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2485 lines
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{
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"WASP":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of numerous social or solitary winged hymenopterous insects (especially families Sphecidae and Vespidae) that usually have a slender smooth body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk, well-developed wings, biting mouthparts, and in the females and workers an often formidable sting, and that are largely carnivorous and often provision their nests with insects or spiders killed or paralyzed by stinging for their larvae to feed on \u2014 compare bee":[],
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": any of various hymenopterous insects (such as a chalcid or ichneumon wasp) other than wasps with larvae that are parasitic on other arthropods":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun (2)",
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"Most of the members of the club are wealthy WASPs .",
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"The college had been known as a bastion of WASP privilege.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The sporty splice collection releases on June 7 and includes a $3,980 wasp -waist jacket and $1,250 platform sandals\u2014items that aren\u2019t quite Soulcycle ready. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
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"Each parasitoid wasp species tends to prefer one or a few hosts. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Some studies suggest that urbanization and development are harming wasp populations, Brock said. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 7 May 2021",
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"For example, Rogue Space Systems is developing a wasp -like spacecraft called Fred Orbot, with solar panels that resemble wings. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"In each ecosystem, the plant served as food for two species of aphids, which in turn fed a parasitoid wasp . \u2014 Anna Funk, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The camera sometimes swirls around her face like a wasp and ominous music swells. \u2014 cleveland , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"The tiny, iridescent Ormyrus labotus always seemed suspicious for a parasitoid wasp . \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Sandboxes can be covered with a tarp when not in use, and rake sand under playground equipment to help deter the wasp . \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 31 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1948, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, 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 waspe , from Old English w\u00e6ps, w\u00e6sp ; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp":"Noun",
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"w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00e4sp, \u02c8w\u022fsp",
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"\u02c8w\u022fsp",
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"\u02c8w\u00e4sp"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040338",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adjective,",
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"noun",
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"noun,"
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]
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},
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"Wasmosy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Juan Carlos 1938\u2013 president of Paraguay (1993\u201398)":[]
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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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"w\u00e4s-\u02c8m\u014d-s\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134810",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Waspy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, associated with, characterized by, or suggestive of WASPs":[
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"a Waspy neighborhood",
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"The next day I meet Scudder, a Waspy investment banker, to go shopping.",
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"\u2014 Candace Bushnell",
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"I don't have my father's nose, but there is an Italian trait to it. It's not a short, WASPy nose.",
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"\u2014 Isabella Rossellini"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1968, 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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"\u02c8w\u022f-",
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-sp\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075202",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"wash":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bog",
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"fen",
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"marsh",
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"marshland",
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"mire",
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"moor",
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"morass",
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"muskeg",
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"slough",
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"slew",
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"slue",
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"swamp",
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"swampland",
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"wetland"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a disturbance in a fluid (such as water or the air) produced by the passage of an airfoil or propeller":[],
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": a piece of ground washed by the sea or river":[],
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": a shallow body of water":[],
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": a shallow creek":[],
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": a situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages balance each other":[],
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": a sweep or splash especially of color made by or as if by a long stroke of a brush":[
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"in the gray wash of early morning"
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],
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": a thin coat of paint (such as watercolor)":[],
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": a thin liquid used for coating a surface (such as a wall)":[],
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": an insipid beverage":[],
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": articles to be washed, being washed, or having been washed":[],
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": backwash sense 1":[],
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": bog , marsh":[],
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": involving essentially simultaneous purchase and sale of the same security":[
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"spurious market activity resulting from wash trading"
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],
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": launder sense 3":[
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"how the mob washes its money through corrupt bankers",
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"\u2014 Vincent Teresa"
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],
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": loose or eroded surface material of the earth (such as rock debris) transported and deposited by running water":[],
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": lotion":[],
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": the act or process or an instance of washing or being washed":[],
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": the dry bed of a stream":[],
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": to become carried along on water : drift":[
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"cakes of ice washing along"
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],
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": to become worn away by the action of water":[],
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": to cause to swirl":[
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"washing coffee around in his cup"
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],
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": to clean something by rubbing or dipping in water":[],
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": to cleanse (fur) by licking or by rubbing with a paw moistened with saliva":[],
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": to cleanse by or as if by the action of liquid (such as water)":[],
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": to cover or daub lightly with or as if with an application of a thin liquid (such as whitewash or varnish)":[],
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": to depict or paint by a broad sweep of thin color with a brush":[],
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": to disclaim interest in, responsibility for, or further connection with":[],
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": to flow along or dash or overflow against":[
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"waves washing the shore"
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],
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": to flush or moisten (a bodily part or injury) with a liquid":[],
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": to gain acceptance : inspire belief":[
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"the story didn't wash with me"
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],
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": to move, carry, or deposit by or as if by the force of water in motion":[
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"houses washed away by the flood"
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],
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": to overspread with light : suffuse":[],
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": to pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid to purify it especially by removing soluble components":[],
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": to pass a liquid (such as water) over or through especially so as to carry off material from the surface or interior":[],
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": to pass through a bath to carry off impurities or soluble components":[],
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": to pour, sweep, or flow in a stream or current":[
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"waves of pioneers washing westward",
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"\u2014 Green Peyton"
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],
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": to remove (something, such as dirt) by rubbing or drenching with liquid":[],
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": to separate (particles) from a substance (such as ore) by agitation with or in water":[],
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": to serve as a cleansing agent":[
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"this soap washes thoroughly"
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],
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": to subject (something, such as crushed ore) to the action of water to separate valuable material":[],
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": to undergo laundering":[
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"this dress doesn't wash well"
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],
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": to undergo testing successfully : work sense 3":[
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"an interesting theory, but it just won't wash"
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],
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": to wash oneself or a part of one's body":[],
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": to wet thoroughly : drench":[],
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": vapid writing or speech":[],
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": washable":[
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"wash fabric"
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],
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": worthless especially liquid waste : refuse":[],
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"Washington":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"We have to wash the dishes.",
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"Did you wash your hands",
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"The flooding washed sand and silt all over the area.",
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"The pollution washes into rivers from nearby factories.",
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"Water washed over the deck of the ship.",
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"Waves washed up onto the beach.",
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"Noun",
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"My jeans are in the wash .",
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"We could hear the wash of the waves against the rocks.",
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"The wash from speedboats is dangerous for swimmers.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Just be sure to wash them with cold water (no bleach) and use a low dryer setting. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 26 June 2022",
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"Plan to wash them on a delicate cold setting with similar colors, followed by a low heat drying setting for best results. \u2014 Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 June 2022",
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"Basque cheesecake and other pastries, perhaps with a caf\u00e9 br\u00fblot to wash it down. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
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"The general rule to follow is to wash your face at least once per day. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
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"Maybe there\u2019s even an ice-cold soda to wash it all down. \u2014 Audrey Williams, Essence , 20 May 2022",
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"Dry them by hand or just keep them out of the dishwasher completely and wash them by hand. \u2014 Lauren Smith Mcdonough, Good Housekeeping , 18 May 2022",
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"The first step to cutting a cucumber, according to MasterClass, is to wash the vegetable with cool water. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
