dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/dr_mw.json

{
  "drab":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": slattern",
      ": prostitute",
      ": to associate with prostitutes",
      ": any of various cloths of a dull brown or gray color",
      ": a light olive brown",
      ": a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality",
      ": of the dull brown color of drab (see drab entry 3 sense 1 )",
      ": of a light olive brown color : of the color drab (see drab entry 3 sense 2a )",
      ": characterized by dullness and monotony : cheerless",
      ": a small amount",
      ": not bright or interesting : dull",
      ": grayish brown in color"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drab",
      "\u02c8drab"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bawd",
      "call girl",
      "cocotte",
      "courtesan",
      "hooker",
      "hustler",
      "prostitute",
      "sex worker",
      "streetwalker",
      "tart",
      "whore"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He lives a drab life.",
      "the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "circa 1515, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1599, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1809, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223123"
  },
  "draft":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of drawing or pulling in a net",
      ": haul sense 2b",
      ": the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling",
      ": the portion drunk or inhaled in one such act",
      ": a portion poured out or mixed for drinking : dose",
      ": the force required to pull a plow or other implement",
      ": load or load-pulling capacity",
      ": the act of moving loads by drawing or pulling : pull",
      ": a team of animals together with what they draw",
      ": delineation , representation",
      ": scheme , design",
      ": a preliminary sketch, outline, or version",
      ": the act, result, or plan of lengthening or stretching something (such as threads or metal)",
      ": the act of causing a liquid to come out of a container or source : the act of drawing (as from a cask or keg )",
      ": a portion of liquid so drawn",
      ": draft (see draft entry 2 sense 2 ) beer",
      ": the depth of water a ship draws (see draw entry 1 sense transitive 6 ) especially when loaded",
      ": a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for compulsory military service)",
      ": an act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without the individual's expressed consent",
      ": a group of individuals selected especially by military draft",
      ": a system whereby exclusive rights to selected new players are apportioned among professional teams",
      ": an order for the payment of money drawn (see draw entry 1 sense 7c ) by one person or bank on another",
      ": the act or an instance of drawing from or making demands upon something : demand",
      ": a current of air in a closed-in space",
      ": a device for regulating the flow of air (as in a fireplace)",
      ": angle , taper",
      ": the taper (see taper entry 2 sense 2b ) given to a pattern or die (see die entry 2 sense 3 ) so that the work can be easily withdrawn",
      ": a pocket of reduced air pressure behind a moving object",
      ": the use of such a draft to save energy",
      ": ready to be drawn from a receptacle",
      ": used or adapted for drawing loads",
      ": being or having been ready to be drawn from a receptacle : being or having been on draft",
      ": to select for some purpose: such as",
      ": to conscript for military service",
      ": to select (a professional athlete) by draft",
      ": to draw the preliminary sketch, version, or plan of",
      ": compose , prepare",
      ": to draw off or away",
      ": to stay close behind (another racer) so as to take advantage of the reduced air pressure created by the leading racer",
      ": to practice draftsmanship",
      ": to draft another racer (as in car or bike racing)",
      ": a version of something written or drawn (as an essay, document, or plan) that has or will have more than one version",
      ": a current of air",
      ": a device to regulate an air supply (as in a fireplace)",
      ": the act of pulling or hauling : the thing or amount pulled",
      ": the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling : the portion drunk or inhaled at one time",
      ": the act of drawing out liquid (as from a cask) : a portion of liquid drawn out",
      ": the depth of water a ship needs in order to float",
      ": the practice of ordering people into military service",
      ": the practice of choosing someone to play on a professional sports team",
      ": an order made by one person or organization to another to pay money to a third person or organization",
      ": used for pulling loads",
      ": not in final form",
      ": ready to be drawn from a container",
      ": to write or draw a version of something (as an essay or plan) that usually needs more work",
      ": to choose someone to do something",
      ": to pick especially for required military service",
      ": a portion (as of medicine) poured out or mixed for drinking : dose",
      ": a current of air in a closed-in space",
      ": a preliminary version of something (as a law)",
      ": a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for military service)",
      ": the act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without his or her expressed consent",
      ": an order for the payment of money drawn by one person or bank on another \u2014 see also drawee , drawer \u2014 compare check",
      ": a draft that will be honored only upon the presentation of certain documents (as an invoice or certificate of title)",
      ": a draft payable on presentation",
      ": a draft payable a specified number of days after the date of the draft or of its presentation",
      ": to select for some purpose",
      ": to conscript for military service",
      ": to compose or prepare especially the preliminary version of",
      ": to practice draftsmanship"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8draft",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4ft",
      "\u02c8draft",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4ft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "burden",
      "cargo",
      "freight",
      "haul",
      "lading",
      "load",
      "loading",
      "payload",
      "weight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conscribe",
      "conscript",
      "levy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The forfeited pick actually was one acquired from the Denver Nuggets at the 2019 draft in exchange for the rights to Bol Bol. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
      "The conversation Harbaugh had described clearly had led to a deal in the plans before the draft began. \u2014 Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "Jones, who messaged Karlaftis on social media the day after the draft , has been impressed with Karlaftis through the first two days of minicamp. \u2014 Jeff Fedotin, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "In the days leading up to the draft , cleveland.com will examine a handful of prospects that could realistically be in play with the 14th pick. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "The Raptors selected Anunoby with the 23rd pick during the 2017 draft . \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
      "Michael Lesslie wrote the latest draft of the screneplay. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "The news release was never distributed, but agents used a search warrant to obtain the draft a year later, Radke wrote. \u2014 Matthew Ormsethstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "On this episode: This week, the guys lean on our listeners, who submit their best-case scenarios for how the NBA draft and offseason should play out for the Pistons. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "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",
      "In every one of his pre- draft visits with a defensive prospect, Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo showed the exact same moment from the Bengals\u2019 Round 2 win in the playoffs over the Tennessee Titans. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 1 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "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",
      "And after Meyers was tendered at the second-round level \u2014 and no organization around the NFL submitted an offer sheet \u2014 New England traded up to draft Baylor speedster Tyquan Thornton in the second round. \u2014 Oliver Thomas, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The Magic also had a chance to draft Sexton in 2018, opting instead for center Mo Bamba. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
      "But Game 7 will be memorable for many NBA fans and pundits who saw Doncic as the best player in this series and fixated on whether the Suns blew their chance to draft him instead of Ayton at No. 1 in 2018. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "Alabama state senator Chris Elliott is vowing to draft legislation in response to the controversy surrounding the Spanish Fort girls soccer team. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The Packers became the first team to draft two players from the same school in the first round. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The Reds won only 68 games in the 2016 season, and in return, the Reds got the chance to draft Greene with the No. 2 pick. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "New leadership in Tanzania has opened consultations with Mr. Melo to draft frameworks that will better protect free speech. \u2014 Kim Harrisberg And Menna A. Farouk, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1714, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215244"
  },
  "drag":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something used to drag (see drag entry 2 ) with",
      ": a device for dragging under water to detect or obtain objects",
      ": something that is dragged, pulled, or drawn along or over a surface: such as",
      ": harrow",
      ": a sledge (see sledge entry 3 sense 2 ) for conveying heavy bodies",
      ": conveyance",
      ": the act or an instance of dragging or drawing: such as",
      ": a drawing along or over a surface with effort or pressure",
      ": motion effected with slowness or difficulty",
      ": the condition of having or seeming to have such motion",
      ": a draw on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar",
      ": a draft (see draft entry 1 sense 2b ) of liquid",
      ": a movement, inclination, or retardation caused by or as if by dragging",
      ": influence securing special favor : pull",
      ": something that retards or impedes motion, action, or advancement",
      ": 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",
      ": friction (see friction sense 1b ) between engine parts",
      ": retardation due to friction",
      ": burden , encumbrance",
      ": one that is boring or gets in the way of enjoyment",
      ": an object drawn over the ground to leave a scented trail",
      ": a clog (see clog entry 1 sense 1a ) fastened to a trap to prevent the escape of a trapped animal",
      ": street , road",
      ": 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",
      "\u2014 see also drag king , drag queen",
      ": the costumes worn by drag performers",
      ": stereotypically gendered clothing worn by someone who is of a different gender",
      ": costume",
      ": a costume used to impersonate a person or kind of person",
      ": drag race",
      ": to draw or pull slowly or heavily : haul",
      ": to cause to move with slowness or difficulty",
      ": to cause to trail (see trail entry 1 sense 1a ) along a surface",
      ": to bring by or as if by force or compulsion",
      ": to extract by or as if by pulling",
      ": protract",
      ": to pass a drag over",
      ": to explore with a drag",
      ": to catch with a dragnet (see dragnet sense 1 )",
      ": to hit (a drag bunt ) while moving toward first base",
      ": to select and move (an item on a computer screen) by using a mouse, a touch screen, etc.",
      ": to hang or lag behind",
      ": to fish or search with a drag (see drag entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": to trail along on the ground",
      ": to move slowly because of fatigue",
      ": to proceed or continue laboriously or tediously",
      ": draw sense 4a",
      ": to make a plucking or pulling movement",
      ": to participate in a drag race",
      ": to act in a deliberately slow or dilatory manner",
      ": 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) )",
      ": something used for pulling along (as a device used underwater to catch something)",
      ": something without wheels (as a heavy sled for carrying loads) that is pulled along or over a surface",
      ": something that slows down motion",
      ": a dull or unpleasant event, person, or thing",
      ": to pull slowly or heavily",
      ": to move with slowness or difficulty",
      ": to move or cause to move along on the ground",
      ": to bring by or as if by force",
      ": to pass or cause to pass slowly",
      ": to hang or lag behind",
      ": to search or fish by pulling something (as a net) under water"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drag",
      "\u02c8drag"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drip",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "draw",
      "hale",
      "haul",
      "lug",
      "pull",
      "tow",
      "tug"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "It\u2019s two drag queens, basically a younger one and an older one. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
      "As part of Pride Month, The Courier Journal asked some of Louisville's most popular drag queens to dish on themselves in four exclusive interviews. \u2014 Mandy Mclaren, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
      "Apparently, Chic's Nile Rodgers was inspired to write this funky 1980 dance hit for Diana Ross after seeing multiple drag queens dressed as the singer at a New York gay club. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
      "Run by drag queens, this food truck serves creative comfort food with entertainment. \u2014 cleveland , 5 June 2022",
      "Lady Bunny hosts the inaugural edition of this dragstravaganza featuring 10 \u2014 count \u2018em, 10 \u2014 fabulous drag queens. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Before the run, which is hosted by Boston Theater Company, there will be pre-race festival with musicians and drag queens sure to pump up the runners. \u2014 Dana Gerber, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
      "Sister Roma and other drag queens named the winners of the Foxy Mary and Hunky Jesus contest as revelers cheered for their favorites. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Supply chain costs were a drag on earnings for the quarter. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "With the last live chickens from Malaysia arriving in Singapore for slaughter on Tuesday, the city-state is now bracing for its own shortage, which could drag on for months. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 2 June 2022",
      "Farmers here say that timeline is speedy compared to other states, where permitting can drag on for years. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
      "What is certain is that the fate of this rover, troubled for so long, is likely to drag on for months. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
      "Separately, the Army disclosed Friday that four units were being rotated out for new forces bolstering security in Eastern Europe \u2014 a sign that officials believe the fighting in Ukraine is likely to drag on. \u2014 Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "Even if Ukraine wins candidate status, actual membership talks tend to drag on for at least a decade. \u2014 WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "With Western officials and leaders in Ukraine and Russia signaling the war could drag on for months, international sanctions against Moscow have increased each week, largely focused on oligarchs, banks and the energy industry. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "The situation is fluid, and talks could drag on longer or fall apart, the people said. \u2014 Time , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The situation is fluid, and talks could drag on longer or fall apart, the people said. \u2014 al , 25 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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)",
      "Adjective",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211455"
  },
  "drag (out)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause (something) to take more time than necessary",
      ": to force (something, such as a confession) from (someone) : to make (someone) tell one (something)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192732"
  },
  "dragging":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "something used to drag (see drag entry 2 ) with",
      "a device for dragging under water to detect or obtain objects",
      "something that is dragged, pulled, or drawn along or over a surface such as",
      "harrow",
      "a sledge (see sledge entry 3 sense 2 ) for conveying heavy bodies",
      "conveyance",
      "the act or an instance of dragging or drawing such as",
      "a drawing along or over a surface with effort or pressure",
      "motion effected with slowness or difficulty",
      "the condition of having or seeming to have such motion",
      "a draw on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar",
      "a draft (see draft entry 1 sense 2b ) of liquid",
      "a movement, inclination, or retardation caused by or as if by dragging",
      "influence securing special favor pull",
      "something that retards or impedes motion, action, or advancement",
      "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",
      "friction (see friction sense 1b ) between engine parts",
      "retardation due to friction",
      "burden , encumbrance",
      "one that is boring or gets in the way of enjoyment",
      "an object drawn over the ground to leave a scented trail",
      "a clog (see clog entry 1 sense 1a ) fastened to a trap to prevent the escape of a trapped animal",
      "street , road",
      "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",
      "\u2014 see also drag king , drag queen",
      "the costumes worn by drag performers",
      "stereotypically gendered clothing worn by someone who is of a different gender",
      "costume",
      "a costume used to impersonate a person or kind of person",
      "drag race",
      "to draw or pull slowly or heavily haul",
      "to cause to move with slowness or difficulty",
      "to cause to trail (see trail entry 1 sense 1a ) along a surface",
      "to bring by or as if by force or compulsion",
      "to extract by or as if by pulling",
      "protract",
      "to pass a drag over",
      "to explore with a drag",
      "to catch with a dragnet (see dragnet sense 1 )",
      "to hit (a drag bunt ) while moving toward first base",
      "to select and move (an item on a computer screen) by using a mouse, a touch screen, etc.",
      "to hang or lag behind",
      "to fish or search with a drag (see drag entry 1 sense 1 )",
      "to trail along on the ground",
      "to move slowly because of fatigue",
      "to proceed or continue laboriously or tediously",
      "draw sense 4a",
      "to make a plucking or pulling movement",
      "to participate in a drag race",
      "to act in a deliberately slow or dilatory manner",
      "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) )",
      "something used for pulling along (as a device used underwater to catch something)",
      "something without wheels (as a heavy sled for carrying loads) that is pulled along or over a surface",
      "something that slows down motion",
      "a dull or unpleasant event, person, or thing",
      "to pull slowly or heavily",
      "to move with slowness or difficulty",
      "to move or cause to move along on the ground",
      "to bring by or as if by force",
      "to pass or cause to pass slowly",
      "to hang or lag behind",
      "to search or fish by pulling something (as a net) under water"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8drag",
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drip",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "draw",
      "hale",
      "haul",
      "lug",
      "pull",
      "tow",
      "tug"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "It\u2019s two drag queens, basically a younger one and an older one. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
      "As part of Pride Month, The Courier Journal asked some of Louisville's most popular drag queens to dish on themselves in four exclusive interviews. \u2014 Mandy Mclaren, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
      "Apparently, Chic's Nile Rodgers was inspired to write this funky 1980 dance hit for Diana Ross after seeing multiple drag queens dressed as the singer at a New York gay club. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
      "Run by drag queens, this food truck serves creative comfort food with entertainment. \u2014 cleveland , 5 June 2022",
      "Lady Bunny hosts the inaugural edition of this dragstravaganza featuring 10 \u2014 count \u2018em, 10 \u2014 fabulous drag queens. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Before the run, which is hosted by Boston Theater Company, there will be pre-race festival with musicians and drag queens sure to pump up the runners. \u2014 Dana Gerber, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
      "Sister Roma and other drag queens named the winners of the Foxy Mary and Hunky Jesus contest as revelers cheered for their favorites. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Supply chain costs were a drag on earnings for the quarter. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "With the last live chickens from Malaysia arriving in Singapore for slaughter on Tuesday, the city-state is now bracing for its own shortage, which could drag on for months. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 2 June 2022",
      "Farmers here say that timeline is speedy compared to other states, where permitting can drag on for years. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
      "What is certain is that the fate of this rover, troubled for so long, is likely to drag on for months. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
      "Separately, the Army disclosed Friday that four units were being rotated out for new forces bolstering security in Eastern Europe \u2014 a sign that officials believe the fighting in Ukraine is likely to drag on. \u2014 Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "Even if Ukraine wins candidate status, actual membership talks tend to drag on for at least a decade. \u2014 WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "With Western officials and leaders in Ukraine and Russia signaling the war could drag on for months, international sanctions against Moscow have increased each week, largely focused on oligarchs, banks and the energy industry. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "The situation is fluid, and talks could drag on longer or fall apart, the people said. \u2014 Time , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The situation is fluid, and talks could drag on longer or fall apart, the people said. \u2014 al , 25 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"
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      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)",
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      "1887, in the meaning defined above"
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    "type":"verb",
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      "to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely",
      "to cause the gradual disappearance of",
      "to exhaust (see exhaust entry 1 sense 1b ) physically or emotionally",
      "to make gradually dry",
      "to carry away the surface water of",
      "to deplete or empty by or as if by drawing off by degrees or in increments",
      "to empty by drinking the contents of",
      "drop sense 7c , sink",
      "filter",
      "to become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping",
      "to discharge surface or surplus water",
      "to flow off gradually",
      "to disappear gradually dwindle",
      "a means (such as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained",
      "something that causes depletion burden",
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      "a gradual outflow or withdrawal depletion",
      "an electrode in a field-effect transistor toward which charge carriers move \u2014 compare gate , source",
      "to a state of being wasted or irretrievably lost",
      "to remove (liquid) from something by letting it flow away or out",
      "to slowly make or become dry or empty",
      "to flow into, away from, or out of something",
      "to slowly disappear",
      "to tire out",
      "something used to remove a liquid",
      "something that slowly empties of or uses up",
      "to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely",
      "to exhaust physically or emotionally",
      "to carry away or give passage to a bodily fluid or a discharge from",
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      "bleed",
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      "siphon",
      "syphon",
      "tap"
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      "fill"
    ],
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      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The blood clots form in unusual places, such as veins that drain blood from the brain. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "Clots form in unusual places, such as veins that drain blood from the brain, and in patients who also develop abnormally low levels of the platelets that form clots. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
      "At issue is a weird kind of blood clot that forms in unusual places, such as veins that drain blood from the brain, and in patients who also develop abnormally low levels of the platelets that form clots. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "The blood clots linked to the J&J vaccine are occurring in unusual parts of the body, such as veins that drain blood from the brain. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "After all, blood clots in the veins that help drain blood from the brain are not things to be taken lightly. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "The Pentagon has since agreed to comply with a state order to drain the tanks and permanently shut them down. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "The group\u2019s members used people\u2019s bank account information to drain people\u2019s accounts, or open new ones in their names. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
      "As the Fed and other central banks drain liquidity, problems might reveal themselves. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 29 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "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",
      "But again, local and state leaders \u2014 saying crime on the one-block strip is a drain on the city\u2019s beleaguered police force \u2014 have fixed their eyes on the Block. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4",
      "Noun",
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a pipe for drainage",
      ": a pipe for removing water"
    ],
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      "\u02c8dr\u0101n-\u02ccp\u012bp",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n-\u02ccp\u012bp"
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      "spout",
      "trough",
      "waterspout"
    ],
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    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1857, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222808"
  },
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    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a unit of weight in the avoirdupois system equal to one sixteenth of an 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 liquid capacity equal to \u00b9/\u2088 fluid ounce \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table",
      ": a unit of liquid capacity equal to 0.217 cubic inches \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table",
      ": a small portion of something to drink",
      ": a small amount",
      ": the basic monetary unit of Armenia \u2014 see Money Table",
      "dramatic ; dramatist",
      ": a type of RAM that must be continuously supplied with power and periodically rewritten in order to retain data \u2014 compare sram",
      ": either of two units of weight:",
      ": an avoirdupois unit equal to 1.772 grams or 27.344 grains",
      ": a unit of apothecaries' weight equal to 3.888 grams or 60 grains",
      ": fluid dram"
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      "\u02c8dram",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4m",
      "\u02c8dram",
      "also"
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      "bit",
      "crumb",
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      "driblet",
      "glimmer",
      "hint",
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      "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"
    ],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(2)",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1993, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1980, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220136"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
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      ": of or relating to the drama",
      ": suitable to or characteristic of the drama",
      ": striking in appearance or effect",
      ": having a powerful voice and a declamatory style \u2014 compare lyric",
      ": having to do with drama",
      ": attracting attention",
      ": sudden and extreme"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik",
      "dr\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
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      "histrionic",
      "melodramatic",
      "operatic",
      "stagy",
      "stagey",
      "theatrical",
      "theatric"
    ],
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      "undramatic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For cats, the signs can be both more subtle and more dramatic and serious, according to the American Heartworm Society, though cats are not a typical host for heartworms. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
      "Although the jet stream itself is up much higher, lower-level jet streams can form at around 5,000 feet, producing dramatic wind. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
