dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/tum_MW.json
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{
"tumbak":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a coarse Persian tobacco probably derived from a tropical American plant ( Nicotiana tabacum )":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Arabic tunbak & Turkish tumbeki , both from Persian tanb\u0101ku , from Spanish tabaco":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"tu\u0307m-",
"(\u02cc)t\u0259m\u02c8b\u00e4k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135655",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tumble":{
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"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"definitions":{
": a disordered mass of objects or material":[],
": a disorderly state":[],
": an act or instance of tumbling":[],
": rumple , disorder":[],
": to cause to tumble (as by pushing or toppling)":[],
": to come by chance : stumble":[],
": to come to understand : catch on":[
"didn't tumble to the seriousness of the problem"
],
": to decline suddenly and sharply (as in price) : drop":[
"the stock market tumbled"
],
": to fall into ruin : collapse":[],
": to fall suddenly and helplessly":[],
": to issue forth hurriedly and confusedly":[],
": to perform gymnastic feats in tumbling":[],
": to roll over and over, to and fro, or end over end : toss":[],
": to suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat":[],
": to throw together in a confused mass":[],
": to turn end over end in falling or flight":[],
": to whirl in a tumbling barrel":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He tripped and tumbled to the ground.",
"The statue came tumbling down during the riots.",
"The satellite was tumbling out of control.",
"She slipped and tumbled down the hill.",
"Everyone came tumbling out of the bar at closing time.",
"He tumbled into bed and fell asleep.",
"Water tumbled over the rocks.",
"Noun",
"cleaned a crazy tumble of buttons, hair bands, loose change, and old candy wrappers out from the couch cushions",
"took a little tumble on the ice",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"American motorists are getting a measure of relief at the gas pump, with the cost of filling up sliding for a second consecutive week as oil prices tumble . \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"When prices tumble , the value of the inventory companies deduct first declines, which means the tax benefits can diminish. \u2014 Kristin Broughton, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"Runaway food inflation may be tamed soon\u2014at least temporarily\u2014as farm commodities tumble after a surge that pushed up prices of everything from bread to chicken wings. \u2014 Michael Hirtzer, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"Thanks to a set of intelligent sensors, the vacuum won't crash into obstacles or accidentally tumble down a flight of stairs. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"The price of oil, the principal cost in gasoline, can still shoot up or tumble depending on events halfway around the world. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t expect Styles\u2019 music to tumble from the charts anytime soon. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"The firm bet that shares of GameStop would tumble but was battered when retail investors took the other side and sent the stock surging. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"Checkered medical past likely caused potential Day 2 pick to tumble out of the draft entirely. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In rough-and- tumble style, Araki sends his two gay protagonists, both living with HIV, on a winding, whirling road trip into the heart of America after one of them kills a police officer. \u2014 Kyle Turner, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Read on for more stories about this rough-and- tumble era of Chicago, and don\u2019t forget to pick up your copy of our new book commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Chicago Tribune, with more than 100 historic front pages. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Jay Stone grew up in the rough-and- tumble world of Chicago ward politics, the son of a longtime city alderman. \u2014 Megan O\u2019matz, ProPublica , 25 May 2022",
"The Doobies grew out of the Bay Area biker scene at the Chateau Libert\u00e9, a rough-and- tumble roadhouse in the Santa Cruz Mountains with a loyal clientele of Hells Angels. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Nora\u2019s sister Libby insists on taking her on a month-long vacation to Sunshine Falls, a rustic town where Nora can find her own love story with a rough-and- tumble local (preferably a lumberjack). \u2014 Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
"Primary day will bring to a close perhaps the most rough-and- tumble party primary in U.S. politics since the 2016 GOP presidential primary that Trump himself won. \u2014 Fox News , 3 May 2022",
"Doe also examines matters of faith during a rough-and- tumble time that, in some ways, is not all that different from today. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Perennial action hero Bruce Willis headlined the 1998 space movie, playing Harry S. Stamper, leader of the rough-and- tumble crew of newbie astronauts. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, frequentative of tumben to dance, from Old English tumbian ; akin to Old High German t\u016bm\u014dn to reel":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u0259m-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"fall",
"slip",
"stumble",
"topple",
"trip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105310",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tumble (to)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to understand or become aware of (something)":[
"They didn't tumble to the seriousness of the problem."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205631",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"tumble cart":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a rough dumpcart having its wheels solid and made fast to the axle":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174823",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tumble dry":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to dry (clothes, fabrics, etc.) by tumbling in a dryer":[]
