dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/gor_MW.json
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{
"Gorgas":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"William Crawford 1854\u20131920 American army surgeon and sanitation expert":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fr-g\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125144",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Gorlovka":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city of eastern Ukraine in the Donets Basin north of Donetsk population 256,500":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fr-l\u0259f-k\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083602",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Gorno-Altaisk":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city of southern Russia in Asia that serves as capital of the autonomous republic of Altay population 47,500":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fr-n\u0259-\u02cc\u00e4l-\u02c8t\u012bsk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221152",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Gorno-Badakhshan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"autonomous region of southeastern Tajikistan in the Pamirs bordering China and Afghanistan; capital Khorog area 24,595 square miles (63,701 square kilometers), population 205,949":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fr-(\u02cc)n\u014d-\u02ccb\u00e4-\u02ccd\u00e4k-\u02c8sh\u00e4n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022139",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Gorsedd":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mock druidical institution established in the late 18th century that assembles twice a year for the granting of bardic degrees and the conferring of bardic titles":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Welsh, literally, mound, court, throne":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fr\u02ccset\u035fh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174329",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Gort":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Viscount \u2014 see vereker":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112913",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Gortonian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one of a short-lived sect composed of followers of Samuel Gorton originally of Massachusetts and later of Rhode Island who rejected all outward forms and clergy and held that Christ was both human and divine and that heaven and hell exist only in the mind":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Samuel Gorton \u20201677 American religious leader + English -ian":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"g\u022f(r)\u02c8t\u014dn\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174200",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Gortonist":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": gortonian":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"S. Gorton + -ist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022f(r)t\u1d4an\u0259\u0307st"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200724",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Gorzow Wielkopolski":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city on the Warta River in western Poland population 124,500":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022f-zh\u00fcf-\u02ccvyel-k\u022f-\u02c8p\u022fl-sk\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202128",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"gore":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small usually triangular piece of land":[],
": a tapering or triangular piece (as of cloth in a skirt)":[],
": an elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe":[],
": gruesomeness depicted in vivid detail":[],
": to cut into a tapering triangular form":[],
": to pierce or wound with something pointed (such as a horn or knife)":[
"gored by a bull"
],
": to provide with a gore":[],
"Albert, Jr. 1948\u2013 American politician and environmentalist; vice president of the U.S. (1993\u20132001)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, filth, from Old English gor":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English g\u0101ra ; akin to Old English g\u0101r spear, and perhaps to Greek chaion shepherd's staff":"Noun",
"Middle English, probably from gore spear, sword, from Old English g\u0101r spear":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fr"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"harpoon",
"impale",
"jab",
"lance",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spike",
"spit",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110142",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gorge":{
"antonyms":[
"cram",
"glut",
"sate",
"stuff",
"surfeit"
],
"definitions":{
": a hawk's crop":[],
": a mass choking a passage":[
"a river dammed by an ice gorge"
],
": a primitive device used instead of a fishhook that consists of an object (such as a piece of bone attached in the middle of a line) easy to swallow but difficult to eject":[],
": stomach , belly":[],
": the act or an instance of gorging":[],
": the entrance into an outwork (such as a bastion) of a fort":[],
": the line on the front of a coat or jacket formed by the crease of the lapel and collar":[],
": throat":[
"\u2014 often used with rise to indicate revulsion accompanied by a sensation of constriction My gorge rises at the sight of blood."