      "In this century, the first truly transformational technology that has impacted our world in dramatic ways is the iPhone. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "The pandemic has caused a dramatic global spike in mental health issues and disordered eating for teens, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. \u2014 Jodie Sadowsky, CNN , 20 June 2022",
      "Marine Le Pen's National Rally won 89 of the 577 seats in the National Assembly, a dramatic increase from its starting point of just eight and one of the most significant recent results for radical right-wing politics in Europe. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
      "LiSA sang the fiery ballad over a dramatic piano arrangement. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
      "Tanou is an easy target\u2014and the novel does make some stinging jokes at his expense\u2014but his story holds its own, even as his father\u2019s far more dramatic history of colonial tragedy unspools around it; ultimately, the two narratives fuse into one. \u2014 Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
      "But despite his success at dramatic projects, some still see him as more of a Rocket Racoon than a Robert De Niro. \u2014 Justine Browning, EW.com , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see drama ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194704"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": barroom"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dram-\u02ccsh\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bar",
      "barroom",
      "caf\u00e9",
      "cafe",
      "cantina",
      "gin mill",
      "grogshop",
      "pub",
      "public house",
      "saloon",
      "taproom",
      "tavern",
      "watering hole",
      "watering place"
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    "examples":[
      "according to the state's dramshop laws, anyone who serves alcohol automatically incurs certain liabilities"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1725, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214858"
  },
  "draw (off)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": remove , withdraw",
      ": to move apart or ahead"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221854"
  },
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    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": approach",
      ": bring on , cause"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
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      "beget",
      "breed",
      "bring",
      "bring about",
      "bring on",
      "catalyze",
      "cause",
      "create",
      "do",
      "effect",
      "effectuate",
      "engender",
      "generate",
      "induce",
      "invoke",
      "make",
      "occasion",
      "produce",
      "prompt",
      "result (in)",
      "spawn",
      "translate (into)",
      "work",
      "yield"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "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",
      "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",
      "Both Rogers' performance and Honey's arc draw on the actress' experience of being held up at gunpoint in her garage years ago. \u2014 Oliver Gettell, EW.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Bourhis explained how these first games draw on research on how games could be more accessible to Alzheimer patients. \u2014 Andy Robertson, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "The wargames don\u2019t draw on elements of the recent cyberattacks in Ukraine because those were too recent, but the exercise generally does include scenarios that occurred in real cyberattacks, Ms. Numa said. \u2014 Catherine Stupp, WSJ , 18 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203221"
  },
  "draw up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bring (a body of troops) into array",
      ": to prepare a draft or version of",
      ": to bring to a halt",
      ": to straighten (oneself) to an erect posture especially as an assertion of dignity or resentment",
      ": to come to a halt"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "arrest",
      "bring up",
      "catch",
      "check",
      "fetch up",
      "halt",
      "hold up",
      "pull up",
      "stall",
      "stay",
      "still",
      "stop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "he drew up his horse outside the tavern",
      "drew up the troops into a line along the ridge",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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",
      "Facing a roughly $20 million deficit for fiscal year 2023, city of Cincinnati officials have asked every city department \u2013 parks included \u2013 to draw up plans to cut 15%. \u2014 Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Premier Mario Draghi this week said Italy\u2019s government was determined to draw up broad measures soon that will provide relief to families and businesses. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Concerned by news of supply chain disruptions, Ms. Grisham asked her children to draw up their Christmas wish lists before Halloween, weeks earlier than usual. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "In Alabama, people can draw up to $275 a week in unemployment compensation for up to 14 weeks. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1605, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170505"
  },
  "drawback":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a refund of duties especially on an imported product subsequently exported or used to produce a product for export",
      ": an objectionable feature : disadvantage",
      ": to avoid an issue or commitment",
      ": an unwanted feature or characteristic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u022f-\u02ccbak",
      "dr\u022f-\u02c8bak",
      "\u02c8dr\u022f-\u02ccbak"
    ],
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      "disbenefit",
      "downside",
      "handicap",
      "incommodity",
      "liability",
      "minus",
      "negative",
      "strike"
    ],
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      "advantage",
      "asset",
      "edge",
      "plus"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The trip sounds great, but cost is a major drawback .",
      "this plan has only one drawback : it's unworkable",
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200255"
  },
  "drawing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act or instance of drawing",
      ": the process of deciding something by drawing lots",
      ": the art or technique of representing an object or outlining a figure, plan, or sketch by means of lines",
      ": something drawn or subject to drawing: such as",
      ": an amount drawn from a fund",
      ": a representation formed by drawing : sketch",
      ": a picture created by making lines on a surface",
      ": the act or art of creating a picture, plan, or sketch by making lines on a surface",
      ": an act or instance of picking something at random"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u022f(-)i\u014b",
      "\u02c8dr\u022f-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cartoon",
      "delineation",
      "sketch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She made a drawing of my house.",
      "with an economy of lines, he created a vivid drawing of the tree",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Classic Lotto jackpot is $29.6 million for Saturday\u2019s drawing . \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "Retrace your drawing to make sure all the lines are connected. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
      "The lithographs are equally accomplished, displaying the fluidity of his ambidextrous drawing . \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Your drawing is by the Inuit American artist George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001). \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead of one massive primary residence, his drawing depicts multiple structures. \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "In 2021, her drawing accompanied the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists online announcement that the clock was set to 100 seconds before midnight. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "The winning numbers in Wednesday\u2019s drawing were 6-14-25-33-46 with a Powerball of 17. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "The drawing might be worth tens of millions of dollars. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174145"
  },
  "dread":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to fear greatly",
      "to regard with awe",
      "to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face",
      "to be apprehensive or fearful",
      "great fear especially in the face of impending evil",
      "extreme uneasiness in the face of a disagreeable prospect (see prospect entry 1 sense 4c )",
      "awe",
      "one causing fear or awe",
      "dreadlock sense 1",
      "dreadlock sense 2",
      "causing great fear or anxiety",
      "inspiring awe",
      "to fear or dislike greatly",
      "to be very unwilling to face",
      "great fear especially of something that will or might happen",
      "causing great fear or anxiety"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dred",
    "synonyms":[
      "alarm",
      "alarum",
      "apprehension",
      "apprehensiveness",
      "foreboding",
      "misgiving"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alarming",
      "dire",
      "direful",
      "dreadful",
      "fearful",
      "fearsome",
      "forbidding",
      "formidable",
      "frightening",
      "frightful",
      "ghastly",
      "hair-raising",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrifying",
      "intimidating",
      "redoubtable",
      "scary",
      "shocking",
      "spine-chilling",
      "terrible",
      "terrifying"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "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",
      "For introverts being called back to offices this spring, there\u2019s plenty to dread after two years of remote-work solitude. \u2014 Ray A. Smith, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "If indeed that happens, opponents will dread game-planning against his late-game defense, presence and experience, all of which immeasurably elevates the team\u2019s performance. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Their high-school graduations may be five years off, but my wife and I already dread the college tuition tab for potentially all four kids at the same time. \u2014 Tarren Bragdon, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "As Lupe Morse walked slowly toward the memorial Wednesday morning, her body coursed with dread . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "At that point, even the thought of sustaining conversation filled me with dread . \u2014 Jireh Deng, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
      "The many chilling details of the attack were enough to leave parents struggling with dread . \u2014 Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "By Friday enough was known to leave many parents struggling with dread . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022",
      "By Friday, though, enough was known to leave many parents struggling with dread . \u2014 Jim Vertuno And Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "The thought of someone taking advantage of them filled her with dread . \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
      "The thought of someone taking advantage of them filled her with dread . \u2014 Orlando Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
      "Many immunocompromised or otherwise at-risk Americans said the decision filled them with dread . \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dreadful":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "inspiring dread (see dread entry 2 sense 1a ) causing great and oppressive fear",
      "inspiring awe or reverence",
      "extremely bad, distasteful, unpleasant, or shocking",
      "extreme",
      "a cheap and sensational (see sensational sense 2 ) story or periodical",
      "causing fear",
      "very unpleasant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dred-f\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "alarming",
      "dire",
      "direful",
      "dread",
      "fearful",
      "fearsome",
      "forbidding",
      "formidable",
      "frightening",
      "frightful",
      "ghastly",
      "hair-raising",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrifying",
      "intimidating",
      "redoubtable",
      "scary",
      "shocking",
      "spine-chilling",
      "terrible",
      "terrifying"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Her performance was absolutely dreadful .",
      "Those children have such dreadful manners.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "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",
      "After a series of dreadful films and uninspired soundtracks in the \u201960s, Elvis was a cultural afterthought. \u2014 Ken Budd, Washington Post , 25 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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1873, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dreadnought":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a warm garment of thick cloth",
      ": the cloth",
      ": battleship",
      ": one that is among the largest or most powerful of its kind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dred-\u02ccn\u022ft",
      "-\u02ccn\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "behemoth",
      "blockbuster",
      "colossus",
      "dinosaur",
      "elephant",
      "giant",
      "Goliath",
      "jumbo",
      "leviathan",
      "mammoth",
      "mastodon",
      "monster",
      "titan",
      "whale",
      "whopper"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "diminutive",
      "dwarf",
      "half-pint",
      "midget",
      "mite",
      "peewee",
      "pygmy",
      "pigmy",
      "runt",
      "shrimp"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190402"
  },
  "dream":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep",
      "\u2014 compare rem sleep",
      ": an experience of waking life having the characteristics of a dream: such as",
      ": a visionary (see visionary entry 1 sense 2a ) creation of the imagination : daydream",
      ": a state of mind marked by abstraction or release from reality : reverie",
      ": an object seen in a dreamlike state : vision",
      ": something notable for its beauty, excellence, or enjoyable quality",
      ": a strongly desired goal or purpose",
      ": something that fully satisfies a wish : ideal",
      ": to have a series of thoughts, images, or emotions while sleeping : to have a dream (see dream entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": to indulge in daydreams or fantasies",
      ": to appear tranquil or dreamy (see dreamy sense 3a )",
      ": to have a dream of",
      ": to consider as a possibility : imagine",
      ": to pass (time) in reverie or inaction",
      ": to consider possible or fitting",
      ": a series of thoughts or visions that occur during sleep",
      ": daydream entry 1",
      ": something very pleasing",
      ": a goal that is wished for",
      ": to have a series of thoughts or visions while sleeping",
      ": to spend time having daydreams",
      ": to think of as happening or possible",
      ": to think of or invent",
      ": a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep and especially during REM sleep \u2014 compare daydream",
      ": to have a dream",
      ": to indulge in daydreams or fantasies",
      ": to have a dream of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chimera",
      "conceit",
      "daydream",
      "delusion",
      "fancy",
      "fantasy",
      "phantasy",
      "figment",
      "hallucination",
      "illusion",
      "nonentity",
      "phantasm",
      "fantasm",
      "pipe dream",
      "unreality",
      "vision"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conceit",
      "conceive",
      "conjure (up)",
      "envisage",
      "envision",
      "fancy",
      "fantasize",
      "fantasy",
      "feature",
      "ideate",
      "image",
      "imagine",
      "picture",
      "see",
      "vision",
      "visualize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But in December 2013, the inconvenience of his father\u2019s lottery habit gave Sullivan an idea to profit from the everyman dream to get rich quick. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The last minutes were ticking away for the Tampa Bay Lightning, along with the dream of hockey immortality. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Here\u2019s hoping that in a lawful process that door will be opened wide to let in plenty of people looking to live the dream like Ms. Flores. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "With the dream of buying a home increasingly out of reach for many Americans, aspiring property owners may want to consider Pittsburgh. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 14 June 2022",
      "With median home sale prices hitting record highs, the dream of middle class homeownership no longer exists. \u2014 Hillary Hoffower, Fortune , 12 June 2022",
      "In \u2018Vision & Virtuosity,\u2019 the dream is on full display\u2014and with the two-month exhibition open to the public from today, expect many more to be spellbound by its glittering charms. \u2014 Rosalind Jana, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
      "The disadvantaged senior citizen who clung to the dream of becoming president had no traction at all. \u2014 Janet Ruane, The Conversation , 8 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s starting to change, but the dream of that simpler, small-town life remains. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "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",
      "Jonas Valanciunas, why not dream a little bigger and go for Rudy Gobert? \u2014 Mark Deeks, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "What people dream of, gala-wise, is beauty, admiring and being admired, charming and being charmed, being selected as special and deserving. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Nobody would ever dream this happened to their child. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite coming from a small town with a population of about 2,000 people, Arthur still encouraged Noah to dream big. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 22 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201417"
  },
  "dreamy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": full of dreams",
      ": pleasantly abstracted from immediate reality",
      ": given to dreaming or fantasy",
      ": suggestive of a dream or dreamlike state",
      ": quiet and soothing",
      ": delightful , ideal",
      ": appearing to be daydreaming",
      ": seeming like a dream",
      ": quiet and relaxing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agreeable",
      "blessed",
      "blest",
      "congenial",
      "darling",
      "delectable",
      "delicious",
      "delightful",
      "delightsome",
      "dulcet",
      "enjoyable",
      "felicitous",
      "good",
      "grateful",
      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
      "nice",
      "palatable",
      "pleasant",
      "pleasing",
      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disagreeable",
      "pleasureless",
      "unpalatable",
      "unpleasant",
      "unwelcome"
    ],
    "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",
      "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",
      "After a six-year engagement and two pandemic postponements, The Bachelorette stars tied the knot in May and went on a dreamy European honeymoon. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
      "And, unlike Bascombe, Andrew does not find himself in the midst of a dreamy midlife crisis, searching for answers. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Since 1901, travelers (including Theodore Roosevelt, Clark Gable and Bill Gates) have ridden the Grand Canyon Railway to take in dreamy views of Grand Canyon National Park. \u2014 Sarah Sekula, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "Your guide to the dreamy Blue Ridge Mountains, including excellent hikes, beautiful drives, and the best hotels and campgrounds. \u2014 Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
      "Earlier this month, Hailey walked the Met Gala red carpet solo in a dreamy white backless gown by Anthony Vaccarello for YSL. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195141"
  },
  "drear":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dreary"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drir"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "dreary",
      "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1629, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195851"
  },
  "dreary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement",
      ": having nothing likely to provide cheer, comfort, or interest : gloomy , dismal",
      ": dull and depressing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drir-\u0113",
      "\u02c8drir-\u0113"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "It was a gray, dreary morning.",
      "The family struggled through dreary economic times.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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",
      "See how the duo transformed the drab and dreary space into a bright and luxurious sanctuary below. \u2014 Marni Katz, House Beautiful , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The color palette is a dreary mud puddle of grays and browns, and there\u2019s no sense of space or geography. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "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",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185317"
  },
  "dredge (up)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to start talking or thinking again about (something unpleasant that happened a long time ago)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174326"
  },
  "dreich":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dreary"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113\u1e35"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "historically regarded as a dreich corner of Britain, Scotland's very name comes from the Greek word for \u201cdark\u201d"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse drj\u016bgr lasting",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1813, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173349"
  },
  "drek":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "trash , rubbish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8drek",
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dross",
      "dust",
      "effluvium",
      "effluvia",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Yiddish drek & German Dreck , from Middle High German drec ; akin to Old English threax rubbish",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162608"
  },
  "drenched":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to wet thoroughly (as by soaking or immersing in liquid)",
      ": to soak or cover thoroughly with liquid that falls or is precipitated",
      ": to fill or cover completely as if by soaking or precipitation",
      ": to administer a drench to (an animal)",
      ": to force to drink",
      ": a poisonous or medicinal drink",
      ": a large dose of medicine mixed with liquid and put down the throat of an animal",
      ": something that drenches",
      ": a quantity sufficient to drench or saturate",
      ": to make completely wet",
      ": a poisonous or medicinal drink",
      ": a large dose of medicine mixed with liquid and put down the throat of an animal",
      ": to administer a drench to (an animal)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drench",
      "\u02c8drench",
      "\u02c8drench"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bathe",
      "bedraggle",
      "douse",
      "dowse",
      "drown",
      "soak",
      "sodden",
      "sop",
      "souse",
      "wash",
      "water",
      "water-soak",
      "waterlog",
      "wet",
      "wet down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "dry",
      "parch",
      "scorch",
      "sear"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195731"
  },
  "dress":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make or set straight",
      ": to arrange (troops, equipment, etc.) in a straight line and at proper intervals",
      ": to prepare for use or service",
      ": to prepare for cooking or for the table",
      ": to add decorative details or accessories to : embellish",
      ": to put clothes on",
      ": to provide with clothing",
      ": dress down",
      ": to apply dressings or medicaments to",
      ": to arrange (the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling",
      ": to groom and curry (an animal)",
      ": to kill and prepare for market or for consumption",
      ": cultivate , tend",
      ": to apply manure or fertilizer to",
      ": to put through a finishing process",
      ": to trim and smooth the surface of (a material, such as lumber or stone)",
      ": to put on clothing",
      ": to put on or wear formal, elaborate, or fancy clothes",
      ": to weigh after being dressed",
      ": to align oneself with the next soldier in a line to make the line 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",
      ": apparel , clothing",
      ": an outer garment (as for a woman or girl) usually consisting of a one-piece bodice and skirt",
      ": covering, adornment, or appearance appropriate or peculiar to a particular time",
      ": a particular form of presentation : guise",
      ": suitable for a formal occasion",
      ": requiring or permitting formal dress",
      ": relating to or used for a dress",
      ": to put clothes on",
      ": to put on clothes in a particular way",
      ": to wear formal or fancy clothes",
      ": to apply medicine or bandages to",
      ": to trim or decorate for display",
      ": to prepare for cooking or eating",
      ": to put on formal or fancy clothes",
      ": to put on a costume",
      ": a piece of clothing for a woman or girl that has a top part that covers the upper body and that is connected to a skirt covering the lower body",
      ": clothing",
      ": proper for a formal event",
      ": to apply dressings or medicaments to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dres",
      "\u02c8dres",
      "\u02c8dres"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bandage",
      "bind",
      "swathe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "frock",
      "gown"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Pack your camping gear, food, drinks, and grill along with costumes and dress -up clothes for evening dance parties and the glow-in-the-dark celebration and laser show. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
      "Style one with a set of espadrilles, slides for something more casual, or dress them up with a pair of heels for a special occasion. \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 28 May 2022",
      "The midi-length works for any level of formality, just dress it up or down with the right shoes and accessories. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Or dress the pants up with flat sandals, a blouse, and heeled sandals. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
      "In this living room designed by Tom Scherer, the natural surroundings lend an outdoorsy feel to the parlor, and rattan accents contrast nicely with the gray sofas while colorful custom pillows dress them up. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 9 May 2022",
      "Relive the magical moments of your life and dress them up in a scrapbook complete with glitter, bright colors, and washi tape. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
      "Players can build houses for their Sims, dress them up, and put them in all manner of wacky situations. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "He has now been fined by the police, only to dress himself up as a war leader in the biggest European conflict since the Second World War. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "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",
      "People speculated that the dress is the very same Roland Mouret piece that Meghan wore the evening before her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 2 June 2022",
      "And just in time for wedding season, the exact bridesmaid dress is available to shop now. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 28 May 2022",
      "Colourful dresses have dominated in the opening days of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival\u2014see Viola Davis\u2019s joyful yellow Alexander McQueen gown for proof\u2014but Anne Hathaway has reminded us that the white dress is a classic for a reason. \u2014 Vogue , 20 May 2022",
      "The event will be held at The Oasis, a cozy, renovated 1800s storefront adjacent to Union Church, 3 Elm St. Admission is free and dress is casual. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
      "Of course, dress and demeanor are cultural attributes. \u2014 Steven Leibson, Forbes , 18 May 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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200749"
  },
  "dress down":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reprove severely",
      ": to dress casually especially for reasons of fashion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1852, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210512"
  },
  "dress up":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a time or occasion for which fancy or formal clothing is worn",
      ": a game or activity (as for children) that involves dressing up in special clothing or costumes",
      ": to make more attractive, glamorous, or fancy",
      ": to attire in best or formal clothes",
      ": to attire in clothes suited to a particular role",
      ": to present in the most attractive or impressive light",
      ": to get dressed up"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dres-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "doll up",
      "dress"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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",
      "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",
      "On a day when his team\u2019s defensive slip was showing, Justin Herbert had to dress up and stand up. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Attendees are encouraged to dress up and decorate their cars for a chance to win a prize. \u2014 courant.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Our customer is inspired to dress up and be social again. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "To dress up your porch and give yourself a cozy seat to start the day, consider the Shine Company Vermont Rocking Chair that's charming, comfortable, and on sale right now. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, Better Homes & Gardens , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "It was designed to just give us all a reason to dress up and skate. \u2014 Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