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"The aim is to wash away soil and separate the gravel by size, according to Park Interpreter Waymon Cox. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 3 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"If a distressed company cannot stage a turnaround or become an acquisition target, the investment could be a total wash . \u2014 Bill Alena, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"Critics argued that the report was essentially a wash , with the project still lacking the kind of stability that many investors expect. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
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"Morstead is due to make $1 million compared to $705,000 for Heatherly, but since $550,000 of Morstead\u2019s deal is guaranteed, the cap savings are virtually a wash . \u2014 Hal Habib, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
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"Phillips gained back $1,000 for the adjustment in her placement, so the decision is a financial wash for her. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
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"Brush the tops of the buns with a wash consisting of 1 egg beaten well with 1 teaspoon water. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
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"Many testers noted its light exfoliation, with one tester calling it the perfect combination face wash and gentle scrub. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
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"Tumbaga is both malleable and hard, ideal for intricate metalwork, while a mild acid wash removes copper from a top layer and allows the gold to shine like the sun. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
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"In her preparatory drawings for the minimalist installations, straight yellow lines rendered usually in wax crayon are aligned atop mottled, ink- wash backdrops. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"This shower-ready brush from Pattern Beauty is a wash day detangling staple for curly and textured hair types (including this writer's). \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
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"The election exempts securities trades from wash -sale loss (WS) adjustments, which can defer tax losses to the subsequent year and the $3,000 capital loss limitation. \u2014 Robert Green, Forbes , 20 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English wascan ; akin to Old High German waskan to wash and perhaps to Old English w\u00e6ter water":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00e4sh",
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"chiefly Midland also \u02c8w\u022frsh",
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"\u02c8w\u022fsh",
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"or \u02c8w\u00e4rsh"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bathe",
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"lap",
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"lave",
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"lip",
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"splash"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093527",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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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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"wash oil":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": oil (as straw oil) used in scrubbing especially coke-oven gas for absorbing light oil and recovering benzene and other aromatic compounds":[]
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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":"20220707-115511",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wash out":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bomb",
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"collapse",
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"crater",
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"fail",
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"flame out",
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"flop",
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"flunk",
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"fold",
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"founder",
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"miss",
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"strike out",
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"tank"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a place where earth is washed away":[],
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": an unsuccessful enterprise or undertaking":[],
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": one that fails to measure up : failure : such as":[],
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": one who fails in a course of training or study":[],
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": rain out":[
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"the game was washed out"
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],
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": the washing out or away of something and especially of earth in a roadbed by a freshet":[],
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": to become depleted of color or vitality : fade":[],
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": to cause to fade by or as if by laundering":[],
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": to deplete the strength or vitality of":[],
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": to destroy or make useless by the force or action of water":[
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"the storm washed out the bridge"
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],
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": to eliminate as useless or unsatisfactory : reject":[],
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": to fail to meet requirements or measure up to a standard":[],
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": to wash free of an extraneous substance (such as dirt)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He was a washout as a professional golfer.",
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"The team lost so many games that the season was a total washout .",
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"Yesterday's game was a washout .",
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"Verb",
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"most of the participants in the tough training program washed out",
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"the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Rain and thunderstorms are forecast beginning Friday and extending through the Memorial Day weekend, but there shouldn\u2019t be a total washout on any day. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
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"In other words, Dallas will replace multiple-time Pro Bowler Amari Cooper and Cedrick Wilson \u2014 who ranked fourth on the team in receiving yards last season \u2014 with a veteran washout and a rookie receiver. \u2014 Dj Siddiqi, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
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"Showers and storms are possible as the warm front passes, but it\u2019s not an all-day washout . \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
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"While this weekend won't be a washout for everyone, there are rain chances from the Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas region through the Carolinas. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"Are bidets a modern bathroom essential or an expensive washout ",
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"The National Weather Service said the day won\u2019t be a total washout but there could be several hours of rainy weather across the state today. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 11 Nov. 2021",
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"From restaurants to hotels, a washout of the spring training season would hurt Arizona and Florida businesses that depend on it. \u2014 Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY , 27 Feb. 2022",
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"Everglades come standard with the 12.0-inch touchscreen and vinyl seats, washout floor mats, and green stitching. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"No matter your skin concern, there\u2019s a body wash out there that can help, according to Dr. Baumann. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, SELF , 14 June 2022",
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"As the Sun rises higher, the light from its rays will wash out the visibility of certain planets, such as Mercury. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 6 June 2022",
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"The situation would only start to improve come the fourth quarter that starts in January 2023, when a number of these temporary effects start to wash out of annual comparisons, the company said. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
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"In addition, the moon is new, meaning there will be no moonlight to wash out the faint meteors. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 26 May 2022",
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"At the same time, super sunny days or taking pictures around high noon will probably also wash out your photographs due to the excess light. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
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"Inevitably, after tons of rides, your once-new clothing, helmet, shoes, and pack get salt crusted, sun faded, stained from water and dirt, and develop a stubborn funk that\u2019s hard to wash out . \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
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"These colorful\u2014and beloved\u2014waxes do the trick, then wash out when you're done with them. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Most projectors fall short in outdoor settings where sunlight can easily wash out even the brightest picture. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1540, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u022fsh-\u02ccau\u0307t",
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"\u02c8w\u00e4sh-",
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"\u02c8w\u022fsh-\u02ccau\u0307t, \u02c8w\u00e4sh-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bomb",
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"bummer",
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"bust",
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"catastrophe",
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"clinker",
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"clunker",
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"debacle",
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"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
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"disaster",
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"dud",
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"failure",
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"fiasco",
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"fizzle",
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"flop",
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"frost",
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"lemon",
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"loser",
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"miss",
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"shipwreck",
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"turkey"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064029",
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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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"wash-off relief":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an image in relief in color photography produced by hardening the exposed portions of a usually gelatinous colloid layer and washing off the unhardened portions (as with hot water)":[]
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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":"20220706-131631",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"washed":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bog",
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"fen",
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"marsh",
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"marshland",
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"mire",
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"moor",
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"morass",
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"muskeg",
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"slough",
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"slew",
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"slue",
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"swamp",
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"swampland",
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"wetland"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a disturbance in a fluid (such as water or the air) produced by the passage of an airfoil or propeller":[],
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": a piece of ground washed by the sea or river":[],
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": a shallow body of water":[],
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": a shallow creek":[],
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": a situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages balance each other":[],
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": a sweep or splash especially of color made by or as if by a long stroke of a brush":[
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"in the gray wash of early morning"
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],
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": involving essentially simultaneous purchase and sale of the same security":[
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"spurious market activity resulting from wash trading"
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"how the mob washes its money through corrupt bankers",
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"\u2014 Vincent Teresa"
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": to cover or daub lightly with or as if with an application of a thin liquid (such as whitewash or varnish)":[],
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": to depict or paint by a broad sweep of thin color with a brush":[],
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": to disclaim interest in, responsibility for, or further connection with":[],