},
"examples":[
"He tumble dried his clothes on high heat.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sheets are super easy to care for, just stick them in the washing machine and tumble dry low. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Just pop them in the washing machine and tumble dry on low. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"When the towels are ready to be cleaned, just toss them in the washing machine in cold water and tumble dry on low. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
"Just toss them in the washing machine and tumble dry . \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 4 May 2022",
"Plus, the bamboo sheets are super easy to care for: Simply toss them in the washing machine and tumble dry on low. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Wash or tumble dry sheets, blankets, pillowcases, bedcovers, and curtains in hot water that\u2019s at least 130 F. Keep humidity low by using a dehumidifier. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Just toss the pillows in the washing machine and tumble dry on low. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Just toss it in the washing machine on a gentle cycle and tumble dry with no heat. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 7 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110639",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tumble to":{
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"definitions":{
": to understand or become aware of (something)":[
"They didn't tumble to the seriousness of the problem."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111837",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"tumblebug":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of various scarab beetles (especially genera Scarabaeus, Canthon, Copris , or Phanaeus ) that roll dung into small balls, bury them in the ground, and lay eggs in them":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1805, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u0259m-b\u0259l-\u02ccb\u0259g"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003310",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"tumbled":{
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"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"definitions":{
": a disordered mass of objects or material":[],
": a disorderly state":[],
": an act or instance of tumbling":[],
": rumple , disorder":[],
": to cause to tumble (as by pushing or toppling)":[],
": to come by chance : stumble":[],
": to come to understand : catch on":[
"didn't tumble to the seriousness of the problem"
],
": to decline suddenly and sharply (as in price) : drop":[
"the stock market tumbled"
],
": to fall into ruin : collapse":[],
": to fall suddenly and helplessly":[],
": to issue forth hurriedly and confusedly":[],
": to perform gymnastic feats in tumbling":[],
": to roll over and over, to and fro, or end over end : toss":[],
": to suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat":[],
": to throw together in a confused mass":[],
": to turn end over end in falling or flight":[],
": to whirl in a tumbling barrel":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He tripped and tumbled to the ground.",
"The statue came tumbling down during the riots.",
"The satellite was tumbling out of control.",
"She slipped and tumbled down the hill.",
"Everyone came tumbling out of the bar at closing time.",
"He tumbled into bed and fell asleep.",
"Water tumbled over the rocks.",
"Noun",
"cleaned a crazy tumble of buttons, hair bands, loose change, and old candy wrappers out from the couch cushions",
"took a little tumble on the ice",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"American motorists are getting a measure of relief at the gas pump, with the cost of filling up sliding for a second consecutive week as oil prices tumble . \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"When prices tumble , the value of the inventory companies deduct first declines, which means the tax benefits can diminish. \u2014 Kristin Broughton, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"Runaway food inflation may be tamed soon\u2014at least temporarily\u2014as farm commodities tumble after a surge that pushed up prices of everything from bread to chicken wings. \u2014 Michael Hirtzer, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"Thanks to a set of intelligent sensors, the vacuum won't crash into obstacles or accidentally tumble down a flight of stairs. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"The price of oil, the principal cost in gasoline, can still shoot up or tumble depending on events halfway around the world. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t expect Styles\u2019 music to tumble from the charts anytime soon. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"The firm bet that shares of GameStop would tumble but was battered when retail investors took the other side and sent the stock surging. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"Checkered medical past likely caused potential Day 2 pick to tumble out of the draft entirely. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In rough-and- tumble style, Araki sends his two gay protagonists, both living with HIV, on a winding, whirling road trip into the heart of America after one of them kills a police officer. \u2014 Kyle Turner, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Read on for more stories about this rough-and- tumble era of Chicago, and don\u2019t forget to pick up your copy of our new book commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Chicago Tribune, with more than 100 historic front pages. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Jay Stone grew up in the rough-and- tumble world of Chicago ward politics, the son of a longtime city alderman. \u2014 Megan O\u2019matz, ProPublica , 25 May 2022",
