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"Shagia":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a nomadic people of mixed Semitic origin inhabiting both sides of the Nile near the Third Cataract, speaking Arabic, and probably descended from invaders from Arabia about the 7th century":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sh\u0259\u02c8g\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194920",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shaikh al-Islam":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Arabic shaykh al-isl\u0101m":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6sh\u0101\u02cckal\u0259\u0307\u00a6sl\u00e4m",
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"\u00a6sh\u012b\u02cck-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132556",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shaikhi":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a Shi\u02bdite sect emphasizing the mystical doctrine of a hidden imam as a living channel of communication":[],
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": a member of the Shaikhi sect":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Arabic shaykh\u012b , from Shaikh Ahmad \u20201826 Shi\u02bdite religious teacher":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073129",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shaiva":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of Shaiva variant of saiva"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140953",
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"type":[]
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},
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"Shakalsha":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of the Shakalsha people":[],
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": a people emigrating from Phrygia and colonizing Sicily in early times":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sh\u0259\u02c8kalsh\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132857",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shan-Jen":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several hill tribes (such as the Lisu, the Chingpaw, or the Lashi) generally of Tibeto-Burman stock of the west Yunnan frontier region":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Chinese (Pekingese) shan 1 jen 2 , from shan 1 mountain, hill + jen 2 man, person, people":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4n\u02c8r\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012326",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shanghai":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to put aboard a ship by force often with the help of liquor or a drug":[],
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": to put by force or threat of force into or as if into a place of detention":[],
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": to put by trickery into an undesirable position":[],
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"city and port on the Huangpu River near the estuary of the Chang (Yangtze) River in eastern China population 21,126,600":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some historians believe, as The Oregonian/OregonLive has reported, that the tunnels weren\u2019t actually used to shanghai -- that is, abduct men and force them to join a ship\u2019s crew. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Mar. 2020",
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"The musical comedy is filled with zany pirates, zombie ships, mermaids and the plot revolves around a bumbling actor and his crew getting shanghaied by the terror of the high seas. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 July 2019",
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"To shanghai your wife into a mental health intervention would be a mistake. \u2014 Y Jeanne Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Feb. 2018",
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"That prompts the secretly protective Madea to shanghai Joe and the equally outrageous old-timers Hattie (Patrice Lovely) and Bam (Cassi Davis) for a trip to the lake to bring Tiffany back. \u2014 Mike Scott, NOLA.com , 20 Oct. 2017",
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"The ways in which our attention gets shanghaied by these companies makes us less good as citizens. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine , 5 Oct. 2017",
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"The idea of a summertime art festival has been shanghaied by the nonprofit Art Shanty Project. \u2014 Bob Shaw, Twin Cities , 6 Jan. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Shanghai , China; from the former use of this method to secure sailors for voyages to eastern Asia":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sha\u014b-\u02c8h\u012b",
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"\u02c8sha\u014b-\u02cch\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195446",
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"Shanghailander":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a native or resident of Shanghai , China":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Shanghai , China + English -lander (as in highlander )":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030421",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shangqiu":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city in the province of Henan, eastern China population 618,500":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4\u014b-\u02c8chy\u00fc"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043812",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Shangri-la":{
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"antonyms":[
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"anti-utopia",
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"dystopia",
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"hell"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia":[],
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": a remote usually idyllic hideaway":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Shangri-La , imaginary land depicted in the novel Lost Horizon (1933) by James Hilton":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccsha\u014b-gri-\u02c8l\u00e4"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"Camelot",
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"Cockaigne",
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"Eden",
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"Elysium",
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"empyrean",
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"fantasyland",
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"heaven",
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"lotusland",
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"never-never land",
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"New Jerusalem",
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"nirvana",
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"paradise",
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"promised land",
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"utopia",
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"Zion",
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"Sion"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213104",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shankalla":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of Shankalla variant of shangalla"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133515",
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"type":[]
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},
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"Shanxi":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"province of northern China bordering on the Huang (Yellow) River; capital Taiyuan area 60,656 square miles (157,099 square kilometers), population 35,712,101":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4n-\u02c8sh\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184254",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Shaoxing":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city in the province of Zhejiang, eastern China, southeast of Hangzhou population 1,726,000":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shau\u0307-\u02c8shi\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020527",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Shaoyang":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city in the province of Hunan, southeastern China, west of Hengyang population 228,000":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shau\u0307-\u02c8y\u00e4\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053722",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Sharon, Plain of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"region of Israel on the Mediterranean coast between Mount Carmel and Jaffa":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sher-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122413",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Shatt al Arab":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"river 120 miles (193 kilometers) long in southeastern Iraq formed by the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers and flowing southeast into the Persian Gulf":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccshat-al-\u02c8a-r\u0259b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192412",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Shavian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an admirer or devotee of G. B. Shaw, his writings, or his social and political theories":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Shavius , latinized form of George Bernard Shaw":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u0101-v\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163048",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shaviana":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": memorabilia concerning G. B. Shaw":[
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"has just given Yale University his entire collection of Shaviana",
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"\u2014 New York Times"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Shavi us + English -ana":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccsh\u0101v\u0113\u02c8an\u0259",
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"-\u00e4n\u0259",
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"-\u0227n\u0259 also -\u02c8\u0101n\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091627",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Shavianism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an attitude or utterance of or characteristic of G. B. Shaw":[],
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": devotion to the writings or social theories of G. B. Shaw":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-vy\u0259\u02cc-",
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"\u02c8sh\u0101v\u0113\u0259\u02ccniz\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201222",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"shabby":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": clothed with worn or seedy garments":[
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"a shabby hobo"
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],
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": ill-kept : dilapidated":[
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"a shabby neighborhood"
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],
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": inferior in quality":[
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"shabby reasoning"
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],
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": mean , despicable , contemptible":[
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"must feel shabby \u2026 because of his compromises",
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"\u2014 Nat Hentoff"
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],
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": threadbare and faded from wear":[
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"a shabby sofa"
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],
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": ungenerous , unfair":[
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"laments the shabby way in which this country often treated a poet",
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"\u2014 Paul Engle"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The furniture was old and shabby .",
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"He wore a shabby coat.",
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"Her first apartment was pretty shabby .",
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"They complained about the shabby treatment they received at the hotel.",
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"Backing out of the deal was a shabby thing to do.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Not only did Rodgers finished strong, but his start wasn't shabby either. \u2014 Emmett Prosser, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
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"Some say history repeats itself, and for Michael Thorbjornsen, that wouldn\u2019t be too shabby . \u2014 Jayna Bardahl, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
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"Views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains aren\u2019t too shabby , either. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 1 June 2022",
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"But the roster of potential talent lined up for the January 6 hearings is not too shabby . \u2014 Dean Obeidallah, CNN , 30 May 2022",
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"Both countries fall on the shabby side in responding to climate change, all while vying with each other for shares of the world\u2019s oil and gas markets. \u2014 Kate Brown, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
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"Soon after arriving in Papunya, Bardon asked the children to paint murals on the shabby school walls. \u2014 Anthony Ham, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
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"Dillon was born in 1915 and raised as a girl by two morose aunts on a shabby estate near Dover. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
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"The shabby -chic drawing room, with floor-to-ceiling windows and doors opening out on to a large patio, features an early 19th century plasterwork ceiling and huge fireplace. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1669, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"obsolete English shab a low fellow":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sha-b\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"beat-up",
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"bombed-out",
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"dilapidated",
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"dog-eared",
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"down-at-the-heels",
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"down-at-heel",
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"down-at-the-heel",
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"down-at-heels",
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"dumpy",
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"grungy",
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"mangy",
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"mean",
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"miserable",
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"moth-eaten",
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"neglected",
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"ratty",
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"run-down",
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"scrubby",
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"scruffy",
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"seedy",
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"sleazy",
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"tacky",
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"tatterdemalion",
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"tatty",
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"threadbare",
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"timeworn",
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"tumbledown"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225421",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"shack":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a room or similar enclosed structure for a particular person or use":[
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"a guard shack"
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],
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": hut , shanty":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"an old shack in the woods",
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"a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Bezdelovs worked at the shack in previous seasons, on the counter and register and, at age 16, doing the books. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 11 May 2022",
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"Undeterred, the Sivell family created a portable shack on wheels and began serving takeout, food-truck style. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 17 May 2022",
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"Indulging in one of the island's lolos (tiny restaurants specializing in Creole cuisine), such as Rosemary's, a little shack on the Marigot waterfront. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Its central characters, Lucy and Sam (who are 12 and 11, respectively, at the beginning of the tale), are two Chinese girls living with their parents in a small shack . \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"The shack also serves soups, salads, fries, onion rings, calamari, chicken tenders, drinks, ice cream, Italian ices and a kids\u2019 menu. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 11 May 2022",
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"Security video from a camera inside the shack apparently shows Moore taking a man hostage. \u2014 Fox News , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"The service station-turned-smoke shack uses a blend of hickory, pecan, and peach woods to smoke their meats. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Construction workers refurbishing a beach shack were singing along to the radio. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shak"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cabin",
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"camp",
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"hooch",
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"hootch",
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"hovel",
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"hut",
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"hutch",
|
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"hutment",
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"shanty"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020335",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"shackbolt":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a shackle used as a heraldic charge":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably short for shackle bolt":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shak\u02ccb\u014dlt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140748",
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
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},
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"shackel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a section of gill net":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"shackle entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032429",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"shackle":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"bind",
|
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"chain",
|
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"enchain",
|
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"enfetter",
|
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"fetter",
|
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"gyve",
|
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"handcuff",
|
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"manacle",
|
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"pinion",
|
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"trammel"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a length of cable or anchor chain of usually 15 fathoms":[],
|
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": a usually U-shaped fastening device secured by a bolt or pin through holes in the end of the two arms":[],
|
|
": something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms":[],
|
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": something that checks or prevents free action as if by fetters":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
|
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],
|
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": to bind with shackles : fetter":[],
|
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": to deprive of freedom especially of action by means of restrictions or handicaps : impede":[],
|
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": to make fast with or as if with a shackle":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
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"placed shackles on the legs of the prisoners",
|
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"the shackles of illiteracy can be just as confining as leg irons",
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"The guard shackled the prisoner.",
|
|
"unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"This hunk of billet aluminum solves both problems by providing a closed shackle mount that\u2019s designed to fit snug with the winch\u2019s fairlead. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 12 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"The 60-year-old had been attempting to repair the Row of Life\u2019s bow shackle in preparation for a tropical cyclone that was bearing down on her position in the remote Pacific. \u2014 Andrew Lewis, Outside Online , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"This shackle may suggest prisoners or enslaved people at the site. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Weinstein, 69, was ushered into the courtroom with a waist shackle that attached to his handcuffs. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"At her feet lay a broken shackle and chains to symbolize the end of slavery. \u2014 Reece Jones, CNN , 27 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The front leaf spring rear-lower shackle bolts may be loose. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 21 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"If anti-vax folks mistake a key for a shackle , that\u2019s only because their selfishness is part of the problem. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 30 July 2021",
|
|
"When the crew tried to raise it, the shackle connecting it to the cable failed, Enbridge spokesman Michael Barnes said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 28 July 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Houdini said that no prison could hold him and that no shackles can shackle him. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English schakel , from Old English sceacul ; akin to Old Norse sk\u01ebkull pole of a cart":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha-k\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shackle Verb hamper , trammel , clog , fetter , shackle , manacle mean to hinder or impede in moving, progressing, or acting. hamper may imply the effect of any impeding or restraining influence. hampered the investigation by refusing to cooperate trammel suggests entangling by or confining within a net. rules that trammel the artist's creativity clog usually implies a slowing by something extraneous or encumbering. a court system clogged by frivolous suits fetter suggests a restraining so severe that freedom to move or progress is almost lost. a nation fettered by an antiquated class system shackle and manacle are stronger than fetter and suggest total loss of freedom. a mind shackled by stubborn prejudice a people manacled by tyranny",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"bracelet",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"cuff(s)",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff(s)",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"ligature",
|
|
"manacle(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061549",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shackle bar":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a device consisting of an ordinary pinch bar with a hinged shackle near the point for pulling out something (such as a driftbolt or railroad spikes)":[],
|
|
": a link coupling formerly used between railroad cars":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034338",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shackle bolt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a bolt with a shackle":[],
|
|
": the bolt of a shackle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060141",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shackle joint":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a joint consisting of a shackle fitted through a ring":[],
|
|
": a joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone (as at the base of the spine in some fishes)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111938",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shacklebone":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wrist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1571, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-",
|
|
"\u02c8sha-k\u0259l-\u02ccb\u014dn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203957",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shackles":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"enfetter",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"gyve",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"pinion",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a length of cable or anchor chain of usually 15 fathoms":[],
|
|
": a usually U-shaped fastening device secured by a bolt or pin through holes in the end of the two arms":[],
|
|
": something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms":[],
|
|
": something that checks or prevents free action as if by fetters":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bind with shackles : fetter":[],
|
|
": to deprive of freedom especially of action by means of restrictions or handicaps : impede":[],
|
|
": to make fast with or as if with a shackle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"placed shackles on the legs of the prisoners",
|
|
"the shackles of illiteracy can be just as confining as leg irons",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The guard shackled the prisoner.",
|
|
"unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"This hunk of billet aluminum solves both problems by providing a closed shackle mount that\u2019s designed to fit snug with the winch\u2019s fairlead. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 12 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"The 60-year-old had been attempting to repair the Row of Life\u2019s bow shackle in preparation for a tropical cyclone that was bearing down on her position in the remote Pacific. \u2014 Andrew Lewis, Outside Online , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"This shackle may suggest prisoners or enslaved people at the site. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Weinstein, 69, was ushered into the courtroom with a waist shackle that attached to his handcuffs. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"At her feet lay a broken shackle and chains to symbolize the end of slavery. \u2014 Reece Jones, CNN , 27 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The front leaf spring rear-lower shackle bolts may be loose. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 21 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"If anti-vax folks mistake a key for a shackle , that\u2019s only because their selfishness is part of the problem. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 30 July 2021",
|
|
"When the crew tried to raise it, the shackle connecting it to the cable failed, Enbridge spokesman Michael Barnes said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 28 July 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Houdini said that no prison could hold him and that no shackles can shackle him. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Unlike the investment of time that\u2019s required for most TV shows these days, which shackle you to a dozen or more episodes that are essentially standalone movies themselves, at least in terms of length. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English schakel , from Old English sceacul ; akin to Old Norse sk\u01ebkull pole of a cart":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha-k\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shackle Verb hamper , trammel , clog , fetter , shackle , manacle mean to hinder or impede in moving, progressing, or acting. hamper may imply the effect of any impeding or restraining influence. hampered the investigation by refusing to cooperate trammel suggests entangling by or confining within a net. rules that trammel the artist's creativity clog usually implies a slowing by something extraneous or encumbering. a court system clogged by frivolous suits fetter suggests a restraining so severe that freedom to move or progress is almost lost. a nation fettered by an antiquated class system shackle and manacle are stronger than fetter and suggest total loss of freedom. a mind shackled by stubborn prejudice a people manacled by tyranny",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"bracelet",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"cuff(s)",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff(s)",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"ligature",
|
|
"manacle(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214538",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shad fly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several insects (such as the mayfly) that appear when shad enter the rivers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122153",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shade":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"shadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a color produced by a pigment or dye mixture having some black in it":[],
|
|
": a color slightly different from the one under consideration":[],
|
|
": a device partially covering a lamp so as to reduce glare":[],
|
|
": a disembodied spirit : ghost":[],
|
|
": a facial expression of sadness or displeasure":[],
|
|
": a flexible screen usually mounted on a roller for regulating the light or the view through a window":[],
|
|
": a minute degree or quantity":[],
|
|
": a minute difference or variation : nuance":[],
|
|
": a place sheltered from the sun":[],
|
|
": a subdued or somber feature":[],
|
|
": an evanescent or unreal appearance":[],
|
|
": comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light":[],
|
|
": netherworld , hades":[],
|
|
": relative obscurity or retirement":[],
|
|
": shelter (as by foliage) from the heat and glare of sunlight":[],
|
|
": slant , bias":[],
|
|
": something that intercepts or shelters from light, sun, or heat: such as":[],
|
|
": sunglasses":[],
|
|
": the reproduction of the effect of shade in painting or drawing":[],
|
|
": the shadows that gather as darkness comes on":[],
|
|
": to add shading to":[],
|
|
": to better or exceed by a shade":[],
|
|
": to change by gradual transition or qualification":[],
|
|
": to color so that the shades pass gradually from one to another":[],
|
|
": to cover with a shade":[],
|
|
": to darken with or as if with a shadow":[],
|
|
": to express contempt or disrespect for someone publicly especially by subtle or indirect insults or criticisms":[
|
|
"Christopher Oram's elegant set is a pillared palazzo; at cafe tables wasp-waisted women sip tiny cups of espresso and throw shade at their rivals from behind dark glasses \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Sam Marlowe"
|
|
],
|
|
": to hide partly by or as if by a shadow":[],
|
|
": to pass by slight changes or imperceptible degrees":[],
|
|
": to reduce slightly":[
|
|
"shade a price"
|
|
],
|
|
": to represent the effect of shade or shadow on":[],
|
|
": to shelter or screen by intercepting radiated light or heat":[],
|
|
": to undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The buildings cast shade on the plaza.",
|
|
"The tree provided plenty of shade .",
|
|
"These plants grow well in shade .",
|
|
"It was a hot sunny day, but luckily their seats for the game were in the shade .",
|
|
"We sat in the shade of a willow tree.",
|
|
"He used his hand as a shade as he looked out into the bright sunlight.",
|
|
"a lamp with a broken shade",
|
|
"She pulled down the shades .",
|
|
"She was wearing a cool pair of shades .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"Several large trees shade the house.",
|
|
"She shaded the drawing to give it depth.",
|
|
"The shaded part of the graph represents the amount of sales.",
|
|
"The article shaded the truth by revealing only one side of the story.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"With its enchanting stone castle, spell-binding tunnel of shade trees, knee-high fairy houses and hundreds of butterflies fluttering between vast and varied garden spaces \u2014 if ever there was a secret garden in Kentucky, this is it. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"The walk this reporter took with Hayman and Kristine Lee, children\u2019s manager, is a nice stroll on the front lawn, featuring sidewalks and huge shade trees. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Peppering this soothing landscape are numerous seating options to chill \u2014 some in the shade and others in direct sun \u2014 whether in a hammock, ornate wrought iron chair (with lime green or red cushions) or a chez. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Those trees have grown rapidly and now drape the wetland in shade , attracting a variety of birds, such as yellow warblers, blue-gray gnatcatchers and vermilion flycatchers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Park in the shade Try to find at least a semi-shaded area to park your car to keep its temperature down. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Knox Parks will plant 28 shade trees and five fruit trees divided among six Hartford schools. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Heat stresses plants, requiring more water to maintain healthy landscaping and shade trees. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 4 May 2022",
|
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"Climate control: Umbrellas, shade trees, overhangs, fans, misters and heaters. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"When buying a drugstore foundation, are there any tricks to shade match",
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"The galley is covered by the boat\u2019s hardtop which features a deployable electric bimini top to shade the rear seats. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 24 June 2022",
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"Also make sure to read what the plant tag says about how much sun or shade the flower prefers. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
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"Whenever Embiid is able to establish deep post position, the Heat will have to shade multiple defenders his way. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
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"Mildewed curtains shade the toilet, a nasty mess of orangey brown. \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Expansive glass panels fill in the openings where there were freight doors, and steel awnings shade the windows. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Trees also shade the Earth, and their leaves transpire, cooling whole regions of the planet in much the same way that sweating prevents our bodies from overheating. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Squash plants have large leaves that shade the ground, which helps prevent weeds and promotes moisture retention in the soil. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There\u2019s not just one golden shade tree , but two shade trees. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 30 May 2022",
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"Many pretty plants will do fine under a large shade tree or in flower beds, hanging baskets, and containers throughout your garden. \u2014 Lauren Smith Mcdonough, House Beautiful , 25 May 2022",
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"In past years Japanese plum, also called loquat, was used effectively as a road border or shade tree transition because it was disciplined and grew well in our climate and soil and in the sun or the shade. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
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"Take delivery of a free shade tree to plant in your yard or in your neighborhood. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"The resulting tree loss has been most evident in communities with older trees, such as Takoma Park, where residents fret as the roar of chain saws and mulching machines portends the loss of another big shade tree . \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2021",
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"Inside, three cows and a white horse lay side-by-side under a shade tree to hide from the 103-degree July heat. \u2014 Tia Mitchell, ajc , 18 July 2020",
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"The small square is partially surrounded by a small brick wall with a shade tree as its centerpiece. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Sep. 2021",
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"The small square is partially surrounded by a small brick wall with a shade tree as its centerpiece. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Sep. 2021"
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"The tree provided plenty of shade .",
|
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"These plants grow well in shade .",
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"It was a hot sunny day, but luckily their seats for the game were in the shade .",
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"We sat in the shade of a willow tree.",
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|
"He used his hand as a shade as he looked out into the bright sunlight.",
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"a lamp with a broken shade",
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"She pulled down the shades .",
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"She was wearing a cool pair of shades .",
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"Verb",
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"She shaded the drawing to give it depth.",
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"The shaded part of the graph represents the amount of sales.",
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"The article shaded the truth by revealing only one side of the story.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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|
"With its enchanting stone castle, spell-binding tunnel of shade trees, knee-high fairy houses and hundreds of butterflies fluttering between vast and varied garden spaces \u2014 if ever there was a secret garden in Kentucky, this is it. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 27 June 2022",
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"The walk this reporter took with Hayman and Kristine Lee, children\u2019s manager, is a nice stroll on the front lawn, featuring sidewalks and huge shade trees. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
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"Peppering this soothing landscape are numerous seating options to chill \u2014 some in the shade and others in direct sun \u2014 whether in a hammock, ornate wrought iron chair (with lime green or red cushions) or a chez. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
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"Those trees have grown rapidly and now drape the wetland in shade , attracting a variety of birds, such as yellow warblers, blue-gray gnatcatchers and vermilion flycatchers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Park in the shade Try to find at least a semi-shaded area to park your car to keep its temperature down. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Knox Parks will plant 28 shade trees and five fruit trees divided among six Hartford schools. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Heat stresses plants, requiring more water to maintain healthy landscaping and shade trees. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Climate control: Umbrellas, shade trees, overhangs, fans, misters and heaters. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"When buying a drugstore foundation, are there any tricks to shade match",
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|
"The galley is covered by the boat\u2019s hardtop which features a deployable electric bimini top to shade the rear seats. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 24 June 2022",
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"Also make sure to read what the plant tag says about how much sun or shade the flower prefers. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
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"Whenever Embiid is able to establish deep post position, the Heat will have to shade multiple defenders his way. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
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|
"Mildewed curtains shade the toilet, a nasty mess of orangey brown. \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
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|
"Expansive glass panels fill in the openings where there were freight doors, and steel awnings shade the windows. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Trees also shade the Earth, and their leaves transpire, cooling whole regions of the planet in much the same way that sweating prevents our bodies from overheating. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Squash plants have large leaves that shade the ground, which helps prevent weeds and promotes moisture retention in the soil. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022"
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"The buildings cast shade on the plaza.",
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|
"The tree provided plenty of shade .",
|
|
"These plants grow well in shade .",
|
|
"It was a hot sunny day, but luckily their seats for the game were in the shade .",
|
|
"We sat in the shade of a willow tree.",
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|
"He used his hand as a shade as he looked out into the bright sunlight.",
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"a lamp with a broken shade",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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|
"With its enchanting stone castle, spell-binding tunnel of shade trees, knee-high fairy houses and hundreds of butterflies fluttering between vast and varied garden spaces \u2014 if ever there was a secret garden in Kentucky, this is it. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 27 June 2022",
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|
"The walk this reporter took with Hayman and Kristine Lee, children\u2019s manager, is a nice stroll on the front lawn, featuring sidewalks and huge shade trees. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
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|
"Peppering this soothing landscape are numerous seating options to chill \u2014 some in the shade and others in direct sun \u2014 whether in a hammock, ornate wrought iron chair (with lime green or red cushions) or a chez. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Those trees have grown rapidly and now drape the wetland in shade , attracting a variety of birds, such as yellow warblers, blue-gray gnatcatchers and vermilion flycatchers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Park in the shade Try to find at least a semi-shaded area to park your car to keep its temperature down. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Knox Parks will plant 28 shade trees and five fruit trees divided among six Hartford schools. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Heat stresses plants, requiring more water to maintain healthy landscaping and shade trees. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Climate control: Umbrellas, shade trees, overhangs, fans, misters and heaters. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"When buying a drugstore foundation, are there any tricks to shade match",
|
|
"The galley is covered by the boat\u2019s hardtop which features a deployable electric bimini top to shade the rear seats. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"Also make sure to read what the plant tag says about how much sun or shade the flower prefers. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
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|
"Whenever Embiid is able to establish deep post position, the Heat will have to shade multiple defenders his way. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Mildewed curtains shade the toilet, a nasty mess of orangey brown. \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Expansive glass panels fill in the openings where there were freight doors, and steel awnings shade the windows. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022",
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|
"Trees also shade the Earth, and their leaves transpire, cooling whole regions of the planet in much the same way that sweating prevents our bodies from overheating. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Squash plants have large leaves that shade the ground, which helps prevent weeds and promotes moisture retention in the soil. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022"
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|
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|
|
"Their backyard is nice and shady .",
|
|
"I don't trust him. He seems like a pretty shady character.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The circa-1810 mansion offers breakfast, lunch and a shady parade spot. \u2014 Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"This exotic-looking plant bodes well in a shady garden spot or covered porch. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Amine jumps rope in a shady spot of the Chaude Ruelle elementary school building, laughing with his friends. \u2014 Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Grandpa used to find a shady spot on the lawn, tune into a baseball game and relax in his favorite Adirondack chair. \u2014 cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s an out-of-the-way shady spot filled with cedars and picnic tables that\u2019s less crowded \u2014 and inaccessible by car. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The biggest part of it is in a wooded area, so that\u2019s shady . \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The Japanese Friendship Garden in downtown Phoenix is shady and has soothing water features. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"What Happens Live every night, sometimes being incredibly shady . \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"Then comes the alpenglow, and after that the Earth shadow . \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 June 2022",
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"Use orange face paint to portray the nose, and play with blue frosty shadow on the eyes. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
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"Her beauty look consisted of glittery pink eye shadow , a dramatic cat eye, long lashes, plenty of blush, and a glossy lip with dark red liner. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
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"As a white artist who profited greatly from the popularization of a style associated with African Americans, Presley, throughout his career, worked under the shadow and suspicion of racial appropriation. \u2014 Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation , 22 June 2022",
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"In Alabama, the Senate Republican primary runoff could spotlight the lingering shadow of the 2020 election. \u2014 Isabella Murray, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
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"Here's a look at some of the latest developments in the shadow 2024 campaign. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
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"Ne-Yo has not had an album out since 2018, but that did not stop the crowd from falling hard for a sensuality that was only maybe only accentuated by the hat that kept his face in constant shadow . \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022",
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"And the most important question, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is who decides what matters",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Borrowing from 1940s film noir, Lasky played with light and shadow to add a grittier feel, remove background details and achieve a cinematic effect. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 20 June 2022",
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"Arsenic, calcium, and sulfur mapping, for instance, showed the definition of the flower and hinted at the original illumination achieved through Mignon's use of light and shadow , while the iron distribution showed its overall shape. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
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"Another offshoot of inflation to be wary of: shadow inflation, or when the quality of a service or product declines. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
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|
"Gartner reports that in large enterprises, 30% to 40% of IT spending goes to shadow IT. \u2014 Jim Brennan, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
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"O\u2019Neill established a dynamic partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital that sent Timilty students to MGH weekly to shadow health care professionals. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"Specifically, interns will shadow staff, assisting customers in the computer/multi-media labs, and observe computer classes. \u2014 cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Then turning around and shadow -banning or censoring the people that have made their platform a destination in the first place. \u2014 ELLE , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"The city\u2019s delegate to Congress and shadow delegate will also appear on the ballot. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
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|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"The sooner, the better, as this transit has a pre- shadow period starting before the retrograde itself hits. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 Nov. 2021",
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"The sooner, the better as this transit has a pre- shadow period starting before the retrograde itself hits. \u2014 Meghan Ros, Glamour , 1 Sep. 2021"
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"Then comes the alpenglow, and after that the Earth shadow . \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 June 2022",
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"Use orange face paint to portray the nose, and play with blue frosty shadow on the eyes. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
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"Her beauty look consisted of glittery pink eye shadow , a dramatic cat eye, long lashes, plenty of blush, and a glossy lip with dark red liner. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
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"As a white artist who profited greatly from the popularization of a style associated with African Americans, Presley, throughout his career, worked under the shadow and suspicion of racial appropriation. \u2014 Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation , 22 June 2022",
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"In Alabama, the Senate Republican primary runoff could spotlight the lingering shadow of the 2020 election. \u2014 Isabella Murray, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
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|
"Here's a look at some of the latest developments in the shadow 2024 campaign. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
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|
"Ne-Yo has not had an album out since 2018, but that did not stop the crowd from falling hard for a sensuality that was only maybe only accentuated by the hat that kept his face in constant shadow . \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022",
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|
"And the most important question, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is who decides what matters",
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|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Borrowing from 1940s film noir, Lasky played with light and shadow to add a grittier feel, remove background details and achieve a cinematic effect. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 20 June 2022",
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|
"Arsenic, calcium, and sulfur mapping, for instance, showed the definition of the flower and hinted at the original illumination achieved through Mignon's use of light and shadow , while the iron distribution showed its overall shape. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Another offshoot of inflation to be wary of: shadow inflation, or when the quality of a service or product declines. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Gartner reports that in large enterprises, 30% to 40% of IT spending goes to shadow IT. \u2014 Jim Brennan, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"O\u2019Neill established a dynamic partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital that sent Timilty students to MGH weekly to shadow health care professionals. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
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|
"Specifically, interns will shadow staff, assisting customers in the computer/multi-media labs, and observe computer classes. \u2014 cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Then turning around and shadow -banning or censoring the people that have made their platform a destination in the first place. \u2014 ELLE , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The city\u2019s delegate to Congress and shadow delegate will also appear on the ballot. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
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|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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|