],
": to consume greedily":[],
": to fill completely or to the point of distension":[
"veins gorged with blood"
],
": to stuff to capacity : glut":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We gorged on chips and cookies.",
"We gorged ourselves on chips and cookies."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"1854, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin gurga , alteration of gurges , from Latin, whirlpool \u2014 more at voracious":"Noun , Verb, and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022frj"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gorge Verb satiate , sate , surfeit , cloy , pall , glut , gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel readers were sated with sensationalistic stories surfeit implies a nauseating repletion. surfeited themselves with junk food cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting. sentimental pictures that cloy after a while pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite. a life of leisure eventually begins to pall glut implies excess in feeding or supplying. a market glutted with diet books gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking. gorged themselves with chocolate",
"synonyms":[
"canyon",
"ca\u00f1on",
"col",
"couloir",
"defile",
"flume",
"gap",
"gill",
"gulch",
"gulf",
"kloof",
"linn",
"notch",
"pass",
"ravine",
"saddle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190327",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gorge hook":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a hook having two barbs : two hooks with shanks joined together":[],
": gorge sense 5":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105836",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gorgeous":{
"antonyms":[
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"plain",
"ugly",
"unaesthetic",
"unattractive",
"unbeautiful",
"uncomely",
"uncute",
"unhandsome",
"unlovely",
"unpleasing",
"unpretty",
"unsightly"
],
"definitions":{
": splendidly or showily brilliant or magnificent":[]
},
"examples":[
"The difference in appearance can be dramatic, as I saw on a visit to the small, modern factory where Pineider prints its stationery, in a gorgeous part of Tuscany near Florence and bordering Chianti. \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , May 2001",
"In the Arlberg \u2026 my wife and I were taken to the most perfect dinner by an elderly Viennese couple and their gorgeous young daughter, whom we had met in Washington. \u2014 Geoffrey Wolff , Granta , Autumn 1990",
"Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. \u2014 L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , 1900",
"Your baby is absolutely gorgeous !",
"sunsets in Hawaii are just gorgeous",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The last scene where the Kent family is on a boat watching the new fortress rise up was so gorgeous . \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"The results, while not entirely convincing, are just gorgeous \u2014 worth seeing on the big screen if at all possible. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"The drawings are starkly gorgeous , each a bright burst of beauty and grief. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"The interior hasn\u2019t been overlooked either, as the RS 3 is beautifully appointed with an upgraded interior that is downright gorgeous . \u2014 Michael Harley, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Keep in mind that the sunset from the top is pretty gorgeous too, and doesn\u2019t require advanced planning\u2014or waking at 2 A.M. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
"The problem is that while their extraterrestrial observation deck is unquestionably gorgeous \u2014 unnaturally looming moons, vast stretches of rocky terrain \u2014 there isn\u2019t really all that much to do. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"The cut-to-order fresh blooms are so gorgeous that your mom may be tempted to send pictures to all her friends. \u2014 Kaitlin Marks, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 May 2022",
"The side view of her dress is just as gorgeous as the front, with the red and black plaid giving a nod to both British fashion and that year's sponsor, Burberry. \u2014 ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English gorgeouse , from Middle French gorgias elegant, perhaps from gorgias wimple, from gorge throat":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fr-j\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gorgeous splendid , resplendent , gorgeous , glorious , sublime , superb mean extraordinarily or transcendently impressive. splendid implies outshining the usual or customary. the wedding was a splendid occasion resplendent suggests a glowing or blazing splendor. resplendent in her jewelry gorgeous implies a rich splendor especially in display of color. a gorgeous red dress glorious suggests radiance that heightens beauty or distinction. a glorious sunset sublime implies an exaltation or elevation almost beyond human comprehension. a vision of sublime beauty superb suggests an excellence reaching the highest conceivable degree. her singing was superb",
"synonyms":[
"aesthetic",
"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204913",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"gorgeousness":{
"antonyms":[
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"plain",
"ugly",
"unaesthetic",
"unattractive",
"unbeautiful",
"uncomely",
"uncute",
"unhandsome",
"unlovely",
"unpleasing",
"unpretty",
"unsightly"
],
"definitions":{
": splendidly or showily brilliant or magnificent":[]
},
"examples":[
"The difference in appearance can be dramatic, as I saw on a visit to the small, modern factory where Pineider prints its stationery, in a gorgeous part of Tuscany near Florence and bordering Chianti. \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , May 2001",
"In the Arlberg \u2026 my wife and I were taken to the most perfect dinner by an elderly Viennese couple and their gorgeous young daughter, whom we had met in Washington. \u2014 Geoffrey Wolff , Granta , Autumn 1990",
"Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. \u2014 L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , 1900",
"Your baby is absolutely gorgeous !",