"The Doobies grew out of the Bay Area biker scene at the Chateau Libert\u00e9, a rough-and- tumble roadhouse in the Santa Cruz Mountains with a loyal clientele of Hells Angels. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Nora\u2019s sister Libby insists on taking her on a month-long vacation to Sunshine Falls, a rustic town where Nora can find her own love story with a rough-and- tumble local (preferably a lumberjack). \u2014 Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
"Primary day will bring to a close perhaps the most rough-and- tumble party primary in U.S. politics since the 2016 GOP presidential primary that Trump himself won. \u2014 Fox News , 3 May 2022",
"Doe also examines matters of faith during a rough-and- tumble time that, in some ways, is not all that different from today. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Perennial action hero Bruce Willis headlined the 1998 space movie, playing Harry S. Stamper, leader of the rough-and- tumble crew of newbie astronauts. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, frequentative of tumben to dance, from Old English tumbian ; akin to Old High German t\u016bm\u014dn to reel":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u0259m-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"fall",
"slip",
"stumble",
"topple",
"trip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114837",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tumbledown":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": dilapidated , ramshackle":[
"a tumbledown house at the edge of town",
"\u2014 Sherwood Anderson"
]
},
"examples":[
"lived alone on a tumbledown farm that had seen better days",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Low walls of tumbledown stone, kept in place as a monument, mark the outlines of the cottages that once stood here. \u2014 Cathleen O'grady, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
"Above them all is grandmother Muriel (Ann Reid), who lives in a large tumbledown manse where the family will gather intermittently. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"In the tumbledown concrete room that has been commandeered as this sleepy African trading center\u2019s Covid-19 vaccination headquarters, a battered freezer holds stacks of boxes with dozens of small glass vials. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"But the halo of wealth of the Bay Area has never reached the tumbledown homes, trailer park and ranches of Round Valley. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Allen Moyer\u2019s set consists of a rotating box that morphs from a tumbledown shack into a graceful farmhouse, a roadside bar, and a college dorm. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Vulture , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The bay itself divides the country in two; there are small islands and small coves, a yacht club on the west shore and a tumbledown shipyard on the east. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Activists share tumbledown houses, and a single piece of architecture can serve multiple functions: a townhouse is as much a house as an activist center; a storefront with peeling paint does double duty as a school. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2021",
"With no ties to bind him, Cal has acted on his dream and bought a tumbledown Irish cottage advertised on the Internet. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Oct. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1818, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u0259m-b\u0259l-\u02ccdau\u0307n",
"\u02c8t\u0259m-b\u0259l-\u02c8dau\u0307n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175213",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tumbledung":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": tumblebug":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"tumble entry 1 + dung":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112945",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tumbling":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the skill, practice, or sport of executing gymnastic feats (such as somersaults and handsprings) without the use of apparatus":[],
": tipped or slanted out of the vertical":[
"\u2014 used especially of a cattle brand"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The greenback\u2019s climb has sent the euro, British pound and Japanese yen tumbling . \u2014 Will Feuer, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"Ford sold about 8 million shares earlier last week after a lock-up period ended, a transaction that sent Rivian\u2019s stock price tumbling . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"The greenback\u2019s climb has sent the euro, British pound and Japanese yen tumbling . \u2014 Will Feuer, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"Elite Tumbling Factory is scheduled to open at N93 W14560 Whittaker Way as an instructional facility for tumbling and gymnastics. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
"Marko Kolanovic is resolute that things can get better for U.S. stocks as the year progresses, even with the S&P 500 tumbling and bullish catalysts seeming rare these days. \u2014 Joanna Ossinger, Fortune , 19 May 2022",
"Then they were both thrown on the sand by the shore break, along with their tumbling , eight-hundred-pound vehicle. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"The greenback\u2019s climb has sent the euro, British pound and Japanese yen tumbling . \u2014 Julia-ambra Verlaine, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
"This offers eight weeks of ensemble circus training, juggling, basic tumbling , partner acrobatics, balance, chinese stick and other circus skills. \u2014 courant.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Senate majority leader represents the big-business wing of the Republican Party, and Wall Street, if the tumbling stock market is any indication, fears Trump\u2019s protectionism will cause economic pain. \u2014 Jeet Heer, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2018",