      "All came together to provide women with a reason to dress up again\u2014and wear new jewelry. \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 11 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183008"
  },
  "dressed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make or set straight",
      ": to arrange (troops, equipment, etc.) in a straight line and at proper intervals",
      ": to prepare for use or service",
      ": to prepare for cooking or for the table",
      ": to add decorative details or accessories to : embellish",
      ": to put clothes on",
      ": to provide with clothing",
      ": dress down",
      ": to apply dressings or medicaments to",
      ": to arrange (the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling",
      ": to groom and curry (an animal)",
      ": to kill and prepare for market or for consumption",
      ": cultivate , tend",
      ": to apply manure or fertilizer to",
      ": to put through a finishing process",
      ": to trim and smooth the surface of (a material, such as lumber or stone)",
      ": to put on clothing",
      ": to put on or wear formal, elaborate, or fancy clothes",
      ": to weigh after being dressed",
      ": to align oneself with the next soldier in a line to make the line 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",
      ": apparel , clothing",
      ": an outer garment (as for a woman or girl) usually consisting of a one-piece bodice and skirt",
      ": covering, adornment, or appearance appropriate or peculiar to a particular time",
      ": a particular form of presentation : guise",
      ": suitable for a formal occasion",
      ": requiring or permitting formal dress",
      ": relating to or used for a dress",
      ": to put clothes on",
      ": to put on clothes in a particular way",
      ": to wear formal or fancy clothes",
      ": to apply medicine or bandages to",
      ": to trim or decorate for display",
      ": to prepare for cooking or eating",
      ": to put on formal or fancy clothes",
      ": to put on a costume",
      ": a piece of clothing for a woman or girl that has a top part that covers the upper body and that is connected to a skirt covering the lower body",
      ": clothing",
      ": proper for a formal event",
      ": to apply dressings or medicaments to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dres",
      "\u02c8dres",
      "\u02c8dres"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bandage",
      "bind",
      "swathe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "frock",
      "gown"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Pack your camping gear, food, drinks, and grill along with costumes and dress -up clothes for evening dance parties and the glow-in-the-dark celebration and laser show. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
      "Style one with a set of espadrilles, slides for something more casual, or dress them up with a pair of heels for a special occasion. \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 28 May 2022",
      "The midi-length works for any level of formality, just dress it up or down with the right shoes and accessories. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Or dress the pants up with flat sandals, a blouse, and heeled sandals. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
      "In this living room designed by Tom Scherer, the natural surroundings lend an outdoorsy feel to the parlor, and rattan accents contrast nicely with the gray sofas while colorful custom pillows dress them up. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 9 May 2022",
      "Relive the magical moments of your life and dress them up in a scrapbook complete with glitter, bright colors, and washi tape. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
      "Players can build houses for their Sims, dress them up, and put them in all manner of wacky situations. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "He has now been fined by the police, only to dress himself up as a war leader in the biggest European conflict since the Second World War. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "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",
      "People speculated that the dress is the very same Roland Mouret piece that Meghan wore the evening before her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 2 June 2022",
      "And just in time for wedding season, the exact bridesmaid dress is available to shop now. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 28 May 2022",
      "Colourful dresses have dominated in the opening days of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival\u2014see Viola Davis\u2019s joyful yellow Alexander McQueen gown for proof\u2014but Anne Hathaway has reminded us that the white dress is a classic for a reason. \u2014 Vogue , 20 May 2022",
      "The event will be held at The Oasis, a cozy, renovated 1800s storefront adjacent to Union Church, 3 Elm St. Admission is free and dress is casual. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
      "Of course, dress and demeanor are cultural attributes. \u2014 Steven Leibson, Forbes , 18 May 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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203247"
  },
  "dressing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of one who dresses",
      ": an instance of such act or process",
      ": a sauce for adding to a dish (such as a salad)",
      ": a seasoned mixture usually used as a stuffing (as for poultry)",
      ": material (such as ointment or gauze) applied to cover a lesion or wound",
      ": fertilizing material (such as manure or compost)",
      ": a sauce put on a salad",
      ": a seasoned mixture used as a stuffing",
      ": material (as ointment or gauze) used to cover an injury",
      ": the act of putting on clothes",
      ": a covering (as of ointment or gauze) applied to a lesion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dre-si\u014b",
      "\u02c8dre-si\u014b",
      "-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cataplasm",
      "plaster",
      "poultice"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We had turkey with dressing and potatoes for dinner.",
      "The nurse cleaned the cut and applied a dressing .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And what better way to prepare for warm-weather dressing than by filling our closets with beautiful seasonally appropriate items that will surely impress? \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
      "Go for optimistic dressing with bright, tropical prints in the prettiest shades of pink and green like this Trina Turk one-piece. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 13 May 2022",
      "The Shrink Next Door actress recently spoke to PEOPLE about what her cooking struggles are, her favorite Food Network star, and her partnership with Hellmann's for the brand's new spicy mayonnaise dressing . \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
      "This recipe is packed with as much flavor as color thanks to an array of bright vegetables, fresh herbs, ginger, lemongrass and a soy sauce and sesame oil dressing . \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "Elegantly plated on a tray or large platter, the salad features a bed of lettuce and a simple olive oil dressing or vinaigrette that lets the real star of the dish truly shine -- the crudit\u00e9s, or raw vegetables. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "Top the salad with the croutons and serve with extra dressing on the side. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
      "Guests staying in the villa will find two bedrooms that both have private entrances, ensuite bathrooms and dressing rooms, allowing for even more privacy. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 25 May 2022",
      "Now, minimalist dressing is like shorthand for an orderly, Instagram-friendly life. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214135"
  },
  "dribble":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to issue sporadically and in small bits",
      "to let or cause to fall in drops little by little",
      "to propel by successive slight taps or bounces with hand, foot, or stick",
      "to hit (a ball) without much force so that it bounces slowly along the ground",
      "to fall or flow in drops or in a thin intermittent stream trickle",
      "to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth drool",
      "to come or issue in piecemeal or desultory fashion",
      "to dribble a ball or puck",
      "to proceed by dribbling",
      "to move with short bounces",
      "a tiny or insignificant bit or quantity",
      "a small trickling stream or flow",
      "an act, instance, or manner of dribbling a ball or puck",
      "to fall or let fall in small drops trickle",
      "to let saliva or other liquid drip or trickle from the mouth",
      "to move forward by bouncing, tapping, or kicking",
      "a trickling flow",
      "the act of moving a ball or puck forward by bouncing, kicking, or tapping it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dri-b\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "distill",
      "distil",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "atom",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "fleck",
      "flyspeck",
      "grain",
      "granule",
      "molecule",
      "morsel",
      "mote",
      "nubbin",
      "nugget",
      "particle",
      "patch",
      "scrap",
      "scruple",
      "snip",
      "snippet",
      "speck",
      "tittle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "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",
      "With just over a minute to go and the Aztecs trailing by a point, coach Brian Dutcher signaled for senior point guard Trey Pulliam to dribble off a high ball screen by center Nathan Mensah. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "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",
      "He\u2019s one of the few Suns who can attack the rim off the dribble , and the team needs him to do it. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 9 May 2022",
      "The 6-foot-4 freshman devastates defenders off the dribble and is an inventive playmaker, both for himself and teammates. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
      "Just like that play seven years ago against the Badgers where Allen drove to the basket, Budenholzer singled out Allen for excellence at playing basketball off the dribble . \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Each time the Cavs tried to surge back in the fourth quarter, Young responded, drilling long-range 3s, beating multiple defenders off the dribble , knocking down runners or flipping in layups. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1589, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "drift":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of driving something along",
      ": the flow or the velocity of the current of a river or ocean stream",
      ": something driven, propelled, or urged along or drawn together in a clump by or as if by a natural agency: such as",
      ": wind-driven snow, rain, cloud, dust, or smoke usually at or near the ground surface",
      ": a mass of matter (such as sand) deposited together by or as if by wind or water",
      ": a helter-skelter accumulation",
      ": drove , flock",
      ": something (such as driftwood ) washed ashore",
      ": rock debris deposited by natural agents",
      ": a deposit of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders transported by a glacier or by running water from a glacier",
      ": a general underlying design or tendency",
      ": the underlying meaning, import, or purport of what is spoken or written",
      ": something (such as a tool) driven down upon or forced into a body",
      ": the motion or action of drifting especially spatially and usually under external influence: such as",
      ": the lateral motion of an aircraft due to air currents",
      ": an easy moderate more or less steady flow or sweep along a spatial course",
      ": a gradual shift in attitude, opinion, or position",
      ": an aimless course",
      ": a forgoing of any attempt at direction or control",
      ": a deviation from a true reproduction, representation, or reading",
      ": a gradual change in the zero reading of an instrument or in any quantitative characteristic that is supposed to remain constant",
      ": a deliberate, controlled skid by a vehicle turning through a corner at high speed : an instance of automotive drifting",
      ": 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",
      ": genetic drift",
      ": a grouping of similar flowers planted in an elongated mass",
      ": to become driven or carried along (as by a current of water, wind, or air)",
      ": to move or float smoothly and effortlessly",
      ": to move along a line of least resistance",
      ": to move in a random or casual way",
      ": to become carried along subject to no guidance or control",
      ": to accumulate in a mass or become piled up in heaps by wind or water",
      ": to become covered with a drift",
      ": to vary or deviate from a set course or adjustment",
      ": to cause to be driven in a current",
      ": to drive (livestock) slowly especially to allow grazing",
      ": to pile in heaps",
      ": to cover with drifts",
      ": the slow movement of something carried by wind or water",
      ": a pile of something that has been blown by the wind",
      ": a course something appears to be taking",
      ": the meaning of something said or implied",
      ": to move slowly on wind or water",
      ": to be piled up by wind or water",
      ": to move along or change without effort or purpose",
      ": movement of a tooth in the dental arch",
      ": genetic drift"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drift",
      "\u02c8drift",
      "\u02c8drift"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bank",
      "bar",
      "mound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bowl",
      "breeze",
      "brush",
      "coast",
      "cruise",
      "flow",
      "glide",
      "roll",
      "sail",
      "skim",
      "slide",
      "slip",
      "stream",
      "sweep",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Its problems range from the long-term drift of Hong Kong talent into the mainland Chinese industry to censorship and marginalization. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 17 May 2022",
      "The melody climbs the musical scale, building tension before the tempo slows and becomes pensive and lyrical, like the slow drift of falling leaves. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
      "Putin laid out a series of bold security demands that would not only stop NATO\u2019s expansion to the east but push it back, viewing the drift of former Communist countries and Soviet republics into Washington\u2019s orbit as an existential threat to Russia. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The rage feels justifiably intense, but the play suffers from its demonstrative excess: The audience gets the drift all too soon. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Biden can also utilize executive orders to stem the policy drift and deliver statements of intent\u2014and perhaps stage further showdowns with a Supreme Court that\u2019s losing favor with the public. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 May 2022",
      "The state has long been a draw for ultraconservatives disillusioned with the liberal drift in other parts of the nation, many of them settling off the grid in the mountains of northern Idaho or among like-minded people in towns like Bonners Ferry. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
      "The current drift away from the United States, which used Thailand as a staging ground for the Vietnam War, also stems from the political pedigree of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who came to power in a military coup eight years ago. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "The political drift that has found some conservatives expressing sympathy for authoritarians such as Putin and Hungary's Viktor Orban has added to the growing crisis of relevancy facing liberal democracy on the world stage. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Storm intensity will wane acutely as storms drift east of the Mississippi River, but 60 mph winds and quarter-sized hail remain possible. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "But scientists think that the ancient arthropods occupied a niche very similar to what their modern counterparts do, scooting along sandy ocean bottoms like aquatic Roombas and feasting on morsels that drift to the seafloor. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
      "Friends drift in and out of her life; her actual job is a bore. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Meantime, California won\u2019t break off and drift to sea simply because someone younger, louder and more belligerent isn\u2019t holding one of its two Senate seats. \u2014 Mark Z. Barabakcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Some will drift away from the sport; others will stagnate or get injured. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Kate then says her nightmare is that the three of them drift apart now that Rebecca is gone. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
      "Oysters spawn once or twice in late summer, and their larvae\u2019s survival and habitat depend on where waters drift them. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
      "Other studies have shown that this smoke can drift as far as New York. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183553"
  },
  "drill":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction",
      ": to impart or communicate by repetition",
      ": to train or exercise in military drill",
      ": to bore or drive a hole in",
      ": to make by piercing action",
      ": to shoot with or as if with a gun",
      ": to propel (something, such as a ball) with force or accuracy",
      ": to hit with force",
      ": to make a hole with a drill",
      ": to engage in an exercise",
      ": an instrument with an edged or pointed end for making holes in hard substances by revolving or by a succession of blows",
      ": a machine for operating such an instrument",
      ": the act or exercise of training soldiers in marching and in executing prescribed movements with a weapon",
      ": a physical or mental exercise aimed at perfecting facility and skill especially by regular practice",
      ": a formal exercise by a team of marchers",
      ": the approved, correct, or usual procedure for accomplishing something : routine",
      ": a marine snail ( Urosalpinx cinerea ) destructive to oysters by boring through their shells and feeding on the soft parts",
      ": any of several mollusks related to the drill",
      ": a drilling sound",
      ": a western African baboon ( Mandrillus leucophaeus synonym Papio leucophaeus ) having a black face and brown coat and closely related to the mandrill",
      ": a shallow furrow or trench into which seed is sown",
      ": a row of seed sown in such a furrow",
      ": a planting implement that makes holes or furrows, drops in the seed and sometimes fertilizer, and covers them with earth",
      ": to sow (seeds) by dropping along a shallow furrow",
      ": to sow with seed or set with seedlings inserted in drills",
      ": to distribute seed or fertilizer in by means of a drill",
      ": a durable cotton twilled fabric",
      ": to make holes in with a drill",
      ": to teach by repeating a lesson or exercise again and again",
      ": a tool for making holes in hard substances",
      ": the training of soldiers (as in marching)",
      ": instruction in a subject or physical training that is practiced repeatedly",
      ": a special machine for making holes or furrows and planting seeds in them",
      ": to sow seeds with or as if with a special machine",
      ": to make a hole in with a drill",
      ": to make a hole with a drill",
      ": an instrument with an edged or pointed end for making holes in hard substances (as bones or teeth) by revolving"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dril",
      "\u02c8dril",
      "\u02c8dril"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "hole",
      "perforate",
      "pierce",
      "punch",
      "puncture",
      "riddle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "grind",
      "groove",
      "lockstep",
      "pattern",
      "rote",
      "routine",
      "rut",
      "treadmill"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1619, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1644, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb (2)",
      "circa 1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (4)",
      "1743, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203745"
  },
  "drip":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to let fall in drops",
      ": to let out or seem to spill copiously",
      ": to let fall drops of moisture or liquid",
      ": to overflow with or as if with moisture",
      ": to fall in or as if in drops",
      ": to waft or pass gently",
      ": a part of a cornice or other member that projects to throw off rainwater",
      ": an overlapping metal strip or an underneath groove for the same purpose",
      ": a falling in drops",
      ": liquid that falls, overflows, or is extruded in drops",
      ": the sound made by or as if by falling drops",
      ": a device for the administration of a fluid at a slow rate especially into a vein",
      ": a material so administered",
      ": a dull or unattractive person",
      ": of, relating to, or being coffee made by letting boiling water drip slowly through finely ground coffee",
      "dividend reinvestment plan",
      ": to fall in drops",
      ": to let fall drops of liquid",
      ": to have or show a large amount of something",
      ": the act of falling in drops",
      ": a drop of liquid that falls",
      ": the sound made by falling drops",
      ": to let fall in drops",
      ": to let fall drops of moisture or liquid",
      ": to fall in drops",
      ": a falling in drops \u2014 see postnasal drip",
      ": liquid that falls, overflows, or is extruded in drops",
      ": a device for the administration of a fluid at a slow rate especially into a vein",
      ": a material so administered",
      "\u2014 see gravity drip"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drip",
      "\u02c8drip",
      "\u02c8drip"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distill",
      "distil",
      "dribble",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drag",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "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",
      "Your nose essentially tries to fight off the germs by increasing mucus production, which then can drip out of your nose. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "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",
      "Sloppy bed edges offer unwanted distractions \u2014 a bit like a drip of paint on the Mona Lisa\u2019s smile. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 13 May 2022",
      "So for the first two weeks, Miller runs her drip system for two minutes a day, just so the plants can settle into their new home. \u2014 Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
      "In the Rochester area and elsewhere, there has been a steady drip of reports of racist and insensitive classroom lessons, including erroneous and offensive portrayals of slavery. \u2014 Justin Murphy, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
      "Your drip system might be superfluous for many species, so why plant plants near it for no necessity? \u2014 oregonlive , 19 June 2021",
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1895, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-012458"
  },
  "drippy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by dripping",
      ": rainy , drizzly",
      ": mawkish sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-p\u0113"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unsentimental"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173813"
  },
  "drive":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to frighten or prod (game, cattle, etc.) into moving in a desired direction",
      ": to go through (an area) driving game animals",
      ": to carry on or through energetically",
      ": to impart a forward motion to by physical force",
      ": to repulse , remove, or cause to go by force, authority, or influence",
      ": to set or keep in motion or operation",
      ": to move quickly and forcefully down or along",
      ": to direct the motions and course of (a draft animal)",
      ": to operate the mechanism and controls and direct the course of (a vehicle)",
      ": to convey in a vehicle",
      ": to float (logs) down a stream",
      ": to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : force",
      ": to compel to undergo or suffer a change (as in situation or emotional state)",
      ": to urge relentlessly to continuous exertion",
      ": to press or force into an activity, course, or direction",
      ": to project, inject, or impress incisively",
      ": to force (a passage) by pressing or digging",
      ": to propel (an object of play) swiftly or forcefully",
      ": to hit (a ball) from the tee especially with a driver (see driver sense f )",
      ": to drive a golf ball onto (a green)",
      ": to cause (a run or runner) to be scored (see score entry 2 sense 4a(2) )",
      ": to give shape or impulse to",
      ": to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently",
      ": to progress with strong momentum",
      ": to make a quick and forceful move",
      ": to operate a vehicle",
      ": to have oneself carried in a vehicle",
      ": to drive a golf ball",
      ": to intend to express, convey, or accomplish",
      ": an act of driving :",
      ": a trip in a carriage or automobile",
      ": an instance of collecting and moving animals (such as game or cattle) together in a desired direction",
      ": the animals gathered and driven (see drive entry 1 sense transitive 1a )",
      ": a driving of cattle or sheep overland",
      ": a hunt or shoot in which the game is driven within the hunter's range",
      ": the guiding of logs downstream to a mill",
      ": the floating logs amassed in a drive",
      ": 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 private road : driveway",
      ": a public road for driving (as in a park)",
      ": the state of being hurried and under pressure",
      ": a strong systematic group effort",
      ": a sustained offensive (see offensive entry 1 sense 1 ) effort",
      ": 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",
      ": the means by which the propulsion of an automotive vehicle is controlled and directed",
      ": an offensive, aggressive, or expansionist move",
      ": a strong military attack against enemy-held terrain",
      ": a quick and aggressive move toward the basket",
      ": an urgent, basic, or instinctual need : a motivating physiological condition of an organism",
      ": an impelling culturally acquired concern, interest, or longing",
      ": dynamic quality",
      ": a device for reading or writing on magnetic, optical, or electronic media (such as tapes, disks, or flash memory)",
      ": memory sense 4",
      "\u2014 see also hard drive",
      ": to direct the movement of",
      ": to go or carry in a vehicle",
      ": to move using force",
      ": to push in with force",
      ": to set or keep in motion or operation",
      ": to carry through",
      ": to force to work or to act",
      ": to bring into a particular condition",
      ": a trip in a vehicle",
      ": driveway",
      ": an often scenic public road",
      ": an organized effort to achieve a goal",
      ": a strong natural need or desire",
      ": energy and determination to succeed",
      ": an act of leading animals in a group to another place",
      ": the means for making a machine or machine part move",
      ": a device in a computer that can read information off and copy information onto disks or tape",
      ": an urgent, basic, or instinctual need : a motivating physiological condition of the organism",
      ": an impelling culturally acquired concern, interest, or longing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv",
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv",
      "\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"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Their grandmother, Marilyn Wiggins, had agreed to drive them. \u2014 Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "Today, the sheer volume of technologies, transactions, interdependencies, variables, change and possible points of failure requires automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive it. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Prichard police, however, say the man was shot in Saraland and had used his vehicle to drive himself to the hospital, but stopped at the restaurant for help. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 12 June 2022",
      "In a statement, NHTSA said there aren\u2019t any vehicles available for purchase today that can drive themselves. \u2014 Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 June 2022",
      "The Supra is a playful and willing companion on tight, technical roads, with a sharpness and precision that encourages you to drive it incrementally harder. \u2014 Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver , 10 June 2022",
      "While trying to cope with the rage inside him over his mother\u2019s death, EZ sees his rage drive him toward a life of crime and violence in his pursuit of vengeance over his mother\u2019s killing. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
      "In a statement, NHTSA said there aren\u2019t any vehicles available for purchase today that can drive themselves. \u2014 Tom Krisher, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "This might seem bad on its face\u2014like evidence of rising unhappiness, or of general cultural degradation, or of all the other things that drive us to curse. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Judge put the Yankees ahead in the first with his sixth homer in eight games, an opposite-field drive into the right field short porch off a curveball. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
      "Lower imports through the pipe, and on separate routes to Italy, complicate the continent\u2019s drive to fill gas caverns by the fall. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "The mountains north of M\u00e1laga were on fire during our recent visit to southern Spain, closing sections of the drive route McLaren had selected for us and causing far greater hardships for residents. \u2014 Brett Berk, Car and Driver , 14 June 2022",
