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4844 lines
185 KiB
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"Kefauver":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"(Carey) Estes 1903\u20131963 American politician":[]
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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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"\u02c8k\u0113-\u02ccf\u022f-v\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215826",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Keflav\u00edk":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"town in southwestern Iceland west-southwest of Reykjav\u00edk and site of Iceland's chief airport population 7520":[]
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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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"\u02c8ke-fl\u0259-",
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"\u02c8kye-bl\u00e4-\u02ccv\u0113k"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051043",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Kegel exercises":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": repetitive contractions of the pelvic muscles that control the flow in urination in order to strengthen these muscles especially to control or prevent incontinence or to enhance sexual responsiveness during intercourse":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Arnold H. Kegel \u20201976 American gynecologist":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113-",
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"\u02c8k\u0101-g\u0259l-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084941",
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"type":[
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"noun plural",
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Keitel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Wilhelm 1882\u20131946 German field marshal":[]
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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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"\u02c8k\u012b-t\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081302",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Keizer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city north of Salem in northwestern Oregon population 36,478":[]
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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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"\u02c8k\u012b-z\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051846",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Kejimkujik National Park":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"area of lakes and streams in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada":[]
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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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"\u02cckej-m\u0259-",
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"\u02ccke-j\u0259-m\u0259-\u02c8k\u00fc-jik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024833",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Kekchi":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of such people":[],
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": an Indian people of north central Guatemala":[],
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": the Mayan language of the Kekchi people":[]
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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":"20220707-110020",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Kekkonen":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Urho Kaleva 1900\u20131986 president of Finland (1956\u201381)":[]
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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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"\u02c8ke-k\u0259-n\u0259n",
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"-\u02ccnen"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082208",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Kekul\u00e9 formula":{
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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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"after Friedrich August Kekul\u00e9 von Stradonitz \u20201896 German chemist":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0101k\u0259\u02ccl\u0101-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204114",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Kelvin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"1st Baron 1824\u20131907 William Thomson British mathematician and physicist":[],
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": relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the unit of measurement equals the Celsius degree and according to which absolute zero is 0 K, the equivalent of \u2212273.15\u00b0C":[],
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": the base unit of temperature in the International System of Units that is defined by setting the fixed numerical value of the Boltzmann constant to be 1.380649 x 10 \u201323 joules per kelvin and that is equal to 1/273.16 of the Kelvin scale temperature of the triple point of water":[
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"\u2014 abbreviation K"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"a temperature of 200 degrees Kelvin",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The color temperature of daylight varies with conditions but is commonly understood to range from 5,000 to 6,500 kelvin . \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 18 Aug. 2020",
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"About 130 metric tons of liquid helium\u2014about the weight of a midsize blue whale\u2014keep 36,000 metric tons of the collider under 4 kelvin . \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Aspelmeyer\u2019s group says that the spread in their particle\u2019s position is only 1.3 times that of the zero-point motion, equivalent to a temperature of just a few millionths of a kelvin above absolute zero. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 Aug. 2021",
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"Inside the sun, where nuclear fusion occurs, temperatures can swell to 15 million kelvin . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 25 Sep. 2020",
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"At night, the surface of even the closest planet to the sun, Mercury, drops to about 95 kelvin . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 25 Sep. 2020",
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"Pluto\u2019s surface temperature reaches about 40 kelvin . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 25 Sep. 2020",
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"Color temperature addresses a unit of measurement called degrees kelvin . \u2014 Popular Science , 15 Apr. 2020",
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"Brief pulses heated the carbon to more than 3000 kelvins (about 2700\u00b0C), snapping the bonds between carbon atoms. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 27 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1908, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1968, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"William Thomson, Lord Kelvin":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8kel-v\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110247",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Kentucky bluegrass":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an Old World pasture and meadow grass ( Poa pratensis ) naturalized in North America and often used in lawns":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Kentucky , state of U.S.":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"k\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0259-k\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104545",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Kentucky cardinal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": cardinal sense 5a(1)":[]
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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":"20220708-104224",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Kentucky coffee tree":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a tall North American tree ( Gymnocladus dioica ) of the legume family with bipinnate leaves and large woody brown pods whose seeds have been used as a substitute for coffee":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085605",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Kentucky flat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": ark sense 2b":[]
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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":"20220708-085639",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Kerch":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city and port on Kerch Strait in eastern Crimea population 145,200":[],
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"peninsula between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea in southeastern Europe forming the eastern projection of Crimea":[]
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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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"\u02c8kerch"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130312",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Kern":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a light-armed foot soldier of medieval Ireland or Scotland":[],
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": a part of a typeset letter that projects beyond its side bearings":[],
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": to adjust or specify the width of the side bearings between certain pairs of adjacent characters in order to improve the appearance and legibility of composed text":[
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"manually kerning pairs of letters",
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"a kerned font [=a font that includes kerned letter pairs]",
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"With the spacing set up (accounting for wider letters like M and W) I started kerning . This was a massively painstaking process.",
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"\u2014 James Barnard"
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],
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": yokel":[],
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"Jerome David 1885\u20131945 American composer":[],
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"river 150 miles (241 kilometers) long in south central California flowing southwest into a reservoir":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1683, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1986, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French carne corner, from French dialect, from Latin cardin-, cardo hinge":"Noun",
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"Middle English kerne , from Middle Irish cethern band of soldiers":"Noun",
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"derivative of kern entry 2":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0259rn",
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"\u02c8kern"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075713",
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"type":[
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"biographical name",
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"geographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"Keynes":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"John Maynard 1883\u20131946 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton English economist":[]
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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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"\u02c8k\u0101nz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181826",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Keynesianism":{
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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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"1942, 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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"\u02c8k\u0101n-z\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092648",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"noun or adjective"
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]
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},
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"Keystoner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": pennsylvanian":[
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"\u2014 used as a nickname"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Keystone State , nickname for Pennsylvania (from its central position among the original 13 states) + -er":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113\u02ccst\u014dn\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082929",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Keytainer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small usually leather case for carrying keys (as in the pocket)":[
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"\u2014 formerly a U.S. registered trademark"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1921, 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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"\u02c8k\u0113\u02cct\u0101n\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042103",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"keel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a flat-bottomed barge used especially on the Tyne to carry coal":[],
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": a projection suggesting the keel of a boat or ship: such as":[],
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": an anatomical process forming a ridge (as on the sternum of a bird) : carina sense 1":[],
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": cool":[],
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": red ocher":[],
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": ship":[],
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": the lower part of a papilionaceous flower (as of a pea or bean plant) that consists of two fused petals, lies between the wings (see wing sense 2e(2) ), and encloses the pistil and stamens":[
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"The keel , the lowest petal of the pea-like flower, is short and rounded.",
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"\u2014 Sylvan T. Runkel and Dean M. Roose"
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],
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": to fall in or as if in a faint":[
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"\u2014 usually used with over keeled over from exhaustion"
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],
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": to heel or lean precariously":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English (Scots) keyle":"Noun",
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"Middle English kele , from Middle Dutch kiel ; akin to Old English c\u0113ol ship":"Noun",
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"Middle English kele , from Old Norse kj\u01eblr ; akin to Old English ceole throat, beak of a ship \u2014 more at glutton":"Noun and Verb",
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"Middle English kelen , from Old English c\u0113lan , from c\u014dl cool":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064929",
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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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"keel (over)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to fall down suddenly":[
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"He just keeled over and died from a heart attack.",
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"I almost keeled over with/in laughter."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020502",
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"keelhaul":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to haul under the keel of a ship as punishment or torture":[],
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": to rebuke severely":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"there's no need to keelhaul him\u2014it was an honest mistake, and a small one at that",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And other than a recession, which generally keelhauls buyback plans, don\u2019t expect companies to ease off their repurchases. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 20 Aug. 2019",
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"The threat posed by the AT&T-Time Warner merger is all the greater today because of the Trump administration\u2019s initiative in keelhauling network neutrality at the Federal Communications Commission. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 12 June 2018"
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"Dutch kielhalen , from kiel keel + halen to haul":""
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"\u02c8k\u0113l-\u02cch\u022fl"
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"baste",
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"bawl out",
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"berate",
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"call down",
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"castigate",
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"chastise",
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"chew out",
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"hammer",
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"jaw",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lecture",
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"rag",
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"rail (at ",
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"rant (at)",
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"rate",
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"ream (out)",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproach",
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"scold",
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"score",
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"beef",
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"bellyache",
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"bitch",
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"bleat",
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"carp",
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"caterwaul",
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"complain",
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"crab",
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"croak",
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"fuss",
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"gripe",
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"grizzle",
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"grouch",
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"grouse",
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"growl",
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"grumble",
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"grump",
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"holler",
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"inveigh",
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"kick",
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"kvetch",
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"maunder",
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"moan",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"nag",
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"repine",
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"scream",
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"squawk",
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"squeal",
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"wail",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"whinge",
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"yammer",
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"yawp",
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"yaup",
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"yowl"
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"keen sarcasm"
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],
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": eager":[
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],
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": extremely sensitive in perception":[
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"keen eyes",
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"a keen sense of smell"
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],
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": having a fine edge or point : sharp":[
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"a knife with a keen blade"