"The rout in bitcoin is part of a broader selloff in the cryptocurrency realm, with all of the top 10 by market cap falling, and most tumbling by at least 10 percent, according to Coinmarketcap.com. \u2014 Joanna Ossinger, Bloomberg.com , 8 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1604, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1916, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u0259m-b(\u0259-)li\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115258",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"tumbling verse":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an early modern English type of verse having four stresses but no prevailing type of foot and no regular number of syllables":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1585, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124858",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tummock":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": hillock":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Scottish Gaelic tom hillock (akin to Middle Irish tomm hill) + English -ock":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u0259m\u0259\u0307k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115720",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tummy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": stomach sense 1b":[]
},
"examples":[
"His mother rubbed his tummy until he fell asleep.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In one recent Instagram post, featuring a photo of her with one of her young daughters on the beach, Jenna commented that her children don\u2019t care about the cellulite on her legs or her loose tummy that was once their home. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Of all the sleeping styles, sleeping on your tummy usually means courting major back pain. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 21 June 2022",
"High-waist leggings gave me space to curl up in a ball and never squeezed my growing tummy . \u2014 Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online , 13 Sep. 2020",
"The wide, smooth, high-rise waistband ends where your tummy is smallest, which nixes that cinched, muffin-top feeling and keeps it from rolling down. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Health.com , 30 Mar. 2021",
"Pack some protein bars \u2014 like these double dark chocolate nut bars from Kind \u2014 to satisfy your tummy and load up on energy. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The couple are shown holding hands, smiling at each other as Rihanna's tummy is seen accentuated by jewelry. \u2014 CNN , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In reality, stretch marks are genetic and no amount of organic shea butter will save your tummy from the incursion of those pesky pink rivets. \u2014 Nina Jankowicz, Wired , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Trying to go to bed with a growling tummy can interfere with falling asleep and getting a quality night of shut-eye is vital for athletic gains. \u2014 Matthew Kadey Rd, Outside Online , 2 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"baby-talk alteration of stomach":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u0259-m\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abdomen",
"belly",
"breadbasket",
"gut",
"solar plexus",
"stomach"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073230",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tumor":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a swollen or distended part":[
"\u2026 houses that bulged with the tumors and warts of \u2026 ornamental architecture \u2026",
"\u2014 W. A. White"
],
": an abnormal benign or malignant new growth of tissue that possesses no physiological function and arises from uncontrolled usually rapid cellular proliferation":[]
},
"examples":[
"the scan showed a small tumor in her abdomen",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Earlier that year, doctors discovered an inoperable brain tumor that would eventually take his life. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"But a PET scan and abdominal M.R.I. failed to find a tumor . \u2014 Gina Kolata, New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Multiple surgeries for a fast-growing tumor on her spine, remissions and recurrences challenged the North Aurora teen. \u2014 Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"To better understand why, researchers have been gathering information from Black men affected by the cancer about possible factors in their lives, as well as collecting samples of saliva and tumor tissue. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Enhertu stopped tumor progression for an average of 9.9 months, compared to 5.1 months for chemotherapy treatments, and cut the risk of death by 36% compared to chemo. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"The team identified two proteins that, when produced in abundance, made tissues more susceptible to cellular intrusion\u2014whether from a placenta or a tumor . \u2014 Carrie Arnold, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
"Zookeepers said that Abi's tumor would be studied in hopes of helping other giraffes with similar health conditions moving forward. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"When Tatum was drafted by the Celtics with the third pick of the 2017 draft, White was seven years removed from having a brain tumor removed, and his health was deteriorating. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022"
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"That could be a major setback for efforts to revive urban downtowns \u2013 including downtown Portland, whose recovery from the tumult of 2020 has been hobbled by the slow return of office workers this year. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Nov. 2021",
"At last the Biden Administration is furious about tumult on the southern border. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 23 Sep. 2021",
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"The teams walked onto the field to tumultuous applause. \u2014 J. K. Rowling , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , 1999",