"The sooner, the better, as this transit has a pre- shadow period starting before the retrograde itself hits. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 Nov. 2021",
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|
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|
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|
"He saw something moving in the shadows .",
|
|
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|
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|
"Police shadowed the suspect for several days.",
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|
"She spent the night shadowing other waiters at the restaurant.",
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|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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|
"Then comes the alpenglow, and after that the Earth shadow . \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 June 2022",
|
|
"Use orange face paint to portray the nose, and play with blue frosty shadow on the eyes. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
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|
"Her beauty look consisted of glittery pink eye shadow , a dramatic cat eye, long lashes, plenty of blush, and a glossy lip with dark red liner. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
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|
"As a white artist who profited greatly from the popularization of a style associated with African Americans, Presley, throughout his career, worked under the shadow and suspicion of racial appropriation. \u2014 Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation , 22 June 2022",
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|
"In Alabama, the Senate Republican primary runoff could spotlight the lingering shadow of the 2020 election. \u2014 Isabella Murray, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
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|
"Here's a look at some of the latest developments in the shadow 2024 campaign. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Ne-Yo has not had an album out since 2018, but that did not stop the crowd from falling hard for a sensuality that was only maybe only accentuated by the hat that kept his face in constant shadow . \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022",
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|
"And the most important question, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is who decides what matters",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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|
"Borrowing from 1940s film noir, Lasky played with light and shadow to add a grittier feel, remove background details and achieve a cinematic effect. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Arsenic, calcium, and sulfur mapping, for instance, showed the definition of the flower and hinted at the original illumination achieved through Mignon's use of light and shadow , while the iron distribution showed its overall shape. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Another offshoot of inflation to be wary of: shadow inflation, or when the quality of a service or product declines. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Gartner reports that in large enterprises, 30% to 40% of IT spending goes to shadow IT. \u2014 Jim Brennan, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"O\u2019Neill established a dynamic partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital that sent Timilty students to MGH weekly to shadow health care professionals. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Specifically, interns will shadow staff, assisting customers in the computer/multi-media labs, and observe computer classes. \u2014 cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Then turning around and shadow -banning or censoring the people that have made their platform a destination in the first place. \u2014 ELLE , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The city\u2019s delegate to Congress and shadow delegate will also appear on the ballot. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
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|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The sooner, the better, as this transit has a pre- shadow period starting before the retrograde itself hits. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 Nov. 2021",
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|
"The sooner, the better as this transit has a pre- shadow period starting before the retrograde itself hits. \u2014 Meghan Ros, Glamour , 1 Sep. 2021"
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": conceal":[],
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": dark sense 1a":[],
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": having an indistinct pattern":[
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"shadow plaid"
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],
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": having darker sections of design":[
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"shadow lace"
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],
|
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": of, relating to, or resembling a shadow cabinet":[
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"shadow minister of defense"
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],
|
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": one (such as a spy or detective) who shadows someone":[],
|
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": partial darkness or obscurity within a part of space from which rays from a source of light are cut off by an interposed opaque body":[],
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": pervasive and dominant influence":[],
|
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": phantom":[],
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": shade sense 5":[],
|
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": shelter , protect":[],
|
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": shelter from danger or observation":[],
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": the dark figure cast upon a surface by a body intercepting the rays from a source of light":[],
|
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": to accompany and observe especially in a professional setting":[],
|
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": to become overcast with or as if with shadows":[],
|
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": to cast a shadow upon : cloud":[],
|
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": to follow especially secretly : trail":[],
|
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": to pass gradually or by degrees":[],
|
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": to represent or indicate obscurely or faintly":[
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"\u2014 often used with forth or out"
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],
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": to shelter from the sun":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"The tree cast a long shadow across the lawn.",
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"You can see your own shadow on a sunny day.",
|
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"Part of the valley was in shadow .",
|
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"He saw something moving in the shadows .",
|
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"I sensed a shadow of disappointment in his expression.",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"Police shadowed the suspect for several days.",
|
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"She spent the night shadowing other waiters at the restaurant.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Then comes the alpenglow, and after that the Earth shadow . \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 June 2022",
|
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"Use orange face paint to portray the nose, and play with blue frosty shadow on the eyes. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
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"Her beauty look consisted of glittery pink eye shadow , a dramatic cat eye, long lashes, plenty of blush, and a glossy lip with dark red liner. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
|
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"As a white artist who profited greatly from the popularization of a style associated with African Americans, Presley, throughout his career, worked under the shadow and suspicion of racial appropriation. \u2014 Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation , 22 June 2022",
|
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"In Alabama, the Senate Republican primary runoff could spotlight the lingering shadow of the 2020 election. \u2014 Isabella Murray, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
|
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"Here's a look at some of the latest developments in the shadow 2024 campaign. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Ne-Yo has not had an album out since 2018, but that did not stop the crowd from falling hard for a sensuality that was only maybe only accentuated by the hat that kept his face in constant shadow . \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022",
|
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"And the most important question, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is who decides what matters",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Borrowing from 1940s film noir, Lasky played with light and shadow to add a grittier feel, remove background details and achieve a cinematic effect. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Arsenic, calcium, and sulfur mapping, for instance, showed the definition of the flower and hinted at the original illumination achieved through Mignon's use of light and shadow , while the iron distribution showed its overall shape. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Another offshoot of inflation to be wary of: shadow inflation, or when the quality of a service or product declines. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
|
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"Gartner reports that in large enterprises, 30% to 40% of IT spending goes to shadow IT. \u2014 Jim Brennan, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
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"O\u2019Neill established a dynamic partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital that sent Timilty students to MGH weekly to shadow health care professionals. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Specifically, interns will shadow staff, assisting customers in the computer/multi-media labs, and observe computer classes. \u2014 cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Then turning around and shadow -banning or censoring the people that have made their platform a destination in the first place. \u2014 ELLE , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The city\u2019s delegate to Congress and shadow delegate will also appear on the ballot. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"The sooner, the better, as this transit has a pre- shadow period starting before the retrograde itself hits. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 Nov. 2021",
|
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"The sooner, the better as this transit has a pre- shadow period starting before the retrograde itself hits. \u2014 Meghan Ros, Glamour , 1 Sep. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English shadwe , from Old English sceaduw-, sceadu shade":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8sha-d\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8shad-(\u02cc)\u014d, -\u0259(-w)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"penumbra",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"umbra"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112635",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shadowy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"pellucid"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being in or obscured by shadow":[
|
|
"deep shadowy interiors"
|
|
],
|
|
": faintly perceptible : indistinct":[],
|
|
": of the nature of or resembling a shadow":[],
|
|
": shady sense 1":[],
|
|
": shady sense 3":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was pursued by a shadowy figure.",
|
|
"He had only a shadowy idea of what they wanted him to do.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"At the time, Mr. Gilliam worked largely in a representational vein, depicting faceless, shadowy human figures on traditional stretched canvases. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"The Brag: Describe lying back in rippling blue underwater light watching for the shadowy figures of approaching whales and listening to their haunting song. \u2014 Sue Bryant, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"For the next few months, the only glimpse that visitors will have of The Great Decant will be a few shadowy figures high up in the Long Room\u2019s gallery, unshelving, processing and boxing books. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"For the next few months, the only glimpse that visitors will have of The Great Decant will be a few shadowy figures high up in the Long Room\u2019s gallery, unshelving, processing and boxing books. \u2014 Ed O'loughlin, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Little information was publicly available about Khodaei, as Quds officers tend to be shadowy figures carrying out secretive military missions supporting Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, and other militias in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere. \u2014 Fox News , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"His psychological state only worsens when strange visions of shadowy figures and ghost ships begin to appear. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"One of the three shadowy figures, investigators say, is carrying an assault rifle. \u2014 CBS News , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But she, too, is bedevilled by the challenge of producing absolute proof in a world of shadowy deniability. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-d\u0259-w\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8sha-d\u014d-\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8sha-d\u0259-w\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043551",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shady":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"shadeless",
|
|
"sunny"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": disreputable":[],
|
|
": of questionable merit : uncertain , unreliable":[],
|
|
": producing or affording shade":[],
|
|
": sheltered from the sun's rays":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Their backyard is nice and shady .",
|
|
"I don't trust him. He seems like a pretty shady character.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The circa-1810 mansion offers breakfast, lunch and a shady parade spot. \u2014 Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"This exotic-looking plant bodes well in a shady garden spot or covered porch. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Amine jumps rope in a shady spot of the Chaude Ruelle elementary school building, laughing with his friends. \u2014 Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Grandpa used to find a shady spot on the lawn, tune into a baseball game and relax in his favorite Adirondack chair. \u2014 cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s an out-of-the-way shady spot filled with cedars and picnic tables that\u2019s less crowded \u2014 and inaccessible by car. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The biggest part of it is in a wooded area, so that\u2019s shady . \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The Japanese Friendship Garden in downtown Phoenix is shady and has soothing water features. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"What Happens Live every night, sometimes being incredibly shady . \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-d\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"umbrageous"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034931",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaft":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a column, obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument":[],
|
|
": a commonly cylindrical bar used to support rotating pieces or to transmit power or motion by rotation":[],
|
|
": a projectile thrown like a spear or shot like an arrow":[],
|
|
": a scornful, satirical, or pithily critical remark or attack":[],
|
|
": a sharply delineated beam of light shining through an opening":[],
|
|
": a small architectural column (as at each side of a doorway)":[],
|
|
": a vertical opening or passage through the floors of a building":[],
|
|
": a vertical or inclined opening of uniform and limited cross section made for finding or mining ore, raising water, or ventilating underground workings (as in a cave)":[],
|
|
": an arrow especially for a longbow":[],
|
|
": harsh or unfair treatment":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with the gave them the shaft"
|
|
],
|
|
": something suggestive of the shaft of a spear or arrow especially in long slender cylindrical form: such as":[],
|
|
": spear , lance":[],
|
|
": the body or stem of an arrow extending from the nock to the head":[],
|
|
": the cylindrical part of a long bone between the enlarged ends":[],
|
|
": the cylindrical pillar between the capital and the base":[],
|
|
": the handle of a tool or instrument (such as a golf club)":[],
|
|
": the long handle of a spear or similar weapon":[],
|
|
": the part of a hair that is visible above the surface of the skin \u2014 see hair illustration":[],
|
|
": the stem or central axis of a feather":[],
|
|
": the trunk of a tree":[],
|
|
": the upright member of a cross especially below the arms":[],
|
|
": to fit with a shaft":[],
|
|
": to treat unfairly or harshly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the shaft of a spear",
|
|
"the shaft of a golf club",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"You really got shafted in that deal.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The widespread appeal of the X and XL models is only further enhanced by the kit\u2019s ultralight, full-carbon matte shaft paddle that comes with a nylon blade that effortlessly propels paddlers along without sacrificing a ton of energy. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 29 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",
|
|
"Trending News Woman's body found stuffed inside duffel bag in New York City Man convicted 4 years after Utah teens found dead in mine shaft Accident or murder",
|
|
"Ancient mine gets the shaft Even very important resources, like the iron oxide mine at San Ram\u00f3n, were abandoned. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"City officials said the fleet of heavy construction trucks as well as the new elevator shaft and concrete stairwell on The Brit site should be enough to satisfy even skeptics that downtown is on its way back. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Decades after its successful detour, the Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. gave its old moniker the shaft , officially rebranding itself as Sunbeam Corp. in 1946. \u2014 Gregg Opelka, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"These flaps form the shaft and can be combined with various other procedures in pursuit of four major post-op priorities: standing urination, aesthetics, erectile function and sensation. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Engineers identified damage to the main shaft and the gear machinery as the cause of the problem. \u2014 Wells Dusenbury, Sun Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"It is powered by a 1,351cc twin-cylinder engine and has a three-speed gearbox and shaft final drive. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"An update from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union also said Kellogg\u2019s was trying to shaft new workers by locking them into subpar benefits and taking away vacation days. \u2014 al , 6 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Fittings attempt to match things like clubhead weight and shaft flexibility to an individual golfer\u2019s swing. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Lind\u2019s heart genuinely hurts for those shafted by oligarchy. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The Coyotes always seem to get shafted by the schedule, and their gauntlet of games to open the 2019-20 season doesn't appear any different. \u2014 Richard Morin, azcentral , 5 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The unfounded hostility to that film basically killed its release and then shafted the chances of the movie and of Ryan Gosling\u2019s contemplative performance in the awards races. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Do your research, ask questions and go over every detail personally to avoid being shafted or misinformed. \u2014 Eugenia Last, The Mercury News , 18 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Only a socialist could do that to his brother, only a socialist could regard familial ties as being so trivial as to shaft his own brother. \u2014 Julia Webster, Time , 5 Sep. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English sceaft ; akin to Old High German scaft shaft, Latin scapus shaft, stalk, Greek sk\u0113ptesthai to prop oneself, lean":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shaft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"ray"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000008",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shafty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a close compact free long strong staple":[],
|
|
": having the shaft lighter or darker than the web":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"|ft\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114147",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shag":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a layered haircut of uneven length":[],
|
|
": a shaggy tangled mass or covering (as of hair)":[],
|
|
": any of various dances of the southern U.S. that employ lively footwork with a minimum of upper-body motion":[],
|
|
": long coarse or matted fiber, nap, or pile":[],
|
|
": shaggy":[],
|
|
": to catch (a fly) in baseball practice":[],
|
|
": to chase away":[],
|
|
": to dance the shag":[],
|
|
": to fall or hang in shaggy masses":[],
|
|
": to have sexual intercourse with":[],
|
|
": to make rough or shaggy":[],
|
|
": to move or lope along":[],
|
|
": tobacco cut into fine shreds":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1581, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
|
"1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
|
|
"1788, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1932, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English *shagge , from Old English sceacga ; akin to Old Norse skegg beard, skaga to project":"Noun",
|
|
"earlier argot, probably ultimately from Middle English shoggen, shaggen to shake \u2014 more at shog":"Verb",
|
|
"origin unknown":"Verb",
|
|
"variant of shog":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083631",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shag hair":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a branched and often arborescent hair on a plant":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174330",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaganappi":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a thread, cord, or thong of rawhide":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"modification of Cree pishagan\u00e2bii , from pishagan what is flayed, hide + \u00e2bii cord":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shag\u0259\u02ccnap\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004727",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shagbark":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": shagbark hickory":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The tasty montage of corn tortilla, shagbark black beans, roasted peppers, sunnyside eggs, salsa roja, cilantro, raw onion, avocado puree and breakfast potato was outstanding. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland.com , 22 June 2019",
|
|
"At the 16th hole, his first shot went into a clump of bittersweet growing thick around some shagbark hickory trees. \u2014 Denise Coffey, Courant Community , 17 Aug. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1777, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shag-\u02ccb\u00e4rk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023549",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"shagbark hickory":{
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Tree species brought to the site by the Chicago Region Trees Initiative included American hornbeam, American plum, hackberry, shagbark hickory , chinkapin oak, shingle oak, wahoo and umbrella tree magnolia, according to officials. \u2014 Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com , 29 Sep. 2020",
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"The payoff is panoramic views to the south of changing leaves \u2014 black oak, shagbark hickory and basswood, to name a few \u2014 and Lake Michigan to the north. \u2014 Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com , 19 Aug. 2019",
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"The little brown bat is the only one that remains in winter, hibernating upside down underneath the bark of shagbark hickory and other trees, as well as sometimes in people\u2019s attics, Goyette said. \u2014 Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun , 23 Apr. 2018",
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"The land is mostly wet woods, with many mature trees, including shagbark hickory , American beech, American elm, black gum, red maple, pin oak and chestnut oak. \u2014 Grant Segall, cleveland.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
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"Goodie followed the long driveway, past towering old shagbark hickory trees and knocked at the door to the 1760 farmhouse. \u2014 Denise Coffey, Courant Community , 20 Dec. 2017"
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"1751, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000206",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"shaggy":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bald",
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"furless",
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"glabrous",
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"hairless",
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"shorn",
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"smooth"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": confused or unclear in conception or thinking":[
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"shaggy ideas",
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"a shaggy argument"
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],
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": covered with or consisting of thick, tangled, or unkempt vegetation":[],
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": having a rough nap, texture, or surface":[],
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": having hairlike processes":[],
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": unkempt":[]
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"examples":[
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"a big, shaggy dog kept trying to lick my face",
|
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"a shaggy carpet that was a relic of the 1970s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There were thigh-high leather gladiator boots under sheer floor-sweeping dresses that barely veiled the skin beneath or shaggy faux furs. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
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"Their dense coat is neat but shaggy , and the pups only shed a couple times of year when the seasons change. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
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"In a tan corduroy blazer with his slightly shaggy blond hair, Woodward looks exactly like Robert Redford, who played the Washington Post reporter all those years ago. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"The shaggy roof and wooden columns imposed over the colonial style building were inspired by the Cameroon-Togo Pavilion at the 1931 International Colonial Exhibition in Paris, an event meant to display cultures under European colonial rule. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Lawns can grow pretty shaggy after a month of not mowing. \u2014 Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"In a blur of weighty woolen overcoats, shaggy knee-high boots and animal-horn accessories, looks inspired by Mongolian and Tibetan cultures flashed on screen against a backdrop of colorful patterned rugs. \u2014 CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The lordly African lion in his zoo grotto will cast a sentimental glance at his shaggy mate. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The latest from Paul Thomas Anderson, an 11-time Oscar nominee, is a nostalgic, shaggy comic drama set in the auteur\u2019s native San Fernando Valley. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sha-g\u0113"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bristly",
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"brushy",
|
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"cottony",
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"fleecy",
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"furred",
|
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"furry",
|
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"hairy",
|
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"hirsute",
|
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"rough",
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"silky",
|
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"unshorn",
|
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"woolly",
|
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"wooly"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000906",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"shaggy-dog":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccsha-g\u0113-\u02c8d\u022fg"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054837",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"shaggy-dog story":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a long story or joke with an ending that is disappointing or that makes no sense":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061650",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaggymane":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a common edible mushroom ( Coprinus comatus ) having an elongated shaggy white pileus with deliquescing gills and black spores":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha-g\u0113-\u02ccm\u0101n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070708",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaglet":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a young cormorant":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shagl\u0259\u0307t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135345",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaitan":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her fate was sealed once she let the shaitan out of the bottle"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1638, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Arabic shay\u1e6d\u0101n":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"sh\u0101-\u02c8t\u00e4n",
|
|
"sh\u012b-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"ghoulie",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053508",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shakable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
"a protein shake"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"a fair shake"
|
|
],
|
|
": earthquake":[],
|
|
": malaria sense 1a":[],
|
|
": milkshake":[],
|
|
": one that is exceptional especially in importance, ability, or merit":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase no great shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
": something produced by shaking: such as":[],
|
|
": to brandish, wave, or flourish often in a threatening manner":[
|
|
"protesters shaking their fists"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bring to a specified condition by or as if by repeated quick jerky movements":[
|
|
"shook himself loose from the man's grasp"
|
|
],
|
|
": to briskly move something to and fro or up and down especially in order to mix":[],
|
|
": to cause to move to and fro, up and down, or from side to side especially in a repetitive, rhythmic, or quick jerky manner":[
|
|
"shook his head in disapproval"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to quake, quiver, or tremble":[],
|
|
": to clasp (hands) in greeting or farewell or as a sign of goodwill or agreement":[],
|
|
": to clasp hands":[],
|
|
": to dislodge or eject by quick jerky movements of the support or container":[
|
|
"shook the dust from the cloth"
|
|
],
|
|
": to experience a state of instability : totter":[],
|
|
": to form a conception of (as by counting or imagining) : conceive":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase more than one can shake a stick at"
|
|
],
|
|
": to free oneself from":[
|
|
"shake a habit",
|
|
"shake off a cold"
|
|
],
|
|
": to get away from : get rid of":[
|
|
"can you shake your friend",
|
|
"\u2014 Elmer Davis"
|
|
],
|
|
": to hurry up":[],
|
|
": to lessen the stability of : weaken":[
|
|
"shake one's faith"
|
|
],
|
|
": to move irregularly to and fro":[],
|
|
": to stir the feelings of : upset , agitate":[
|
|
"shook her up"
|
|
],
|
|
": to tremble as a result of physical or emotional disturbance":[
|
|
"shook with fear"
|
|
],
|
|
": to vibrate especially as the result of a blow or shock":[],
|
|
": trill":[],
|
|
": trill entry 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The ground shook during the earthquake.",
|
|
"The house shook as the train rumbled by.",
|
|
"The earthquake shook the ground.",
|
|
"Shake the salad dressing well before using it.",
|
|
"I was so nervous that I was shaking like a leaf .",
|
|
"The fugitive couldn't shake the police.",
|
|
"It's hard to shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something.",
|
|
"The news did nothing to shake my belief that things will be okay.",
|
|
"Nothing could shake his faith in God.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He responded to the question with a shake of his head.",
|
|
"Give the dice a shake .",
|
|
"He drank too much coffee and got a bad case of the shakes .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"By the time the clock read 1 a.m., everyone seemed to be standing up, making the ground of the school shake from stomping. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"Simply fill your water bottle with it and gently shake it. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Some anglers prefer to clamp a pair of pliers on the hook, and gently shake it until the fish comes loose and can swim away. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The key is to regroup, shake it off, and hopefully get healthier. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Amid the familiar images of yellow tape and weeping families, America needed somebody other than a politician to shake us by the shoulders and reinforce the insanity of it all. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"All day long, the walls of the hospital shake with the thunder of battles raging near Kramatorsk, an industrial city in the Donbas region, where Russian forces have been waging a bloody offensive. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Raise your protein shake to personal trainer Donna Harris and her lawyers at the Mississippi Justice Institute. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Once the oven is at the correct temperature, add the herbs and bake for 30 minutes, giving them a light shake halfway through to loosen any moisture. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Goldston told colleagues that the shake -up prompted by Stepien\u2019s absence last week was no different than producing a breaking-news special that has to be edited on the fly. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Now, as the war forces the EU to reconsider its defense strategy in the biggest shake -up since the Cold War, Eastern Europe has proven more determined than ever not to let Russia get away with its aggression. \u2014 Cristian Gherasim, CNN , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Even before any potential shake -up on the school board, some changes have already arrived in the Cherokee County School District. \u2014 Nicole Carr, ProPublica , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Part of an administrative shake -up ahead of the midterms, the appointment is also one of a number of elevations of LGBTQ people to high-profile roles in the Biden administration. \u2014 Zachary Schermele, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"There was no big shake -up, only stern words before the keys were handed right back to the people who had driven the economy off a cliff. \u2014 Ed Burmila, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"In her June 13 memo to staff, Walden said more about Rice than Chapek did in his own memo announcing the shake -up. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Insiders were taken aback by the blunt way that the shake -up was handled. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"The leadership shake -up at the police union comes the same week San Francisco voters chose to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who clashed with police leadership and prosecuted several officers in use-of-force cases. \u2014 J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English sceacan ; akin to Old Norse skaka to shake":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shake Verb shake , agitate , rock , convulse mean to move up and down or to and fro with some violence. shake often carries a further implication of a particular purpose. shake well before using agitate suggests a violent and prolonged tossing or stirring. an ocean agitated by storms rock suggests a swinging or swaying motion resulting from violent impact or upheaval. the whole city was rocked by the explosion convulse suggests a violent pulling or wrenching as of a body in a paroxysm. spectators were convulsed with laughter",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"judder",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230711",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
"shake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": a very brief period of time":[
|
|
"I'll be there in two shakes"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
"a fair shake"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase no great shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
": something produced by shaking: such as":[],
|
|
": to brandish, wave, or flourish often in a threatening manner":[
|
|
"protesters shaking their fists"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bring to a specified condition by or as if by repeated quick jerky movements":[
|
|
"shook himself loose from the man's grasp"
|
|
],
|
|
": to briskly move something to and fro or up and down especially in order to mix":[],
|
|
": to cause to move to and fro, up and down, or from side to side especially in a repetitive, rhythmic, or quick jerky manner":[
|
|
"shook his head in disapproval"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to quake, quiver, or tremble":[],
|
|
": to clasp (hands) in greeting or farewell or as a sign of goodwill or agreement":[],
|
|
": to clasp hands":[],
|
|
": to dislodge or eject by quick jerky movements of the support or container":[
|
|
"shook the dust from the cloth"
|
|
],
|
|
": to experience a state of instability : totter":[],
|
|
": to form a conception of (as by counting or imagining) : conceive":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase more than one can shake a stick at"
|
|
],
|
|
": to free oneself from":[
|
|
"shake a habit",
|
|
"shake off a cold"
|
|
],
|
|
": to get away from : get rid of":[
|
|
"can you shake your friend",
|
|
"\u2014 Elmer Davis"
|
|
],
|
|
": to hurry up":[],
|
|
": to lessen the stability of : weaken":[
|
|
"shake one's faith"
|
|
],
|
|
": to move irregularly to and fro":[],
|
|
": to stir the feelings of : upset , agitate":[
|
|
"shook her up"
|
|
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|
|
": to tremble as a result of physical or emotional disturbance":[
|
|
"shook with fear"
|
|
],
|
|
": to vibrate especially as the result of a blow or shock":[],
|
|
": trill":[],
|
|
": trill entry 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The ground shook during the earthquake.",
|
|
"The house shook as the train rumbled by.",
|
|
"The earthquake shook the ground.",
|
|
"Shake the salad dressing well before using it.",
|
|
"I was so nervous that I was shaking like a leaf .",
|
|
"The fugitive couldn't shake the police.",
|
|
"It's hard to shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something.",
|
|
"The news did nothing to shake my belief that things will be okay.",
|
|
"Nothing could shake his faith in God.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He responded to the question with a shake of his head.",
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"Give the dice a shake .",
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"He drank too much coffee and got a bad case of the shakes .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"By the time the clock read 1 a.m., everyone seemed to be standing up, making the ground of the school shake from stomping. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2022",
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"Simply fill your water bottle with it and gently shake it. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
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"Some anglers prefer to clamp a pair of pliers on the hook, and gently shake it until the fish comes loose and can swim away. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
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"The key is to regroup, shake it off, and hopefully get healthier. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
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"Amid the familiar images of yellow tape and weeping families, America needed somebody other than a politician to shake us by the shoulders and reinforce the insanity of it all. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
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"All day long, the walls of the hospital shake with the thunder of battles raging near Kramatorsk, an industrial city in the Donbas region, where Russian forces have been waging a bloody offensive. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
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"Raise your protein shake to personal trainer Donna Harris and her lawyers at the Mississippi Justice Institute. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Once the oven is at the correct temperature, add the herbs and bake for 30 minutes, giving them a light shake halfway through to loosen any moisture. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Goldston told colleagues that the shake -up prompted by Stepien\u2019s absence last week was no different than producing a breaking-news special that has to be edited on the fly. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
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"Now, as the war forces the EU to reconsider its defense strategy in the biggest shake -up since the Cold War, Eastern Europe has proven more determined than ever not to let Russia get away with its aggression. \u2014 Cristian Gherasim, CNN , 17 June 2022",
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"Even before any potential shake -up on the school board, some changes have already arrived in the Cherokee County School District. \u2014 Nicole Carr, ProPublica , 16 June 2022",
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"Part of an administrative shake -up ahead of the midterms, the appointment is also one of a number of elevations of LGBTQ people to high-profile roles in the Biden administration. \u2014 Zachary Schermele, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
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"There was no big shake -up, only stern words before the keys were handed right back to the people who had driven the economy off a cliff. \u2014 Ed Burmila, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
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"In her June 13 memo to staff, Walden said more about Rice than Chapek did in his own memo announcing the shake -up. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
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"Insiders were taken aback by the blunt way that the shake -up was handled. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
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"The leadership shake -up at the police union comes the same week San Francisco voters chose to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who clashed with police leadership and prosecuted several officers in use-of-force cases. \u2014 J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English sceacan ; akin to Old Norse skaka to shake":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u0101k"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shake Verb shake , agitate , rock , convulse mean to move up and down or to and fro with some violence. shake often carries a further implication of a particular purpose. shake well before using agitate suggests a violent and prolonged tossing or stirring. an ocean agitated by storms rock suggests a swinging or swaying motion resulting from violent impact or upheaval. the whole city was rocked by the explosion convulse suggests a violent pulling or wrenching as of a body in a paroxysm. spectators were convulsed with laughter",
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"synonyms":[
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"agitate",
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"bucket",
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"convulse",
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"jerk",
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"jiggle",
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"joggle",
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"jolt",
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"jounce",
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"judder",
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"quake",
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"quiver",
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"shudder",
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"vibrate",
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"wobble",
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"wabble"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190004",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"shake down":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a boisterous dance":[],
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": a process or period of adjustment":[],
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": a testing under operating conditions of something new (such as a ship) for possible faults and defects and for familiarizing the operators with it":[],
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": a thorough search":[],
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": an improvised bed (such as one made up on the floor)":[],
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": to become accustomed especially to new surroundings or duties":[],
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": to bring about a reduction of":[],
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": to give a shakedown test to":[
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"shook down the vessel before its maiden voyage"
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],
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": to make a thorough search of":[],
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": to obtain money from in a deceitful, contemptible, or illegal manner":[
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"racketeers shaking down store owners for protection"
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],
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": to occupy an improvised or makeshift bed":[],
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": to settle down":[],
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": to take up temporary quarters":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He was the victim of a shakedown by a street gang.",
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"The guards conducted a shakedown of the prisoners' cells to look for weapons.",
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"They're putting the system through a shakedown .",
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"Verb",
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"the rumor is that he started his career shaking people down as an enforcer for the mob",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"As Trump settled into the Oval Office, the Trump International Hotel established itself as Washington\u2019s premier shakedown venue, defying, among other things, the emoluments clause of the Constitution. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 16 May 2022",
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"Next will be the shakedown of ticketholders, in the form of PSLs. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Kent Schaffer, Charlo's attorney, told TMZ the arrest was a shakedown by a family member. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
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"America's neighbors to the north just got an on-the-ice shakedown . \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"In 2018, after the case was successfully appealed following its dismissal, a rep for Swift likened the lawsuit to a shakedown . \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
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"The parents, Singer, and college coaches played a direct role in the scandal, while negligent admissions officials and campus shakedown artists helped create the culture in which sleazoids like Singer and payola parents operated. \u2014 Frederick Hess, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"Adamis was embroiled in a fight with an activist investor, whom the company claimed was attempting a shakedown by threatening a proxy fight unless the company hired him as a consultant. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Sep. 2021",
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"Prosecutors said in court papers that the alleged Colombo leader, who has seven previous convictions, knew the nitty-gritty in the alleged shakedown . \u2014 James Fanelli, WSJ , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The nurses and EMTs who shake down hospitals are really shaking down all of us. \u2014 Ryan Ellis, National Review , 6 Mar. 2022",
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"This, too, was a lawless place, run by local crime bosses who tried to shake down the American ambassador and everyone else. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Marrocco, a longtime political powerhouse and the key figure in the investigation, is accused of using Bucci and others to shake down builders and contractors for donations to his fundraisers. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Doherty is also accused in a 10-page indictment with conspiring with Tobolski to shake down a real estate developer doing business in McCook. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"Also charged was Burke\u2019s longtime aide, Peter Andrews, who was accused of assisting the alderman in attempting to shake down two businessmen seeking to renovate a Burger King restaurant in the 14th Ward. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
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"Doherty is also accused in a 10-page indictment with conspiring with Tobolski to shake down a real estate developer doing business in McCook. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Rather than increase police funding or prosecute the juvenile delinquents, today\u2019s progressives want to shake down deep-pocketed companies. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Threatening breakups, divestment and treble damages rather than enforcing the nation\u2019s antitrust laws, the FTC can shake down business and exercise control over America\u2019s most successful firms. \u2014 Phil Gramm And Mike Solon, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1859, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sh\u0101k-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"beat",
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"bilk",
|
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"bleed",
|
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"cheat",
|
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"chisel",
|
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"chouse",
|
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"con",
|
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"cozen",
|
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"defraud",
|
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"diddle",
|
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"do",
|
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"do in",
|
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"euchre",
|
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"fiddle",
|
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"fleece",
|
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"flimflam",
|
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"gaff",
|
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"hose",
|
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"hustle",
|
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"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
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"pluck",
|
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"ream",
|
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"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
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"screw",
|
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"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
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"skin",
|
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"skunk",
|
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"squeeze",
|
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"stick",
|
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"stiff",
|
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"sting",
|
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"sucker",
|
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"swindle",
|
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"thimblerig",
|
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"victimize"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031645",
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"shake on":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to shake hands to show agreement":[
|
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"They shook on the deal.",
|
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"If you agree, let's shake on it."
