dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/lop_MW.json
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"lop (off)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument the hair stylist started by lopping off several inches from her long tresses, before beginning to shape what was left"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134852",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lope":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter":[],
": an easy usually bounding gait capable of being sustained for a long time":[],
": to move or ride at a lope":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The horses loped easily across the fields.",
"He went loping up the hill.",
"The outfielder loped after the ball.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The bear passed before him at a lope , 50 yards away. \u2014 National Geographic , 19 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The vehicle can also lope around town at 1,500 rpm in fifth gear, then erupt with low-end torque in a way no other V-12 model can. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 6 June 2022",
"And the effort required to lope stiff-legged across the powdery surface guzzled the air and cooling water in his backpack, limiting his time outside the relative safety of the lunar module. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
"The gray wolf that made headlines in 2011 for becoming the first lobo in nearly a century to lope in California\u2019s wilderness is presumed dead. \u2014 Suzanne Espinosa Solis, SFChronicle.com , 15 Apr. 2020",
"The dancers, like multicolored gazelles, flit and lope and skitter and spin, each following a distinct and singular trajectory. \u2014 Marina Harss, The New Yorker , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Stubby hind legs increase energy efficiency, allowing the animals to lope easily across the ground. \u2014 Christine Dell'amore, National Geographic , 14 June 2019",
"Soon Flora Bundy will return for her second witness interview and a lion or two may lope through the den, checking on how the inquiry is going. \u2014 Anne Carson, Harper's magazine , 10 June 2019",
"These days, Dublin City seems to be flexing another muscle: Cyclists flood the streets, runners lope along park trails and, on the edges of this coastal metropolis, kite surfers dot the sky. \u2014 Brigid Mander, WSJ , 2 Aug. 2018",
"Bassist Benny Trokan underlines the tunefulness with nimble lines that lope and chug, girding every song with a snappy precision and providing ballast for the strings that gild some of the tracks. \u2014 Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader , 29 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1825, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English loup, lope leap, probably from Old Norse hlaup ; akin to Old English hl\u0113apan to leap \u2014 more at leap":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bounce",
"bound",
"hop",
"lollop",
"skip",
"trip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211326",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lopsided":{
"antonyms":[
"even",
"level",
"straight"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking in balance, symmetry, or proportion : disproportionately heavy on one side":[
"a lopsided vote of 99\u20131"
],
": leaning to one side":[]
},
"examples":[
"The house had a lopsided porch.",
"They won the game by a lopsided score of 25\u20133.",
"a lopsided vote of 99 to 1",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The government made the lopsided distribution even though NYU Langone is far wealthier. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The timeouts were longer, there were no overtimes, and all of the lopsided scores reduced the intensity of typically high-stress, high-energy late-game moments. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Almost too easy after winning its first two games by lopsided scores. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Trump, as president, twice endorsed Brooks\u2019 congressional campaigns that resulted in lopsided wins. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"Then there are your closed-lip smile, your flirtatious smile, your guilty smile, and your lopsided smile. \u2014 Myra Sack, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Golden State did a tremendous job in reasserting themselves as a force to be reckoned with, winning a lopsided Game 2 by a score of 107-88. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Tennis, like all games, marks time in various ways, and, along with enduring, there is what Gauff and \u015awi\u0105tek provided in Saturday\u2019s final, regardless of the lopsided outcome: the chance to see and contemplate becoming. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
"Swiatek has been an irresistible force on every surface for the last four months, racking up lopsided victories with her cap pulled low and her intensity cranked up high. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4p-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u0259d",
"\u02c8l\u00e4p-\u02ccs\u012b-d\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"askew",
"aslant",
"atilt",
"awry",
"cock-a-hoop",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"listing",
"oblique",
"off-kilter",
"pitched",
"skewed",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slantwise",
"tilted",
"tipping",
"uneven"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165907",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"lop":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to cut off branches or twigs from":[],
": to sever from a woody plant":[],
": to cut off the head or limbs of":[],
": to cut from a person":[],
": to remove superfluous parts from":[],
": to eliminate as unnecessary or undesirable":[
"\u2014 usually used with off"
],