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],
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": intense":[
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"the keen delight in the chase",
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"\u2014 F. W. Maitland"
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],
|
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": pungent to the sense":[
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"a keen scent"
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],
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": sharply contested":[
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"keen competition",
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"keen debate"
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],
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"a keen swimmer"
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": to make a sound suggestive of a loud cry of sorrow":[
|
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"a keening siren"
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],
|
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": to utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry":[
|
|
"keened our sorrow",
|
|
"\u2014 Punch"
|
|
],
|
|
": very enthusiastic or excited about":[
|
|
"wasn't keen on going"
|
|
],
|
|
": wonderful , excellent":[
|
|
"a keen idea"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"When you've been trying to remember something and you suddenly remember it, the mental pleasure is keen . \u2014 Ian Frazier , Atlantic , October 2004",
|
|
"Indeed, tobacco processors were keen to promote variety even further by saturating and mixing the cut and spun leaf with a miscellany of spices \u2026 \u2014 Simon Schama , The Embarrassment of Riches , 1988",
|
|
"But Mary wasn't keen on braving the Athens streets alone so Magnus went instead; Mary would do a museum in the morning. \u2014 John le Carr\u00e9 , A Perfect Spy , 1986",
|
|
"That he took a keen interest in scientific navigation is indicated by his keeping a daybook or journal (which has not survived), and by making an honest effort to determine longitude. \u2014 Samuel Eliot Morison , The European Discovery of America , 1971",
|
|
"The keen clear wind swept in on his left cheek, and as he bore on the helm so the Sophie answered, quicker and more nervous than he had expected. \u2014 Patrick O'Brian , Master and Commander , 1970",
|
|
"Planting himself squarely before the two tall cowboys who were standing, he looked straight into their lean, bronzed faces. He spared a full moment for that keen cool gaze before he spoke. \u2014 Zane Grey , Desert Gold , 1913",
|
|
"She's a very keen observer of the political world.",
|
|
"pilots with especially keen eyesight",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"mourners keening at a funeral",
|
|
"victims of the disaster have been keening for weeks about the slowness of governmental aid",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the loud keens of the widows were heard throughout the war-ravaged city",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"With a vision to make Mongolia more accessible, and with his camera in hand, Muench\u2019s dreamy photos and keen business sense make Follow the Tracks one of the easiest ways for anyone to explore Mongolia right now. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"So far, Canaery has been using rats\u2014which also have a keen sense of smell\u2014not dogs, for its research. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Additionally, Pence had a keen sense of his place in history. \u2014 Lindsay Chervinsky, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The imaginative breadth of the tale offered Rimsky-Korsakov wide berth for his orchestral ambitions \u2014 and Macelaru a showcase for his keen sense of narrative. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Delivered with passion by a former actor with a keen sense of narrative and drama, Mr. Zelensky\u2019s speeches have rallied his countrymen and galvanized international support. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In the heat of a melt-up, investors may feel a keen sense of FOMO. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Habibi Collective\u2019s projects their keen sense of authenticity\u2014and an ever-growing, unprecedented global reach. \u2014 Vogue , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"And the Ukrainians, who possess a keen sense of humor, are specialists in doing precisely that. \u2014 Itxu D\u00edaz, National Review , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The expanding monkeypox outbreak is posing enormous communications challenges for public health authorities keen to keep this animal virus from becoming entrenched as a human pathogen. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Armed with nothing but a Chanel Purse, a pair of Louboituns, her good looks and keen financial knowledge, a transient choosing to be known as Autumn Night works her way to center stage at The Pynk, a local strip joint. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Prince Edward may look familiar to keen tennis watchers. \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Gourmet chicken wings weren\u2019t a concept or cuisine most people were aware of (or keen on trying, thanks to below-par fast food options), and their market share would be small until that changed. \u2014 Lela London, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Barrel transfers in the dead of night from one vessel to another allowed Iran to masquerade under different flags, selling its oil to keen Asian buyers without catching the eye of Western monitors. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Today, coachfuls of curious visitors pour into its parking lot each weekend, lured by a complex of shops and tasting rooms\u2014 keen to try the tinctures made from the herbs grown onsite, or some its wine. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Meanwhile, savvy shoppers keen on collecting unique mementos won't want to miss Sonya's, home of the original St. Croix hook bracelet. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Poland, conscious of its debt to the US and keen to build stronger ties to the West, sent troops to America's early 21st-century wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- even as many of Washington's older allies balked at joining the latter conflict. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Donny van de Beek is also reportedly a target for Crystal Palace with the Selhurst Park outfit keen to sign the Dutch midfielder on loan until the end of the season. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"That number also exceeds Trump's first year in office, which has served as an unofficial benchmark of sorts for an administration keen on emphasizing its focus on the courts. \u2014 Phil Mattingly, CNN , 15 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"However, there are various cruise companies that offer smaller ships for those keen for a more Love Boat style cruising experience. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"But Godefroit was also approached by a private collector keen to have scientists examine the partial skull of a Tupandactylus imperator, a type of pterosaur known for an enormous sail-like crest that extended from its head. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For those keen to get out and explore, options range from shopping for local artisan goods, taking a cooking class or dropping anchor in one cove all day to dive and fish. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In this new video-first era, rapid data transmission, a robust and reliable service infrastructure and state-of-the-art security are essential for any business keen to capitalize on the vast potential of this dynamic medium. \u2014 Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"His other persona -- that of imperialist dictator keen to rebuild a Russian Empire -- is on full display. \u2014 James Longman, ABC News , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The entry-level Cadillac subcompact doesn't disappoint in its sleek styling and confident handling, making this sport vehicle ideal for those keen on luxury, but with a tighter budget. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 19 Mar. 2022"
|
|
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|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4a":"Adjective",
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|
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"1845, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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|
},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Irish caoinim I lament, weep":"Verb",
|
|
"Middle English kene brave, sharp, from Old English c\u0113ne brave; akin to Old High German kuoni brave":"Adjective and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for keen Adjective sharp , keen , acute mean having or showing alert competence and clear understanding. sharp implies quick perception, clever resourcefulness, or sometimes questionable trickiness. sharp enough to spot a confidence game keen suggests quickness, enthusiasm, and a penetrating mind. a keen observer of the political scene acute implies a power to penetrate and may suggest subtlety and sharpness of discrimination. an acute sense of style eager , avid , keen , anxious , athirst mean moved by a strong and urgent desire or interest. eager implies ardor and enthusiasm and sometimes impatience at delay or restraint. eager to get started avid adds to eager the implication of insatiability or greed. avid for new thrills keen suggests intensity of interest and quick responsiveness in action. keen on the latest fashions anxious emphasizes fear of frustration or failure or disappointment. anxious not to make a social blunder athirst stresses yearning but not necessarily readiness for action. athirst for adventure",
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|
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"acute",
|
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"delicate",
|
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"fine",
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"perceptive",
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"quick",
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|
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|
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|
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},
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"\u2014 F. W. Maitland"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"a keening siren"
|
|
],
|
|
": to utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry":[
|
|
"keened our sorrow",
|
|
"\u2014 Punch"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": wonderful , excellent":[
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"When you've been trying to remember something and you suddenly remember it, the mental pleasure is keen . \u2014 Ian Frazier , Atlantic , October 2004",
|
|
"Indeed, tobacco processors were keen to promote variety even further by saturating and mixing the cut and spun leaf with a miscellany of spices \u2026 \u2014 Simon Schama , The Embarrassment of Riches , 1988",
|
|
"But Mary wasn't keen on braving the Athens streets alone so Magnus went instead; Mary would do a museum in the morning. \u2014 John le Carr\u00e9 , A Perfect Spy , 1986",
|
|
"That he took a keen interest in scientific navigation is indicated by his keeping a daybook or journal (which has not survived), and by making an honest effort to determine longitude. \u2014 Samuel Eliot Morison , The European Discovery of America , 1971",
|
|
"The keen clear wind swept in on his left cheek, and as he bore on the helm so the Sophie answered, quicker and more nervous than he had expected. \u2014 Patrick O'Brian , Master and Commander , 1970",
|
|
"Planting himself squarely before the two tall cowboys who were standing, he looked straight into their lean, bronzed faces. He spared a full moment for that keen cool gaze before he spoke. \u2014 Zane Grey , Desert Gold , 1913",
|
|
"She's a very keen observer of the political world.",
|
|
"pilots with especially keen eyesight",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"mourners keening at a funeral",
|
|
"victims of the disaster have been keening for weeks about the slowness of governmental aid",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the loud keens of the widows were heard throughout the war-ravaged city",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"With a vision to make Mongolia more accessible, and with his camera in hand, Muench\u2019s dreamy photos and keen business sense make Follow the Tracks one of the easiest ways for anyone to explore Mongolia right now. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"So far, Canaery has been using rats\u2014which also have a keen sense of smell\u2014not dogs, for its research. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Additionally, Pence had a keen sense of his place in history. \u2014 Lindsay Chervinsky, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The imaginative breadth of the tale offered Rimsky-Korsakov wide berth for his orchestral ambitions \u2014 and Macelaru a showcase for his keen sense of narrative. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Delivered with passion by a former actor with a keen sense of narrative and drama, Mr. Zelensky\u2019s speeches have rallied his countrymen and galvanized international support. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In the heat of a melt-up, investors may feel a keen sense of FOMO. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Habibi Collective\u2019s projects their keen sense of authenticity\u2014and an ever-growing, unprecedented global reach. \u2014 Vogue , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"And the Ukrainians, who possess a keen sense of humor, are specialists in doing precisely that. \u2014 Itxu D\u00edaz, National Review , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The expanding monkeypox outbreak is posing enormous communications challenges for public health authorities keen to keep this animal virus from becoming entrenched as a human pathogen. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Armed with nothing but a Chanel Purse, a pair of Louboituns, her good looks and keen financial knowledge, a transient choosing to be known as Autumn Night works her way to center stage at The Pynk, a local strip joint. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Prince Edward may look familiar to keen tennis watchers. \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Gourmet chicken wings weren\u2019t a concept or cuisine most people were aware of (or keen on trying, thanks to below-par fast food options), and their market share would be small until that changed. \u2014 Lela London, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Barrel transfers in the dead of night from one vessel to another allowed Iran to masquerade under different flags, selling its oil to keen Asian buyers without catching the eye of Western monitors. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Today, coachfuls of curious visitors pour into its parking lot each weekend, lured by a complex of shops and tasting rooms\u2014 keen to try the tinctures made from the herbs grown onsite, or some its wine. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Meanwhile, savvy shoppers keen on collecting unique mementos won't want to miss Sonya's, home of the original St. Croix hook bracelet. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Poland, conscious of its debt to the US and keen to build stronger ties to the West, sent troops to America's early 21st-century wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- even as many of Washington's older allies balked at joining the latter conflict. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Donny van de Beek is also reportedly a target for Crystal Palace with the Selhurst Park outfit keen to sign the Dutch midfielder on loan until the end of the season. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"That number also exceeds Trump's first year in office, which has served as an unofficial benchmark of sorts for an administration keen on emphasizing its focus on the courts. \u2014 Phil Mattingly, CNN , 15 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"However, there are various cruise companies that offer smaller ships for those keen for a more Love Boat style cruising experience. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"But Godefroit was also approached by a private collector keen to have scientists examine the partial skull of a Tupandactylus imperator, a type of pterosaur known for an enormous sail-like crest that extended from its head. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For those keen to get out and explore, options range from shopping for local artisan goods, taking a cooking class or dropping anchor in one cove all day to dive and fish. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In this new video-first era, rapid data transmission, a robust and reliable service infrastructure and state-of-the-art security are essential for any business keen to capitalize on the vast potential of this dynamic medium. \u2014 Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"His other persona -- that of imperialist dictator keen to rebuild a Russian Empire -- is on full display. \u2014 James Longman, ABC News , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The entry-level Cadillac subcompact doesn't disappoint in its sleek styling and confident handling, making this sport vehicle ideal for those keen on luxury, but with a tighter budget. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 19 Mar. 2022"
|
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4a":"Adjective",
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|
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"Irish caoinim I lament, weep":"Verb",
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for keen Adjective sharp , keen , acute mean having or showing alert competence and clear understanding. sharp implies quick perception, clever resourcefulness, or sometimes questionable trickiness. sharp enough to spot a confidence game keen suggests quickness, enthusiasm, and a penetrating mind. a keen observer of the political scene acute implies a power to penetrate and may suggest subtlety and sharpness of discrimination. an acute sense of style eager , avid , keen , anxious , athirst mean moved by a strong and urgent desire or interest. eager implies ardor and enthusiasm and sometimes impatience at delay or restraint. eager to get started avid adds to eager the implication of insatiability or greed. avid for new thrills keen suggests intensity of interest and quick responsiveness in action. keen on the latest fashions anxious emphasizes fear of frustration or failure or disappointment. anxious not to make a social blunder athirst stresses yearning but not necessarily readiness for action. athirst for adventure",
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"synonyms":[
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"acute",
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"delicate",
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"fine",
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"perceptive",
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"quick",
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"sensitive",
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"sharp"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185020",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"keep":{
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"antonyms":[
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"care and feeding",
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"conservation",
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"conserving",
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"maintenance",
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"preservation",
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"preserving",
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"sustentation",
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"upkeep"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": abstain , refrain":[
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"can't keep from talking"
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],
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": conduct , manage":[
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"keep a tearoom"
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],
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": custody , charge":[],
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": for an indefinitely long time : permanently":[],
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": hold back , restrain":[
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"keep them from going",
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"kept him back with difficulty"
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],
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": keeper sense 5":[],
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": live , lodge":[],