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192520",
|
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"type":[
|
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"phrasal verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"shake one's head":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to turn one's head from side to side as a way of answering \"no\" or of showing disagreement or refusal":[
|
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"When I asked her if she wanted help, she just shook her head ."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183351",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"shake out":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a period or process in which the relatively weak or unessential are eliminated":[],
|
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": the failure or retrenchment of a significant number of firms in the economy or a sector or an industry that usually results in a depressed market":[],
|
|
": to prove to be in the end : turn out":[
|
|
"wait to see how things shake out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"after hearing about all the elaborate planning, I can't wait to see how that wedding shakes out",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"In the months since, ESG has had something of a reckoning, and the shakeout is ongoing. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The shakeout will leave behind long-term HODLers who aren\u2019t scared enough to offload their holdings. \u2014 Vildana Hajric, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"The nature of that competition will follow a pattern of proliferation and shakeout . \u2014 Peter Cohan, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Wagner was with Epic, which bought it; in a financial shakeout the next year, Epic would spin off the yard and other assets. \u2014 al , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For a change of pace, an off-day shakeout , or a nontechnical adventure, spin the pavement and gravel to Ohio Pass. \u2014 Outside Online , 1 June 2021",
|
|
"The industry had another shakeout in the late 1990s after the internet became a new means of shifting companies from providing physical software loads and started the industry towards online software applications as early service offerings. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"If nothing else, the massive shakeout has forced investors to look for more quality deals instead of throwing cash at the latest SPAC from an EV or media startup with no revenue, let alone profits. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The area has flat dirt trails, great for getting in a scenic shakeout run or a hike. \u2014 Molly Hanson, Outside Online , 25 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1982, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101k-\u02ccau\u0307t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190559",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shake up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chide , scold":[],
|
|
": to effect an extensive and often drastic reorganization of":[],
|
|
": to jar by or as if by a physical shock":[
|
|
"the collision shook up both drivers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1847, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101k-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appall",
|
|
"appal",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"shock"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045643",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shake-up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chide , scold":[],
|
|
": to effect an extensive and often drastic reorganization of":[],
|
|
": to jar by or as if by a physical shock":[
|
|
"the collision shook up both drivers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1847, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101k-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appall",
|
|
"appal",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"shock"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195405",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shakeable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a beverage resembling a milkshake":[
|
|
"a protein shake"
|
|
],
|
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": a blow or shock that upsets the equilibrium or disturbs the balance of something":[],
|
|
": a fissure separating annual rings of growth in timber":[],
|
|
": a shingle split from a piece of log usually three or four feet (about one meter) long":[],
|
|
": a very brief period of time":[
|
|
"I'll be there in two shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
": a wavering, quivering, or alternating motion caused by a blow or shock":[],
|
|
": an act of shaking : such as":[],
|
|
": an act of shaking hands":[],
|
|
": an act of shaking oneself":[],
|
|
": dance":[],
|
|
": deal entry 2 sense 3":[
|
|
"a fair shake"
|
|
],
|
|
": earthquake":[],
|
|
": malaria sense 1a":[],
|
|
": milkshake":[],
|
|
": one that is exceptional especially in importance, ability, or merit":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase no great shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
": something produced by shaking: such as":[],
|
|
": to brandish, wave, or flourish often in a threatening manner":[
|
|
"protesters shaking their fists"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bring to a specified condition by or as if by repeated quick jerky movements":[
|
|
"shook himself loose from the man's grasp"
|
|
],
|
|
": to briskly move something to and fro or up and down especially in order to mix":[],
|
|
": to cause to move to and fro, up and down, or from side to side especially in a repetitive, rhythmic, or quick jerky manner":[
|
|
"shook his head in disapproval"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to quake, quiver, or tremble":[],
|
|
": to clasp (hands) in greeting or farewell or as a sign of goodwill or agreement":[],
|
|
": to clasp hands":[],
|
|
": to dislodge or eject by quick jerky movements of the support or container":[
|
|
"shook the dust from the cloth"
|
|
],
|
|
": to experience a state of instability : totter":[],
|
|
": to form a conception of (as by counting or imagining) : conceive":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase more than one can shake a stick at"
|
|
],
|
|
": to free oneself from":[
|
|
"shake a habit",
|
|
"shake off a cold"
|
|
],
|
|
": to get away from : get rid of":[
|
|
"can you shake your friend",
|
|
"\u2014 Elmer Davis"
|
|
],
|
|
": to hurry up":[],
|
|
": to lessen the stability of : weaken":[
|
|
"shake one's faith"
|
|
],
|
|
": to move irregularly to and fro":[],
|
|
": to stir the feelings of : upset , agitate":[
|
|
"shook her up"
|
|
],
|
|
": to tremble as a result of physical or emotional disturbance":[
|
|
"shook with fear"
|
|
],
|
|
": to vibrate especially as the result of a blow or shock":[],
|
|
": trill":[],
|
|
": trill entry 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"The ground shook during the earthquake.",
|
|
"The house shook as the train rumbled by.",
|
|
"The earthquake shook the ground.",
|
|
"Shake the salad dressing well before using it.",
|
|
"I was so nervous that I was shaking like a leaf .",
|
|
"The fugitive couldn't shake the police.",
|
|
"It's hard to shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something.",
|
|
"The news did nothing to shake my belief that things will be okay.",
|
|
"Nothing could shake his faith in God.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He responded to the question with a shake of his head.",
|
|
"Give the dice a shake .",
|
|
"He drank too much coffee and got a bad case of the shakes .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"By the time the clock read 1 a.m., everyone seemed to be standing up, making the ground of the school shake from stomping. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"Simply fill your water bottle with it and gently shake it. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Some anglers prefer to clamp a pair of pliers on the hook, and gently shake it until the fish comes loose and can swim away. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The key is to regroup, shake it off, and hopefully get healthier. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Amid the familiar images of yellow tape and weeping families, America needed somebody other than a politician to shake us by the shoulders and reinforce the insanity of it all. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"All day long, the walls of the hospital shake with the thunder of battles raging near Kramatorsk, an industrial city in the Donbas region, where Russian forces have been waging a bloody offensive. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Raise your protein shake to personal trainer Donna Harris and her lawyers at the Mississippi Justice Institute. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Once the oven is at the correct temperature, add the herbs and bake for 30 minutes, giving them a light shake halfway through to loosen any moisture. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Goldston told colleagues that the shake -up prompted by Stepien\u2019s absence last week was no different than producing a breaking-news special that has to be edited on the fly. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Now, as the war forces the EU to reconsider its defense strategy in the biggest shake -up since the Cold War, Eastern Europe has proven more determined than ever not to let Russia get away with its aggression. \u2014 Cristian Gherasim, CNN , 17 June 2022",
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"Even before any potential shake -up on the school board, some changes have already arrived in the Cherokee County School District. \u2014 Nicole Carr, ProPublica , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Part of an administrative shake -up ahead of the midterms, the appointment is also one of a number of elevations of LGBTQ people to high-profile roles in the Biden administration. \u2014 Zachary Schermele, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
|
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"There was no big shake -up, only stern words before the keys were handed right back to the people who had driven the economy off a cliff. \u2014 Ed Burmila, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
|
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"In her June 13 memo to staff, Walden said more about Rice than Chapek did in his own memo announcing the shake -up. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
|
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"Insiders were taken aback by the blunt way that the shake -up was handled. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
|
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"The leadership shake -up at the police union comes the same week San Francisco voters chose to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who clashed with police leadership and prosecuted several officers in use-of-force cases. \u2014 J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English sceacan ; akin to Old Norse skaka to shake":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sh\u0101k"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shake Verb shake , agitate , rock , convulse mean to move up and down or to and fro with some violence. shake often carries a further implication of a particular purpose. shake well before using agitate suggests a violent and prolonged tossing or stirring. an ocean agitated by storms rock suggests a swinging or swaying motion resulting from violent impact or upheaval. the whole city was rocked by the explosion convulse suggests a violent pulling or wrenching as of a body in a paroxysm. spectators were convulsed with laughter",
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"synonyms":[
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"agitate",
|
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"bucket",
|
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"convulse",
|
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"jerk",
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"jiggle",
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"joggle",
|
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"jolt",
|
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"jounce",
|
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"judder",
|
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"quake",
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"quiver",
|
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"shudder",
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"vibrate",
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"wobble",
|
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"wabble"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232702",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
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"shakiness":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": characterized by shakes":[
|
|
"shaky timber"
|
|
],
|
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": characterized by shaking":[],
|
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": lacking in authority or reliability : questionable":[
|
|
"shaky experimental procedures",
|
|
"shaky data"
|
|
],
|
|
": lacking in firmness (as of beliefs or principles)":[],
|
|
": lacking stability : precarious":[
|
|
"a shaky economy",
|
|
"performed well after a shaky start"
|
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],
|
|
": likely to give way or break down":[],
|
|
": somewhat unsound in health":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"She took a few shaky steps before she collapsed.",
|
|
"Her commitment to the cause seems shaky .",
|
|
"Their marriage is on shaky ground .",
|
|
"The team has performed better lately after getting off to a shaky start.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The left-hander Elliott (5-3) survived a shaky start to provide 6 1/3 innings and further protect a Rebels' bullpen that has worked just four innings through two games in Omaha. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Veteran lefthander Rich Hill will look to bounce back from a shaky start against the Orioles for his fifth career start \u2014 and ninth appearance overall \u2014 against Oakland. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"The Eagles endured a shaky start to the contest as senior starting pitcher Colin Ames struggled with his control early in the contest. \u2014 Evan Merrill, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"But many of these films appear to be biased, lacking in nuance or based on shaky science, encouraging viewers to make radical changes to their diets \u2014 like give up sugar, go keto or forsake animal products \u2014 in order to achieve true health. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Some surveillance tech, like AI cameras with facial recognition, relies on shaky science that studies have shown is even more inaccurate for people of color. \u2014 Caitlin Harrington, Wired , 9 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Technology spending, a mainstay in recent years, is also seen as being shaky , as tech giants express concern about ad spending amid a choppy stock market that has clipped the shares of several big players. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Boston's scoring depth is shaky after Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and Golden State has a pretty great defense of its own that can throw out a lot of different looks to slow opponents. \u2014 USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The defense has been shaky for the most part this season, so outgunning the opposition will be the best way forward for the Jaguars. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 27 May 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-k\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"aquiver",
|
|
"atremble",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quavery",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"shuddery",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"trembling",
|
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"trembly",
|
|
"tremulous",
|
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"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223454",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a beverage resembling a milkshake":[
|
|
"a protein shake"
|
|
],
|
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": a blow or shock that upsets the equilibrium or disturbs the balance of something":[],
|
|
": a fissure separating annual rings of growth in timber":[],
|
|
": a shingle split from a piece of log usually three or four feet (about one meter) long":[],
|
|
": a very brief period of time":[
|
|
"I'll be there in two shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
": a wavering, quivering, or alternating motion caused by a blow or shock":[],
|
|
": an act of shaking : such as":[],
|
|
": an act of shaking hands":[],
|
|
": an act of shaking oneself":[],
|
|
": dance":[],
|
|
": deal entry 2 sense 3":[
|
|
"a fair shake"
|
|
],
|
|
": earthquake":[],
|
|
": malaria sense 1a":[],
|
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": milkshake":[],
|
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": one that is exceptional especially in importance, ability, or merit":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase no great shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
": something produced by shaking: such as":[],
|
|
": to brandish, wave, or flourish often in a threatening manner":[
|
|
"protesters shaking their fists"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bring to a specified condition by or as if by repeated quick jerky movements":[
|
|
"shook himself loose from the man's grasp"
|
|
],
|
|
": to briskly move something to and fro or up and down especially in order to mix":[],
|
|
": to cause to move to and fro, up and down, or from side to side especially in a repetitive, rhythmic, or quick jerky manner":[
|
|
"shook his head in disapproval"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to quake, quiver, or tremble":[],
|
|
": to clasp (hands) in greeting or farewell or as a sign of goodwill or agreement":[],
|
|
": to clasp hands":[],
|
|
": to dislodge or eject by quick jerky movements of the support or container":[
|
|
"shook the dust from the cloth"
|
|
],
|
|
": to experience a state of instability : totter":[],
|
|
": to form a conception of (as by counting or imagining) : conceive":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase more than one can shake a stick at"
|
|
],
|
|
": to free oneself from":[
|
|
"shake a habit",
|
|
"shake off a cold"
|
|
],
|
|
": to get away from : get rid of":[
|
|
"can you shake your friend",
|
|
"\u2014 Elmer Davis"
|
|
],
|
|
": to hurry up":[],
|
|
": to lessen the stability of : weaken":[
|
|
"shake one's faith"
|
|
],
|
|
": to move irregularly to and fro":[],
|
|
": to stir the feelings of : upset , agitate":[
|
|
"shook her up"
|
|
],
|
|
": to tremble as a result of physical or emotional disturbance":[
|
|
"shook with fear"
|
|
],
|
|
": to vibrate especially as the result of a blow or shock":[],
|
|
": trill":[],
|
|
": trill entry 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The ground shook during the earthquake.",
|
|
"The house shook as the train rumbled by.",
|
|
"The earthquake shook the ground.",
|
|
"Shake the salad dressing well before using it.",
|
|
"I was so nervous that I was shaking like a leaf .",
|
|
"The fugitive couldn't shake the police.",
|
|
"It's hard to shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something.",
|
|
"The news did nothing to shake my belief that things will be okay.",
|
|
"Nothing could shake his faith in God.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He responded to the question with a shake of his head.",
|
|
"Give the dice a shake .",
|
|
"He drank too much coffee and got a bad case of the shakes .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"By the time the clock read 1 a.m., everyone seemed to be standing up, making the ground of the school shake from stomping. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"Simply fill your water bottle with it and gently shake it. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Some anglers prefer to clamp a pair of pliers on the hook, and gently shake it until the fish comes loose and can swim away. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The key is to regroup, shake it off, and hopefully get healthier. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Amid the familiar images of yellow tape and weeping families, America needed somebody other than a politician to shake us by the shoulders and reinforce the insanity of it all. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"All day long, the walls of the hospital shake with the thunder of battles raging near Kramatorsk, an industrial city in the Donbas region, where Russian forces have been waging a bloody offensive. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Raise your protein shake to personal trainer Donna Harris and her lawyers at the Mississippi Justice Institute. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Once the oven is at the correct temperature, add the herbs and bake for 30 minutes, giving them a light shake halfway through to loosen any moisture. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Goldston told colleagues that the shake -up prompted by Stepien\u2019s absence last week was no different than producing a breaking-news special that has to be edited on the fly. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Now, as the war forces the EU to reconsider its defense strategy in the biggest shake -up since the Cold War, Eastern Europe has proven more determined than ever not to let Russia get away with its aggression. \u2014 Cristian Gherasim, CNN , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Even before any potential shake -up on the school board, some changes have already arrived in the Cherokee County School District. \u2014 Nicole Carr, ProPublica , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Part of an administrative shake -up ahead of the midterms, the appointment is also one of a number of elevations of LGBTQ people to high-profile roles in the Biden administration. \u2014 Zachary Schermele, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"There was no big shake -up, only stern words before the keys were handed right back to the people who had driven the economy off a cliff. \u2014 Ed Burmila, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"In her June 13 memo to staff, Walden said more about Rice than Chapek did in his own memo announcing the shake -up. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Insiders were taken aback by the blunt way that the shake -up was handled. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"The leadership shake -up at the police union comes the same week San Francisco voters chose to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who clashed with police leadership and prosecuted several officers in use-of-force cases. \u2014 J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English sceacan ; akin to Old Norse skaka to shake":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shake Verb shake , agitate , rock , convulse mean to move up and down or to and fro with some violence. shake often carries a further implication of a particular purpose. shake well before using agitate suggests a violent and prolonged tossing or stirring. an ocean agitated by storms rock suggests a swinging or swaying motion resulting from violent impact or upheaval. the whole city was rocked by the explosion convulse suggests a violent pulling or wrenching as of a body in a paroxysm. spectators were convulsed with laughter",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"judder",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203610",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaky":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": characterized by shakes":[
|
|
"shaky timber"
|
|
],
|
|
": characterized by shaking":[],
|
|
": lacking in authority or reliability : questionable":[
|
|
"shaky experimental procedures",
|
|
"shaky data"
|
|
],
|
|
": lacking in firmness (as of beliefs or principles)":[],
|
|
": lacking stability : precarious":[
|
|
"a shaky economy",
|
|
"performed well after a shaky start"
|
|
],
|
|
": likely to give way or break down":[],
|
|
": somewhat unsound in health":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She took a few shaky steps before she collapsed.",
|
|
"Her commitment to the cause seems shaky .",
|
|
"Their marriage is on shaky ground .",
|
|
"The team has performed better lately after getting off to a shaky start.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The left-hander Elliott (5-3) survived a shaky start to provide 6 1/3 innings and further protect a Rebels' bullpen that has worked just four innings through two games in Omaha. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Veteran lefthander Rich Hill will look to bounce back from a shaky start against the Orioles for his fifth career start \u2014 and ninth appearance overall \u2014 against Oakland. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"The Eagles endured a shaky start to the contest as senior starting pitcher Colin Ames struggled with his control early in the contest. \u2014 Evan Merrill, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"But many of these films appear to be biased, lacking in nuance or based on shaky science, encouraging viewers to make radical changes to their diets \u2014 like give up sugar, go keto or forsake animal products \u2014 in order to achieve true health. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Some surveillance tech, like AI cameras with facial recognition, relies on shaky science that studies have shown is even more inaccurate for people of color. \u2014 Caitlin Harrington, Wired , 9 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Technology spending, a mainstay in recent years, is also seen as being shaky , as tech giants express concern about ad spending amid a choppy stock market that has clipped the shares of several big players. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Boston's scoring depth is shaky after Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and Golden State has a pretty great defense of its own that can throw out a lot of different looks to slow opponents. \u2014 USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The defense has been shaky for the most part this season, so outgunning the opposition will be the best way forward for the Jaguars. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 27 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-k\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aquiver",
|
|
"atremble",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quavery",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"shuddery",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"trembly",
|
|
"tremulous",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002900",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shall":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": will be able to : can":[],
|
|
": will go":[
|
|
"he to England shall along with you",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
": will have to : must":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you shall do as I say",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Plan shall include specific action steps related to bilingual, dual and heritage language, Sheltered English Immersion, and English as a Second Language programming. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"In the end we shall be forced to invent something that will be able to think faster than the AI, and that will keep it under control. \u2014 Simon Rich, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Perhaps your parents are approaching a certain milestone birthday (that shall not be revealed) or maybe one of your grandparents just had a successful surgery. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Some of the spaces shall be available for events and citizens\u2019 initiatives. \u2014 Vogue , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"The rules are simple \u2014 the queen who was dealt the worst hand shall be the one to lead the band. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Violators\u2019 apes shall be distributed to other investors. \u2014 Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"When a wild pitch or passed ball goes through or by the catcher, or deflects off the catcher, and goes directly into the dugout, stands, above the break, or any area where the ball is dead, the awarding of bases shall be one base. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"One base shall also be awarded if the pitcher while in contact with the rubber, throws to a base, and the throw goes directly into the stands or into any area where the ball is dead. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 18 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English shal (1st & 3rd singular present indicative), from Old English sceal ; akin to Old High German scal (1st & 3rd singular present indicative) ought to, must, Lithuanian skola debt":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shal",
|
|
"sh\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"have (to)",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"ought (to)",
|
|
"should"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215327",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"helping verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shallon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": salal":[],
|
|
": the fruit of the salal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"of American Indian origin; akin to Chinook -klkw\u0161ala salal":""
|
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shal\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140654",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"shalloon":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a lightweight twilled fabric of wool or worsted":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1665, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Ch\u00e2lons -sur-Marne, France":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"sha-",
|
|
"sh\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fcn"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083353",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"shallop":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small open boat propelled by oars or sails and used chiefly in shallow waters":[],
|
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": a usually 2-masted ship with lugsails":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The seven-foot canvas features only two figures, who stand in a green shallop like Adam and Eve. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
|
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"And so had the shallop , built in Massachusetts in 1957 at the Plymouth Marine Railway. \u2014 Brian Macquarrie, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2019",
|
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"The shallop , by contrast, was meant for shallow water where larger ships couldn\u2019t venture. \u2014 Brian Macquarrie, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2019"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle French chaloupe":""
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha-l\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001002",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"shallot":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": green onion":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"Add in the cornichons, capers, celery, shallot and parsley and continue stirring until the ingredients in the salad are evenly distributed. \u2014 Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The dinner was prepared by French chef Bruno Oger and included lobster salad, sweet almond velout\u00e9 and baby vegetables followed by a turbot, celery, virgin leaf, shallot and walnut dish. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 22 May 2022",
|
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"Add the lamb and shallot or onion to the skillet, reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring and breaking up the meat with a spoon, until no longer pink, 3 to 4 minutes. \u2014 Ellie Krieger, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
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"Mince shallot and place in a small bowl with soy sauce, if using; soy sauce lends an extra layer of umami to the sauce but is not crucial. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Even California\u2019s Jackson Kalb ranked in the top three, redeeming himself somewhat for last week\u2019s crispy queso blunder by producing a fresh spring roll with sausage, shallot and pho reduction (the spices for which Garcia helped him find). \u2014 Lauren Mcdowell, Chron , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Saute, stirring often until the cabbage is wilted and the garlic and shallot are softened but not browned. \u2014 Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Pork belly is simmered in a garlic and shallot paste, along with bamboo shoots. \u2014 Rachel Phua, CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In a bowl, combine the pork, garlic, shallot , scallions, 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, fish sauce, sugar, egg, and salt. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"modification of French \u00e9chalote , from Middle French eschalotte , alteration of eschaloigne , from Vulgar Latin *escalonia \u2014 more at scallion":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha-l\u0259t",
|
|
"sh\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004415",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shallow":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ford",
|
|
"shoal"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a shallow place or area in a body of water":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
": displacing comparatively little air : weak":[
|
|
"shallow breathing"
|
|
],
|
|
": having little depth":[
|
|
"shallow water"
|
|
],
|
|
": having little extension inward or backward":[
|
|
"office buildings have taken the form of shallow slabs",
|
|
"\u2014 Lewis Mumford"
|
|
],
|
|
": lacking in depth of knowledge, thought, or feeling":[
|
|
"a shallow demagogue"
|
|
],
|
|
": penetrating only the easily or quickly perceived":[
|
|
"shallow generalizations"
|
|
],
|
|
": to become shallow":[],
|
|
": to make shallow":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"The shallow end of the pool is only three feet deep.",
|
|
"Her boyfriends were all shallow creeps.",
|
|
"She could only take shallow breaths.",
|
|
"His breathing became very shallow .",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"we waded through the shallows looking for tadpoles",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"But Luis Robert flied out to shallow center and Jos\u00e9 Abreu flied out to right. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The three youths were dropped at Davies Park and were reportedly swimming in a shallow area of Davies Beach in Lake Stevens leading up to the tragedy. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Another had to have a young paddler jump out and push the boat across the shallow pond by kicking with his legs. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"The Brewers had a chance to nab Gorman at the plate but Adames\u2019 relay throw from shallow left hit Gorman and ricocheted away, allowing Goldschmidt to take third. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"This celebrated beach in Barnstable features colorful rocks, shallow tidal pools, sand dunes, and a wooden boardwalk. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Corpses pile up and are dumped in shallow graves or roasted over spits. \u2014 Jess Bergman, The New Republic , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Torkelson delivered a bloop single into shallow center. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"And there was an area appropriate for children with its sandy beach and shallow water. \u2014 Donna Reiner, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In his first game back, Moustakas' RBI to shallow right field was the difference. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Pinch hitter Adam Engel reached on a double to shallow left on a ball that was just out of the reach of Rays shortstop Vidal Bruj\u00e1n. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Leeper flies out to shallow left and the runners have to hold at second and third. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Elvis Andrus flied out to shallow right field and Pinder grounded out. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Ben Pearcy beat out a slow groundball to short, while Logan Pusheck singled to shallow right on a miscommunication between a pair of Patuxent players. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"B\u00e1ez struck out swinging on a pitch in the dirt and Jeimer Candelario flied out to shallow left field. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"After Detroit\u2019s Jonathan Schoop drew a leadoff walk in the fifth, Willi Castro hit a flare to shallow left. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 May 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",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"But there is also the rotary dial/selector in the center console, with handwriting recognition built into its shallow , dished surface, like a glass ashtray. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Working in batches, add the chicken cutlets to the hot oil and shallow -fry until the breading is golden brown and the cutlets reach 165 degrees on an instant-read thermometer, 2 to 4 minutes per side. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The Red Sox had erased an early 1-0 hole when Jackie Bradley Jr. lined a run-scoring double and Hern\u00e1ndez followed with his single that trickled into shallow left off the glove of diving third baseman Ram\u00f3n Ur\u00edas. \u2014 Ken Powtak, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Before the first inning was over, HayLee Daniels lofted a seeing-eye single into shallow left for a 4-0 lead just before senior Haddon Taylor hit a similar ball into center to score two more. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"Roses grafted on Fortuniana develop a shallow , but massive, vigorous fibrous root system that spreads out horizontally as far as 6 to 17 feet from the bud union. \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"The small island houses about 70 dive schools, most offering one- or two-day courses (from $350) in the shallow , crystalline waters. \u2014 Jessica Wynne Lockhart, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Then, Gurriel ended Skubal's outing with a two-out bloop single that dropped between Baddoo and shortstop Harold Castro in shallow left. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Work a shallow -running jerk bait with long sweeps of the fishing rod. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1510, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