"sunsets in Hawaii are just gorgeous",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The last scene where the Kent family is on a boat watching the new fortress rise up was so gorgeous . \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"The results, while not entirely convincing, are just gorgeous \u2014 worth seeing on the big screen if at all possible. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"The drawings are starkly gorgeous , each a bright burst of beauty and grief. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"The interior hasn\u2019t been overlooked either, as the RS 3 is beautifully appointed with an upgraded interior that is downright gorgeous . \u2014 Michael Harley, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Keep in mind that the sunset from the top is pretty gorgeous too, and doesn\u2019t require advanced planning\u2014or waking at 2 A.M. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
"The problem is that while their extraterrestrial observation deck is unquestionably gorgeous \u2014 unnaturally looming moons, vast stretches of rocky terrain \u2014 there isn\u2019t really all that much to do. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"The cut-to-order fresh blooms are so gorgeous that your mom may be tempted to send pictures to all her friends. \u2014 Kaitlin Marks, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 May 2022",
"The side view of her dress is just as gorgeous as the front, with the red and black plaid giving a nod to both British fashion and that year's sponsor, Burberry. \u2014 ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English gorgeouse , from Middle French gorgias elegant, perhaps from gorgias wimple, from gorge throat":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fr-j\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gorgeous splendid , resplendent , gorgeous , glorious , sublime , superb mean extraordinarily or transcendently impressive. splendid implies outshining the usual or customary. the wedding was a splendid occasion resplendent suggests a glowing or blazing splendor. resplendent in her jewelry gorgeous implies a rich splendor especially in display of color. a gorgeous red dress glorious suggests radiance that heightens beauty or distinction. a glorious sunset sublime implies an exaltation or elevation almost beyond human comprehension. a vision of sublime beauty superb suggests an excellence reaching the highest conceivable degree. her singing was superb",
"synonyms":[
"aesthetic",
"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093636",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"gorger":{
"antonyms":[
"cram",
"glut",
"sate",
"stuff",
"surfeit"
],
"definitions":{
": a hawk's crop":[],
": a mass choking a passage":[
"a river dammed by an ice gorge"
],
": a primitive device used instead of a fishhook that consists of an object (such as a piece of bone attached in the middle of a line) easy to swallow but difficult to eject":[],
": stomach , belly":[],
": the act or an instance of gorging":[],
": the entrance into an outwork (such as a bastion) of a fort":[],
": the line on the front of a coat or jacket formed by the crease of the lapel and collar":[],
": throat":[
"\u2014 often used with rise to indicate revulsion accompanied by a sensation of constriction My gorge rises at the sight of blood."
],
": to consume greedily":[],
": to fill completely or to the point of distension":[
"veins gorged with blood"
],
": to stuff to capacity : glut":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We gorged on chips and cookies.",
"We gorged ourselves on chips and cookies."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"1854, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin gurga , alteration of gurges , from Latin, whirlpool \u2014 more at voracious":"Noun , Verb, and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022frj"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gorge Verb satiate , sate , surfeit , cloy , pall , glut , gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel readers were sated with sensationalistic stories surfeit implies a nauseating repletion. surfeited themselves with junk food cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting. sentimental pictures that cloy after a while pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite. a life of leisure eventually begins to pall glut implies excess in feeding or supplying. a market glutted with diet books gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking. gorged themselves with chocolate",
"synonyms":[
"canyon",
"ca\u00f1on",
"col",
"couloir",
"defile",
"flume",
"gap",
"gill",
"gulch",
"gulf",
"kloof",
"linn",
"notch",
"pass",
"ravine",
"saddle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114155",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gorgerin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from gorge throat":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022f(r)j\u0259r\u0259\u0307n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072433",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gorget":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a part of a wimple covering the throat and shoulders":[],
": a piece of armor protecting the throat \u2014 see armor illustration":[],
": an ornamental collar":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The feathers on the gorget are iridescent, and their color changes depending on how the sunlight is hitting them. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2021",
"The feathers will light up when the sun hits the gorget the right way. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2021",
"Shell cups, throat coverings called gorgets , and beads in a variety of shapes were worn as jewelry or sewn onto clothing. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 5 Nov. 2019",
"The Royaume choker takes its cue from a gorget , a metal neckpiece designed to protect the throat; its centerpiece is a 19.31-carat Royal Blue sapphire surrounded by more than 1,600 diamonds and sapphires set in 18-karat white gold. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 July 2019",
"The males are copper-orange, and in sunshine their gorgets glow brilliant orange-red. \u2014 Ciscoe Morris, The Seattle Times , 21 June 2017",