"We were not accustomed to loran, and to pick up a buoy, as I now did with my binoculars, after thirty days of tumultuous seas, at precisely the time and angle that our charted position led us to anticipate, struck me as nothing short of miraculous. \u2014 Louis Auchincloss , \"Atlantic War,\" in Authors at Sea , Robert Shenk, ed. , 1997",
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"By the time the tumultuous Jan. 3 meeting was over, however, Trump had abandoned the idea. \u2014 Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"His 11 years at the helm of the world\u2019s third-largest music company by sales came during a tumultuous and then vibrant time for Warner Music and the industry. \u2014 Anne Steele, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Bacon and Freud's tumultuous and well-documented relationship imbues the portrait with another layer of complexity and value. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"His departure is a moment to take stock of why his tenure, one of the most tumultuous in the history of American orchestras, has been so important. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Lopez stars alongside Josh Duhamel as a couple whose destination wedding takes a tumultuous turn thanks to a hostage situation. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"The vote comes during a transitional and tumultuous period at Activision Blizzard, with Microsoft announcing its intentions to purchase the company for nearly $69 billion in January. \u2014 Suhauna Hussainstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"After the rapid and tumultuous change of the pandemic, the era of healthcare digitization and consumerization is officially here. \u2014 Sanjay Cherian, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Google\u2019s bankruptcy filing is the latest development in a tumultuous back-and-forth between the Silicon Valley tech giant and Russian authorities. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 18 May 2022"
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"Nearby, the researchers found a 197- by 26-foot tumulus , or burial mound, and an extravagant array of Greek funerary goods likely left by merchants and mercenaries living in the area. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Another surprising discovery is a giant tumulus near the town of Amphipolis in northern Greece. \u2014 National Geographic , 8 Apr. 2019",
"The pressure may have pushed that tumulus to sea level. \u2014 Megan Friedman, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2018",
"The running theory is that the island was a submarine tumulus created when the pressure of slow-moving lava lifts the crust above it. \u2014 Megan Friedman, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2018",
"Resembling an ancient burial mound known as a tumulus , Maropeng's entrance blends artfully with the grassland surroundings. \u2014 Smithsonian , 27 Mar. 2017"
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"The new Boxed Warning for JAK inhibitors also comes with the recommendation that doctors only approve them if patients haven't responded to, or cannot tolerate, other medications known as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"For example, your doctor might suggest an anti- tumor necrosis factor drug that blocks a protein called TNF-alpha that promotes inflammation. \u2014 Jennifer Larson, SELF , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The other is the pathway that triggers inflammation through proinflammatory cytokines like tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-8 (IL-8). \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Several targeted therapies focus on a particularly powerful cytokine called tumor necrosis factor , or TNF. \u2014 Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Furthermore, the agency has limited the drug\u2019s use to patients who\u2019ve tried but failed on at least one tumor necrosis factor inhibitor. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
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"Infliximab is an antibody given as a single infusion that blocks tumor necrosis factor alpha, a pivotal signaling molecule in the immune system, and is used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. \u2014 Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"One gunman gets away and scours the desert in search of Jimmy and Mike, but Mike lines up a shot and snipes the man through his car window, as his truck rolls like a tumbleweed down the dirt road. \u2014 Ethan Shanfeld, Variety , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Nowadays, several of the world\u2019s key crop plants are C4, including corn, millet, and sorghum, and so are several of the world\u2019s key weeds, like crabgrass and tumbleweed . \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"This collective shorthand is so familiar that a filmmaker can use a single shot of a desiccated tumbleweed blowing across a dusty landscape to convey a whole geography of vast, dangerous emptiness. \u2014 Scientific American , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Call the smiley-face mission a tumbleweed ; call it a snowball. \u2014 Leslie Barker, Dallas News , 1 Sep. 2021",
"This is not the tumbleweed borderland centered around El Paso and Cuidad Ju\u00e1rez that exists in the northern imagination. \u2014 Seth Harp, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2021",
"The series has varied its title sequence over the years, and the tumbleweed made its debut in the fourth episode of the first season. \u2014 Rich Heldenfels, Star Tribune , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Along the way, they are assisted by Sage (Keanu Reeves \u2013 yes), who is a wise tumbleweed . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 6 Mar. 2021",
"Along the way, there\u2019s a Western ghost town populated by zombie cowboys, where our heroes meet a rolling, sentient tumbleweed soothsayer known as Sage, portrayed by a gently aflame Keanu Reeves. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 5 Mar. 2021"
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"However, inhibition of p53 leaves the cell transiently vulnerable to the introduction of chromosomal rearrangements and other tumorigenic mutations. \u2014 Sharon Begley, STAT , 19 June 2018"