|
|
"1569, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English schalowe ; probably akin to Old English sceald shallow \u2014 more at skeleton":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha-l\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8sha-(\u02cc)l\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8shal-(\u02cc)\u014d, -\u0259(-w)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shallow Adjective superficial , shallow , cursory mean lacking in depth or solidity. superficial implies a concern only with surface aspects or obvious features. a superficial analysis of the problem shallow is more generally derogatory in implying lack of depth in knowledge, reasoning, emotions, or character. a light, shallow , and frivolous review cursory suggests a lack of thoroughness or a neglect of details. gave the letter only a cursory reading",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depthless",
|
|
"shoal"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165016",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shallow(s)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ford",
|
|
"shoal"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a shallow place or area in a body of water":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
": displacing comparatively little air : weak":[
|
|
"shallow breathing"
|
|
],
|
|
": having little depth":[
|
|
"shallow water"
|
|
],
|
|
": having little extension inward or backward":[
|
|
"office buildings have taken the form of shallow slabs",
|
|
"\u2014 Lewis Mumford"
|
|
],
|
|
": lacking in depth of knowledge, thought, or feeling":[
|
|
"a shallow demagogue"
|
|
],
|
|
": penetrating only the easily or quickly perceived":[
|
|
"shallow generalizations"
|
|
],
|
|
": to become shallow":[],
|
|
": to make shallow":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"The shallow end of the pool is only three feet deep.",
|
|
"Her boyfriends were all shallow creeps.",
|
|
"She could only take shallow breaths.",
|
|
"His breathing became very shallow .",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"we waded through the shallows looking for tadpoles",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"But Luis Robert flied out to shallow center and Jos\u00e9 Abreu flied out to right. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The three youths were dropped at Davies Park and were reportedly swimming in a shallow area of Davies Beach in Lake Stevens leading up to the tragedy. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Another had to have a young paddler jump out and push the boat across the shallow pond by kicking with his legs. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"The Brewers had a chance to nab Gorman at the plate but Adames\u2019 relay throw from shallow left hit Gorman and ricocheted away, allowing Goldschmidt to take third. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"This celebrated beach in Barnstable features colorful rocks, shallow tidal pools, sand dunes, and a wooden boardwalk. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Corpses pile up and are dumped in shallow graves or roasted over spits. \u2014 Jess Bergman, The New Republic , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Torkelson delivered a bloop single into shallow center. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"And there was an area appropriate for children with its sandy beach and shallow water. \u2014 Donna Reiner, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In his first game back, Moustakas' RBI to shallow right field was the difference. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Pinch hitter Adam Engel reached on a double to shallow left on a ball that was just out of the reach of Rays shortstop Vidal Bruj\u00e1n. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Leeper flies out to shallow left and the runners have to hold at second and third. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Elvis Andrus flied out to shallow right field and Pinder grounded out. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Ben Pearcy beat out a slow groundball to short, while Logan Pusheck singled to shallow right on a miscommunication between a pair of Patuxent players. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"B\u00e1ez struck out swinging on a pitch in the dirt and Jeimer Candelario flied out to shallow left field. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"After Detroit\u2019s Jonathan Schoop drew a leadoff walk in the fifth, Willi Castro hit a flare to shallow left. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 May 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",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"But there is also the rotary dial/selector in the center console, with handwriting recognition built into its shallow , dished surface, like a glass ashtray. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Working in batches, add the chicken cutlets to the hot oil and shallow -fry until the breading is golden brown and the cutlets reach 165 degrees on an instant-read thermometer, 2 to 4 minutes per side. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The Red Sox had erased an early 1-0 hole when Jackie Bradley Jr. lined a run-scoring double and Hern\u00e1ndez followed with his single that trickled into shallow left off the glove of diving third baseman Ram\u00f3n Ur\u00edas. \u2014 Ken Powtak, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Before the first inning was over, HayLee Daniels lofted a seeing-eye single into shallow left for a 4-0 lead just before senior Haddon Taylor hit a similar ball into center to score two more. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"Roses grafted on Fortuniana develop a shallow , but massive, vigorous fibrous root system that spreads out horizontally as far as 6 to 17 feet from the bud union. \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"The small island houses about 70 dive schools, most offering one- or two-day courses (from $350) in the shallow , crystalline waters. \u2014 Jessica Wynne Lockhart, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Then, Gurriel ended Skubal's outing with a two-out bloop single that dropped between Baddoo and shortstop Harold Castro in shallow left. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Work a shallow -running jerk bait with long sweeps of the fishing rod. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1510, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
|
|
"1569, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English schalowe ; probably akin to Old English sceald shallow \u2014 more at skeleton":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha-l\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8sha-(\u02cc)l\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8shal-(\u02cc)\u014d, -\u0259(-w)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shallow Adjective superficial , shallow , cursory mean lacking in depth or solidity. superficial implies a concern only with surface aspects or obvious features. a superficial analysis of the problem shallow is more generally derogatory in implying lack of depth in knowledge, reasoning, emotions, or character. a light, shallow , and frivolous review cursory suggests a lack of thoroughness or a neglect of details. gave the letter only a cursory reading",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depthless",
|
|
"shoal"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225837",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shallow-pate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person of superficial intellectual achievements or abilities":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223014",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shallowish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": somewhat shallow":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shal\u0259wish",
|
|
"-l\u014di-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082320",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shallu":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various grain sorghums usually held to constitute a distinct variety ( Sorghum vulgare roxburghii ), introduced into the U.S. from India, and having slender dry stalks, large open pale yellow heads, and small hard seeds that are exposed at maturity":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Marathi \u015b\u0101\u1e37\u016b":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha\u02ccl\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132725",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sham":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"ersatz",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"faux",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person who shams":[],
|
|
": a trick that deludes : hoax":[
|
|
"feared that the deal was a sham"
|
|
],
|
|
": an imitation or counterfeit purporting to be genuine":[],
|
|
": an ornamental covering for a pillow":[],
|
|
": cheap falseness : hypocrisy":[
|
|
"saw through the hollowness, the sham , the silliness of the empty pageant",
|
|
"\u2014 Oscar Wilde"
|
|
],
|
|
": having such poor quality as to seem false":[],
|
|
": not genuine : false , feigned":[],
|
|
": to act intentionally so as to give a false impression : feign":[],
|
|
": to go through the external motions necessary to counterfeit":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He claims that the trial was a sham .",
|
|
"Their marriage was a sham .",
|
|
"Many people believed he could help them, but I knew he was a sham .",
|
|
"She exposed their sham and hypocrisy.",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"a sofa upholstered in sham leather",
|
|
"street vendors selling sham designer handbags to gullible tourists",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"She wasn't really hurt; she was only shamming .",
|
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"He was shamming illness to avoid work.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Few Republican officeholders have spoken publicly about the hearings, and most have either said nothing about the congressional investigation or dismissed it as a partisan sham . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
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"Republicans have since labeled the hearings a partisan sham despite Kinzinger and Cheney taking part. \u2014 John Byrne, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"The Times\u2019 investigation into Wells Fargo\u2019s hiring practices centered on Joe Bruno, a former wealth management executive who said he was instructed to conduct sham interviews with Black candidates. \u2014 Joe Walsh, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"After making her society debut, Daphne enters into a mutually beneficial sham relationship with the mysterious Duke of Hastings\u2014but inevitably, the facade of love soon starts to feel very real. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"This promised paradise is a sham built on wishful thinking and green marketing. \u2014 Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
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"House Republicans have blasted the committee as illegitimate, partisan and a sham because of how it was set up. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
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"There's also plenty of bedroom decor including reversible quilt and sham sets. \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"Even cultural continuity is something of a sham \u2014the critic\u2019s speculative history of cinema veers toward nostalgia, as do his collaborators at the office of a film magazine. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Republicans mostly dismissed Thursday's hearings as a sham , partisan and have proved nothing. \u2014 NBC News , 12 June 2022",
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"The Russian currency is being introduced, and reports mount that a sham referendum could be held to legitimize Russian annexation, some locals say. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
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"His lawyers allege Edison conducted a sham investigation and used the complaints to push him out of his job. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
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"Teryl Austin said the Lions conducted a sham interview with his client only to satisfy the NFL's Rooney Rule. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"To secure favorable tax treatment, the businessman, Sedrak Arustamyan, allegedly entered into two sham loan agreements with Khachatryan\u2019s adult sons \u2014 the first loan in 2009 for $7 million and another in 2011 for $13.4 million. \u2014 Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
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"Prosecutors could also investigate the 16 phony Republican electors who cast ballots for Trump in a sham ceremony in December 2020. \u2014 Tamar Hallerman, ajc , 2 May 2022",
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"And in 2019, Trump infamously withheld nearly $400 million in military aid as part of his attempt to pressure Zelensky into announcing sham corruption investigations into Biden and his family's business dealings. \u2014 Marshall Cohen, CNN , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"Kyiv has repeatedly warned that Russian forces could hold a sham referendum in the city in a bid to legitimize its eventual annexation. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"This past winter, as the omicron surge made PCR testing nearly impossible, sham testing sites swabbed patients\u2019 noses but returned no results, collecting their data and then their cash. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"The family fraud ring created sham businesses to get many of the loans, attaching fake payrolls and forged tax returns to the applications. \u2014 Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"And local officials worry that Russia is going to hold some sham referendum to make its political occupation more permanent. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Mar. 2022",
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"Gonzales was not trying to overturn the election results through his lawsuit, but asserting that putting up sham candidates represented ballot fraud. \u2014 Ray Long, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Flores also contended that the Broncos and Giants conducted sham interviews, Denver\u2019s in 2019 and New York\u2019s during the current hiring cycle. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"Political prisoners routinely face sham legal proceedings and coerced confessions in the Islamic Republic of Iran. \u2014 Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"By August 2020, the group had applied for 151 loans to mainly sham businesses, some of them named after real ones. \u2014 Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
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"Fraudulent trades are sham transactions designed to create the appearance of activity or movement in the market. \u2014 Jaime Catmull, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sham Noun imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits Verb assume , affect , pretend , simulate , feign , counterfeit , sham mean to put on a false or deceptive appearance. assume often implies a justifiable motive rather than an intent to deceive. assumed an air of cheerfulness around the patients affect implies making a false show of possessing, using, or feeling. affected an interest in art pretend implies an overt and sustained false appearance. pretended that nothing had happened simulate suggests a close imitation of the appearance of something. cosmetics that simulate a suntan feign implies more artful invention than pretend , less specific mimicry than simulate . feigned sickness counterfeit implies achieving the highest degree of verisimilitude of any of these words. an actor counterfeiting drunkenness sham implies an obvious falseness that fools only the gullible. shammed a most unconvincing limp",
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"He shambled into the room.",
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"disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Left 4 Dead has been left for dead by Valve, which led many fans to believe their dreams for four-player co-op zombie-killing campaigns may never shamble into the light of day. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 22 Oct. 2021",
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"After jettisoning their genetic blueprints, certain neutrophils will shamble onward, still trying to slurp up stray microbes that their web didn\u2019t catch. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 17 June 2021",
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"Hoffman\u2019s salesman, a little guy accustomed to talking a big game, shambled into his boss\u2019 office with right on his side. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"After a brief, shambling start before the band hits its stride, we\u2019re flooded with the ecstasy of how as well as what Conor hears. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 16 Dec. 2019",
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"The senseless armies of shambling corpses, all the nightmares of dead generations sliding out of our screens. \u2014 Laurie Penny, Wired , 30 Mar. 2020",
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"Hand has been fascinated with Darger for decades, and places him at the center of this novel as another amateur detective who teams up \u2014 in his own awkward, puzzling, shambling way \u2014 with Pin to solve the case of the missing girl. \u2014 Amy Stewart, Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2019",
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"Meanwhile, their own candidate shambles around with his pants on fire all day, every day. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2019",
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"The walk shambles off from the 140 Village Shopping Center near Shoppers at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 and participants will travel as a group down Main Street. \u2014 Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 23 Oct. 2019"
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|
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|
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|
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": a scene or a state of great destruction : wreckage":[
|
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"the city was a shambles after the bombing"
|
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],
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": a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion":[
|
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|
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|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The lawyers described Maxwell as the victim of a grim childhood who met Epstein at a time when her life was in shambles . \u2014 Rich Schapiro, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
|
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"Members of the PPE Fraud Coalition say the pandemic exposed weaknesses in the international trade system and left many legitimate importers in shambles . \u2014 J. David Mcswane, ProPublica , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"This smart debut about a celebrity wedding planner whose love life is in shambles stretches the seams of the rom-com genre. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Whether or not this Starliner launch will end in shambles has yet to be seen. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Despite being the ghostwriter for one of romance's most prolific authors, Florence Day's life is in shambles . \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Thanks in large part to both weapons, the Russian Army is in shambles , and is only a threat to its smallest neighbors; Russia\u2019s difficulties might well make China think twice before making the decision to invade Taiwan. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 10 May 2022",
|
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"Unfortunately, the world remains in shambles , especially with what\u2019s going on in Ukraine. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The standoff over congressional and legislative maps has made a shambles of a redistricting process aimed at removing politics from mapmaking that Ohio voters resoundingly approved via constitutional amendments in 2015 and 2018. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English shameles , plural of schamel vendor's table, footstool, from Old English sceamol stool, from Latin scamillum , diminutive of scamnum stool, bench; perhaps akin to Sanskrit skambha pillar":""
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"Noun",
|
|
"He felt shame for his lies.",
|
|
"How could you be so rude",
|
|
"Her crimes brought shame upon her family.",
|
|
"He had to endure the shame of being fired.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
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"He was shamed by his behavior at the party.",
|
|
"shamed the family name with his conviction for embezzlement",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"There's no shame in saying it's transformed my life and my family's life financially. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"There is no shame in falling to Curry, Klay Thompson, and yes, even loudmouth-who-backs-it-up Draymond Green. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"There is no shame or prestige in one over the other, though there is a satisfying learning opportunity in kneading a dough to the correct tenderness by hand. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
|
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"There\u2019s no shame in wearing these hydrating facial masks. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s no shame in soliciting funds for a good cause, and Harrington\u2019s scrappy effort to keep her research going could be seen to merit praise. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"There's no shame in making a graceful exit before a discussion gets out of hand! \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Feeling comfortable taking a hand is about knowing there is no shame in seeking and accepting help. \u2014 Veta T. Richardson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s no shame in cutting to the chase and choosing to shave your head. \u2014 Garrett Munce, Men's Health , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Screaming matches occurred when latecomers tried to sneak in, while others posted their pictures on social media to shame them. \u2014 Emily Yahr, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Hit the gym fitness center, one that\u2019s filled with new Technogym equipment and is spacious enough to shame some studios in New York City. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"For example, the Hopi Pueblo clown festival includes pulling rule-breaking villagers into the middle of the ceremony to shame them. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Hydrogen fuel cells have a lengthier automotive history: the first was the General Motors Electrovan in 1966, which had a curb weight that would shame even a Hummer EV and used actual space-age technology. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The dilemma has some parallels to one that the tour faced in the nineteen-eighties, when anti-apartheid protesters managed to shame the powers that be into putting pressure on South Africa. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"And Ri enlisted none other than Gucci Mane (at least a meme of him) to shame the publication\u2019s body-shaming story. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"It's not meant to shame White people for the discrimination their ancestors may have inflicted on a marginalized group. \u2014 Giselle Rhoden, Nick Valencia And Jade Gordon, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"When [Lady Godiva] rides through town, in the legend, most of the townsfolk go into their homes and avert their eyes, so as not to shame their beloved noblewoman. \u2014 Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED , 29 Apr. 2022"
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"Noun",
|
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"He felt shame for his lies.",
|
|
"How could you be so rude",
|
|
"Her crimes brought shame upon her family.",
|
|
"He had to endure the shame of being fired.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
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"He was shamed by his behavior at the party.",
|
|
"shamed the family name with his conviction for embezzlement",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"There's no shame in saying it's transformed my life and my family's life financially. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"There is no shame in falling to Curry, Klay Thompson, and yes, even loudmouth-who-backs-it-up Draymond Green. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"There is no shame or prestige in one over the other, though there is a satisfying learning opportunity in kneading a dough to the correct tenderness by hand. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s no shame in wearing these hydrating facial masks. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s no shame in soliciting funds for a good cause, and Harrington\u2019s scrappy effort to keep her research going could be seen to merit praise. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"There's no shame in making a graceful exit before a discussion gets out of hand! \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Feeling comfortable taking a hand is about knowing there is no shame in seeking and accepting help. \u2014 Veta T. Richardson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s no shame in cutting to the chase and choosing to shave your head. \u2014 Garrett Munce, Men's Health , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Screaming matches occurred when latecomers tried to sneak in, while others posted their pictures on social media to shame them. \u2014 Emily Yahr, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Hit the gym fitness center, one that\u2019s filled with new Technogym equipment and is spacious enough to shame some studios in New York City. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"For example, the Hopi Pueblo clown festival includes pulling rule-breaking villagers into the middle of the ceremony to shame them. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 6 May 2022",
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"Hydrogen fuel cells have a lengthier automotive history: the first was the General Motors Electrovan in 1966, which had a curb weight that would shame even a Hummer EV and used actual space-age technology. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The dilemma has some parallels to one that the tour faced in the nineteen-eighties, when anti-apartheid protesters managed to shame the powers that be into putting pressure on South Africa. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"And Ri enlisted none other than Gucci Mane (at least a meme of him) to shame the publication\u2019s body-shaming story. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
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"It's not meant to shame White people for the discrimination their ancestors may have inflicted on a marginalized group. \u2014 Giselle Rhoden, Nick Valencia And Jade Gordon, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"When [Lady Godiva] rides through town, in the legend, most of the townsfolk go into their homes and avert their eyes, so as not to shame their beloved noblewoman. \u2014 Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English scamu ; akin to Old High German scama shame":"Noun"
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"\u02c8sh\u0101m"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contriteness",
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"contrition",
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"guilt",
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"penitence",
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"regret",
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"remorse",
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"remorsefulness",
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"repentance",
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"rue",
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"self-reproach"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071038",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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"antonyms":[
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"shameless",
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"unashamed"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": showing modesty : bashful":[],
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": showing shame : ashamed":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He stood there, looking shamefaced .",
|
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"the newspaper offered a shamefaced apology for having published photographs that were later exposed as fakes",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"His Memoirs contain only a single, shamefaced mention of this wife\u2019s name. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 2 July 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"alteration of shamefast":""
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},
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"\u02c8sh\u0101m-\u02ccf\u0101st",
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"\u02c8sh\u0101m-\u02c8f\u0101st"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"ashamed",
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"guilty",
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"shamed"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050556",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"shameful":{
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"antonyms":[
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"honorable",
|
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"reputable",
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"respectable"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": arousing the feeling of shame":[],
|
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": bringing shame : disgraceful":[],
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": full of the feeling of shame : ashamed":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"There is no excuse for such shameful behavior.",
|
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"shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"One of the most shameful battles in this war occurred in the 1920s, when eugenics \u2014 the study of breeding a better human race \u2014 enjoyed popular acceptance. \u2014 Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
|
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"What is a western, after all, but a kind of hermeneutic care package of perversely lionizing myths about the most shameful facts of our inheritance",
|
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"Meanwhile, another federal agency involved in what some have called the most shameful part of the incident \u2014 arranging for the man a medical evacuation that took place before Tanzanian authorities could charge him \u2014 has avoided nearly all scrutiny. \u2014 Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today , 22 May 2022",
|
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"That holding is now universally regarded as one of the most shameful in Supreme Court history. \u2014 Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker , 13 May 2022",
|
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"There have been shameful , disrespectful, and unfounded attacks on the judge, and there\u2019s been a lot of politicking. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Is a white mother more likely to go out dancing all night \u2013 and is dancing a euphemism for more shameful activity",
|
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"However, the disgraceful way the university has treated current football coach Manny Diaz has to rank right up near the top of Miami\u2019s most shameful moments. \u2014 Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
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"It was assumed that the AI would never fall into that kind of shameful quicksand. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101m-f\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
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"dishonorable",
|
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"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
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"shy",
|
|
"unrespectable"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220133",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"shameless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
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"ashamed",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
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"shamed",
|
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"shamefaced",
|
|
"sheepish"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": having no shame : insensible to disgrace":[
|
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"a shameless braggart"
|
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],
|
|
": showing lack of shame":[
|
|
"the shameless exploitation of workers"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The actor made a shameless plug for his movie.",
|
|
"a shameless display of poor sportsmanship",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Charles thought Kate to be a shameless flirt; Kate thought Charles to be extravagantly jealous. \u2014 April White, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"The Lost Rad Ripper is a shameless throwback to the eighties. \u2014 Zander Morton, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
|
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"Our country is moving back toward its nakedly racist past, fueled by shameless politicians, coarse public dialogue and fictional social media conspiracies. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
|
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"It\u2019s not just legislators being shameless about drawing lines. \u2014 Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"This time involving electric cars, the legislature, Lisa is shameless . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"So is the enigmatic Kwon a shameless scam artist peddling an obvious Ponzi scheme",
|
|
"Emmy Rossum portrays the pink Corvette-driving L.A. icon famous for her shameless pursuit of fame in this new limited series. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"For years, the crypto industry was dominated by political ideologues, shameless grifters and rich guys with yachts. \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101m-l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"unabashed",
|
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"unashamed",
|
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"unblushing",
|
|
"unembarrassed"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095839",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"shamiana":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cloth canopy":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Hindi sh\u0101miy\u0101na , from Persian sh\u0101my\u0101nah":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015623",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"shaming":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": causing feelings of shame":[
|
|
"The facts are too shaming for a proud nation to remember.",
|
|
"\u2014 Niger Calder",
|
|
"\u2026 for me it's a shaming reminder that for five and a half months I let a man call me \"Baby Bear\" \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Tina Brown",
|
|
"What happened at Enron \u2026 was indeed a shaming episode in the history of US capitalism.",
|
|
"\u2014 Geoffrey Owen",
|
|
"\u2026 books that if they are left unread are truly shaming \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Jeff Reid"
|
|
],
|
|
": the act or activity of subjecting someone to shame, disgrace, humiliation, or disrepute especially by public exposure or criticism":[
|
|
"Other times they would take more aggressive measures, tracking down and exposing the identities of supposed wrongdoers who the group felt had not been brought to justice. Public shaming is a standard tool for this kind of activism \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Emily Bazelon",
|
|
"Between 1957 and 1961, he \u2026 managed to rig the outcomes of at least 43 [college basketball] games, leading to the arrests of 37 players and the shaming of several others.",
|
|
"\u2014 Eric Konigsberg",
|
|
"As the parade of \u2026 public shamings on Capitol Hill has shown \u2026, the wealthy may not be universally loved, but they're America's favorite spectacle.",
|
|
"\u2014 James Poniewozik"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1741, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-mi\u014b"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112225",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shamus":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": police officer":[],
|
|
": private investigator":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hard-bitten L.A. shamus who, when he's not battling crooks, is bedding chicks",
|
|
"he's a sleazy shamus who mostly finds evidence to use in divorce cases",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Harrison Ford\u2019s Rick Deckard was one in a long line of LA shamuses tripped up by wealth and beauty, from Marlowe and Gittes to Rawlins and Bosch. \u2014 Wired , 1 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"With Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright back at the creative helm (and The Hollywood Reporter columnist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the writing staff), the season picks up with Veronica (Bell) still working as a shamus in her SoCal hometown of Neptune. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 July 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"perhaps from Yiddish shames shammes; from a jocular comparison of the duties of a sexton and those of a store detective":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-",
