defender. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
      "Eason has shown an ability to attack closeouts off the dribble , be an inside-outside threat, guard every position and thrive in transition. \u2014 cleveland , 23 June 2022",
      "The soon-to-be 20-year-old projects as a high-volume, low-efficiency scorer in the short term, but his ability to knock down difficult shots off the dribble gives him tantalizing upside. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "An above-average scorer off the dribble who, at 6 feet 10, has a knack of making plays for teammates. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
      "Offensively, Crockett got her production with a combination of outside shooting \u2014 something Indiana needed badly \u2014 and drives to the basket, at one point attacking Merkle off the dribble for a reverse layup to finish with a team-leading 22 points. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
      "Needs to be more reliable hitting 3s off the dribble to open scoring/driving lanes. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "Like Hepburn, McGee is a tenacious defender who can also break down opposing defenses off the dribble . \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "Ball-handling, shooting, reading movements off the dribble . \u2014 Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1589, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "circa 1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "frequentative of drib to dribble":"Verb"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-b\u0259l"
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      "distill",
      "distil",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214643",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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      "crumb",
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      "molecule",
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      "particle",
      "patch",
      "scrap",
      "scruple",
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      "speck",
      "tittle"
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      ": an act, instance, or manner of dribbling a ball or puck":[],
      ": to come or issue in piecemeal or desultory fashion":[],
      ": to dribble a ball or puck":[],
      ": to fall or flow in drops or in a thin intermittent stream : trickle":[],
      ": to hit (a ball) without much force so that it bounces slowly along the ground":[],
      ": to issue sporadically and in small bits":[],
      ": to let or cause to fall in drops little by little":[],
      ": to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth : drool":[],
      ": to move with short bounces":[],
      ": to proceed by dribbling":[],
      ": to propel by successive slight taps or bounces with hand, foot, or stick":[
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        "dribble a puck"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Juice dribbled down his chin.",
      "She accidentally dribbled wine onto the rug.",
      "Dribble olive oil over the warm bread before serving.",
      "She dribbled across the basketball court.",
      "He skillfully dribbled the soccer ball towards the goal.",
      "Noun",
      "He wiped a dribble of juice from the corner of the baby's mouth.",
      "She gave the ball a dribble before passing it.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Celtics\u2019 ballhandlers couldn\u2019t find space to dribble because the Heat defense was so adept at stripping the ball. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "And then watch another person pass on a 3-pointer, but crash into three people, get slapped in the forehead, roll an ankle and dribble it off their own foot? \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
      "Some Nutella will naturally dribble down your chin; reserve this. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "Desperate for someone who could dribble and run an offense, the front office acted quickly, cheaply acquiring 35-year-old Rondo. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "On the first, Primo lost control of the ball trying to dribble behind his back, resulting in a turnover. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The Tide was able to dribble it out after a jump ball. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Coby White scrambled to dribble up the court in transition, only to have his pocket picked for a transition layup. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Wahab went from barely able to dribble to hitting mid-range jumpers and spin moves. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The 6-foot-6, 204-pound shooting guard Mathurin is a versatile wing who creates well off the dribble , and thrives playing above the rim, finishes strong in transition as well as halfcourt sets through traffic, and is a solid defender. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
      "Eason has shown an ability to attack closeouts off the dribble , be an inside-outside threat, guard every position and thrive in transition. \u2014 cleveland , 23 June 2022",
      "The soon-to-be 20-year-old projects as a high-volume, low-efficiency scorer in the short term, but his ability to knock down difficult shots off the dribble gives him tantalizing upside. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "An above-average scorer off the dribble who, at 6 feet 10, has a knack of making plays for teammates. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
      "Offensively, Crockett got her production with a combination of outside shooting \u2014 something Indiana needed badly \u2014 and drives to the basket, at one point attacking Merkle off the dribble for a reverse layup to finish with a team-leading 22 points. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
      "Needs to be more reliable hitting 3s off the dribble to open scoring/driving lanes. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "Like Hepburn, McGee is a tenacious defender who can also break down opposing defenses off the dribble . \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "Ball-handling, shooting, reading movements off the dribble . \u2014 Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1589, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "circa 1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "frequentative of drib to dribble":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "distill",
      "distil",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014935",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "driblet":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a drop of liquid":[],
      ": a trifling or small sum or part":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "money doled out in driblets to the workers",
      "rain leaked through the roof in solitary driblets here and there"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drib-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "ace",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "dab",
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      "hint",
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      "mite",
      "nip",
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      "peanuts",
      "ray",
      "scintilla",
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      "shade",
      "shadow",
      "shred",
      "skosh",
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      "smell",
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      "smidge",
      "snap",
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      "spot",
      "sprinkling",
      "strain",
      "streak",
      "suspicion",
      "tad",
      "touch",
      "trace"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024531",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "drier":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a device for drying":[],
      ": a substance that accelerates drying (as of oils, paints, and printing inks)":[],
      ": something that extracts or absorbs moisture":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Humid air will be replaced by drier air Monday night from west to east. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "Northwest breezes near 10 mph try to keep bringing in the drier , crisper air. \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "There was drier air over the fire on Sunday with humidity below 20%. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Much drier air is in place over the state, and the humidity will be in the 20 percent range, forecasters said. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The virus also tends to linger more in drier air, researchers said. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "The weather service said that the arrival of drier air out of the north helped to erode the activity over Thursday night. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Colder and drier air will stick around until late evening. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Cooler and drier air has entered the region and the overnight lows could be in the 40s for parts of northern Central Florida. \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 22 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012b(-\u0259)r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104708",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": taker-down":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110030",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "drift":{
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      "bowl",
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      "roll",
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      "skim",
      "slide",
      "slip",
      "stream",
      "sweep",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a deliberate, controlled skid by a vehicle turning through a corner at high speed : an instance of automotive drifting":[
        "Backing off the throttle on corner entries induces a soup\u00e7on of oversteer, just enough to allow a little sliding at the apex in an easily controlled four-wheel drift , that most delightful of sports-car experiences\u2014when it doesn't hurl one off a cliff.",
        "\u2014 Tony Swan"
      ],
      ": a general underlying design or tendency":[
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      ": a grouping of similar flowers planted in an elongated mass":[],
      ": a helter-skelter accumulation":[],
      ": a mass of matter (such as sand) deposited together by or as if by wind or water":[],
      ": a nearly horizontal mine passageway driven on or parallel to the course of a vein or rock stratum":[],
      ": a small crosscut in a mine connecting two larger tunnels":[],
      ": an assumed trend toward a general change in the structure of a language over a period of time":[],
      ": an easy moderate more or less steady flow or sweep along a spatial course":[],
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      ": genetic drift":[],
      ": something (such as a tool) driven down upon or forced into a body":[],
      ": something (such as driftwood ) washed ashore":[],
      ": something driven, propelled, or urged along or drawn together in a clump by or as if by a natural agency: such as":[],
      ": the act of driving something along":[],
      ": the flow or the velocity of the current of a river or ocean stream":[],
      ": the lateral motion of an aircraft due to air currents":[],
      ": the motion or action of drifting especially spatially and usually under external influence: such as":[],
      ": the underlying meaning, import, or purport of what is spoken or written":[
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      ],
      ": to accumulate in a mass or become piled up in heaps by wind or water":[
        "drifting snow"
      ],
      ": to become carried along subject to no guidance or control":[
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      ],
      ": to become covered with a drift":[],
      ": to become driven or carried along (as by a current of water, wind, or air)":[
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      ],
      ": to cause to be driven in a current":[],
      ": to cover with drifts":[],
      ": to drive (livestock) slowly especially to allow grazing":[],
      ": to move along a line of least resistance":[],
      ": to move in a random or casual way":[],
      ": to move or float smoothly and effortlessly":[],
      ": to pile in heaps":[],
      ": to vary or deviate from a set course or adjustment":[],
      ": wind-driven snow, rain, cloud, dust, or smoke usually at or near the ground surface":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the slow drift of the clouds",
      "As she got older, you could observe a drift in her writing towards more serious subjects.",
      "the government's drift towards a centralization of power",
      "Verb",
      "The boat slowly drifted out to sea.",
      "The clouds drifted across the sky.",
      "The snow drifted against the side of the house.",
      "Drifting snow covered most of the car.",
      "The party guests drifted from room to room, eating and mingling.",
      "Her eyes drifted across the crowd.",
      "The conversation drifted from topic to topic.",
      "My thoughts drifted back to the time when we first met.",
      "After he left the army he just drifted for a few years.",
      "She drifted from job to job.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is at heart an attempt to revisit the end of the Cold War, to redress the westward drift of former Soviet republics and to regain additional territory that\u2019s been independent from Russia for 30 years. \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "The deference Putin is owed within the Russian political system means that advisers are likely to read his mind and then to validate the drift of his thinking. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "The recent drift of voters of color to the GOP - despite, or possibly thanks to, liberal efforts at cultural progressivism - has been hard to ignore. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "James Camparo of the Aerospace Corporation thinks the drift of their clock is exceptionally low. \u2014 Katrina Miller, Wired , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "Not just growing ideological unification across the rural areas of the country, but the drift of that ideology in the direction of the Confederacy. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "The kitchen smokes its own scallops, good ones from Cape May, then arranges thick slices of them in a box with a drift of squash lightened with mascarpone and fresh mint. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "The hurricane center expects that area of low pressure to meander today and then drift northwestward along the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras this week. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 15 June 2022",
      "Leveraging a platform like Arize, teams can automatically surface the cohorts where performance impact or drift impact are highest and adjust accordingly. \u2014 Aparna Dhinakaran, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "So, prepare for an epic ocean or river adventure with your mom, and let your worries drift away. \u2014 Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure , 21 June 2022",
      "The north and south magnetic poles actually drift quite a bit over time, and this is considered normal in the context of history. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
      "High pressure will slowly drift eastward Wednesday, opening the door for humid conditions and plenty of clouds. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 June 2022",
      "However, some of the remnants of this storm could drift east, help spark a storm off the eastern coast of Mexico and threaten Florida by this weekend. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "After that, it may be forced into more defensive positions, and the war could drift into a stalemate. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Maybe Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett will drift towards the line-drawing faction of American legal conservatism. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
      "The storm that has been parked between us and Bermuda starts to drift back toward the Carolinas on Thursday. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "How many corners let their eyes drift to the backfield after seeing Brown settle? \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 28 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English; akin to Old English dr\u012bfan to drive \u2014 more at drive":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drift"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for drift Noun tendency , trend , drift , tenor , current mean movement in a particular direction. tendency implies an inclination sometimes amounting to an impelling force. a general tendency toward inflation trend applies to the general direction maintained by a winding or irregular course. the long-term trend of the stock market is upward drift may apply to a tendency determined by external forces the drift of the population away from large cities or it may apply to an underlying or obscure trend of meaning or discourse. got the drift of her argument tenor stresses a clearly perceptible direction and a continuous, undeviating course. the tenor of the times current implies a clearly defined but not necessarily unalterable course. an encounter that changed the current of my life",
    "synonyms":[
      "bank",
      "bar",
      "mound"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042125",
    "type":[
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      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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  "drift bottle":{
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      ": a stretch of fence on rangeland especially in the western U.S. for preventing cattle from drifting from their home range":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1907, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054456",
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      ": sea or lake ice broken apart by winds and currents : fragments of a floe":[]
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      ": a flight instrument used for measuring the angle of drift of an aircraft and equipped with a hairline or sight wire that may be rotated until objects on the ground appear to travel parallel with it so that from the position of the wire the drift angle may then be read directly from a calibration chart":[]
    },
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      "He was a drifter who hitchhiked from state to state.",
      "the drifter just packed up and moved on to the next dead-end job",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The news of Morpheus' return is conveyed to Johanna Constantine (Jenna Coleman) by the eccentric drifter Mad Hettie. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 6 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s particularly true of Harris\u2019 lean, lushly bearded drifter Henry, who is first met arriving by bus in a southern Outback town. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
      "After taking a job on a farm run by a reclusive woman, a drifter begins suffering from visions of men trapped inside the bodies of animals. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Walsh\u2019s six-year-old son was murdered in Florida in 1981, and in 2008 Ottis Toole, the Florida drifter with whom Bourgoin joked about barbecue sauce, was posthumously recognized as the child\u2019s murderer. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s a hammock, a drifter , a chair or even a piece of exercise equipment if that\u2019s your kind of thing. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Among the group was Bates, a 28-year-old, one-eyed drifter from Alabama. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The photo in question is a black and white still from Thelma & Louise, the film which gave Pitt one of his earliest breakout roles as the drifter JD. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Mart\u00edn will play a drifter in search of answers to a mystery from her past, who takes on a job in the countryside looking after a sick teen. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "stroller",
      "vagabond",
      "wanderer",
      "wayfarer"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205757",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1998, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a row of seed sown in such a furrow":[],
      ": a shallow furrow or trench into which seed is sown":[],
      ": a western African baboon ( Mandrillus leucophaeus synonym Papio leucophaeus ) having a black face and brown coat and closely related to the mandrill":[],
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      ": to engage in an exercise":[],
      ": to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction":[
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      ],
      ": to impart or communicate by repetition":[],
      ": to make a hole with a drill":[],
      ": to make by piercing action":[
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      ": to propel (something, such as a ball) with force or accuracy":[
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      ": to shoot with or as if with a gun":[],
      ": to sow (seeds) by dropping along a shallow furrow":[],
      ": to sow with seed or set with seedlings inserted in drills":[],
      ": to train or exercise in military drill":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1619, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1644, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1743, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Dutch drillen":"Verb",
      "origin unknown":"Noun",
      "perhaps from drill small stream, from obsolete drill to trickle, drip":"Noun",
      "short for drilling":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
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      "bore",
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      "perforate",
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      "punch",
      "puncture",
      "riddle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224052",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "beverage",
      "drinkable",
      "libation",
      "potable",
      "quencher"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a draft (see draft entry 1 sense 2b ) or portion of liquid":[
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      ],
      ": a liquid suitable for swallowing":[
        "provided with food and drink"
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      ": a sizable body of water":[
        "\u2014 used with the landed in the drink"
      ],
      ": alcoholic beverages":[],
      ": excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages":[
        "he took to drink when his business failed"
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      ": swallow , imbibe":[
        "drink a glass of water"
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      ": to bring to a specified state by drinking alcoholic beverages":[
        "drank himself into oblivion"
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      ": to comply unquestioningly with the demands or policies of a particular leader, ideology, or organization":[],
      ": to join in a toast (see toast entry 1 sense 2a ) to":[
        "I'll drink your good health."
      ],
      ": to make or join in a toast":[
        "I'll drink to that!"
      ],
      ": to partake of alcoholic beverages":[
        "has quit drinking"
      ],
      ": to receive into one's consciousness":[
        "drinking deep of the culture which surrounds them",
        "\u2014 L. R. Ward"
      ],
      ": to take in or receive avidly":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in drank in every word of the lecture"
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      ": to take in or suck up : absorb":[
        "drinking air into his lungs"
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      ": to take liquid into the mouth for swallowing":[
        "eating and drinking"
      ]
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      "Verb",
      "The baby still drinks from a bottle.",
      "What would you like to drink ?",
      "We drank orange juice with breakfast.",
      "I drink lots of water when I'm hiking.",
      "She drank too much last night and woke up sick this morning.",
      "It's not safe to drink and drive .",
      "She drank herself into a stupor.",
      "He nearly drank himself to death.",
      "Noun",
      "We serve coffee, tea, and other hot drinks .",
      "Food and drink will be provided.",
      "They went to the bar for a few drinks .",
      "Can I get you another drink ?",
      "He took a long drink from his glass.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "My son pays the insurance and doesn\u2019t drink or have any friends. \u2014 cleveland , 28 June 2022",
      "My son pays the insurance and doesn\u2019t drink or have any friends. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 28 June 2022",
      "Don\u2019t drink caffeine at least 8 to 10 hours before bed. \u2014 Fox News , 27 June 2022",
      "And Suntha doesn\u2019t drink alcohol, so nonalcoholic versions of some offerings will also be on the menu. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 23 June 2022",
      "But Merriwether encourages people who don\u2019t drink for any reason to confidently make their choice clear; doing so may give other non-drinkers a confidence boost, or lead to a dialogue among company leaders. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
      "Emery doesn\u2019t drink alcohol, nor coffee, but her secret to longevity? \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "According to the findings, people who drank unsweetened coffee were 16 percent to 21 percent less likely to die during the study period than people who didn\u2019t drink coffee at all. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
      "The list of winners is a handy way for drinks lovers to keep on top of who\u2019s who and what to drink in the various spirits categories. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "One is the quality of the drink , which is low sugar and non-GMO. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 29 June 2022",
      "Harlan thinks moving to the powdered version of the sports drink would reduce plastic consumption. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "When shipping containers sink in the drink : Container ships, collectively, transport a quarter of a billion containers around the globe each year, a number of which end up in the water. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "This is why Lorenz Hart, though dead of drink in 1943, remains the great prophet of rhyme in American lyrics and light verse. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "Then Caribbean immigrants brought sorrel to the U.S., and soon varieties of red drink were everywhere. \u2014 Sahar Khan, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022",
      "Famously, the liana is one of the two main ingredients in a ritual drink called ayahuasca, which can induce hallucinations or an altered state of mind. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 16 May 2022",
      "Plus, the malted flavor in the drink gave the coffee less of a mocha taste and added to that ice cream-like delight. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
      "And that\u2019s a fair comparison, considering there is actual hot sauce in this drink . Other ingredients? \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English drincan ; akin to Old High German trinkan to drink":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "belt (down)",
      "gulp",
      "guzzle",
      "hoist",
      "imbibe",
      "knock back",
      "pound (down)",
      "quaff",
      "sip",
      "slug (down)",
      "slurp",
      "sup",
      "swig",
      "swill",
      "toss (down "
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164050",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drink (in)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to stop and look at or listen to something in order to enjoy it fully":[
        "The view is so beautiful. Let's just take a minute to drink it all in ."