"For Assassin\u2019s Creed and Merlin, the company created riveted aluminum chain mail tunics, steel gorgets to protect the throat, medieval helmets and titanium armor. \u2014 Jason Overdorf, USA TODAY , 20 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from gorge":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fr-j\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111903",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gorilla":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a very large typically black-colored anthropoid ape ( Gorilla gorilla ) of equatorial Africa that has a stocky body with broad shoulders and long arms and is less erect and has smaller ears than the chimpanzee":[],
": an ugly or brutal man":[],
": thug , goon":[]
},
"examples":[
"She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.",
"the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to \u201cconvince\u201d him to pay up",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So in 1980, when the Islanders won the Stanley Cup in six games over the Philadelphia Flyers, there was a gorilla -sized burden lifted from the players\u2019 backs. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Amare\u2019s caregivers noticed the 400-pound gorilla spending his days sitting in one corner of the habitat glued to guests\u2019 phones. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"What about the 500-pound gorilla of the stationary-bike space, Peloton",
"In the 1949 film and its 1998 remake, a young woman helps protect a gorilla from poachers. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Sometimes a single sort of edible is juxtaposed with an apt plaything, such as bananas piled under a toy gorilla or doughnut holes heaped beneath a miniature police officer. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"The trailer highlights the big difference between She-Hulk and (He)Hulk, as the latter looks like a green neanderthal, his body shape distorted by bulging muscle, like a gorilla overdosed on steroids. \u2014 Dani Di Placido, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The average lifespan for a gorilla in the wild is 35. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"In those first weeks in the studio, Monita sometimes joked that her son was like a gorilla wielding a paintbrush. \u2014 Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek Gorillai , plural, a tribe of hairy women mentioned in an account of a voyage around Africa":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8ri-l\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bully",
"gangbanger",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055451",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gorli oil":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fatty oil obtained from the seeds of African trees of a genus ( Caloncoba ) of the family Flacourtiaceae and similar in composition to chaulmoogra oil":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"gorli from native name in Africa":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-li-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120205",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gorm":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of gorm variant of gaum:4"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rich, redolent, juicy aromas of cranberries and red cherries and a hint of gorse . \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"In spring these are swapped for narcissi, gold gorse and yellow fists of aeonium flowers which sprout up from the plant's purple rosettes. \u2014 Kate Eshelby, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Scotland\u2019s landscape is wild and expansive: rugged islands, jagged mountains, moors covered in mustard-yellow gorse . \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 5 May 2021",
"The autumn sun gives the greens of the fields an impossible, mythic radiance and transforms the back roads into light-muddled paths where a goblin with a riddle, or a pretty maiden with a basket, could be waiting around every gorse -and-bramble bend. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Oct. 2020",
"The ordinance also required them to completely remove from their property all acacia, bamboo, thuja, juniper, Italian cypress, gorse and four types of broom. \u2014 Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com , 23 Nov. 2019",
"Gin makers are especially savvy about leaning on local: Germany\u2019s Woodland Sauerland Gin features locally sourced spruce and dandelion root while Method and Madness Irish Gin incorporates local Irish gorse flower. \u2014 John Kell, Fortune , 21 Sep. 2019",
"After a walk through yellow gorse and purple heather, my wife reasonably suggested driving to a beach: After all, Ilsington is less than 15 miles from the English Channel as the crow flies. \u2014 Peter Saenger, WSJ , 30 Oct. 2018",
"Sky News reports that a large gorse fire last month exposed the huge signal at Bray Head on Ireland\u2019s east coast. \u2014 James Rogers, Fox News , 6 Aug. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our list of the best horror movies on Amazon Prime has something for everybody, from gory classics to found footage indies to slow-burning arthouse horror. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Plus, even Cronenberg admits this gory confection won\u2019t be for everyone. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Halloween Kills, the second installment in this modern trilogy, was extremely gory . \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Feb. 2022",
"But the incident was described in all its absurd, gory detail in a paper published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine three years later. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 30 May 2022",
"The film includes a gory child autopsy scene, shots of bloody intestines and characters who orgasm by licking each other\u2019s open wounds. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"Neil Patrick Harris regrets turning the death of singer Amy Winehouse into a gory gag at a 2011 Halloween party. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"The best scary movies for kids offer those doses of adrenaline without being too violent, too shocking or too gory . \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"And its unusual juxtaposition of a darling baby boy and heaps of bloody, gory violence surely will not appeal to everyone. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 24 Apr. 2022"
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": a mineral MgAl 2 (PO 4 ) 2 (OH) 2 .8H 2 O consisting of a hydrous basic phosphate of magnesium and aluminum found near Fairfield, Utah":[]
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