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u00e4-m\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobby",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"constable",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"copper",
|
|
"flatfoot",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"gendarme",
|
|
"lawman",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"police officer",
|
|
"policeman"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091143",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shangan":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a cleft stick to fasten to the tail of a dog":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Scottish Gaelic seangan":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha\u014b\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133014",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shango":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to the worship of Shango by the Yoruba people in Brazil and Trinidad":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from Shango , Yoruba god of thunder and fertility":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"sh\u00e4\u014b\u02c8g\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054141",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shank":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a cut of beef, veal, mutton, or lamb from the upper or the lower part of the leg : shin \u2014 see beef illustration":[],
|
|
": a part of an object by which it can be attached: such as":[],
|
|
": a projection on the back of a solid button":[],
|
|
": a short stem of thread that holds a sewn button away from the cloth":[],
|
|
": a straight narrow usually essential part of an object: such as":[],
|
|
": a straight part of a plant : stem , stalk":[],
|
|
": an often homemade knife":[],
|
|
": leg":[],
|
|
": shankpiece":[],
|
|
": tang entry 1 sense 3":[],
|
|
": the early or main part of a period of time":[
|
|
"11 p.m. on the East coast is merely the shank of the evening on the West coast"
|
|
],
|
|
": the end (as of a drill bit) that is gripped in a chuck":[],
|
|
": the latter part of a period of time":[],
|
|
": the narrow part of the sole of a shoe beneath the instep":[],
|
|
": the part of a fishhook between the eye and the bend":[],
|
|
": the part of a key between the handle and the bit":[],
|
|
": the part of an anchor between the ring and the crown \u2014 see anchor illustration":[],
|
|
": the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle in humans or the corresponding part in various other vertebrates":[],
|
|
": the stem of a tobacco pipe or the part between the stem and the bowl":[],
|
|
": the straight part of a nail or pin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the shank of a drill bit",
|
|
"slashed at the prison guard with a shank he had secretly made from a scrap of metal",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said that Casey White previously tried to break out of the facility in 2020, but officers caught him with a shank and he was transferred to William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"If the remaining beef shank is tender enough, shred the meat and add to the pot. \u2014 Danny Chau, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"For their entrees, Zach ordered a lamb shank and Jeremy had kebabs. \u2014 Prachi Gupta, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Offering Easter dinner pick-ups, including breakfast pastries, wild game meatballs, lamb shank and Nutella crepes. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Take the shank out and cut into either cubes or \u00bd-in. \u2014 Danny Chau, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"One of the brand\u2019s trademarks is an internal shank , embedded in the midsole. \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 3 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Tiramisu, foie gras appetizer, tender veal shank and tagliatelle. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Nearly 20 mezze launch the menu, and the entrees include a showy lamb shank served on a slab of tree. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Rachel threatens to shank Mercedes with a piece of plane debris over the Patsy Cline solo. \u2014 Maggie Olmsted, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Well, no matter how many times Bills punter Matt Haack tried to shank the game away, Zach Wilson kept giving it right back. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Try the tender texture of mushroom ceviche with coconut, curry leaf, and crunchy boondi, or Nalli Nihari lamb shank , slowly braised and served with saffron-cauliflower risotto. \u2014 Jessica Dupuy, Forbes , 6 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"That convenience is also accentuated due to the impact-ready, 1\u20444-inch hex shank on each of the drill bits. \u2014 Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics , 30 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"But the sharp decline in air travel last year pounded these operations, and airports around the world have reported that annual revenues shank by more than half last year. \u2014 Esther Fung, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The barbecue pork shank along with the Carolina shrimp and grits is perfection. \u2014 cleveland , 22 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"The barbecue pork shank along with the Carolina shrimp and grits is perfection. \u2014 cleveland , 22 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"The barbecue pork shank along with the Carolina shrimp and grits is perfection. \u2014 cleveland , 22 Dec. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1927, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English shanke , from Old English scanca ; akin to Old Norse skakkr crooked, Greek skazein to limp":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha\u014bk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blade",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"shiv"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004120",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shank bone":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tibia sense 1a":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English shanke bon , from shanke shank + boon, bon bone":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073558",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shank cutter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a device for trimming the edges of outsoles in the shank of a shoe":[],
|
|
": end mill":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134450",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shank's mare":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one's own legs":[
|
|
"traveling by shank's mare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1795, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"probably from Canadian French chantier lumber camp, hut, from French, builder's yard, ways, support for barrels, from Old French chantier, gantier support \u2014 more at gantry":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200720",
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"type":[
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|
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]
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"-\u02ccman",
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"\u02c8shan-t\u0113-m\u0259n"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020834",
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]
|
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},
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"definitions":{
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": a usually poor town or section of a town consisting mostly of shanties":[]
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In Barrio Padre Mugica, a shantytown in Buenos Aires, his Freedom Advances coalition drew as much as 17.2 percent support last year. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The nation\u2019s first public housing project was Techwood Homes near downtown, built to replace a massive shantytown just off the Georgia Tech campus. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 30 Oct. 2017",
|
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"Angela was now living in Mariano Matamoros, an eastern Tijuana shantytown with higher aspirations than her old neighborhood. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
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"By the spring of 1991, the shantytown had indeed been resurrected, and officials ordered the park cleared again, this time vacating it of close to 200 people and closing it down for a $2.3 million renovation during a recession. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Tiwaris live in suburban Mumbai, in the hillside shantytown of Surya Nagar, and their relatives were perched in one of a row of single-room tenements atop the steep terrain. \u2014 Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, The Atlantic , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The naturalistic action takes place at an arts center that Ayouch co-founded in Casablanca\u2019s sprawling shantytown Sidi Moumen. \u2014 Alissa Simon, Variety , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Prior to becoming a city park, the area was known as Woodchuck Hill and Raccoon Springs, which were known for their reputations as a shantytown and popular hunting spot, respectively. \u2014 Dallas News , 16 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The community, settled by Black families looking to buy property after World War I, grew in the 1930s and became known as a shantytown . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8shan-t\u0113-\u02cctau\u0307n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193747",
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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|
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": shapely":[]
|
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|
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"examples":[
|
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"add just enough water to the flour so that it becomes a shapable mass"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8sh\u0101-p\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"malleable",
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"moldable",
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"plastic",
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"waxy"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073149",
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},
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"estate",
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"fettle",
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"form",
|
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"health",
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"keeping",
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"kilter",
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"nick",
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"order",
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"repair",
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"trim"
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"shape a policy"
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"exercises to keep in shape"
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"eerie shapes floating in the mist"
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"the clouds kept changing shape"
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],
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": the condition in which someone or something exists at a particular time":[
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|
"the car was in fine shape"
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],
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|
": the visible makeup characteristic of a particular item or kind of item":[
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"a cake in the shape of a Christmas tree"
|
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],
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|
": to adapt in shape so as to fit neatly and closely":[
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|
"a dress shaped to her figure"
|
|
],
|
|
": to come to pass : happen":[
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|
"it's shaping up that I am known now for my husbands",
|
|
"\u2014 Leslie Marmon Silko"
|
|
],
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|
": to determine or direct the course or character of":[
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|
"events that shaped history"
|
|
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|
": to embody in definite form":[
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|
"shaping a folktale into an epic"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make fit for (a particular use, purpose, etc.) : adapt":[
|
|
"shape the questions to fit the answers"
|
|
],
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|
": to modify (behavior) by rewarding changes that tend toward a desired response":[],
|
|
": to take on or approach a mature or definite form":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used with up the summer is shaping up to be one of the hottest on record"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 see also take shape":[
|
|
"The plan is starting to come into shape ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The artist shaped the stone with a hammer and chisel.",
|
|
"Schools shape the minds of future leaders.",
|
|
"Ads help shape public opinion.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"circles, squares, triangles, and other geometric shapes",
|
|
"The cake has a rectangular shape .",
|
|
"The pieces came in many different sizes and shapes .",
|
|
"The pieces were sorted by size and shape .",
|
|
"The cloud kept changing shape .",
|
|
"The cake was rectangular in shape .",
|
|
"I need to start exercising and get back in shape .",
|
|
"I'm out of shape because I haven't been exercising.",
|
|
"The players were in poor condition, but the coach quickly whipped them into shape .",
|
|
"She stays in shape by exercising daily and eating well.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Your back requires big, heavy exercises that will help strengthen and shape more than just one muscle group with a single movement. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Though the crypto market has started to recover somewhat since then, questions remain about how the fallout will shape the future of the space. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"All four potters had fond memories of watching Frederick mold and shape Kentucky\u2019s pottery community like a fine piece of servingware. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Success in traditional retailing hinges on the ability to anticipate and shape trends, forecast demand, and efficiently price goods. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"But a different outfit has ratcheted up federal lobbying and is working closely with lawmakers to shape the Senate negotiations now under way toward new legislation to curb gun violence: the National Shooting Sports Foundation. \u2014 Julie Bykowicz, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Trump has spent the past year and a half holding rallies, delivering speeches and using his endorsements to exact revenge and further shape the party in his image. \u2014 Jill Colvin, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Trump has spent the past year and a half holding rallies, delivering speeches and using his endorsements to exact revenge and further shape the party in his image. \u2014 Jill Colvin, Chron , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The influences that helped shape Shakur in his formative years are compellingly portrayed in the next room. \u2014 Gail Mitchell, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"In addition to automating this process, the AI model helps precisely quantify attributes such as size, area, shape , proportion, and symmetry. \u2014 Ganes Kesari, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The clinic does not, in any way, shape , or conjecture, perform abortions. \u2014 Katie Herchenroeder, The New Republic , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Dehumidifiers differ in design, shape , size, and functionality. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"The shape , larger than the state of Connecticut, was over 15,000 square kilometers of glowing bacteria. \u2014 Sam Keck Scott, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"In a small bedroom, have fun with color, shape , and prints, but pay close attention to scale. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Slice logs into 4 to 8 equal-sized pieces; quickly shape , using hands, to form quarter-inch-thick rounds; place goat cheese rounds in breadcrumbs. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Knowing how the stars in these disparate regions move today can help researchers reverse engineer the emergence of our galaxy\u2019s distinctive spiral shape , as well as understand how such structures may arise in other galaxies. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Breeds are evaluated based on the standard set by their parent club, meaning competing dogs aren't compared to other competitors, but to the ideal proportions, weight and size, head shape , gait and other qualities of the breed. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022"
|
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|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English sceapen, gescapen , past participle of scieppan ; akin to Old High German skepfen to shape":"Verb"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101p"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193906",
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"shape (up)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
": to bring to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior":[],
|
|
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|
|
"shaping up at the gym"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"angrily told his son that if he didn't shape up , he'd be grounded for a month",
|
|
"this group of summer interns is shaping up to be one of the best we've ever hired",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"This season could shape up to be the first trophy-less one in over a decade. \u2014 Emmet Gates, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Putting a piece on either generates a new piece on the other that is proportional. Pick the shape up with your mouse, then place it on a grid made of black-and-white squares. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Phoenix Mercury continues to shape up its coaching staff with Arizona State assistant coach Nikki Blue and UC Irvine assistant coach Cinnamon Lister joining the upcoming season. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But the next two weeks will be important in how the start of recovery will shape up . \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Sceptical about how the Omicron variant will shape up and about the ongoing shortage of chip supply, Audi India head, Balbir Singh Dhillon, acknowledges that these factors can act as speed-breakers in Audi India\u2019s smooth ride. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"That invasion has since begun, teeing up what\u2019s likely to shape up as a deadly, brutal, and intractable conflict. \u2014 Jimmy Quinn, National Review , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"This technique is most often used to shape up an unruly shrub. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But Winters said the lifeguard jobs shape up as the hardest to fill. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 15 Feb. 2022"
|
|
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|
|
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|
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1920, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101p-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"amend",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"straighten (up "
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032239",
|
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|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shape memory":{
|
|
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|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the ability of a material to resume an original configuration after applied changes (as of temperature or pressure)":[
|
|
"shape memory alloys"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222146",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shapeable":{
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": shapely":[]
|
|
},
|
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"add just enough water to the flour so that it becomes a shapable mass"
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"\u02c8sh\u0101-p\u0259-b\u0259l"
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|
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|
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"malleable",
|
|
"moldable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"waxy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033221",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaped":{
|
|
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|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"fettle",
|
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"form",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"kilter",
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"nick",
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"order",
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"repair",
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": in an original, normal, or fit condition":[
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": spatial form or contour":[
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"the clouds kept changing shape"
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": the appearance of the body as distinguished from that of the face : figure":[],
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": the condition in which someone or something exists at a particular time":[
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"the car was in fine shape"
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|
],
|
|
": the visible makeup characteristic of a particular item or kind of item":[
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|
"a cake in the shape of a Christmas tree"
|
|
],
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": to adapt in shape so as to fit neatly and closely":[
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"a dress shaped to her figure"
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|
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": to come to pass : happen":[
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"it's shaping up that I am known now for my husbands",
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"\u2014 Leslie Marmon Silko"
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],
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|
": to determine or direct the course or character of":[
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|
"events that shaped history"
|
|
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|
": to embody in definite form":[
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|
"shaping a folktale into an epic"
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|
": to make fit for (a particular use, purpose, etc.) : adapt":[
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"shape the questions to fit the answers"
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": to modify (behavior) by rewarding changes that tend toward a desired response":[],
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": to take on or approach a mature or definite form":[
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"\u2014 often used with up the summer is shaping up to be one of the hottest on record"
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],
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"\u2014 see also take shape":[
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"The plan is starting to come into shape ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The artist shaped the stone with a hammer and chisel.",
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"Schools shape the minds of future leaders.",
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"Ads help shape public opinion.",
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"Noun",
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"circles, squares, triangles, and other geometric shapes",
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"The cake has a rectangular shape .",
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"The pieces came in many different sizes and shapes .",
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"The pieces were sorted by size and shape .",
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"The cloud kept changing shape .",
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"The cake was rectangular in shape .",
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"I need to start exercising and get back in shape .",
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"I'm out of shape because I haven't been exercising.",
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"The players were in poor condition, but the coach quickly whipped them into shape .",
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"She stays in shape by exercising daily and eating well.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Your back requires big, heavy exercises that will help strengthen and shape more than just one muscle group with a single movement. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 30 June 2022",
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"Though the crypto market has started to recover somewhat since then, questions remain about how the fallout will shape the future of the space. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
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"All four potters had fond memories of watching Frederick mold and shape Kentucky\u2019s pottery community like a fine piece of servingware. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 28 June 2022",
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"Success in traditional retailing hinges on the ability to anticipate and shape trends, forecast demand, and efficiently price goods. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
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"But a different outfit has ratcheted up federal lobbying and is working closely with lawmakers to shape the Senate negotiations now under way toward new legislation to curb gun violence: the National Shooting Sports Foundation. \u2014 Julie Bykowicz, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
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"Trump has spent the past year and a half holding rallies, delivering speeches and using his endorsements to exact revenge and further shape the party in his image. \u2014 Jill Colvin, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
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"Trump has spent the past year and a half holding rallies, delivering speeches and using his endorsements to exact revenge and further shape the party in his image. \u2014 Jill Colvin, Chron , 17 June 2022",
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"The influences that helped shape Shakur in his formative years are compellingly portrayed in the next room. \u2014 Gail Mitchell, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"In addition to automating this process, the AI model helps precisely quantify attributes such as size, area, shape , proportion, and symmetry. \u2014 Ganes Kesari, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
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"The clinic does not, in any way, shape , or conjecture, perform abortions. \u2014 Katie Herchenroeder, The New Republic , 29 June 2022",
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"Dehumidifiers differ in design, shape , size, and functionality. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 27 June 2022",
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"The shape , larger than the state of Connecticut, was over 15,000 square kilometers of glowing bacteria. \u2014 Sam Keck Scott, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 June 2022",
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"In a small bedroom, have fun with color, shape , and prints, but pay close attention to scale. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
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"Slice logs into 4 to 8 equal-sized pieces; quickly shape , using hands, to form quarter-inch-thick rounds; place goat cheese rounds in breadcrumbs. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
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"Knowing how the stars in these disparate regions move today can help researchers reverse engineer the emergence of our galaxy\u2019s distinctive spiral shape , as well as understand how such structures may arise in other galaxies. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 22 June 2022",
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"Breeds are evaluated based on the standard set by their parent club, meaning competing dogs aren't compared to other competitors, but to the ideal proportions, weight and size, head shape , gait and other qualities of the breed. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English sceapen, gescapen , past participle of scieppan ; akin to Old High German skepfen to shape":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u0101p"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"acclimate",
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"acclimatize",
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"accommodate",
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"adapt",
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"adjust",
|
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"condition",
|
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"conform",
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"doctor",
|
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"edit",
|
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"fashion",
|
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"fit",
|
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"put",
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"suit",
|
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"tailor"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035517",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"shapeless":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"undeformed"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": deprived of usual or normal shape : misshapen":[
|
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"a shapeless old hat"
|
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],
|
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": having no definite shape":[],
|
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": not shapely":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"an old, shapeless baseball cap",
|
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"right now this clay is just a shapeless lump, but wait until I'm done sculpting it",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There's no comparable emotional arc to Fantastic Beasts, which substitutes a straight line into adulthood for a shapeless origin story populated by dour functionaries. \u2014 A.a. Dowd, The Week , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"But the screenplay from Harper Dill, John Rogers and Tami Sagher is weirdly shapeless and has no real momentum driving these two crazy kids into one another\u2019s arms. \u2014 Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The screenplay for House of Gucci, which was written by Becky Johnston and Roberto Bentivegna, based on a book by Sara Gay Forden, has the shapeless sprawl of something with many juicy details but no center. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 24 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"And the 320-page book has become a semi- shapeless streamer, with most episodes clocking over an hour. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 4 May 2021",
|
|
"Yet the movie\u2019s first two-thirds are hopelessly shapeless \u2014perhaps a bit like our lives",
|
|
"In My Sisters in Mourning, reproduced in this book, Paul paints her four sisters in shapeless white frocks, seated close together. \u2014 Rumaan Alam, The New Republic , 29 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Yet this shapeless , brainless animal can do remarkable things, including hunt for algae and defend itself with venom. \u2014 Emily Underwood, The Atlantic , 8 June 2020",
|
|
"When classes let out, the streets are filled with thousands of young people in traditional Islamic garb \u2014 men and boys in high-cuffed trousers or loosefitting robes and women and girls in shapeless gowns, head scarves and niqabs. \u2014 Richard C. Paddock, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sh\u0101-pl\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"deformed",
|
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"distorted",
|
|
"malformed",
|
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"misshapen",
|
|
"monstrous"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083039",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"shapely":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": having a regular or pleasing shape":[],
|
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": orderly and consistent in arrangement or plan":[
|
|
"shapely essays"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"She has a shapely figure.",
|
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"a shapely blonde who served as eye candy in numerous Hollywood movies",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"That practicality translates into this modern design, with every detail, from the shapely shoulders to the utilitarian pockets. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But their shapely presence along with the crisp palette that cools hot summer days makes the time spent indoors vibrant and full of life too. \u2014 Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens , 7 May 2021",
|
|
"This refers to the eggs\u2019 appearance\u2014the higher the grade (AA is the highest), the more shapely and spot-free the egg, with firm whites, pert yolks, and clean shells. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 May 2021",
|
|
"Sorrell and the orchestra turned in a shapely performance that was anything but routine, full of drama and high collective spirit. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The shapely sedan is inspired by the company's new GV80 SUV, which also looks the part of a high-class luxury vehicle without the high-end price tag. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 19 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"Auvray is known for his shapely 3-D pieces, which are often made out of foam and latex. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 30 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Along with the thrust from the Red Sport's engine, much of the Q60's appeal lies in its shapely bodywork. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 19 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"To keep your shapely numbers work apropos, choose elevated fabrics and knee or calf-length styles. \u2014 Sara Holzman, Marie Claire , 9 Oct. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-pl\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curvaceous",
|
|
"curvacious",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"pneumatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044212",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shapen":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fashioned in or provided with a definite shape":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in combination an ill- shapen body"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The fatal deer disease, caused by an infectious prion, or mis- shapen protein, has shown a steady pattern of geographical spread and increasing prevalence. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from past participle of shapen to shape":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-p\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190807",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"share":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a portion belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual or group":[],
|
|
": one's full or fair portion":[
|
|
"has had his share of bad luck"
|
|
],
|
|
": plowshare":[],
|
|
": stock sense 2a":[],
|
|
": the part allotted or belonging to one of a number owning together property or interest":[],
|
|
": to apportion and take shares of something":[],
|
|
": to distribute on the Internet":[
|
|
"\u2026 anyone you share a link with can share that link with someone else if they choose.",
|
|
"\u2014 Jeremy Scott"
|
|
],
|
|
": to divide and distribute in shares : apportion":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with out shared out the land among his heirs"
|
|
],
|
|
": to grant or give a share in":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used with with shared the last of her water with us"
|
|
],
|
|
": to have a share":[
|
|
"\u2014 used with in we all shared in the fruits of our labor"
|
|
],
|
|
": to have in common":[
|
|
"they share a passion for opera"
|
|
],
|
|
": to partake of, use, experience, occupy, or enjoy with others":[],
|
|
": to post (something) on a social media platform":[
|
|
"Fans were also quick to screenshot and share the photo.",
|
|
"\u2014 Yasmin Quaid",
|
|
"The collective mind-set feels akin to that old adage about a tree falling in the forest: If you don't share it on Instagram, did it even happen",
|
|
"\u2014 Emily Farra",
|
|
"It pulls in words and pictures from news and blog feeds as well as from links that your pals share on Facebook and Twitter.",
|
|
"\u2014 Harry McCracken"
|
|
],
|
|
": to talk about one's thoughts, feelings, or experiences with others":[],
|
|
": to tell (thoughts, feelings, experiences, etc.) to others":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used with with"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"They shared the last cookie.",
|
|
"We shared the money equally.",
|
|
"The children need to learn to share their toys."