      ]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102955",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "drink-driver":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who drives a vehicle while drunk : ( chiefly US ) drunk driver":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231628",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drink-driving":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": driving a vehicle while drunk":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1964, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014bk-\u02c8dr\u012b-vi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033645",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drinkable":{
    "antonyms":[
      "beverage",
      "drink",
      "libation",
      "potable",
      "quencher"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a liquid suitable for drinking : beverage":[],
      ": suitable or safe for drinking":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "This coffee is so hot it's not drinkable .",
      "technically, that cheap stuff may be wine, but it's hardly drinkable",
      "Noun",
      "the thoughtful hostess offered her guests an assortment of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinkables",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Floodwaters cut off Gardiner\u2019s almost 900 residents from both Livingston and the park\u2019s headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs, leaving them without power and drinkable water for several days. \u2014 Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
      "Some of the district\u2019s 121 schools date to the 1800s and in many schools, the clanking of steam radiators distracts students, learning spaces are devoid of sunlight and fresh air, and water fountains lack drinkable water. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "Very drinkable for those of us who are willing to try a sour now and again but don\u2019t drink it regularly. \u2014 cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Food, drinkable water, and ammunition are all scarce, and areas of the plant smell like decomposing bodies. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 5 May 2022",
      "Despite years of drought and conservation mandates, Californians continue to sprinkle a lot of clean, drinkable water onto yards to keep the greenery alive. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "This practice dates back to the Neanderthals who used to boil bones and render fats resulting in a drinkable broth. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Daylight hours are devoted to hunting down drinkable water and running the risk of standing in line for the little food available as shells and bombs rain down. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Daylight hours are devoted to hunting down drinkable water and running the risk of standing in line for the little food available as shells and bombs rain down. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, ajc , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Also, these products may contain synthetic materials and chemical agents that can harm wildlife and strain the treatment process that helps make water drinkable . \u2014 cleveland , 1 May 2020",
      "The imperative to make seawater drinkable shows no sign of easing. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2019",
      "Some coastal areas are seeing water that was once drinkable become contaminated with saltwater from the sea. \u2014 Julie Creswell, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "Getty Images Mead\u2019s foundation in honey perpetuates the inaccurate perception that meads are too sweet and too thick, or only drinkable in the winter or around a fire. \u2014 Shawndra Russell, Fortune , 22 Dec. 2019",
      "Larson said lower-dose drinkables allow people to have more than one beverage in a sitting. \u2014 Ed Murrieta, SFChronicle.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Yet edible, drinkable and smokable CBD products have flooded the market anyway, delivering big profits to some farmers and manufacturers and purportedly helping many consumers manage their health problems. \u2014 Sophie Quinton, chicagotribune.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "Some have fewer calories, carbs and sugars than most drinkables and traditional beverages. \u2014 Ed Murrieta, SFChronicle.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "That week had been relatively dry, so the stream was only a milky white that chlorination at least made drinkable . \u2014 National Geographic , 3 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1611, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1708, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014b-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "potable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043556",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drinker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who drinks alcoholic beverages especially to a notable degree":[
        "a heavy drinker"
      ],
      ": one that drinks":[],
      ": waterer sense b":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'm not much of a drinker .",
      "Most of his friends are drinkers .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to Tim Parks, a longtime translator and critic of Italian literature, Collodi was an enthusiastic drinker , gambler, and womanizer. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "However, since the breweries were picked by a wine drinker , the project may bridge the gap between the two cohorts of people. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "The high-tech mug allows the drinker to adjust the temperature of their drink via an easy-to-use app. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "For the tea drinker whose love goes beyond the leaf, this print examining the botanical structure of the tea plant will be a decorative reminder of their favorite drink. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "According to the National Coffee Association, 62% of Americans drink coffee every day, with the average coffee drinker enjoying a daily dose of three cups. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "With The Beach, Chevalier and his team are targeting younger consumers who may be new to the category, while Whispering Angel and sister wine Garrus make the play for a sophisticated wine drinker willing to pay more for the pale wines. \u2014 Elva Ramirez, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite Millennials entering what\u2019s considered to be a wine drinker \u2019s greatest spending years, Boomers and Generation X still account for nearly 50% of wine consumption. \u2014 Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "This will allow for the Black woman wine drinker to be fully catered to. \u2014 Essence , 8 Dec. 2016"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014b-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "alcoholic",
      "alkie",
      "alky",
      "boozehound",
      "boozer",
      "dipsomaniac",
      "drunk",
      "drunkard",
      "inebriate",
      "juicehead",
      "juicer",
      "lush",
      "rummy",
      "soak",
      "soaker",
      "sot",
      "souse",
      "tippler",
      "toper",
      "tosspot"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001027",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drinking game":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a game in which players drink alcohol when particular conditions are met":[
        "Drinking games have always been a way to break the ice. They weren't all that popular in my circle of friends, but I do remember occasional games of Beer-Pong, in which cups of beer are placed on a Ping-Pong table where they serve as both obstacles and receptacles: land a shot in one and your opponent has to chug the contents.",
        "\u2014 Barrett Seaman"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The tally of how many times Lauren pointed out their races on-screen became its own drinking game among fans on social media after the show premiered. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
      "Lucky for us, there are tons of products on the market to make this simple chore far more enjoyable, sort of like a fun drinking game without the alcohol buzz. \u2014 Vanessa Powell, Men's Health , 11 May 2022",
      "That, and, of course, the postgame buzzword drinking game slowly driving the die-hards to liver failure. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "That wasn\u2019t the only reason Harvey was at the center of Twitterverse this week though, as the host essentially solidified a drinking game out of his now-notorious gaff. \u2014 Amber Dowling, Variety , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "The 12-minute clip starts off with a drinking game that culminates in the pair drinking a truly atrocious mixture of beer, cold-brew coffee, milk, maple syrup, hot sauce, and cheese whip. \u2014 Jennifer Zhan, Vulture , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "An elevated card set is a gift that can be given to anyone\u2014your solitaire-loving grandma, your poker-playing father, your drinking game -loving nephew, or even as a hostess gift for a family comprised of all three. \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "There have been multiple OSU fan message board posts regarding a Jack Colletto drinking game . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "His backstory features a collection of owners that included Boat Racing, a group of former Brown football players who named their ownership group after a beer drinking game . \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 25 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1617, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131119",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drinking problem":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a habit of regularly drinking too much alcohol":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113342",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drinking song":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a song on a convivial theme appropriate for a group engaged in social drinking":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And the playing was excellent, with attention to detail in moments like the slight wooziness that enters the rhythms as the first-act drinking song grows drunker. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "Aimed straight at the groundlings, this rousing drinking song is pure silly fun, with Sir Toby Belch (Shuler Hensley) and the gang trading late-night insults. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "Stop by the Capitol Hill restaurant after work on Monday for a fest-worthy dinner \u2014 say, a choice of schnitzel, or a platter with five kinds of wursts \u2014 and you\u2019ll be entertained by the traditional German drinking songs of Die Zwei. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Sep. 2019",
      "The finale rang with the sincere gravity of a patriotic tune or an old drinking song . \u2014 Zo\u00eb Madonna, BostonGlobe.com , 5 Aug. 2019",
      "The three men in Midland play drinking songs that are as blurry as their lyrics suggest. \u2014 Bill Brownlee, kansascity , 19 June 2018",
      "The raucous drinking songs and ballads (which are also drinking songs) inspire more than a single shot of whiskey. \u2014 Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com , 18 May 2018",
      "Nevertheless, Wildwood residents take the anthem \u2014 born of a drinking song \u2014 seriously. \u2014 Michael Boren, Philly.com , 26 Sep. 2017",
      "The melody is based on an old English drinking song , has images of war, and is impossible to sing. \u2014 Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity , 28 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1597, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112105",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drinking water":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": water that is clean enough for people to drink":[
        "Pollution is seeping into our drinking water ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115830",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drip":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drag",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dull or unattractive person":[],
      ": a falling in drops":[],
      ": liquid that falls, overflows, or is extruded in drops":[
        "a pan to catch drips"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or being coffee made by letting boiling water drip slowly through finely ground coffee":[
        "drip coffee",
        "a drip pot"
      ],
      ": the sound made by or as if by falling drops":[],
      ": to fall in or as if in drops":[
        "let the excess drip off"
      ],
      ": to let fall drops of moisture or liquid":[
        "wet clothes dripping onto the floor"
      ],
      ": to let fall in drops":[
        "a brush dripping paint"
      ],
      ": to let out or seem to spill copiously":[
        "her voice dripping sarcasm",
        "trees dripping Spanish moss"
      ],
      ": to overflow with or as if with moisture":[
        "stories dripping with pop-culture references",
        "toast dripping with butter"
      ],
      ": to waft or pass gently":[],
      "dividend reinvestment plan":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Water dripped from a leak in the ceiling.",
      "Blood dripped down his leg from the cut.",
      "Hot wax dripped onto my fingers.",
      "The pine trees dripped sap onto the cars.",
      "The kids dripped water all over the house.",
      "Noun",
      "Drips of water fell from a leak in the ceiling.",
      "We heard the drip of the rain.",
      "the steady drip, drip, drip of the faucet",
      "Water fell from the ceiling in a steady drip .",
      "The doctor put the patient on a morphine drip to manage the pain.",
      "Don't invite that drip to your party!",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Pour the batter into a tall glass and dip each hot dog into the batter to fully coat, allowing the excess to drip off. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
      "But if water continues to drip for hours or all day, the shower head is leaking. \u2014 Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "The formula is packed with moisturizing aloe vera and vitamin E\u2014and doesn't run, smudge, or drip down your face during a hot day. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 8 June 2022",
      "Barbecuing allows the water to evaporate or drip down without getting trapped by a pan. \u2014 Kristine Nolin, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
      "Even on a gas grill, melting fats will drip onto the heat source and produce smoke. \u2014 Kristine Nolin, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
      "Didn't drip down, didn't oil up, and really helped to keep sun exposure to a minimum. \u2014 Susan Brickell, Health.com , 13 May 2021",
      "While Monks\u2019 irrigation system checked out OK, Ho discussed the most efficient time to water \u2014 nighttime \u2014 and the most efficient way to expand water delivery to plants \u2014 drip irrigation. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Little Miner\u2019s success is not a momentary starburst, a happy accident based on some curious collision of pandemic ennui, culinary fad and cultural obsession for foods that ooze, drip and radiate their charisma across our social channels. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Typically just the milk frother needs to be cleaned after each use, and the drip tray can be emptied and washed as needed. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s also a removable drip tray for easy cleanup and four locking casters at the base. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Cons: The machine is loud and requires frequent cleaning to avoid drip tray leaks. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Swap out your liners or aluminum foil on the drip tray for good measure, too. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 8 July 2021",
      "Xbox continued to deliver a slow drip of news to gamers Tuesday with an extended presentation in the wake of it\u2019s Sunday showcase. \u2014 Shannon Liao, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "But the media, particularly on the right, have presented a steady drip of news about the more bizarre ideas. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "There's also been a steady drip of announcements adjusting U.S. policies toward the region. \u2014 Matthew Lee, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
      "Pour: While the water is heating, set up a filter in a coffee drip . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 20 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "According to the brand, this model is quiet and features an anti- drip leaver that helps avoid messes from dripping. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
      "What's more, the Rowenta is manufactured with an anti- drip system, which stops water from spitting out of the soleplate when the temperature is too low. \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Over the years, Israel has used technology to transform the Negev, covering more than half the country, into an agricultural region where high-tech, drip -irrigated farms grow crops like cherry tomatoes, melons and dates. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "And then it can be included in a drip -email campaign to engaged followers. \u2014 Ken Braun, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Unlike standard makers, the sleek machine dispenses individual cups of drip -brew coffee in regular, strong and iced-brew modes in up to three cup sizes. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "An anti- drip function helps prevent water from dripping on your clothes, which can cause water rings. \u2014 Hanna Horvath, NBC News , 29 Mar. 2021",
      "Additional features include an anti- drip system and automatic safety shutoff. \u2014 Hanna Horvath, NBC News , 29 Mar. 2021",
      "The drip -style carafe coffee maker is the classic coffee maker style, and is ideal for households with several coffee drinkers. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 22 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1895, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English drippen , from Old English dryppan ; akin to Old English dropa drop":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drip"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "distill",
      "distil",
      "dribble",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110724",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dripping":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": fat and juices drawn from meat during cooking":[
        "\u2014 often used in plural"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He cooked a turkey and made gravy from the drippings .",
      "Pour the dripping from the pan.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The loudest sound was the random dripping as mist accumulated and fell from the tips of pine needles. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 May 2022",
      "Down a pathway from the satisfying dripping of red wax and the bubbling pools of mash that usually entertain tour groups at Maker's Mark Distillery sits a cozy, unassuming cottage. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Other sounds said to trigger tingling are people eating crunchy foods like pickles, paper tearing, water dripping , hair brushing, humming, chewing, buzzing and purring. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "The percussive dripping of water echoes in the empty halls, and the white sun is viewed through a perpetual fog. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "The shepherd falls ill, and as he is nursed by his companions, the dripping of water into his mouth from a cloth mimics the rivulets of water that run down the cave walls and collect in little pools on it natural platforms. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "Many say that although the towels look thin, the terry cloth fabric absorbs water and liquids without any dripping . \u2014 Taylor Lane, Southern Living , 17 June 2021",
      "These can be as subtle as the buzzing of flies or the dripping of water, to more aggressive enemy noises emanating from horrific, puppetlike villains. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2021",
      "The valves provide a smooth turning action to avoid dripping or leaks. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 11 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-pi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091222",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drippy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unsentimental"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": mawkish sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "drippy romance novels that are apparently intended for the terminally lovesick",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The trio combined for 345 rushing yards and six touchdowns on a drippy late-October night that was tailor-made for Wauconda to churn out yards on the ground. \u2014 Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com , 30 Oct. 2021",
      "Her voice doesn\u2019t sound wide-eyed, drippy , or ironic. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Relics from the space still regularly turn up at auction and on 1stDibs, where a door covered in toy cars and with a drippy resin handle can be yours for $7,900. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, Curbed , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Fresh local tomatoes power our summer meals, from drippy BLT sandwiches and simple salads to hearty ratatouilles and creamy soups. \u2014 Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 28 July 2021",
      "Forgetting to add in a new filter after cleaning out the old one can turn into a drippy disaster. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 10 May 2021",
      "Afternoon highs reach near 40, leaving things a bit drippy as the late-day sun tries to peek out as well. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2021",
      "Later, when Basil Brown contemplates leaving the project over clashes with snooty officials from the British Museum, his wife delivers a drippy speech exhorting him to persist. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 27 Jan. 2021",
      "The music is drippy and constant, the wobble from comedy to drama feels off, and the dialects have been reamed in the Irish press. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 9 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chocolate-box",
      "cloying",
      "corny",
      "fruity",
      "gooey",
      "lovey-dovey",
      "maudlin",
      "mawkish",
      "mushy",
      "novelettish",
      "saccharine",
      "sappy",
      "schmaltzy",
      "sentimental",
      "sloppy",
      "slushy",
      "soppy",
      "soupy",
      "spoony",
      "spooney",
      "sticky",
      "sugarcoated",
      "sugary",
      "wet"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190409",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "drivage":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a driving of a mine passage":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012bvij"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123800",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drive":{
    "antonyms":[
      "arterial",
      "artery",
      "avenue",
      "boulevard",
      "carriageway",
      "drag",
      "expressway",
      "freeway",
      "high road",
      "highway",
      "pass",
      "pike",
      "road",
      "roadway",
      "route",
      "row",
      "street",
      "thoroughfare",
      "thruway",
      "trace",
      "turnpike",
      "way"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a driving of cattle or sheep overland":[],
      ": a hunt or shoot in which the game is driven within the hunter's range":[],
      ": a private road : driveway":[],
      ": a public road for driving (as in a park)":[],
      ": a quick and aggressive move toward the basket":[],
      ": a strong systematic group effort":[
        "a fund-raising drive",
        "The school held a food drive [=an event to collect food items for donation] to benefit the local shelter."
      ],
      ": a sustained offensive (see offensive entry 1 sense 1 ) effort":[
        "the drive ended in a touchdown"
      ],
      ": a trip in a carriage or automobile":[
        "a short drive to the coast"
      ],
      ": an act of driving :":[],
      ": an impelling culturally acquired concern, interest, or longing":[
        "the drive to succeed"
      ],
      ": an urgent, basic, or instinctual need : a motivating physiological condition of an organism":[
        "a sexual drive"
      ],
      ": dynamic quality":[
        "his drive and enthusiasm overcame all obstacles",
        "\u2014 Times Literary Supplement"
      ],
      ": the act or an instance of propelling an object of play (such as a golf ball) swiftly or forcefully":[],
      ": the flight of a ball":[
        "a high drive to left field"
      ],
      ": the means by which the propulsion of an automotive vehicle is controlled and directed":[
        "a left-hand drive"
      ],
      ": the means by which the propulsive power of an automobile is applied to the road":[
        "front wheel drive"
      ],
      ": the means for giving motion to a machine or machine part":[],
      ": the state of being hurried and under pressure":[
        "elude the ruthless drive of work and worry",
        "\u2014 S. H. Adams"
      ],
      ": to carry on or through energetically":[
        "drives a hard bargain"
      ],
      ": to cause (a run or runner) to be scored (see score entry 2 sense 4a(2) )":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in drove him in with a single"
      ],
      ": to compel to undergo or suffer a change (as in situation or emotional state)":[
        "drove him crazy",
        "drove her out of business"
      ],
      ": to convey in a vehicle":[
        "His father drove me home."
      ],
      ": to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently":[
        "rudely drove past her"
      ],
      ": to direct the motions and course of (a draft animal)":[
        "drive an ox"
      ],
      ": to drive a golf ball":[
        "drove down the fairway"
      ],
      ": to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : force":[
        "driven by his passions"
      ],
      ": to float (logs) down a stream":[],
      ": to force (a passage) by pressing or digging":[
        "drive a tunnel"
      ],
      ": to frighten or prod (game, cattle, etc.) into moving in a desired direction":[
        "drive cattle across the prairie"
      ],
      ": to give shape or impulse to":[
        "factors that drive the business cycle",
        "the ideas that have driven history"
      ],
      ": to go through (an area) driving game animals":[
        "drive the other side of the mountain"
      ],
      ": to have oneself carried in a vehicle":[
        "drove to Canada as a kid"
      ],
      ": to impart a forward motion to by physical force":[
        "Waves drove the boat ashore.",
        "drive the nail into the beam"
      ],
      ": to intend to express, convey, or accomplish":[
        "couldn't understand what she was driving at"
      ],
      ": to make a quick and forceful move":[
        "driving to the hoop"
      ],
      ": to move quickly and forcefully down or along":[
        "drive the lane",
        "drive the baseline"
      ],
      ": to operate a vehicle":[
        "learned to drive at the age of seventeen"
      ],
      ": to operate the mechanism and controls and direct the course of (a vehicle)":[
        "drive a car"
      ],
      ": to press or force into an activity, course, or direction":[
        "The drug habit drives addicts to steal."