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": to flow along or dash or overflow against":[
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"waves washing the shore"
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],
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": to flush or moisten (a bodily part or injury) with a liquid":[],
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": to gain acceptance : inspire belief":[
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"the story didn't wash with me"
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],
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"houses washed away by the flood"
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],
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": to overspread with light : suffuse":[],
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": to pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid to purify it especially by removing soluble components":[],
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": to pass a liquid (such as water) over or through especially so as to carry off material from the surface or interior":[],
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": to pass through a bath to carry off impurities or soluble components":[],
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": to pour, sweep, or flow in a stream or current":[
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"waves of pioneers washing westward",
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"\u2014 Green Peyton"
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],
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": to remove (something, such as dirt) by rubbing or drenching with liquid":[],
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": to separate (particles) from a substance (such as ore) by agitation with or in water":[],
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": to serve as a cleansing agent":[
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"this soap washes thoroughly"
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],
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": to subject (something, such as crushed ore) to the action of water to separate valuable material":[],
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": to undergo laundering":[
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"this dress doesn't wash well"
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],
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": to undergo testing successfully : work sense 3":[
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"an interesting theory, but it just won't wash"
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],
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": to wash oneself or a part of one's body":[],
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": to wet thoroughly : drench":[],
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": washable":[
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"We have to wash the dishes.",
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"Did you wash your hands",
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"The flooding washed sand and silt all over the area.",
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"The pollution washes into rivers from nearby factories.",
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"Water washed over the deck of the ship.",
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"Waves washed up onto the beach.",
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"Noun",
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"My jeans are in the wash .",
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"We could hear the wash of the waves against the rocks.",
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"The wash from speedboats is dangerous for swimmers.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Just be sure to wash them with cold water (no bleach) and use a low dryer setting. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 26 June 2022",
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"Plan to wash them on a delicate cold setting with similar colors, followed by a low heat drying setting for best results. \u2014 Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 June 2022",
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"Basque cheesecake and other pastries, perhaps with a caf\u00e9 br\u00fblot to wash it down. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
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"The general rule to follow is to wash your face at least once per day. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
|
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"Maybe there\u2019s even an ice-cold soda to wash it all down. \u2014 Audrey Williams, Essence , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Dry them by hand or just keep them out of the dishwasher completely and wash them by hand. \u2014 Lauren Smith Mcdonough, Good Housekeeping , 18 May 2022",
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"The first step to cutting a cucumber, according to MasterClass, is to wash the vegetable with cool water. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
|
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"The aim is to wash away soil and separate the gravel by size, according to Park Interpreter Waymon Cox. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 3 May 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"If a distressed company cannot stage a turnaround or become an acquisition target, the investment could be a total wash . \u2014 Bill Alena, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
|
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"Critics argued that the report was essentially a wash , with the project still lacking the kind of stability that many investors expect. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
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"Morstead is due to make $1 million compared to $705,000 for Heatherly, but since $550,000 of Morstead\u2019s deal is guaranteed, the cap savings are virtually a wash . \u2014 Hal Habib, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
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"Phillips gained back $1,000 for the adjustment in her placement, so the decision is a financial wash for her. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
|
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"Brush the tops of the buns with a wash consisting of 1 egg beaten well with 1 teaspoon water. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Many testers noted its light exfoliation, with one tester calling it the perfect combination face wash and gentle scrub. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Tumbaga is both malleable and hard, ideal for intricate metalwork, while a mild acid wash removes copper from a top layer and allows the gold to shine like the sun. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
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"In her preparatory drawings for the minimalist installations, straight yellow lines rendered usually in wax crayon are aligned atop mottled, ink- wash backdrops. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"This shower-ready brush from Pattern Beauty is a wash day detangling staple for curly and textured hair types (including this writer's). \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
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"The election exempts securities trades from wash -sale loss (WS) adjustments, which can defer tax losses to the subsequent year and the $3,000 capital loss limitation. \u2014 Robert Green, Forbes , 20 June 2022"
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],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English wascan ; akin to Old High German waskan to wash and perhaps to Old English w\u00e6ter water":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"chiefly Midland also \u02c8w\u022frsh",
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"or \u02c8w\u00e4rsh",
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"\u02c8w\u022fsh",
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"\u02c8w\u00e4sh"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"bathe",
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"lap",
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"lave",
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"lip",
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"splash"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002950",
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|
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]
|
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},
|
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"washed-out":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"dark",
|
|
"deep",
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"gay",
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"rich"
|
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|
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|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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|
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|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
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|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8w\u022fsht-\u02c8au\u0307t",
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"\u02c8w\u00e4sht-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"light",
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|
"pale",
|
|
"pastel",
|
|
"washy"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205701",
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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},
|
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": no longer successful, skillful, popular, or needed":[
|
|
"washed-up athletes",
|
|
"a washed-up actor"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
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|
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|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4sht-",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u022fsht-\u02c8\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
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|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"overripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182519",
|
|
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|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"tank"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a place where earth is washed away":[],
|
|
": an unsuccessful enterprise or undertaking":[],
|
|
": one that fails to measure up : failure : such as":[],
|
|
": one who fails in a course of training or study":[],
|
|
": rain out":[
|
|
"the game was washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
": the washing out or away of something and especially of earth in a roadbed by a freshet":[],
|
|
": to become depleted of color or vitality : fade":[],
|
|
": to cause to fade by or as if by laundering":[],
|
|
": to deplete the strength or vitality of":[],
|
|
": to destroy or make useless by the force or action of water":[
|
|
"the storm washed out the bridge"
|
|
],
|
|
": to eliminate as useless or unsatisfactory : reject":[],
|
|
": to fail to meet requirements or measure up to a standard":[],
|
|
": to wash free of an extraneous substance (such as dirt)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He was a washout as a professional golfer.",
|
|
"The team lost so many games that the season was a total washout .",
|
|
"Yesterday's game was a washout .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"most of the participants in the tough training program washed out",
|
|
"the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Rain and thunderstorms are forecast beginning Friday and extending through the Memorial Day weekend, but there shouldn\u2019t be a total washout on any day. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"In other words, Dallas will replace multiple-time Pro Bowler Amari Cooper and Cedrick Wilson \u2014 who ranked fourth on the team in receiving yards last season \u2014 with a veteran washout and a rookie receiver. \u2014 Dj Siddiqi, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Showers and storms are possible as the warm front passes, but it\u2019s not an all-day washout . \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"While this weekend won't be a washout for everyone, there are rain chances from the Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas region through the Carolinas. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Are bidets a modern bathroom essential or an expensive washout ",
|
|
"The National Weather Service said the day won\u2019t be a total washout but there could be several hours of rainy weather across the state today. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"From restaurants to hotels, a washout of the spring training season would hurt Arizona and Florida businesses that depend on it. \u2014 Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Everglades come standard with the 12.0-inch touchscreen and vinyl seats, washout floor mats, and green stitching. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"No matter your skin concern, there\u2019s a body wash out there that can help, according to Dr. Baumann. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, SELF , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"As the Sun rises higher, the light from its rays will wash out the visibility of certain planets, such as Mercury. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The situation would only start to improve come the fourth quarter that starts in January 2023, when a number of these temporary effects start to wash out of annual comparisons, the company said. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"In addition, the moon is new, meaning there will be no moonlight to wash out the faint meteors. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"At the same time, super sunny days or taking pictures around high noon will probably also wash out your photographs due to the excess light. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Inevitably, after tons of rides, your once-new clothing, helmet, shoes, and pack get salt crusted, sun faded, stained from water and dirt, and develop a stubborn funk that\u2019s hard to wash out . \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
|
|
"These colorful\u2014and beloved\u2014waxes do the trick, then wash out when you're done with them. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Most projectors fall short in outdoor settings where sunlight can easily wash out even the brightest picture. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1540, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"\u02c8w\u022fsh-\u02ccau\u0307t, \u02c8w\u00e4sh-",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u022fsh-\u02ccau\u0307t",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4sh-"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113714",