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": maintenance":[],
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": one that keeps or protects: such as":[],
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": one whose job is to keep or tend":[],
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": preserve , maintain : such as":[],
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": prison , jail":[],
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": save , reserve":[
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"keep some for later",
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"kept some out for a friend"
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],
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": stay , remain":[
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"keep out of the way",
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"keep off the grass"
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],
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": such as":[
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"keep out of the way",
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"keep off the grass"
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],
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": support":[],
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": the means or provisions by which one is kept":[
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"earned his keep"
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],
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": to abide by":[],
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": to act fittingly in relation to":[
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"keep the Sabbath"
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],
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": to avoid attracting notice":[],
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": to avoid trouble especially through good behavior":[],
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": to be faithful to":[
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"keep a promise"
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],
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": to be in session":[
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"school will keep through the winter",
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"\u2014 W. M. Thayer"
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],
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": to be on the alert : be watchful":[],
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": to call for no immediate action":[
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"the matter will keep until morning"
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],
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": to cause to remain in a given place, situation, or condition":[
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"keep him waiting"
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],
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": to confine oneself to":[
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"keep my room"
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],
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": to conform to in habits or conduct":[
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"keep late hours"
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],
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": to continue to maintain":[
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"keep watch"
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],
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": to continue usually without interruption":[
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"keep talking",
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"keep quiet",
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"keep on smiling"
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],
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": to enter in a book":[
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"keep records"
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],
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": to go together as frequent companions or in courtship \u2014 see also keep company with":[],
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": to have customarily in stock for sale":[],
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": to have in control":[
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"keep your temper"
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],
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": to have or maintain in an established position or relationship":[
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"keep a mistress",
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"\u2014 often used with on kept the cook on"
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],
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": to keep in practice":[],
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": to keep in step":[],
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": to keep secret":[
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"kept the facts to myself"
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],
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": to limit oneself to":[],
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": to lodge or feed for pay":[
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"keep boarders"
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],
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": to maintain a course, direction, or progress":[
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"keep to the right"
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],
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": to maintain a record in":[
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"keep a diary"
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],
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": to maintain in a good, fitting, or orderly condition":[
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"\u2014 usually used with up"
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],
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": to manage a household":[],
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": to persist in a practice":[
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"kept bothering them",
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"kept on smoking in spite of warnings"
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],
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": to persist in doing or concerning oneself with":[],
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": to preserve (food) in an unspoiled condition":[],
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": to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing":[
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"kept the news back"
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],
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": to refrain from revealing":[
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"keep a secret"
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],
|
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": to remain in good condition":[
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"meat will keep in the freezer"
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],
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": to remain secret":[
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"the secret would keep"
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],
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": to remain solitary or apart from other people":[],
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": to restrain from departure or removal : detain":[
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"keep children after school"
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],
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": to retain in one's possession or power":[
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"kept the money we found"
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],
|
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": to retain possession of a football especially after faking a handoff":[],
|
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": to stay aloof : maintain a reserved attitude":[],
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": to stay even":[
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"\u2014 usually used with up keep up with the Joneses"
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],
|
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": to stay in":[],
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": to stay in accord with (a beat)":[
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"keep time"
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],
|
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": to stay or continue in":[
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"keep the path",
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"keep your seat"
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],
|
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": to stay or remain on or in usually against opposition : hold":[
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"kept her ground"
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],
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": to take care of : tend":[
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"keep a garden"
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],
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": to take notice of by appropriate conduct : fulfill : such as":[],
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": to watch over and defend":[
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"keep us from harm"
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],
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": watch":[],
|
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": with deadly seriousness":[],
|
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": with the provision that one keep what one has won":[
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"played marbles for keeps"
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],
|
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": with the result of ending the matter":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"She's going to keep the money she found.",
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"I can't decide whether to sell my old car or keep it for another year.",
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"While the company laid off some employees, others had hopes of keeping their jobs.",
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"\u201cThe fare is $4.\u201d \u201cHere's $5. Keep the change .\u201d",
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"I asked them to keep quiet.",
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"The program teaches kids how to keep safe near water.",
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"I tried to keep the children quiet during the ceremony.",
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"The local newspaper keeps people informed about what's happening in town.",
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"The article offers tips on how to keep kids safe near water.",
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"The movie will keep you on the edge of your seat.",
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"Noun",
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"the keep of the stable is mainly left to the two equine-loving daughters",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Watching her navigate that and fail and get back up and keep going and succeed is going to be really exciting. \u2014 Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
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"That desire to toe the line between being able to keep her brain on neutral and pushing herself with mind-numbingly stressful gameplay led her to the one game that can really swing either way: The Sims. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 23 June 2022",
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"First District Republican Tina Cannon is struggling to keep her campaign going under a constant barrage of online trolling, emails and threatening phone calls telling her to drop out of the race. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
|
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"The post-finale spinoff has always been a popular way to keep a franchise going. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 22 June 2022",
|
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"But Wickremesinghe said India would not be able to keep Sri Lanka afloat for long. \u2014 Krishan Francis, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
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"But Wickremesinghe said India would not be able to keep Sri Lanka afloat for long. \u2014 Krishan Francis, ajc , 22 June 2022",
|
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"Many companies responded well to the pandemic, developing remote working approaches to keep things going. \u2014 Robert Sher, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
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"Ensuring the survival of these salmon can help keep the state salmon industry going and workers employed. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Vogel insists that the compassionate solution is to confine these women in the village compound, where her staff offers the best of care, recreational activities and the benefits of honest labor (through which the women earn their keep ). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
|
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"In the public sphere, where PR practitioners earn our keep , the atmosphere and attention around these issues are charged to the point where any misstep, however small or seemingly unjustified, is never one a company can afford. \u2014 Robert Simpson, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
|
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"And while the birds are earning their keep , they have been known to slack off on occasion, going off-property to soak in the splendor of the Yucat\u00e1n coast from a literal bird\u2019s-eye view. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Despite their creative names, these earn their keep as regular parts of the rotation. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Similarly, the film's art direction might be something to behold (and the costume department certainly earned its keep ), but Reeves' bland storytelling, and uninspired action choreography, do little to change the film's faltering trajectory. \u2014 Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Following a major earthquake in 2016 and a subsequent five-year renovation period, Kumamoto Castle's main keep was reopened to the public in 2021. \u2014 CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
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"After some time\u2019s passed, Geralt and teenage Ciri travel the land with his faithful steed Roach, running into old friends and finding sanctuary in the Witchers\u2019 mountainous keep . \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 Dec. 2021",
|
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"The Mountaineers cut it to 17-12 early in the second on a 1-yard keep from McDonald and PAT from Ben Dominick. \u2014 Colin Bannen, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 4b":"Noun",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English kepen , from Old English c\u0113pan ; perhaps akin to Old High German chapf\u0113n to look":"Verb and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for keep Verb keep , observe , celebrate , commemorate mean to notice or honor a day, occasion, or deed. keep stresses the idea of not neglecting or violating. kept the Sabbath by refraining from work observe suggests marking the occasion by ceremonious performance. not all holidays are observed nationally celebrate suggests acknowledging an occasion by festivity. traditionally celebrates Thanksgiving with a huge dinner commemorate suggests that an occasion is marked by observances that remind one of the origin and significance of the event. commemorate Memorial Day with the laying of wreaths keep , retain , detain , withhold , reserve mean to hold in one's possession or under one's control. keep may suggest a holding securely in one's possession, custody, or control. keep this while I'm gone retain implies continued keeping, especially against threatened seizure or forced loss. managed to retain their dignity even in poverty detain suggests a delay in letting go. detained them for questioning withhold implies restraint in letting go or a refusal to let go. withheld information from the authorities reserve suggests a keeping in store for future use. reserve some of your energy for the last mile",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"commemorate",
|
|
"observe"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234515",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keep (back)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to not go near something":[
|
|
"The police asked the spectators to keep back .",
|
|
"The guide told us to keep back from the edge of the cliff."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072158",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keep (from)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to not do or experience (something)":[
|
|
"She found it hard to keep from laughing.",
|
|
"It's difficult to keep from feeling worried about this situation.",
|
|
"It was hard to keep from confusing the twins."
|
|
],
|
|
": to not tell (something) to (someone)":[
|
|
"What information are you keeping from me?",
|
|
"They think the government is keeping the truth from us."
|
|
],
|
|
": to prevent or stop (someone or something) from doing or experiencing (something)":[
|
|
"She's been trying to keep herself from eating too much candy.",
|
|
"An umbrella will keep you from getting wet.",
|
|
"I don't want to keep you from (doing) your work."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205538",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keep (someone or something) at arm's length":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to avoid being very close to or friendly with someone or something":[
|
|
"Since going to college, he has kept his old friends at arm's length .",
|
|
"They no longer trust her and are keeping her at arm's length ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185903",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keep (someone or something) back":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to not allow (a student) to advance to the next grade level":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used as (be) kept back Students who fail the exam may be kept back a year."
|
|
],
|
|
": to not allow (someone) to go near something":[
|
|
"The police kept the spectators back ."
|
|
],
|
|
": to not allow (something) to appear or be known":[
|
|
"He struggled to keep back his tears.",
|
|
"The government kept back some crucial information from the media."
|
|
],
|
|
": to require (a student) to stay at school after classes have ended":[
|
|
"She was kept back for talking in class."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105949",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"keep (someone or something) going":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cause (something) to continue to exist or function":[
|
|
"They tried everything they could think of to keep the business going .",
|
|
"He kept the conversation going ."
|
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],
|
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": to make (someone) able to continue doing something at a difficult time":[
|
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"I don't know what keeps her going after all these years.",
|
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"Their grandson is the only thing keeping them going ."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190351",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"keep (someone) at it":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to force or cause (someone) to continue doing something":[
|
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"The coach kept us (hard) at it until late afternoon."
|
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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":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191425",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"keep (someone) posted":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to regularly give (someone) the most recent news about something":[
|
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"Keep me posted on how the project is coming along."