      ],
      ": to progress with strong momentum":[
        "the rain was driving hard"
      ],
      ": to project, inject, or impress incisively":[
        "drove her point home"
      ],
      ": to propel (an object of play) swiftly or forcefully":[
        "drove a long fly ball to the warning track"
      ],
      ": to repulse , remove, or cause to go by force, authority, or influence":[
        "drive the enemy back"
      ],
      ": to set or keep in motion or operation":[
        "drive machinery by electricity"
      ],
      ": to urge relentlessly to continuous exertion":[
        "the sergeant drove his recruits"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He drove the car down a bumpy road.",
      "Do you want to drive or should I?",
      "He is learning to drive .",
      "The car stopped and then drove off.",
      "A car drove by us slowly.",
      "The bus slowly drove away.",
      "We drove all night and arrived at dawn.",
      "We drove 160 miles to get here.",
      "I drive on this route every day.",
      "I drive this route every day.",
      "Noun",
      "It's a two-hour drive to the beach.",
      "Her house is an hour's drive east of Los Angeles.",
      "We took a pleasant drive in the country.",
      "Would you like to go for a drive ?",
      "A white car was parked in the drive .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There\u2019s a hole-in-the-wall spot that started off as a food truck, a brewery built atop a dairy farm, and a restaurant that opened it\u2019s own drive -in theater. \u2014 Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
      "Feast on your favorite Greek foods like Moussaka, Pastitsio, Souvlaki and Baklava with in-person dining or drive -thru options available. \u2014 cleveland , 23 June 2022",
      "This can help drive a shift from resource-intensive clinical facilities to lower-cost community settings and into the home \u2014 offering more people access to quality care. \u2014 Kees Wesdorp, STAT , 23 June 2022",
      "The primary purpose for the rezoning request is to allow the applicant to sell the property to a developer to develop a chain drive -through restaurant, according to planning documents. \u2014 Mike Jones, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2022",
      "No movies say summer like drive -in movies, and Misquamicut Drive-In is showing fan-faves all week long. \u2014 Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Some versions claim the flu is fake, a hoax being used to justify reducing the supply of birds in an effort to drive up food prices, either to wreck the global economy or force people into vegetarianism. \u2014 CBS News , 23 June 2022",
      "Their task was to deploy technology in order to overcome challenges around restaurant dining, drive -thru service, and home (or anywhere else) delivery. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "The new season finds The Pynk shut down in the early days of the Rona, with Uncle Clifford and the dancers adapting to their temporary space (a drive -thru show and car wash that's shown in the season opener) and eventually re-opening the club. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The plan also calls for a restaurant with a drive -thru and office/warehouse space. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
      "Efficient Ordering McDonald\u2019s started serving customers at drive -thru windows in 1976, and by the early 1980s, this high-speed, low-friction selling channel accounted for 50 percent of its sales. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "The project would have included a drive -thru, six parking spaces, and indoor seating for 20 people, according to documents the proponents shared with neighborhood groups. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
      "An Asian-American family said they were attacked and subjected to threats and racial slurs that resulted in several injuries while in a Los Angeles fast-food restaurant drive -thru last month. \u2014 Fox News , 18 June 2022",
      "According to Ponder, less than 7% of North Little Rock Electric customers use the drive -thru. \u2014 Remington Miller, Arkansas Online , 17 June 2022",
      "Wide is the service counter to Hades, and easy the way through the drive -thru! \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Police said someone pried open the drive -thru window at The Creamery Iron Horse, 15112 S. Bell Road, and stole cash around 1 a.m. on May 31. \u2014 Daily Southtown Staff, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Four big cats left behind at a now-defunct drive -thru roadside attraction in northeast Oklahoma are getting a second chance thanks to two sanctuaries and a California zoo. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1685, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u012bfan ; akin to Old High German tr\u012bban to drive":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for drive Verb move , actuate , drive , impel mean to set or keep in motion. move is very general and implies no more than the fact of changing position. moved the furniture actuate stresses transmission of power so as to work or set in motion. turbines actuated by waterpower drive implies imparting forward and continuous motion and often stresses the effect rather than the impetus. a ship driven aground by hurricane winds impel is usually figurative and suggests a great motivating impetus. a candidate impelled by ambition",
    "synonyms":[
      "herd",
      "punch",
      "run"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115506",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drive (someone) mad":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to annoy or bother (someone) very much":[
        "That noise is driving me mad !"
      ],
      ": to cause (someone) to become mentally ill":[
        "Years alone in the jungle had driven him mad ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125626",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "drive (someone) up a/the wall":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make (someone) irritated, angry, or crazy":[
        "Your constant tapping is driving me up the wall !"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122637",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "drive away":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause or force (someone) to leave especially by making a situation unpleasant or unattractive":[
        "The store's high prices are driving away customers."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124016",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "drive one's point home":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to say something in a very strong or forceful way : to make a point very forcefully":[
        "He drove his point home during the debate."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130803",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "drive someone wild":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause someone to be sexually excited":[
        "Her perfume drives me wild ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
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      "1968, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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      "1918, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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      "Noun",
      "that critic's reviews are nothing but self-important drivel",
      "my roommate talks in her sleep, but it's just drivel",
      "Verb",
      "What is he driveling about now?",
      "the panting dog driveled on my hand",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "When this film becomes just another example of Hollywood drivel \u2014 the late-career version of an actor trying to establish himself \u2014 the mirror-image car chases and shoot-outs don\u2019t allow for audience discernment. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Netflix is continuing to pump out forgettable reality show drivel that will do nothing to fix its problems. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "More money, more pressure, more problems, more ambitions, more New Age drivel . \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "At best, there\u2019s a fanboy favorite, Michael Mann, and the rest \u2014 Malcolm D. Lee, Patty Jenkins, Kasi Lemmons, Jon M. Chu, and Aaron Sorkin \u2014 have made films that can politely be dismissed as drivel . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "So when the latest would-be Einstein announces yet another theory, my eyes start to glaze over in anticipation of drivel and disappointment. \u2014 Julian Baggini, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Not even Dunst could elevate this slapdash slice of man-child drivel . \u2014 Matthew Jacobs, Vulture , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Sadly, that sort of circular drivel is what passes for deep thinking on race today. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 13 July 2021",
      "The prosecutor assigned to the case patiently listened to these allegations, an overflowing binder of evidence on her desk belying their drivel . \u2014 Sarah Wang, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Scary plagues are ravaging the planet while drivelers drivel . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 26 July 2021",
      "No one elected Laura Ingraham either, that hasn't stopped her from dribbling pro-Trump drivel out of her mouth every night. \u2014 Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com , 21 Feb. 2018"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Engine output can also be sent to the front axle thanks to a clutch-pack coupling on the nine-speed automatic, and electric torque can be shifted forward by effectively reversing the torque flow within the driveline . \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 23 May 2022",
      "Skid plates protect the driveline , transmission, and transfer case, and there are Raptor-specific rock rails. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "The electric motor provides low-end punch and the driveline feels livelier at all speeds, making for a far more enjoyable driving experience. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 14 May 2022",
      "The tires will break traction before the driveline is damaged. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 5 Feb. 2021",
      "Feel free to choose the driveline setting for yourself, though. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "But its driveline imbues it with a different character. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 6 Mar. 2021",
      "Then step on the brake pedal while adding pressure on the gas pedal to preload the driveline , and right before the maximum amount of boost is available\u2013this metric is displayed in the instrument cluster\u2013release the brakes. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 5 Feb. 2021",
      "The defective driveshaft could also separate from the driveline , potentially then hitting the fuel tank and leading to a risk of fire, Ford said. \u2014 Colin Beresford, Car and Driver , 13 Nov. 2020"
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      "1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "They are driven , successful people.",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Steve Jbara, President at Grand Rapids Gold, is a driven and innovative entrepreneur. \u2014 Steve Jbara, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has disrupted trade in energy, grains and other commodities and driven fuel and food prices dramatically higher. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Vlasic, a driven , decisive and impeccably dressed Bloomfield Hills business executive, played pivotal roles on the boards of Henry Ford Hospital and Cranbrook Educational Community. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
      "According to a new study, women feel burned out, less driven and less inspired since the pandemic. \u2014 Kim Elsesser, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Hair and makeup artist Jason Rail, who\u2019d joined Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s project through fellow glam squad member Mathu Andersen (best known these days for his work with RuPaul), recalls a driven but funny young star who made a lot of eye contact. \u2014 Sydney Urbanek, Billboard , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Top candidates for these jobs are typically sharp, driven and hard-working. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Completed in only two months, the text has a frantic, driven quality. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Those who know Whaley -- former colleagues and aides, friends, and a former boss -- painted a similar picture of her in interviews with cleveland.com: gregarious, straightforward, compassionate and driven . \u2014 Henry J. Gomez & Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022"
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      "1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183744",
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        "Kinsey redoubled his efforts. If he had been driven before, now there was a manic quality to his work.",
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      "They are driven , successful people.",
      "a man with a driven need to be loved or liked by everyone",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Steve Jbara, President at Grand Rapids Gold, is a driven and innovative entrepreneur. \u2014 Steve Jbara, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has disrupted trade in energy, grains and other commodities and driven fuel and food prices dramatically higher. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Vlasic, a driven , decisive and impeccably dressed Bloomfield Hills business executive, played pivotal roles on the boards of Henry Ford Hospital and Cranbrook Educational Community. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
      "According to a new study, women feel burned out, less driven and less inspired since the pandemic. \u2014 Kim Elsesser, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Hair and makeup artist Jason Rail, who\u2019d joined Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s project through fellow glam squad member Mathu Andersen (best known these days for his work with RuPaul), recalls a driven but funny young star who made a lot of eye contact. \u2014 Sydney Urbanek, Billboard , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Top candidates for these jobs are typically sharp, driven and hard-working. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Completed in only two months, the text has a frantic, driven quality. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Those who know Whaley -- former colleagues and aides, friends, and a former boss -- painted a similar picture of her in interviews with cleveland.com: gregarious, straightforward, compassionate and driven . \u2014 Henry J. Gomez & Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022"
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      "1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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      "Who was the driver at the time of the accident?",
      "We told the taxi driver to take us to the library.",
      "He likes to sit at the front of the bus, near the driver .",
      "There's a problem with the printer's driver .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And after the interview, Jamie had to drive over to Worthing (my home town) to deliver beers as their delivery driver had Covid. \u2014 Philip Salter, Forbes , 4 July 2022",
      "The police officer was charged with second-degree murder after fatally shooting Lyoya in a struggle that ensued over his driver \u2019s license. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
      "One woman was trapped under the Buick Enclave after its driver , an 81-year-old woman, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the shoe store, located in The Commons shopping center at 1170 E. 2100 South. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 July 2022",
      "The police department mailed her driver \u2019s license to the Ohio Department of Public Safety. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 2 July 2022",
      "Proudfoot produced his driver \u2019s license, showing his real name and address, the affidavit said. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 1 July 2022",
      "Her driver \u2019s license was suspended at the time of the crash. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 June 2022",
      "Holder was arrested two days later, after the woman who served as his unwitting getaway driver turned herself in to police. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
      "Vetter joined a small group of people on the side of the road and saw a blue SUV turned onto its driver 's side. \u2014 Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "wheelman"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120201",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121809",
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      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124608",
    "type":[
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      ": a fine misty rain":[],
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      "Noun",
      "Yes, it's raining, but it's only a drizzle .",
      "the intermittent drizzle was just heavy enough to spoil all of our outdoor activities",
      "Verb",
      "It was beginning to drizzle , so she pulled on her hood.",
      "The vegetables were drizzled with olive oil.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The lack of protection from elements could pose an issue on, say, a race day like last year\u2019s Boston Marathon or even in a mere drizzle due to the prevalence of puddles here in the Pacific Northwest. \u2014 Elizabeth Carey, Outside Online , 15 Mar. 2019",
      "This vegan roasted butternut squash gets a little extra sweetness from a drizzle of maple syrup. \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "My two favorite All\u2019Antico sandwiches exalt the Tuscan art of salumi by including only meat and cheese, the saltiness of each sharpened by a drizzle of truffle honey. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "El Bulli\u2019s chicken curry featured a quenelle of curry ice cream and a cold curry-flavor granita in a pool of coconut milk, with the protein only present in a last-minute savory drizzle of chicken demi-glace. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "As long as there has been marine life, there has been marine snow \u2014 a ceaseless drizzle of death and waste sinking from the surface into the depths of the sea. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Garnish tart with freshly ground black pepper, a drizzle of aged balsamic and thyme leaves. \u2014 Joshua David Stein, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "As a cold drizzle fell, Payne remembered heated summer games at Crawford Gym, now the site of the Belknap building. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "More than 50 people waited in a light drizzle ahead of its 11 a.m. opening. \u2014 Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Just arrange tomatoes on a platter with peppery arugula, then drizzle with a dressing that combines balsamic vinegar with maple syrup, which balances out the acidity of the tomato. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "Use a splash in bubbly water, cocktails and tea; drizzle over ice cream or yogurt, or whisk into a vinaigrette. \u2014 Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 4 Nov. 2020",
      "Spoon or drizzle the puree into the holes, filling each one up. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "In the same bowl, whisk the remaining coconut milk, the lime juice, and \u00bc teaspoon salt, then drizzle over the corn. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
      "Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass, gently drizzle the smoky scotch across the top, and garnish with something aromatically neutral like a ginger candy or else nothing at all. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 14 May 2022",
      "Cover with panko and Parmesan, then drizzle with oil. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "When enough of them congregate high up in trees, their honeydew can drizzle down like sticky rain on innocent people below. \u2014 Abigail Gruskin, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "For additional flavor and heat, drizzle your tostada with Varela\u2019s house salsa, made with a Jalisco chile de arbol varietal called chile Yahualica and chile Japones. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1584, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps alteration of Middle English drysnen to fall, from Old English -drysnian to disappear; akin to Goth driusan to fall":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-z\u0259l"
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      "mizzle",
      "sprinkle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174318",
    "type":[
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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  "droll":{
    "antonyms":[
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      "farceur",
      "funnyman",
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      "gagster",
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        "\u2014 Gwendolyn Brooks"
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      ": to make fun : jest , sport":[
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        "\u2014 Laurence Sterne"
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a droll little man with a peculiar sense of humor",
      "a book of droll stories",
      "Noun",
      "the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Diedrich Bader remains a droll delight as Sam's non-romantic soulmate, Rich, who supports Max during a major life decision. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Perna poked a wickedly droll finger in the eye of an unprecedented 1980s art-market boom, which was setting records and garnering headlines. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "His low-key swagger and distinct delivery \u2014 engagingly droll , with a slurred word sometimes playfully disrupting his sharp flow \u2014 drew listeners in to his witty wordplay. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "But the emphasis is on droll appearance and laidback energy approaching stasis, not character or dramatic development. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "But he\u2019ll be best remembered by many as the fantastically droll anchor of Weekend Update during his run on Saturday Night Live. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Naturally, not everyone is going to get along, but the relationships and rivalries never become overwhelming under the deft and droll pen of New York Times bestselling author and bookstore owner Emma Straub. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 23 May 2020",
      "Also there\u2019s Joan Cusack, having a high, droll time of it as a Pentagon official giddy at the prospect of using the memory berry for all sorts of new and fabulous projects. \u2014 cleveland , 22 May 2020",
      "Gavin\u2019s an important white guy surrounded by important white people, and Good Fight keeps approaching the acquisition with droll cynicism. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Selena Gomez thinks her sarcastic and droll Only Murders in the Building character Mabel might be infiltrating her psyche. \u2014 Gerrad Hall, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
      "Whishaw puts on a show for us viewers, too, in droll asides to the camera. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 3 June 2022",
      "The gnawing insecurities of the postfeminist male were at the heart of Force Majeure, and \u00d6stlund initially appears to be returning to that subject in a negotiation both thorny and droll as Carl is bloodlessly castrated by Yaya. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
      "Ashford\u2019s script is pleasingly detail-oriented and lightly droll on that front. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "O'Loughlin is a magnetic and highly underrated leading man, while Michaela Watkins and Melissa McCarthy threaten to steal the show with their droll supporting turns. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "The French show has drawn a cult following on Netflix over the past few years for its droll , charming portrayal of Parisian film agents and the movie stars who plague and sustain them. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Conversations with Leibowitz are droll but filled with laughter. \u2014 David Lyman, The Enquirer , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s also Doris Stevens (Nadia Dandashi, teeming with earnestness), an eager young student and writer from Ohio, and Ruza Wenclawska (a droll Hannah Cruz), the tough-as-nails Polish American factory worker and union organizer. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022"
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      "This high-concept, low-key exercise in sustained drollery is an anthology of three unrelated stories about small-town French life, framed as features in the eponymous magazine, which is published as a supplement to a Kansas newspaper. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Breasts come in for their share of drollery as well in a play that sets up two superannuated choruses, one droopily male, the other saggingly female. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "In Jacobs\u2019s previous film, The Lovers, the storytelling seemed to be going nowhere, but this film finds drollery in the disjunction between life and relationships. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "Its twists are fairly predictable, and its drollery is openly derivative of other teen hits. ... \u2014 Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2020",
      "The result might be more humane by today's standards, but earnestness saps the drollery . \u2014 Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com , 7 Apr. 2018",
      "Several of those interviews cross the line from drollery into self-enchantment. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2017",
      "Passage of Davis-Bacon brought out the drollery in Rep. William Upshaw, a Georgia Democrat. \u2014 George Will, Twin Cities , 18 June 2017",
      "Passage of Davis-Bacon brought out the drollery in Rep. William Upshaw, a Georgia Democrat. \u2014 George Will, Twin Cities , 18 June 2017"
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        "\u2014 Gwendolyn Brooks"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Diedrich Bader remains a droll delight as Sam's non-romantic soulmate, Rich, who supports Max during a major life decision. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Perna poked a wickedly droll finger in the eye of an unprecedented 1980s art-market boom, which was setting records and garnering headlines. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "His low-key swagger and distinct delivery \u2014 engagingly droll , with a slurred word sometimes playfully disrupting his sharp flow \u2014 drew listeners in to his witty wordplay. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "But the emphasis is on droll appearance and laidback energy approaching stasis, not character or dramatic development. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "But he\u2019ll be best remembered by many as the fantastically droll anchor of Weekend Update during his run on Saturday Night Live. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Naturally, not everyone is going to get along, but the relationships and rivalries never become overwhelming under the deft and droll pen of New York Times bestselling author and bookstore owner Emma Straub. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 23 May 2020",
      "Also there\u2019s Joan Cusack, having a high, droll time of it as a Pentagon official giddy at the prospect of using the memory berry for all sorts of new and fabulous projects. \u2014 cleveland , 22 May 2020",
      "Gavin\u2019s an important white guy surrounded by important white people, and Good Fight keeps approaching the acquisition with droll cynicism. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Selena Gomez thinks her sarcastic and droll Only Murders in the Building character Mabel might be infiltrating her psyche. \u2014 Gerrad Hall, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
      "Whishaw puts on a show for us viewers, too, in droll asides to the camera. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 3 June 2022",
      "The gnawing insecurities of the postfeminist male were at the heart of Force Majeure, and \u00d6stlund initially appears to be returning to that subject in a negotiation both thorny and droll as Carl is bloodlessly castrated by Yaya. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
      "Ashford\u2019s script is pleasingly detail-oriented and lightly droll on that front. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "O'Loughlin is a magnetic and highly underrated leading man, while Michaela Watkins and Melissa McCarthy threaten to steal the show with their droll supporting turns. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "The French show has drawn a cult following on Netflix over the past few years for its droll , charming portrayal of Parisian film agents and the movie stars who plague and sustain them. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Conversations with Leibowitz are droll but filled with laughter. \u2014 David Lyman, The Enquirer , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s also Doris Stevens (Nadia Dandashi, teeming with earnestness), an eager young student and writer from Ohio, and Ruza Wenclawska (a droll Hannah Cruz), the tough-as-nails Polish American factory worker and union organizer. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022"
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      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u0101n ; akin to Old High German treno drone, Greek thr\u0113nos dirge":"Noun , Verb, and Noun"
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      ": to make an effusive show of pleasure or often envious or covetous appreciation":[
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      ": to secrete saliva in anticipation of food":[
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      "Verb",
      "the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor",
      "middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age",
      "Noun",
      "He wiped the drool from the baby's face.",
      "the only thing more pathetic than the pop psychologist who gushed such drool was the public that lapped it up",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Breakfast lovers will drool over this popular delicious jam trio including Blueberry Lemon Basil, Smoked Yellow Peach, and Strawberry Chipotle & Fig flavors. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Tesla boasted a record operating profit margin of 19.2% for the quarter, a level virtually any automaker would drool at and at least comparable to the industry\u2019s best performing brands like Porsche and Ferrari. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Still, wagon enthusiasts are more likely to drool over the sporty Recharge T8 Polestar model that boasts a plug-in-hybrid powertrain with 415 horsepower and up to 22 miles of electric driving range. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Her tiered pants, fishnet tights, beaded necklines and overflowing skirts are the stuff celebrities drool over. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "As people drool over the supercool trailer for Jim Jarmusch\u2019s upcoming zombie film, The Dead Don\u2019t Die, take the chance to acquaint yourself with his early work, starting with this 1984 breakthrough, starring John Lurie and Richard Edson. \u2014 Brian Tallerico, Vulture , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "That was a huge start that just about any coach would drool over, but Gaters was frustrated. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "The test requires students to drool into individual tubes, which are then analyzed by SHIELD labs, with results coming back within 24 hours. \u2014 Megan Jones, chicagotribune.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Dad can drool over the finest Japanese beef or celebrate his special day with a 32-ounce Upper Prime Black Angus Tomahawk. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 4 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Before Selling Sunset, the Million Dollar Listing franchise was making us drool with high-end real estate in New York and Los Angeles. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "His presence would certainly make the folks at Fox Sports drool . \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "More recently, L\u2019Etoile Patisserie - which bakes drool -inducing desserts like choux a la cr\u00e8me as well as French breads and croissants \u2013 brought buzz there. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "For example, legendary French design label Herm\u00e8s\u2019 diverse throw blanket collection of colorful pieces and modern simple designs are drool -worthy. \u2014 Amina Khan, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "All fans have to do is pop the cookies in a preheated oven to get a drool -worthy dessert. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s the drool to be wiped, the slobbery feeding and sharing of utensils \u2014 and plenty of kisses. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "For example, babies often get contact dermatitis\u2014a type of eczema caused by direct contact with an irritant\u2014around their mouths because of drool or introduction to certain foods. \u2014 Jessie Van Amburg, Health.com , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "This drool -worthy ice cream sandwich recipe is the perfect solution for using up any leftover Christmas pudding in your fridge (in the unlikely event there's any dessert leftover). \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 26 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1802, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