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"washroom":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a room that is equipped with washing and toilet facilities : lavatory":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you tell me where the washroom is",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The youngster has joined the firm and been given the keys to the executive washroom . \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The girl, who was shot in the right wrist and grazed in the leg, was found in a washroom near Valdes. \u2014 Rosemary Sobol, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"During that period, my days were organized around hours of grueling physio and then collapsing in exhaustion, unable to get up to go to the washroom . \u2014 Ahreaume, Longreads , 19 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Grimy baths and toilets are what remains of the washroom facilities, while soot obscures the patterned wallpaper in the executive sleeping quarters. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 2 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Below decks is an elegant master suite with varnished woodwork, a spacious bathroom and second toilet/ washroom . \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"There are no bottles of hair spray on the washroom \u2019s counter. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The title of the show refers to the organizing principal which views these divas through the lens of ordinary people who somehow encountered them (a washroom attendant, a feature writer, a librarian, a backup singer, a maid). \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 3 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The women had to wake at precisely eight each morning, but, except for trips to the washroom and the toilet, they were locked in their cells twenty-four hours a day. \u2014 David Remnic, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"-\u02ccru\u0307m",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4sh-",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u022fsh-\u02ccr\u00fcm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"bath",
|
|
"bathroom",
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cloakroom",
|
|
"comfort station",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"john",
|
|
"latrine",
|
|
"lavatory",
|
|
"loo",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"restroom",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"water closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083236",
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
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"rich"
|
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],
|
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|
|
": deficient in color":[],
|
|
": lacking in condition and in firmness of flesh":[],
|
|
": lacking in vigor, individuality, or definiteness":[],
|
|
": weak , watery":[
|
|
"washy tea"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Prime Minister Conte, a lawyer, prefers looping, legalistic, wishy- washy sentences. \u2014 Jason Horowitz, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"What wasn\u2019t though was the wishy- washy nature laced along the rest of that news release. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Despite the occasional box-checking, wishy- washy comment slapping Beijing on the wrist for the worst of its abuses, the reality is that the former vice president\u2019s support of the People\u2019s Republic of China is deep and longstanding. \u2014 Tom Cotton, National Review , 11 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Joe Biden\u2019s wishy- washy foreign policy record could be a liability for him in the wake of President Trump\u2019s ordered strike that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. \u2014 Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner , 7 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"There\u2019s a big part of me now wondering if either the Ducks or the Beavers should even want the wishy- washy act of Williams. \u2014 John Canzano | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 27 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Coach Brian Flores takes the brunt of it, day-to-day, with the wishy- washy mission statement of trying to win but prepping for next year making him waffle between Ryan Fitzpatrick and Josh Rosen at quarterback. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 19 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The wishy- washy approach has left policymakers flummoxed. \u2014 Matthew De Silva, Quartz , 17 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"One study from the journal Appetite illustrates just how wishy- washy the term can be. \u2014 Joy Bauer, Ms, Woman's Day , 20 Aug. 2019"
|
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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|
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|
|
"\u02c8w\u022f-sh\u0113",
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
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|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"light",
|
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"pale",
|
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"pastel",
|
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"washed-out"
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094615",
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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|
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-",
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"dialectal also \u02c8w\u0259-t\u1d4an(t)",
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"\u02c8w\u0259-z\u1d4ant"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113327",
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"type":[
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"contraction"
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]
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},
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"wasn't born yesterday":{
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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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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070141",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"wasp":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of numerous social or solitary winged hymenopterous insects (especially families Sphecidae and Vespidae) that usually have a slender smooth body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk, well-developed wings, biting mouthparts, and in the females and workers an often formidable sting, and that are largely carnivorous and often provision their nests with insects or spiders killed or paralyzed by stinging for their larvae to feed on \u2014 compare bee":[],
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": any of various hymenopterous insects (such as a chalcid or ichneumon wasp) other than wasps with larvae that are parasitic on other arthropods":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun (2)",
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"Most of the members of the club are wealthy WASPs .",
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"The college had been known as a bastion of WASP privilege.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The sporty splice collection releases on June 7 and includes a $3,980 wasp -waist jacket and $1,250 platform sandals\u2014items that aren\u2019t quite Soulcycle ready. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
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"Each parasitoid wasp species tends to prefer one or a few hosts. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Some studies suggest that urbanization and development are harming wasp populations, Brock said. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 7 May 2021",
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"For example, Rogue Space Systems is developing a wasp -like spacecraft called Fred Orbot, with solar panels that resemble wings. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"In each ecosystem, the plant served as food for two species of aphids, which in turn fed a parasitoid wasp . \u2014 Anna Funk, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The camera sometimes swirls around her face like a wasp and ominous music swells. \u2014 cleveland , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"The tiny, iridescent Ormyrus labotus always seemed suspicious for a parasitoid wasp . \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Sandboxes can be covered with a tarp when not in use, and rake sand under playground equipment to help deter the wasp . \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 31 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1948, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, 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 waspe , from Old English w\u00e6ps, w\u00e6sp ; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp":"Noun",
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"w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant":"Noun"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8w\u00e4sp, \u02c8w\u022fsp",
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"\u02c8w\u022fsp",
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"\u02c8w\u00e4sp"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132627",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adjective,",
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"noun",
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"noun,"
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]
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},
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"wasp ant":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": velvet ant":[]
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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":"20220707-074104",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"wasp bee":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
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": cuckoo bee":[]
|
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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":"20220706-194100",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"wasp beetle":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a black-and-yellow longicorn beetle resembling a wasp":[]
|
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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":"20220707-105440",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"wasp fly":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of various syrphus flies that resemble wasps":[],
|
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": thickheaded fly":[]
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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":"20220707-052546",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"wasp spider":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a spider that resembles a wasp in form":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090106",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasp waist":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a very slender waist":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Bright yellow stripes, with that narrow wasp waist , and a smooth, furless body. \u2014 Bethany Brookshire, Good Housekeeping , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Gucci and Balenciaga logos were splashed across monogram outerwear and boulder shoulder, wasp waist suiting\u2014clearly Demna's influence. \u2014 Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The California Gold Rush was responsible for turning the wasp waist of the Americas into a crazily congested thoroughfare. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com , 2 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Ideals of female beauty that can only be met through painful processes of physical manipulation have always been with us, from tiny feet in imperial China to wasp waists in nineteenth-century Europe. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 12 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Another is looking for historical inspiration\u20141950s-style wasp waists or 80s-era padded shoulders. \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian , 4 May 2018",
|
|
"Enamored, ladies followed Hepburn\u2019s lead, penciling in their eyebrows with points and cinching their middles to imitate the former ballerina\u2019s wasp waist . \u2014 Alice Bell, Vogue , 12 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Another is looking for historical inspiration\u20141950s-style wasp waists or 80s-era padded shoulders. \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian , 4 May 2018",
|
|
"Enamored, ladies followed Hepburn\u2019s lead, penciling in their eyebrows with points and cinching their middles to imitate the former ballerina\u2019s wasp waist . \u2014 Alice Bell, Vogue , 12 Mar. 2018"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1833, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101528",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasp's nest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": hornet's nest":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001523",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"waspily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": waspishly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"waspy + -ly":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-p\u0259\u0307l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235711",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"waspish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extremely waspish , she uses her wit viciously when irritated",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"At his waspish best, Mr. Wheatcroft is entertaining on all this. \u2014 Richard Aldous, WSJ , 8 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The waspish Queen \u2013 played by Rebecca Trehearn, whose deliciously withering grandeur would give Marie Antoinette pause \u2014 is not, to put it mildly, pleased. \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 19 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The author takes a waspish tone that doesn\u2019t always enhance his arguments, but the book is an excellent distillation of a complicated menace. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 26 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"The portrait of prewar upper-class English life is superb, the characters are vividly drawn and the comedy, as always in Waugh, is by turns waspish , warm and knockabout. \u2014 John Banville, WSJ , 2 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Once again, waspish commentators noted, an American woman has caused a ruction in the royal family. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Bening is capable of being waspish , consoling, frail, indomitable, and woebegone \u2013 sometimes all at once. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 May 2018",
|
|