|
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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":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084758",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"keep (something) under one's hat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to keep (something) secret : to not tell anyone about (something)":[
|
|
"I'll tell you what happened, but you have to keep it under your hat ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":"20220707-184137",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"keep (to)":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"care and feeding",
|
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"conservation",
|
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"conserving",
|
|
"maintenance",
|
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"preservation",
|
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"preserving",
|
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"sustentation",
|
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"upkeep"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": abstain , refrain":[
|
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"can't keep from talking"
|
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],
|
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": conduct , manage":[
|
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"keep a tearoom"
|
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],
|
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": custody , charge":[],
|
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": for an indefinitely long time : permanently":[],
|
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": hold back , restrain":[
|
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"keep them from going",
|
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"kept him back with difficulty"
|
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],
|
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": keeper sense 5":[],
|
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": live , lodge":[],
|
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": maintenance":[],
|
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": one that keeps or protects: such as":[],
|
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": one whose job is to keep or tend":[],
|
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": preserve , maintain : such as":[],
|
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": prison , jail":[],
|
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": save , reserve":[
|
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"keep some for later",
|
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"kept some out for a friend"
|
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],
|
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": stay , remain":[
|
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"keep out of the way",
|
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"keep off the grass"
|
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],
|
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": such as":[
|
|
"keep out of the way",
|
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"keep off the grass"
|
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],
|
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": support":[],
|
|
": the means or provisions by which one is kept":[
|
|
"earned his keep"
|
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],
|
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": to abide by":[],
|
|
": to act fittingly in relation to":[
|
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"keep the Sabbath"
|
|
],
|
|
": to avoid attracting notice":[],
|
|
": to avoid trouble especially through good behavior":[],
|
|
": to be faithful to":[
|
|
"keep a promise"
|
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],
|
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": to be in session":[
|
|
"school will keep through the winter",
|
|
"\u2014 W. M. Thayer"
|
|
],
|
|
": to be on the alert : be watchful":[],
|
|
": to call for no immediate action":[
|
|
"the matter will keep until morning"
|
|
],
|
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": to cause to remain in a given place, situation, or condition":[
|
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"keep him waiting"
|
|
],
|
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": to confine oneself to":[
|
|
"keep my room"
|
|
],
|
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": to conform to in habits or conduct":[
|
|
"keep late hours"
|
|
],
|
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": to continue to maintain":[
|
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"keep watch"
|
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],
|
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": to continue usually without interruption":[
|
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"keep talking",
|
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"keep quiet",
|
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"keep on smiling"
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],
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": to enter in a book":[
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"keep records"
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],
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": to go together as frequent companions or in courtship \u2014 see also keep company with":[],
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": to have customarily in stock for sale":[],
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": to have in control":[
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"keep your temper"
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],
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": to have or maintain in an established position or relationship":[
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"keep a mistress",
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"\u2014 often used with on kept the cook on"
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],
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": to keep in practice":[],
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": to keep in step":[],
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": to keep secret":[
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"kept the facts to myself"
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],
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": to limit oneself to":[],
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": to lodge or feed for pay":[
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"keep boarders"
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],
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": to maintain a course, direction, or progress":[
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"keep to the right"
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],
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": to maintain a record in":[
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"keep a diary"
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],
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": to maintain in a good, fitting, or orderly condition":[
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"\u2014 usually used with up"
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],
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": to manage a household":[],
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": to persist in a practice":[
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"kept bothering them",
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"kept on smoking in spite of warnings"
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],
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": to persist in doing or concerning oneself with":[],
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": to preserve (food) in an unspoiled condition":[],
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": to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing":[
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"kept the news back"
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],
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": to refrain from revealing":[
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"keep a secret"
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],
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": to remain in good condition":[
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"meat will keep in the freezer"
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],
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": to remain secret":[
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"the secret would keep"
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],
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": to remain solitary or apart from other people":[],
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": to restrain from departure or removal : detain":[
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"keep children after school"
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],
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": to retain in one's possession or power":[
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"kept the money we found"
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],
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": to retain possession of a football especially after faking a handoff":[],
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": to stay aloof : maintain a reserved attitude":[],
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": to stay even":[
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"\u2014 usually used with up keep up with the Joneses"
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],
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": to stay in":[],
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": to stay in accord with (a beat)":[
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"keep time"
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],
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": to stay or continue in":[
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"keep the path",
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"keep your seat"
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],
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": to stay or remain on or in usually against opposition : hold":[
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"kept her ground"
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],
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": to take care of : tend":[
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"keep a garden"
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],
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": to take notice of by appropriate conduct : fulfill : such as":[],
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": to watch over and defend":[
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"keep us from harm"
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],
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": watch":[],
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": with deadly seriousness":[],
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": with the provision that one keep what one has won":[
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"played marbles for keeps"
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],
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": with the result of ending the matter":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"She's going to keep the money she found.",
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"I can't decide whether to sell my old car or keep it for another year.",
|
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"While the company laid off some employees, others had hopes of keeping their jobs.",
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"\u201cThe fare is $4.\u201d \u201cHere's $5. Keep the change .\u201d",
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"I asked them to keep quiet.",
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"The program teaches kids how to keep safe near water.",
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"I tried to keep the children quiet during the ceremony.",
|
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"The local newspaper keeps people informed about what's happening in town.",
|
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"The article offers tips on how to keep kids safe near water.",
|
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"The movie will keep you on the edge of your seat.",
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"Noun",
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"the keep of the stable is mainly left to the two equine-loving daughters",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Watching her navigate that and fail and get back up and keep going and succeed is going to be really exciting. \u2014 Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
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"That desire to toe the line between being able to keep her brain on neutral and pushing herself with mind-numbingly stressful gameplay led her to the one game that can really swing either way: The Sims. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 23 June 2022",
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"First District Republican Tina Cannon is struggling to keep her campaign going under a constant barrage of online trolling, emails and threatening phone calls telling her to drop out of the race. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
|
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"The post-finale spinoff has always been a popular way to keep a franchise going. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 22 June 2022",
|
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"But Wickremesinghe said India would not be able to keep Sri Lanka afloat for long. \u2014 Krishan Francis, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
|
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"But Wickremesinghe said India would not be able to keep Sri Lanka afloat for long. \u2014 Krishan Francis, ajc , 22 June 2022",
|
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"Many companies responded well to the pandemic, developing remote working approaches to keep things going. \u2014 Robert Sher, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
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"Ensuring the survival of these salmon can help keep the state salmon industry going and workers employed. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Vogel insists that the compassionate solution is to confine these women in the village compound, where her staff offers the best of care, recreational activities and the benefits of honest labor (through which the women earn their keep ). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
|
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"In the public sphere, where PR practitioners earn our keep , the atmosphere and attention around these issues are charged to the point where any misstep, however small or seemingly unjustified, is never one a company can afford. \u2014 Robert Simpson, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
|
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"And while the birds are earning their keep , they have been known to slack off on occasion, going off-property to soak in the splendor of the Yucat\u00e1n coast from a literal bird\u2019s-eye view. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Despite their creative names, these earn their keep as regular parts of the rotation. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Similarly, the film's art direction might be something to behold (and the costume department certainly earned its keep ), but Reeves' bland storytelling, and uninspired action choreography, do little to change the film's faltering trajectory. \u2014 Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Following a major earthquake in 2016 and a subsequent five-year renovation period, Kumamoto Castle's main keep was reopened to the public in 2021. \u2014 CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
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"After some time\u2019s passed, Geralt and teenage Ciri travel the land with his faithful steed Roach, running into old friends and finding sanctuary in the Witchers\u2019 mountainous keep . \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 Dec. 2021",
|
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"The Mountaineers cut it to 17-12 early in the second on a 1-yard keep from McDonald and PAT from Ben Dominick. \u2014 Colin Bannen, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 4b":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English kepen , from Old English c\u0113pan ; perhaps akin to Old High German chapf\u0113n to look":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113p"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for keep Verb keep , observe , celebrate , commemorate mean to notice or honor a day, occasion, or deed. keep stresses the idea of not neglecting or violating. kept the Sabbath by refraining from work observe suggests marking the occasion by ceremonious performance. not all holidays are observed nationally celebrate suggests acknowledging an occasion by festivity. traditionally celebrates Thanksgiving with a huge dinner commemorate suggests that an occasion is marked by observances that remind one of the origin and significance of the event. commemorate Memorial Day with the laying of wreaths keep , retain , detain , withhold , reserve mean to hold in one's possession or under one's control. keep may suggest a holding securely in one's possession, custody, or control. keep this while I'm gone retain implies continued keeping, especially against threatened seizure or forced loss. managed to retain their dignity even in poverty detain suggests a delay in letting go. detained them for questioning withhold implies restraint in letting go or a refusal to let go. withheld information from the authorities reserve suggests a keeping in store for future use. reserve some of your energy for the last mile",
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"commemorate",
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"observe"
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],
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"keep a civil tongue":{
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"Although she was angry, she kept a civil tongue ."
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072859",
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": to watch (someone or something) closely":[
|
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|
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124558",
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|
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|
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|
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},
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"keep a cool head":{
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|
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|
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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|
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},
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|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114613",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"keep a watch out for":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": to regularly check to see if someone has arrived or if something has appeared or happened":[
|
|
"She asked him to keep a watch out for the delivery truck."
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054250",
|
|
"type":[
|
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|
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]
|
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},
|
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"keep a watchful eye on (someone or something)":{
|
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|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to watch (someone or something) closely":[
|
|
"The supervisor keeps a watchful eye on the workers."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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|
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|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194204",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"keep a weather eye on":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to watch (someone or something) very carefully":[
|
|
"She kept a weather eye on the stock report."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204815",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"keep after":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to require (a student) to stay at school after classes have ended":[
|
|
"The teacher kept him after (school) for misbehaving in class."
|
|
],
|
|
": to tell (someone) again and again to do something":[
|
|
"My kids kept after me to quit smoking, so I finally did.",
|
|
"I wasn't going to audition, but my friends kept after me."
|
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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":"20220708-112747",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"keep back":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to not go near something":[
|
|
"The police asked the spectators to keep back .",
|
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"The guide told us to keep back from the edge of the cliff."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110825",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keep bad company":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to spend time with people who are not morally good":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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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":"20220707-023333",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"keep body and soul together":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to have or get enough food and money to survive":[
|
|
"She kept body and soul together by working two jobs."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194330",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"keep company with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to spend time with (someone)":[
|
|
"He keeps company with the rich and famous.",
|
|
"\" \u2026 But if you keep company with a disloyal man, we might think that you were disloyal, too. See?\"",
|
|
"\u2014 Arthur Conan Doyle",
|
|
"( old-fashioned ) She's been keeping company with a young man. = A young man has been keeping company with her. [=They have been spending time together in a way that shows romantic interest.]",
|
|
"[Charlie] Chaplin continued making great movies, but the original innocence began to wane. Once he started keeping company with the likes of Albert Einstein and George Bernard Shaw, he wanted to make masterpieces, at times spending weeks on filming a single shot.",
|
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"\u2014 The Associated Press",
|
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"\u2014 sometimes used figuratively In her garden, roses keep company with lilies."
|
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|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1502, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185528",
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"type":[
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|
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]
|
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},
|
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"keep count":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to remember or keep a record of a number or total":[
|
|
"He's had so many different girlfriends lately that I no longer can keep count .",
|
|
"\u2014 often + of She is keeping count of the hours she spends watching TV."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
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|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134727",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"keep going":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to continue doing something":[
|
|
"I was ready to give up on the search, but they convinced me to keep going ."
|
|
],
|
|
": to continue moving forward":[
|
|
"He walked right past me and just kept going ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191431",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keep in touch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to continue to talk to or write to someone":[
|
|
"My ex-husband and I still keep in touch .",
|
|
"\u2014 often + with Have you kept in touch with your college roommate?"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"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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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105253",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"keep in with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to remain friendly with (someone)":[
|
|
"She's always kept in with the people with power."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"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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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114228",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"keep one's chin up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to stay cheerful and hopeful during difficult times":[
|
|
"He's still keeping his chin up despite all his health problems.",
|
|
"( Keep your ) chin up ! Everything will work out for the best."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185853",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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|
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},
|
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"keep one's cool/composure":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to remain calm : to not become upset or angry":[
|
|
"He kept his cool even though it was clear that he was being unfairly treated.",
|
|
"The performers struggled to keep their composure after several interruptions from the crowd."
|
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153138"
|
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},
|
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"keep one's eye on the ball":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to continue thinking about or giving attention to something important : to stay focused":[
|
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"She really needs to keep her eye on the ball if she wants to win the election."