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      "perhaps alteration of drivel":"Verb and Noun"
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      "\u02c8dr\u00fcl"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "dribble",
      "drivel",
      "salivate",
      "slaver",
      "slobber"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105240",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drooly":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": that drools : tending to drool":[
        "drooly infants"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-li",
      "-l\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165006",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of droon Scottish variant of drown"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-090915",
    "type":[]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "hang",
      "sag",
      "slack",
      "slackness"
    ],
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      ": the condition or appearance of drooping":[],
      ": to become depressed or weakened : languish":[],
      ": to hang or incline downward":[],
      ": to let droop":[],
      ": to sink gradually":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The flowers were drooping in the hot sun.",
      "Her eyelids drooped as she grew tired.",
      "The tree's branches drooped under the weight of the snow.",
      "His spirits drooped when he didn't get the job.",
      "Noun",
      "tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Regardless of the aircraft, fly too high into air that isn\u2019t dense enough to support the weight of the heli, and the rotor will droop and then stall. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2021",
      "Her riotously colorful forms swell and droop and merge in unpredictable and often joyous abandon, with occasional nods to Philip Guston, Francis Bacon, and a host of others. \u2014 Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "After a while, your eyelids get heavy and your head begins to droop , slowly at first. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The moves needed to be more defined, the fingers to point higher, the shoulders to droop more. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "My fingertips still hang off the buttons slightly, but not enough to droop or lose control over the left- and right-click buttons. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "The plant is in a 10-inch pot and has thrived, blooming every year until this spring when the leaves started to droop while still blooming. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "Summer rains do cause thinner limbs of trees, shrubs and foliage plants to droop and often remain in that position. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Her head began to droop a little farther to the left. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But also less, judging, at least, from the stupendous droop of my mouth. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Place the tree away from fireplaces, wood stoves, direct sunlight or other heat sources, because the heat will make the tree droop and might create a fire hazard. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Her works have a curious tension, full of taut sinews, often seeming to stretch and reach, or sag and droop , in ways eerily and powerfully reminiscent of the human form. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 June 2021",
      "Each character displays emotional strength and weakness, reflected in the dance, from the opening cry to the final, resigned droop of Nakamura\u2019s arm. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "But on a longer cast, just a slight bit of droop will magnify into larger and larger loops. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "Star ingredients like retinol and tripeptide concentrates treat necks that develop lines and a little droop , encouraging a sharper, more lifted neck contour. \u2014 Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "Rents must still be paid and brands advertised\u2014the poshest ones spend the best part of $1bn a year on marketing\u2014even as sales droop . \u2014 The Economist , 20 June 2020",
      "But go a little faster and the suspension starts running out of travel, until the front end is cycling through max droop and full compression as the chin spoiler detonates showers of sand across the front end. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 4 June 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1647, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English drupen , from Old Norse dr\u016bpa ; akin to Old English dropa drop":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "flag",
      "hang",
      "loll",
      "sag",
      "swag",
      "wilt"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195836",
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drooped ailerons":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": hinged trailing-edge flag-type ailerons so rigged that both right and left ailerons have a positive downward deflection of 10 to 15 degrees with the control column in the neutral position":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184305",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
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  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "hang",
      "sag",
      "slack",
      "slackness"
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      ": the condition or appearance of drooping":[],
      ": to become depressed or weakened : languish":[],
      ": to hang or incline downward":[],
      ": to let droop":[],
      ": to sink gradually":[]
    },
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      "Verb",
      "The flowers were drooping in the hot sun.",
      "Her eyelids drooped as she grew tired.",
      "The tree's branches drooped under the weight of the snow.",
      "His spirits drooped when he didn't get the job.",
      "Noun",
      "tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Regardless of the aircraft, fly too high into air that isn\u2019t dense enough to support the weight of the heli, and the rotor will droop and then stall. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2021",
      "Her riotously colorful forms swell and droop and merge in unpredictable and often joyous abandon, with occasional nods to Philip Guston, Francis Bacon, and a host of others. \u2014 Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "After a while, your eyelids get heavy and your head begins to droop , slowly at first. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The moves needed to be more defined, the fingers to point higher, the shoulders to droop more. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "My fingertips still hang off the buttons slightly, but not enough to droop or lose control over the left- and right-click buttons. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "The plant is in a 10-inch pot and has thrived, blooming every year until this spring when the leaves started to droop while still blooming. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "Summer rains do cause thinner limbs of trees, shrubs and foliage plants to droop and often remain in that position. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Her head began to droop a little farther to the left. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But also less, judging, at least, from the stupendous droop of my mouth. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Place the tree away from fireplaces, wood stoves, direct sunlight or other heat sources, because the heat will make the tree droop and might create a fire hazard. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Her works have a curious tension, full of taut sinews, often seeming to stretch and reach, or sag and droop , in ways eerily and powerfully reminiscent of the human form. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 June 2021",
      "Each character displays emotional strength and weakness, reflected in the dance, from the opening cry to the final, resigned droop of Nakamura\u2019s arm. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "But on a longer cast, just a slight bit of droop will magnify into larger and larger loops. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "Star ingredients like retinol and tripeptide concentrates treat necks that develop lines and a little droop , encouraging a sharper, more lifted neck contour. \u2014 Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "Rents must still be paid and brands advertised\u2014the poshest ones spend the best part of $1bn a year on marketing\u2014even as sales droop . \u2014 The Economist , 20 June 2020",
      "But go a little faster and the suspension starts running out of travel, until the front end is cycling through max droop and full compression as the chin spoiler detonates showers of sand across the front end. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 4 June 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1647, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English drupen , from Old Norse dr\u016bpa ; akin to Old English dropa drop":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "flag",
      "hang",
      "loll",
      "sag",
      "swag",
      "wilt"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170954",
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "droopy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unbending",
      "upright"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": drooping or tending to droop":[],
      ": gloomy":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the droopy heads of tired fans riding home on the bus",
      "a droopy stalk of celery",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many critics said the drawings made the children look ugly, with wide-set, droopy eyes. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The woman\u2019s eyelids appeared droopy , according to the report. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 15 May 2022",
      "But on the day of the dinner, an arrangement of lilies and carnations arrived, with one anemic lilac tucked in: no fragrance, droopy petals. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 May 2022",
      "Organic lumps hoisted up on pedestals are like Barbara Hepworth sculptures impossibly inflated with air, then mated with a William Turnbull monolith gone droopy . \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Divers also have found dying sea urchins with droopy spines or with their white skeletons poking through their bodies. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, ajc , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Divers also have found dying sea urchins with droopy spines or with their white skeletons poking through their bodies. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, Sun Sentinel , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Animals with this illness develop brain lesions, become emaciated, appear listless and have droopy ears, according to a news release from the DWR. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "But don\u2019t worry if the plant looks droopy or yellow; plants usually can bounce back with proper care. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fc-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "bowed",
      "bowing",
      "declined",
      "declining",
      "descendant",
      "descendent",
      "descending",
      "drooping",
      "hanging",
      "hung",
      "inclining",
      "nodding",
      "pendulous",
      "sagging",
      "stooping",
      "weeping"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075230",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "drop":{
    "antonyms":[
      "depress",
      "lower",
      "throw",
      "throw down"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a decline in quantity or quality":[
        "His income took a sudden drop .",
        "a drop in demand"
      ],
      ": a decrease in electric potential (see potential entry 2 sense 2b )":[],
      ": a dose of medicine measured by drops":[
        "eye drops for dilating the pupil of the eye"
      ],
      ": a fallen fruit":[],
      ": a hinged platform on a gallows":[],
      ": a minute quantity or degree of something nonmaterial or intangible":[
        "not a drop of meanness in her"
      ],
      ": a movable plate that covers the keyhole of a lock":[],
      ": a move back from the line of scrimmage (as in preparation for making a forward pass )":[
        "a quick drop"
      ],
      ": a part so small as to be negligible":[],
      ": a slot into which something is to be dropped":[],
      ": a small globular cookie or candy":[
        "sucking on lemon drops"
      ],
      ": a small quantity of drink":[
        "hasn't touched a drop of alcohol in three years"
      ],
      ": air-drop":[
        "drop the supplies to the medical team"
      ],
      ": as soon as the slightest provocation is given : immediately":[
        "loses her temper at the drop of a hat"
      ],
      ": discontinue":[
        "dropped what she was doing"
      ],
      ": give up sense 2 , abandon":[
        "drop an idea",
        "drop the charges"
      ],
      ": lose":[
        "dropped three games",
        "dropped $50 in a poker game"
      ],
      ": something that drops, hangs, or falls: such as":[],
      ": something that resembles a liquid drop: such as":[],
      ": spend":[
        "drop $20 for lunch"
      ],
      ": the act or an instance of dropping : fall":[
        "a sudden, short drop in an elevator"
      ],
      ": the distance from a higher to a lower level or through which something drops":[
        "It's a twenty-foot drop from the top of the fence.",
        "a steep drop"
      ],
      ": the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass":[
        "a drop of rain"
      ],
      ": the smallest practical unit of liquid measure":[],
      ": to be released to the public":[
        "His latest solo album dropped in August \u2026",
        "\u2014 Ed Rampell",
        "The second Podcast drops Nov. 14 and can be downloaded free \u2026",
        "\u2014 Langston Wertz Jr.",
        "There's also something to be said for jumping on a subscription for a month or two, say when a big, new game drops .",
        "\u2014 Adam Rosenberg"
      ],
      ": to become less":[
        "production dropped",
        "\u2014 often used with off"
      ],
      ": to become played by reason of the obligation to follow suit":[],
      ": to break off an association or connection with : dismiss":[
        "drop her old friends",
        "was dropped by his sponsors",
        "students who dropped the class"
      ],
      ": to bring down with a shot or a blow":[
        "dropped the buck with one shot",
        "dropping the world champion in the ring"
      ],
      ": to cause (the voice) to be less loud":[],
      ": to cause a cardholder to unwillingly play (a high card)":[
        "dropped her ace"
      ],
      ": to cause to lessen or decrease : reduce":[
        "dropped his speed"
      ],
      ": to cease to be of concern : lapse":[
        "let the matter drop"
      ],
      ": to deposit or deliver during a usually brief stop":[
        "\u2014 usually used with off drop the kids off at school"
      ],
      ": to descend (see descend sense 1 ) from one line or level to another":[
        "the land drops to sea level"
      ],
      ": to draw from an external point":[
        "drop a perpendicular to the line"
      ],
      ": to enter or pass as if without conscious effort of will (see will entry 2 sense 4a ) into some state, condition, or activity":[
        "dropped into sleep"
      ],
      ": to fail to keep up":[],
      ": to fall (see fall entry 1 sense 1a ) unexpectedly or suddenly":[
        "The book dropped from her hand."
      ],
      ": to fall in a state of collapse (see collapse entry 2 sense 1b ) or death":[
        "dropped from exhaustion"
      ],
      ": to fall in drops":[],
      ": to fall or roll into a hole or basket":[],
      ": to get rid of":[
        "dropped 20 pounds"
      ],
      ": to give birth to":[],
      ": to inform authorities (such as the police) of another's wrongdoing":[],
      ": to leave (a letter representing a speech sound) unsounded":[
        "drop the g in running"
      ],
      ": to leave out in writing : omit":[
        "accidentally dropped a whole line"
      ],
      ": to let fall : cause to fall":[
        "dropped the ball",
        "dropping bombs on the city"
      ],
      ": to lower or cause to descend from one level or position to another":[
        "drop the hem two inches",
        "drop the water level"
      ],
      ": to make a mistake especially by failing to take timely, effective, or proper action":[],
      ": to move with a favoring wind or current":[
        "\u2014 usually used with down We dropped down the harbor."
      ],
      ": to pass from view or notice : disappear":[
        "\u2014 often used with out drop out of sight"
      ],
      ": to take (a drug) orally : swallow":[
        "drop acid"
      ],
      ": to toss or roll into a hole or basket":[
        "drop a putt"
      ],
      ": to utter or mention in a casual way":[
        "drop a suggestion",
        "drop names"
      ],
      ": write":[
        "drop us a line soon"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He squeezed the bottle until a few drops came out.",
      "She doesn't have a single drop of selfishness in her.",
      "The poet wrings the last drop of meaning from every word.",
      "Verb",
      "Be careful not to drop the chair on your foot.",
      "She dropped the apple core into the trash can.",
      "They dropped bombs on the city.",
      "He dropped the vase and it shattered into pieces.",
      "The player dropped the ball.",
      "The pen rolled to the edge of the table and dropped to the floor.",
      "The book dropped from my hand.",
      "The ball dropped between the right and center fielders.",
      "She was so tired she felt she would drop .",
      "He worked until he dropped .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Developing one\u2019s skills is crucial to being able to keep up when things and people can change at the drop of a hat. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Overall, the survey showed a drop of nearly 40% in the teen vaping rate as many kids were forced to learn from home during the pandemic. \u2014 Matthew Perrone And Tom Murphy, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "The 1,704 total cases represent a drop of 2,512 or nearly 60 percent, from those reported last week, according to data published by the state. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Overall, the survey showed a drop of nearly 40% in the teen vaping rate as many kids were forced to learn from home during the pandemic. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, ajc , 23 June 2022",
      "Overall, the survey showed a drop of nearly 40% in the teen vaping rate as many kids were forced to learn from home during the pandemic. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
      "Overall, the survey showed a drop of nearly 40% in the teen vaping rate as many kids were forced to learn from home during the pandemic. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Chron , 23 June 2022",
      "Every last drop of high-performance oil has not yet been squeezed out yonder. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
      "Remove the top of your clear polish and set aside, then position the brush of your pigmented polish over the top of your clear polish bottle; add a sizable drop of color into the clear bottle. \u2014 Austa Somvichian-clausen, Glamour , 21 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Drizzy announced the album six hours before its midnight drop with no single or rollout in sight. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
      "Bank of America analysts believe sales will drop another 20% this quarter. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 28 June 2022",
      "The new season premiers Aug. 19 and will drop two episodes each week, culminating in an epic finale on Sept. 9, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 28 June 2022",
      "That said, Apple has also dropped many pre-2017 models from the support lists for iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, too\u2014this follows three years where Apple didn't drop support for any iPhones or iPads. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
      "Even with Friday\u2019s selling most of the averages did not drop below their 20 day EMAs or the new monthly pivots. \u2014 Tom Aspray, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "But, Stephan said, Ruiz\u2019s perception in the moment was reasonable because Calva didn\u2019t drop the weapon. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "After winning the sectional with a 6-1, 6-1 win over his other teammate, Chika Nwaozuzu, Pomeranets did not drop a game until the district semifinal. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
      "Best Buy\u2019s first-quarter sales didn\u2019t drop as much as Wall Street had expected, but profits came in below some expectations. \u2014 Charity L. Scott, WSJ , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English dropa ; akin to Old High German tropfo drop":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bead",
      "blob",
      "driblet",
      "drip",
      "droplet",
      "glob",
      "globule"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112146",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drop (off)":{
    "antonyms":[
      "boost",
      "enlargement",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "increment",
      "raise",
      "rise",
      "step-up",
      "uptick"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a marked dwindling or decline":[
        "a drop-off in attendance"
      ],
      ": a very steep or perpendicular descent":[],
      ": the act or an instance of making a usually brief deposit or delivery":[
        "drop-off points along the route"
      ],
      ": to fall asleep":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1812, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02cc\u022ff",
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4p-\u02c8\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abatement",
      "decline",
      "decrease",
      "decrement",
      "dent",
      "depletion",
      "depression",
      "diminishment",
      "diminution",
      "drop",
      "fall",
      "falloff",
      "loss",
      "reduction",
      "shrinkage",
      "step-down"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054354",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drop a clanger":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make a very bad or embarrassing mistake":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124421",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "drop back":{
    "antonyms":[
      "advance"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": retreat":[],
      ": to move straight back from the line of scrimmage":[
        "the quarterback drops back to pass"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "back away",
      "fall back",
      "pull out",
      "recede",
      "retire",
      "retreat",
      "withdraw"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204439",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drop by":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to pay a brief casual visit":[],
      ": to visit casually or unexpectedly":[
        "drop by a friend's house"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1905, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "call",
      "come by",
      "come over",
      "drop in",
      "pop (in)",
      "run (over)",
      "run in",
      "step in",
      "stop (by ",
      "visit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023623",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "drop chalk":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": prepared chalk":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
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      ": a protective sheet (such as of cloth or plastic) used especially by painters to cover floors and furniture":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Shut off the power to outlets, and remove the cover plates. Protect the countertop by layering cardboard over a heavy canvas drop cloth . \u2014 Sal Vaglica, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
      "Make the Ornaments Protect a work surface with a drop cloth or paper. \u2014 Kim Hutchison, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "But that principle of displacement is a truth of all modernist art, where shifts in practice come from seeing in the margins of an activity\u2014like the spattered paint on a drop cloth \u2014the possibilities of something central. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "Lay down newspaper or a drop cloth to make sure the paint doesn't trickle down to your floor. \u2014 Tamara Gane, Southern Living , 17 Mar. 2021",
      "First, lay a drop cloth under the brick wall and tape it down to prevent tripping. \u2014 Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "Protect your work surface with a drop cloth or towels. \u2014 Mallory Abreu, Better Homes & Gardens , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "Next, clean the dust off the rack with your paintbrush and prepare your work area for painting by spreading a drop cloth , old newspapers, or cardboard to protect the floors and walls from any potential splatters. \u2014 Popular Science , 8 Jan. 2021",
      "Spread a drop cloth onto the floor and use painter\u2019s tape to secure it to the baseboard molding. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2020"
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        "The cookies sink a little as they cool, developing the wonderfully wrinkled, slightly crinkled and craggy appearance that is the hallmark of a proper drop cookie .",
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      "noun"
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      ": a stage curtain that can be lowered and raised":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Then in the 1960s and \u201970s, as the women\u2019s movement gained momentum, some symphony director had the idea of putting auditioning musicians behind a drop curtain . \u2014 Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Sep. 2020",
      "The stage was covered by a drop curtain that had a painting of the burning steamboat Bulletin No. 2, a disaster survived by young Church and his white father and master, Captian Charles B. Church. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 20 Feb. 2018"
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      "1832, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": an elbow made with ears or lugs for attachment to a wall and used for joining pipes":[]
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      "noun"
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      ": to stop what one is doing":[
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140200",
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      ": a hinged cover on the front of a desk that may be lowered to provide a surface for writing":[]
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      "1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124035",
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      "noun"
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      ": a goal that is made by dropping the ball to the ground and kicking it as it begins to bounce back up":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122925",
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      "noun"
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      "Verb",
      "drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
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      "1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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      "verb"
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      "to make a social call upon as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt"
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      ": to say the names of famous people one knows to try to impress others":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122924",
    "type":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130557",
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      "idiom"
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      ": to look down":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183851",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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      ": a game in which one player runs behind the other players as they stand in a circle and drops a handkerchief behind one of them who then must pick up the handkerchief and run around the circle after the first player and try to tag, catch, or kiss the first player before he or she gets to the vacant place in the circle left by the second player":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115443",
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114110",
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      "idiom"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Once the helicopter reaches the drop zone , players will drop down into the water, swim to the puzzle station, and recreate the pattern. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Symmetrical built-ins on both sides of the arched doorway provide a mudroom-type drop zone in this high-traffic area. \u2014 Katy Kiick Condon And Leila Nichols, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 June 2022",
      "The Beck Lake Bike Park and Trail System, which offers plenty of beginner and intermediate terrain, is known for its jump lines, drop zone , and pump track. \u2014 Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
      "The incident happened in Raeford, according to WRAL, which is about 8 miles from a drop zone in the area. \u2014 Steve Almasy, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "One week ago she was driven to a drop zone for a 6.2-mile hike across the Polish border and a flight from Warsaw to Frankfort to Las Vegas to San Francisco where her niece met her. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Leeds is 16th in the EPL table, two points above the drop zone . \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Newcastle was also looking to add more players to ensure its first season under Saudi ownership does not end in relegation, with the team currently in the drop zone . \u2014 Rob Harris, ajc , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Randy Smith, a first officer with Alaska Airlines and friend of Caldwell\u2019s, has been volunteering to work the drop zone for two years. \u2014 Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Oct. 2021"
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      "circa 1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123846",
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    "antonyms":[
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      "uncomely",
      "uncute",
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      "unlovely",
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      "unpretty",
      "unsightly"
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      ": sensationally striking, attractive, or impressive":[
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02c8ded"
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      "esthetical",
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      "likely",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230941",
    "type":[
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      "adverb"
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      ": a date by which something must be done or finished : a deadline that must be met":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054013",
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      ": pull-down":[
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1984, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a list of choices that appears on a computer screen when a person clicks on the menu's title":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003613",
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      "noun"
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  "drop-forge":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to forge between dies by means of a drop hammer or punch press":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112714",
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      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[
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      "come over",
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      "step in",
      "stop (by ",
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      "Verb",
      "drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "visitor"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182556",
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      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[
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      "gain",
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      "Verb",
      "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1812, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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      "drop",
      "fall",
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      "shrinkage",
      "step-down"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232907",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": to ship (goods) from a manufacturer or wholesaler directly to a customer instead of to the retailer who took the order":[],
      ": to ship goods from a supplier directly to a customer":[]
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      "1926, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122656",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": to give (something) to someone suddenly even though he or she did not want it or expect it":[
        "Another major problem was dumped into her lap ."