"Olney was known to be quite difficult and often waspish about his colleagues. \u2014 Moira Hodgson, WSJ , 17 Nov. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4s-pish",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4-spish",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u022f-",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u022fs-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201013",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"waspling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the larva of a social wasp":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"wasp + -ling":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-pli\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163208",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wassail":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"birl",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a hot drink that is made with wine, beer, or cider, spices, sugar, and usually baked apples and is traditionally served in a large bowl especially at Christmastime":[],
|
|
": an early English toast to someone's health":[],
|
|
": riotous drinking : revelry":[],
|
|
": to drink to the health or thriving of":[],
|
|
": to indulge in wassail : carouse":[],
|
|
": to sing carols from house to house at Christmas":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"woke up with a terrible headache from a wild wassail the night before",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The concert is followed by Trinity\u2019s traditional Wassail Party, where concertgoers can gather with friends, meet new ones, and talk with the performers while enjoying holiday treats and hot wassail . \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Afterward, set intentions fireside with a complimentary wassail , a warming drink. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Glogg wines have many forms, including gluhwein (German) and wassail (English). \u2014 Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Later, after singing carols by the Christmas tree, everyone helps themselves, ladling wassail into their glass cups. \u2014 The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook, Town & Country , 4 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Doors open 45 minutes before to enjoy wassail punch and cookies. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 16 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"What these tours teach is how rich white Southerners once celebrated Christmas: singing Christmas carols, dancing, drinking the cider brew wassail and enjoying refreshments or formal meals. \u2014 Robert E. May, The Conversation , 12 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Free to the public, the fun begins with Christmas caroling at 7 p.m., followed by treats of gingerbread and wassail and a visit from Santa Claus. \u2014 Carissa D. Lamkahouan, Houston Chronicle , 29 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Reisinger's Apple Country, located in Watkins Glen on Seneca Lake, also has a wassailing event on the horizon. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"There was toasting and wassailing all around And cinnamon sticks in yule logs were wrapped and bound. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland.com , 26 Oct. 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English w\u00e6s h\u00e6il, washayl , from Old Norse ves heill be well, from ves (imperative singular of vera to be) + heill healthy \u2014 more at was , whole":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"also w\u00e4-\u02c8s\u0101l",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4-s\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"jamboree",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"toot"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234317",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slash-and-burn wastage of the surrounding countryside as the army made its way to the sea",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"To help best prevent food wastage during a power outage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends keeping appliance thermometers in the refrigerator and freezer. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Having a solid formula means less water wastage , less packaging, and less of a carbon footprint required to transport the product. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"As a result, strict laws regarding food expiration usage result in large-scale wastage . \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Having a solid formula means less water wastage , less packaging, and less of a carbon footprint required to transport the product. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"In other words, a perfectly circular economy will contain no resource wastage and pollution. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"So, circularity will not only reduce resource wastage but also slow down the inevitable threat of climate change and global warming. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Waste reduction is at the heart of one-size swimwear brand Hunza G, with zero deadstock fabric or wastage created in the process. \u2014 Nicole Kliest, Vogue , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Having a solid formula means less water wastage , less packaging, and less of a carbon footprint required to transport the product. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1735, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8w\u0101-stij"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"extinction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"mincemeat",
|
|
"obliteration",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172924",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"waste":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fiddle away",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"trifle (away)"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a broad and empty expanse (as of water)":[],
|
|
": a sparsely settled or barren region : desert":[],
|
|
": an unwanted by-product of a manufacturing process, chemical laboratory, or nuclear reactor":[
|
|
"toxic waste",
|
|
"hazardous waste",
|
|
"nuclear waste"
|
|
],
|
|
": arid , empty":[],
|
|
": being in a ruined or devastated condition":[],
|
|
": being wild and uninhabited : desolate":[],
|
|
": damaged, defective, or superfluous material produced by a manufacturing process: such as":[],
|
|
": discarded as worthless, defective, or of no use : refuse":[
|
|
"waste material"
|
|
],
|
|
": excrement":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in plural"
|
|
],
|
|
": excreted from or stored in inert form in a living body as a by-product of vital activity":[
|
|
"waste products"
|
|
],
|
|
": garbage , rubbish":[],
|
|
": gradual loss or decrease by use, wear, or decay":[],
|
|
": loss through breaking down of bodily tissue":[],
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": material derived by mechanical and chemical weathering of the land and moved down sloping surfaces or carried by streams to the sea":[],
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": material rejected during a textile manufacturing process and used usually for wiping away dirt and oil":[
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"cotton waste"
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],
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": not cultivated : not productive":[],
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": refuse from places of human or animal habitation: such as":[],
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": scrap":[],
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": sewage":[],
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": the act or an instance of wasting : the state of being wasted":[],
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": to accomplish nothing by speaking":[],
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": to allow to be used inefficiently or become dissipated":[
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"a writer wasting her talent"
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],
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": to become consumed":[],
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": to become diminished in bulk or substance":[],
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": to cause to shrink in physical bulk or strength : emaciate , enfeeble":[
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"a body wasted by disease"
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],
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": to lose weight, strength, or vitality":[
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"\u2014 often used with away was wasting away from illness"
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],
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": to spend money or consume property extravagantly or improvidently":[],
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": to spend or use carelessly : squander":[
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"waste valuable resources"
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],
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": to wear away or diminish gradually : consume":[],
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": uncultivated land":[],
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": wasted sense 4":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The current system causes a lot of waste .",
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"We need to find ways to reduce unnecessary waste .",
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"These old computers are still useful. It seems like such a waste to throw them away.",
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"Any further investment would be a waste of valuable resources.",
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"The city oversees waste disposal contracts.",
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"Verb",
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"Don't waste water during the summer drought.",
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"He always wasted his money on useless gadgets.",
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"Turn off the lights so we don't waste electricity.",
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"I think he's just wasting my time.",
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"We can't afford to waste so much food.",
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"We can't afford to waste this opportunity.",
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"Adjective",
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"waste acreage that was not fit for anything",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Currently the waste is largely kept in unlined pits around the United States. \u2014 David Abel, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
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"Plastic waste has become a significant source of pollution in India, the world\u2019s second most populous country. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 1 July 2022",
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"With such freshness, there\u2019s also a tendency for less waste . \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
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"Porter County residents will also be able to recycle clean and dry plastic bags and a variety of household hazardous waste items such as pool chemicals, pesticides, medical sharps and more. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
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"Everyone now has to have a customer-grade yard waste cart. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 June 2022",
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"The pin was near the front of the green, separated from me by a gaping waste bunker, basically 125 yards of sand. \u2014 Chris Santella, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
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"Acetophenone is a common bacterial waste product, so the researchers figured it might be produced by bacteria living on skin. \u2014 Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 June 2022",
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"Andy's forte is the in-depth investigative story, exposing corruption and government waste . \u2014 Andy Sheehan, CBS News , 29 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"As a former Chicago mayor famously said, never let a crisis go to waste . \u2014 Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
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"Rahm Emanuel, President Obama\u2019s chief of staff, advised that politicians should never let a crisis go to waste . \u2014 Ryan Young, National Review , 15 June 2022",
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"So a five-minute shower could use 25 fewer gallons than a bath. Not letting bath or shower water go to waste while warming up. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
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"Coffee beans are ground based on the number of cups the guest wants, so that nothing goes to waste . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"The menu is local when possible and seasonal\u2014and nothing goes to waste . \u2014 Vivian Song, Robb Report , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"The process of harvesting fruits and vegetables that otherwise would go to waste , known as gleaning, is a practice that dates back to biblical times. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"As the film enters a more magical, darker realm, Mysius still didn\u2019t want to waste time explaining its rules. \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 26 May 2022",
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"Again, Bradley didn\u2019t want to waste any time between releases. \u2014 Ilana Kaplan, SPIN , 10 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"But for sheer novelty in this post- waste world, few companies may top Extract Energy. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"For many of them, working at a high-growth company with a feel-good, anti- waste mission had felt like the pinnacle of their working lives. \u2014 Lauren Weber, WSJ , 17 May 2021",
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"The new anti- waste law aims to encourage buyers to repair their devices rather than replace them with new products. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 Feb. 2021",
|
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"To boost that percentage, France passed an anti- waste bill last year mandating that electronics manufacturers make a repairability index visible on their products. \u2014 Maddie Stone, Wired , 20 Feb. 2021",
|
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"One study shows that restaurants save $7 for every $1 invested in anti- waste methods. \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2020",
|
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"Reviving discarded clothing and giving it new life through painting and alterations, artist MI Legget goes against the grain and champions anti- waste values in the industry. \u2014 Erin Parker, Glamour , 11 June 2020",