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"1590, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English schare , from Old English scear ; akin to Old High German scaro plowshare, Old English scieran to cut \u2014 more at shear":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English scearu cutting, tonsure; akin to Old English scieran to cut":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for share Verb share , participate , partake mean to have, get, or use in common with another or others. share usually implies that one as the original holder grants to another the partial use, enjoyment, or possession of a thing. shared my toys with the others participate implies a having or taking part in an undertaking, activity, or discussion. participated in sports partake implies accepting or acquiring a share especially of food or drink. partook freely of the refreshments",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"partake",
|
|
"participate"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202103",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"share one's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to talk about one's opinions, likes, fears, etc.":[
|
|
"She shared her feelings with us on a variety of subjects."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
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|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185431",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"share option":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a right that is given by a company to an employee that lets the employee purchase stock in the company usually for a price that is lower than the normal price":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193804",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shared":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": accessible by more than one user or process":[
|
|
"Despite the shared memory, the PC performed relatively well \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Joshua Goldman",
|
|
"a shared network drive"
|
|
],
|
|
": used, done, belonging to, or experienced by two or more individuals":[
|
|
"a dormitory with a shared living area",
|
|
"shared equity",
|
|
"shared responsibilities",
|
|
"FDOT public information officer Rebecca Leigh White said pre-existing road constraints and rights of way mean cyclists and motorists will have to use shared lanes throughout the extension.",
|
|
"\u2014 Cyanne Dunn",
|
|
"Their shared project, the Gottman Institute, combines his theory with her practice.",
|
|
"\u2014 Casey Greenfield",
|
|
"I thought back to the long years of conflict, but also to the deep, shared passion for the art of cooking, eating, and offering hospitality.",
|
|
"\u2014 Chitrita Banerji"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sherd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000514",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shark":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a rapacious crafty person who takes advantage of others often through usury, extortion, or devious means":[
|
|
"loan sharks"
|
|
],
|
|
": any of numerous mostly marine cartilaginous fishes of medium to large size that have a fusiform body, lateral branchial clefts, and a tough usually dull gray skin roughened by minute tubercles and are typically active predators sometimes dangerous to humans":[],
|
|
": one who excels greatly especially in a particular field":[],
|
|
": sneak":[],
|
|
": to gather hastily":[],
|
|
": to obtain by some irregular means":[],
|
|
": to practice fraud or trickery":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English":"Noun",
|
|
"probably modification of German Schurke scoundrel":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u00e4rk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214151",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sharp":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"due",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"smack-dab",
|
|
"squarely"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a character \u266f on a line or space of the musical staff indicating a pitch a half step higher than the degree would indicate without it":[],
|
|
": a medical instrument (such as a scalpel, lancet, or syringe needle) that is sharp or may produce sharp pieces by shattering":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually plural It is no longer legal to dispose of sharps in the regular trash, Health Director Jeanne M. Galloway said in announcing the new collection station. \u2014 Angela Carbone"
|
|
],
|
|
": a musical note or tone one half step higher than a note or tone named":[],
|
|
": a needle with a small eye for sewing by hand":[],
|
|
": a sharp edge or point":[],
|
|
": acrid":[],
|
|
": adapted to cutting or piercing: such as":[],
|
|
": affecting the senses or sense organs intensely: such as":[],
|
|
": briskly or bitingly cold : nipping":[
|
|
"a sharp wind"
|
|
],
|
|
": causing intense mental or physical distress":[
|
|
"a sharp pain"
|
|
],
|
|
": clear in outline or detail : distinct":[
|
|
"a sharp image"
|
|
],
|
|
": cutting in language or import":[
|
|
"a sharp rebuke"
|
|
],
|
|
": exactly":[
|
|
"1:15 sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
": full of activity or energy : brisk":[
|
|
"sharp blows"
|
|
],
|
|
": having a strong odor or flavor":[
|
|
"sharp cheese"
|
|
],
|
|
": having a strong piercing sound":[],
|
|
": having a thin keen edge or fine point":[],
|
|
": having the effect of or involving a sudden brilliant display of light":[
|
|
"a sharp flash"
|
|
],
|
|
": higher than the proper pitch":[],
|
|
": in a sharp manner":[],
|
|
": inclined to or marked by irritability or anger":[
|
|
"a sharp temper"
|
|
],
|
|
": involving an abrupt or marked change especially in direction":[
|
|
"a sharp turn"
|
|
],
|
|
": keen in attention : vigilant":[
|
|
"keep a sharp lookout"
|
|
],
|
|
": keen in intellect : quick-witted":[],
|
|
": keen in perception : acute":[
|
|
"sharp sight"
|
|
],
|
|
": keen in spirit or action: such as":[],
|
|
": major , augmented":[
|
|
"\u2014 used of an interval in music"
|
|
],
|
|
": one that is sharp: such as":[],
|
|
": raised a half step in pitch":[],
|
|
": set forth with clarity and distinctness":[
|
|
"sharp contrast"
|
|
],
|
|
": severe , harsh : such as":[],
|
|
": stylish , dressy":[],
|
|
": terminating in a point or edge":[
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"Despite the large numbers, the continent responded with a speed \u2014 and generosity \u2014 that was a sharp contrast to other recent influxes. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
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"The tension between saving the past and redeveloping to move ahead is thrown into particularly sharp contrast on urban hospital campuses \u2014 especially ones with long histories such as Hartford Hospital, founded in 1854. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
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"That\u2019s in sharp contrast to the sentiment of CEOs and small-business owners who are closer to the day-in, day-out rhythms of the economy. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
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"Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the American Coco Gauff, 18, who made an appearance in the main interview room later in the day. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
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"In sharp contrast, there were zero trans characters in wide-release films in 2020, per GLAAD. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
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"The prosecution began by describing Hussle as a father, a son, comparing him in sharp contrast to Holder. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
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"All allege that the arrangements instituted by Lissner \u2014 ushered in well before Covid \u2014 came in sharp contrast to Max\u2019s previous lifestyle. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
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"About 58% of voters cast ballots in the recall, a race that presented a sharp contrast between Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and the leading GOP challenger, radio host Larry Elder. \u2014 Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"In Feinberg\u2019s novel, BJ was sharp -tongued and self-absorbed. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
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"That piece was a highlight among highlights, not only for Moore\u2019s sharp -eared handling of the solo guitar lines and loop pedals but his remarkable orchestral writing. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022",
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"Annabeth is the sharp -witted daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom, while Percy is the courageous son of Poseidon, god of the sea. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
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"Harlan was led by the sharp -shooting duo of guards Young and Conley, who combined to score 41 points. \u2014 David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"After the Robert Morris win, Calipari pointed to former Wildcat Derek Willis, a sharp -shooting stretch forward who struggled on defense, as a model for Allen. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 13 Nov. 2021",
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"While sharp -elbowed operatives revel in that stuff, the focus on tackling betrays a campaign\u2019s most important job: blocking. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 17 May 2022",
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"Leading politicians put aside the sharp -elbowed infighting that had defined Ukrainian politics for decades and instead created a largely united front that continues today. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Highlights included seeing Clooney and Roberts spar in amusing fashion with sharp -tongued jabs before coming together to hatch a plan to stop the nuptials. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"As a heavy fog rolled in on the first of two nights of performances in Coos Bay, the F sharp went flat. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Aug. 2021",
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"At 9:00 sharp on a recent June morning, Peter Campbell stood at the entrance to Naples\u2019 famed National Archaeology Museum. \u2014 National Geographic , 24 June 2020",
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"Medical sharps are instruments used to administer medications to individuals or pets. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com , 17 Mar. 2020",
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"Will additional big bets from sharps push the odds before Sunday",
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"The sharps realize Navy\u2019s defense has gone from allowing 34 points per game in 2018 to just 18 points per game this season. \u2014 Joseph Goodman, al , 14 Nov. 2019",
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"But getting dressed casket sharp and howling the night away is only part of the fun. \u2014 Danielle Pointdujour, Essence , 31 Oct. 2019",
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"Inspired by the '90s, hair legend Adir Abergel gave The Good Place star a razor- sharp blunt cut that falls just underneath her chin. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 22 Oct. 2019",
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"In the brief, demonic finale, a test of any violinist's abilities, Lee was confident and fiery throughout, and Fisch kept the orchestra razor- sharp through Barber's tricky rhythmic twists. \u2014 cleveland.com , 12 Aug. 2019",
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"Torres-Rosario still gets laughs, thanks to sharp comic timing in her accented line delivery, but those laughs come in appreciation for her character\u2019s sincerity. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 15 May 2021",
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"Tuukka Rask, sharp down the stretch after recovering from a late-season back strain, will be making his 94th playoff appearance. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2021",
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"Pick one that\u2019s medium to sharp for a good melt-to-flavor ratio. \u2014 Catherine Lo, Good Housekeeping , 12 May 2021",
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"In the new crisis, the FT argues, dividends are sharping up to be the target that bankers\u2019 bonus pay was the last time around. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 3 Apr. 2020",
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"Leaders agreed to sharp austerity measures in return for bailouts from the Union and the International Monetary Fund. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Dec. 2019",
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"May\u2019s sharp rebuke of the president has put pressure on other lawmakers, especially Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, who is also vying for her job, to condemn the tweets. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 15 July 2019",
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"May\u2019s sharp rebuke of the president has put pressure on other lawmakers, especially Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, who is also vying for her job, to condemn the tweets. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, BostonGlobe.com , 15 July 2019",
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"It was followed the following year by the Harvard business case program, where students sharped business skills. \u2014 Staff Report, chicagotribune.com , 21 June 2018"
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|
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"heady",
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"knowing",
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|
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|
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|
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"Can you sharpen the image",
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"The lecture sharpened my understanding of the topic.",
|
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"The outlines of the mountains sharpened as we got closer.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The team is also part of the Lewis University Cyber Defense Club, which meets weekly throughout the school year to sharpen their skills as future cybersecurity professionals. \u2014 C.r. Walker, chicagotribune.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"Some experts suspect that the J&J shot might also smolder slowly, giving cells more time to sharpen their skills. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
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"The solution, they\u2019re told, is to lean in, speak up and sharpen their negotiation skills. \u2014 Laura Kray And Margaret Lee, WSJ , 14 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Some players skip college and join the G League to sharpen their skills before entering the draft. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
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"Anita Dunn, an aggressive operator and longtime Biden adviser, has rejoined the administration to sharpen its messaging. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
|
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"On the flip side, plain (non-serrated) steak knives cut much cleaner and are easier to sharpen at home. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"By then, Sosnik said, the impacts of the court\u2019s actions will affect the lives of more voters, providing Biden with a further opening to sharpen his political narrative. \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
|
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"Thousands of Finns have signed up with training associations to sharpen their military skills or learn new ones, an interest fueled by anxiety over Finland\u2019s geographic proximity to Russia. \u2014 Charles Ventura, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022"
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|
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"Can you sharpen the image",
|
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"The lecture sharpened my understanding of the topic.",
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"The outlines of the mountains sharpened as we got closer.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The team is also part of the Lewis University Cyber Defense Club, which meets weekly throughout the school year to sharpen their skills as future cybersecurity professionals. \u2014 C.r. Walker, chicagotribune.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"Some experts suspect that the J&J shot might also smolder slowly, giving cells more time to sharpen their skills. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"The solution, they\u2019re told, is to lean in, speak up and sharpen their negotiation skills. \u2014 Laura Kray And Margaret Lee, WSJ , 14 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Some players skip college and join the G League to sharpen their skills before entering the draft. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Anita Dunn, an aggressive operator and longtime Biden adviser, has rejoined the administration to sharpen its messaging. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"On the flip side, plain (non-serrated) steak knives cut much cleaner and are easier to sharpen at home. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"By then, Sosnik said, the impacts of the court\u2019s actions will affect the lives of more voters, providing Biden with a further opening to sharpen his political narrative. \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
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"Thousands of Finns have signed up with training associations to sharpen their military skills or learn new ones, an interest fueled by anxiety over Finland\u2019s geographic proximity to Russia. \u2014 Charles Ventura, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"carnival sharpers eager to relieve the yokels of their money",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine\u2019s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper . \u2014 David E. Sanger, New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 19 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Where Super Mario 64 suffers is in its environmental textures, which don't appear to have been redrawn to look any sharper on higher-resolution screens. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 16 Sep. 2020",
|
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"For example, there is the Butch Lewis Act, which has nothing at all to do with boxing but, rather, is a bill to protect private pensions from being looted by corporate sharpers . \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 20 Jan. 2018",
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"The payday-lending industry is a parasite on people who, for whatever reason, can\u2019t establish themselves with the various sharpers in our mainstream banking industry. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 17 Jan. 2018",
|
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"Other sharpers were Doc Frame, Major James S. Showers and Colonel Rickett, who ran the Senate Saloon. \u2014 Darryl Levings, kansascity , 26 Jan. 2018",
|
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"And the aboveground economy will remain the province of the unindicted sharpers who did such a great job with it in 2008. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, SI.com , 30 Sep. 2017",
|
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"The sophomore from Colleyville has been a touch sharper on field goals than Jonathan Song in the fall practices. \u2014 Carlos Mendez, star-telegram , 14 Aug. 2017"
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"dodger",
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"those poolroom sharpies cleaned them out"
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": set forth with clarity and distinctness":[
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"sharp contrast"
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": terminating in a point or edge":[
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"sharp features"
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"Phillip Allen 1944\u2013 American biologist":[]
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"a sharp drop in temperature",
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"He took a sharp left turn.",
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"a sharp curve in the road",
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"Her cheerful mood stands in sharp contrast to her dreary surroundings.",
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"Adverb",
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"be there at four o'clock sharp",
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"Noun",
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"the computer sharp that the rest of the staff turns to whenever their PCs act up",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Despite the large numbers, the continent responded with a speed \u2014 and generosity \u2014 that was a sharp contrast to other recent influxes. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
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"The tension between saving the past and redeveloping to move ahead is thrown into particularly sharp contrast on urban hospital campuses \u2014 especially ones with long histories such as Hartford Hospital, founded in 1854. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
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"That\u2019s in sharp contrast to the sentiment of CEOs and small-business owners who are closer to the day-in, day-out rhythms of the economy. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
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"Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the American Coco Gauff, 18, who made an appearance in the main interview room later in the day. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
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"In sharp contrast, there were zero trans characters in wide-release films in 2020, per GLAAD. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
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"The prosecution began by describing Hussle as a father, a son, comparing him in sharp contrast to Holder. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
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"All allege that the arrangements instituted by Lissner \u2014 ushered in well before Covid \u2014 came in sharp contrast to Max\u2019s previous lifestyle. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
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"About 58% of voters cast ballots in the recall, a race that presented a sharp contrast between Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and the leading GOP challenger, radio host Larry Elder. \u2014 Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"In Feinberg\u2019s novel, BJ was sharp -tongued and self-absorbed. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
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"That piece was a highlight among highlights, not only for Moore\u2019s sharp -eared handling of the solo guitar lines and loop pedals but his remarkable orchestral writing. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022",
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"Annabeth is the sharp -witted daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom, while Percy is the courageous son of Poseidon, god of the sea. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
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"Harlan was led by the sharp -shooting duo of guards Young and Conley, who combined to score 41 points. \u2014 David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"After the Robert Morris win, Calipari pointed to former Wildcat Derek Willis, a sharp -shooting stretch forward who struggled on defense, as a model for Allen. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 13 Nov. 2021",
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"While sharp -elbowed operatives revel in that stuff, the focus on tackling betrays a campaign\u2019s most important job: blocking. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 17 May 2022",
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"Leading politicians put aside the sharp -elbowed infighting that had defined Ukrainian politics for decades and instead created a largely united front that continues today. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Highlights included seeing Clooney and Roberts spar in amusing fashion with sharp -tongued jabs before coming together to hatch a plan to stop the nuptials. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"As a heavy fog rolled in on the first of two nights of performances in Coos Bay, the F sharp went flat. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Aug. 2021",
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"At 9:00 sharp on a recent June morning, Peter Campbell stood at the entrance to Naples\u2019 famed National Archaeology Museum. \u2014 National Geographic , 24 June 2020",
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"Medical sharps are instruments used to administer medications to individuals or pets. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com , 17 Mar. 2020",
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"Will additional big bets from sharps push the odds before Sunday",
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"The sharps realize Navy\u2019s defense has gone from allowing 34 points per game in 2018 to just 18 points per game this season. \u2014 Joseph Goodman, al , 14 Nov. 2019",
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"But getting dressed casket sharp and howling the night away is only part of the fun. \u2014 Danielle Pointdujour, Essence , 31 Oct. 2019",
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"Inspired by the '90s, hair legend Adir Abergel gave The Good Place star a razor- sharp blunt cut that falls just underneath her chin. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 22 Oct. 2019",
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"In the brief, demonic finale, a test of any violinist's abilities, Lee was confident and fiery throughout, and Fisch kept the orchestra razor- sharp through Barber's tricky rhythmic twists. \u2014 cleveland.com , 12 Aug. 2019",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Torres-Rosario still gets laughs, thanks to sharp comic timing in her accented line delivery, but those laughs come in appreciation for her character\u2019s sincerity. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 15 May 2021",
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"Tuukka Rask, sharp down the stretch after recovering from a late-season back strain, will be making his 94th playoff appearance. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2021",
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"Pick one that\u2019s medium to sharp for a good melt-to-flavor ratio. \u2014 Catherine Lo, Good Housekeeping , 12 May 2021",
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"In the new crisis, the FT argues, dividends are sharping up to be the target that bankers\u2019 bonus pay was the last time around. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 3 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Leaders agreed to sharp austerity measures in return for bailouts from the Union and the International Monetary Fund. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Dec. 2019",
|
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"May\u2019s sharp rebuke of the president has put pressure on other lawmakers, especially Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, who is also vying for her job, to condemn the tweets. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 15 July 2019",
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"May\u2019s sharp rebuke of the president has put pressure on other lawmakers, especially Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, who is also vying for her job, to condemn the tweets. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, BostonGlobe.com , 15 July 2019",
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"It was followed the following year by the Harvard business case program, where students sharped business skills. \u2014 Staff Report, chicagotribune.com , 21 June 2018"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1662, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English scearp ; akin to Old High German scarf sharp and perhaps to Old English scrapian to scrape \u2014 more at scrape":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4rp"
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sharp Adjective sharp , keen , acute mean having or showing alert competence and clear understanding. sharp implies quick perception, clever resourcefulness, or sometimes questionable trickiness. sharp enough to spot a confidence game keen suggests quickness, enthusiasm, and a penetrating mind. a keen observer of the political scene acute implies a power to penetrate and may suggest subtlety and sharpness of discrimination. an acute sense of style",
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"edged",
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"edgy",
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|
|
"those poolroom sharpies cleaned them out"
|
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|
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|
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"bilk",
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
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|
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|
|
"dodger",
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"Definition of shathmont Scottish variant of shaftment"
|
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"\u02c8shath\u02ccm\u00e4nt"
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-022818",
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural the broken vase lay in shatters"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": to break at once into pieces":[],
|
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|
|
": to cause to drop or be dispersed":[],
|
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": to damage badly : ruin":[],
|
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|
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|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The rock shattered the window.",
|
|
"His dreams were shattered by their rejection.",
|
|
"The end of his marriage shattered him emotionally.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"This was how tiny slivers of metal could shatter a man\u2019s arm. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"The founder of Bitty & Beau's Coffee believes if her workers are seen, stereotypes will shatter . \u2014 Jonathan Lehrfeld And Ariel Gans, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"With a difference of 46 points between the teams, a Cougars upset would shatter the 37-point record for the biggest playoff upset. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Stoneman Douglas massacre would shatter families, destroy careers, give new life to the gun-control movement, and spur the transformation of schools into fortresses. \u2014 Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Hours later, Latvia\u2019s foreign minister dismally predicted that Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine would shatter any belief that the region could ever let down its guard against President Vladimir V. Putin. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"No one knows what President Vladimir Putin is thinking, but there\u2019s no reason to believe that even the toughest measures will shatter his determination to force the Western-leaning former Soviet republic back into Moscow\u2019s orbit. \u2014 Matthew Lee, ajc , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Nothing ruins a pool party like a minefield of broken glass, so stick to drinkware that won\u2019t shatter . \u2014 The Bon App\u00e9tit Staff, Bon App\u00e9tit , 9 June 2021",
|
|
"Westbrook\u2019s long been the kind of do-it-all player that\u2019s able to shatter records \u2014 a points, rebounds and assists master capable of carrying one of the heaviest workloads in the NBA. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Hate crimes, experts say, shatter trust and can fuel collective anxiety, stress, depression, hopelessness and post-traumatic stress. Reports of hate crimes against Black people rose to 2,755 in 2021, up from 1,930 in the previous year. \u2014 Chris Kenning, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Ekobo, based in France, uses the vegetal waste produced by manufacturing chopsticks to create gorgeous, colorful, shatter -proof dishware ideal for outdoor entertaining. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The newer products are called marijuana concentrates and are commonly known as wax and shatter . \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The major social-media and tech companies have already done their share to pervert civil discourse and shatter consensus and squelch reason, all to make a buck. \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But none have yet been attempted in the Middle East\u2019s canonical shatter zone. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Shatterdive now has a 100% buff to frozen combatants in PvE, in addition to other PvE stasis shatter buffs, but it has been nerfed heavily in PvP and should almost never one-shot from full health. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"With the help of Wendall K. Harrington\u2019s animated projections, the walls shatter and melt away in Marie\u2019s dream and a magically expanding Christmas tree seems to burst the bounds of the stage and threaten to devour the Opera House. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The revelations that shatter Vivie\u2019s peace point to age-old injustices: Constraints on women\u2019s professional and personal options. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022"
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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|
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|
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|
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"Middle English schateren \u2014 more at scatter":"Verb"
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|
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"\u02c8sha-t\u0259r"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"annihilate",
|
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"cream",
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"-r\u0259b\u0259l"
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
": to break at once into pieces":[],
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The rock shattered the window.",
|
|
"His dreams were shattered by their rejection.",
|
|
"The end of his marriage shattered him emotionally.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"This was how tiny slivers of metal could shatter a man\u2019s arm. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"The founder of Bitty & Beau's Coffee believes if her workers are seen, stereotypes will shatter . \u2014 Jonathan Lehrfeld And Ariel Gans, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"With a difference of 46 points between the teams, a Cougars upset would shatter the 37-point record for the biggest playoff upset. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Stoneman Douglas massacre would shatter families, destroy careers, give new life to the gun-control movement, and spur the transformation of schools into fortresses. \u2014 Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Hours later, Latvia\u2019s foreign minister dismally predicted that Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine would shatter any belief that the region could ever let down its guard against President Vladimir V. Putin. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"No one knows what President Vladimir Putin is thinking, but there\u2019s no reason to believe that even the toughest measures will shatter his determination to force the Western-leaning former Soviet republic back into Moscow\u2019s orbit. \u2014 Matthew Lee, ajc , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Nothing ruins a pool party like a minefield of broken glass, so stick to drinkware that won\u2019t shatter . \u2014 The Bon App\u00e9tit Staff, Bon App\u00e9tit , 9 June 2021",
|
|
"Westbrook\u2019s long been the kind of do-it-all player that\u2019s able to shatter records \u2014 a points, rebounds and assists master capable of carrying one of the heaviest workloads in the NBA. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Hate crimes, experts say, shatter trust and can fuel collective anxiety, stress, depression, hopelessness and post-traumatic stress. Reports of hate crimes against Black people rose to 2,755 in 2021, up from 1,930 in the previous year. \u2014 Chris Kenning, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
|
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"Ekobo, based in France, uses the vegetal waste produced by manufacturing chopsticks to create gorgeous, colorful, shatter -proof dishware ideal for outdoor entertaining. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 23 May 2022",
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"The newer products are called marijuana concentrates and are commonly known as wax and shatter . \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"The major social-media and tech companies have already done their share to pervert civil discourse and shatter consensus and squelch reason, all to make a buck. \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"But none have yet been attempted in the Middle East\u2019s canonical shatter zone. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Shatterdive now has a 100% buff to frozen combatants in PvE, in addition to other PvE stasis shatter buffs, but it has been nerfed heavily in PvP and should almost never one-shot from full health. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"With the help of Wendall K. Harrington\u2019s animated projections, the walls shatter and melt away in Marie\u2019s dream and a magically expanding Christmas tree seems to burst the bounds of the stage and threaten to devour the Opera House. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2021",
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"The revelations that shatter Vivie\u2019s peace point to age-old injustices: Constraints on women\u2019s professional and personal options. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"circa 1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English schateren \u2014 more at scatter":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sha-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilate",
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"cream",
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"desolate",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"do in",
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"extinguish",
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"nuke",
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"pull down",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
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"rub out",
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"ruin",
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"smash",
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"tear down",
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"total",
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"vaporize",
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"waste",
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"wrack",
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"wreck"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121046",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"shattering":{
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"antonyms":[
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"build",
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"construct",
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"erect",
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"put up",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a result of shattering : shower":[],
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": an act of shattering : the state of being shattered":[],
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": fragment , shred":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural the broken vase lay in shatters"
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],
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": to break apart : disintegrate":[],
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": to break at once into pieces":[],
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": to cause the disruption or annihilation of : demolish":[],
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": to cause to drop or be dispersed":[],
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": to damage badly : ruin":[],
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": to drop off parts (such as leaves, petals, or fruit)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The rock shattered the window.",
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"His dreams were shattered by their rejection.",
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"The end of his marriage shattered him emotionally.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"This was how tiny slivers of metal could shatter a man\u2019s arm. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
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"The founder of Bitty & Beau's Coffee believes if her workers are seen, stereotypes will shatter . \u2014 Jonathan Lehrfeld And Ariel Gans, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
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"With a difference of 46 points between the teams, a Cougars upset would shatter the 37-point record for the biggest playoff upset. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The Stoneman Douglas massacre would shatter families, destroy careers, give new life to the gun-control movement, and spur the transformation of schools into fortresses. \u2014 Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Hours later, Latvia\u2019s foreign minister dismally predicted that Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine would shatter any belief that the region could ever let down its guard against President Vladimir V. Putin. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"No one knows what President Vladimir Putin is thinking, but there\u2019s no reason to believe that even the toughest measures will shatter his determination to force the Western-leaning former Soviet republic back into Moscow\u2019s orbit. \u2014 Matthew Lee, ajc , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Nothing ruins a pool party like a minefield of broken glass, so stick to drinkware that won\u2019t shatter . \u2014 The Bon App\u00e9tit Staff, Bon App\u00e9tit , 9 June 2021",
|
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"Westbrook\u2019s long been the kind of do-it-all player that\u2019s able to shatter records \u2014 a points, rebounds and assists master capable of carrying one of the heaviest workloads in the NBA. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Hate crimes, experts say, shatter trust and can fuel collective anxiety, stress, depression, hopelessness and post-traumatic stress. Reports of hate crimes against Black people rose to 2,755 in 2021, up from 1,930 in the previous year. \u2014 Chris Kenning, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
|
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"Ekobo, based in France, uses the vegetal waste produced by manufacturing chopsticks to create gorgeous, colorful, shatter -proof dishware ideal for outdoor entertaining. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The newer products are called marijuana concentrates and are commonly known as wax and shatter . \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The major social-media and tech companies have already done their share to pervert civil discourse and shatter consensus and squelch reason, all to make a buck. \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But none have yet been attempted in the Middle East\u2019s canonical shatter zone. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Shatterdive now has a 100% buff to frozen combatants in PvE, in addition to other PvE stasis shatter buffs, but it has been nerfed heavily in PvP and should almost never one-shot from full health. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"With the help of Wendall K. Harrington\u2019s animated projections, the walls shatter and melt away in Marie\u2019s dream and a magically expanding Christmas tree seems to burst the bounds of the stage and threaten to devour the Opera House. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The revelations that shatter Vivie\u2019s peace point to age-old injustices: Constraints on women\u2019s professional and personal options. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"circa 1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English schateren \u2014 more at scatter":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sha-t\u0259r"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"annihilate",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
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"waste",
|
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"wrack",
|
|
"wreck"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112648",
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"type":[
|
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"adverb",
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"shave":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a thin slice : shaving":[],
|
|
": an act or the process of shaving":[],
|
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": deduct , reduce":[],
|
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": shaver sense 3":[],
|
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": to come close to or touch lightly in passing":[],
|
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": to conspire to score fewer (points) than one is capable of (as to affect gambling outcomes)":[],
|
|
": to cut off (hair or beard) close to the skin":[],
|
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": to cut off closely":[],
|
|
": to cut off hair or beard close to the skin":[],
|
|
": to cut off in thin layers or shreds : slice":[],
|
|
": to discount (a note) at an exorbitant rate":[],
|
|
": to proceed with difficulty : scrape":[],
|
|
": to remove a thin layer from":[],
|
|
": to sever the hair from (the head or another part of the body) close to the roots":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
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"She cut herself while shaving her legs.",
|
|
"The sheep were all shaved .",
|
|
"He shaves every morning before breakfast.",
|
|
"I cut myself shaving this morning.",
|
|
"She shaves her dog's fur in the summer.",
|
|
"He shaved some butter from the container.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Barclay\u2019s estimates that spinning off HSBC\u2019s Asia business would shave as much as 8% of the bank\u2019s market value. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The financing changes outlined in a regulatory filing would shave $6.25 billion from the lending package Musk had previously lined up for the Twitter buyout. \u2014 CBS News , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Brusuelas estimates a jump to $110 oil would shave slightly less than one percentage point from US GDP over the next year. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In another change, designers have eliminated the splash grounds that had been planned for the pool area, a move that will shave about $500,000 from the project\u2019s $17-million budget. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Healy also advises tweezing one hair at a time for precision and using a dermaplaning tool to shave stray fine hairs that are hard to grip. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"The goal is to shave 15 minutes off the MetroNorth Railroad commute from Stamford to New York and the return trip, the governor said. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"As the student population dwindles, the board was told it needed to shave the equivalent of 76.5 full-time teaching positions to stay in line with its staffing formula. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Remember to shave on post-shower skin for the best glide. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"However, this Amazon deal still offers a top-of-the-line shave at a budget-friendly price point. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Either way, these hydrating formulas will ensure a nick-free shave and help prevent ingrown hairs, unwanted bumps, and irritated skin. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Gift a great shave \u2014 either to yourself or someone else \u2014 this season with Harry\u2019s, which offers great gift sets in addition to its best-selling shaving starter sets and subscriptions. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Your exfoliator should be used after, or in place of, your cleanser, and before a shave - this will ensure that pores are unblocked, preventing those pesky ingrown hairs. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Don't Skimp on the Shave Gel Verbeck is a fan of using razors to clean up around the beard line, but only in tandem with a moisturizing shave gel. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"The second is to use a shaving cream that\u2019s moisturizing and foamy enough for a clean shave . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Featuring a moisturizer attachment from Olay, each shave leaves you with dolphin-smooth skin. \u2014 ELLE , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Ahead are the 11 best electric razors for a silky-smooth shave . \u2014 ELLE , 5 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English scafan ; akin to Lithuanian skobti to pluck, Latin scabere to scratch, and perhaps to Greek koptein to cut \u2014 more at capon":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101v"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115556",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaveling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tonsured clergyman : priest":[],
|
|
": youth , stripling":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ever since he was a shaveling , he's wanted to be an airline pilot, just like his dad"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101v-li\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boychick",
|
|
"boychik",
|
|
"boyo",
|
|
"callant",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"laddie",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"sonny",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224330",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaver":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person who shaves":[],
|
|
": boy , youngster":[],
|
|
": one who swindles":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when he was just a shaver",
|
|
"back in the old days when my dad was just a little shaver",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Even the most experienced shaver occasionally gets irritation or razor burn, but these concerns are long forgotten with Blu Atlas. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"However, the design across the electric shaver category varies vastly. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"One of their two children, Anthony, now mans the ice shaver . \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This also comes with a 5-in-1 SmartCare Center that keeps your shaver hygienic. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 24 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The little shaver listened to Irish games on the radio, as a kid in Boston. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Shave Gel is designed for the shaver seeking an extra dose of lubrication and moisture. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"For more than 100 years, Gillette has worked tirelessly to perfect our self-grooming experience\u2014even going as far as to create the first heated shaver . \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 13 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Keep scrolling to learn about the $200 heated shaver that\u2019s bound to break the internet. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 13 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-v\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boychick",
|
|
"boychik",
|
|
"boyo",
|
|
"callant",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"laddie",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaveling",
|
|
"sonny",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104117",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaves":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of shaves plural of shaft"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075916",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"shavetail":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pack mule especially when newly broken in":[],
|
|
": second lieutenant":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from the practice of shaving the tails of newly broken mules to distinguish them from seasoned ones":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101v-\u02cct\u0101l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182941",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shavie":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": prank":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some shavie he is alleged to have been involved in while a student at Saint Andrews"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1737, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"shave (swindle) + -ie":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-v\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriccio",
|
|
"dido",
|
|
"escapade",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"practical joke",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"shine(s)",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"waggery"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165951",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shaving":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the act of one that shaves":[],
|
|
": something shaved off":[
|
|
"wood shavings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101-vi\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"To start, the razor has five separate shaving elements to help provide a smooth, efficient shave. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Tarryn Feldman and Sophie Evans discuss the importance of exfoliating, shaving , and ensuring that the skin is dehydrated to prepare for self-tanning. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"This is also a 0% ethanol alcohol formula, so if shaving tends to irritate your underarms, using this deodorant might help with that as well. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Those savings could be achieved by cutting four minutes from a daily shower or by shutting off the tap during teeth-brushing and shaving , the utility said. \u2014 Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"An attraction to the art of straight razor shaving led her to carve a new career path. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Avoid anything that will exfoliate the tan off, like body scrubs, shaving , retinol or chemical exfoliants, or abrasive exfoliating cloths. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Interview responses are paired with images, a combination of picturesque landscapes, dynamic rotoscope illustrations, and scenes that subtly convey the changes caused by transition: shaving , or setting off on a run among the trees. \u2014 The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Bama Barbershop on Alma School Road is now offering hair care services that range from haircuts to shaving , beard care and shape-ups. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 21 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182536"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142254"
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"definitions":{
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"1933, in the meaning defined above":""
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": cut from a larger portion into thin slivers or slices":[
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"Instead of cheese shaving, try shaved fennel, radish or cucumber. An Asian-style presentation could include soy sauce, sesame oil, grated ginger and shaved daikon radish.",
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"\u2014 Sam Gugino"
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"\u02c8sh\u0101vd"
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"shave grass":{
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": having the effect of or involving a sudden brilliant display of light":[
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": terminating in a point or edge":[
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"sharp features"
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": involving an abrupt or marked change especially in direction":[
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"a sharp turn"
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": clear in outline or detail : distinct":[
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"a sharp image"
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": set forth with clarity and distinctness":[
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"sharp contrast"
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": raised a half step in pitch":[],
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": higher than the proper pitch":[],
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": major , augmented":[
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"\u2014 used of an interval in music"
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"1:15 sharp"
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": a sharp edge or point":[],
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": a musical note or tone one half step higher than a note or tone named":[],