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"Multiple surgeries for a fast-growing tumor on her spine, remissions and recurrences challenged the North Aurora teen. \u2014 Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"To better understand why, researchers have been gathering information from Black men affected by the cancer about possible factors in their lives, as well as collecting samples of saliva and tumor tissue. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Enhertu stopped tumor progression for an average of 9.9 months, compared to 5.1 months for chemotherapy treatments, and cut the risk of death by 36% compared to chemo. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"The team identified two proteins that, when produced in abundance, made tissues more susceptible to cellular intrusion\u2014whether from a placenta or a tumor . \u2014 Carrie Arnold, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
"Zookeepers said that Abi's tumor would be studied in hopes of helping other giraffes with similar health conditions moving forward. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"When Tatum was drafted by the Celtics with the third pick of the 2017 draft, White was seven years removed from having a brain tumor removed, and his health was deteriorating. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022"
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"The Kansas facility announced on social media that Abi was euthanized Sunday morning due to ongoing problems with a tumorous joint, which zookeepers previously described as irreversible. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"Although her doctors were able to cut away all the tumorous growth, her care team wanted to be sure no cancerous cells had traveled to other parts of her body. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Around half of middle-aged hogs have some sort of tumorous growth. \u2014 Noelle Mateer, Wired , 12 Aug. 2021",
"And whereas it is estimated that nearly 40% of all people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point, a 2008 literature review across more than 60 years of research found just one credible case of a tumorous growth in the American lobster. \u2014 R.m. Davis, Science | AAAS , 23 June 2021",
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"Her team measured each animal, ran blood tests and dissected immense amounts of healthy tissue, tumorous tissue, reproductive organs and kidneys. \u2014 Rosanna Xia, Star Tribune , 11 Mar. 2021",
"The cause was complications from a tumorous growth in his ears, said his wife, Vimala Siddalingaiah. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Scheerer continues treatment, including chemotherapy, surgeries to remove tumorous sections and radiation as well as clinical trials at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the National Institute of Health\u2019s National Cancer Institute. \u2014 Andrew Michaels, Howard County Times , 21 Sep. 2017"
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"By day three, the first 100 customers will receive a coffee tumbler and a coupon for a free regular shake of choice. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 23 May 2022",
"The tumbler can hold up to 30 fluid ounces, and can fit in any standard-sized cup holder. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 12 May 2022",
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"The rapper approached in a shimmering black gown that only covered what a censor bar might and gave us a quick up-and-down before offering a tumbler of tequila. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"The first day of jury deliberations in the Kenosha, Wisconsin, courthouse were largely quiet after the final 12 jurors were selected when Rittenhouse himself randomly drew numbers from a tumbler . \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 18 Nov. 2021"
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": a tall European biennial herb ( Sisymbrium altissimum ) that has pinnatifid leaves and long slender seed pods and is often a troublesome weed in North America":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a horse-drawn 2-wheeled farm cart with a tank for handling liquid or semiliquid materials":[]
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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": to fall suddenly and helplessly":[],
": to suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat":[],
": to decline suddenly and sharply (as in price) : drop":[
"the stock market tumbled"
],
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": to perform gymnastic feats in tumbling":[],
": to turn end over end in falling or flight":[],
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": to issue forth hurriedly and confusedly":[],
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"didn't tumble to the seriousness of the problem"
],
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"\u02c8t\u0259m-b\u0259l"
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"fall",
"slip",
"stumble",
"topple",
"trip"
],
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"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"variety",
"welter"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"He tripped and tumbled to the ground.",
"The statue came tumbling down during the riots.",
"The satellite was tumbling out of control.",
"She slipped and tumbled down the hill.",
"Everyone came tumbling out of the bar at closing time.",
"He tumbled into bed and fell asleep.",
"Water tumbled over the rocks.",
"Noun",
"cleaned a crazy tumble of buttons, hair bands, loose change, and old candy wrappers out from the couch cushions",