|
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"The most accessible plank of the action plan for most residents is waste reduction. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 Mar. 2020",
|
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"Dadashov, an Azerbaijani striker who bounced around the German leagues the last decade, did not waste time, scoring at 13-, 24- and 65-minute marks. \u2014 azcentral , 7 Mar. 2020"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Adjective"
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English waste, wast , from Anglo-French wast":"Adjective",
|
|
"Middle English waste, wast ; in sense 1, from Anglo-French wast , from wast, gast, guast , adjective, desolate, waste, from Latin vastus ; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste \u2014 more at vast":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French waster, gaster , from Latin vastare , from vastus desolate, waste":"Verb"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8w\u0101st"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for waste Verb ravage , devastate , waste , sack , pillage , despoil mean to lay waste by plundering or destroying. ravage implies violent often cumulative depredation and destruction. a hurricane ravaged the coast devastate implies the complete ruin and desolation of a wide area. an earthquake devastated the city waste may imply producing the same result by a slow process rather than sudden and violent action. years of drought had wasted the area sack implies carrying off all valuable possessions from a place. barbarians sacked ancient Rome pillage implies ruthless plundering at will but without the completeness suggested by sack . settlements pillaged by Vikings despoil applies to looting or robbing without suggesting accompanying destruction. the Nazis despoiled the art museums",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"extravagance",
|
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"prodigality"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165744",
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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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"waste (away)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": to become thinner and weaker because of illness or lack of food":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":"20220707-043559",
|
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"type":[
|
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"phrasal verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"wasted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": gone by : elapsed":[
|
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"the chronicle of wasted time",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
": impaired in strength or health : emaciated":[],
|
|
": intoxicated from drugs or alcohol":[],
|
|
": laid waste : ravaged":[],
|
|
": unprofitably used, made, or expended":[
|
|
"wasted effort"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"I saw him before the party and he was already wasted .",
|
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"a wasted frame\u2014a shadow of the man he once was",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The party is a bit of a flop, except that Raquel, a K-pop single about espresso martinis, gets a little bit wasted and doesn\u2019t know any of the questions in a weird game of truth or dare. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Most of Louisiana\u2019s wasted vaccine doses happened because vials containing the shots were opened, but hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and other providers couldn\u2019t find someone to take the doses, health department spokesperson Kevin Litten said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 14 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Showing ads to the right individuals is a critical part of the marketing process and must be taken seriously to avoid wasted ad spend. \u2014 Jonathan Durante, Forbes , 12 Mar. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8w\u0101-st\u0259d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenic",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052717",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasteful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": given to or marked by waste : lavish , prodigal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wasteful use of natural resources",
|
|
"a careless and wasteful person",
|
|
"We must eliminate wasteful expenditures.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Prior authorization requirements are intended to reduce wasteful and inappropriate health care spending. \u2014 Michelle Andrews, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"The program is wasteful and not well aligned to the realities of today\u2019s airline system. \u2014 Ben Baldanza, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Unfortunately, the financial incentives underlying the Medicaid expansion have led to a surge of wasteful and improper spending. \u2014 Brian Blase, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Critics say coupons are expensive, wasteful and inefficient advertising. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Why keep blowing out the budget on these wasteful and disgusting coaching buyouts when investing capital in players is the intelligent and morally correct thing to do",
|
|
"As a result, guards have been posted throughout the system in wasteful and capricious ways, generous benefits like sick leave have been abused and detainees have had the run of entire housing areas. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Idling my truck just to take a shower seemed wasteful and loud. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 22 May 2021",
|
|
"Much like traditional recycling, yard waste recycling can become wasteful and expensive as a result of trash or other items in the collection stream. \u2014 Robin Goist, cleveland , 10 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8w\u0101st-f\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high-rolling",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162502",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastefulness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": given to or marked by waste : lavish , prodigal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wasteful use of natural resources",
|
|
"a careless and wasteful person",
|
|
"We must eliminate wasteful expenditures.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Prior authorization requirements are intended to reduce wasteful and inappropriate health care spending. \u2014 Michelle Andrews, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"The program is wasteful and not well aligned to the realities of today\u2019s airline system. \u2014 Ben Baldanza, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Unfortunately, the financial incentives underlying the Medicaid expansion have led to a surge of wasteful and improper spending. \u2014 Brian Blase, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Critics say coupons are expensive, wasteful and inefficient advertising. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Why keep blowing out the budget on these wasteful and disgusting coaching buyouts when investing capital in players is the intelligent and morally correct thing to do",
|
|
"As a result, guards have been posted throughout the system in wasteful and capricious ways, generous benefits like sick leave have been abused and detainees have had the run of entire housing areas. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Idling my truck just to take a shower seemed wasteful and loud. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 22 May 2021",
|
|
"Much like traditional recycling, yard waste recycling can become wasteful and expensive as a result of trash or other items in the collection stream. \u2014 Robin Goist, cleveland , 10 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8w\u0101st-f\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high-rolling",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204232",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasteland":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an ugly often devastated or barely inhabitable place or area":[],
|
|
": barren or uncultivated land":[
|
|
"a desert wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
": something (such as a way of life) that is spiritually and emotionally arid and unsatisfying":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The outskirts of the city became a grim industrial wasteland .",
|
|
"That part of the country is a cultural wasteland .",
|
|
"the vast wasteland of television",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"By most accounts, the neighborhood was a wasteland . \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The bottom of the league isn't necessarily a basketball wasteland as several of the rebuilding teams here have set themselves on promising upward trajectories. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Not to be unexpected given it\u2019s a barren, cold wasteland with barely any atmosphere. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"My expectation was to find L.A. a post-apocalyptic, smog-ridden, industrial wasteland . \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"It is surrounded by endless wasteland during the day; at night only its floodlights appear to keep unseen, vicious monsters at bay. \u2014 Emiliano De Pablos, Variety , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Stung by Western sanctions, Russia is starting to devolve into a secondhand economy dependent on poor substitutes, where shortages are stirring memories of the consumer wasteland that was the Soviet Union. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Lynx told me that their home planet, Iridonia, a rocky wasteland roiling with lava, had a good social safety net. \u2014 Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Fury Road finds humanity on the brink, a world reduced to a wasteland . \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 12 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8w\u0101st-\u02ccland",
|
|
"also -l\u0259nd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"no-man's-land",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224811",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"waster":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizer",
|
|
"penny-pincher"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dissolute person":[],
|
|
": an imperfect or inferior manufactured article or object":[],
|
|
": one that lays waste : destroyer":[],
|
|
": one that spends or consumes extravagantly and without thought for the future":[],
|
|
": one that uses wastefully or causes or permits waste":[
|
|
"a procedure that is a waster of time"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He has been called a waster of taxpayers' money.",
|
|
"He thinks every meeting is a big time waster .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Or will this become a passing fad and be seen as a time- waster ",
|
|
"There are about two dozen other similar phosphate waster reservoirs in Florida, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. \u2014 Curt Anderson, Star Tribune , 13 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"One money- waster is a lack of governance over cloud infrastructure. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 5 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Petersen had been invited by Poshmark to share her photography tips at the 2018 Poshfest, but according to Couloute, that was a time- waster . \u2014 Alden Wicker, Wired , 10 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Recruiting coordinator Phil Vigil noted that being forced to do virtual official visits one at a time was a huge time- waster , when normal official visits can usually be grouped. \u2014 Sam Blum, Dallas News , 22 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"And then there was Snake II, an elite tier time- waster of a game that reliably gave you something to stare at on your phone nearly a decade before the iOS App Store debuted. \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 1 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"It\u2019s bigger than losing access to classic time- wasters like Desktop Tower Defense and Line Rider. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 6 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The results run the gamut from 100-hour epics to mindless mobile phone time- wasters , and everything in between. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 26 Dec. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8w\u0101-st\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterer",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spender",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"wastrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230546",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": laying waste : devastating":[],
|
|
": undergoing or causing decay or loss of strength":[
|
|
"wasting diseases such as tuberculosis"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"One that\u2019s too large may be overkill, using up too much electricity and unnecessarily wasting floor space. \u2014 Brett Dvoretz, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The highly contagious disease was so wasting and terrifying that those who died of it were believed to leave their graves, infecting relatives and draining away blood and life, scholars have said. \u2014 Author: Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"The highly contagious disease was so wasting and terrifying that those who died of it were believed to leave their graves, infecting relatives and draining away blood and life, scholars have said. \u2014 Author: Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Aug. 2019",
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"The highly contagious disease was so wasting and terrifying that those who died of it were believed to leave their graves, infecting relatives and draining away blood and life, scholars have said. \u2014 Author: Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Aug. 2019",
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"The highly contagious disease was so wasting and terrifying that those who died of it were believed to leave their graves, infecting relatives and draining away blood and life, scholars have said. \u2014 Author: Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Aug. 2019",
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"The highly contagious disease was so wasting and terrifying that those who died of it were believed to leave their graves, infecting relatives and draining away blood and life, scholars have said. \u2014 Author: Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Aug. 2019",
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"The highly contagious disease was so wasting and terrifying that those who died of it were believed to leave their graves, infecting relatives and draining away blood and life, scholars have said. \u2014 Author: Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Aug. 2019",