      "Knight then reverses out of the parking lot, knocking Sloan to the ground, shifts his truck into drive , hits the gas and barrels back through the burger stand\u2019s property, running over both Sloan and Carter, killing Carter. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
      "This provides a single picture to establish strategic direction and drive alignment throughout the organization. \u2014 Derek Bentley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Now farms an hour\u2019s drive away cultivate marigolds, chrysanthemums, tulips, rue, and other herbs for area vendors to sell to residents and visitors alike year-round. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 June 2022",
      "Amid Trump\u2019s drive to overturn election results in Georgia, Pak \u2014 a federal prosecutor based in Atlanta \u2014 suddenly quit. \u2014 John Wagner, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "Dublin is about a 20-minute drive north of Columbus. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1685, in the meaning defined at sense 1c"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220912"
  },
  "drivel":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": nonsense",
      ": drool sense 1",
      ": to talk stupidly and carelessly",
      ": to let saliva dribble from the mouth : slaver"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-v\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "applesauce",
      "balderdash",
      "baloney",
      "boloney",
      "beans",
      "bilge",
      "blah",
      "blah-blah",
      "blarney",
      "blather",
      "blatherskite",
      "blither",
      "bosh",
      "bull",
      "bunk",
      "bunkum",
      "buncombe",
      "claptrap",
      "codswallop",
      "crapola",
      "crock",
      "drool",
      "fiddle",
      "fiddle-faddle",
      "fiddlesticks",
      "flannel",
      "flapdoodle",
      "folderol",
      "falderal",
      "folly",
      "foolishness",
      "fudge",
      "garbage",
      "guff",
      "hogwash",
      "hokeypokey",
      "hokum",
      "hoodoo",
      "hooey",
      "horsefeathers",
      "humbug",
      "humbuggery",
      "jazz",
      "malarkey",
      "malarky",
      "moonshine",
      "muck",
      "nerts",
      "nonsense",
      "nuts",
      "piffle",
      "poppycock",
      "punk",
      "rot",
      "rubbish",
      "senselessness",
      "silliness",
      "slush",
      "stupidity",
      "taradiddle",
      "tarradiddle",
      "tommyrot",
      "tosh",
      "trash",
      "trumpery",
      "twaddle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dribble",
      "drool",
      "salivate",
      "slaver",
      "slobber"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173512"
  },
  "drollery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that is droll",
      ": a comic picture or drawing",
      ": the act or an instance of jesting or burlesquing",
      ": whimsical humor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dl-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u014d-l\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "boff",
      "boffo",
      "boffola",
      "crack",
      "funny",
      "gag",
      "giggle",
      "jape",
      "jest",
      "joke",
      "josh",
      "laugh",
      "nifty",
      "one-liner",
      "pleasantry",
      "quip",
      "rib",
      "sally",
      "waggery",
      "wisecrack",
      "witticism",
      "yuk",
      "yuck",
      "yak",
      "yock"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the film's sophisticated drolleries will elicit smiles and chuckles even upon repeated viewings",
      "though generally serious, the novel about a seriously dysfunctional family is not without drollery",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222043"
  },
  "droner":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen",
      ": one that lives on the labors of others : parasite",
      ": an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or onboard computers",
      ": drudge sense 1",
      ": drudge sense 2",
      ": to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound",
      ": to talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone",
      ": to pass, proceed, or act in a dull, drowsy, or indifferent manner",
      ": to utter or pronounce with a drone",
      ": to pass or spend in dull or monotonous activity or in idleness",
      ": a deep sustained or monotonous sound : hum",
      ": an instrument or part of an instrument (such as one of the fixed-pitch pipes of a bagpipe ) that sounds a continuous unvarying tone",
      ": pedal point",
      ": a male bee",
      ": to make or to speak with a low dull tone or hum",
      ": a low dull tone or hum"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dn",
      "\u02c8dr\u014dn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "couch potato",
      "deadbeat",
      "do-nothing",
      "idler",
      "layabout",
      "lazybones",
      "loafer",
      "lotus-eater",
      "slouch",
      "slug",
      "slugabed",
      "sluggard"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bumble",
      "burr",
      "buzz",
      "hum",
      "whir",
      "whirr",
      "whish",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We could hear wasps droning in the garden.",
      "the sound of droning bees all around us"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1), Verb, and Noun (2)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1520, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1502, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210530"
  },
  "drooping":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hang or incline downward",
      ": to sink gradually",
      ": to become depressed or weakened : languish",
      ": to let droop",
      ": the condition or appearance of drooping",
      ": to sink, bend, or hang down",
      ": to become sad or weak",
      ": the condition of hanging or bending down"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcp",
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flag",
      "hang",
      "loll",
      "sag",
      "swag",
      "wilt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hang",
      "sag",
      "slack",
      "slackness"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1647, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181829"
  },
  "droopy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": gloomy",
      ": drooping or tending to droop"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fc-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bowed",
      "bowing",
      "declined",
      "declining",
      "descendant",
      "descendent",
      "descending",
      "drooping",
      "hanging",
      "hung",
      "inclining",
      "nodding",
      "pendulous",
      "sagging",
      "stooping",
      "weeping"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unbending",
      "upright"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the droopy heads of tired fans riding home on the bus",
      "a droopy stalk of celery",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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",
      "Croce had perished in a plane crash in 1973, but Marc Hazebrouck, a former truck driver and psychology major from Rhode Island, was already playing songs by Croce and had a droopy mustache to match. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 2 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225303"
  },
  "drop":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass",
      ": a dose of medicine measured by drops",
      ": a minute quantity or degree of something nonmaterial or intangible",
      ": a small quantity of drink",
      ": the smallest practical unit of liquid measure",
      ": something that resembles a liquid drop: such as",
      ": a pendent ornament attached to a piece of jewelry",
      ": an earring with such a pendant",
      ": a small globular cookie or candy",
      ": the act or an instance of dropping : fall",
      ": a decline in quantity or quality",
      ": a descent by parachute",
      ": the people or equipment dropped by parachute",
      ": a place or central depository to which something (such as mail, money, or stolen property) is brought for distribution or transmission",
      ": the act of depositing something at such a place",
      ": the distance from a higher to a lower level or through which something drops",
      ": a decrease in electric potential (see potential entry 2 sense 2b )",
      ": a slot into which something is to be dropped",
      ": something that drops, hangs, or falls: such as",
      ": a movable plate that covers the keyhole of a lock",
      ": an unframed piece of cloth stage scenery",
      ": drop curtain",
      ": a hinged platform on a gallows",
      ": a fallen fruit",
      ": the advantage of having an opponent covered (see cover entry 1 sense 1b(2) ) with a firearm",
      ": advantage , superiority",
      ": a move back from the line of scrimmage (as in preparation for making a forward pass )",
      ": as soon as the slightest provocation is given : immediately",
      ": a part so small as to be negligible",
      ": to fall in drops",
      ": to fall (see fall entry 1 sense 1a ) unexpectedly or suddenly",
      ": to descend (see descend sense 1 ) from one line or level to another",
      ": to fall in a state of collapse (see collapse entry 2 sense 1b ) or death",
      ": to become played by reason of the obligation to follow suit",
      ": to fall or roll into a hole or basket",
      ": to enter or pass as if without conscious effort of will (see will entry 2 sense 4a ) into some state, condition, or activity",
      ": to cease to be of concern : lapse",
      ": to pass from view or notice : disappear",
      ": to become less",
      ": to move with a favoring wind or current",
      ": to be released to the public",
      ": to let fall : cause to fall",
      ": give up sense 2 , abandon",
      ": discontinue",
      ": to break off an association or connection with : dismiss",
      ": to utter or mention in a casual way",
      ": write",
      ": to lower or cause to descend from one level or position to another",
      ": to cause to lessen or decrease : reduce",
      ": to give birth to",
      ": lose",
      ": spend",
      ": to get rid of",
      ": to bring down with a shot or a blow",
      ": to cause a cardholder to unwillingly play (a high card)",
      ": to toss or roll into a hole or basket",
      ": to deposit or deliver during a usually brief stop",
      ": air-drop",
      ": to cause (the voice) to be less loud",
      ": to leave (a letter representing a speech sound) unsounded",
      ": to leave out in writing : omit",
      ": to draw from an external point",
      ": to take (a drug) orally : swallow",
      ": to inform authorities (such as the police) of another's wrongdoing",
      ": to fail to keep up",
      ": to make a mistake especially by failing to take timely, effective, or proper action",
      ": a small amount of liquid that falls in a rounded shape",
      ": liquid medicine measured by drops",
      ": something (as a small round candy) that is shaped like a liquid drop",
      ": a small amount",
      ": the distance of a fall",
      ": a decrease in amount or quality",
      ": an act of delivering something : a place where something is left to be picked up",
      ": to fall or let fall often by accident",
      ": to go down suddenly",
      ": to go or make lower",
      ": to become less or make less",
      ": lose sense 5",
      ": disappear sense 1",
      ": to stop or let end",
      ": quit",
      ": to make a brief visit",
      ": to deliver with a quick stop",
      ": send sense 1",
      ": to fall asleep",
      ": the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass",
      ": a dose of medicine measured by drops",
      ": the smallest practical unit of liquid measure that varies in size according to the specific gravity and viscosity of the liquid and to the conditions under which it is formed \u2014 compare minim",
      ": to fall in drops",
      ": to give birth to",
      ": to take (a drug) orally"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bead",
      "blob",
      "driblet",
      "drip",
      "droplet",
      "glob",
      "globule"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "depress",
      "lower",
      "throw",
      "throw down"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The album will be available to stream on Tidal, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify on July 29, though the exact time of the drop is TBD. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 16 June 2022",
      "After adjusting for higher prices, average hourly wages fell 3% last month from a year earlier, the 14th straight drop . \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The existence of the upcoming drop is promotion enough. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 16 June 2022",
      "The abundance of action at Tipico has gravitated to MacKinnon as the Game 1 puck drop nears Wednesday night in Denver. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "The report said this drop was because patients from Missouri had sought abortions in Illinois, where the number of abortions increased 25 percent during that time. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Antibodies against the virus drop to lower levels four months after the primary shots, and protection wanes with them. \u2014 Josh Fischman, Scientific American , 13 June 2022",
      "Media and tech stocks have been sucked down in the market drop , with losers including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "Siegel, a professor of finance at the prestigious Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1976, told CNBC on Friday that the drop has put some stock valuations into a compelling range for investors. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Feel free to drop us a note at headlines@latimes.com. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "If Pence would refuse to count some electors, then the threshold needed to certify the presidential election would drop from the regular 270-vote majority to a lesser number \u2014 one presumably that Trump could reach. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, Chron , 16 June 2022",
      "If Pence would refuse to count some electors, then the threshold needed to certify the presidential election would drop from the regular 270-vote majority to a lesser number \u2014 one presumably that Trump could reach. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The average number of subscribers at FX, meanwhile, is expected to drop from 79.7 million to 74.8 million. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 June 2022",
      "Some investors believe the wisest move may be to drop India from the centerpiece of any growth plans. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "The Fed now expects its preferred yearly inflation measure, which is different than the CPI, to drop from 6.3% in April to 5.2% by the end of the year, up from its March estimate of 4.3%. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "The most startling creature is the coconut crab, which grows to the size of a cat and may drop suddenly from trees. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "However, there\u2019s a 60% chance of rain shows and possibly a thunderstorm after 5 p.m., when temperatures are expected to drop from a high of 81 to a low of 68, according to the National Weather Service. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170954"
  },
  "drop (off)":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a very steep or perpendicular descent",
      ": a marked dwindling or decline",
      ": the act or an instance of making a usually brief deposit or delivery",
      ": to fall asleep"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02cc\u022ff",
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4p-\u02c8\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"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1812, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175853"
  },
  "drop by":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to pay a brief casual visit",
      ": to visit casually or unexpectedly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "call",
      "come by",
      "come over",
      "drop in",
      "pop (in)",
      "run (over)",
      "run in",
      "step in",
      "stop (by ",
      "visit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1905, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192807"
  },
  "drop in":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a casual visit or brief stop",
      ": one who drops in : a casual visitor",
      ": to pay an unexpected or casual visit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02ccin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "caller",
      "frequenter",
      "guest",
      "visitant",
      "visitor"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "call",
      "come by",
      "come over",
      "drop by",
      "pop (in)",
      "run (over)",
      "run in",
      "step in",
      "stop (by ",
      "visit"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183216"
  },
  "drop-in":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a casual visit or brief stop",
      ": one who drops in : a casual visitor",
      ": to pay an unexpected or casual visit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02ccin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "caller",
      "frequenter",
      "guest",
      "visitant",
      "visitor"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "call",
      "come by",
      "come over",
      "drop by",
      "pop (in)",
      "run (over)",
      "run in",
      "step in",
      "stop (by ",
      "visit"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221331"
  },
  "dross":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal",
      ": waste or foreign matter : impurity",
      ": something that is base (see base entry 3 sense 1 ), trivial, or inferior"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4s",
      "\u02c8dr\u022fs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dreck",
      "drek",
      "dust",
      "effluvium",
      "effluvia",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "There is quite a lot of dross on TV these days.",
      "His editor has a talent for turning literary dross into gold.",
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dros , from Old English dr\u014ds dregs",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202555"
  },
  "drove":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a group of animals driven or moving in a body",
      ": a large number : crowd",
      ": a large group of animals or people moving or acting together"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dv",
      "\u02c8dr\u014dv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "army",
      "bike",
      "cram",
      "crowd",
      "crush",
      "flock",
      "herd",
      "horde",
      "host",
      "legion",
      "mass",
      "mob",
      "multitude",
      "press",
      "rout",
      "scrum",
      "swarm",
      "throng"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "people flocked to the annual festival in droves",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "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",
      "Having overhauled our homes, the drove of D.T.C. investment is seeking out fresh pastures of disruption. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193101"
  },
  "drown":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to become drowned",
      ": to suffocate by submersion especially in water",
      ": to submerge especially by a rise in the water level",
      ": to soak, drench, or cover with a liquid",
      ": to engage (oneself) deeply and strenuously",
      ": to cause (a sound) not to be heard by making a loud noise",
      ": to drive out (something, such as a sensation or an idea)",
      ": overwhelm",
      ": to die or cause to die from being underwater and unable to breathe",
      ": to cover with a liquid",
      ": to overpower especially with noise",
      ": to make helpless or overwhelmed",
      ": to suffocate in water or some other liquid",
      ": to suffocate because of excess of body fluid that interferes with the passage of oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues (as in pulmonary edema)",
      ": to suffocate by submersion especially in water"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307n",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307n",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deluge",
      "engulf",
      "flood",
      "gulf",
      "inundate",
      "overflow",
      "overwhelm",
      "submerge",
      "submerse",
      "swamp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "drain"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Conversations of all kinds drown out the background music. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "When bickering flares up, Baker \u2014 whose booming voice can drown out the whole room \u2014 cuts things off quickly. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "A week and a half later, a 22-year-old National Guard soldier would drown nearby trying to rescue migrants from the river. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The noise that accompanies all that fuss can drown out the quieter fare. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 6 May 2022",
      "Odette and Siegfried then drown themselves, breaking the enchantment and freeing their love for the next life. \u2014 Sean Erwin, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "The cheers of enemy fans, meantime, won\u2019t drown the roaring cash flow of ticket revenues. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "And if government isn\u2019t careful, this golden goose of weed revenue could easily drown . \u2014 Chris Roberts, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "When experts post accurate content, they often get targeted by anti-vaxxers who want to drown out the facts. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English drounen ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173809"
  },
  "drub":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to beat severely",
      ": to berate critically",
      ": to defeat decisively",
      ": drum , stamp",
      ": to beat severely",
      ": to defeat completely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259b",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bash",
      "baste",
      "bat",
      "batter",
      "beat",
      "belabor",
      "belt",
      "birch",
      "bludgeon",
      "buffet",
      "bung up",
      "club",
      "curry",
      "do",
      "fib",
      "flog",
      "hammer",
      "hide",
      "lace",
      "lambaste",
      "lambast",
      "lash",
      "lather",
      "lick",
      "maul",
      "mess (up)",
      "paddle",
      "pelt",
      "pommel",
      "pound",
      "pummel",
      "punch out",
      "rough (up)",
      "slate",
      "slog",
      "switch",
      "tan",
      "thrash",
      "thresh",
      "thump",
      "tromp",
      "wallop",
      "whale",
      "whip",
      "whop",
      "whap",
      "whup",
      "work over"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps from Arabic \u1e0daraba ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214046"
  },
  "drudge":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to do hard, menial, or monotonous work",
      ": to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work",
      ": one who is obliged to do menial work",
      ": one whose work is routine and boring",
      ": menial or tedious labor",
      ": a person who does hard or dull work"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259j",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259j"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang away",
      "beaver (away)",
      "dig (away)",
      "endeavor",
      "fag",
      "grub",
      "hump",
      "hustle",
      "labor",
      "moil",
      "peg (away)",
      "plod",
      "plow",
      "plug",
      "slave",
      "slog",
      "strain",
      "strive",
      "struggle",
      "sweat",
      "toil",
      "travail",
      "tug",
      "work"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dogsbody",
      "drone",
      "drudger",
      "fag",
      "foot soldier",
      "grub",
      "grubber",
      "grunt",
      "laborer",
      "peon",
      "plugger",
      "slave",
      "slogger",
      "toiler",
      "worker"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213009"
  },
  "drug":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication",
      ": a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary (see formulary sense 3 )",
      ": a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease",
      ": a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body",
      ": a substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device",
      ": something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation (see habituation sense 2b ), or a marked change in consciousness",
      ": a commodity that is not salable or for which there is no demand (see demand entry 1 sense 3a )",
      ": a substance used in dyeing or chemical operations",
      ": to affect with a drug (see drug entry 1 )",
      ": to stupefy by a narcotic drug",
      ": to administer a drug to",
      ": to lull or stupefy as if with a drug",
      ": to take drugs for narcotic effect",
      ": a substance used as a medicine or in making medicines",
      ": a substance (as cocaine) that may harm or addict a user",
      ": to poison with or as if with a drug",
      ": to make sleepy or unconscious with drugs",
      ": a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication",
      ": a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary",
      ": a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease",
      ": a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body",
      ": a substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device",
      ": something and often an illicit substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness",
      ": to affect with a drug",
      ": to stupefy by a narcotic drug",
      ": to administer a drug to",
      ": to take drugs for narcotic effect"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259g",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259g",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259g"
    ],
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      "cure",
      "medicament",
      "medication",
      "medicinal",
      "medicine",
      "pharmaceutical",
      "physic",
      "remedy",
      "specific"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Buhle excised Biden from her name in 2019, after enduring years of what many women could or would not: alcohol and drug abuse, affairs, public humiliation, a torrent of lies. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "This marked Garland's comeback, four years after being let go from her contract at MGM in the midst of her struggles with alcohol and drug addiction. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
      "In the crushing true-life drama Only The Brave\u2014his first movie with Top Gun: Maverick director Joe Kosinski\u2014Teller plays Brendan McDonough, a drug addict delinquent looking to turn his life around to provide for his newborn daughter. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
      "In many low-level shoplifting and drug cases, Foxx's office has diverted them to counseling and treatment. \u2014 Fox News , 8 June 2022",
      "Personalized and community medicine as well as vaccine and drug discovery will get a boost from the computing power provided by semiconductors. \u2014 Mark Liu, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
      "Boudin was elected in 2019, promising to eliminate cash bail and divert low-level offenders into mental health and drug treatment programs. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 8 June 2022",
      "Overall, the company is focused on improving its portfolio, especially with headwinds for its top-selling drug , Revlimid. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "He was charged with weapon and drug possession and has pleaded not guilty, his lawyer, Michael J. Brown, said. \u2014 New York Times , 5 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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
      "Verb",
      "1667, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181108"
  },
  "druggie":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who habitually uses drugs",
      ": associated with, affected by, or suggestive of drugs or drug use",
      ": a person who habitually uses drugs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-g\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "addict",
      "dopehead",
      "doper",
      "fiend",
      "freak",
      "head",
      "hophead",
      "hype",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "stoner",
      "user"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonaddict",
      "nonuser"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1966, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203014"
  },
  "druggy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": associated with, affected by, or suggestive of drugs or drug use",
      ": a person who habitually uses drugs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-g\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1583, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214020"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": 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)",
      ": tympanic membrane",
      ": the sound of a drum",
      ": a sound similar to that of a drum",
      ": any of various chiefly marine bony fishes (family Sciaenidae) that make a drumming or croaking noise using their air bladder and associated muscles",
      ": something resembling a drum in shape: such as",
      ": any of the cylindrical blocks that form the shaft of a column",
      ": a round wall or structure that supports a dome",
      ": a cylindrical machine or mechanical device or part",
      ": a cylindrical container",
      ": a large usually metal container for liquids",
      ": a disk-shaped magazine for an automatic weapon",
      ": to make a succession of strokes or vibrations that produce sounds like drumbeats",
      ": to beat a drum",
      ": to throb or sound rhythmically",
      ": to stir up interest : solicit",
      ": to summon or enlist by or as if by beating a drum",
      ": to dismiss ignominiously : expel",
      ": to drive or force by steady effort or reiteration",
      ": to strike or tap repeatedly",
      ": to produce (rhythmic sounds) by such action",
      ": a long narrow hill or ridge",
      ": drumlin",
      ": a musical instrument usually consisting of a metal or wooden round frame with flat ends covered by tightly stretched skin",
      ": a tapping sound : a sound of or like a drum",
      ": an object shaped like a cylinder",
      ": to beat or play a drum",