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": a character \u266f on a line or space of the musical staff indicating a pitch a half step higher than the degree would indicate without it":[],
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": a needle with a small eye for sewing by hand":[],
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": a medical instrument (such as a scalpel, lancet, or syringe needle) that is sharp or may produce sharp pieces by shattering":[
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"\u2014 usually plural It is no longer legal to dispose of sharps in the regular trash, Health Director Jeanne M. Galloway said in announcing the new collection station. \u2014 Angela Carbone"
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],
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": to sing or play above the proper pitch":[]
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],
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"cutting",
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"edged",
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"edgy",
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"ground",
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"honed",
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"keen",
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"sharpened",
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"stropped",
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"trenchant",
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"whetted"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"due",
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"exactly",
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"full",
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"just",
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"precisely",
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"right",
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"smack-dab",
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"squarely"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sharp Adjective sharp , keen , acute mean having or showing alert competence and clear understanding. sharp implies quick perception, clever resourcefulness, or sometimes questionable trickiness. sharp enough to spot a confidence game keen suggests quickness, enthusiasm, and a penetrating mind. a keen observer of the political scene acute implies a power to penetrate and may suggest subtlety and sharpness of discrimination. an acute sense of style",
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"a sharp drop in temperature",
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"He took a sharp left turn.",
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"a sharp curve in the road",
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"Her cheerful mood stands in sharp contrast to her dreary surroundings.",
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"Adverb",
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"be there at four o'clock sharp",
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"Noun",
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"the computer sharp that the rest of the staff turns to whenever their PCs act up",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Despite the large numbers, the continent responded with a speed \u2014 and generosity \u2014 that was a sharp contrast to other recent influxes. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
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"The tension between saving the past and redeveloping to move ahead is thrown into particularly sharp contrast on urban hospital campuses \u2014 especially ones with long histories such as Hartford Hospital, founded in 1854. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
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"That\u2019s in sharp contrast to the sentiment of CEOs and small-business owners who are closer to the day-in, day-out rhythms of the economy. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
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"Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the American Coco Gauff, 18, who made an appearance in the main interview room later in the day. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
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"In sharp contrast, there were zero trans characters in wide-release films in 2020, per GLAAD. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
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"The prosecution began by describing Hussle as a father, a son, comparing him in sharp contrast to Holder. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
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"All allege that the arrangements instituted by Lissner \u2014 ushered in well before Covid \u2014 came in sharp contrast to Max\u2019s previous lifestyle. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
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"About 58% of voters cast ballots in the recall, a race that presented a sharp contrast between Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and the leading GOP challenger, radio host Larry Elder. \u2014 Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"In Feinberg\u2019s novel, BJ was sharp -tongued and self-absorbed. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
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"That piece was a highlight among highlights, not only for Moore\u2019s sharp -eared handling of the solo guitar lines and loop pedals but his remarkable orchestral writing. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022",
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"Annabeth is the sharp -witted daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom, while Percy is the courageous son of Poseidon, god of the sea. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
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"Harlan was led by the sharp -shooting duo of guards Young and Conley, who combined to score 41 points. \u2014 David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"After the Robert Morris win, Calipari pointed to former Wildcat Derek Willis, a sharp -shooting stretch forward who struggled on defense, as a model for Allen. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 13 Nov. 2021",
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"While sharp -elbowed operatives revel in that stuff, the focus on tackling betrays a campaign\u2019s most important job: blocking. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 17 May 2022",
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"Leading politicians put aside the sharp -elbowed infighting that had defined Ukrainian politics for decades and instead created a largely united front that continues today. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Highlights included seeing Clooney and Roberts spar in amusing fashion with sharp -tongued jabs before coming together to hatch a plan to stop the nuptials. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"As a heavy fog rolled in on the first of two nights of performances in Coos Bay, the F sharp went flat. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Aug. 2021",
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"At 9:00 sharp on a recent June morning, Peter Campbell stood at the entrance to Naples\u2019 famed National Archaeology Museum. \u2014 National Geographic , 24 June 2020",
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"Medical sharps are instruments used to administer medications to individuals or pets. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com , 17 Mar. 2020",
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"Will additional big bets from sharps push the odds before Sunday",
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"The sharps realize Navy\u2019s defense has gone from allowing 34 points per game in 2018 to just 18 points per game this season. \u2014 Joseph Goodman, al , 14 Nov. 2019",
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"But getting dressed casket sharp and howling the night away is only part of the fun. \u2014 Danielle Pointdujour, Essence , 31 Oct. 2019",
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"Inspired by the '90s, hair legend Adir Abergel gave The Good Place star a razor- sharp blunt cut that falls just underneath her chin. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 22 Oct. 2019",
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"In the brief, demonic finale, a test of any violinist's abilities, Lee was confident and fiery throughout, and Fisch kept the orchestra razor- sharp through Barber's tricky rhythmic twists. \u2014 cleveland.com , 12 Aug. 2019",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Torres-Rosario still gets laughs, thanks to sharp comic timing in her accented line delivery, but those laughs come in appreciation for her character\u2019s sincerity. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 15 May 2021",
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"Tuukka Rask, sharp down the stretch after recovering from a late-season back strain, will be making his 94th playoff appearance. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2021",
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"Pick one that\u2019s medium to sharp for a good melt-to-flavor ratio. \u2014 Catherine Lo, Good Housekeeping , 12 May 2021",
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"In the new crisis, the FT argues, dividends are sharping up to be the target that bankers\u2019 bonus pay was the last time around. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 3 Apr. 2020",
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"Leaders agreed to sharp austerity measures in return for bailouts from the Union and the International Monetary Fund. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Dec. 2019",
|
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"May\u2019s sharp rebuke of the president has put pressure on other lawmakers, especially Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, who is also vying for her job, to condemn the tweets. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 15 July 2019",
|
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"May\u2019s sharp rebuke of the president has put pressure on other lawmakers, especially Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, who is also vying for her job, to condemn the tweets. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, BostonGlobe.com , 15 July 2019",
|
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"It was followed the following year by the Harvard business case program, where students sharped business skills. \u2014 Staff Report, chicagotribune.com , 21 June 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English scearp ; akin to Old High German scarf sharp and perhaps to Old English scrapian to scrape \u2014 more at scrape":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1662, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154448"
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"shatterbrain":{
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154909"
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"definitions":{
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": a large grouse ( Pedioecetes phasianellus ) of the western U.S. and Canada and inhabits open prairies and foothills mostly farther west than the true prairie chicken with which it is often confused, that is light buff in color and barred and mottled with blackish, and that has the head slightly crested and the middle tail feathers somewhat elongated":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160128"
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|
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"shad frog":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": leopard frog":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161554"
|
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},
|
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"sharp-tailed duck":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": long-tailed duck":[],
|
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": pin-tailed duck":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164955"
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},
|
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"shadow bird":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": hammerkop":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165537"
|
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},
|
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"shadow play":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a drama exhibited by throwing shadows of puppets or actors on a screen":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Layered knits and easygoing silhouettes heat up among desert sun rays and shadow play . \u2014 WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022",
|
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"That movie, or some imaginary version of it, is still unfurling as a shadow play in the megaplex of my mind. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 3 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Was that whole parade of new-city fantasies just a shadow play , distracting us from the inexorable forces of mediocrity",
|
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"The South African polymath \u2014 whose skills include drawing, painting, filmmaking, theater, opera, shadow play , and puppetry \u2014 is surely accustomed to grander scale. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Nov. 2020",
|
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"The shadow play of the concrete sunscreen of 3525 Turtle Creek. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 15 May 2020",
|
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"Through shadow play in the solo shots of the members, the video offers a visual representation of the track\u2019s ruminative narrative and the Jungian shadow concept, which is a recurring metaphor on the album. \u2014 Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue , 4 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"The khachkar would have shimmered as light and shadow played on its lace-like surface, making the deep-carved stone appear as opulent as the woodwork and stucco of great palaces. \u2014 Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books , 17 Jan. 2019",
|
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"The visual material is culled from comic strips, street demonstrations, Cuban movie posters and filmed be-ins; the technique encompasses collages, stick figure animations, shadow plays and kaleidoscopic special effects. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174250"
|
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},
|
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"shading":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": the use of marking made within outlines to suggest three-dimensionality, shadow , or degrees of light and dark in a picture or drawing":[],
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": an interpretative effect in music gained especially by subtle changes in dynamics":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"So far the Clandestines have come across pretty evil, but is that an intentional shading ",
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"These farms also provide critical shading that results in a cooling effect on the benthic communities below. \u2014 Bill Frist, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"There are now great programs to help with the coloring and the shading . \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 May 2022",
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"This franchise continues to expend its energy on the spinning of narrative rather than on delicate shading of characters. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"Samsung also says the Exynos 2200 GPU supports variable rate shading . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"Amazon uses the same gray shading for advertised products and organic search results, potentially confusing consumers, according to the complaint. \u2014 Jennifer Korn, CNN , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"Both shapes sit on top of a blue shading with tiny blue and black dots. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"Taylor\u2019s illustrations often were fairly simple in nature, with an economical use of lines and minimal shading . \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 18 Jan. 2022"
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": a rough pear-shaped shallow-water spider crab ( Scyra acutifrons ) having the rostrum prolonged in two hornlike points and being common along the Pacific coast of North America":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Members of its shadow cabinet are in hiding inside Myanmar and in exile. \u2014 Grant Peck, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Sep. 2021",
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"Labour\u2019s Rachel Reeves, the shadow cabinet office minister, said in a statement. \u2014 Joe Mayes, Bloomberg.com , 21 Oct. 2020",
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"Labour shadow cabinet member David Lammy told the BBC that the government needs to ensure its track and trace testing regime is in order by then to ensure students can travel across the country. \u2014 Alex Morales, Bloomberg.com , 27 Sep. 2020",
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"The shadow cabinet is used to refer to the senior group of opposition MPs who take on policy areas that correspond to the government\u2019s cabinet. \u2014 Fox News , 25 June 2020",
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"Starmer was elected Labour leader on Saturday and named his top team of shadow cabinet ministers on Sunday. \u2014 Stuart Biggs, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
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"Where Corbyn had to select a shadow cabinet from a narrow pool of hard-core socialists and party loyalists, Starmer has been able to gather his team from across the party. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 9 Apr. 2020",
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"After Brits narrowly voted to depart the EU, a mass exodus from Corbyn\u2019s shadow cabinet ensued, and Labour lawmakers brought a no-confidence motion against him. \u2014 Adam Rasmi, Quartz , 3 Apr. 2020",
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"Speaking on the sidelines of the conference, however, many Labour MPs and members of the shadow Cabinet were reluctant to burst the bubble. \u2014 Eliza Mackintosh, CNN , 25 Sep. 2019"
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"clear-sighted",
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"eagle-eyed",
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"hawkeyed",
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"lynx-eyed",
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"sharp-sighted"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a variable color averaging a grayish blue that is redder and paler than electric, greener and duller than copenhagen, redder and deeper than Gobelin, and greener and deeper than old china":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192715"
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"shadow mask":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a metal plate in a color cathode-ray tube that contains minute apertures permitting passage of electron beams to specific phosphors on the screen during a scan":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Arcade filter leaves off the scanlines and instead adds a shadow mask effect, simulating the RGB phosphors of an arcade monitor. \u2014 Aurich Lawson, Ars Technica , 29 May 2018"
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"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194551"
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": any of various measures that a company uses to fend off unwanted takeover attempts":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"-ri-\u02c8pe-l\u0259nt"
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"1977, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205343"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": umbra sense 3a":[
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"the shadow cone of the moon"
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"definitions":{
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": any of an ancient breed of dogs originating in China that have loose wrinkled skin especially when young, a short bristly coat, blue-black tongue, and wide blunt muzzle":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccsh\u00e4-\u02c8p\u0101",
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"\u02ccsh\u00e4r-"
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],
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"Chinese (Guangdong) s\u00e0 sand + p\u00e9i fur":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211648"
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"shaving foam":{
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": a special cream or foam that is spread over the face or another part of the body before shaving":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215727"
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to box with an imaginary opponent especially as a form of training":[],
|
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": a shallow enclosing case usually with a glass front in which something is set for protection and display":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sha-d\u014d-\u02ccb\u00e4ks",
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"-d\u0259-\u02ccb\u00e4ks"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"Verb",
|
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"He was shadowboxing to stay in shape.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"The kinetic charge extends to a two-channel video of a man shadowboxing . \u2014 Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"And that escalated to the fight.\u2019\u2019 Embiid shadowboxed to the crowd\u2019s delight on his way back to the locker room. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Embiid shadowboxed to the crowd's delight on his way back to the locker room. \u2014 Rob Maaddi, Houston Chronicle , 30 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Embiid shadowboxed to the crowd\u2019s delight on his way back to the locker room. \u2014 Rob Maaddi, Twin Cities , 30 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The Trump administration and parts of the Iranian government have each appeared to be desperately seeking an off-ramp, aware that any move from shadowboxing to open conflict could be disastrous. \u2014 David E. Sanger, New York Times , 18 July 2019",
|
|
"Not after Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis spent 15 minutes shadowboxing in one of the most bizarre (and boring) UFC fights in the 25-year history of the company. \u2014 Steven Ruiz, For The Win , 8 July 2018",
|
|
"But Mayweather, a shadow of himself, plays defense when shadowboxing . \u2014 Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Michael Gonzalez, 46, owner of Verde Flowers on Lincoln Avenue was shadowboxing on a recent afternoon. \u2014 Jaime Lowe, New York Times , 17 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The winning bidder will receive both the prop itself (complete with wear and tear) and a shadow box that houses the ax and several photos from the film. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Joy Kohegyi with a shadow box of badges and other items from her career in law enforcement. \u2014 Kris Maher, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Ribbons and medals adorn a shadow box alongside plaques etched with thanks for hard work and dedicated service. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"In Bakersfield, Cody\u2019s uniform, placed in a shadow box by his father, hangs in the entry hall of his older brother\u2019s home. \u2014 Thomas Curwen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"So, my goal is to build a shadow box for both my jersey and medal once things settle down. \u2014 Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"His service medals hang in a shadow box in the dining room. \u2014 al , 5 July 2021",
|
|
"This is great for all kinds of jerseys as well as to display your graduation tassels and cap or as a shadow box . \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 21 May 2021",
|
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"The hat is now displayed in Ruberg\u2019s home in a shadow box frame, along with a pregnancy test, hospital bracelets, a sonogram image and other newborn paraphernalia. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 July 2021"
|
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"1924, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1891, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224216"
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|
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"adjective"
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|
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|
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": having sharp teeth : biting , sarcastic":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001348"
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},
|
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"Shavante":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of several not clearly identifiable peoples of Brazil":[],
|
|
": a member of any of the Shavante peoples":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"sh\u0259\u02c8vant\u0113"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002712"
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|
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
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"river 230 miles (370 kilometers) long in western Ireland flowing south and west into the Atlantic Ocean":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The kinetic charge extends to a two-channel video of a man shadowboxing . \u2014 Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2020",
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"And that escalated to the fight.\u2019\u2019 Embiid shadowboxed to the crowd\u2019s delight on his way back to the locker room. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
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|
"Embiid shadowboxed to the crowd's delight on his way back to the locker room. \u2014 Rob Maaddi, Houston Chronicle , 30 Oct. 2019",
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"Embiid shadowboxed to the crowd\u2019s delight on his way back to the locker room. \u2014 Rob Maaddi, Twin Cities , 30 Oct. 2019",
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"The Trump administration and parts of the Iranian government have each appeared to be desperately seeking an off-ramp, aware that any move from shadowboxing to open conflict could be disastrous. \u2014 David E. Sanger, New York Times , 18 July 2019",
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|
"Not after Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis spent 15 minutes shadowboxing in one of the most bizarre (and boring) UFC fights in the 25-year history of the company. \u2014 Steven Ruiz, For The Win , 8 July 2018",
|
|
"But Mayweather, a shadow of himself, plays defense when shadowboxing . \u2014 Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Michael Gonzalez, 46, owner of Verde Flowers on Lincoln Avenue was shadowboxing on a recent afternoon. \u2014 Jaime Lowe, New York Times , 17 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The winning bidder will receive both the prop itself (complete with wear and tear) and a shadow box that houses the ax and several photos from the film. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Joy Kohegyi with a shadow box of badges and other items from her career in law enforcement. \u2014 Kris Maher, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
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"Ribbons and medals adorn a shadow box alongside plaques etched with thanks for hard work and dedicated service. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Jan. 2022",
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|
"In Bakersfield, Cody\u2019s uniform, placed in a shadow box by his father, hangs in the entry hall of his older brother\u2019s home. \u2014 Thomas Curwen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"So, my goal is to build a shadow box for both my jersey and medal once things settle down. \u2014 Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"His service medals hang in a shadow box in the dining room. \u2014 al , 5 July 2021",
|
|
"This is great for all kinds of jerseys as well as to display your graduation tassels and cap or as a shadow box . \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 21 May 2021",
|
|
"The hat is now displayed in Ruberg\u2019s home in a shadow box frame, along with a pregnancy test, hospital bracelets, a sonogram image and other newborn paraphernalia. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 July 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015755"
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021918"
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},
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"shaman":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a priest or priestess who uses magic for the purpose of curing the sick, divining the hidden, and controlling events":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4-m\u0259n",
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"\u02c8sh\u0101-",
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"also sh\u0259-\u02c8m\u00e4n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Galt Ocean Mile, both defending and advocating for the beachfront community with the disarming charm of a diplomat and village shaman . \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
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"When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 9 May 2022",
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"Hawley said that, in the event that Jackson is not confirmed, there are a number of candidates who would be acceptable to him, including Alex Jones, the My Pillow guy, and the QAnon shaman . \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"When a shaman reports a significant vision, the community discusses it and develops a plan of action. \u2014 Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Among its offerings are clay wraps using local herbs, sound mediation, a truly invigorating yoga practice, and ceremonies with a legit shaman . \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Guru \u2026 new-age hippie \u2026 self-help shaman \u2026 whatever. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"In the story, released in 1989, a shaman rescues a pre-Batman Bruce after he's injured in the Alaskan mountains and nurses him back to health with a story about how bats gained the ability to fly. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"There, Berman met Carlos Gibaja, a local Quechua shaman who showed him the magic of the area firsthand. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 24 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"ultimately from Evenki (Tungusic language of Siberia) \u0161am\u0101n":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022415"
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},
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"shanna":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":{
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": shall not":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shan\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Scots shan- (from English shall ) + na":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023611"
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},
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"share/spread the wealth":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to share one's money, goods, etc., with other people":[
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"If your garden is overflowing, be a good neighbor and spread the wealth ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024325"
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},
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"shave hook":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a tool consisting of a sharp-edged steel plate set transversely at the end of a shank fixed in a handle and used especially by plumbers and metalworkers for scraping metals":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English shave hok , from shaven to shave + hok hook":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024519"
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},
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"shaving horse":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a bench astride which a workman sits while shaving down work (as with a drawknife)":[],
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": a sloping frame having two wooden clamps to hold material being shaved":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032546"
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},
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"shatter crack":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a minute crack which sometimes develops in the head of a rail usually half an inch or more beneath the surface owing to defective forging":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034056"
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},
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"shamanism":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u0101-m\u0259-",
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"also sh\u0259-\u02c8m\u00e4-",
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Mountains in Korea are sacred places in animism and shamanism , whose traces can still be seen in Korean Seon Buddhism. \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 31 Dec. 2021",
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"Some weird ones, like occultism, shamanism , and various Eastern spiritual paths. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"Menla offers an array of group retreats focusing on everything from Buddhism to yoga, shamanism , and even conscious dying. \u2014 Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure , 20 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Her practice pulls from Traditional Chinese Medicine, shamanism , Ayurveda, and current studies of energetics. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2021",
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"Chansley\u2019s belief in shamanism has surfaced in court in the past. \u2014 Joe Walsh, Forbes , 24 Feb. 2021",
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"Cohen eventually took a 4-week intensive on Jewish shamanism , and soon started blending games with his religious practice. \u2014 Eli Reiter, Wired , 21 Jan. 2021",
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"Working in all media, contemporary artists continue to evolve the form, drawing from a prismatic array of philosophies, traditions and cultural movements \u2014 from ecofeminism and shamanism to Mexicayotl and Black Power. \u2014 Steffie Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 15 Dec. 2020",
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"Such is the case of Huautla, in the state of Oaxaca, a town well known among tourists for its shamanism and its Day of the Dead traditions. \u2014 Rodrigo Cervantes, The Arizona Republic , 31 Oct. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1780, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040544"
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},
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"sharp-set":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": eager in appetite or desire":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4rp-\u02c8set"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1540, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040750"
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},
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"shadow of death":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": deep darkness : gloom":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English shadwe of deeth , translation of Late Latin umbra mortis , translation of Hebrew \u1e63alm\u0101weth":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044031"
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},
|
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"shamanistic dance":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a frenzied trance dance that is the climax of a shaman's ritual for cure or divination":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045354"
|
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},
|
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"shades of":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045615"
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},
|
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"sharp-tailed":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": having a pointed tail":[],
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": having acuminate tail feathers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English sharpe tayled , from sharpe, sharp , adjective, sharp + tayled, tailed tailed":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051941"
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},
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"shatterer":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": one that shatters":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-at\u0259r\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02c8shat\u0259r\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053111"
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},
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"sharp-heeled":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053145"
|
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},
|
|
"Sharp Mixture":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": scharf":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053919"
|
|
},
|
|
"sharps and flats":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": keys of a keyboard musical instrument other than the ones in the natural scale of C major":[],
|
|
": accidentals":[
|
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"the piece is full of sharps and flats"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061021"
|
|
},
|
|
"sharkskin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the hide of a shark or leather made from it":[],
|
|
": a smooth durable woolen or worsted suiting in twill or basket weave with small woven designs":[],
|
|
": a smooth crisp fabric with a dull finish made usually of rayon in basket weave":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u00e4rk-\u02ccskin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The plague ran in the blood of men in sharkskin suits, who ran for president promising life and delivering death. \u2014 Philip Martin, Arkansas Online , 30 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"In 2012, Lauder tested swimsuit material, purported to reduce drag like sharkskin , that 80 percent of winning swimmers at the Sydney Olympics wore. \u2014 Joanna Klein, National Geographic , 28 July 2020",
|
|
"In laboratory experiments, Lauder found that sharkskin -like material moved faster and used less energy than smooth material. \u2014 Joanna Klein, National Geographic , 28 July 2020",
|
|
"Freshen your modern suit style while enjoying enduring comfort with the versatile gray-tone sharkskin fabric of this slim-fit comfort stretch suit from Perry Ellis. \u2014 Stephanie Toone, ajc , 9 July 2020",
|
|
"De Shields is, as usual, unlike anyone else onstage, this time in a sharkskin suit. \u2014 Robert Sullivan, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2019",
|
|
"Inside a fish and chip shop\u2014the set of the new #GucciTailoring campaign\u2014@harrystyles wears a macro gingham sharkskin dressing gown as a coat over a Heritage pinstripe wool suit. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, The Cut , 4 June 2018",
|
|
"Tom Wolfe arrives for his interview at Sardi\u2019s East a surprising five minutes early wearing a pale-grey sharkskin suit and a tie twice as wide as usual with a lot of whorly clowns dancing about on it. \u2014 Vogue , 15 May 2018",
|
|
"Nick Cave, in a sharkskin suit and white shoes, took the microphone, and the transition from Barry White to the Bad Seeds was complete. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062231"
|
|
},
|
|
"shade-grown":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101d-\u02ccgr\u014dn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064354"
|
|
},
|
|
"shadowly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": as a shadow : obscurely":[
|
|
"shadowly lit with indirect lighting",
|
|
"\u2014 Chandler Brossard"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-li",
|
|
"-d\u014dl\u0113",
|
|
"-d\u0259l-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"shadow entry 1 + -ly":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071915"
|
|
},
|
|
"sharp-sighted":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having acute sight":[],
|
|
": mentally keen or alert":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u00e4rp-\u02c8s\u012b-t\u0259d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"eagle-eyed",
|
|
"hawkeyed",
|
|
"lynx-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-eyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1571, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072537"
|
|
},
|
|
"shaded-pole motor":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a single-phase induction motor in small ratings made self-starting by flux displacement derived by means of a permanently short-circuited, high-resistance winding or loop encircling a fraction of the pole pitch or pole piece":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085008"
|
|
},
|
|
"Sharpless":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"K(arl) Barry 1941\u2013 American chemist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u00e4rp-l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091930"
|
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},
|
|
"shama millet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tropical Asiatic grass ( Echinochloa colona ) whose seeds are used as food in India":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u00e4m\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Hindi s\u0101m\u0101, \u015b\u0101m\u0101 , from Sanskrit \u015by\u0101m\u0101ka millet":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092204"
|
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},
|
|
"shade roller pin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small metal pin which serves as the axle for the free end of a window shade roller":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093127"
|
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},
|
|
"share-tenant":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who operates a farm owned by another, pays a share of the crop as rent, and provides labor, power and implements, and usually his share of seed and fertilizer \u2014 compare sharecropper":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093949"
|
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},
|
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"shanksman":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": shaftman":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sha\u014bksm\u0259n",
|
|
"-ai\u014b-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101425"
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": a small European blenny ( Blennius pholis ) that is olive green with irregular dark spots and has no appendages on the head":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shani",
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"\u02c8shan\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably alteration of shandy entry 1":"Adjective",
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102413"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shan-d\u0113"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"If your dad needs a shandy to sip in the shade, try Goose Island\u2019s 312 Lemonade Shandy, a refreshing blend of 312 and Italian lemon ice. \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"Another low alcohol-by-volume drink with a simple half-and-half formula is the shandy , a cocktail that traditionally mixes beer with lemon-lime soda or sparkling lemonade. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 13 June 2022",
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"The Strawberry Festival summer shandy brewed by The Fermentorium will be available, along with Cedar Creek Winery\u2019s strawberry blush. \u2014 Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 May 2022",
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"If the temperature is rising, try out a spiked shandy . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The result is a surprisingly natural-tasting shandy that lacks the artificial sweetness of many examples. \u2014 Michael Agnew, Star Tribune , 2 June 2021",
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"The shandy is a year-round beer from the brewery, which is located next to the West Side Market in Cleveland\u2019s Ohio city neighborhood. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 20 Dec. 2020",
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"Normally a shandy or radler \u2013 part beer and part juice/soda \u2013 isn\u2019t going to make my favorites list, but this one is deserving and then some. \u2014 Andre Meunier, oregonlive , 22 Nov. 2019",
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"Normally a shandy or radler \u2013 part beer and part juice/soda \u2013 isn\u2019t going to make my favorites list, but this one is deserving and then some. \u2014 Andre Meunier, oregonlive , 22 Nov. 2019"
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103803"
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"Sharon":{
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"Ariel 1928\u20132014 Israeli soldier and politician; prime minister of Israel (2001\u201306)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sh\u00e4-",
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"sh\u0259-\u02c8r\u014dn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113002"
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},
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"Shan States":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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"mountainous region of southeastern Asia (now in eastern Myanmar) ruled by the Shan people 12th-16th centuries":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8shan",
|
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113759"
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},
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"shamal":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a northwesterly wind of Iraq and the Persian gulf":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Arabic sham\u0101l, shim\u0101l":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124136"
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},
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"shatters":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": to cause to drop or be dispersed":[],
|
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": to break at once into pieces":[],
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": to damage badly : ruin":[],
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": to cause the disruption or annihilation of : demolish":[],
|
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": to break apart : disintegrate":[],
|
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": to drop off parts (such as leaves, petals, or fruit)":[],
|
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": fragment , shred":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural the broken vase lay in shatters"
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],
|
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": an act of shattering : the state of being shattered":[],
|
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": a result of shattering : shower":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sha-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilate",
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"cream",
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"desolate",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
|
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"do in",
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"extinguish",
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"nuke",
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"pull down",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
|
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"rub out",
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"ruin",
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"smash",
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"tear down",
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"total",
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"vaporize",
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"waste",
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"wrack",
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"wreck"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"build",
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"construct",
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"erect",
|
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"put up",
|
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"raise",
|
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"rear",
|
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"set up"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The rock shattered the window.",
|
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"His dreams were shattered by their rejection.",
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"The end of his marriage shattered him emotionally.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"This was how tiny slivers of metal could shatter a man\u2019s arm. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
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"The founder of Bitty & Beau's Coffee believes if her workers are seen, stereotypes will shatter . \u2014 Jonathan Lehrfeld And Ariel Gans, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
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"With a difference of 46 points between the teams, a Cougars upset would shatter the 37-point record for the biggest playoff upset. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The Stoneman Douglas massacre would shatter families, destroy careers, give new life to the gun-control movement, and spur the transformation of schools into fortresses. \u2014 Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"Hours later, Latvia\u2019s foreign minister dismally predicted that Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine would shatter any belief that the region could ever let down its guard against President Vladimir V. Putin. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"No one knows what President Vladimir Putin is thinking, but there\u2019s no reason to believe that even the toughest measures will shatter his determination to force the Western-leaning former Soviet republic back into Moscow\u2019s orbit. \u2014 Matthew Lee, ajc , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Nothing ruins a pool party like a minefield of broken glass, so stick to drinkware that won\u2019t shatter . \u2014 The Bon App\u00e9tit Staff, Bon App\u00e9tit , 9 June 2021",
|
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"Westbrook\u2019s long been the kind of do-it-all player that\u2019s able to shatter records \u2014 a points, rebounds and assists master capable of carrying one of the heaviest workloads in the NBA. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Hate crimes, experts say, shatter trust and can fuel collective anxiety, stress, depression, hopelessness and post-traumatic stress. Reports of hate crimes against Black people rose to 2,755 in 2021, up from 1,930 in the previous year. \u2014 Chris Kenning, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
|
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"Ekobo, based in France, uses the vegetal waste produced by manufacturing chopsticks to create gorgeous, colorful, shatter -proof dishware ideal for outdoor entertaining. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 23 May 2022",
|
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"The newer products are called marijuana concentrates and are commonly known as wax and shatter . \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The major social-media and tech companies have already done their share to pervert civil discourse and shatter consensus and squelch reason, all to make a buck. \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But none have yet been attempted in the Middle East\u2019s canonical shatter zone. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Shatterdive now has a 100% buff to frozen combatants in PvE, in addition to other PvE stasis shatter buffs, but it has been nerfed heavily in PvP and should almost never one-shot from full health. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"With the help of Wendall K. Harrington\u2019s animated projections, the walls shatter and melt away in Marie\u2019s dream and a magically expanding Christmas tree seems to burst the bounds of the stage and threaten to devour the Opera House. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The revelations that shatter Vivie\u2019s peace point to age-old injustices: Constraints on women\u2019s professional and personal options. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English schateren \u2014 more at scatter":"Verb"
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"circa 1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124809"
|
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},
|
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"shamanize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"intransitive verb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to perform the functions of a shaman":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130653"
|
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},
|
|
"sharesman":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a member of a fishing crew who shares the risk and profits of a voyage or season":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sherzm\u0259n",
|
|
"\u02c8sha(a)rz-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"share's (genitive of share entry 1 ) + man":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132909"
|
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},
|
|
"shaftman":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who sinks, inspects, or repairs mine shafts":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"|f(t)m\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140113"
|
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},
|
|
"shama":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an Indian thrush ( Copsychus malabaricus ) that is noted for its song":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u00e4m\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Hindi \u015b\u0101m\u0101":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141423"
|
|
},
|
|
"Sharpe":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"William Forsyth 1934\u2013 American economist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u00e4rp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144743"
|
|
},
|
|
"shade into":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to slowly or gradually change into (something) or become the same as (something)":[
|
|
"as day shades into night"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151311"
|
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},
|
|
"shares":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to partake of, use, experience, occupy, or enjoy with others":[],
|
|
": to have in common":[
|
|
"they share a passion for opera"
|
|
],
|
|
": to distribute on the Internet":[
|
|
"\u2026 anyone you share a link with can share that link with someone else if they choose.",
|
|
"\u2014 Jeremy Scott"
|
|
],
|
|
": to post (something) on a social media platform":[
|
|
"Fans were also quick to screenshot and share the photo.",
|
|
"\u2014 Yasmin Quaid",
|
|
"The collective mind-set feels akin to that old adage about a tree falling in the forest: If you don't share it on Instagram, did it even happen",
|
|
"\u2014 Emily Farra",
|
|
"It pulls in words and pictures from news and blog feeds as well as from links that your pals share on Facebook and Twitter.",
|
|
"\u2014 Harry McCracken"
|
|
],
|
|
": to grant or give a share in":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used with with shared the last of her water with us"
|
|
],
|
|
": to tell (thoughts, feelings, experiences, etc.) to others":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used with with"
|
|
],
|
|
": to divide and distribute in shares : apportion":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with out shared out the land among his heirs"
|
|
],
|
|
": to have a share":[
|
|
"\u2014 used with in we all shared in the fruits of our labor"
|
|
],
|
|
": to apportion and take shares of something":[],
|
|
": to talk about one's thoughts, feelings, or experiences with others":[],
|
|
": a portion belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual or group":[],
|
|
": one's full or fair portion":[
|
|
"has had his share of bad luck"
|
|
],
|
|
": the part allotted or belonging to one of a number owning together property or interest":[],
|
|
": stock sense 2a":[],
|
|
": plowshare":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"partake",
|
|
"participate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for share Verb share , participate , partake mean to have, get, or use in common with another or others. share usually implies that one as the original holder grants to another the partial use, enjoyment, or possession of a thing. shared my toys with the others participate implies a having or taking part in an undertaking, activity, or discussion. participated in sports partake implies accepting or acquiring a share especially of food or drink. partook freely of the refreshments",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"They shared the last cookie.",
|
|
"We shared the money equally.",
|
|
"The children need to learn to share their toys."