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064725",
    "type":[
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      ": to come to a person suddenly in an unexpected way even though he or she did not try to get it":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193006",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185621",
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    "antonyms":[],
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      "Droplets of water collected on the windows.",
      "there were only a few droplets left in the canteen",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tiny amounts of virus, about 10 microns \u2013 the amount in a single droplet someone sneezes or coughs \u2013 can make someone sick. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The first will be a CBD droplet for home baking, projected for release by June. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Goodsell showed me some recent paintings: a particle of the coronavirus trapped in a respiratory droplet ; a closeup of the flagellar motor of E. coli. \u2014 James Somers, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "These were in the days prior to masks, distancing, vaccines, and the knowledge that this virus is spread both as a droplet and airborne contaminant. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Welcome to the coronavirus Games, where parents and fans were banned, masks were mandatory indoors and out and even couples like Dahlqvist and Bolger had to stay at respiratory droplet -safe distances. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "This air pocket acted as insulation, levitating each droplet and keeping it liquid for longer. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "If the old drill sergeant came here, he would very likely be given a microdose, a meditation cushion, a lesson on droplet transmission and a talk about toxic masculinity. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
      "In silence, with a shared pain and delight, the two of us could spend whole minutes watching a droplet trickle down the other side of the pane. \u2014 Artem Chapeye, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1607, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4-pl\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-l\u0259t"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bead",
      "blob",
      "driblet",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "glob",
      "globule"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174248",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "dropline":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a newspaper headline employing lines of equal length with each lower line indented a consistent number of spaces more than the line above":[],
      ": handline sense 1c":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130355",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      "Noun",
      "The program is designed for dropouts who wish to get high school equivalency certificates.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That\u2019s why massive open online courses had such a high dropout rate initially. \u2014 Joe Didonato, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Clay is also a felon (for selling narcotics), a college dropout , and has psychiatric and physical health problems. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
      "Wilson praised Carol Johnson, the BPS superintendent from 2007-2013, in her episode for lowering the dropout out rates by about 40 percent, setting achievement standards by grade levels, and bringing in the Boston Debate League during her tenure. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "College dropout Austin Lucas noticed something while working at a small-town mobile phone repair shop. \u2014 Brendan Nystedt, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The Stanford dropout and Theranos founder defrauded investors and endangered the health of patients by making false claims about her blood-testing technology. \u2014 Diane Garrett, Variety , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The lone dropout this week is Florida, edged by a single poll point by Georgia Tech for the 25th spot. \u2014 Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Most strikingly, 26 percent of lesbians reported at least one dropout period, compared with 15 percent of heterosexual females. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "So Earl Thomas, dentistry dropout and classical casualty, became Earl Thomas the soul stylist. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Feb. 2022"
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      "1875, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": designed to extend or begin lower than normal":[
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      "a dress with a dropped waist",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The game became more competitive after the first delay, but the Irish couldn\u2019t overcome a litany of mistakes: three interceptions, two lost fumbles, one missed field goal and a handful of dropped passes. \u2014 Tyler James, Indianapolis Star , 2 May 2020",
      "Diffuse impact Problems are likely to range from dropped connections to slow downloads or loss of video feeds. \u2014 Scott Moritz, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "This can often result in a delay in sound between the two ears, stuttering audio, or a dropped connection. \u2014 Boone Ashworth, Wired , 6 Jan. 2020",
      "In the Miami cases whose resolutions could be determined, about a third ended up with dropped charges or acquittals, a rate that is on par for NFL criminal cases in other cities. \u2014 Alan Gomez, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2020",
      "That dichotomy, and a host of dropped passes and uncharacteristic penalties, prompted questions about rust after the game. \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2020",
      "The dropped charges included felony drug possession, trespassing and resisting arrest for allegedly biting the officer, police said. \u2014 Taylor Romine, CNN , 6 Dec. 2019",
      "Gruden said the conditions were not an excuse, though the rain did appear to have an effect in the form of dropped passes and missed tackles. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com , 24 Nov. 2019",
      "Sunday\u2019s setback \u2014 filled with dropped passes and botched field goals and missed opportunities and more postgame agitation \u2014 was the Bears\u2019 fifth loss in their last six games. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 18 Nov. 2019"
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      "1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": the shoulder line of a garment extended beyond the top of the upper arm":[]
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      "noun"
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      ": a short glass or plastic tube fitted with a rubber bulb and used to measure liquids by drops":[],
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      "He put drops in his eyes with a dropper .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its creamy consistency is easy to apply thanks to the dropper application. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 22 June 2022",
      "My own preference is a 140-millimeter-travel 29er with 2.6-inch tires, 820-millimeter handlebars, and a long-travel dropper post. \u2014 John Watson, Outside Online , 18 June 2022",
      "In each 1 ml eye dropper , 30ml bottle of Full-Spectrum CBD tincture contains 50 mg. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "Each bottle contains 30 mL of oil, while each dropper delivers approximately 0.25 mL of oil. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Use a dropper to add in blue water, and when the clouds get saturated \u2014 blue rain. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
      "Like a facial in a dropper , this luxuriously lightweight oil is formulated with a combination of shelf-stable vitamin C, squalene, and chios crystal and rose oils, which all work together to intensely hydrate, brighten, and firm skin at once. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
      "Between the thin consistency and dropper applicator, things can get a little messy, so be mindful of runaway drips. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
      "To nourish him, nurses sometimes held a dropper in his mouth. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022"
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      "circa 1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "\u02c8dr\u00e4-p\u0259r",
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      "noun"
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      "the dropping of an act from the talent show should bring it in on time",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Citrus canker can cause the premature dropping of leaves and fruit on citrus trees, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. \u2014 J. Scott Trubey, ajc , 14 June 2022",
      "The sudden dropping of mask regulations on public transportation comes just weeks before the current mandate was set to expire on May 3. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "However, the dropping of the warning comes with stipulations. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The fixation on the dramatic events of his presidency \u2014 the tight 1948 election, his standoff with Gen. Douglas MacArthur over Korea, and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan \u2014 has masked some of Truman\u2019s worst attributes. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Dickinson season three is a gradual dropping of the defenses into the emotion that\u2019s underneath. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "The only thing dropping is state and local government debt by 3%. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
      "But for women who have undergone operations, the risk of their birth control method\u2019s efficacy dropping is far higher, according to anesthetics who gave a presentation recently at the European Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care in Milan. \u2014 Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Flow also provided me with an easy way to send files across my devices by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113915",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To find something positive amidst much dross \u2014 Mamoudou Athie and Dina Shihabi make for able horror leads in this series. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Many of the things left at the sorry corner are manifestly ugly or useless, yet it should not be assumed that this always represents the true dross , that all the promising stuff was taken. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Many of the things left at the sorry corner are manifestly ugly or useless, yet it should not be assumed that this always represents the true dross , that all the promising stuff was taken. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Many of the things left at the sorry corner are manifestly ugly or useless, yet it should not be assumed that this always represents the true dross , that all the promising stuff was taken. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Many of the things left at the sorry corner are manifestly ugly or useless, yet it should not be assumed that this always represents the true dross , that all the promising stuff was taken. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Even a drunk Don Draper would be embarrassed to pitch such meaningless dross . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "The dross is the part where Jesus turns to address the poor man directly, like a real person instead of a prop for conjectural argument, and heals his hand. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "From the days of the Gold Rush and the earliest years of statehood, visitors to California have noticed dross mixed with the glitter. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 24 Dec. 2020"
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English dros , from Old English dr\u014ds dregs":""
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      "The drought caused serious damage to crops.",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The causes are myriad: drought and flooding, and the interruption of supply chains triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in China. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
      "But amid drought and warming temperatures - conditions favored by the insects - outbreaks across the West have worsened. \u2014 CBS News , 27 June 2022",
      "While the past two years have put a damper on July 4th fireworks shows, this year brings a new set of challenges with persistent drought , strong winds, and extreme heat across many regions of the country, potentially impacting millions of people. \u2014 Jim Foerster, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Thompson squandered a two-stroke lead with three holes to play at Congressional, extending a victory drought that dates to 2019. \u2014 Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
      "Drought resistant/ drought tolerant plant, it was sold as a rock garden plant. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 27 June 2022",
      "But as drought persists, water managers have taken an increasing interest in the rain that falls over Arizona and New Mexico in the summer due to the monsoon, a seasonal climate pattern. \u2014 Maddie Stone, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "Giancarlo Stanton ended a historic hitless drought for New York with a one-out homer in the seventh inning, and DJ LeMahieu followed with a tying two-run drive in the eighth. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
      "In open session, the council introduced an ordinance on emergency water management requirements for drought watch conditions. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022"
    ],
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u016bgath , from dr\u016bgian to dry up; akin to Old English dr\u0233ge dry \u2014 more at dry":""
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      "The causes are myriad: drought and flooding, and the interruption of supply chains triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in China. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
      "But amid drought and warming temperatures - conditions favored by the insects - outbreaks across the West have worsened. \u2014 CBS News , 27 June 2022",
      "While the past two years have put a damper on July 4th fireworks shows, this year brings a new set of challenges with persistent drought , strong winds, and extreme heat across many regions of the country, potentially impacting millions of people. \u2014 Jim Foerster, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Thompson squandered a two-stroke lead with three holes to play at Congressional, extending a victory drought that dates to 2019. \u2014 Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
      "Drought resistant/ drought tolerant plant, it was sold as a rock garden plant. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 27 June 2022",
      "But as drought persists, water managers have taken an increasing interest in the rain that falls over Arizona and New Mexico in the summer due to the monsoon, a seasonal climate pattern. \u2014 Maddie Stone, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "Giancarlo Stanton ended a historic hitless drought for New York with a one-out homer in the seventh inning, and DJ LeMahieu followed with a tying two-run drive in the eighth. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
      "In open session, the council introduced an ordinance on emergency water management requirements for drought watch conditions. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022"
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u016bgath , from dr\u016bgian to dry up; akin to Old English dr\u0233ge dry \u2014 more at dry":""
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      "The drought caused serious damage to crops.",
      "a period of drought that lasted several years",
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      "The causes are myriad: drought and flooding, and the interruption of supply chains triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in China. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
      "But amid drought and warming temperatures - conditions favored by the insects - outbreaks across the West have worsened. \u2014 CBS News , 27 June 2022",
      "While the past two years have put a damper on July 4th fireworks shows, this year brings a new set of challenges with persistent drought , strong winds, and extreme heat across many regions of the country, potentially impacting millions of people. \u2014 Jim Foerster, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Thompson squandered a two-stroke lead with three holes to play at Congressional, extending a victory drought that dates to 2019. \u2014 Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
      "Drought resistant/ drought tolerant plant, it was sold as a rock garden plant. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 27 June 2022",
      "But as drought persists, water managers have taken an increasing interest in the rain that falls over Arizona and New Mexico in the summer due to the monsoon, a seasonal climate pattern. \u2014 Maddie Stone, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "Giancarlo Stanton ended a historic hitless drought for New York with a one-out homer in the seventh inning, and DJ LeMahieu followed with a tying two-run drive in the eighth. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
      "In open session, the council introduced an ordinance on emergency water management requirements for drought watch conditions. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022"
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Just last month, an 18-year-old drove over 200 miles, and killed 10 Black shoppers and injured three others, at a supermarket in Buffalo. \u2014 Musadiq Bidar, CBS News , 9 June 2022",
      "His infield single in the seventh drove in Mookie Betts to extend the Dodgers' lead to 5-1. \u2014 Joe Reedy, ajc , 4 June 2022",
      "And in the third, Mateo\u2019s single drove in Santander, who had reached on a second straight double. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 19 May 2022",
      "James Clemens beat East Limestone 1-0 on Monday, breaking up the 2-hit shutout with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Parker\u2019s single drove in Francisco Ramirez. \u2014 al , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Northside scored its final run in the fifth when Rollans' single drove in Eli Calderera, who was a courtesy runner after Frazier had tripled. \u2014 Henry Apple, Arkansas Online , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "His two-run single drove in Baltimore\u2019s first two runs. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 1 May 2022",
      "Bayshore Christian walks one off Cole Dean\u2019s two-out double off the wall in the bottom of the seventh drove in the winning run as Class 1A No. 1 Bayshore Christian defeated Cottage Hill Christian 4-3. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Bloop hits to right and left field in the sixth drove in runs, cutting the Sox lead to 3-2. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u0101f , from dr\u012bfan to drive \u2014 more at drive":"Noun"
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      "bike",
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      "mass",
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      "press",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202253",
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      "noun"
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        "was drowned in homework"
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        "drowning in paperwork"
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      "Four people drowned in the flood.",
      "She fell in the river and drowned .",
      "She claims that he tried to drown her.",
      "He tried to drown himself.",
      "The river overflowed, drowning whole villages.",
      "The food was drowned in sauce.",
      "The loud music drowned the sound of their conversation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Real quick 3 Arizona police officers on leave after watching man drown in lake. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "An estimated 1,000 children drown every year in the United States, Dawne Gardner, an injury prevention specialist at Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center, said. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
      "This disparity was greatest at ages 11 and 12 years, when Black kids drown in swimming pools at 10 times the rate of white children. \u2014 Ernie Suggs, ajc , 25 May 2022",
      "Alayne Katz also said her sister called her one day, hysterically crying, because Bierenbaum tried to drown her cat in the toilet of their Upper East Side apartment. \u2014 Joseph Rhee, ABC News , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "There are plenty of people in this country making huge salaries while still managing to drown in debt. \u2014 David Rae, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Catastrophic flooding caused New Yorkers to drown in their own homes, while flash flooding inundates refugee camps in South Sudan. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit And Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Anger seemed particularly palpable in Queens, where 12 people perished as water gushed into subterranean spaces, leaving residents to drown in their own homes. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "Articles about shark attacks will sometimes mention that a person is more likely to die in a car accident on the way to the beach, or to have a heart attack on the beach, or to drown in the ocean, than to be killed by a shark. \u2014 Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker , 25 Aug. 2021"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
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      "deluge",
      "engulf",
      "flood",
      "gulf",
      "inundate",
      "overflow",
      "overwhelm",
      "submerge",
      "submerse",
      "swamp"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035603",
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      "verb"
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      "idiom"
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      "transitive verb"
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      "Definition of drownd nonstandard variant of drown"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-162924",
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      ": deeply in debt":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182411",
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      "idiom"
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      ": a technique for staying afloat in water for an extended period with minimum effort by using one's natural buoyancy":[]
    },
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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      "\u02c8drau\u0307n\u00a6pr\u00fcfi\u014b"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033919",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": to pass (time) drowsily or in drowsing":[]
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      "Verb",
      "picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree",
      "Noun",
      "was just falling into a drowse when you called",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Stars lounged and drowsed : Muhammad Ali with a newspaper, Peter Cook in his old mac on a lilo in a Hollywood pool. \u2014 The Economist , 21 Nov. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The wealthy suburb of Phoenix drowses in the heat of the Sonoran Desert, sprinkled with luxury resorts catering to snowbirds in what Arizonans call the Valley of the Sun. \u2014 Lynette Rice, EW.com , 26 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1573, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1796, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably akin to Goth driusan to fall \u2014 more at dreary":"Verb"
    },
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      "\u02c8drau\u0307z"
    ],
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      "catnap",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071707",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      "-z\u0113\u02cched"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093431",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
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      "wakeful",
      "wide-awake"
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      ": giving the appearance of peaceful inactivity":[
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      ": indolent , lethargic":[
        "drowsy bureaucrats"
      ],
      ": inducing or tending to induce sleep":[
        "drowsy music"
      ],
      ": ready to fall asleep":[
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      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We spent a drowsy afternoon by the pool.",
      "the drowsy students shuffled into the first-period class",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The advent of these wonder drugs, in particular the non- drowsy antihistamine tablets, have been revolutionary. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Bad poll numbers and a collapsing domestic and international situation have excited the typically drowsy president into action. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 4 June 2022",
      "Antihistamines can be combined with decongestant tablets, like pseudoephedrine, which also have a non- drowsy antihistamine. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Washington, sporting a salt-and-pepper beard and an appropriately drowsy gaze, is an elder Macbeth, playing him as a warrior in his twilight years, better days supposedly behind him. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "One of the great advancements was the development of non- drowsy antihistamine drugs. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "SenseTime is one of China\u2019s largest artificial intelligence companies, pairing cameras and software algorithms for uses that include identity verification and monitoring whether a driver is drowsy or distracted. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Allen and Hensrud say there are numerous factors as to why people feel drowsy after a Thanksgiving dinner. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Cars already know how to park themselves, warn drowsy drivers, steer back into the right lanes and propose map routes to destinations. \u2014 Yuri Kageyama, chicagotribune.com , 15 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see drowse entry 1":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
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      "sleepy",
      "slumberous",
      "slumbrous",
      "somnolent"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100931",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": drum , stamp":[],
      ": to beat severely":[],
      ": to berate critically":[],
      ": to defeat decisively":[]
    },
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      "a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene",
      "we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This isn\u2019t the first time Kansas completely morphed in the second half this tournament, having trailed Miami (Fla.) by six in the first half of the Sweet 16 and then coming back to drub the Hurricanes by 26. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The Trojans might have found something during Williams\u2019 first game as coach, as USC scored 38 second-half point to drub Washington State. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Baylor inched one step closer to cutting down the nets as the best team in the sport, riding Butler's hot shooting to drub Houston 78-59 and reach the men's national championship game. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2021",
      "Kevin Brown gives up five runs on five hits in the second inning and the San Francisco Giants go on to drub the Dodgers 9-2 on opening day. \u2014 John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "Some Fox personalities quickly drubbed Mr. Barr for crossing the president. \u2014 Katie Benner, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "The Scots have responded by beating Samoa 34-0 and then drubbing Russia, with 95 points scored and none conceded in their last two games. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Oct. 2019",
      "Oregon baseball avoided a four-game sweep in Hawaii by drubbing the host Warriors in Sunday\u2019s series finale. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "The man who drubbed him and his painful left shoulder out of the Open \u2013 6-4, 7-5, 2-1 (retired) - was Stan Wawrinka, one of the toughest, hardest-hitting, big-hearted competitors in the sport \u2013 and one of the most talented, too. \u2014 Wayne Coffey, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from Arabic \u1e0daraba":""
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      "\u02c8dr\u0259b"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022137",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": drum , stamp":[],
      ": to beat severely":[],
      ": to berate critically":[],
      ": to defeat decisively":[]
    },
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      "a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene",
      "we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This isn\u2019t the first time Kansas completely morphed in the second half this tournament, having trailed Miami (Fla.) by six in the first half of the Sweet 16 and then coming back to drub the Hurricanes by 26. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The Trojans might have found something during Williams\u2019 first game as coach, as USC scored 38 second-half point to drub Washington State. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Baylor inched one step closer to cutting down the nets as the best team in the sport, riding Butler's hot shooting to drub Houston 78-59 and reach the men's national championship game. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2021",