      ": to make a tapping sound : make a sound like a drum",
      ": to beat or tap in a rhythmic way",
      ": to force (something) to be learned by repeating it over and over",
      ": to force to leave (a place or organization)",
      ": to gather or create by hard work",
      ": tympanic membrane"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m"
    ],
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      "barrel",
      "can",
      "canister",
      "cannister",
      "tin"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beat",
      "rap",
      "tap"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She drummed while he played the guitar.",
      "Her fingers drummed nervously on the table.",
      "He was nervously drumming a pencil on the desk."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1582, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1732, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224257"
  },
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    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to force (someone) to leave (a place or organization)"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213520"
  },
  "drumbeat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stroke on a drum or its sound",
      ": a series of such strokes",
      ": vociferous advocacy of a cause",
      ": drumfire sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m-\u02ccb\u0113t"
    ],
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      "barrage",
      "blitz",
      "blitzkrieg",
      "bombardment",
      "cannonade",
      "drumfire",
      "flurry",
      "fusillade",
      "hail",
      "salvo",
      "shower",
      "storm",
      "volley"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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",
      "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",
      "But of late the drumbeat of German businesses rethinking China has grown more insistent. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "As the sustainable business drumbeat gets louder, utility providers across Australia are doing much more than making noise about climate change imperatives. \u2014 Susan Galer, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "So with the drumbeat of inflation increasing last autumn, Miller and his team hedged their bets. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
      "Both authors feel the drumbeat of France\u2019s past, from colonialism to Vichy to Jacques Chirac. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215616"
  },
  "drumfire":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": artillery firing so continuous as to sound like a drumroll",
      ": something suggestive of drumfire in intensity : barrage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "barrage",
      "blitz",
      "blitzkrieg",
      "bombardment",
      "cannonade",
      "drumbeat",
      "flurry",
      "fusillade",
      "hail",
      "salvo",
      "shower",
      "storm",
      "volley"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a rising drumfire of criticism for the president's latest nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214517"
  },
  "drunk":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having the faculties impaired by alcohol",
      ": having a level of alcohol in the blood that exceeds a maximum prescribed by law",
      ": dominated by an intense feeling",
      ": relating to, caused by, or characterized by intoxication : drunken",
      ": a period of drinking to intoxication or of being intoxicated",
      ": one who is drunk",
      ": drunkard",
      ": being so much under the influence of alcohol that normal thinking and acting become difficult or impossible",
      ": controlled by a strong feeling",
      ": drunkard",
      ": having the faculties impaired by alcohol",
      ": of, relating to, or caused by intoxication : drunken",
      ": a period of drinking to intoxication or of being intoxicated",
      ": one who is drunk",
      ": drunkard"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014bk",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014bk",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014bk"
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      "besotted",
      "blasted",
      "blind",
      "blitzed",
      "blotto",
      "bombed",
      "boozy",
      "canned",
      "cockeyed",
      "crocked",
      "drunken",
      "fried",
      "gassed",
      "hammered",
      "high",
      "impaired",
      "inebriate",
      "inebriated",
      "intoxicated",
      "juiced",
      "lit",
      "lit up",
      "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alcoholic",
      "alkie",
      "alky",
      "boozehound",
      "boozer",
      "dipsomaniac",
      "drinker",
      "drunkard",
      "inebriate",
      "juicehead",
      "juicer",
      "lush",
      "rummy",
      "soak",
      "soaker",
      "sot",
      "souse",
      "tippler",
      "toper",
      "tosspot"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "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",
      "Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had him on their radar because of a 2017 drunk driving conviction. \u2014 Palabra, al , 25 May 2022",
      "The Gladstein Law Firm Sober Rides Campaign has pledged to pay for dozens of rides over the course of the weekend, in an effort to cut down on drunk driving during the busiest weekend of the year in Louisville. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "According to an affidavit of probable cause signed by a state trooper, Guzman informed Santiago\u2019s mother that her son had struck a man while driving drunk and the body was in the Honda. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "In his 15 years as a legislator, Washington state Sen. John Lovick has authored many serious bills, including a measure to strictly enforce seat belt usage and an effort to lower the threshold for what constitutes driving drunk . \u2014 Julie Makinen And Mary Barsaleau, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Iniguez said officers suggested his fianc\u00e9 was driving drunk and ordered the fianc\u00e9 out of the car. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Josko was driving drunk and headed south in the northbound lanes of Illinois Route 41 on the night of Dec. 9, 1995, when his vehicle struck Bourassa\u2019s vehicle head-on. \u2014 Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184430"
  },
  "drunkard":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "one who is habitually drunk",
      "a person who is often drunk",
      "one suffering from or subject to acute or chronic alcoholism one who habitually becomes drunk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259rd",
    "synonyms":[
      "alcoholic",
      "alkie",
      "alky",
      "boozehound",
      "boozer",
      "dipsomaniac",
      "drinker",
      "drunk",
      "inebriate",
      "juicehead",
      "juicer",
      "lush",
      "rummy",
      "soak",
      "soaker",
      "sot",
      "souse",
      "tippler",
      "toper",
      "tosspot"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "druthers":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free choice : preference"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259rz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alternative",
      "choice",
      "discretion",
      "election",
      "liberty",
      "option",
      "pick",
      "preference",
      "selection",
      "volition",
      "way"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" druther , alteration of would rather ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1870, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212829"
  },
  "dry nurse":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take care of but not breastfeed (another woman's baby) : to act as a dry nurse to",
      ": to give unnecessary supervision to",
      ": a woman who takes care of but does not breastfeed another woman's baby",
      ": a woman who takes care of but does not breastfeed another woman's baby"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)dr\u012b-\u02c8n\u0259rs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "babysitter",
      "nanny",
      "nannie",
      "nurse",
      "nursemaid",
      "nurser",
      "sitter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "after years of being a dry nurse to other women's children, she longed to have a child of her own"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-032505"
  },
  "dry run":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a practice exercise : rehearsal , trial",
      ": a practice firing without ammunition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "practice",
      "practise",
      "rehearsal",
      "trial"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211135"
  },
  "drunkenness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drunk sense 1",
      ": saturated with liquid",
      ": given to habitual excessive use of alcohol",
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication",
      ": resulting from or as if from intoxication",
      ": unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication",
      ": drunk entry 2 sense 1",
      ": resulting from being drunk",
      ": drunk sense 1",
      ": given to habitual excessive use of alcohol",
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication",
      ": resulting from or as if from intoxication"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "besotted",
      "blasted",
      "blind",
      "blitzed",
      "blotto",
      "bombed",
      "boozy",
      "canned",
      "cockeyed",
      "crocked",
      "drunk",
      "fried",
      "gassed",
      "hammered",
      "high",
      "impaired",
      "inebriate",
      "inebriated",
      "intoxicated",
      "juiced",
      "lit",
      "lit up",
      "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "sober",
      "straight"
    ],
    "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",
      "June 3 received a call about a possible drunken driver. \u2014 cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "Kong Her\u2019s religious faith has been challenged since a drunken driver killed his brother, an off-duty Milwaukee police officer, in 2019. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
      "Geronemus\u2019 late father, Dr. Robert Perry Geronemus, was struck and killed by a drunken driver in 2009. \u2014 Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
      "In the parking lot sat the team's traveling van, which was totaled by a drunken driver about a week before the storm hit. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "And after a drunken driver struck Bruce Mezan and his motorcycle in 2020, Mezan embarked on a quest to educate others about the dangers of driving under the influence. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Bentley is the name of a child in Missouri whose parents were also killed by a drunken driver. \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The bill includes the names of the children of Nicholas Galinger, a Chattanooga police officer who was struck and killed three years ago by a drunken driver. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "But a drunken driver killed Clarence White in Palmdale, Calif., in 1973, and Roland evolved after the tragedy to a new musical direction, with pioneering bluegrass band Country Gazette. \u2014 Steve Knopper, Billboard , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English druncen , from past participle of drincan to drink",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-110547"
  },
  "drop-off":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a very steep or perpendicular descent",
      ": a marked dwindling or decline",
      ": the act or an instance of making a usually brief deposit or delivery",
      ": to fall asleep"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02cc\u022ff",
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4p-\u02c8\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"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1812, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-110816"
  },
  "driblet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a trifling or small sum or part",
      ": a drop of liquid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drib-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ace",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "dab",
      "dram",
      "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "money doled out in driblets to the workers",
      "rain leaked through the roof in solitary driblets here and there"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-115638"
  },
  "dripping":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fat and juices drawn from meat during cooking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-pi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-121859"
  },
  "drubbing":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to beat severely",
      ": to berate critically",
      ": to defeat decisively",
      ": drum , stamp",
      ": to beat severely",
      ": to defeat completely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259b",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bash",
      "baste",
      "bat",
      "batter",
      "beat",
      "belabor",
      "belt",
      "birch",
      "bludgeon",
      "buffet",
      "bung up",
      "club",
      "curry",
      "do",
      "fib",
      "flog",
      "hammer",
      "hide",
      "lace",
      "lambaste",
      "lambast",
      "lash",
      "lather",
      "lick",
      "maul",
      "mess (up)",
      "paddle",
      "pelt",
      "pommel",
      "pound",
      "pummel",
      "punch out",
      "rough (up)",
      "slate",
      "slog",
      "switch",
      "tan",
      "thrash",
      "thresh",
      "thump",
      "tromp",
      "wallop",
      "whale",
      "whip",
      "whop",
      "whap",
      "whup",
      "work over"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps from Arabic \u1e0daraba ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-151148"
  },
  "drink":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": swallow , imbibe",
      ": to take in or suck up : absorb",
      ": to take in or receive avidly",
      ": to join in a toast (see toast entry 1 sense 2a ) to",
      ": to bring to a specified state by drinking alcoholic beverages",
      ": to take liquid into the mouth for swallowing",
      ": to receive into one's consciousness",
      ": to partake of alcoholic beverages",
      ": to make or join in a toast",
      ": to comply unquestioningly with the demands or policies of a particular leader, ideology, or organization",
      ": a liquid suitable for swallowing",
      ": alcoholic beverages",
      ": a draft (see draft entry 1 sense 2b ) or portion of liquid",
      ": excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages",
      ": a sizable body of water",
      ": to swallow liquid",
      ": to absorb a liquid",
      ": to drink alcoholic beverages",
      ": to take in through the senses",
      ": a liquid safe for swallowing",
      ": an amount of liquid swallowed",
      ": alcoholic beverages",
      ": swallow , imbibe",
      ": to take liquid into the mouth for swallowing",
      ": to partake of alcoholic beverages especially habitually",
      ": to indulge in alcoholic beverages with disagreeable effect",
      ": liquid suitable for swallowing especially to quench thirst or to provide nourishment or refreshment",
      ": alcoholic liquor",
      ": a draft or portion of liquid (as water or a prepared beverage) taken or to be taken by an individual at one time",
      "[after a 1978 mass suicide in Guyana brought about when members of the Peoples Temple cult were ordered to consume a flavored drink mixed with cyanide]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014bk",
      "\u02c8dri\u014bk",
      "\u02c8dri\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belt (down)",
      "gulp",
      "guzzle",
      "hoist",
      "imbibe",
      "knock back",
      "pound (down)",
      "quaff",
      "sip",
      "slug (down)",
      "slurp",
      "sup",
      "swig",
      "swill",
      "toss (down "
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beverage",
      "drinkable",
      "libation",
      "potable",
      "quencher"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some food and drink manufacturers in Russia have also struggled with securing enough packaging after giants like Tetra Pak exited the market. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
      "People who order something else and then want your food or drink . \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 8 June 2022",
      "Celebrity chef Angelo Sosa of Tia Carmen, chef Dushyant Singh of Weft & Warp Art Bar and Kitchen, Nik Fields of Chic Chef, top mixologist Kim Haasarud of Garden Bar and other Valley food and drink icons will serve up samples. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
      "Live music, with food and drink available for purchase. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
      "Running from January 12 to January 16, the Cayman Cookout is offering a litany of events that will appeal to all sorts of food and drink enthusiasts. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
      "Pop up food truck experience featuring food and drink options. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
      "The backlot area had been peppered with multiple food and drink options, but there was curiously not a scrap of food within easy access of the Beverly Hilton exhibition tent. \u2014 Deborah Vankinstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Some analysts have called for Unilever to split its food and drink brands from its home and personal care division. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Eegee's: The regional chain with more than 30 locations in Tucson and the East Valley is named for its signature drink , a frozen fruit beverage that comes in flavors such as lemon, strawberry and pi\u00f1a colada. \u2014 Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
      "This tie-dye table is ultralight, packs into a tiny tote, and stretches taut to safely hold your drink . \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 June 2022",
      "Developed by Napa Valley winemakers Dave Phinney and Joe Wagner, Clich\u00e9 pitches its chic-looking drink as the hard seltzer for wine lovers. \u2014 Brittany Martin, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
      "My drink is tequila and lime juice, and everyone knows this. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 5 June 2022",
      "What could have been a nuisance \u2014 a man knocking over your drink to get your attention \u2014 ended up working for her. \u2014 Essence , 3 June 2022",
      "His drink of choice was Chablis [wine] and crushed ice. \u2014 Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022",
      "An employee was working during the lunch rush at Umai Savory Hot Dogs at the Stonestown mall in San Francisco on Friday, May 13, when an angry customer suddenly chucked her drink directly at the staff member and cursed at her. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2022",
      "Her drink of choice for a morning interview with a journalist (Jonathan Mallard) is a glass of gin, but both the booze and the conversation are abandoned soon after the subject of Louis arises. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-205801"
  },
  "drench":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to wet thoroughly (as by soaking or immersing in liquid)",
      ": to soak or cover thoroughly with liquid that falls or is precipitated",
      ": to fill or cover completely as if by soaking or precipitation",
      ": to administer a drench to (an animal)",
      ": to force to drink",
      ": a poisonous or medicinal drink",
      ": a large dose of medicine mixed with liquid and put down the throat of an animal",
      ": something that drenches",
      ": a quantity sufficient to drench or saturate",
      ": to make completely wet",
      ": a poisonous or medicinal drink",
      ": a large dose of medicine mixed with liquid and put down the throat of an animal",
      ": to administer a drench to (an animal)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drench",
      "\u02c8drench",
      "\u02c8drench"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bathe",
      "bedraggle",
      "douse",
      "dowse",
      "drown",
      "soak",
      "sodden",
      "sop",
      "souse",
      "wash",
      "water",
      "water-soak",
      "waterlog",
      "wet",
      "wet down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "dry",
      "parch",
      "scorch",
      "sear"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-215555"
  },
  "drudger":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to do hard, menial, or monotonous work",
      ": to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work",
      ": one who is obliged to do menial work",
      ": one whose work is routine and boring",
      ": menial or tedious labor",
      ": a person who does hard or dull work"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259j",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259j"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang away",
      "beaver (away)",
      "dig (away)",
      "endeavor",
      "fag",
      "grub",
      "hump",
      "hustle",
      "labor",
      "moil",
      "peg (away)",
      "plod",
      "plow",
      "plug",
      "slave",
      "slog",
      "strain",
      "strive",
      "struggle",
      "sweat",
      "toil",
      "travail",
      "tug",
      "work"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dogsbody",
      "drone",
      "drudger",
      "fag",
      "foot soldier",
      "grub",
      "grubber",
      "grunt",
      "laborer",
      "peon",
      "plugger",
      "slave",
      "slogger",
      "toiler",
      "worker"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-234624"
  },
  "dreamer":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that dreams",
      ": one who lives in a world of fancy and imagination",
      ": one who has ideas or conceives projects regarded as impractical : visionary",
      ": 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"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "Don Quixote",
      "fantast",
      "idealist",
      "idealizer",
      "ideologue",
      "idealogue",
      "romantic",
      "romanticist",
      "utopian",
      "visionary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hardnose",
      "pragmatist",
      "realist"
    ],
    "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",
      "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",
      "The lyrics, all penned by the artist alongside his producer and Andr\u00e9s Castro, reflect a personal side of Boza: the romantic, the dreamer , the trend-setter. \u2014 Jessica Roiz, Billboard , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (2)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "2004, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-005211"
  },
  "drape":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cover or adorn with or as if with folds of cloth",
      ": to cause to hang or stretch out loosely or carelessly",
      ": to arrange in flowing lines or folds",
      ": to become arranged in folds",
      ": arrangement in or of folds",
      ": a drapery especially for a window : curtain",
      ": a sterile covering used in an operating room",
      ": the cut or hang of clothing",
      ": to decorate or cover with or as if with folds of cloth",
      ": to arrange or hang in flowing lines",
      ": drapery sense 1",
      ": to shroud or enclose with surgical drapes",
      ": a sterile covering used in an operating room"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "drapery"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1847, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-131135"
  },
  "drouth":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a period of dryness especially when prolonged",
      ": one that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth",
      ": a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired",
      ": a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crunch",
      "dearth",
      "deficiency",
      "deficit",
      "failure",
      "famine",
      "inadequacy",
      "inadequateness",
      "insufficiency",
      "lack",
      "lacuna",
      "paucity",
      "pinch",
      "poverty",
      "scantiness",
      "scarceness",
      "scarcity",
      "shortage",
      "undersupply",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "adequacy",
      "amplitude",
      "opulence",
      "plenitude",
      "plenty",
      "sufficiency",
      "wealth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The drought caused serious damage to crops.",
      "a period of drought that lasted several years",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
      "Now in year three of a historic drought , the state is asking the public to use less water. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
      "That now seems unlikely to occur during a worsening drought . \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "The Louisville baseball team is looking to end a College World Series drought that predates most players on its roster. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
      "The company sources its chili peppers from Mexico, where a drought is affecting that country and parts of the western United States. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Climate change has also hit supplies in new and unpredictable ways, with India banning wheat exports amid a heat wave and Brazil suffering a devastating drought . \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "As a devastating drought takes its toll on Somalia\u2019s children, UNICEF is on the ground providing lifesaving nutrition support. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English dr\u016bgath , from dr\u016bgian to dry up; akin to Old English dr\u0233ge dry \u2014 more at dry ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-142124"
  },
  "drudging":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": monotonous , tiring"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-ji\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arid",
      "boring",
      "colorless",
      "drab",
      "dreary",
      "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "absorbing",
      "engaging",
      "engrossing",
      "gripping",
      "interesting",
      "intriguing",
      "involving",
      "riveting"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the hours of drudging effort that went into straightening out the company's books"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1548, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190842"
  },
  "dry up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cut off the supply of",
      ": to disappear as if by evaporation, draining, or cutting off of a source of supply",
      ": to wither or die through gradual loss of vitality",
      ": to stop talking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "belt up",
      "clam up",
      "dummy up",
      "hush",
      "pipe down",
      "quiet (down)",
      "shut up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "speak",
      "talk"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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",
      "Without that money, officials warn those supplies and services will dry up very quickly. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The concern was that output from one of the world\u2019s top petroleum exporters would dry up just as economies emerged from the pandemic and began burning more fuel. \u2014 Ryan Dezember And Josh Mitchell, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The surge of investments in farmland with the primary purpose of selling water has kindled emotional debates about whether the deals will dry up farming towns. \u2014 Ian James, The Arizona Republic , 17 Apr. 2021",
      "Tyrone Foster, owner of a 20-employee landscaping company in Portland, Ore., had expected his residential clientele to dry up during the pandemic recession. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
      "During the Civil War, the Sultana made most of its money transporting Union soldiers, a source that would soon dry up with the war\u2019s end. \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Volatile markets and the war in Ukraine caused deal-making to dry up while a slowdown in the housing market meant fewer people sought mortgages. \u2014 Yuri Kageyama, ajc , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193459"
  },
  "dragoon":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed mounted troops",
      ": cavalryman",
      ": to subjugate or persecute by harsh use of troops",
      ": to force into submission or compliance especially by violent measures"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02c8g\u00fcn",
      "dra-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blackjack",
      "coerce",
      "compel",
      "constrain",
      "drive",
      "force",
      "impel",
      "impress",
      "make",
      "muscle",
      "obligate",
      "oblige",
      "press",
      "pressure",
      "sandbag"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193531"
  },
  "droll":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a humorous, whimsical , or odd quality",
      ": an amusing person : jester , comedian",
      ": to make fun : jest , sport",
      ": having an odd or amusing quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dl",
      "\u02c8dr\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antic",
      "chucklesome",
      "comedic",
      "comic",
      "comical",
      "farcical",
      "funny",
      "hilarious",
      "humoristic",
      "humorous",
      "hysterical",
      "hysteric",
      "killing",
      "laughable",
      "ludicrous",
      "ridiculous",
      "riotous",
      "risible",
      "screaming",
      "sidesplitting",
      "uproarious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "card",
      "comedian",
      "comic",
      "farceur",
      "funnyman",
      "gagger",
      "gagman",
      "gagster",
      "humorist",
      "jester",
      "joker",
      "jokester",
      "wag",
      "wit"
    ],
    "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",
      "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",
      "And Pig's droll approach feels purposefully low-key. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Erikson's show isn't as instantly compelling as its predecessors, but benefits from rich world-building and droll humor about office perks and morale. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1623, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1645, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1654, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195401"
  },
  "droughty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a period of dryness especially when prolonged",