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English scearu cutting, tonsure; akin to Old English scieran to cut":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English schare , from Old English scear ; akin to Old High German scaro plowshare, Old English scieran to cut \u2014 more at shear":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1590, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":"Verb",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163408"
|
|
},
|
|
"sharpite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral (UO 2 ) 6 (CO 3 ) 5 (OH) 2 .6H 2 0(":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccp\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from R.R. Sharp , 20th century British army officer + French -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163648"
|
|
},
|
|
"sharp-shinned hawk":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a common widely distributed American accipiter ( Accipiter striatus ) that is grayish above, has a chestnut breast, short rounded wings, and a tail with a notched or square tip when folded":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u00e4rp-\u02c8shind-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There was a Cooper\u2019s hawk and then a sharp-shinned hawk , each appearing to contemplate their trajectory or considering a mouse meal on the ground. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"While broad-wings are the big show, other species commonly seen during the fall migrations include falcons, sharp-shinned hawks , American kestrels, ospreys, and northern harriers. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The sharp-shinned hawk is one of more than a dozen raptor species that fly south for the winter. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Officials have spotted deer, coyote and a nest of sharp-shinned hawks , which is listed as a species of concern in Ohio, but nothing truly remarkable for the region. \u2014 Grant Segall, cleveland , 13 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Carey said that during October more sharp-shinned hawks , Cooper\u2019s hawks, red-tailed hawks, turkey vultures, ospreys, northern harriers, bald eagles, and various species of falcons, such as peregrines, merlins, and kestrels, can be seen migrating. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Get your binoculars and explore the island's shorelines, prairies and waterways to see non-native birds like the sandhill crane, sharp-shinned hawk and Mississippi kite. \u2014 Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau, Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Birders should also expect to see arriving winter raptors like ferruginous hawks, sharp-shinned hawks and merlin. \u2014 Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"All accipiters, including the sharp-shinned hawk , and its close relative the Cooper\u2019s hawk, have distinctive flight patterns that are useful in identifying them, even at a distance. \u2014 Dave Taft, New York Times , 19 Oct. 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1812, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165809"
|
|
},
|
|
"share a common purpose":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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"\u02c8sh\u0227p-",
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"trademark"
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"bilker",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fakir",
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"finagler",
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"fraudster",
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"hoaxer",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"shark",
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"sharper",
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"skinner",
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"swindler",
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"tricker",
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"those poolroom sharpies cleaned them out"
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],
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": beer diluted with a nonalcoholic drink (such as ginger beer)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The name is a shortening of shandygaff , a word that according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary first appeared in the 19th century. \u2014 Michael Agnew, Star Tribune , 2 June 2021",
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"The shandy or shandygaff first emerged in the mid-18th century as one of the first beer cocktails. \u2014 Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News , 7 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
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": ball cartridge":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180222"
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},
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"share rent":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a rent for farm land in the form of an agreed or customary fractional part of a crop grown thereon \u2014 compare share-tenant":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180229"
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},
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a support for the arch of the foot inserted in the shank of a shoe":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sha\u014bk-\u02ccp\u0113s"
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],
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181011"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a high-pressure salesman of often inferior securities":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182901"
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},
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"sharpster":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sharper":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u0227pst\u0259(r",
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4rpst\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183049"
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},
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"share out":{
|
|
"type":[
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"noun",
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to divide (something) into parts and give the parts to different people":[
|
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"In her will, she shared out her property to her nephews and nieces."
|
|
],
|
|
": an act of dividing something into parts and giving them to two or more people":[
|
|
"There was an equal share-out of the money."
|
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185242"
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},
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"shark sucker":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": remora sense 1":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1850, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191608"
|
|
},
|
|
"shape note":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": one of a system of seven notes showing the musical scale degree by the shape of the note head":[]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[],
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Eventually, by bending and tearing the hay to shape notes , her mother begins to teach her how to read and hear music, even if that music is playing only in her mind. \u2014 Mary Beth Keane, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"What\u2019s wilder than the shape notes is that the singers never practice together. \u2014 Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com , 30 June 2019",
|
|
"Sacred Harp singing is also known as shape note singing. \u2014 Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com , 30 June 2019",
|
|
"Singers gathered in Judge Boohaker\u2019s courtroom on the third floor of the Jefferson County Courthouse and sang from The Sacred Harp, a beloved shape note songbook which has been in publication since 1844. \u2014 Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com , 30 June 2019",
|
|
"Tradition of sacred choral music using shape note music. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com , 4 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"Tradition of sacred choral music using shape note music. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com , 4 Apr. 2018",
|
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"Tradition of sacred choral music using shape note music. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com , 4 Apr. 2018",
|
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"Tradition of sacred choral music using shape note music. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com , 4 Apr. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192415"
|
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},
|
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"sharecropper":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tenant farmer especially in the southern U.S. who is provided with credit for seed, tools, living quarters, and food, who works the land, and who receives an agreed share of the value of the crop minus charges":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sher-\u02cckr\u00e4-p\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Rick Neighbors is the son of a sharecropper in North Carolina and an Army veteran who volunteered and served three tours in the Vietnam War. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"He was born in Hayti, Missouri, and his father was a sharecropper who moonlighted as a guitarist. \u2014 Steve Knopper, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Frank McDougald watched the film with his mom, Hilda, 101, who left her family\u2019s home in Mansura, La., where her father was a sharecropper , and came to D.C. to process payroll for soldiers. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Earlier that summer, his great-uncle, a sharecropper from the Mississippi Delta, arrived in Chicago telling fantastic tales about life in the country that intrigued the boy. \u2014 Arluther Lee, ajc , 19 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Yet the sharecropper \u2019s eighth child always saw herself as a tourist in the realm of affluence, even with cash on hand. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Nate Cunningham was the seventh of 14 children born to an Arkansas sharecropper and attended a segregated grade school in Illinois. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Stories like Joe Pullum, a Black Mississippi sharecropper who killed four white men and wounded 15 others after a dispute with a local plantation owner over wages. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"For one particular scene about 17 minutes into the film, the camera lingered for the first time on Blige\u2019s Florence Jackson\u2014the wife of a sharecropper in Mississippi and mother to a daughter and three sons. \u2014 Nerisha Penrose, ELLE , 26 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1923, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193014"
|
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},
|
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"sharded":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": dwelling in dung":[],
|
|
": having elytra or scales":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u00e4rd\u0259\u0307d",
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0227d-"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"shard entry 3 + -ed":"Adjective",
|
|
"shard entry 1 + -ed":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194020"
|
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},
|
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"shadow line":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the edge of the shadow of the gnomon of a sundial":[],
|
|
": a thickened line in a linear drawing of an object supposed to be illuminated by parallel rays of light indicating the edges farthest from the source of light":[]
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204538"
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},
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|
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|
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"noun",
|
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"phrasal verb"
|
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],
|
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": to divide (something) into parts and give the parts to different people":[
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],
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": an act of dividing something into parts and giving them to two or more people":[
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|
"There was an equal share-out of the money."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210856"
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},
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"shard-borne":{
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|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": borne on scaly wing cases":[
|
|
"shard-borne beetles"
|
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]
|
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},
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"shard entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222837"
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},
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"shaftless":{
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|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": having no shaft":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"|f(t)l\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224134"
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},
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"sharing economy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": economic activity that involves individuals buying or selling usually temporary access to goods or services especially as arranged through an online company or organization":[
|
|
"Arguably the biggest sector of the sharing economy is travel. People are renting their beds to out-of-towners (Airbnb and Couchsurfer), leading them on guided tours (Vayable and CanaryHop) and hosting meals (Voulez Vous Diner and EatWith), sometimes for free but on most sites for a price\u2014though one far below those found at local hotels.",
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"\u2014 Eliana Dockterman"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Guest reviews go both ways in a sharing economy , and that's especially true in travel. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Even leaving aside the impacts of the pandemic, the company sees the home-to-home concept as a natural extension of the sharing economy . \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Dipierro noted that the notion of renting a swimming pool online by the hour or day is an extension of the cost- sharing economy , which also includes the short-term rental phenomenon. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 18 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Le\u00f3n seized on an informal raitero ride- sharing economy that thrived in farmworker communities long before Uber was even a thing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"PwC, a global accounting and consulting firm, projected the sharing economy would grow to a $335 billion industry by 2025. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The sharing economy has changed how people look at many types of purchases, including real estate. \u2014 Daniel Kodsi, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"At the same time, the Treasury is contemplating changing the way VAT is charged on sharing economy services. \u2014 Philip Salter, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"And while booking travel through the sharing economy is becoming increasingly popular, vacationers are experiencing situations where vacation home and RV rental owners have ghosted them. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Nov. 2021"
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|
],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"2007, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224427"
|
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},
|
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"shank painter":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a short rope or chain that holds the shank of an anchor near the flukes against the vessel especially on the billboard to a toe of the tumbler arm":[]
|
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|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English shankpayntor , from shank, shanke shank + payntor, paynter painter":""
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230914"
|
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},
|
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"shard":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a fragment of a pottery vessel found on sites and in refuse deposits where pottery-making peoples have lived":[],
|
|
": highly angular curved glass fragments of tuffaceous sediments":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4rd"
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"After watching other rioters use a police shield and a wooden plank to break a window, Hunter Seefried used a gloved fist to clear a shard of glass in one of the broken windowpanes, prosecutors said. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
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|
"After watching other rioters use a police shield and a wooden plank to break a window, Hunter Seefried used a gloved fist to clear a shard of glass in one of the broken windowpanes, prosecutors said. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, ajc , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Having secreted away a shard of glass from Gus' accident in the previous episode, Nacho sliced off his cuffs, stabbed Bolsa in the leg, and took him hostage at gunpoint. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"His final resting place, marked by a broken zip tie and a bloodied shard of glass, where desert flowers bloom. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Commuters and touring passengers with cameras around their necks sometimes sat cheek by jowl, taking in the sights of flashing neon billboards, junk boats and shard -like skyscrapers rising toward Victoria Peak. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Add a medium-sized ice shard , lightly smashed into bits, or one or two cubes of ice; close the shaker and whip until the ice is nearly all melted. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"One shard of glass ripped his hand and another across his forehead. \u2014 Alan Cullison, WSJ , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"One artifact \u2014 a shard of his coffin \u2014 was seemingly plucked from Poe\u2019s grisly imagination. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English sceard ; akin to Old English scieran to cut \u2014 more at shear":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231204"
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},
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"sharpshooting":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": shooting with great precision":[],
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": accurate and usually unexpected attack (as in words)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4rp-\u02ccsh\u00fc-ti\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Eddie House spent nearly three seasons with the Celtics as a popular sharpshooting guard, playing an important role off the bench for the 2008 NBA champions. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
|
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"Wieskamp\u2019s performance in Toronto was also encouraging after the Spurs drafted the sharpshooting forward in the second round out of Iowa. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Windler was supposed to be the always active floor-spacing, sharpshooting , high-IQ two-way wing brought in to eventually displace Osman and fill a desperate need. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The Spurs drafted Wieskamp, a sharpshooting forward from Iowa, in the second round last summer. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The Seawolves had three other players record double-digit points thanks to some sharpshooting from the field. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Aisha Sheppard, Virginia Tech's sharpshooting guard, had just eight points in the game and shot just 3-of-6 from the field. \u2014 Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Outlook: Penciled in to start and spread the floor with his sharpshooting , McDermott should fit in well with Popovich\u2019s offensive system. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The Nets will also receive Seth Curry, a sharpshooting guard; Andre Drummond, a backup center and one of the best rebounders in N.B.A. history; and two first-round picks. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231911"
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},
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"sharky":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": infested with sharks":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4rk\u0113",
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"-ki",
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0227k-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"shark entry 1 + -y":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233217"
|
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},
|
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"shadow dance":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a dance shown by throwing the shadows of dancers on a screen":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Top 10 was rounded out by singer Angelina Jordan, shadow dance group Silhouettes, dog tricks act Alexa Lauenburger, dance group Boogie Storm and accordionist Hans, who finally made up with Cowell. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 18 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"On a warm summer afternoon, a light breeze sweeps through the mesh screen on the side of my tent, ruffling the canvas roof and sending maple leaf shadows dancing above my head. \u2014 Terri Colby, chicagotribune.com , 11 July 2019"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233417"
|
|
},
|
|
"shale":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fissile rock that is formed by the consolidation of clay, mud, or silt, has a finely stratified or laminated structure, and is composed of minerals essentially unaltered since deposition":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Most public shale companies have acquiesced to investors\u2019 demands for capital discipline, spending conservatively this year and focusing on returning more money to shareholders, despite the highest energy prices in more than a decade. \u2014 Collin Eaton, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"After the price of crude collapsed, in 2014, profits disappeared, many shale producers went bankrupt, and investors suffered big losses that are still remembered on Wall Street\u2014and in the oil patch. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Analysts have expected prices this summer to challenge records set before the shale -drilling boom flooded the U.S. market more than a decade ago. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"The president is neither responsible for the Ukraine war\u2019s effect on the oil price nor for the decision by many oil and gas companies to cut back on investment in new production after the shale glut earlier last decade. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Dealmaking in the shale patch is set to accelerate as companies look to replenish dwindling supply of top-tier well sites. \u2014 Rachel Butt, Bloomberg.com , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"As the Houston Chronicle reports, the Permian underwent explosive growth a decade ago thanks to the shale boom and ingenuity of U.S. producers. \u2014 Frank Holmes, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"In March, shale producers responded by drilling more wells, though rig activity remains below pre-pandemic levels. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The schist and granite at the bottom of the canyon are almost two billion years old, with younger and younger layers of sandstone, shale and limestone stacked on top in horizontal bands. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from obsolete or dialect shale scale, shell, from Middle English, from Old English scealu \u2014 more at shell":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1747, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235654"
|
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},
|
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"shakes":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to move irregularly to and fro":[],
|
|
": to vibrate especially as the result of a blow or shock":[],
|
|
": to tremble as a result of physical or emotional disturbance":[
|
|
"shook with fear"
|
|
],
|
|
": to experience a state of instability : totter":[],
|
|
": to briskly move something to and fro or up and down especially in order to mix":[],
|
|
": to clasp hands":[],
|
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": trill entry 2":[],
|
|
": to brandish, wave, or flourish often in a threatening manner":[
|
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"protesters shaking their fists"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to move to and fro, up and down, or from side to side especially in a repetitive, rhythmic, or quick jerky manner":[
|
|
"shook his head in disapproval"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to quake, quiver, or tremble":[],
|
|
": to free oneself from":[
|
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"shake a habit",
|
|
"shake off a cold"
|
|
],
|
|
": to get away from : get rid of":[
|
|
"can you shake your friend",
|
|
"\u2014 Elmer Davis"
|
|
],
|
|
": to lessen the stability of : weaken":[
|
|
"shake one's faith"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bring to a specified condition by or as if by repeated quick jerky movements":[
|
|
"shook himself loose from the man's grasp"
|
|
],
|
|
": to dislodge or eject by quick jerky movements of the support or container":[
|
|
"shook the dust from the cloth"
|
|
],
|
|
": to clasp (hands) in greeting or farewell or as a sign of goodwill or agreement":[],
|
|
": to stir the feelings of : upset , agitate":[
|
|
"shook her up"
|
|
],
|
|
": dance":[],
|
|
": to hurry up":[],
|
|
": to form a conception of (as by counting or imagining) : conceive":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase more than one can shake a stick at"
|
|
],
|
|
": an act of shaking : such as":[],
|
|
": an act of shaking hands":[],
|
|
": an act of shaking oneself":[],
|
|
": a blow or shock that upsets the equilibrium or disturbs the balance of something":[],
|
|
": earthquake":[],
|
|
": malaria sense 1a":[],
|
|
": something produced by shaking: such as":[],
|
|
": a fissure separating annual rings of growth in timber":[],
|
|
": milkshake":[],
|
|
": a beverage resembling a milkshake":[
|
|
"a protein shake"
|
|
],
|
|
": a wavering, quivering, or alternating motion caused by a blow or shock":[],
|
|
": trill":[],
|
|
": a very brief period of time":[
|
|
"I'll be there in two shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
": one that is exceptional especially in importance, ability, or merit":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase no great shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
": a shingle split from a piece of log usually three or four feet (about one meter) long":[],
|
|
": deal entry 2 sense 3":[
|
|
"a fair shake"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0101k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"judder",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shake Verb shake , agitate , rock , convulse mean to move up and down or to and fro with some violence. shake often carries a further implication of a particular purpose. shake well before using agitate suggests a violent and prolonged tossing or stirring. an ocean agitated by storms rock suggests a swinging or swaying motion resulting from violent impact or upheaval. the whole city was rocked by the explosion convulse suggests a violent pulling or wrenching as of a body in a paroxysm. spectators were convulsed with laughter",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The ground shook during the earthquake.",
|
|
"The house shook as the train rumbled by.",
|
|
"The earthquake shook the ground.",
|
|
"Shake the salad dressing well before using it.",
|
|
"I was so nervous that I was shaking like a leaf .",
|
|
"The fugitive couldn't shake the police.",
|
|
"It's hard to shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something.",
|
|
"The news did nothing to shake my belief that things will be okay.",
|
|
"Nothing could shake his faith in God.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He responded to the question with a shake of his head.",
|
|
"Give the dice a shake .",
|
|
"He drank too much coffee and got a bad case of the shakes .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"By the time the clock read 1 a.m., everyone seemed to be standing up, making the ground of the school shake from stomping. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"Simply fill your water bottle with it and gently shake it. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Some anglers prefer to clamp a pair of pliers on the hook, and gently shake it until the fish comes loose and can swim away. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The key is to regroup, shake it off, and hopefully get healthier. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Amid the familiar images of yellow tape and weeping families, America needed somebody other than a politician to shake us by the shoulders and reinforce the insanity of it all. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"All day long, the walls of the hospital shake with the thunder of battles raging near Kramatorsk, an industrial city in the Donbas region, where Russian forces have been waging a bloody offensive. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Raise your protein shake to personal trainer Donna Harris and her lawyers at the Mississippi Justice Institute. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Once the oven is at the correct temperature, add the herbs and bake for 30 minutes, giving them a light shake halfway through to loosen any moisture. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The hello, the shake of the hand, and that's what my dad was doing here all those years. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Some people in these parts believe the buzz of cicadas \u2014 like the tambourine shake of a rattlesnake \u2014 means a thunderstorm is rolling in. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Goldston told colleagues that the shake -up prompted by Stepien\u2019s absence last week was no different than producing a breaking-news special that has to be edited on the fly. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Now, as the war forces the EU to reconsider its defense strategy in the biggest shake -up since the Cold War, Eastern Europe has proven more determined than ever not to let Russia get away with its aggression. \u2014 Cristian Gherasim, CNN , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Even before any potential shake -up on the school board, some changes have already arrived in the Cherokee County School District. \u2014 Nicole Carr, ProPublica , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Part of an administrative shake -up ahead of the midterms, the appointment is also one of a number of elevations of LGBTQ people to high-profile roles in the Biden administration. \u2014 Zachary Schermele, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"There was no big shake -up, only stern words before the keys were handed right back to the people who had driven the economy off a cliff. \u2014 Ed Burmila, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"In her June 13 memo to staff, Walden said more about Rice than Chapek did in his own memo announcing the shake -up. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English sceacan ; akin to Old Norse skaka to shake":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000111"
|
|
},
|
|
"Shardana":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of a group of early mercenary warriors from the eastern Mediterranean and probably from Lydia and first fighting for Egypt then against it":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"sh\u00e4r\u02c8d\u00e4n\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000455"
|
|
},
|
|
"shareware":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": software with usually limited capability or incomplete documentation which is available for trial use at little or no cost but which can be upgraded upon payment of a fee to the author":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sher-\u02ccwer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The company was built on a shareware model, encouraging users to download antiviral software for free and pay later. \u2014 Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2021",
|
|
"Since then there have been eight additional installments, as the games have spread from shareware and computers to the Game Boy Advance, the original Xbox and all the current consoles. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 25 July 2019",
|
|
"Her event scores and instructional pieces act like shareware , software provided initially free for users to try, or like apps performing various artistic functions, decades before those terms were coined. \u2014 Lucy Harvey, Smithsonian , 16 June 2017",
|
|
"Her event scores and instructional pieces act like shareware , software provided initially free for users to try, or like apps performing various artistic functions, decades before those terms were coined. \u2014 Lucy Harvey, Smithsonian , 16 June 2017",
|
|
"Her event scores and instructional pieces act like shareware , software provided initially free for users to try, or like apps performing various artistic functions, decades before those terms were coined. \u2014 Lucy Harvey, Smithsonian , 16 June 2017",
|
|
"Her event scores and instructional pieces act like shareware , software provided initially free for users to try, or like apps performing various artistic functions, decades before those terms were coined. \u2014 Lucy Harvey, Smithsonian , 16 June 2017",
|
|
"Her event scores and instructional pieces act like shareware , software provided initially free for users to try, or like apps performing various artistic functions, decades before those terms were coined. \u2014 Lucy Harvey, Smithsonian , 16 June 2017",
|
|
"Her event scores and instructional pieces act like shareware , software provided initially free for users to try, or like apps performing various artistic functions, decades before those terms were coined. \u2014 Lucy Harvey, Smithsonian , 16 June 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1983, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000548"
|
|
},
|
|
"shaking in one's boots/shoes":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": very nervous":[
|
|
"She was shaking in her boots/shoes as she waited for the doctor."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005645"
|
|
},
|
|
"shareable":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": capable of being shared":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sher-\u0259-b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Love Cube includes eight sliders with cheese, two small soft drinks and a choice of two shareable sides for $14.99 for takeout or order the meal deal for delivery. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Plenty of restaurants profess to have shareable plates, but Hamsa actually follows through with bountiful spreads. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"As far as shareable desserts go, banana pudding is a classic for a reason. \u2014 Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In a nod to another nostalgic favorite\u2014homemade Rice Krispies bars\u2014turn popcorn into a shareable , snackable, portable sweet treat. \u2014 Antara Sinha, Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Dusted with curry powder and topped with Kewpie mayonnaise and jalapenos, the shareable dish is a delightful snack, made all the more fun when eaten with wooden chopsticks. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The ultimate shareable dish is endlessly customizable based on your preferences and dietary needs. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The Sonoma lamb shoulder barbacoa is a hearty, shareable build-your-own taco plate with fork-tender, marinated lamb, tortillas, veggies with sides of rattle tail chili aioli and salsa borracha. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The menu highlights elevated dining and cooking techniques featuring shareable , seafood-centric dishes inspired by the food each of them ate growing up at home. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010012"
|
|
},
|
|
"shadow roll":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 John Buchan"
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021448"
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}
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