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": to carefully watch (someone or something) in order to learn what that person or thing is doing":[
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": to continue to believe in, trust, or support someone or something when it is difficult to do so":[
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"The team has been playing poorly, but its devoted fans have kept the faith ."
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"definitions":{
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": to have or earn enough money to afford things (such as food and clothing) that is needed to live":[
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"They make just enough to keep the wolf from the door ."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113237",
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"keep things in proportion":{
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"definitions":{
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": to understand which things are truly important and not become upset by small things that are not important":[
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"Let's keep things in proportion . You should be able to wait one more day after you have waited two months already."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112721",
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"keep up":{
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"fail",
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"give out",
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"go out",
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"peter (out)",
|
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"run out"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to continue without interruption":[
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"rain kept up all night"
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],
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": to keep adequately informed or up-to-date":[
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"keep up on international affairs"
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],
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": to maintain contact or relations with someone":[
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"keep up with old friends"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave",
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"kept the house up while the owners were gone",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand has roared back, but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up . \u2014 Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
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"After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand has roared back, but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up . \u2014 Kelvin Chan And Mike Corder, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022",
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"Stepan was struggling to keep up with his work, which gave him some sense of normalcy along with critical income. \u2014 J. Lester Feder, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
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"Her late grandfather paid off the home for $70,000, but Rodriguez, who works two jobs and is raising two children, is struggling to keep up with the spiraling taxes, fees and potential code compliance issues. \u2014 Arelis R. Hern\u00e1ndez, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
|
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"Now, American oil-and-gas producers and refiners are struggling to keep up with resurgent demand. \u2014 Collin Eaton, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Even her corporate partners are struggling to keep up with demand. \u2014 Taylor Telford, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Many small businesses are still struggling to keep up with rising costs for supplies and labor, a sign that price increases will continue. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 11 June 2022",
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"According to new findings from a survey by Pymnts.com and LendingClub Corp, about 1/3 of those making $250,000 are struggling to keep up with the expenses. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 10 June 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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"hold out",
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"last",
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"prevail",
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"survive"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185238",
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"keep up one's end":{
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": to do what one has promised to do (in a bargain, agreement, etc.)":[
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"I'm never sure if she will keep up her end of the deal."
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]
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1960, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8k\u0113p-\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060149",
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"keep/fulfill one's promise":{
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": to do what one said one would definitely do":[]
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": to not touch (something)":[
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"\u2014 often used figuratively The military is asking lawmakers to keep their hands off the defense budget."
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"The government has lowered interest rates in an attempt to keep inflation in check ."
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"keepable":{
|
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"definitions":{
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": capable of being kept for some time without deterioration":[
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"some foods are keepable under refrigeration"
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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"-p\u0259b\u0259l"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220422",
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"type":[
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"keeper":{
|
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": a domestic animal considered with respect to how easy it is to care for":[
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"an easy keeper"
|
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],
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": a fish large enough to be legally caught and kept":[],
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": a fruit or vegetable that keeps well":[],
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": an offensive football play in which the quarterback runs with the ball":[],
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": any of various devices for keeping something in position":[],
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": curator":[],
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": custodian":[],
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": gamekeeper":[],
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": goalkeeper":[],
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": one having genuine or lasting merit":[
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"their new album is a keeper"
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],
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": one suitable for or worth keeping: such as":[],
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": one that keeps : such as":[],
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": warden":[]
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"Hold on to that boyfriend of yours\u2014he's a keeper !",
|
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"how should I know where she is? I'm not her keeper",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Amanda Kamara, 50, works nights as a store keeper at an airport and has been taking care of her mother, who recently returned home from a hospital stay. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
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"To See the Next Part of the Dream and the collaborative album Downfall of the Neon Youth, alongside Seoul\u2019s Asian Glow and S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s sonhos tomam conta, together confirming Parannoul as a keeper of the shoegaze flame. \u2014 Justin Curto, Vulture , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Central defender Jose Gon\u00e7alves even got into a game as keeper before Turner. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
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"From mid-June through mid-August the zoo offers extended hours, music on the lawn and special keeper talks and educational fun for kids and adults every other Friday. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
|
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"But after talking with both Gallese and backup keeper Adam Grinwis, Pareja made his pick and the Lions produced a 1-1 draw. \u2014 Austin David, Orlando Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
|
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"Reptiles, like galapagos tortoise Elvis, can't eat frozen treats because their inner body temperature is regulated by their outer conditions, keeper Mary Savage said. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
|
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"Naylor appeared to be playing peace keeper while pulling Mercado away from the A\u2019s dugout. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
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"The hit rate on picks in the 20s is relatively low, but the reward is invaluable when a team does find a keeper in that range. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 2 June 2022"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113-p\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"custodian",
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"guard",
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"guardian",
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"lookout",
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"minder",
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"picket",
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"sentinel",
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"sentry",
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"warden",
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"warder",
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"watch",
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"watcher",
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"watchman"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231137",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"keeping":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": conformity":[
|
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"in keeping with good taste",
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"out of keeping with the decor"
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],
|
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": the act of one that keeps : such as":[],
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": custody , maintenance":[],
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": observance":[],
|
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": a reserving or preserving for future use":[],
|
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": the means by which something is kept : support , provision":[],
|
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": the state of being kept or the condition in which something is kept":[
|
|
"the house is in good keeping"
|
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8k\u0113-pi\u014b"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"care",
|
|
"custodianship",
|
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"custody",
|
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"guardianship",
|
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"safekeeping",
|
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"trust",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"put the house keys into a neighbor's secure keeping while they were on vacation",
|
|
"my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"India suffered the hottest March since record- keeping began 122 years ago, with average temperatures close to 92 degrees but sometimes reaching 104 degrees. \u2014 Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Over the past decade, levels of displacement have increased every year, the U.N. noted in its global trends report \u2014 with figures currently at the highest level since record keeping began. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan And Sammy Westfall, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Over the past decade, levels of displacement have increased every year, the U.N. noted in its global trends report \u2014 with figures currently at the highest level since record keeping began. \u2014 Sammy Westfall, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The study shows that hurricane activity has dipped since the 1860s, shortly after modern record- keeping began. \u2014 J. Besl, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"March 2022 was the hottest March India has recorded since record- keeping began 120 years ago. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"In April, airfares soared a record 18.6%, the largest monthly increase since record- keeping began in 1963. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"New daily coronavirus-positive hospitalizations have increased 8% over the prior week, although the numbers remain at their lowest levels since record- keeping began. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The National Weather Service said Portland\u2019s high of 67 degrees on Friday was the warmest temperature this early in the Rose City since at least 1940, when record- keeping began. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Feb. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142955"
|
|
},
|
|
"keeping room":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a common room (as in a colonial house) usually used for multiple purposes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1771, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105608",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keeps/holds one's attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to keep one interested":[
|
|
"The movie kept/held my attention right to the very end."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182200",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keepsake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": something kept or given to be kept as a memento":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We were given books as keepsakes of the trip.",
|
|
"saved the tassel from her mortarboard as a keepsake of her high school graduation",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Suzuki met San Diego Padres and former Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish behind the plate to exchange jerseys, both signing theirs for the keepsake . \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Admirers from near and far made pilgrimages to say one last goodbye to the extraordinary horse, some cutting souvenirs of his tail as a keepsake . \u2014 Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"LoveBook is an entertaining and creative way to express your love in a keepsake gift that parents and children will love. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Vehicles will be judged in static Concours fashion and best-in-class trophy winners will get awards uniquely crafted from the wood of the historic Packard Plant in Detroit making a distinctive keepsake . \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Use your own or a loved one's handwriting to create a beautiful keepsake bracelet that can be made in silver, gold and rose gold finishes. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Breweries poured samples in small keepsake glasses for ticket holders. \u2014 Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Kids can put together a custom coupon book for Dad with this printable template, which also includes a fill-in-the-blank keepsake form with facts about Dad. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Discover fresh designs for any style and personalize a sentimental heart collage with 30 personal photos to create a special keepsake . \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 13 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1790, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"keep entry 1 + -sake (as in namesake )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113p-\u02ccs\u0101k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commemorative",
|
|
"memento",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"reminder",
|
|
"souvenir",
|
|
"token"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115551",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keester":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": buttocks , rear end sense 2":[
|
|
"\u2026 Borg took a spectacular dive, landing on his keister .",
|
|
"\u2014 Curry Kirkpatrick",
|
|
"Four hours ago I was freezing my keister in the wilderness. Now I'm browsing the entrees in a French-inspired restaurant.",
|
|
"\u2014 Andrew Nelson",
|
|
"\"\u2026 a very easygoing guy with a finely honed intelligence, which I didn't realize until he whipped my keister in Trivial Pursuit.\"",
|
|
"\u2014 Kenneth Turan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he fell right on his keister in front of the whole crowd",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In his 15 years as MacGruber, a hapless special ops agent who only occasionally saves the day, Will Forte has attempted to violently dispatch his enemies with rubber bands, Q-tips and a stalk of celery wedged up his keister . \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Rolling Stone , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Slim for people who have the characteristic nonexistent keister of the bony Nordic. \u2014 Star Tribune , 23 July 2021",
|
|
"Brayden McNabb took offense that Joel Eriksson Ek was hanging around the crease as Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury covered the puck, so the Golden Knights defenseman knocked the Wild center on his keister late in the second period. \u2014 Randy Johnson, Star Tribune , 4 May 2021",
|
|
"Another item on the mind-blowing lineup of Goop products is a device to spurt hot coffee up your keister . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 11 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"This next-gen lounger takes the popular Hondo chair design and marries it to a collapsible frame that can still cradle 500 pounds and a keister as wide as 24 inches. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 7 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"These brash, young Broncos are snorting mad, looking to kick up a little dust and knock Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes on his MVP keister . \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 14 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Brady picked off Tre\u2019Davious White, sending the Bills cornerback keister over teakettle as Harry steamed down the sideline for an 18-yard gain. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The boss stood outside the locker room late Wednesday night, delighted how the Nuggets knocked The Beard on his keister and beat the Rockets with take-no-prisoners defense. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 21 Nov. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1930, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"English slang keister satchel":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113-st\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u012b-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"bootie",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035206",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kef":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a smoking material (such as marijuana) that produces kef":[],