      ": one that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth",
      ": a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired",
      ": a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crunch",
      "dearth",
      "deficiency",
      "deficit",
      "failure",
      "famine",
      "inadequacy",
      "inadequateness",
      "insufficiency",
      "lack",
      "lacuna",
      "paucity",
      "pinch",
      "poverty",
      "scantiness",
      "scarceness",
      "scarcity",
      "shortage",
      "undersupply",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "adequacy",
      "amplitude",
      "opulence",
      "plenitude",
      "plenty",
      "sufficiency",
      "wealth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The drought caused serious damage to crops.",
      "a period of drought that lasted several years",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
      "Now in year three of a historic drought , the state is asking the public to use less water. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
      "That now seems unlikely to occur during a worsening drought . \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "The Louisville baseball team is looking to end a College World Series drought that predates most players on its roster. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
      "The company sources its chili peppers from Mexico, where a drought is affecting that country and parts of the western United States. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Climate change has also hit supplies in new and unpredictable ways, with India banning wheat exports amid a heat wave and Brazil suffering a devastating drought . \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "As a devastating drought takes its toll on Somalia\u2019s children, UNICEF is on the ground providing lifesaving nutrition support. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English dr\u016bgath , from dr\u016bgian to dry up; akin to Old English dr\u0233ge dry \u2014 more at dry ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201729"
  },
  "drunken":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drunk sense 1",
      ": saturated with liquid",
      ": given to habitual excessive use of alcohol",
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication",
      ": resulting from or as if from intoxication",
      ": unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication",
      ": drunk entry 2 sense 1",
      ": resulting from being drunk",
      ": drunk sense 1",
      ": given to habitual excessive use of alcohol",
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication",
      ": resulting from or as if from intoxication"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "besotted",
      "blasted",
      "blind",
      "blitzed",
      "blotto",
      "bombed",
      "boozy",
      "canned",
      "cockeyed",
      "crocked",
      "drunk",
      "fried",
      "gassed",
      "hammered",
      "high",
      "impaired",
      "inebriate",
      "inebriated",
      "intoxicated",
      "juiced",
      "lit",
      "lit up",
      "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "sober",
      "straight"
    ],
    "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",
      "June 3 received a call about a possible drunken driver. \u2014 cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "Kong Her\u2019s religious faith has been challenged since a drunken driver killed his brother, an off-duty Milwaukee police officer, in 2019. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
      "Geronemus\u2019 late father, Dr. Robert Perry Geronemus, was struck and killed by a drunken driver in 2009. \u2014 Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
      "In the parking lot sat the team's traveling van, which was totaled by a drunken driver about a week before the storm hit. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "And after a drunken driver struck Bruce Mezan and his motorcycle in 2020, Mezan embarked on a quest to educate others about the dangers of driving under the influence. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Bentley is the name of a child in Missouri whose parents were also killed by a drunken driver. \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The bill includes the names of the children of Nicholas Galinger, a Chattanooga police officer who was struck and killed three years ago by a drunken driver. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "But a drunken driver killed Clarence White in Palmdale, Calif., in 1973, and Roland evolved after the tragedy to a new musical direction, with pioneering bluegrass band Country Gazette. \u2014 Steve Knopper, Billboard , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English druncen , from past participle of drincan to drink",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202008"
  },
  "drowsy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ready to fall asleep",
      ": inducing or tending to induce sleep",
      ": indolent , lethargic",
      ": giving the appearance of peaceful inactivity",
      ": ready to fall asleep",
      ": causing sleepiness",
      ": ready to fall asleep : sleepy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307-z\u0113",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307-z\u0113",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dozy",
      "sleepy",
      "slumberous",
      "slumbrous",
      "somnolent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alert",
      "awake",
      "conscious",
      "wakeful",
      "wide-awake"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We spent a drowsy afternoon by the pool.",
      "the drowsy students shuffled into the first-period class",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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",
      "The lion, however, did take a nap during the final weeks of August, and remained drowsy throughout most of September. \u2014 Frederick Peters, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see drowse  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-212856"
  },
  "drizzle":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fine misty rain",
      ": something that is drizzled",
      ": to shed or let fall in minute drops or particles",
      ": to make wet with minute drops : sprinkle",
      ": to rain in very small drops or very lightly : sprinkle",
      ": a fine misty rain",
      ": to rain in very small drops"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-z\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dri-z\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "mist",
      "mizzle",
      "sprinkle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "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",
      "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",
      "While the food processor is on slowly drizzle the olive oil into the egg yolk mixture until emulsified. \u2014 Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1584, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-222723"
  },
  "drive-by":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": carried out from a moving vehicle",
      ": done or made in a quick or cursory manner",
      ": a drive-by shooting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv-\u02c8b\u012b",
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv-\u02ccb\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cursory",
      "flying",
      "gadarene",
      "hasty",
      "headlong",
      "helter-skelter",
      "hurried",
      "overhasty",
      "pell-mell",
      "precipitate",
      "precipitous",
      "rash",
      "rushed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deliberate",
      "unhurried",
      "unrushed"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1968, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1977, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-044853"
  },
  "drinker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that drinks",
      ": a person who drinks alcoholic beverages especially to a notable degree",
      ": waterer sense b"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014b-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alcoholic",
      "alkie",
      "alky",
      "boozehound",
      "boozer",
      "dipsomaniac",
      "drunk",
      "drunkard",
      "inebriate",
      "juicehead",
      "juicer",
      "lush",
      "rummy",
      "soak",
      "soaker",
      "sot",
      "souse",
      "tippler",
      "toper",
      "tosspot"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I'm not much of a drinker .",
      "Most of his friends are drinkers .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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",
      "And as an ex- drinker , Rapp had no interest in the bar scene. \u2014 Allie Conti, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-051258"
  },
  "droplet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tiny drop (as of a liquid)",
      ": a tiny drop",
      ": a tiny drop (as of a liquid)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-l\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4-pl\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bead",
      "blob",
      "driblet",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "glob",
      "globule"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1607, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-232234"
  },
  "dressy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": showy in dress",
      ": stylish , smart",
      ": requiring or characterized by fancy or formal dress",
      ": requiring fancy clothes",
      ": proper for formal events"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dre-s\u0113",
      "\u02c8dre-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dress",
      "formal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "casual",
      "informal",
      "sportif",
      "sporty"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-234437"
  },
  "drink (in)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to stop and look at or listen to something in order to enjoy it fully"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-012256"
  },
  "drollness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a humorous, whimsical , or odd quality",
      ": an amusing person : jester , comedian",
      ": to make fun : jest , sport",
      ": having an odd or amusing quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dl",
      "\u02c8dr\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antic",
      "chucklesome",
      "comedic",
      "comic",
      "comical",
      "farcical",
      "funny",
      "hilarious",
      "humoristic",
      "humorous",
      "hysterical",
      "hysteric",
      "killing",
      "laughable",
      "ludicrous",
      "ridiculous",
      "riotous",
      "risible",
      "screaming",
      "sidesplitting",
      "uproarious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "card",
      "comedian",
      "comic",
      "farceur",
      "funnyman",
      "gagger",
      "gagman",
      "gagster",
      "humorist",
      "jester",
      "joker",
      "jokester",
      "wag",
      "wit"
    ],
    "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",
      "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",
      "And Pig's droll approach feels purposefully low-key. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Erikson's show isn't as instantly compelling as its predecessors, but benefits from rich world-building and droll humor about office perks and morale. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1623, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1645, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1654, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111755"
  },
  "draw down":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a lowering of a water level (as in a reservoir)",
      ": the process of depleting",
      ": reduction",
      ": to deplete by using or spending"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u022f-\u02ccdau\u0307n",
      "\u02ccdr\u022f-\u02c8dau\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absorb",
      "burn",
      "consume",
      "deplete",
      "devour",
      "drain",
      "exhaust",
      "expend",
      "play out",
      "spend",
      "use up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "renew",
      "replace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1918, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1949, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123257"
  },
  "drop back":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": retreat",
      ": to move straight back from the line of scrimmage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "back away",
      "fall back",
      "pull out",
      "recede",
      "retire",
      "retreat",
      "withdraw"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advance"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-152422"
  },
  "dribbling":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to issue sporadically and in small bits",
      ": to let or cause to fall in drops little by little",
      ": to propel by successive slight taps or bounces with hand, foot, or stick",
      ": to hit (a ball) without much force so that it bounces slowly along the ground",
      ": to fall or flow in drops or in a thin intermittent stream : trickle",
      ": to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth : drool",
      ": to come or issue in piecemeal or desultory fashion",
      ": to dribble a ball or puck",
      ": to proceed by dribbling",
      ": to move with short bounces",
      ": a tiny or insignificant bit or quantity",
      ": a small trickling stream or flow",
      ": an act, instance, or manner of dribbling a ball or puck",
      ": to fall or let fall in small drops : trickle",
      ": to let saliva or other liquid drip or trickle from the mouth",
      ": to move forward by bouncing, tapping, or kicking",
      ": a trickling flow",
      ": the act of moving a ball or puck forward by bouncing, kicking, or tapping it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dri-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distill",
      "distil",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "atom",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "fleck",
      "flyspeck",
      "grain",
      "granule",
      "molecule",
      "morsel",
      "mote",
      "nubbin",
      "nugget",
      "particle",
      "patch",
      "scrap",
      "scruple",
      "snip",
      "snippet",
      "speck",
      "tittle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "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",
      "With just over a minute to go and the Aztecs trailing by a point, coach Brian Dutcher signaled for senior point guard Trey Pulliam to dribble off a high ball screen by center Nathan Mensah. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "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",
      "He\u2019s one of the few Suns who can attack the rim off the dribble , and the team needs him to do it. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 9 May 2022",
      "The 6-foot-4 freshman devastates defenders off the dribble and is an inventive playmaker, both for himself and teammates. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
      "Just like that play seven years ago against the Badgers where Allen drove to the basket, Budenholzer singled out Allen for excellence at playing basketball off the dribble . \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Each time the Cavs tried to surge back in the fourth quarter, Young responded, drilling long-range 3s, beating multiple defenders off the dribble , knocking down runners or flipping in layups. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1589, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-005252"
  },
  "dragon lady":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an overbearing or tyrannical woman",
      ": a glamorous often mysterious woman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "battle-ax",
      "battle-axe",
      "fury",
      "harpy",
      "harridan",
      "shrew",
      "termagant",
      "virago",
      "vixen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"character in the comic strip \"Terry and the Pirates\" by Milton Caniff",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1949, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091622"
  },
  "dry":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free or relatively free from a liquid and especially water",
      ": not being in or under water",
      ": lacking precipitation or humidity",
      ": characterized by exhaustion of a supply of liquid",
      ": devoid of running water",
      ": devoid of natural moisture",
      ": no longer sticky or damp",
      ": not giving milk",
      ": lacking freshness : stale",
      ": anhydrous",
      ": marked by the absence or scantiness of secretions",
      ": not shedding or accompanied by tears",
      ": involving no bloodshed or drowning",
      ": marked by the absence of alcoholic beverages",
      ": prohibiting the manufacture or distribution of alcoholic beverages",
      ": served or eaten without butter or margarine",
      ": lacking sweetness : sec",
      ": having all or most sugar fermented to alcohol",
      ": solid as opposed to liquid",
      ": reduced to powder or flakes : dehydrated",
      ": dealing in dry goods or other nonperishable items",
      ": functioning without lubrication",
      ": containing no recoverable hydrocarbon (such as gasoline )",
      ": requiring no liquid in preparation or operation",
      ": not showing or communicating warmth, enthusiasm, or tender feeling : severe",
      ": wearisome , uninteresting",
      ": lacking embellishment : plain",
      ": not yielding what is expected or desired : unproductive",
      ": having no personal bias or emotional concern",
      ": reserved , aloof",
      ": marked by matter-of-fact , ironic, or terse manner of expression",
      ": lacking smooth sound qualities",
      ": being a dry run",
      ": to make dry (see dry entry 1 )",
      ": to become dry",
      ": the condition of being dry (see dry entry 1 ) : dryness",
      ": something dry",
      ": a dry place",
      ": prohibitionist",
      ": not wet or moist",
      ": having little or no rain",
      ": not being in or under water",
      ": having little natural moisture",
      ": no longer liquid or sticky",
      ": containing no liquid",
      ": not giving milk",
      ": not producing desired results",
      ": not producing a wet substance from the body",
      ": funny but expressed in a serious way",
      ": uninteresting",
      ": not sweet",
      ": to remove or lose any moisture",
      ": marked by the absence or scantiness of secretions, effusions, or other forms of moisture",
      ": not accompanied by the raising of mucus or phlegm",
      ": to make dry",
      ": to become dry"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012b",
      "\u02c8dr\u012b",
      "\u02c8dr\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arid",
      "droughty",
      "sere",
      "sear",
      "thirsty",
      "waterless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "parch",
      "scorch",
      "sear"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "California has seen multiple fires twice the size of the Carr fire, fueled by dry conditions that can be linked back to climate change. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 18 June 2022",
      "Again, the region will see mostly dry conditions with an easterly wind of 10 mph along the coast. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
      "Hot, dry conditions in the Southwest and parts of California last week moved east, with stifling temperatures recorded from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes on Monday. \u2014 Talal Ansari, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Persistent dry conditions have caused the fires to spread rapidly in Southwest Alaska. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
      "Wildfires are continuing in the Southwest amid the heat, igniting due to gusty winds and very dry conditions. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
      "Officials were concerned by the hot, dry conditions in much of the Southwest, which could be abetted by thunderstorms Monday in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
      "An elevated threat of wildfires in the high desert and mountain areas, triggered by hot, dry conditions and gusty winds, is expected to continue and expand to valley areas next Tuesday, Gomberg said. \u2014 Teresa Watanabestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Hot, dry conditions were expected to continue Sunday, but a low pressure system moving in from the west could bring favorable conditions and a chance of showers by Monday. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, ajc , 11 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Sun exposure can discolor the finish and dry the wood, while snow and rain can lead to warping or rot over time. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 June 2022",
      "Once the grease is off, go over the surfaces again with a cloth or sponge dampened in clean water, then dry with a soft cloth. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "The sun can age and damage skin; wind can leave it chapped and dry ; and western climates, with a lack of humidity, can remove precious oils from the skin\u2019s surface, leaving it vulnerable. \u2014 Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
      "Aveeno understands that using highly concentrated, harsh chemicals will dry the skin and leave it looking dull and lifeless. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "And while even the best hair dryers on the market can dry your hair from the inside out, the way Zuvi moves air primarily dries the exterior of your hairs, leaving moisture locked inside. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 5 June 2022",
      "To stretch curly hair, or quickly dry straight or wavy hair, the Dyson 2.0 comes with a wide-tooth comb attachment. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
      "Then, allow the bird feeder to air dry completely before filling and putting it back out. Pick up below the feeders. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
      "Patrons are encouraged to grow, collect and dry their own garden seeds and to place them in the empty packets provided. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "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",
      "However, this Steak Locker solves those problems with a dedicated dry -aging chamber that keeps the temperature and humidity at a constant level, for safe and effective aging. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "Spray glass cleaner on one glove, and keep the other dry . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094312"
  },
  "dreck":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": trash , rubbish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drek"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dross",
      "dust",
      "effluvium",
      "effluvia",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Yiddish drek & German Dreck , from Middle High German drec ; akin to Old English threax rubbish",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-103615"
  },
  "drought":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a period of dryness especially when prolonged",
      ": one that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth",
      ": a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired",
      ": a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crunch",
      "dearth",
      "deficiency",
      "deficit",
      "failure",
      "famine",
      "inadequacy",
      "inadequateness",
      "insufficiency",
      "lack",
      "lacuna",
      "paucity",
      "pinch",
      "poverty",
      "scantiness",
      "scarceness",
      "scarcity",
      "shortage",
      "undersupply",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "adequacy",
      "amplitude",
      "opulence",
      "plenitude",
      "plenty",
      "sufficiency",
      "wealth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The drought caused serious damage to crops.",
      "a period of drought that lasted several years",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
      "Now in year three of a historic drought , the state is asking the public to use less water. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
      "That now seems unlikely to occur during a worsening drought . \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "The Louisville baseball team is looking to end a College World Series drought that predates most players on its roster. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
      "The company sources its chili peppers from Mexico, where a drought is affecting that country and parts of the western United States. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Climate change has also hit supplies in new and unpredictable ways, with India banning wheat exports amid a heat wave and Brazil suffering a devastating drought . \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "As a devastating drought takes its toll on Somalia\u2019s children, UNICEF is on the ground providing lifesaving nutrition support. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English dr\u016bgath , from dr\u016bgian to dry up; akin to Old English dr\u0233ge dry \u2014 more at dry ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-110209"
  },
  "drawing out":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": remove , extract",
      ": to extend beyond a minimum in time : protract sense 1",
      ": to cause to speak freely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "drag (out)",
      "elongate",
      "extend",
      "lengthen",
      "outstretch",
      "prolong",
      "protract",
      "stretch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abbreviate",
      "abridge",
      "curtail",
      "cut",
      "cut back",
      "shorten"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the actor refused to draw out the interview any further"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-124131"
  },
  "draw":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull",
      ": such as",
      ": to move (something, such as a covering) over or to one side",
      ": to pull up or out of a receptacle or place where seated or carried",
      ": to cause to come out of a container or source",
      ": to cause to go in a certain direction (as by leading)",
      ": to bring by inducement or allure : attract",
      ": to bring in or gather from a specified group or area",
      ": bring on , provoke",
      ": to bring out by way of response : elicit",
      ": to receive in the course of play",
      ": inhale",
      ": to extract the essence from",
      ": eviscerate",
      ": to derive to one's benefit",
      ": to require (a specified depth) to float in",
      ": accumulate , gain",
      ": to take (money) from a place of deposit",
      ": to use in making a cash demand",
      ": to receive regularly or in due course",
      ": to take (cards) from a stack or from the dealer",
      ": to receive or take at random",
      ": to bend (a bow) by pulling back the string",
      ": to cause to shrink, contract, or tighten",
      ": to strike (a ball) so as to impart a backward spin",
      ": to strike (a ball) so that a slight to moderate hook (see hook entry 1 sense 3 ) results",
      ": to leave (a contest) undecided : tie",
      ": to produce a likeness or representation of by making lines on a surface",
      ": to give a portrayal of : delineate",
      ": to write out in due form",
      ": to design or describe in detail : formulate",
      ": to infer from evidence or premises",
      ": to spread or elongate (metal) by hammering or by pulling through dies",
      ": to shape (a material, such as plastic) by stretching or by pulling through dies",
      ": to come or go steadily or gradually",
      ": to move something by pulling",
      ": to exert an attractive force",
      ": to pull back a bowstring",
      ": to bring out a weapon",
      ": to produce a draft",
      ": to swell out in a wind",
      ": to wrinkle or tighten up : shrink",
      ": to change shape by pulling or stretching",
      ": to cause blood or pus to localize at one point",
      ": to create a likeness or a picture in outlines : sketch",
      ": to come out even in a contest",
      ": to make a written demand for payment of money on deposit",
      ": to obtain resources (as of information)",
      ": to take aim at",
      ": to fail to gain a desired object (such as information sought)",
      ": to be unable to think of something",
      ": to use as a source of supply",
      ": to decide or assign something by lottery in which straws of unequal length are used",
      ": to fix an arbitrary (see arbitrary sense 1b ) boundary between things that tend to intermingle",
      ": to fix a boundary excluding what one will not tolerate or engage in",
      ": the act or process of drawing (see draw entry 1 ) : such as",
      ": a sucking pull on something held with the lips",
      ": a removal of a handgun from its holster",
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      ": something that is drawn: such as",
      ": a lot or chance drawn at random",
      ": the selection of competitors in a sports event",
      ": the arrangement of competitors in a sporting event by order drawn",
      ": a card drawn to replace a discard in poker",
      ": the movable part of a drawbridge",
      ": a contest left undecided or deadlocked : tie",
      ": one that draws attention or patronage (see patronage sense 4 ) : attraction",
      ": the distance from the string to the back of a drawn bow (see bow entry 3 sense 2 )",
      ": the force required to draw a bow fully",
      ": a gully shallower than a ravine",
      ": the deal in draw poker to improve the players' hands after discarding",
      ": a play that simulates a pass play so a runner can go straight up the middle past the pass rushers",
      ": a slight to moderate and usually intentional hook (see hook entry 1 sense 3 )",
      ": a face-off in ice hockey",
      ": to cause to move by pulling",
      ": to create a picture of by making lines on a surface",
      ": to bring or pull out",
      ": to move in a particular direction",
      ": to bend (a bow) by pulling back the string",
      ": to move or go slowly or steadily",
      ": attract sense 2",
      ": to get as a response",
      ": to bring or get from a source",
      ": inhale sense 1",
      ": to let air flow through",
      ": withdraw sense 1",
      ": to take or get at random",
      ": to think of after considering information",
      ": to write out in proper form",
      ": to make use of something",
      ": to come closer",
      ": to make last longer",
      ": to cause to talk freely",
      ": to bring or come to a stop",
      ": to straighten up",