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"The highly contagious disease was so wasting and terrifying that those who died of it were believed to leave their graves, infecting relatives and draining away blood and life, scholars have said. \u2014 Author: Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Aug. 2019"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8w\u0101-sti\u014b"
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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},
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"wastrel":{
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"antonyms":[
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"economizer",
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"penny-pincher"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the black sheep of the family, he ended up being a wastrel and a drunkard",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Lee plays Gi-hun, a penniless wastrel who gambles too much, steals from his family, gets beaten up by loan sharks and accepts a mysterious invitation to become contender #456 in the deadly competition. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"When all is said and done, Biden may get enough spending to allow Republicans to attack him as a wastrel and not enough spending to excite his own partisans. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 10 Sep. 2021",
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"The novel doesn\u2019t quite persuade us as to why this noble character would have any interest at all in this useless, self-defeating wastrel . \u2014 Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books , 6 Oct. 2020",
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"Set in a town called Bedford and peopled by the kind of deliciously self-absorbed upper-class wastrels ... \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 5 May 2020",
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"The Sitwells, Tallulah Bankhead, Diana Cooper, Adele Astaire, Evelyn Waugh, and Steven Runciman add lots of glitter, too, as well as heft. Duchesses, maharanis, designers, writers, and wastrels abound. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 14 Mar. 2020",
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"First performed in Venice in 1709, this biting political satire revolves around the manipulative Agrippina, wife of the Roman emperor Claudio, who will do anything to ensure that her wastrel son Nerone ascends the throne. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2020",
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"McCoy is certain that the victims\u2019 deaths can be traced to the door of the richest family in Glasgow\u2014whose ice-cold patriarch and his wastrel son are rumored to host orgies laced with drugs and sadism. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 4 May 2018",
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"Improvising about golf was easy for me.\u2019 \u2014Bill Murray The movie stars a stuffed-shirt WASP tyrant (Ted Knight), a playboy hedonist wastrel ( Chevy Chase ) and a nouveau riche vulgarian in Day-Glo slacks (Rodney Dangerfield). \u2014 Chris Nashawaty, WSJ , 19 Apr. 2018"
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"irregular from waste entry 2":""
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"also \u02c8w\u00e4-",
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"\u02c8w\u0101-str\u0259l"
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"fritterer",
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"high roller",
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"prodigal",
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"profligate",
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"spender",
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"spendthrift",
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"squanderer",
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"waster"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092729",
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"type":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142601"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": cobalt deficiency disease of sheep and cattle \u2014 compare pine entry 1 sense 3":[]
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164403"
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},
|
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"wasting palsy":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": creeping paralysis":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181922"
|
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},
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"wash-and-wear":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or constituting a fabric or garment that needs little or no ironing after washing":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8w\u00e4sh-",
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"\u02c8w\u022fsh-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8wer"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183842"
|
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},
|
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"wastewater":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": water that has been used (as in a manufacturing process) : sewage":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8w\u0101st-\u02ccw\u022f-t\u0259r",
|
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"-\u02ccw\u00e4-"
|
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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",
|
|
"Another idea is to scale up a test plant that the Metropolitan Water District has built to treat wastewater in Los Angeles for reuse there. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Some years ago, he was asked to check out a wastewater treatment plant in New York that had become home to a breeding colony of pigeons. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"But investigators said the Baby Creek Enclosure Sewer on the west side had reduced capacity because of sludge buildup, and that could have raised wastewater levels upstream. \u2014 Christine Macdonald, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Drinking water is from the desalination plant, rainwater is collected, and wastewater is cleaned via a series of aerobic, non-aerobic, UV, pond, and reed bed systems. \u2014 Johanna Read, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Mason, the town closest to the plant with a sewer and wastewater system that the plant would use, will be one of its biggest beneficiaries financially. \u2014 Claretta Bellamy, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Critics say the wastewater district refuses to service those areas unless real estate developers pay to expand the 32-mile underground sewer system, asking for anywhere between $2.5 million and $6.6 million to upgrade and hook up to the sewer. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
|
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"The agency is also developing projects to collect rainwater and runoff from East San Fernando Valley parks, as well as a direct potable reuse project near Griffith Park that will treat wastewater to drinking water standards, Cheng said. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
|
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"The Yale lab has been tracking wastewater since March 2020. \u2014 Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204113"
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"washable":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": capable of being washed without damage":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-",
|
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"\u02c8w\u022fsh-\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"\u02c8w\u022f-sh\u0259-b\u0259l"
|
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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",
|
|
"If the item is machine washable , launder it as usual, checking that the stain was fully eliminated in the wash prior to putting the item in the dryer. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 June 2022",
|
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"It\u2019s made with 100-percent food-safe and machine- washable materials. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"To keep you cool, opt for washable silk, gauzy cotton, or any matching set that includes a tee and shorts. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Dignity Period, a nonprofit based in St. Louis, distributes washable , reusable pads to schools, food pantries, libraries and other community partners across the country. \u2014 Taylor Telford, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Dignity Period, a nonprofit based in St. Louis, distributes washable , reusable pads to schools, food pantries, libraries and other community partners across the country. \u2014 Taylor Telford, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The washable polyester uppers dry quickly, as does the EVA insole, and an anti-odor treatment helps fend off foul smells after a long day wandering in the sun. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"This vacuum has a washable filter and charges via a USB port. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Unlike the most other styles, this entire blanket is machine- washable . \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 4 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1821, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211431"
|
|
},
|
|
"washing soda":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a transparent crystalline hydrated sodium carbonate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For a bathtub, add 1/4 cup borax, 1/4 cup washing soda and 1/2 cup laundry detergent. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The process itself is rather lengthy: Towels and sheets sit in a tub of hot water, borax, washing soda (sodium carbonate) and laundry detergent until the water has cooled completely, about four to five hours in total. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The laundry stripping recipe involves adding borax, washing soda (sodium carbonate \u2014 not baking soda) and laundry detergent in a 1:1:2 ratio. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The classic homemade recipe available online contains a combination of washing soda , borax and some sort of soap (such as Dr. Bronner\u2019s). \u2014 New York Times , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Sachs says to fill a bathtub with hot water and add a quarter-cup of borax, a quarter-cup of washing soda (a.k.a. sodium carbonate) and a half-cup of detergent. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Also, Wang says, the washing soda used in stripping can combine with deposits in hard water to create additional residue on fabrics. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Some recommend adding vinegar, washing soda or Borax, which might help cut through grease and remove stubborn grime when used in very small amounts (such as a couple of teaspoons per gallon of water). \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"For a bathtub, add 1/4 cup borax, 1/4 cup washing soda , and 1/2 cup laundry detergent. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 19 Aug. 2020"
|
|
],
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213210"
|
|
},
|
|
"wastetime":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"waste entry 2 + time":""
|
|
},
|
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005358"
|
|
},
|
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"Washa":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Chitimachan people of southeastern Louisiana":[],
|
|
": a member of the Washa people":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4sh\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011429"
|
|
},
|
|
"waspishness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adjective,",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of numerous social or solitary winged hymenopterous insects (especially families Sphecidae and Vespidae) that usually have a slender smooth body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk, well-developed wings, biting mouthparts, and in the females and workers an often formidable sting, and that are largely carnivorous and often provision their nests with insects or spiders killed or paralyzed by stinging for their larvae to feed on \u2014 compare bee":[],
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|
": any of various hymenopterous insects (such as a chalcid or ichneumon wasp) other than wasps with larvae that are parasitic on other arthropods":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8w\u022fsp",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4sp, \u02c8w\u022fsp",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4sp"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun (2)",
|
|
"Most of the members of the club are wealthy WASPs .",
|
|
"The college had been known as a bastion of WASP privilege.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The sporty splice collection releases on June 7 and includes a $3,980 wasp -waist jacket and $1,250 platform sandals\u2014items that aren\u2019t quite Soulcycle ready. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Each parasitoid wasp species tends to prefer one or a few hosts. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Some studies suggest that urbanization and development are harming wasp populations, Brock said. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 7 May 2021",
|
|
"For example, Rogue Space Systems is developing a wasp -like spacecraft called Fred Orbot, with solar panels that resemble wings. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 17 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"In each ecosystem, the plant served as food for two species of aphids, which in turn fed a parasitoid wasp . \u2014 Anna Funk, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The camera sometimes swirls around her face like a wasp and ominous music swells. \u2014 cleveland , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The tiny, iridescent Ormyrus labotus always seemed suspicious for a parasitoid wasp . \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Sandboxes can be covered with a tarp when not in use, and rake sand under playground equipment to help deter the wasp . \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 31 July 2021"
|
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English waspe , from Old English w\u00e6ps, w\u00e6sp ; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp":"Noun",
|
|
"w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant":"Noun"
|
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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":"Noun",
|
|
"1948, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015447"
|
|
},
|
|
"wash over":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to affect or be felt by (someone) thoroughly and deeply":[
|
|
"I felt relief washing over me.",
|
|
"Just close your eyes and let the music wash over you."