|
|
": a state of dreamy tranquility":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Arabic kayf pleasure":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113f",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0101f",
|
|
"\u02c8kef"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140313",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keffel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a usually old or worthless horse : nag":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Welsh ceffyl horse, from Latin caballus horse, nag":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8kef\u0259\u0307l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203046",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keffiyeh":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an Arab headdress consisting of a square of cloth folded to form a triangle and held on by a cord":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064619",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kefir":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a beverage of fermented cow's milk":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Made with salmon oil, pumpkin, brewer's yeast, and kefir , these no-bake frozen treats can help bring relief to dogs with itchy skin. \u2014 Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The drink incorporates curdled, clarified kefir , which is turned into a syrup; the fetching green base is courtesy of mint and cilantro, pureed just ahead of dinner service to retain their brightness. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Maple Hill products milk, kefir , and yogurt that\u2019s ideal for use in recipes and on their own. \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"If your box mix calls for water or milk, simply swap out the liquids for kefir . \u2014 Kristy Alpert, Better Homes & Gardens , 30 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"This kefir pouch gives kids a convenient, healthy and delicious snack. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 24 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Plain yogurt fared better (B+), with kefir , milk fermented with bacteria and yeast, the runaway winner (A+). \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 15 June 2020",
|
|
"Don't forget probiotics like yogurt, kefir , sauerkraut and kimchi. \u2014 Angela Dewan, CNN , 17 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"There\u2019s whole-milk yogurt (or kefir plus egg yolks) blended up with garlic and dill for the bright sauce. \u2014 Sohla El-waylly, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 Apr. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Russian":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ke-f\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113-f\u0259r",
|
|
"ke-\u02c8fir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105631",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kefir grain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small mass resembling a tiny cauliflower, occurring in kefir, containing casein and other milk solids together with the yeasts and lactobacilli that cause the characteristic kefir fermentation, and serving as a starter to induce this fermentation when introduced into fresh milk":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074701",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keg":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small cask or barrel having a capacity of 30 gallons or less":[],
|
|
": the contents of a keg":[],
|
|
": to store (something, such as beer) in a keg":[
|
|
"This led us to purchase larger brewing equipment and begin bottling and kegging our beer for distribution in the Tokyo market.",
|
|
"\u2014 Bryan Baird"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"They drank an entire keg of beer.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Koozies will be handed out at 11 a.m. June 18, with the keg tapping at 11:20 a.m. From 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. beer and brats will be for sale while live German music plays. \u2014 Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Jason Kelce placed his plastic cup underneath the spout on the keg of beer that was sent to him by Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni. \u2014 Martin Frank, USA TODAY , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Everyone was obsessively drinking this beer, which came out of a keg . \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Shotskis perform from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., while the Brian Papesh Party Band takes over from 4-8 p.m. Stick around for a special appearance by the Jaeger girls, post-parade keg tapping, giveaways and more. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Ancient Order of Hibernians will march the keg to O'Sheas Irish Pub with a piper escort to continue the festivities. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Hormel is accepting entries until this Sunday, and will deliver the keg to the winner's home on Feb. 13, the day of Super Bowl LVI. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"If a keg is found at an underage drinking party, police will be able to cite the person who bought it. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Food company Hormel is hosting a contest with the grand prize of a chili cheese keg holding more than 1,000 servings of chili cheese. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"circa 1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English kag , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kaggi keg":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"dialectal \u02c8kag",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0101g",
|
|
"\u02c8keg"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"cask",
|
|
"firkin",
|
|
"hogshead",
|
|
"kilderkin",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"puncheon",
|
|
"rundlet",
|
|
"runlet",
|
|
"tun"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234203",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kegeree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of kegeree variant spelling of kedgeree"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-085023",
|
|
"type":[]
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},
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"kegger":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a party featuring one or more kegs of beer":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The event was billed as a GOP candidate open mic kegger , according to the website for United Republicans Green Valley and Sahuarita. \u2014 Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
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"Hours after her ex\u2019s new girlfriend jumps her at a kegger in the woods, Erin\u2019s body turns up in a nearby creek. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 16 Apr. 2021",
|
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"This mysterious liquid-to-solid transition is more like teenagers caught at a kegger : frozen exactly in place, with no order whatsoever. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 6 Jan. 2021",
|
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"Even more cringeworthy are the exhumations of other \u201980s and \u201990s subcultures: pentagrams drawn on Trapper Keepers, unwieldy tubs of muscle powder, whiteboy ciphers drowning out Fugees CDs at backyard keggers in the ramifying burbs. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Oct. 2019",
|
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"WeWork, the office-sharing, kegger -hosting phenomenon that has redefined the modern workspace, is also raising the bar for how much money a startup can lose and still be considered a buzzy investment. \u2014 Stephen Gandel, CBS News , 14 Aug. 2019",
|
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"No one who was involved wanted to go through that again \u2014 except for maybe the media outlets that guzzled down all that advertising money like a college freshman at a kegger . \u2014 Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Aug. 2019",
|
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"Since it was created in the early \u201970s, the red Solo plastic cup has become synonymous with good times, backyard picnics, frat-house keggers , tailgating. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 29 June 2018",
|
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"Or just stick to a beverage in the red cups waiting at the table that are reminiscent of a college kegger . \u2014 Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com , 11 May 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1955, 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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"\u02c8ke-g\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232728",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"kegler":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": bowler entry 1":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But there\u2019s one mom-and-pop San Antonio institution, the 44-lane Astro Superbowl, opened in 1960 and catering to a crowd that includes almost 1,000 league keglers a week. \u2014 Bruce Selcraig, ExpressNews.com , 25 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"German, from kegeln to bowl, from Kegel bowling pin, from Old High German kegil stake, peg":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8k\u0101-",
|
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"\u02c8ke-gl\u0259r"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050810",
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"kegling":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": bowling":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The original Vikings were a bowling team about to land a franchise in the National Bowling League, a new concept in kegling and planning to start competition in October 1961. \u2014 Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune , 1 Aug. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ke-gli\u014b",
|
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"\u02c8k\u0101-"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043351",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keiki":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an immature plant":[],
|
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": child":[]
|
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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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"Hawaiian":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0101k\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115848",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"keiretsu":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a powerful alliance of Japanese businesses often linked by cross-shareholding":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Their keiretsu system of manufacturers, supplies and distributors all working closely together has been imitated by other cultures since the 1980s, but has been hard to duplicate. \u2014 Kerri Thurston, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The keiretsu that flushed productive firms with capital during periods of high productivity proved unable to mobilize capital when those firms faced stresses. \u2014 Daniel Tenreiro, National Review , 17 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"And when the Japanese were eclipsing the U.S. economy through the keiretsu , large affiliated industrial companies working hand in hand with government\u2014until Japan\u2019s Lost Decade became two. \u2014 Stanley F. Druckenmiller, WSJ , 2 May 2018",
|
|
"The firm was taken by the Japanese idea of keiretsu , a network of like-minded companies that support one another through partnerships and equity stakes. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 13 Mar. 2018"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Japanese, literally, system, series, from kei system + retsu row, line":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"k\u0101-\u02c8ret-(\u02cc)s\u00fc",
|
|
"ke-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223923",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"keist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of keist Scottish variant of cast"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0101st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200337",
|
|
"type":[]
|
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},
|
|
"keister":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": buttocks , rear end sense 2":[
|
|
"\u2026 Borg took a spectacular dive, landing on his keister .",
|
|
"\u2014 Curry Kirkpatrick",
|
|
"Four hours ago I was freezing my keister in the wilderness. Now I'm browsing the entrees in a French-inspired restaurant.",
|
|
"\u2014 Andrew Nelson",
|
|
"\"\u2026 a very easygoing guy with a finely honed intelligence, which I didn't realize until he whipped my keister in Trivial Pursuit.\"",
|
|
"\u2014 Kenneth Turan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he fell right on his keister in front of the whole crowd",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In his 15 years as MacGruber, a hapless special ops agent who only occasionally saves the day, Will Forte has attempted to violently dispatch his enemies with rubber bands, Q-tips and a stalk of celery wedged up his keister . \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Rolling Stone , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Slim for people who have the characteristic nonexistent keister of the bony Nordic. \u2014 Star Tribune , 23 July 2021",
|
|
"Brayden McNabb took offense that Joel Eriksson Ek was hanging around the crease as Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury covered the puck, so the Golden Knights defenseman knocked the Wild center on his keister late in the second period. \u2014 Randy Johnson, Star Tribune , 4 May 2021",
|
|
"Another item on the mind-blowing lineup of Goop products is a device to spurt hot coffee up your keister . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 11 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"This next-gen lounger takes the popular Hondo chair design and marries it to a collapsible frame that can still cradle 500 pounds and a keister as wide as 24 inches. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 7 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"These brash, young Broncos are snorting mad, looking to kick up a little dust and knock Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes on his MVP keister . \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 14 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Brady picked off Tre\u2019Davious White, sending the Bills cornerback keister over teakettle as Harry steamed down the sideline for an 18-yard gain. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The boss stood outside the locker room late Wednesday night, delighted how the Nuggets knocked The Beard on his keister and beat the Rockets with take-no-prisoners defense. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 21 Nov. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1930, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"English slang keister satchel":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113-st\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u012b-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"bootie",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052334",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keitloa":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a black rhinoceros that has a posterior horn which equals or exceeds the anterior in length and that has been considered to constitute a distinct species":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Sechuana kgetlwa, khetlwa":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0101t-",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u012btl\u0259w\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083350",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kekune oil":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": candlenut oil":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably native name in Ceylon":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135446",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kelvin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"1st Baron 1824\u20131907 William Thomson British mathematician and physicist":[],
|
|
": relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the unit of measurement equals the Celsius degree and according to which absolute zero is 0 K, the equivalent of \u2212273.15\u00b0C":[],
|
|
": the base unit of temperature in the International System of Units that is defined by setting the fixed numerical value of the Boltzmann constant to be 1.380649 x 10 \u201323 joules per kelvin and that is equal to 1/273.16 of the Kelvin scale temperature of the triple point of water":[
|
|
"\u2014 abbreviation K"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"a temperature of 200 degrees Kelvin",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The color temperature of daylight varies with conditions but is commonly understood to range from 5,000 to 6,500 kelvin . \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 18 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"About 130 metric tons of liquid helium\u2014about the weight of a midsize blue whale\u2014keep 36,000 metric tons of the collider under 4 kelvin . \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Aspelmeyer\u2019s group says that the spread in their particle\u2019s position is only 1.3 times that of the zero-point motion, equivalent to a temperature of just a few millionths of a kelvin above absolute zero. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Inside the sun, where nuclear fusion occurs, temperatures can swell to 15 million kelvin . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 25 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"At night, the surface of even the closest planet to the sun, Mercury, drops to about 95 kelvin . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 25 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Pluto\u2019s surface temperature reaches about 40 kelvin . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 25 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Color temperature addresses a unit of measurement called degrees kelvin . \u2014 Popular Science , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Brief pulses heated the carbon to more than 3000 kelvins (about 2700\u00b0C), snapping the bonds between carbon atoms. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 27 Jan. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1908, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
|
"1968, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"William Thomson, Lord Kelvin":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8kel-v\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123703",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kempt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": neatly kept":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a distinguished-looking gentleman with a kempt beard and an old-world manner",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Silence your internal neat freak A well- kempt garden is the toad\u2019s worst enemy. \u2014 Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping , 16 May 2017",
|
|
"There was a whiff of mystery, a sense that something more was going on behind those well- kempt exteriors. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 9 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"A well- kempt courtyard for visitors conceals the prison\u2019s overcrowding\u2014stuffed to nine times its capacity with up to 250 women sharing a cell. \u2014 National Geographic , 19 Oct. 2016"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from unkempt":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8kem(p)t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trig",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-groomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164900",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kenspeckle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unemphatic",