      ": the act or the result of pulling out",
      ": a tie game or contest",
      ": something or someone that attracts people",
      ": to cause to move toward or localize in a surface",
      ": to cause (an unwanted element) to depart (as from the body or a lesion)",
      ": inhale",
      ": to remove the viscera of : eviscerate",
      ": to cause local congestion : induce blood or other body fluid to localize at a particular point : be effective as a blistering agent or counterirritant",
      ": to become localized",
      ": to compose by random selection",
      ": to take (money) from a place of deposit",
      ": to write and sign (a draft) in due form for use in making a demand",
      ": to write out in due form",
      ": to make a written demand for payment of money on deposit"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u022f",
      "\u02c8dr\u022f",
      "\u02c8dr\u022f"
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      "picture"
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      "dead heat",
      "stalemate",
      "standoff",
      "tie"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172730"
  },
  "dreamily":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": full of dreams",
      ": pleasantly abstracted from immediate reality",
      ": given to dreaming or fantasy",
      ": suggestive of a dream or dreamlike state",
      ": quiet and soothing",
      ": delightful , ideal",
      ": appearing to be daydreaming",
      ": seeming like a dream",
      ": quiet and relaxing"
    ],
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      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0113"
    ],
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      "agreeable",
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      "blest",
      "congenial",
      "darling",
      "delectable",
      "delicious",
      "delightful",
      "delightsome",
      "dulcet",
      "enjoyable",
      "felicitous",
      "good",
      "grateful",
      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
      "nice",
      "palatable",
      "pleasant",
      "pleasing",
      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
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      "disagreeable",
      "pleasureless",
      "unpalatable",
      "unpleasant",
      "unwelcome"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-213045"
  },
  "draw out":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": remove , extract",
      ": to extend beyond a minimum in time : protract sense 1",
      ": to cause to speak freely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "drag (out)",
      "elongate",
      "extend",
      "lengthen",
      "outstretch",
      "prolong",
      "protract",
      "stretch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abbreviate",
      "abridge",
      "curtail",
      "cut",
      "cut back",
      "shorten"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the actor refused to draw out the interview any further"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-005601"
  },
  "dropping":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something dropped",
      ": dung"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4-pi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dirt",
      "doo-doo",
      "dung",
      "excrement",
      "excreta",
      "feces",
      "ordure",
      "poop",
      "scat",
      "slops",
      "soil",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night",
      "the dropping of an act from the talent show should bring it in on time",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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",
      "So Good dropping next week, the duo are ramping up promo in a most unusual way: by giving a portion of album royalties away to their fans, for free. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s almost fruitless to name drop who was there, because every guest had a name worth dropping : Hailey Bieber. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 3 May 2022",
      "The valve's surfacing was long expected and came after three states in December announced a new plan to combat dropping water levels. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Although unemployment continues dropping and wages are on the rise, all across the country, low-income people are struggling to put food on the table as skyrocketing inflation and high gas prices take a bigger bite of their already-small paychecks. \u2014 Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "For those keen to get out and explore, options range from shopping for local artisan goods, taking a cooking class or dropping anchor in one cove all day to dive and fish. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-051003"
  },
  "drop-dead":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sensationally striking, attractive, or impressive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02c8ded"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aesthetic",
      "esthetic",
      "aesthetical",
      "esthetical",
      "attractive",
      "beauteous",
      "beautiful",
      "bonny",
      "bonnie",
      "comely",
      "cute",
      "fair",
      "fetching",
      "good",
      "good-looking",
      "goodly",
      "gorgeous",
      "handsome",
      "knockout",
      "likely",
      "lovely",
      "lovesome",
      "pretty",
      "ravishing",
      "seemly",
      "sightly",
      "stunning",
      "taking",
      "well-favored"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "grotesque",
      "hideous",
      "homely",
      "ill-favored",
      "plain",
      "ugly",
      "unaesthetic",
      "unattractive",
      "unbeautiful",
      "uncomely",
      "uncute",
      "unhandsome",
      "unlovely",
      "unpleasing",
      "unpretty",
      "unsightly"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1970, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112112"
  },
  "drinkable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": suitable or safe for drinking",
      ": a liquid suitable for drinking : beverage",
      ": suitable or safe for drinking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014b-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dri\u014b-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "potable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beverage",
      "drink",
      "libation",
      "potable",
      "quencher"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1611, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1708, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112710"
  },
  "dreariness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement",
      ": having nothing likely to provide cheer, comfort, or interest : gloomy , dismal",
      ": dull and depressing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drir-\u0113",
      "\u02c8drir-\u0113"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "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",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113707"
  },
  "dregs":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate entry 1 sense 3a ) from it : lees",
      ": the most undesirable part",
      ": the last remaining part : vestige"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dreg"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deposit",
      "deposition",
      "grounds",
      "precipitate",
      "sediment",
      "settlings"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old Norse dregg ; perhaps akin to Latin fraces dregs of oil",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-114158"
  },
  "draggled":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make wet and dirty by dragging",
      ": to trail on the ground",
      ": straggle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"frequentative of drag ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133916"
  },
  "drearisome":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by dreariness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-r\u0113s\u0259m",
      "-ris-"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-135057"
  },
  "drowse":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be inactive",
      ": to fall into a light slumber",
      ": to make drowsy or inactive",
      ": to pass (time) drowsily or in drowsing",
      ": the act or an instance of drowsing : doze",
      ": to sleep lightly",
      ": a light sleep : doze"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307z",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "catnap",
      "doze",
      "kip",
      "nap",
      "slumber",
      "snooze"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "catnap",
      "doze",
      "forty winks",
      "kip",
      "nap",
      "siesta",
      "snooze",
      "wink"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree",
      "Noun",
      "was just falling into a drowse when you called"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1573, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1796, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-140821"
  },
  "dredge":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge (see dredge entry 2 )",
      ": 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 bring to light by deep searching",
      ": to use a dredge",
      ": to search deeply",
      ": an apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net used especially for gathering fish and shellfish",
      ": a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube",
      ": a barge used in dredging",
      ": to coat by sprinkling (as with flour)",
      ": to dig or gather with or as if with a device dragged along the bottom of a body of water",
      ": a heavy iron frame with a net attached to be dragged along the bottom of a body of water",
      ": a machine or boat used in dragging along the bottom of a body of water",
      ": a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or by a suction tube"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drej",
      "\u02c8drej"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "comb",
      "dig (through)",
      "hunt (through)",
      "rake",
      "ransack",
      "rifle",
      "rummage",
      "scour",
      "search",
      "sort (through)",
      "troll"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "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",
      "In order to offload the containers, crews will dredge 43 feet deep and two crane barges will be installed. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "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",
      "This is done by dredging the bottom of the lake and using the soil to create dredge containment areas, or islands. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1508, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1596, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141708"
  },
  "drifter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that drifts",
      ": one that travels or moves about aimlessly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drif-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "gadabout",
      "gypsy",
      "knockabout",
      "maunderer",
      "nomad",
      "rambler",
      "roamer",
      "rover",
      "stroller",
      "vagabond",
      "wanderer",
      "wayfarer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1897, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143345"
  },
  "drownproofing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a technique for staying afloat in water for an extended period with minimum effort by using one's natural buoyancy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307n\u00a6pr\u00fcfi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" drown + proofing ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143700"
  },
  "dragger":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that drags",
      ": a fishing boat operating a trawl or dragnet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crawler",
      "dallier",
      "dawdler",
      "laggard",
      "lagger",
      "lingerer",
      "loiterer",
      "plodder",
      "slowpoke",
      "snail",
      "straggler"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "speedster"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1500, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144938"
  },
  "dreepy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": spiritless and ineffective : droopy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-pi"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dreep + -y ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-145426"
  },
  "drop-dead date":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a date by which something must be done or finished : a deadline that must be met"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150048"
  },
  "drift fence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stretch of fence on rangeland especially in the western U.S. for preventing cattle from drifting from their home range"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1907, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152958"
  },
  "drapery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dry goods",
      ": a decorative piece of material usually hung in loose folds and arranged in a graceful design",
      ": hangings of heavy fabric for use as a curtain",
      ": the draping or arranging of materials",
      ": long heavy curtains",
      ": a decorative fabric hung in loose folds"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p\u0259-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-pr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "drapes"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154553"
  },
  "drapet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cloth , covering"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Italian drappetto , diminutive of drappo cloth, from Late Latin drappus (cloth)",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154737"
  },
  "dreg":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate entry 1 sense 3a ) from it : lees",
      ": the most undesirable part",
      ": the last remaining part : vestige"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dreg"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deposit",
      "deposition",
      "grounds",
      "precipitate",
      "sediment",
      "settlings"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old Norse dregg ; perhaps akin to Latin fraces dregs of oil",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154954"
  },
  "draftee":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of drawing or pulling in a net",
      ": haul sense 2b",
      ": the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling",
      ": the portion drunk or inhaled in one such act",
      ": a portion poured out or mixed for drinking : dose",
      ": the force required to pull a plow or other implement",
      ": load or load-pulling capacity",
      ": the act of moving loads by drawing or pulling : pull",
      ": a team of animals together with what they draw",
      ": delineation , representation",
      ": scheme , design",
      ": a preliminary sketch, outline, or version",
      ": the act, result, or plan of lengthening or stretching something (such as threads or metal)",
      ": the act of causing a liquid to come out of a container or source : the act of drawing (as from a cask or keg )",
      ": a portion of liquid so drawn",
      ": draft (see draft entry 2 sense 2 ) beer",
      ": the depth of water a ship draws (see draw entry 1 sense transitive 6 ) especially when loaded",
      ": a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for compulsory military service)",
      ": an act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without the individual's expressed consent",
      ": a group of individuals selected especially by military draft",
      ": a system whereby exclusive rights to selected new players are apportioned among professional teams",
      ": an order for the payment of money drawn (see draw entry 1 sense 7c ) by one person or bank on another",
      ": the act or an instance of drawing from or making demands upon something : demand",
      ": a current of air in a closed-in space",
      ": a device for regulating the flow of air (as in a fireplace)",
      ": angle , taper",
      ": the taper (see taper entry 2 sense 2b ) given to a pattern or die (see die entry 2 sense 3 ) so that the work can be easily withdrawn",
      ": a pocket of reduced air pressure behind a moving object",
      ": the use of such a draft to save energy",
      ": ready to be drawn from a receptacle",
      ": used or adapted for drawing loads",
      ": being or having been ready to be drawn from a receptacle : being or having been on draft",
      ": to select for some purpose: such as",
      ": to conscript for military service",
      ": to select (a professional athlete) by draft",
      ": to draw the preliminary sketch, version, or plan of",
      ": compose , prepare",
      ": to draw off or away",
      ": to stay close behind (another racer) so as to take advantage of the reduced air pressure created by the leading racer",
      ": to practice draftsmanship",
      ": to draft another racer (as in car or bike racing)",
      ": a version of something written or drawn (as an essay, document, or plan) that has or will have more than one version",
      ": a current of air",
      ": a device to regulate an air supply (as in a fireplace)",
      ": the act of pulling or hauling : the thing or amount pulled",
      ": the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling : the portion drunk or inhaled at one time",
      ": the act of drawing out liquid (as from a cask) : a portion of liquid drawn out",
      ": the depth of water a ship needs in order to float",
      ": the practice of ordering people into military service",
      ": the practice of choosing someone to play on a professional sports team",
      ": an order made by one person or organization to another to pay money to a third person or organization",
      ": used for pulling loads",
      ": not in final form",
      ": ready to be drawn from a container",
      ": to write or draw a version of something (as an essay or plan) that usually needs more work",
      ": to choose someone to do something",
      ": to pick especially for required military service",
      ": a portion (as of medicine) poured out or mixed for drinking : dose",
      ": a current of air in a closed-in space",
      ": a preliminary version of something (as a law)",
      ": a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for military service)",
      ": the act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without his or her expressed consent",
      ": an order for the payment of money drawn by one person or bank on another \u2014 see also drawee , drawer \u2014 compare check",
      ": a draft that will be honored only upon the presentation of certain documents (as an invoice or certificate of title)",
      ": a draft payable on presentation",
      ": a draft payable a specified number of days after the date of the draft or of its presentation",
      ": to select for some purpose",
      ": to conscript for military service",
      ": to compose or prepare especially the preliminary version of",
      ": to practice draftsmanship"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8draft",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4ft",
      "\u02c8draft",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4ft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "burden",
      "cargo",
      "freight",
      "haul",
      "lading",
      "load",
      "loading",
      "payload",
      "weight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conscribe",
      "conscript",
      "levy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The forfeited pick actually was one acquired from the Denver Nuggets at the 2019 draft in exchange for the rights to Bol Bol. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
      "The conversation Harbaugh had described clearly had led to a deal in the plans before the draft began. \u2014 Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "Jones, who messaged Karlaftis on social media the day after the draft , has been impressed with Karlaftis through the first two days of minicamp. \u2014 Jeff Fedotin, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "In the days leading up to the draft , cleveland.com will examine a handful of prospects that could realistically be in play with the 14th pick. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "The Raptors selected Anunoby with the 23rd pick during the 2017 draft . \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
      "Michael Lesslie wrote the latest draft of the screneplay. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "The news release was never distributed, but agents used a search warrant to obtain the draft a year later, Radke wrote. \u2014 Matthew Ormsethstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "On this episode: This week, the guys lean on our listeners, who submit their best-case scenarios for how the NBA draft and offseason should play out for the Pistons. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "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",
      "In every one of his pre- draft visits with a defensive prospect, Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo showed the exact same moment from the Bengals\u2019 Round 2 win in the playoffs over the Tennessee Titans. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 1 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "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",
      "And after Meyers was tendered at the second-round level \u2014 and no organization around the NFL submitted an offer sheet \u2014 New England traded up to draft Baylor speedster Tyquan Thornton in the second round. \u2014 Oliver Thomas, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The Magic also had a chance to draft Sexton in 2018, opting instead for center Mo Bamba. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
      "But Game 7 will be memorable for many NBA fans and pundits who saw Doncic as the best player in this series and fixated on whether the Suns blew their chance to draft him instead of Ayton at No. 1 in 2018. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "Alabama state senator Chris Elliott is vowing to draft legislation in response to the controversy surrounding the Spanish Fort girls soccer team. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The Packers became the first team to draft two players from the same school in the first round. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The Reds won only 68 games in the 2016 season, and in return, the Reds got the chance to draft Greene with the No. 2 pick. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "New leadership in Tanzania has opened consultations with Mr. Melo to draft frameworks that will better protect free speech. \u2014 Kim Harrisberg And Menna A. Farouk, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 June 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1714, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161622"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling draff : worthless"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-f\u0113"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180615"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a stage curtain that can be lowered and raised"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1832, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181140"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun,"
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      ": pull-down",
      ": pull-down"
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      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02ccdau\u0307n",
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      "1984, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181511"
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      "noun"
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      "-r\u0113m\u0259nt",
      "-rim-"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191555"
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      "noun"
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      ": a sack for draff",
      ": a lazy glutton",
      ": paunch"
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    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English draf sak , from draf draff + sak sack (bag)",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192900"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": pendulous crop"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195418"
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      "noun"
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      ": one who draws heated billets from furnaces"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200708"
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      "verb"
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      ": to bring about by persistent effort",
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      "concoct",
      "construct",
      "contrive",
      "cook (up)",
      "devise",
      "excogitate",
      "fabricate",
      "invent",
      "make up",
      "manufacture",
      "think (up)",
      "trump up",
      "vamp (up)"
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      "anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune"
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      "1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200852"
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      "noun"
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      ": the damp remains of malt after brewing often used as an appetizer or supplement in animal rations"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201304"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": dread , terror"
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    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English (Scots) dredour , from Middle English drede dread + -our (as in horrour horror)",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203304"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212428"
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      "noun"
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      ": a drum for washing paper pulp"
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      "noun"
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      ": 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"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-002316"
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      "noun"
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      ": a float dropped from an aircraft flying over water as a marker for determining the drift angle or the direction of surface wind"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-011555"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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      ": to indicate ways in which two distinct things are similar"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-013942"
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      "adjective",
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      ": inspiring dread (see dread entry 2 sense 1a ) : causing great and oppressive fear",
      ": inspiring awe or reverence",
      ": extremely bad, distasteful, unpleasant, or shocking",
      ": extreme",
      ": a cheap and sensational (see sensational sense 2 ) story or periodical",
      ": causing fear",
      ": very unpleasant"
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      "\u02c8dred-f\u0259l"
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      "fearsome",
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      "frightful",
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      "horrifying",
      "intimidating",
      "redoubtable",
      "scary",
      "shocking",
      "spine-chilling",
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      "terrifying"
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      "Adjective",
      "Her performance was absolutely dreadful .",
      "Those children have such dreadful manners.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "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",
      "After a series of dreadful films and uninspired soundtracks in the \u201960s, Elvis was a cultural afterthought. \u2014 Ken Budd, Washington Post , 25 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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1873, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015044"
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    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to drive (a person or an animal) from home by flooding : force (as a mine) to shut down by inundation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015827"
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    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to make a social call upon as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-021536"
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    "type":[
      "adverb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": in the manner of one that dreads"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022547"
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  "draw pin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mortise pin used in a drawbore"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-023533"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to cover or adorn with or as if with folds of cloth",
      ": to cause to hang or stretch out loosely or carelessly",
      ": to arrange in flowing lines or folds",
      ": to become arranged in folds",
      ": arrangement in or of folds",
      ": a drapery especially for a window : curtain",
      ": a sterile covering used in an operating room",
      ": the cut or hang of clothing",
      ": to decorate or cover with or as if with folds of cloth",
      ": to arrange or hang in flowing lines",
      ": drapery sense 1",
      ": to shroud or enclose with surgical drapes",
      ": a sterile covering used in an operating room"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p"
    ],
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      "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"
    ],
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      "curtains",
      "drapery"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1847, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032452"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": dropper sense 1a"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-045013"
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      "Definition of drapped past tense of drap"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-063741"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": slattern"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259l-\u02cct\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1596, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-081855"