"took a little tumble on the ice",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"American motorists are getting a measure of relief at the gas pump, with the cost of filling up sliding for a second consecutive week as oil prices tumble . \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"When prices tumble , the value of the inventory companies deduct first declines, which means the tax benefits can diminish. \u2014 Kristin Broughton, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"Runaway food inflation may be tamed soon\u2014at least temporarily\u2014as farm commodities tumble after a surge that pushed up prices of everything from bread to chicken wings. \u2014 Michael Hirtzer, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"Thanks to a set of intelligent sensors, the vacuum won't crash into obstacles or accidentally tumble down a flight of stairs. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"The price of oil, the principal cost in gasoline, can still shoot up or tumble depending on events halfway around the world. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t expect Styles\u2019 music to tumble from the charts anytime soon. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"The firm bet that shares of GameStop would tumble but was battered when retail investors took the other side and sent the stock surging. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"Checkered medical past likely caused potential Day 2 pick to tumble out of the draft entirely. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In rough-and- tumble style, Araki sends his two gay protagonists, both living with HIV, on a winding, whirling road trip into the heart of America after one of them kills a police officer. \u2014 Kyle Turner, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Read on for more stories about this rough-and- tumble era of Chicago, and don\u2019t forget to pick up your copy of our new book commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Chicago Tribune, with more than 100 historic front pages. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Jay Stone grew up in the rough-and- tumble world of Chicago ward politics, the son of a longtime city alderman. \u2014 Megan O\u2019matz, ProPublica , 25 May 2022",
"The Doobies grew out of the Bay Area biker scene at the Chateau Libert\u00e9, a rough-and- tumble roadhouse in the Santa Cruz Mountains with a loyal clientele of Hells Angels. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Nora\u2019s sister Libby insists on taking her on a month-long vacation to Sunshine Falls, a rustic town where Nora can find her own love story with a rough-and- tumble local (preferably a lumberjack). \u2014 Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
"Primary day will bring to a close perhaps the most rough-and- tumble party primary in U.S. politics since the 2016 GOP presidential primary that Trump himself won. \u2014 Fox News , 3 May 2022",
"Doe also examines matters of faith during a rough-and- tumble time that, in some ways, is not all that different from today. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Perennial action hero Bruce Willis headlined the 1998 space movie, playing Harry S. Stamper, leader of the rough-and- tumble crew of newbie astronauts. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, frequentative of tumben to dance, from Old English tumbian ; akin to Old High German t\u016bm\u014dn to reel":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065048"
},
"tumbling rod":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a rod having a cam or lever rigidly attached to transmit an intermittent motion":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071046"
},
"tumbler bearing":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of the intermediate swiveling or pivoted bearings for a square shaft (as in a gantry) that can be knocked aside (as by a traveling crab moving along the shaft and gearing with it)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130146"
},
"tumbling box":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tumbling barrel for small objects":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170604"
},
"tumescent":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": somewhat swollen":[
"tumescent tissue"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8mes-\u1d4ant",
"ty\u00fc-",
"t\u00fc-\u02c8me-s\u1d4ant"
],
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"bloated",
"blown",
"distended",
"overinflated",
"puffed",
"swollen",
"tumid",
"turgid",
"varicose",
"varicosed"
],
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"examples":[
"our pregnant kitty's tumescent middle"
],
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"Latin tumescent-, tumescens , present participle of tumescere to swell up, inchoative of tum\u0113re to swell":""
},
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"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171541"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": tumble mustard":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183426"
},
"tumbling pigweed":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": pigweed sense a":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185056"
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"tumid":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by swelling : swollen , enlarged":[
"a badly infected tumid leg"
],
": protuberant , bulging":[
"sails tumid in the breeze"
],
": bombastic , turgid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t(y)\u00fc-m\u0259d",
"\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
"\u02c8t\u00fc-m\u0259d"
],
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"bloated",
"blown",
"distended",
"overinflated",
"puffed",
"swollen",
"tumescent",
"turgid",
"varicose",
"varicosed"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"he'd just been in a fight, and was nursing his tumid lip"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin tumidus , from tum\u0113re":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190043"
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"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": in a tumid manner":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195606"
},
"Tumion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": stinking cedar":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\u02c8t(y)\u00fcm\u0113\u02cc\u00e4n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, probably from Greek thumion , a yew":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202425"
}
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