|
|
],
|
|
": to appear on (a person's face) suddenly":[
|
|
"A look of surprise washed over his face."
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041122"
|
|
},
|
|
"wash out to sea":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to carry (something) out to sea by the movement of the water":[
|
|
"The house is in danger of being washed out to sea ."
|
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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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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041249"
|
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},
|
|
"washing stuff":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an earthy deposit containing gold that may be extracted by washing":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"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":"20220709-044314"
|
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},
|
|
"wash ashore":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to bring (something) onto the shore by waves":[
|
|
"A lot of debris was washed ashore during the storm."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052350"
|
|
},
|
|
"wasps":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adjective,",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": any of numerous social or solitary winged hymenopterous insects (especially families Sphecidae and Vespidae) that usually have a slender smooth body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk, well-developed wings, biting mouthparts, and in the females and workers an often formidable sting, and that are largely carnivorous and often provision their nests with insects or spiders killed or paralyzed by stinging for their larvae to feed on \u2014 compare bee":[],
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|
": any of various hymenopterous insects (such as a chalcid or ichneumon wasp) other than wasps with larvae that are parasitic on other arthropods":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8w\u022fsp",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4sp, \u02c8w\u022fsp",
|
|
"\u02c8w\u00e4sp"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun (2)",
|
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"Most of the members of the club are wealthy WASPs .",
|
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"The college had been known as a bastion of WASP privilege.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The sporty splice collection releases on June 7 and includes a $3,980 wasp -waist jacket and $1,250 platform sandals\u2014items that aren\u2019t quite Soulcycle ready. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
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"Each parasitoid wasp species tends to prefer one or a few hosts. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Some studies suggest that urbanization and development are harming wasp populations, Brock said. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 7 May 2021",
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"For example, Rogue Space Systems is developing a wasp -like spacecraft called Fred Orbot, with solar panels that resemble wings. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"In each ecosystem, the plant served as food for two species of aphids, which in turn fed a parasitoid wasp . \u2014 Anna Funk, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The camera sometimes swirls around her face like a wasp and ominous music swells. \u2014 cleveland , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"The tiny, iridescent Ormyrus labotus always seemed suspicious for a parasitoid wasp . \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Sandboxes can be covered with a tarp when not in use, and rake sand under playground equipment to help deter the wasp . \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 31 July 2021"
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"Middle English waspe , from Old English w\u00e6ps, w\u00e6sp ; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp":"Noun",
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"w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant":"Noun"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1948, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"Tal*ia*ferro \\ \u02c8t\u00e4-\u200bl\u0259-\u200bv\u0259r\u2014 sic \\"
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"George 1732\u20131799 American general; 1st president of the U.S. (1789\u201397)":[],
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"state in the northwestern U.S. bordering the Pacific Ocean, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and British Columbia, Canada; capital Olympia area 68,192 square miles (177,299 square kilometers), population 6,724,540":[],
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"city and capital of the U.S., coextensive with the District of Columbia and often referred to as":[
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"population 601,723":[
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"chiefly Midland also \u02c8w\u022fr- or \u02c8w\u00e4r-",
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-",
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"\u02c8w\u022f-shi\u014b-t\u0259n",
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"chiefly Midland also \u02c8w\u022fr-shi\u014b- or \u02c8w\u00e4r-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The result is a dizzying, almost hallucinatory experience \u2014 akin to being thrown into a washing machine and mercilessly churned for 2 \u00bd hours. \u2014 Ann Hornaday, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
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"Each steam mop comes with a measuring cup and reusable microfiber pads that can be tossed into the washing machine . \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
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"Just make sure to take the cover off then put both the cover and inner pillow into the washing machine . \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
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"Outdoor rugs come in two varieties, those that can be hosed off and left to dry in the sun, and those that can be thrown into the washing machine . \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
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"As soon as her kids walk in the door from school, their track uniforms go straight into the washing machine . \u2014 Jennifer Kuhns, Outside Online , 30 Sep. 2021",
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"According to the Centers for Disease Control, 70 decibels is about the noise level of a dishwasher or washing machine . \u2014 Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
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"The plumbing\u2014enough for a pair of sinks, a shower, and eventually a washing machine \u2014was fed by an outdoor cistern, which was refilled every few months by a neighbor who owned a pump truck. \u2014 Michelle Nijhuis, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
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"Into the soap dispenser, pour a mixture of \u00bc cup water and \u00bc cup baking soda, and into the empty washing machine , pour two cups of white vinegar. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 23 May 2022"
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"circa 1754, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103805"
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"\u02c8w\u0101s(t)-\u02ccba-sk\u0259t",
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"\u02c8w\u0101st-\u02ccba-sk\u0259t"
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"examples":[
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"She tossed the wrapper into the wastebasket .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In the opening minutes, a static shot shows a small boy sitting on the bathroom floor absent-mindedly munching on a plastic wastebasket . \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
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"Two delivered packages \u2013 one containing a T-shirt, the other a wastebasket \u2013 were stolen between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. from the front door of an apartment at Tower in the Park, 55 Barrett. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 5 May 2022",
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"In a 2015 New York Times article, Mr. Durst\u2019s brother, Douglas Durst, recalled discovering in the early 1990s that his wastebasket and that of his uncle were used by Robert Durst for urinating. \u2014 Keiko Morris, WSJ , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"There is nothing appealing about being people\u2019s emotional wastebasket , and that is not in your job description. \u2014 Roxane Gay, New York Times , 8 Oct. 2021",
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"The pitcher is placed in a large wastebasket and given a beer shower. \u2014 Randy Johnson, Star Tribune , 6 July 2021",
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"His allies then cleared out, taking the wastebasket with them. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2021",
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"Add a small rug, plants and a wastebasket , and install organizers to hold your office supplies. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 May 2021",
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"The shredder can operate for 30 minutes of continuous shredding, and has a 5.3-gallon pullout wastebasket . \u2014 Popular Science , 10 Mar. 2021"
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104104"
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02ccw\u00e4-sh\u0259-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259",
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"\u02ccw\u022f-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The suspect allegedly first entered the washateria around 12:50 p.m. armed with a semi-automatic handgun. \u2014 Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle , 19 June 2019",
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"Later that same day, the suspect traveled a few blocks down from the washateria and robbed Amaris Bakery. \u2014 Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle , 19 June 2019"
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"wash entry 2 + -ateria or -eteria (as in cafeteria )":""
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"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"definitions":{
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": a water shield ( Cabomba caroliniana )":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223820"
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"wash away":{
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to carry (something) away by the movement of water":[
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"The bridge was washed away by flooding last year."
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],
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": to get rid of (something, such as unhappy or unpleasant thoughts) completely":[
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"Take a vacation to wash away your troubles."
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