  },
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      "Definition of dreaddour variant spelling of dreddour"
    ],
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084208"
  },
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to forget about one's sorrows/fears by getting drunk"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-091709"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a magnesium-containing tourmaline that is often brown in color"
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      "\u02c8dr\u00e4\u02ccv\u012bt"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"German dravit , from the Drave or Drava river, Austria and Yugoslavia, its locality + German -it -ite",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-112059"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a mixed crop of oats and barley used in Great Britain for stock feed"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-112446"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "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"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259n"
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    "history_and_etymology":" dredge entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-124400"
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      "Definition of dreep dialectal British variant of drip"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-125800"
  },
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    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make wet and dirty by dragging",
      ": to trail on the ground",
      ": straggle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259l"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "frequentative of drag"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130639"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": covered or supplied with drapery or draperies"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p(\u0259)r\u0113d",
      "-rid"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132015"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": drag sense 6c(2)"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143637"
  },
  "drowning/awash in red ink":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deeply in debt"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143846"
  },
  "drappie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small amount of liquid",
      ": intoxicating drink"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "drap entry 2 + -ie, -y"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144632"
  },
  "drag\u00e9e":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sugar-coated nut",
      ": a small silver-colored ball used as a decoration (as on a cake)",
      ": a sugar-coated medicated confection"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dra-\u02c8zh\u0101",
      "dra-\u02c8zh\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, from Middle French dragie \u2014 more at dredge"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150358"
  },
  "drum switch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an electric switch in which the connecting parts are held by spring pressure against contact surfaces in a revolving cylinder or sector"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150813"
  },
  "dropper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that drops",
      ": a short glass or plastic tube fitted with a rubber bulb and used to measure liquids by drops",
      ": a short tube with a rubber bulb used to measure out liquids by drops",
      ": a short glass tube fitted with a rubber bulb and used to measure liquids by drops"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He put drops in his eyes with a dropper .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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",
      "On March 19, 2022, Matej Mohoric won the 113th edition of the Milan-San Remo road race after unleashing a downhill attack facilitated by a dropper seatpost. \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Plus, this product comes in a bottle with a convenient dropper to help make application easy. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "Consider Kaia Gerber's massive, waist-length curls the first jaw- dropper of the night. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160723"
  },
  "dropped shoulder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the shoulder line of a garment extended beyond the top of the upper arm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162136"
  },
  "drum stuffing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163105"
  },
  "dragging beam":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dragon beam"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164810"
  },
  "drowsihead":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drowsiness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-z\u0113\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "drowsy + -head or -hood"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172732"
  },
  "dragger-out":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that drags out",
      ": a worker who withdraws bars from a roughing furnace"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173832"
  },
  "dregs of wine":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dark red to deep reddish brown that is less strong than Malaga"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174855"
  },
  "drain":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely",
      ": to cause the gradual disappearance of",
      ": to exhaust (see exhaust entry 1 sense 1b ) physically or emotionally",
      ": to make gradually dry",
      ": to carry away the surface water of",
      ": to deplete or empty by or as if by drawing off by degrees or in increments",
      ": to empty by drinking the contents of",
      ": drop sense 7c , sink",
      ": filter",
      ": to become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping",
      ": to discharge surface or surplus water",
      ": to flow off gradually",
      ": to disappear gradually : dwindle",
      ": a means (such as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained",
      ": something that causes depletion : burden",
      ": the act of draining",
      ": a gradual outflow or withdrawal : depletion",
      ": an electrode in a field-effect transistor toward which charge carriers move \u2014 compare gate , source",
      ": to a state of being wasted or irretrievably lost",
      ": to remove (liquid) from something by letting it flow away or out",
      ": to slowly make or become dry or empty",
      ": to flow into, away from, or out of something",
      ": to slowly disappear",
      ": to tire out",
      ": something used to remove a liquid",
      ": something that slowly empties of or uses up",
      ": to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely",
      ": to exhaust physically or emotionally",
      ": to carry away or give passage to a bodily fluid or a discharge from",
      ": to flow off gradually",
      ": a tube or cylinder usually of absorbent material for drainage of a wound \u2014 see cigarette drain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bleed",
      "draft",
      "draw (off)",
      "pump",
      "siphon",
      "syphon",
      "tap"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fill"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb and Noun",
      "Middle English draynen , from Old English dr\u0113ahnian \u2014 more at dry"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4",
      "Noun",
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175351"
  },
  "dredger":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something (such as a barge or a machine) that is used for dredging : dredge entry 2",
      ": a container with a perforated top that is used to coat food (as with flour or sugar) by sprinkling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dre-j\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1600, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1666, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175956"
  },
  "draw a big/large crowd":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause a lot of people to come"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182033"
  },
  "drum winding":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185440"
  },
  "drawplate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a die with holes through which wires are drawn"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u022f-\u02ccpl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1793, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-194751"
  },
  "dropping angle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": range angle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195531"
  },
  "droop":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hang or incline downward",
      ": to sink gradually",
      ": to become depressed or weakened : languish",
      ": to let droop",
      ": the condition or appearance of drooping",
      ": to sink, bend, or hang down",
      ": to become sad or weak",
      ": the condition of hanging or bending down"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcp",
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flag",
      "hang",
      "loll",
      "sag",
      "swag",
      "wilt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hang",
      "sag",
      "slack",
      "slackness"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb",
      "Middle English drupen , from Old Norse dr\u016bpa ; akin to Old English dropa drop"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1647, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-204014"
  },
  "drooped ailerons":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-205336"
  },
  "drift ice":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sea or lake ice broken apart by winds and currents : fragments of a floe"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210812"
  },
  "drap-de-Berry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a woolen cloth formerly made in Berry, France"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4d\u0259\u02ccbe\u02c8r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, literally, cloth from Berry (region in France)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-220836"
  },
  "draper's teasel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fuller's teasel"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "draper entry 1 ; from its being formerly used to raise a nap on cloth"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221326"
  },
  "Dravidian languages":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a language family of India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan that includes Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1871, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-233256"
  },
  "draw play":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": draw sense 8"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1952, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-234341"
  },
  "dragger net":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dragnet sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235047"
  },
  "drink-driver":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who drives a vehicle while drunk : ( chiefly US ) drunk driver"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002454"
  },
  "dredger master":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dredgeman sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012552"
  },
  "dreadless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free from dread : intrepid , dauntless"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English dredelees , from drede, dred + -lees -less"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-020525"
  },
  "draper's cap":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": thin brown wrapping paper that is glazed on one side"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-021223"
  },
  "drool":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to secrete saliva in anticipation of food",
      ": to let saliva dribble from the mouth : drivel sense 2",
      ": to make an effusive show of pleasure or often envious or covetous appreciation",
      ": to talk nonsense",
      ": to express sentimentally or effusively",
      ": saliva trickling from the mouth",
      ": nonsense",
      ": to let saliva drip from the mouth",
      ": saliva that drips from the mouth",
      ": to secrete saliva in anticipation of food",
      ": to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcl",
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcl",
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcl"
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    "synonyms":[
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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"
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      "perhaps alteration of drivel"
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      "1802, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
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      ": 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"
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      "noun"
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      ": a world of illusion or fantasy"
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    "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"
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      "1817, in the meaning defined above"
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      ": a dealer in cloth and sometimes also in clothing and dry goods",
      "Henry 1837\u20131882 American astronomer",
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      "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"
    ],
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      "Middle English, weaver, clothier, from Anglo-French draper , from drap cloth \u2014 more at drab"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-064236"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-065004"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-070646"
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      "noun"
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      ": 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"
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      "1871, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-074049"
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      ": 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"
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      "1906, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-112335"
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      "noun"
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      ": draft sense 10e"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-113025"
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      "Definition of dreel Scottish variant of drill"
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      ": one that operates or works on a dragger"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-155531"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-162924"
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      "noun"
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      ": dreariness"
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      "drearihead from Middle English drerihed , from drery dreary + -hed, -hede (akin to Middle English -hod -hood); drearihood from dreary + -hood"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-175844"
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      "noun"
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      ": a surface directly under the roost in a poultry house on which droppings accumulate"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-224231"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-022747"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-022926"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": an East Indian tree ( Cassia fistula ) having pods whose pulp is used medicinally",
      ": horseradish tree sense 1"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "so called from the shape of the pods"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-034904"
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  "drift current":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a slowly moving current in a lake or ocean"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-050633"
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  "drink-driving":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": driving a vehicle while drunk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014bk-\u02c8dr\u012b-vi\u014b"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1964, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-055041"
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    "type":[],
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      "Definition of draps plural of drap present tense third person singular of drap"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-063453"
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  "draft board":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a civilian board that registers, classifies, and selects men for compulsory military service"
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    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1941, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-080533"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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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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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1928, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-124128"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": one of a crew of miners trained in underground emergency and rescue work"
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      "\u02c8dr\u0101g\u0259(r)m\u0259n"
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    "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"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-162457"
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      "noun"
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      ": a military commander"
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    "examples":[],
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      "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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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174218"
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      "verb"
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      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": that drools : tending to drool"
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      "-li"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203149"
  },
  "drift copper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fragments of native copper carried from their source by glaciers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205257"
  },
  "drainage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act, process, or mode of draining",
      ": something drained off",
      ": a device for draining : drain",
      ": a system of drains",
      ": an area or district drained",
      ": the act or process of removing a liquid",
      ": the act or process of drawing off fluids from a cavity or wound by means of suction or gravity",
      ": a process of releasing internal conflicts or pent-up feelings (as hostility or guilt)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-nij",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-nij",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-nij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210316"
  },
  "drony":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": like a drone : sluggish , lazy",
      ": characterized by or producing a drone"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dn\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "drone entry 1 + -y"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085343"
  },
  "drop/dump (something) in/into/on someone's lap":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to give (something) to someone suddenly even though he or she did not want it or expect it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125205"
  },
  "drawpoint":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pointed tempered steel tool used to scratch in transferred pencil lines or to stitch and pierce holes (as a mandrel for making small rings)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131720"
  },
  "drail":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "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"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101l",
      "",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "from obsolete English drail to drag or trail along, perhaps alteration (influenced by draw & drag ) of trail"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131939"
  },
  "drift indicator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": 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"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134637"
  },
  "drop ear":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": button ear"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-141416"
  },
  "draw a conclusion":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a judgment or judgments"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143310"
  },
  "dree":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": endure , suffer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u0113ogan ; akin to Goth driugan to perform military service"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155558"
  },
  "drash":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of drash dialectal variant of thrash"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drash"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-160817"
  },
  "dreadlock":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a narrow ropelike strand of hair formed by matting, braiding, or twisting",
      ": a hairstyle consisting of dreadlocks"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dred-\u02ccl\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1960, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180907"
  },
  "drainage basin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": basin sense 3d"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-182811"
  },
  "drastic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": acting rapidly or violently",
      ": extreme in effect or action : severe",
      ": severe in effect : harsh",
      ": acting rapidly or violently",
      ": a powerful medicinal agent",
      ": a strong purgative"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-stik",
      "\u02c8dra-stik",
      "\u02c8dras-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Greek drastikos , from dran to do"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-194822"
  },
  "drastically":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a drastic manner : severely or seriously"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-sti-k(\u0259-)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1850, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223218"
  },
  "draw poker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": poker in which each player is dealt five cards face down and after betting may get replacements for discards"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1847, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224235"
  },
  "drag down":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to force (someone) into a bad situation or condition",
      ": to make (someone) unhappy",
      ": to make (something) lower in amount or quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-232352"
  },
  "draigon":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of draigon Scottish variant of dragon"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101g\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-004924"
  },
  "draw press":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of draw press variant of drawing press"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-005943"
  },
  "Dravidianist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a specialist in Dravidian languages"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-d\u0113\u0259n\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-011919"
  },
  "drap d'\u00e9t\u00e9":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a thin woolen or blended fabric that has a twill weave and is used especially for summer clothing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4(\u02cc)d\u0101\u02c8t\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French drap d' \u00e9t\u00e9 , literally, summer cloth"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-042212"
  },
  "dracunculiasis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "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",
      ": 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"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02cck\u0259\u014b-ky\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259-s\u0259s",
      "dr\u0259-\u02cck\u0259\u014b-ky\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Dracunculus , the guinea worm genus, from Latin, diminutive of dracon-, draco serpent, dragon \u2014 more at dragon"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1942, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-045022"
  },
  "drop elbow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an elbow made with ears or lugs for attachment to a wall and used for joining pipes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-050928"
  },
  "draw against":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to choose (a team) to play against (another team) without knowing which teams are being chosen (as by drawing names)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052038"
  },
  "Dravidian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a member of an ancient dark-skinned people of southern India",
      ": dravidian languages"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02c8vi-d\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Sanskrit Dr\u0101vi\u1e0da"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083820"
  },
  "dredge up":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to start talking or thinking again about (something unpleasant that happened a long time ago)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091641"
  },
  "driven":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a compulsive or urgent quality",
      ": determined to succeed : highly energetic and motivated",
      ": propelled or motivated by something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-v\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "besetting",
      "compulsive",
      "impulsive",
      "obsessional",
      "obsessive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see drive entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102529"
  },
  "draft chair":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": wing chair"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102639"
  },
  "dropping bottle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small pitcher-shaped bottle with a curved or tapered neck used to supply liquids in small amounts (as to test tubes) \u2014 compare burette",
      ": a small bottle with a grooved glass stopper and neck permitting the contents to be poured out in drops",
      ": a bottle furnished with a dropper or a glass rod applicator"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105807"
  },
  "drap":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cloth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0227",
      "\u02c8drap"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "French (cloth)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123027"
  },
  "drone":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen",
      ": one that lives on the labors of others : parasite",
      ": an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or onboard computers",
      ": drudge sense 1",
      ": drudge sense 2",
      ": to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound",
      ": to talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone",
      ": to pass, proceed, or act in a dull, drowsy, or indifferent manner",
      ": to utter or pronounce with a drone",
      ": to pass or spend in dull or monotonous activity or in idleness",
      ": a deep sustained or monotonous sound : hum",
      ": an instrument or part of an instrument (such as one of the fixed-pitch pipes of a bagpipe ) that sounds a continuous unvarying tone",
      ": pedal point",
      ": a male bee",
      ": to make or to speak with a low dull tone or hum",
      ": a low dull tone or hum"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dn",
      "\u02c8dr\u014dn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "couch potato",
      "deadbeat",
      "do-nothing",
      "idler",
      "layabout",
      "lazybones",
      "loafer",
      "lotus-eater",
      "slouch",
      "slug",
      "slugabed",
      "sluggard"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bumble",
      "burr",
      "buzz",
      "hum",
      "whir",
      "whirr",
      "whish",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We could hear wasps droning in the garden.",
      "the sound of droning bees all around us"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun (1), Verb, and Noun (2)",
      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u0101n ; akin to Old High German treno drone, Greek thr\u0113nos dirge"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1520, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1502, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125837"
  },
  "drag conveyor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a conveyor consisting of wooden or steel plates attached to endless chains and running in a trough through which the material is dragged"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131442"
  },
  "dredging bucket":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bucket (as an orange-peel or clamshell bucket) used in dredging"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131532"
  },
  "driveline":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": drivetrain":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv-\u02ccl\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1903, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105550"
  }
}