      "Kevin Brown gives up five runs on five hits in the second inning and the San Francisco Giants go on to drub the Dodgers 9-2 on opening day. \u2014 John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "Some Fox personalities quickly drubbed Mr. Barr for crossing the president. \u2014 Katie Benner, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "The Scots have responded by beating Samoa 34-0 and then drubbing Russia, with 95 points scored and none conceded in their last two games. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Oct. 2019",
      "Oregon baseball avoided a four-game sweep in Hawaii by drubbing the host Warriors in Sunday\u2019s series finale. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "The man who drubbed him and his painful left shoulder out of the Open \u2013 6-4, 7-5, 2-1 (retired) - was Stan Wawrinka, one of the toughest, hardest-hitting, big-hearted competitors in the sport \u2013 and one of the most talented, too. \u2014 Wayne Coffey, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from Arabic \u1e0daraba":""
    },
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      "bung up",
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      "do",
      "fib",
      "flog",
      "hammer",
      "hide",
      "lace",
      "lambaste",
      "lambast",
      "lash",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111408",
    "type":[
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    "antonyms":[
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      ": one who is obliged to do menial work":[],
      ": one whose work is routine and boring":[],
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      ": to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work":[]
    },
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      "Verb",
      "factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks",
      "Noun",
      "She was tired of working as an office drudge .",
      "worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While the House drudged through a partisan back-and-forth, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate hatched a deal. \u2014 Andrew Oxford, azcentral , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "As ambitious Jim heads east, \u00c1ntonia is a disgraced, unmarried mother drudging on the farm for a churlish brother. \u2014 Robert Garnett, WSJ , 14 Sep. 2018",
      "So spare a thought on Tuesday for the half-million teenagers drudging through derivatives. \u2014 James Markarian, WSJ , 14 May 2018",
      "While drudging through hateful comments can definitely make a negative impact on your mental health, reading kind comments out loud could act as an antidote. \u2014 Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue , 20 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Samuel Johnson used similar language\u2014harmless drudge \u2014to describe the lexicographer who compiles a dictionary. \u2014 Alexandra Horowitz, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "As any power-walker, commuter or chore drudge could tell you, the podcast is the multitasker\u2019s best friend. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "It\u2019s a Cinderella story, minus everything but the drudge and the stepmother. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Chances are, you\u2019ve been told to do all your high-level creative tasks in the morning and to save the boring drudge work (like answering emails) until later in the day. \u2014 Pia Silva, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "This type of automation can also lead to a better employee experience as drudge work slides off their plates. \u2014 Gil Allouche, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
      "His subsequent doldrums include encounters with the Greys, conformist drudges who dress in black and white and often plod around with their eyes glued to their phones. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 July 2019",
      "Buy Photo Is automation destroying familiar jobs, reducing drudge work, collecting more information than anyone expected, and opening opportunities? \u2014 Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com , 2 July 2018",
      "Sure, a competent operating person would be nice, to offload some of the drudge work. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English druggen":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259j"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bang away",
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      "moil",
      "peg (away)",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222359",
    "type":[
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      "verb"
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  },
  "drudger":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dogsbody",
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      "Verb",
      "factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks",
      "Noun",
      "She was tired of working as an office drudge .",
      "worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While the House drudged through a partisan back-and-forth, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate hatched a deal. \u2014 Andrew Oxford, azcentral , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "As ambitious Jim heads east, \u00c1ntonia is a disgraced, unmarried mother drudging on the farm for a churlish brother. \u2014 Robert Garnett, WSJ , 14 Sep. 2018",
      "So spare a thought on Tuesday for the half-million teenagers drudging through derivatives. \u2014 James Markarian, WSJ , 14 May 2018",
      "While drudging through hateful comments can definitely make a negative impact on your mental health, reading kind comments out loud could act as an antidote. \u2014 Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue , 20 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Samuel Johnson used similar language\u2014harmless drudge \u2014to describe the lexicographer who compiles a dictionary. \u2014 Alexandra Horowitz, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "As any power-walker, commuter or chore drudge could tell you, the podcast is the multitasker\u2019s best friend. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "It\u2019s a Cinderella story, minus everything but the drudge and the stepmother. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Chances are, you\u2019ve been told to do all your high-level creative tasks in the morning and to save the boring drudge work (like answering emails) until later in the day. \u2014 Pia Silva, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "This type of automation can also lead to a better employee experience as drudge work slides off their plates. \u2014 Gil Allouche, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
      "His subsequent doldrums include encounters with the Greys, conformist drudges who dress in black and white and often plod around with their eyes glued to their phones. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 July 2019",
      "Buy Photo Is automation destroying familiar jobs, reducing drudge work, collecting more information than anyone expected, and opening opportunities? \u2014 Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com , 2 July 2018",
      "Sure, a competent operating person would be nice, to offload some of the drudge work. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2018"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045428",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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      "engaging",
      "engrossing",
      "gripping",
      "interesting",
      "intriguing",
      "involving",
      "riveting"
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      "the hours of drudging effort that went into straightening out the company's books"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1548, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "\u02c8dr\u0259-ji\u014b"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "monotonous",
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      "ponderous",
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      "stale",
      "stodgy",
      "stuffy",
      "stupid",
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      "tiresome",
      "tiring",
      "uninteresting",
      "wearisome",
      "weary",
      "wearying"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042305",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a commodity that is not salable or for which there is no demand (see demand entry 1 sense 3a )":[
        "\u2014 used in the phrase drug on the market"
      ],
      ": a substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device":[],
      ": a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease":[
        "prescription drugs",
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      ": a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication":[],
      ": a substance used in dyeing or chemical operations":[],
      ": something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation (see habituation sense 2b ), or a marked change in consciousness":[
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        "heroin and other hard drugs"
      ],
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      ": to lull or stupefy as if with a drug":[
        "the kind of overly familiar music that delights most audiences and drugs most critics",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ],
      ": to take drugs for narcotic effect":[]
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      "Noun",
      "a new drug used to treat people with high blood pressure",
      "an experimental drug for the treatment of AIDS",
      "Have you ever taken any illegal drugs ?",
      "I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs .",
      "Verb",
      "He looks like he's been drugged .",
      "Someone could have drugged your drink.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The drug charges carry a potential 10-year sentence. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
      "Arrested at the Moscow airport in February on drug charges, Griner has regular phone contact with her Russian lawyers, the official said, but U.S. consular personnel have not seen her since May 19. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Laura King And Tracy Wilkinson, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
      "These drug charges include conspiracy to supply cocaine and amphetamine. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 22 June 2022",
      "Griner was detained in Russia on drug charges in February when hashish oil was allegedly discovered in her luggage when entering the country to play there during the WNBA\u2019s off-season. \u2014 Marisa Dellatto, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Drug raids at two Leeds homes led to the arrests of two people on drug charges, and a third for obstructing government operations. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
      "In October 2021, Fetty Wap was apprehended at hip-hop fest Rolling Loud \u2014 also held at Citi Field \u2014 on federal drug charges. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 12 June 2022",
      "The suspects, both are in their 20s and were wanted for felony drug charges. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
      "The Barry County Sheriff's Office said in Facebook posts that the men, two of whom were booked on drug charges and the other on a stealing charge, broke out of jail overnight. \u2014 Will Mcduffie, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Linda Joy Traitz, a former waitress at a restaurant owned in part by Cosby, wrote a long Facebook post accusing him of trying to drug her in the early '70s. \u2014 Chris Francescani, ABC News , 30 June 2021",
      "Huntsville police drug their feet in working with the committee. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "One chapter was about a profoundly disabled man who tried and then tried again to starve himself to death\u2014until finally, at his rabid insistence, his mother agreed to drug him and hold a plastic bag over his head. \u2014 Katie Engelhart, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2021",
      "The famed comedian\u2019s first trial, on charges of drugging and assaulting one woman, ended with a hung jury in June 2017. \u2014 Deanna Paul, WSJ , 22 Jan. 2020",
      "Another consultant delivered similar findings in early 2013, although his credibility was undermined when he was accused of drugging and assaulting several women in Portland. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2020",
      "Shortly after Garrison left the company, an employee named Mary Ann Olszewski sued Bloomberg LP in 1996, alleging that she was drugged and raped by her supervisor. \u2014 Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Feb. 2020",
      "Prosecutors have called to the stand five other women who said Cosby drugged and assaulted them, too. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2018",
      "Prosecutors have called to the stand five other women who said Cosby drugged and assaulted them, too. \u2014 Tyler Mccarthy, Fox News , 16 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun",
      "1667, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English drogge":"Noun and Verb"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259g"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cure",
      "medicament",
      "medication",
      "medicinal",
      "medicine",
      "pharmaceutical",
      "physic",
      "remedy",
      "specific"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043022",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "nonaddict",
      "nonuser"
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      ": a person who habitually uses drugs":[],
      ": associated with, affected by, or suggestive of drugs or drug use":[
        "They pass around a joint and exchange druggy mumbles. Another night to get bored, get stoned.",
        "\u2014 Richard Corliss",
        "Combining the revelry of disco and the disorientation of psychedelia , rave music tends to be brazenly druggy , in both its sound and its lyrical allusions.",
        "\u2014 Simon Reynolds"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "To coming back and being mentally out, a druggie and an alcoholic\u2014all of the rest of the stuff\u2014I\u2019m not ashamed of it. \u2014 Josh Katzowitz, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The Factory was a porous, chaotic arena for scene-making, drawing in exhibitionists, druggies , socialites, rock stars, movie stars, Ivy Leaguers and, most critically, journalists. \u2014 Stephen Metcalf, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "Blake Lively stars as a druggie prostitute whose family was lost in a plane crash. \u2014 Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com , 8 Feb. 2020",
      "With the murder finally solved \u2014 Emmett was killed during a grocery store hold-up by a druggie robber \u2014 Bassett says a huge weight will be lifted off of her character\u2019s shoulders and her heart. \u2014 Rosy Cordero, EW.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "Burroughs\u2019 connection with Smith feels deeper, beyond druggie antics and glam personae, partly because she was drawn to him as a man, not just as an idol. \u2014 Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle , 29 June 2019",
      "Burroughs\u2019s connection with Patti Smith feels deeper, beyond druggie antics and glam personae, partly because she was drawn to him as a man, not just as an idol. \u2014 Alexander C. Kafka, Washington Post , 21 June 2019",
      "She\u2019s interrupted by the arrival of two hard-core druggie brothers who proceed to cook up an appalling batch of low-rent meth. \u2014 Jean Thompson, New York Times , 27 Apr. 2018",
      "It\u2019s participants were scorned as troublemakers and druggies . \u2014 Jacob Feldman, SI.com , 2 July 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1966, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-g\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "addict",
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      "doper",
      "fiend",
      "freak",
      "head",
      "hophead",
      "hype",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "stoner",
      "user"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085503",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a person who habitually uses drugs":[],
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        "They pass around a joint and exchange druggy mumbles. Another night to get bored, get stoned.",
        "\u2014 Richard Corliss",
        "Combining the revelry of disco and the disorientation of psychedelia , rave music tends to be brazenly druggy , in both its sound and its lyrical allusions.",
        "\u2014 Simon Reynolds"
      ]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1583, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-g\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190450",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
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      ": a cylindrical machine or mechanical device or part":[],
      ": a disk-shaped magazine for an automatic weapon":[],
      ": a long narrow hill or ridge":[],
      ": a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow shell or cylinder with a drumhead stretched over one or both ends that is beaten with the hands or with some implement (such as a stick or wire brush)":[],
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      ": to dismiss ignominiously : expel":[
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      ": to produce (rhythmic sounds) by such action":[],
      ": to stir up interest : solicit":[],
      ": to strike or tap repeatedly":[],
      ": to summon or enlist by or as if by beating a drum":[
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      ": to throb or sound rhythmically":[],
      ": tympanic membrane":[]
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      "Verb",
      "She drummed while he played the guitar.",
      "Her fingers drummed nervously on the table.",
      "He was nervously drumming a pencil on the desk."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1582, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1732, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Scottish Gaelic druim back, ridge, from Old Irish druimm":"Noun",
      "probably from Dutch trom ; akin to Middle High German trumme drum":"Noun"
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      "\u02c8dr\u0259m"
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    "synonyms":[
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      "cannister",
      "tin"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081955",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211531",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a rapid method of stuffing a leather by rotating it in a heated drum until warm, adding liquid grease to the drum, and then rotating again for a short time":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081711",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an electric switch in which the connecting parts are held by spring pressure against contact surfaces in a revolving cylinder or sector":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200037",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a round-topped table supported on a central pedestal with a deep apron often containing drawers":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014744",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": invent , originate":[
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      ": to bring about by persistent effort":[
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      ]
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    "examples":[
      "anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "excogitate",
      "fabricate",
      "invent",
      "make up",
      "manufacture",
      "think (up)",
      "trump up",
      "vamp (up)"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105948",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
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  "drum washer":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a drum for washing paper pulp":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064405",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drum winding":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an armature winding in which the coils are arranged upon the outer surface of a cylinder with those under consecutive poles being united by end connections":[
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      ]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012002",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to fasten (as fabric) to another material by drawing taut and securing at the edges":[],
      ": to flatten and dry out (pasted or wet materials) by fastening clamps or weights to the edges":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005032",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": drumfire sense 2":[],
      ": vociferous advocacy of a cause":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I could hear the drumbeat of a parade down the street.",
      "a dizzying drumbeat of interviews in the hours following her winning of the Academy Award",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Democratic strategists argued that such a massive change in the legal landscape will trigger a drumbeat of news coverage as states adapt to the new legal realities, keeping the issue front of mind for a sustained period. \u2014 Annie Linskey, Colby Itkowitz, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
      "Initiated by police officers, school officials and panicked family members, the Suffolk County cases sounded a drumbeat of domestic mayhem and potential disaster. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "Beijing, meantime, has rolled a steady drumbeat of tightening measures in recent weeks that have prompted a small number of residents to flee the city and many others to restock their pantries. \u2014 Jonathan Cheng, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
      "But a drumbeat of humiliation for Russia could further sow discord inside the military, political and intelligence elites. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Happy to take up that drumbeat , though, is Kemp's challenger David Perdue, a former senator who lost to Jon Ossoff but who has embraced a MAGA-edge in his campaigning to return to office. \u2014 Isabella Murray, ABC News , 24 May 2022",
      "Against the drumbeat of violence in Northern Ireland, author Audrey Magee juxtaposes an exploration of art, language, and love. \u2014 Staff, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 May 2022",
      "But the drumbeat to defund the police has been drowned out by the reality of rising crime rates in cities around the country. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "In a video uploaded to YouTube by a concert attendee, Arroyo is seen having some banter with frontman Eddie Vedder before the whole band helps him get started on the drumbeat . \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m-\u02ccb\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "barrage",
      "blitz",
      "blitzkrieg",
      "bombardment",
      "cannonade",
      "drumfire",
      "flurry",
      "fusillade",
      "hail",
      "salvo",
      "shower",
      "storm",
      "volley"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071603",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drumfire":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": artillery firing so continuous as to sound like a drumroll":[],
      ": something suggestive of drumfire in intensity : barrage":[
        "a drumfire of publicity"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a rising drumfire of criticism for the president's latest nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "barrage",
      "blitz",
      "blitzkrieg",
      "bombardment",
      "cannonade",
      "drumbeat",
      "flurry",
      "fusillade",
      "hail",
      "salvo",
      "shower",
      "storm",
      "volley"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092000",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drumstick":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stick for beating a drum":[],
      ": the segment of a fowl's leg between the thigh and tarsus":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The town also used to decorate him for every holiday: a pair of cupid\u2019s wings for Valentine\u2019s Day, light-up bunny ears for Easter and a massive drumstick for Thanksgiving. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
      "Tsukune, ground chicken formed in the shape of a drumstick and served with an egg yolk for dipping, is exceptional. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Arrange veal, beef and pork on 6 skewers; pressing pieces of meat closely together forming the shape of a drumstick . \u2014 Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "Kelbie didn't complete his quest to break 21 records but still holds titles for most drumstick flips in one minute, fastest time to build a 10-toilet-roll pyramid, longest duration spinning a basketball on the nose and 10 others. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "To get the rushed snare of the beats from the as-yet-unreleased Fantastic, Vol. 2, Questlove trained himself to let his drumstick fall on the snare just slightly too soon after the kick drum. \u2014 Dan Charnas, Rolling Stone , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "But the biggest prep: Stan spent months learning to play the drums, Tommy Lee style, complete with the drumstick twirl. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "The 96-cent drumstick was a last-minute addition to an online order her daughter had placed just two hours before. \u2014 David Marcelis, WSJ , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "Collins has said a spinal injury and a long roster of other physical ailments have left him barely able to even hold a drumstick . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccstik",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m-\u02ccstik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130840",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drumstick tree":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an East Indian tree ( Cassia fistula ) having pods whose pulp is used medicinally":[
        "\u2014 see cassia fistula"
      ],
      ": horseradish tree sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "so called from the shape of the pods":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220336",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "drungar":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a military commander":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin drungarius , from Late Latin drungus body of soldiers (of Germanic origin; akin to Old English thrang crowd, throng) + Latin -arius -ary, -ar":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104620",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "alcoholic",
      "alkie",
      "alky",
      "boozehound",
      "boozer",
      "dipsomaniac",
      "drinker",
      "drunkard",
      "inebriate",
      "juicehead",
      "juicer",
      "lush",
      "rummy",
      "soak",
      "soaker",
      "sot",
      "souse",
      "tippler",
      "toper",
      "tosspot"
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    "definitions":{
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      ": dominated by an intense feeling":[
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      ],
      ": having a level of alcohol in the blood that exceeds a maximum prescribed by law":[
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      ": having the faculties impaired by alcohol":[],
      ": relating to, caused by, or characterized by intoxication : drunken":[
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "I don't like being around drunk people.",
      "She was so drunk that she could barely walk.",
      "I was drunk and couldn't think straight.",
      "We got drunk on wine.",
      "Noun",
      "you can't trust anything that old drunk says",
      "after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "That\u2019s when the witness confronted the driver, who appeared to be drunk . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
      "The last sips of wine were drunk at a speed that would have made Dionysus proud. \u2014 Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
      "Giuliani on Tuesday challenged Miller's testimony and denied being drunk on election night at the White House. \u2014 Jonathan Karl, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
      "Indeed, the Talmud spends page after page restricting the circumstances in which the waters are drunk . \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
      "And because Miranda has been drinking too much in general, and is drunk during the scene, and because Che is high, those factors added more layers of nuance. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 3 June 2022",
      "The social aspect of coffee drinking in Saudi Arabia is held dearly, with decorum dictating how coffee should be drunk and which hand it should be poured with. \u2014 Hadas Gold And Abeer Salman, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "The man failed sobriety testing and was found to have a blood-alcohol content of .228, well over the state minimum for drunk driving of .08. \u2014 cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "That hasn\u2019t deterred Barden in his mission to make gun violence socially and culturally unacceptable, like drunk driving or not wearing a seatbelt; to try, unceasingly, to protect other children and families. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The preliminary hearing on the felony drunk -driving charges faced by former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was supposed to occur on Thursday in Las Vegas. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 12 June 2022",
      "Facing felony drunk -driving charges, former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is not currently subject to electronic monitoring, according to court records. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