|
|
"unflamboyant",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"unshowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": conspicuous":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of kenspeckle performance art that is much in evidence at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1616, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian kjennspak quick to recognize":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ken-\u02ccspe-k\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grabby",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202630",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kentucky coffee tree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tall North American tree ( Gymnocladus dioica ) of the legume family with bipinnate leaves and large woody brown pods whose seeds have been used as a substitute for coffee":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103201",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kercher":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": handkerchief":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English kevercher, kercher , modification of Middle French cuevrechief, cuerchief":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0259\u0304ch\u0259(r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083953",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kerchief":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a square of cloth used as a head covering or worn as a scarf around the neck":[],
|
|
": handkerchief sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tied the kerchief around her head to keep her hair out of her face",
|
|
"dabbed the sweat on his brow with a kerchief",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The excellent dog care line Pride and Groom has a perfect package for the father of four-legged creatures, including their must-have foaming waterless shampoo, grooming wipes, and a kerchief for the pooch as well as a ballcap and tote bag for dad. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Rushing around with a white apron tied around my waist and a red kerchief on my head. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Opponents also circulated an elementary-school photograph of her wearing the obligatory red kerchief of the Young Pioneers. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Chachu clears his throat, his attention drifting to my braids, one over each shoulder, then to the green kerchief tied behind my bangs. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 25 Aug. 2021",
|
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"The only difference is that an actress dressed in full costume, replete with a lace kerchief on top of her head, stood in for his mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Aug. 2021",
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"Rihanna wore a long brown leather coat and orange kerchief for their meeting, while Rocky wore a black textured bomber jacket, black jeans, and a trucker hat. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 12 July 2021",
|
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"Maybe your Fair Isle sweater will be topped off with ski goggles and a colorful hair kerchief ? \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 19 Mar. 2021",
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"Oh, and Ziggy's neck kerchief matches Foster's outfit! \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 1 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English courchef , from Anglo-French coverchef, cuerchief , from coverir to cover + chef head \u2014 more at chief":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0259r-ch\u0259f",
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"-\u02ccch\u0113f"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"babushka",
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"bandanna",
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"bandana",
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"do-rag",
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"handkerchief",
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"madras",
|
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"mantilla"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020024",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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"kerchieflike":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": resembling a kerchief":[]
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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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"-f\u02ccl\u012bk"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081700",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"kerchoo":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the characteristic sound of a person sneezing":[],
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": to make a kerchoo":[]
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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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"imitative":"Noun"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"k\u0259\u02c8ch\u00fc"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133513",
|
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"type":[
|
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"intransitive verb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"kerf":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a slit or notch made by a saw or cutting torch":[],
|
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": the width of cut made by a saw or cutting torch":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"with a handsaw I made a kerf in the board to mark where I needed to cut",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"This reduces bowing and creates a thinner kerf , making pull saws ideal for joints and other fine woodwork. \u2014 Pierre Tardif, WSJ , 3 June 2021",
|
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"Begin by ripping and crosscutting the shelves, the sides, the bottom and the top panel from red-oak plywood with a 40-tooth thin- kerf blade in a circular saw. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 26 Sep. 2020",
|
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"The thin- kerf chain (its teeth are 3/32-inch wide) zips through each cut with smoothness and precision. \u2014 Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics , 18 Mar. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, action of cutting, from Old English cyrf ; akin to Old English ceorfan to carve \u2014 more at carve":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8k\u0259rf"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"chip",
|
|
"hack",
|
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"indent",
|
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"indentation",
|
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"indenture",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"notch"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171833",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kerfuffle":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a disturbance or commotion typically caused by a dispute or conflict":[
|
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"In all the kerfuffle , nobody seemed to have noticed Harry, which suited him perfectly.",
|
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"\u2014 J. K. Rowling",
|
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"It's not the only school with dress code issues; almost every week there's a local story about some kerfuffle over what kids wear to school.",
|
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"\u2014 Belinda Luscombe"
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"predictably, the royal scandal caused quite a kerfuffle on Fleet Street",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The kerfuffle over the article has also piqued the interest of the school\u2019s language experts. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 24 June 2022",
|
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"Following a diplomatic kerfuffle , Queen Victoria is said to have taken a pen and crossed Bolivia off her map of South America, insisting the country could therefore not exist. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., held her fire amid the immediate kerfuffle of the maps. \u2014 Fox News , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Given Noah\u2019s social media kerfuffle with Kanye West, viewers should also be attuned to any biting commentary. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Then, when Charlotte was in the sixth form, there was a kerfuffle at the surgery and Marlene lost her job. \u2014 Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Rudy Gay even led off his postgame media session by asking about the Hollywood kerfuffle . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Is Hornsby still convinced Hilltop was involved in the kerfuffle ? \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
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"No sooner had that back and forth abated -- for the time being -- than this kerfuffle with Johnson sprung up, drawing swift Democratic condemnation. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 8 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1908, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"alteration of carfuffle , from Scots car- (probably from Scottish Gaelic cearr wrong, awkward) + fuffle to become disheveled":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"k\u0259r-\u02c8f\u0259-f\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092337",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kermes oak":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dwarf, often shrubby evergreen oak ( Quercus coccifera ) of the Mediterranean region that is the host of the kermes insect and has a bark rich in tannin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004906",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kermesite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral Sb 2 S 2 O consisting of antimony oxysulfide occurring usually as tufts of cherry-red capillary crystals and resulting from the alteration of stibnite":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French kerm\u00e9site , from kerm\u00e8s + -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0259rm\u0113\u02ccz\u012bt",
|
|
"k\u0259r\u02c8me\u02ccs\u012bt",
|
|
"-m\u0259\u0307\u02ccs\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141333",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kermis":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fair held usually for charitable purposes":[],
|
|
": an outdoor festival of the Low Countries":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Dutch kermis , from Middle Dutch kercmisse , from kerc, kerke church + misse mass, church festival":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0259r-m\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202434",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a light-armed foot soldier of medieval Ireland or Scotland":[],
|
|
": a part of a typeset letter that projects beyond its side bearings":[],
|
|
": to adjust or specify the width of the side bearings between certain pairs of adjacent characters in order to improve the appearance and legibility of composed text":[
|
|
"manually kerning pairs of letters",
|
|
"a kerned font [=a font that includes kerned letter pairs]",
|
|
"With the spacing set up (accounting for wider letters like M and W) I started kerning . This was a massively painstaking process.",
|
|
"\u2014 James Barnard"
|
|
],
|
|
": yokel":[],
|
|
"Jerome David 1885\u20131945 American composer":[],
|
|
"river 150 miles (241 kilometers) long in south central California flowing southwest into a reservoir":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1683, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1986, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French carne corner, from French dialect, from Latin cardin-, cardo hinge":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English kerne , from Middle Irish cethern band of soldiers":"Noun",
|
|
"derivative of kern entry 2":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0259rn",
|
|
"\u02c8kern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115459",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kernel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a central or essential part : germ":[
|
|
"like many stereotypes \u2026 this one too contains some kernels of truth",
|
|
"\u2014 S. M. Lyman"
|
|
],
|
|
": a fruit seed":[],
|
|
": a subset of the elements of one set (such as a group) that a function (such as a homomorphism ) maps onto an identity element of another set":[],
|
|
": a whole seed of a cereal":[
|
|
"a kernel of corn"
|
|
],
|
|
": the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut":[
|
|
"\u2026 as brown in hue as hazelnuts, and sweeter than the kernels .",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There's not a kernel of truth in what they say.",
|
|
"the kernel of your argument seems to be the inevitability of the division of that nation along ethnic lines",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There is a kernel of truth there; the full story is more complicated. \u2014 Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Now, Courtney, this is a way of asking the question in a facetious manner, but there is a kernel here. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Here's why: A single palm yields two different types of oils: pam oil and palm kernel \u2014 each with its own benefits and uses. \u2014 Fiona Embleton, Allure , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"One one hand, there is a kernel of truth to this rationale; the keynote was so packed with news that Apple didn\u2019t bother to tout what\u2019s new this year in one of its ostensibly pillar platforms. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"But in our dismissive 2011 description lies a kernel of truth. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"What little detail is known currently is that the vulnerability could allow an app to execute arbitrary code and do so with kernel privileges. \u2014 Davey Winder, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"During the milling process, a kernel of wheat is separated into its three components: the endosperm, the germ, and the bran. \u2014 Carmen Collins, Country Living , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This is mostly false, but with a kernel of truth that is never taken in context. \u2014 Robert Rapier, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English cyrnel , diminutive of corn":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0259r-n\u1d4al"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"bull's-eye",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223719",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kernel sentence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sentence (such as \u201cJohn is big\u201d or \u201cJohn has a book\u201d) exemplifying in a language one of a very small group of the grammatically simplest sentence types or patterns (such as noun phrase + be + adjective phrase or noun phrase + verb + noun phrase) which in transformational grammar are the basic stock from which all sentences in that language are derived and in terms of which they can all ultimately be described":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033650",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kernel smut":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": covered smut":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-074025",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kernel spot":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a disease of the pecan kernel caused by a fungus ( Coniothyrium caryogenum ) and characterized by irregularly roundish dull brown spots":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134659",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kerneled":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a kernel":[
|
|
"farms in this section produce a red kerneled corn",
|
|
"\u2014 American Guide Series: Pennsylvania"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"kernel entry 1 + -ed":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024600",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kernellate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": crenellate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Medieval Latin kernellatus , past participle of kernellare , from Middle English kernelen":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0259rn\u1d4al\u02cc\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172038",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kernelly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having kernels or many kernels":[],
|
|
": resembling kernels":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"kernel entry 1 + -y":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0259rn\u1d4al\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113324",
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"The movie\u2019s visual style comes down to the exceptional work of cinematographer Zach Kuperstein (The Eyes of My Mother) and his crew of gaffer Joel Kingsbury, key grip Paul Wallace, and First AC Logan Gee. \u2014 Josh Weiss, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Once the saxophone riff was added, the song was completely reworked around that, and nothing else but the tempo and key signature was retained. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 1 July 2021",
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"And with Liberty dropping the prices of some key signature designs, there\u2019s officially no better time to up your style credentials. \u2014 Laura Sutherland, CNN Underscored , 29 Nov. 2020",
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"This algorithm is unfortunately still used widely despite the existence of better alternatives, being the only remaining public key signature algorithm specified by the original SSH RFCs. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 28 May 2020",
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"She and her research team found the X-ray sources, a key signature of black holes that are growing, and followed up with other telescope observations in infrared to find gas and dust. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 12 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Type with the keyboard , tap in the text field, move the cursor, and insert QuickType suggestions, all without needing to stop Dictation. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 June 2022",
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"Figueroa placed his fingers on the keyboard and refreshed the terminal\u2019s website. \u2014 John Francis Peters, ProPublica , 16 June 2022",
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"Yet, Wiley is still employed at a church, playing the keyboard at Sunday's service at Georgia's Trinity Community Church, which recently cut ties with the Southern Baptist Convention. \u2014 Nikki Battiste, CBS News , 14 June 2022",
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"The premiere of a musical memoir written and performed solo by Will LeBow, who accompanies himself on the keyboard while recounting anecdotes from his life on and off the stage. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
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"Here's the keyboard , with a full function row and Touch ID. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022",
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"My fingers have been hovering over the keyboard for at least 20 minutes. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 8 May 2022",