": to hang downward : droop":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4p"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With a base of biodegradable and recyclable rubber, a suede-y lop layer also features UV-protection to prevent fading with outdoor use. \u2014 Vogue , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Oregon State is coming off a lop -sided loss at Arizona on Thursday in which its star player Tres Tinkle was ejected after a flagrant foul that came seemingly out of frustration. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, azcentral , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Lopez was batting only because Counsell needed more innings out of him in a lop -sided game to save the rest of the bullpen. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Apr. 2018",
"Ohio State will peak, and see the team that handed the Buckeyes their most lop -sided loss of the season. \u2014 Bill Landis, cleveland.com , 9 Nov. 2017",
"Penny, a 2 1/2-year-old French lop , loved every minute of it and happily relaxed while receiving her makeover. \u2014 sacbee , 5 Jan. 2018",
"Chase is a male lop -eared rabbit in need of a home. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2017",
"Poundstone, who reveals her personal life as a working single mother of three children as well as the cats, a dog, a bearded dragon lizard, a lop -eared bunny and one ant, sold out her 2013 performance at the Guthrie Theater. \u2014 Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities , 10 June 2017",
"Alex is especially fond of Marshmallow, 2-year-old Holland lop -eared rabbit. \u2014 Joe Habina, charlotteobserver , 21 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Within hours, the gates of the most notorious symbol of the Cold War opened for good, as champagne flowed and jubilant Germans with pickaxes began to lop off large chunks of the wall. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
"In mid-spring, before the plants start to show signs of flowers, lop off the two- to three-foot-high stalks. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 29 Apr. 2022",
"With the weather heating up, this is a sweet way to lop off extra layers, but with a sweet, fresh twist. \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This workout benefits a wide range of runners from weekend warriors hoping to improve their 5K time to serious marathoners looking to lop minutes off their personal best. \u2014 Mario Fraioli, Outside Online , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The ruble lost much of its value in the early 1990s after the end of the Soviet Union, with inflation and loss of value leading the government to lop three zeros off ruble notes in 1997. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The currency lost much of its value in the early 1990s after the end of the Soviet Union, with inflation and loss of value leading the government to lop three zeros off ruble notes in 1997. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The currency lost much of its value in the early 1990s after the end of the Soviet Union, with inflation and loss of value leading the government to lop three zeros off ruble notes in 1997. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The White House noted in a September report that the shortage could lop a full percentage point off economic growth this year. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Within hours, the gates of the most notorious symbol of the Cold War opened for good, as champagne flowed and jubilant Germans with pickaxes began to lop off large chunks of the wall. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
"In mid-spring, before the plants start to show signs of flowers, lop off the two- to three-foot-high stalks. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 29 Apr. 2022",
"With the weather heating up, this is a sweet way to lop off extra layers, but with a sweet, fresh twist. \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This workout benefits a wide range of runners from weekend warriors hoping to improve their 5K time to serious marathoners looking to lop minutes off their personal best. \u2014 Mario Fraioli, Outside Online , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The ruble lost much of its value in the early 1990s after the end of the Soviet Union, with inflation and loss of value leading the government to lop three zeros off ruble notes in 1997. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The currency lost much of its value in the early 1990s after the end of the Soviet Union, with inflation and loss of value leading the government to lop three zeros off ruble notes in 1997. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The currency lost much of its value in the early 1990s after the end of the Soviet Union, with inflation and loss of value leading the government to lop three zeros off ruble notes in 1997. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 Feb. 2022",
"But Intel did lop off much USB support on the H610 chipset. \u2014 Michael Sexton, PCMAG , 4 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English loppe":"Noun",
"perhaps imitative":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1519, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Verb",
"1578, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163229"
},
"loparite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a perovskite containing alkalies and cerium":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dp\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian loparit , from Lopar' Lapp (probably from Swedish Lappar Lapps, plural of Lapp ) + -it -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165840"
},
"lop-eared":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having ears that droop":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4p-\u02ccird"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1687, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190124"
}
}