      "On average, 28 people are killed in drunk -driving crashes every day in the U.S., according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "An outspoken conservative of the 1970s, Martha Mitchell was characterized as a brash, crazy drunk with a wild imagination. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The man had stumbled into the bar drunk and carrying a tumbler of alcohol. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "For an actor, there\u2019s an obvious showboat appeal to playing a serious out-of-control drunk . \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "What could be better for an aspiring writer \u2014 or a budding drunk ? \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Consuming too much tea can make one relax and feel light-headed: tea drunk . \u2014 Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English drunke , alteration of drunken":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "besotted",
      "blasted",
      "blind",
      "blitzed",
      "blotto",
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      "loaded",
      "looped",
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      "pickled",
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      "soused",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073812",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who is habitually drunk":[]
    },
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      "Her father was a drunkard .",
      "accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Irish tell a story about a notorious drunkard and trickster named Jack. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Oct. 2021",
      "In several, his character died as a frustrated lover and a drunkard . \u2014 Ashok Sharma, USA TODAY , 7 July 2021",
      "In several, his character died as a frustrated lover and a drunkard . \u2014 Ashok Sharma, ajc , 7 July 2021",
      "The Duke is a louche drunkard , trying to drown out his family\u2019s brutal legacy. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 4 May 2021",
      "Imagine a drunkard stumbling around a room and bouncing off the walls. \u2014 Kenneth Chang, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
      "The mansion is a masterclass in Korean modernism, made by a and filled with , with a manicured green lawn and hedges to keep the world\u2014and its unwieldy drunkards \u2014out. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 8 Feb. 2020",
      "Kudos to those who refused to kowtow to the fears that drunkards might declare the tree to be their own private Everest. \u2014 al , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "Does this mean that the calculation for the drunkard \u2019s walk doesn\u2019t work on a rectangular grid? \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 Sep. 2016"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259rd"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "alcoholic",
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      "drunk",
      "inebriate",
      "juicehead",
      "juicer",
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      "rummy",
      "soak",
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      "sot",
      "souse",
      "tippler",
      "toper",
      "tosspot"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233110",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      "sober",
      "straight"
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      ": drunk sense 1":[
        "a drunken driver"
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      ": of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication":[
        "they come from \u2026 broken homes, drunken homes",
        "\u2014 P. B. Gilliam"
      ],
      ": resulting from or as if from intoxication":[
        "a drunken brawl"
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      ": saturated with liquid":[],
      ": unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The streets were filled with drunken revelers on New Year's Eve.",
      "He lives in an apartment with his drunken mother.",
      "He fell into a drunken stupor.",
      "A drunken brawl broke out at the bar.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The prosecutor also said Cripe had a 2000 arrest for drunken driving in Nevada. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
      "Jondi Lopez-Celestino, 30, of Joliet, was arrested and accused of drunken driving May 21 at U.S. 30 and Interstate 80, police said. \u2014 Daily Southtown Staff, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill this week that would require drunken drivers convicted of killing anyone with children to pay child support, in a first for a U.S. state. \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "In Troy, where patrol officers receive advanced training for detecting impaired drivers, police arrested six drunken drivers on just one recent night in January. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That includes drunken drivers or those with criminal intent. \u2014 Fox News , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "The study had found that 100 of the 222 bars, restaurants and other businesses serving alcohol within the court\u2019s jurisdiction had produced 249 drunken drivers since September of 1982. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 July 2021",
      "Troopers from each of the agency\u2019s 11 barracks will be on the lookout for drunken drivers during roving patrols from Thursday through Monday nights, state police said. \u2014 Christine Dempsey, courant.com , 27 May 2021",
      "Hell, this is a league that has given second, third and fourth chances to accused murderers, wife beaters, dog killers, drug addicts and drunken drivers who\u2019ve killed people. \u2014 Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com , 22 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English druncen , from past participle of drincan to drink":""
    },
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      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "besotted",
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      "blind",
      "blitzed",
      "blotto",
      "bombed",
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      "cockeyed",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110311",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
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      ": of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication":[
        "they come from \u2026 broken homes, drunken homes",
        "\u2014 P. B. Gilliam"
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      ": unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication":[]
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      "The streets were filled with drunken revelers on New Year's Eve.",
      "He lives in an apartment with his drunken mother.",
      "He fell into a drunken stupor.",
      "A drunken brawl broke out at the bar.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The prosecutor also said Cripe had a 2000 arrest for drunken driving in Nevada. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
      "Jondi Lopez-Celestino, 30, of Joliet, was arrested and accused of drunken driving May 21 at U.S. 30 and Interstate 80, police said. \u2014 Daily Southtown Staff, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill this week that would require drunken drivers convicted of killing anyone with children to pay child support, in a first for a U.S. state. \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "In Troy, where patrol officers receive advanced training for detecting impaired drivers, police arrested six drunken drivers on just one recent night in January. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That includes drunken drivers or those with criminal intent. \u2014 Fox News , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "The study had found that 100 of the 222 bars, restaurants and other businesses serving alcohol within the court\u2019s jurisdiction had produced 249 drunken drivers since September of 1982. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 July 2021",
      "Troopers from each of the agency\u2019s 11 barracks will be on the lookout for drunken drivers during roving patrols from Thursday through Monday nights, state police said. \u2014 Christine Dempsey, courant.com , 27 May 2021",
      "Hell, this is a league that has given second, third and fourth chances to accused murderers, wife beaters, dog killers, drug addicts and drunken drivers who\u2019ve killed people. \u2014 Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com , 22 May 2021"
    ],
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English druncen , from past participle of drincan to drink":""
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      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n"
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      "besotted",
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      "blind",
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      "blotto",
      "bombed",
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      "crocked",
      "drunk",
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      "lit",
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      "loaded",
      "looped",
      "oiled",
      "pickled",
      "pie-eyed",
      "plastered",
      "potted",
      "ripped",
      "sloshed",
      "smashed",
      "sottish",
      "soused",
      "sozzled",
      "squiffed",
      "squiffy",
      "stewed",
      "stiff",
      "stinking",
      "stoned",
      "tanked",
      "tiddly",
      "tight",
      "tipsy",
      "wasted",
      "wet",
      "wiped out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184939",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "druthers":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": free choice : preference":[
        "\u2014 used especially in the phrase if one had one's druthers"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Someone has to pay, and if businesses have their druthers that someone is someone else. \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 14 July 2021",
      "If Peter DeBoer had his druthers , the Vegas Golden Knights coach would roll his regular four lines and rely on his team's depth to score. \u2014 Randy Johnson, Star Tribune , 18 May 2021",
      "Given their druthers , the Spurs would prefer to enter any kind of extra game soaring instead of sliding. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 5 May 2021",
      "Given their druthers , at least a couple of his should-be peers bound for Atlanta would just as soon skip it all, too. \u2014 Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1870, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "druther , alteration of would rather":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259rz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "alternative",
      "choice",
      "discretion",
      "election",
      "liberty",
      "option",
      "pick",
      "preference",
      "selection",
      "volition",
      "way"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163017",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "parch",
      "scorch",
      "sear"
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      ": anhydrous":[],
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      ": containing no recoverable hydrocarbon (such as gasoline )":[],
      ": dealing in dry goods or other nonperishable items":[
        "After breakfast, we head to the wet market along Graham Street in Hong Kong. The wet market sells foodstuffs; the adjacent dry market offers clothes, shoes, and other retail items.",
        "\u2014 Rudy Maxa"
      ],
      ": devoid of natural moisture":[
        "My throat was dry .",
        "dry leaves"
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      ": devoid of running water":[
        "a dry ravine"
      ],
      ": free or relatively free from a liquid and especially water":[
        "Mix the dry ingredients first.",
        "as dry as a bone"
      ],
      ": functioning without lubrication":[
        "a dry clutch"
      ],
      ": having all or most sugar fermented to alcohol":[
        "a dry wine",
        "dry beer"
      ],
      ": having no personal bias or emotional concern":[
        "the dry light of reason"
      ],
      ": involving no bloodshed or drowning":[
        "I would fain die a dry death",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": lacking embellishment : plain":[],
      ": lacking freshness : stale":[],
      ": lacking precipitation or humidity":[
        "a dry climate"
      ],
      ": lacking smooth sound qualities":[
        "a dry rasping voice"
      ],
      ": lacking sweetness : sec":[
        "dry champagne"
      ],
      ": marked by matter-of-fact , ironic, or terse manner of expression":[
        "a dry wit",
        "has a very dry sense of humor"
      ],
      ": marked by the absence of alcoholic beverages":[
        "a dry party"
      ],
      ": marked by the absence or scantiness of secretions":[
        "a dry cough"
      ],
      ": no longer sticky or damp":[
        "The paint isn't dry yet."
      ],
      ": not being in or under water":[
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      ],
      ": not giving milk":[
        "a dry cow"
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      ": not shedding or accompanied by tears":[
        "a dry sob"
      ],
      ": not showing or communicating warmth, enthusiasm, or tender feeling : severe":[
        "a dry style of painting"
      ],
      ": not yielding what is expected or desired : unproductive":[
        "a writer going through a dry spell"
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      ": prohibiting the manufacture or distribution of alcoholic beverages":[
        "a dry county"
      ],
      ": prohibitionist":[],
      ": reduced to powder or flakes : dehydrated":[
        "dry milk"
      ],
      ": requiring no liquid in preparation or operation":[
        "a dry photocopying process"
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      ": reserved , aloof":[],
      ": served or eaten without butter or margarine":[
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      ": solid as opposed to liquid":[
        "dry groceries"
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      ": the condition of being dry (see dry entry 1 ) : dryness":[],
      ": to become dry":[
        "waiting for the paint to dry"
      ],
      ": to make dry (see dry entry 1 )":[
        "drying her hair"
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      ": wearisome , uninteresting":[
        "dry passages of description",
        "a dry lecturer"
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Mix the dry ingredients first, then add the milk and eggs.",
      "the dry heat of the desert",
      "We tried to stay dry in the rain by standing under a tree.",
      "The stream is bone dry .",
      "Are the clothes dry yet?",
      "The paint should be dry in a few hours.",
      "a stretch of dry weather",
      "a country with a very dry climate",
      "This plant does well in dry conditions.",
      "The chicken was dry and tasteless.",
      "Verb",
      "I'll wash the dishes if you dry them.",
      "Make sure you dry your hands.",
      "He dried himself with the towel.",
      "Stop crying and dry your eyes.",
      "I'll wash and you dry , okay?",
      "Your shirt is drying on the clothesline.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "In the West, fire danger will be high Saturday through Monday due to dry and windy conditions expected in Nevada, Arizona and Utah. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 1 July 2022",
      "The air that will arrive Sunday and Monday is unusually dry for July. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
      "Severe drought across the southwestern US has created dry and fire-prone conditions. \u2014 Monica Garrett, CNN , 30 June 2022",
      "Shaping the hair dry in its undisturbed curly state will ensure the layers land where they are meant to. \u2014 Parizaad Khan Sethi, Allure , 30 June 2022",
      "Grip levels were impressive, too, with our sample car's Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires finding huge adhesion in both dry and wet conditions. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 29 June 2022",
      "Garnier makes several shampoo bars, including the Oat Delicacy, designed for fine hair, and Honey Treasure, best for dry and damaged hair. \u2014 Annie Burdick, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
      "Try not to allow your stainless steel appliances to air dry after cleaning. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
      "The six-day shutdown pushed some consumers to stockpile gas, leaving many pumps dry . \u2014 David Uberti, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "This is no small feat as our experts' strands cover a wide range, from oily to dry , thin to coarse and unprocessed to bleached. \u2014 Chiara Butler, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
      "The early morning is the best time to water, so the leaves can dry in the sun. \u2014 Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Follow the steps below to clean the area, and give the spot time to dry , too, in order to make sure nothing looks funny or discolored later. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
      "This harsh ingredient can dry the skin and harm the scalp and hair follicles. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "Coming in at 30 by 60 inches, these towels are generously sized, which several reviewers praise; dry off after a dip in the pool or use one to cover a hot pool lounger before kicking back to relax. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, PEOPLE.com , 12 June 2022",
      "Prime the cut edges, and be sure to leave that \u00bc-inch gap, so the lower edge of the original siding can dry . \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
      "The washable polyester uppers dry quickly, as does the EVA insole, and an anti-odor treatment helps fend off foul smells after a long day wandering in the sun. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
      "To be safe, dry your clothes on high heat for at least 10 minutes if possible. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 20 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "This hair dryer by BaByliss features nano titanium technology to help give your hair a quick dry and a long-lasting sleek finish. \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, Travel + Leisure , 21 June 2022",
      "The two didn\u2019t spend much time in dry -dock, however. \u2014 Gary Graff, cleveland , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Hanson\u2019s 3 from the wing got ASU\u2019s offense up and going again following a three-minute dry spell where ASU shot 0-for-4 from the field, making way for Loville to her first of three 3-pointers. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Gordon Chevrolet in Garden City delivered its first 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV to a customer last week \u2014 after an eight-month dry spell. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Pat the chicken dry and season both sides with salt and pepper. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Keeping the pan dry will keep the steel construction of the spring rust-free and working its sprightly best. \u2014 Erin Mcdowell, Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "In Arizona, the leaders of the Colorado River Indian Tribes have also been leaving some of their farmland dry in a similar deal. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Still, one of the greatest benefits of spending time around other couples, especially as someone going through a romantic dry spell, is the ability to observe\u2014and even learn from\u2014their relationships yourself. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 10 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u0233ge ; akin to Old High German truckan dry, Old English dr\u0113ahnian to drain":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "arid",
      "droughty",
      "sere",
      "sear",
      "thirsty",
      "waterless"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225723",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dry measure":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a series of units of capacity for dry commodities \u2014 see Metric System Table , Weights and Measures Table":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Especially when measuring flour, accuracy is important, so using only dry measuring cups\u2014or better yet, weighing on a scale\u2014is key. \u2014 Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit , 19 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1638, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130746",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dry nurse":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a woman who takes care of but does not breastfeed another woman's baby":[],
      ": to give unnecessary supervision to":[],
      ": to take care of but not breastfeed (another woman's baby) : to act as a dry nurse to":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "after years of being a dry nurse to other women's children, she longed to have a child of her own"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1598, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)dr\u012b-\u02c8n\u0259rs"
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      "babysitter",
      "nanny",
      "nannie",
      "nurse",
      "nursemaid",
      "nurser",
      "sitter"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224403",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a practice exercise : rehearsal , trial":[],
      ": a practice firing without ammunition":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We did a dry run of the experiment.",
      "After several dry runs , she was ready to give the speech.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After finishing a run, there\u2019s nothing better than opening the cooler and sipping on a tasty beverage to replenish yourself after a hot, dry run . \u2014 Outside Online , 13 May 2022",
      "The league is getting into the full Vegas vibe and considers this a dry run for the Super Bowl here in early 2024. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The last presidential election was a dry run for the next. \u2014 J. Michael Luttig, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The trailer adds a few more wrinkles: The participants will spend three weeks living with new people, kind of like a dry run for life with someone else. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Conducting a dry run of your crisis response plan is an excellent way to find the gaps in your plan of action. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "At the August start of the reconciliation process, the Senate did a dry run of a vote-a-rama. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Auto dealers staged a dry run for the auto show\u2019s outdoor portion last summer. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "George Miller, then the welfare director in neighboring Nevada, volunteered to do a dry run for Reagan, proposing to purge his smaller state\u2019s welfare rolls of alleged welfare cheats. \u2014 Eli Hager, ProPublica , 30 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonyms":[
      "practice",
      "practise",
      "rehearsal",
      "trial"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052552",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "speak",
      "talk"
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      ": to cut off the supply of":[],
      ": to disappear as if by evaporation, draining, or cutting off of a source of supply":[],
      ": to stop talking":[],
      ": to wither or die through gradual loss of vitality":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "More and more Alaskans need help with food as prices spike at the gas pump and on grocery shelves, while pandemic relief dollars dry up , local providers say. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
      "Facebook, more specifically local Facebook mom groups, have become a resource for parents struggling to find baby formula as supply chain issues and a major manufacturer recall dry up the supply on store shelves. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 24 May 2022",
      "Turner stipulated that as soon as the one-time funds dry up , council members will have to find alternate funding sources. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The cycle is interrupted when policymakers intervene, spurring investors to become cautious and causing the flow of money into housing to dry up . \u2014 Anna Bahney, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The weeklong curbs on both manufacturing and shipping in Shenzhen present bad news\u2014for supply chains that are still struggling to return to pre-pandemic performance, and for prices, which will rise as product supplies temporarily dry up . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Simply put, more houses and subdivisions means more groundwater pumping from the aquifers, which could, in theory, lead to some of the wells that pump from the aquifer to dry up . \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Lithium and other metals used for electric batteries are often mined near indigenous lands, and mining operations contaminate or dry up water, hurt biodiversity and damage sacred land. \u2014 Genevieve Glatsky, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
      "Migratory birds and freshwater fish are suffering as rivers and wetlands dry up . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "belt up",
      "clam up",
      "dummy up",
      "hush",
      "pipe down",
      "quiet (down)",
      "shut up"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204144",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
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  "dry-erase board":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": whiteboard":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The team has worked independently, occasionally meeting in Mr. Sapin\u2019s studio to plot on a big dry-erase board . \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Instead, Manger said, police negotiators communicated with Roseberry using a dry-erase board . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2021",
      "At both ends of the floor \u2014 and independent of what can be drawn on a dry-erase board \u2014 Woodson needs players who can think on their feet and adjust as necessary. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Aug. 2021",
      "Whether in a classroom or the halls of Congress, a dry-erase board can help simplify even the most complicated topics. \u2014 New York Times , 13 July 2021",
      "Larry Krauck awoke in a strange hospital, the date written on a dry-erase board in his room: Dec. 12, 2020. \u2014 Josh Wingrove, Fortune , 7 July 2021",
      "On a dry-erase board in the health department, employees track how long the health command has been fighting COVID-19. \u2014 Time , 29 June 2021",
      "Allure: At what point did working on a skin-care formula find its spot on that dry-erase board ? \u2014 Victoria Kirby, Allure , 5 Mar. 2021",
      "The whiteboard or dry-erase board has been a staple for coaches in huddles almost as long as basketball has existed. \u2014 Chris Hine, Star Tribune , 3 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1983, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111243",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "dryad":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a spirit that lives in the forest : wood nymph , fairy":[
        "For the Greek all of nature was instinct with life \u2026 Every tree had its dryad , and the oak was sacred to Zeus, the olive to Athene, the bay to Apollo, the myrtle to Aphrodite, the poplar to Heracles.",
        "\u2014 World Religions",
        "\u2026 a sunrise stroll with a dryad in a dew-drenched forest \u2026",
        "\u2014 Edith Wharton"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "dryads were said to live within trees, their lives ending when the life of the tree ended",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Players will start out controlling a centaur with a whip as their dungeon manager, but eventually a dryad enchantress and monkey engineer can also be unlocked, with each master necessitating various styles of gameplay. \u2014 Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online , 24 May 2021",
      "The taste is close to water, only water as if just rained down and sipped from a blossom, with a delicate, attenuated sweetness: what a dryad might live on. \u2014 Ligaya Mishan, New York Times , 22 Feb. 2018",
      "Isaac, the dryad Lena Greenwood, and the fire-spider Smudge lead the efforts to uncover the mystery. \u2014 John Booth, WIRED , 7 Aug. 2012"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin dryad-, dryas , from Greek, from drys tree \u2014 more at tree entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccad",
      "\u02c8dr\u012b-\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "hamadryad",
      "naiad",
      "nymph",
      "oread",
      "wood nymph"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083838",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small genus of arctic and alpine tufted plants (family Rosaceae) with simple leaves and white or yellow solitary flowers":[],
      ": any plant of the genus Dryas":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012b\u0259s"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084003",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": boring":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012b-\u0259z-\u02ccd\u0259st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084241",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a device for drying":[],
      ": a substance that accelerates drying (as of oils, paints, and printing inks)":[],
      ": something that extracts or absorbs moisture":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104857",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "drop a stitch":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to let a loop fall off a knitting needle":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141907"
  },
  "dropped egg":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a poached egg":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1824, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142130"
  },
  "drawing pin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": thumbtack":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142353"
  },
  "drive under the influence":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
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      ": to drive while drunk":[
        "He was arrested for driving under the influence ."
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143032"
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  "drivetrain":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv-\u02cctr\u0101n"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That relatively reasonable price tag buys you Shimano\u2019s Deore 12-speed drivetrain , two-piston Deore brakes, and a Fox 34 Performance Elite fork, none of which needs an upgrade out of the box. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "The race car\u2019s 80 kwh battery and inverter spit 908 volts\u2014just 92 shy of the international motorsport safety limit\u2014and much of the drivetrain is cooled by a proprietary oil system developed on Porsche\u2019s Le Mans\u2013winning 919 prototype. \u2014 Sam Smith, Robb Report , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "There's also a Q50 Red Sport 400 with the 400-hp version of that same drivetrain . \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Finished in the original color scheme of Silver Birch complemented by red Connolly hides, this desirable Vantage-spec DB6 Sports Saloon retains its matching-numbers drivetrain . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
      "Limited to 1250 units worldwide, the Sport Classic shares its engine with the Turbo, but not its drivetrain or transmission. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The hybrid drivetrain is obviously there to give Ferrari\u2019s cars a chance to persist in the wake of ever more stringent environmental regulations. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 26 June 2021",
      "So far, neither Shimano nor SRAM has managed to combine small steps between gears in a wide range on a single-ring drivetrain . \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 18 May 2020",
      "That realization is reflected in the 2023 Sportage, which benefits from an aggressive makeover to its exterior styling, interior design, and drivetrain technology, including the first-ever hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of the Kia Sportage. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1938, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143105"
  },
  "drop shot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a delicately hit shot (as in tennis or squash) that drops quickly after crossing the net or dies after hitting a wall":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the third set, Alcaraz again used the forehand drop shot to hold for a 3-2 lead. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "Pegula tried a drop shot , and Swiatek ran to it, reaching out to flip the ball over the net at an impossible angle. \u2014 Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "If Ruud dried a drop shot , odds are a relentless Nadal would bull-charge towards the net to smack it past his opponent. \u2014 Sean Gregory, Time , 5 June 2022",
      "Michael Chang, who won the French Open in 1989 at 17, came with his daughter, Lani, who displayed an awfully familiar-looking drop shot and buried her nose in a Rick Riordan novel on the shuttle bus between the courts and the hotel. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
      "On his serve, though, the 6-foot-11 American closed to 4-3, hitting winners on a drop shot and a forehand. \u2014 Beth Harris, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Nadal's drop shot caught Kyrgios by surprise and the Australian let loose with an F-bomb during the point. \u2014 Beth Harris, ajc , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Opelka held after three deuces when Nadal netted a forehand chasing the American's drop shot to force the second tiebreaker. \u2014 Beth Harris, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "But Fenwick somehow staved off elimination by surviving three match points, tying the set at 24-24 before notching the final two points on an attack error and a Hafer drop shot . \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 5 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1908, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143139"
  },
  "Driesch":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Hans Adolf Eduard 1867\u20131941 German biologist and philosopher":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113sh"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143144"
  },
  "drop glass":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": dropper , pipette":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143323"
  },
  "drop a bombshell":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to surprise everyone":[
        "She dropped a bombshell when she said she wouldn't run for reelection."
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143520"
  },
  "drop hammer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a power hammer raised and then released to drop (as on metal resting on an anvil or die)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1864, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143646"
  },
  "drop shipper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a wholesaler who deals in drop shipments":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143834"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to annoy or bother someone very much":[
        "That noise is driving me out of my mind !"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144357"
  },
  "drive a wedge between":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause disagreement or anger between (people who had been friendly before)":[
        "A fight over their parents' estate drove a wedge between the brothers."
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145257"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the sharp edge of a drivepipe":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145441"
  },
  "drawing press":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a punch press that performs a drawing and cutting operation (as in forming hollow vessels from sheet metal)":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145508"
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  "drop off":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a very steep or perpendicular descent":[],
      ": a marked dwindling or decline":[
        "a drop-off in attendance"
      ],
      ": the act or an instance of making a usually brief deposit or delivery":[
        "drop-off points along the route"
      ],
      ": to fall asleep":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4p-\u02c8\u022ff",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02cc\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abatement",
      "decline",
      "decrease",
      "decrement",
      "dent",
      "depletion",
      "depression",
      "diminishment",
      "diminution",
      "drop",
      "fall",
      "falloff",
      "loss",
      "reduction",
      "shrinkage",
      "step-down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "boost",
      "enlargement",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "increment",
      "raise",
      "rise",
      "step-up",
      "uptick"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1812, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145550"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to frighten or prod (game, cattle, etc.) into moving in a desired direction":[
        "drive cattle across the prairie"
      ],
      ": to go through (an area) driving game animals":[
        "drive the other side of the mountain"
      ],
      ": to carry on or through energetically":[
        "drives a hard bargain"
      ],
      ": to impart a forward motion to by physical force":[
        "Waves drove the boat ashore.",
        "drive the nail into the beam"
      ],
      ": to repulse , remove, or cause to go by force, authority, or influence":[
        "drive the enemy back"
      ],
      ": to set or keep in motion or operation":[
        "drive machinery by electricity"
      ],
      ": to move quickly and forcefully down or along":[
        "drive the lane",
        "drive the baseline"
      ],
      ": to direct the motions and course of (a draft animal)":[
        "drive an ox"
      ],
      ": to operate the mechanism and controls and direct the course of (a vehicle)":[
        "drive a car"
      ],
      ": to convey in a vehicle":[
        "His father drove me home."
      ],
      ": to float (logs) down a stream":[],
      ": to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : force":[
        "driven by his passions"
      ],
      ": to compel to undergo or suffer a change (as in situation or emotional state)":[
        "drove him crazy",
        "drove her out of business"
      ],
      ": to urge relentlessly to continuous exertion":[
        "the sergeant drove his recruits"
      ],
      ": to press or force into an activity, course, or direction":[
        "The drug habit drives addicts to steal."
      ],
      ": to project, inject, or impress incisively":[
        "drove her point home"
      ],
      ": to force (a passage) by pressing or digging":[
        "drive a tunnel"
      ],
      ": to propel (an object of play) swiftly or forcefully":[
        "drove a long fly ball to the warning track"
      ],
      ": to cause (a run or runner) to be scored (see score entry 2 sense 4a(2) )":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in drove him in with a single"
      ],
      ": to give shape or impulse to":[
        "factors that drive the business cycle",
        "the ideas that have driven history"
      ],
      ": to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently":[
        "rudely drove past her"
      ],
      ": to progress with strong momentum":[
        "the rain was driving hard"
      ],
      ": to make a quick and forceful move":[
        "driving to the hoop"
      ],
      ": to operate a vehicle":[
        "learned to drive at the age of seventeen"
      ],
      ": to have oneself carried in a vehicle":[
        "drove to Canada as a kid"
      ],
      ": to drive a golf ball":[
        "drove down the fairway"
      ],
      ": to intend to express, convey, or accomplish":[
        "couldn't understand what she was driving at"
      ],
      ": an act of driving :":[],
      ": a trip in a carriage or automobile":[
        "a short drive to the coast"
      ],
      ": a driving of cattle or sheep overland":[],
      ": a hunt or shoot in which the game is driven within the hunter's range":[],
      ": the act or an instance of propelling an object of play (such as a golf ball) swiftly or forcefully":[],
      ": the flight of a ball":[
        "a high drive to left field"
      ],
      ": a private road : driveway":[],
      ": a public road for driving (as in a park)":[],
      ": the state of being hurried and under pressure":[
        "elude the ruthless drive of work and worry",
        "\u2014 S. H. Adams"
      ],
      ": a strong systematic group effort":[
        "a fund-raising drive",
        "The school held a food drive [=an event to collect food items for donation] to benefit the local shelter."
      ],
      ": a sustained offensive (see offensive entry 1 sense 1 ) effort":[
        "the drive ended in a touchdown"
      ],
      ": the means for giving motion to a machine or machine part":[],
      ": the means by which the propulsive power of an automobile is applied to the road":[
        "front wheel drive"
      ],
      ": the means by which the propulsion of an automotive vehicle is controlled and directed":[
        "a left-hand drive"
      ],
      ": a quick and aggressive move toward the basket":[],
      ": an urgent, basic, or instinctual need : a motivating physiological condition of an organism":[
        "a sexual drive"
      ],
      ": an impelling culturally acquired concern, interest, or longing":[
        "the drive to succeed"
      ],
      ": dynamic quality":[
        "his drive and enthusiasm overcame all obstacles",
        "\u2014 Times Literary Supplement"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "herd",
      "punch",
      "run"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arterial",
      "artery",
      "avenue",
      "boulevard",
      "carriageway",
      "drag",
      "expressway",
      "freeway",
      "high road",
      "highway",
      "pass",
      "pike",
      "road",
      "roadway",
      "route",
      "row",
      "street",
      "thoroughfare",
      "thruway",
      "trace",
      "turnpike",
      "way"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for drive Verb move , actuate , drive , impel mean to set or keep in motion. move is very general and implies no more than the fact of changing position. moved the furniture actuate stresses transmission of power so as to work or set in motion. turbines actuated by waterpower drive implies imparting forward and continuous motion and often stresses the effect rather than the impetus. a ship driven aground by hurricane winds impel is usually figurative and suggests a great motivating impetus. a candidate impelled by ambition",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He drove the car down a bumpy road.",
      "Do you want to drive or should I?",
      "He is learning to drive .",
      "The car stopped and then drove off.",
      "A car drove by us slowly.",
      "The bus slowly drove away.",
      "We drove all night and arrived at dawn.",
      "We drove 160 miles to get here.",
      "I drive on this route every day.",
      "I drive this route every day.",
      "Noun",
      "It's a two-hour drive to the beach.",
      "Her house is an hour's drive east of Los Angeles.",
      "We took a pleasant drive in the country.",
      "Would you like to go for a drive ?",
      "A white car was parked in the drive .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There\u2019s a hole-in-the-wall spot that started off as a food truck, a brewery built atop a dairy farm, and a restaurant that opened it\u2019s own drive -in theater. \u2014 Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
      "Feast on your favorite Greek foods like Moussaka, Pastitsio, Souvlaki and Baklava with in-person dining or drive -thru options available. \u2014 cleveland , 23 June 2022",
      "This can help drive a shift from resource-intensive clinical facilities to lower-cost community settings and into the home \u2014 offering more people access to quality care. \u2014 Kees Wesdorp, STAT , 23 June 2022",
      "The primary purpose for the rezoning request is to allow the applicant to sell the property to a developer to develop a chain drive -through restaurant, according to planning documents. \u2014 Mike Jones, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2022",
      "No movies say summer like drive -in movies, and Misquamicut Drive-In is showing fan-faves all week long. \u2014 Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Some versions claim the flu is fake, a hoax being used to justify reducing the supply of birds in an effort to drive up food prices, either to wreck the global economy or force people into vegetarianism. \u2014 CBS News , 23 June 2022",
      "Their task was to deploy technology in order to overcome challenges around restaurant dining, drive -thru service, and home (or anywhere else) delivery. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "The new season finds The Pynk shut down in the early days of the Rona, with Uncle Clifford and the dancers adapting to their temporary space (a drive -thru show and car wash that's shown in the season opener) and eventually re-opening the club. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The plan also calls for a restaurant with a drive -thru and office/warehouse space. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
      "Efficient Ordering McDonald\u2019s started serving customers at drive -thru windows in 1976, and by the early 1980s, this high-speed, low-friction selling channel accounted for 50 percent of its sales. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "The project would have included a drive -thru, six parking spaces, and indoor seating for 20 people, according to documents the proponents shared with neighborhood groups. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
      "An Asian-American family said they were attacked and subjected to threats and racial slurs that resulted in several injuries while in a Los Angeles fast-food restaurant drive -thru last month. \u2014 Fox News , 18 June 2022",
      "According to Ponder, less than 7% of North Little Rock Electric customers use the drive -thru. \u2014 Remington Miller, Arkansas Online , 17 June 2022",
      "Wide is the service counter to Hades, and easy the way through the drive -thru! \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Police said someone pried open the drive -thru window at The Creamery Iron Horse, 15112 S. Bell Road, and stole cash around 1 a.m. on May 31. \u2014 Daily Southtown Staff, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Four big cats left behind at a now-defunct drive -thru roadside attraction in northeast Oklahoma are getting a second chance thanks to two sanctuaries and a California zoo. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u012bfan ; akin to Old High German tr\u012bban to drive":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1685, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145754"
  },
  "drive time":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a time during rush hour when radio audiences are swelled by commuters listening to car radios":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Her show airs during the morning drive time .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While traffic to the Renaissance Festival in February and March sometimes still makes the trip feel like a lurching marathon, U.S. 60 shaved the drive time down to about an hour and a half. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Each homicide takes a minimum of two hours of work, considering drive time to the scene, time on the scene, then time spent on the investigative report, Russ explained. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Her drive time also has stretched from about 25 minutes to an hour. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The Mountain Route\u2019s estimated drive time is 42 hours, covering a distance of 2,683 miles. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Since 13 runs of 13 minutes each would take 169 minutes (2:49), this meant the day\u2019s schedule included 21 hours and 10 minutes of drive time and 2:49 of run time. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 28 May 2019",
      "Preference will be given to properties based on proximity and drive time to the Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Common Pleas Court, and medical facilities. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "For drivability, the site took into account the shortest drive time for the most people. \u2014 Avery Newmark, ajc , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "Normally requiring three drivers and enforcing a strict drive time limit, the series waived this requirement for Team Sainteloc in the wake of Winkelhock\u2019s departure. \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1960, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150759"
  },
  "drugget":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a wool or partly wool fabric formerly used for clothing":[],
      ": a coarse durable cloth used chiefly as a floor covering":[],
      ": a rug having a cotton warp and a wool filling":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-g\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French droguet , diminutive of drogue trash, drug":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1564, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150937"
  },
  "drop a brick":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make a very bad or embarrassing mistake":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151249"
  },
  "drive one batty":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make one feel angry or annoyed":[
        "His bad jokes drive me batty !"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152526"
  },
  "drawing punch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the punch that operates with a drawing die":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152934"
  },
  "dry end":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the section of a papermaking machine extending from the place where the wet web is first subjected to the drying process to the place where the finished paper is reeled \u2014 compare wet end":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153909"
  },
  "dress in layers":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to wear several pieces of clothing on top of one another":[
        "When the weather is cold you should dress in layers ."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154016"
  },
  "drop leaf":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hinged leaf on the side or end of a table that can be folded down":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of the most genius convertible furniture options on this list is this rolling kitchen cart that's also a drop leaf dining table with two bar stools and two drawers. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Join the top and drop leaf ; then use a large trammel to mark the curved edge. \u2014 Thomas Klenck, Popular Mechanics , 14 Aug. 2021",
      "Screw the hinges to the top and position the drop leaf adjacent to it. \u2014 Thomas Klenck, Popular Mechanics , 14 Aug. 2021",
      "In a smaller kitchen, choose a table with a drop leaf to create more space when guests are over, and opt for backless stools that can be completely pushed under the counter when not in use. \u2014 Jessica Dailey, Good Housekeeping , 19 June 2020",
      "The drop leaf reveals the desk area and the secret drawer compartments. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 11 June 2020",
      "Almost immediately my monstera stopped dropping leaves . \u2014 Naomi Huffman, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "Ficus trees will sulk by dropping leaves anytime light levels or temperatures change. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "As the rainforest struggles under increased heat and less moisture, stressed plants drop leaves and branches to create more a flammable understory. \u2014 Ula Chrobak, Popular Science , 10 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1882, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154352"
  },
  "drop tank":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an auxiliary fuel tank for airplanes that can be jettisoned (as when empty)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The lack of missiles and drop tanks hanging off the wings and fuselage improves the aircraft's radar-cross section. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 3 Nov. 2015",
      "The MiG-17PF even comes with a pair of drop tanks for cross-country travel. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 19 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1943, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154635"
  },
  "dragboat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": dragger":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154658"
  }
}