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"Tap the Camera icon above the virtual keyboard and select Scan Text. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
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"His hands flutter, flitting up and down the keyboard like skittish moths. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"There\u2019s a quiet catharsis in putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard ) and creating a poem, short story or other literary thingy. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 19 Nov. 2021",
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"Students need practice putting pencil to paper and not just fingers to keyboard . \u2014 Brian Platzer, The Atlantic , 12 Aug. 2020",
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"Summer learning in District 181 focused on core classes, including 14 math, 12 language arts, nine art and one foreign language, keyboarding , creative writing, along with a writing camp. \u2014 Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com , 26 June 2019",
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"The music series starts Sunday and runs through Oct. 14, featuring artists that range from trumpeter Bo Berry to keyboard player Gail Jhonson. \u2014 Mary Colurso, AL.com , 7 Apr. 2018",
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"Students need to learn printing, cursive and keyboarding to have all the tools for communication success. \u2014 Erin Dolin, The Mercury News , 7 Mar. 2017",
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"Understanding Online Job Applications Basic keyboarding skills required. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 June 2015"
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": in a state of nervous excitement":[
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"His hands were very sure. He was confident he could do the work, yet inside he was keyed up and jumpy.",
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"\u2014 Esther Forbes , Johnny Tremain , 1943",
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"A friend called me, too keyed up to sleep.",
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"\u2014 Mike Nichols , Life and Other Ways , 1988"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The back includes charming criss-cross straps and a keyhole cutout, so consider ordering an under-the-radar sticky bra with it. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
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"Finally, ending the day with a live interview on The Tonight Show, Bieber looked radiant in a nearly sheer, sequined dress with a keyhole cutout from 16Arlington. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
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"For an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, June 15, the model continued in her preferred color palette, wearing a sparkly long-sleeve V-neck dress with a keyhole cutout. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 16 June 2022",
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"Its pleated dri-fit tennis skirt and keyhole tank wick away moisture for a more comfortable win. \u2014 Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
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"On one pinky, Michelle affixed a large keyhole slot. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 18 May 2022",
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"When you're done, hang it as art using the keyhole cutout on the back of the frame. \u2014 Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful , 18 May 2022",
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"Casting your eye around Mr. Carroll\u2019s one-room home is like peering through the keyhole of a secret walled garden. \u2014 Kathryn O\u2019shea-evans, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
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"Given that San Diego Seals goalie Frank Scigliano stands 6-feet-4 and weighs 275 pounds, the net probably looks like a keyhole to opponents. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The handsome, timeless design is instantly recognizable with its keyhole bridge, gold arrows at the edges, and Meflecto system. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
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"For the second photo, Lopez removed the jacket to reveal the leather bra, which has a keyhole -style opening and halter straps. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"But Tokyoites found little keyhole glances of the Games, anyway. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Aug. 2021",
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"Where there were a few, the CDC assumed that there were more\u2014but that routine testing, their keyhole view into the organism's stealthy spread, had been abandoned under the overwork of caring for pandemic patients. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Scientific American , 19 May 2021"
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"definitions":{
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": a narrow pointed fine-toothed handsaw used especially for cutting curves of short radius":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Make the cutouts with a small paring knife or narrow saw, such as a keyhole saw . \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 11 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"Following Tuesday morning's keynote , sessions progress through all areas.",
|
|
"\u2014 Jim Rosenberg",
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"Sprinting from workshops to motivational keynotes featuring famous faces and wannabes, I came away inspired and armed with information \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Peggy Klaus"
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],
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": the first and harmonically fundamental tone of a scale":[],
|
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": the fundamental or central fact, idea, or mood":[
|
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"sadness is the keynote of this little collection",
|
|
"\u2014 Books Abroad",
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|
"One keynote of his mind has been his interest in deceit, his perceptions about the use of flimflam in modern life \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Stanley Kauffmann"
|
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],
|
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": to deliver the keynote address at":[],
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": to set the keynote of":[]
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|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
|
"Humor is the keynote of the play.",
|
|
"the need for a greater sense of self-reliance is the keynote of his self-help message",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The new iPad and iPad Mini models were announced last September during Apple\u2019s keynote , when the tech giant also revealed the iPhone 13, the Apple Watch series 7 and its latest Apple TV+ lineup. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"As a refresher, Apple's WWDC keynote detailed updates for many of Apple's existing operating systems. \u2014 Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"As always, iOS will be the main event of Apple\u2019s WWDC keynote . \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"The most anticipated event of WWDC22 is the opening keynote , which will be available for anyone to watch for free through Apple.com(Opens in a new window) and YouTube(Opens in a new window). \u2014 PCMAG , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"In addition to the online conference, Apple will host a special day for developers and students at Apple Park to watch the keynote and State of the Union videos together, along with the online community. \u2014 Tj Martin, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Apple observers think the chances of glimpsing a wearable display during the course of Monday\u2019s keynote is unlikely. \u2014 Chris Velazco, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The weeklong event will kick off with a keynote at 10 am PST on Monday loaded with announcements about new software features across Apple's various platforms. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Marketers can also catch my Marketing with Purpose keynote at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) and more at our Marketing with Purpose hub. \u2014 Afdhel Aziz, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"A month later, reports circulated that Orban had invited Trump to pay a visit to Hungary and perhaps keynote a major gathering of Western nationalists. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Melinda Richter will keynote the event for BIO Alabama, the trade organization for the biosciences, on April 25 and 26 at the Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Platt is set to keynote the Music Biz 2022 conference, scheduled for May 10 at the JW Marriott in Nashville. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"During the visit, which was first reported by Fox News last month, Pence will keynote a fundraising event in Manchester for the New Hampshire Senate Republicans. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Scooter Braun, founder of SB Projects and co-CEO of HYBE America, will keynote Variety\u2018s Business Managers Elite Virtual Breakfast, presented by City National Bank on Nov. 18. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The Polk County, Iowa GOP announced that Scott will keynote their Lincoln Dinner on July 31. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 4 July 2021",
|
|
"Eventually, Brown was called back to the beauty industry, traveling to India to keynote the country's first makeup show and then being asked by Masterclass to be an expert and teach makeup. \u2014 Amena Saad, Fortune , 25 June 2021",
|
|
"Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany will keynote the Center for Christian Virtue\u2019s Cincinnati and Columbus galas this year. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Mar. 2021"
|
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"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
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"meat",
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"meat and potatoes",
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"net",
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"nubbin",
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"examples":[
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"Many of the convention guests left after the keynote address .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"NBC News contributor and author Heather McGhee will give the opening keynote address on Tuesday. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 4 May 2022",
|
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"Patrick Aryee, the series\u2019 presenter, will give the keynote address this week at MipDoc, part of the MipTV television market in Cannes. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"On Monday, Apple unveiled iOS 16, the latest version of its operating system for iPhones, during its keynote address at the Worldwide Developers Conference. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"As expected, Apple did have new hardware to announce at its WWDC 2022 keynote address . \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Toward the end of his keynote address , retired United States Navy Cmrd. \u2014 Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"At the Pride Town Hall on Saturday, Grimm began his keynote address by noting that Montgomery students enjoy a more accepting environment. \u2014 Dan Morse, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"Oceanside Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Julie Vitale will deliver the keynote address . \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The festival this year coincides with the 50th anniversary of ATF; Associate Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer Thomas Chittum will deliver the keynote address . \u2014 Samantha Drake, Washington Post , 1 June 2022"
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"keynote speaker":{
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"definitions":{
|
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": one who delivers a keynote address":[]
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"examples":[
|
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"Senator Williams was the keynote speaker at the convention.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Loneliness is not chosen, although the experience is universal, says Dr. Louise Hawkley, a keynote speaker at the 2021 Age Boom Academy. \u2014 Sophie Okolo, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Henick will be the keynote speaker at the Clarity Child Guidance Center\u2019s ninth annual Claritycon, a conference that spotlights children\u2019s mental health, Nov. 5. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Nov. 2021",
|
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"As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Lewis was the youngest keynote speaker at the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Former first lady Michele Obama is the keynote speaker . \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Lightfoot introduced this year\u2019s keynote speaker , Lieutenant General Michael Loh, director of the Air National Guard at the Pentagon. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
|
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"On Monday, the district canceled its investiture ceremony for Chancellor Carlos Cortez amid significant criticism of the plan to feature a keynote speaker who has used antisemitic rhetoric and promoted the work of a virulently antisemitic author. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Portland Trail Blazers\u2019 assistant coach Edniesha Curry is expected to be the keynote speaker at the Oregon Girls Sports Leadership Summit this weekend. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
|
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"Vance praised the keynote speaker for the event, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. \u2014 Scott Wartman, The Enquirer , 16 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"keyslot":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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"keysmith":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030855",
|
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},
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": a species of plant or animal that produces a major impact (as by predation) on its ecosystem and is considered essential to maintaining optimum ecosystem function or structure":[],
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": something on which associated things depend for support":[
|
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"determination, a keystone of the puritan ethic",
|
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"\u2014 L. S. Lewis"
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],
|
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": the wedge-shaped piece at the crown of an arch that locks the other pieces in place \u2014 see arch illustration":[]
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"examples":[
|
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"Tourism is the city's economic keystone .",
|
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"the keystone of his faith",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Coyotes are often called a keystone species, which means their presence has a significant and positive impact on the natural environment. \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
|
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"The research performed on his converted 126-foot Bering Sea crab vessel, OCEARCH, is helping to unlock the life history puzzle of great white sharks and other keystone species essential for the health of the oceans. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 12 May 2022",
|
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"That witness, a keystone of the prosecution, had also accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars and met with Chevron\u2019s lawyers many times before the trial. \u2014 Morgan Simon, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
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"Ohio\u2019s role in national politics was as a keystone , a place balanced delicately between Democrats and Republicans, organized labor and small-business people, cities and rural areas. \u2014 The New Yorker , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
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"For a personal touch, window grilles and a keystone feature the monogram of the previous owners, the family behind JOB-brand cigarette papers. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor , 10 May 2022",
|
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"Your brand consists of multiple pieces, but video should be considered the keystone of it all. \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 8 May 2022",
|
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"Perhaps, Barbour muses, science could eventually leverage keystone genes for protecting and restoring biodiversity. \u2014 Anna Funk, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Scientists now know that predators are keystone species\u2014ones on which entire ecosystems depend. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"basis",
|
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"bedrock",
|
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"bottom",
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"cornerstone",
|
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"footing",
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"foundation",
|
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"ground",
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"groundwork",
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"root",
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"underpinning",
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"warp",
|
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"warp and woof"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212337",
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"keystone effect":{
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": a type of distortion in a television picture whereby a square pattern appears larger at the top than at the bottom":[]
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"Noun",
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"He deleted all of my work with a single keystroke .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"With each keystroke , a small brass mold for a single character\u2014a capital B, for instance\u2014releases from an overhead magazine, slides down a chute, and goes clinking into place like a quarter in a coin sorter. \u2014 Nick Yetto, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"Autodesk recently debuted a machine-learning feature in its core AutoCAD software that recommends certain keystroke shortcuts or related techniques to help customers use the program more efficiently based on their past behavior. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 26 Oct. 2021",
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"Vissles says the key switches have a 60 million- keystroke lifespan. \u2014 Jim Rossman, Dallas News , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"Some are waiting for an errant keystroke so your money can be intercepted, never to be returned. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
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"Thanks to invasive software, companies can track your every click, keystroke and movement \u2013 even outside of work hours. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 3 Aug. 2021",
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"Every keystroke may be ingested by artificial-intelligence algorithms sensitive to traces of grifting, graft, or goofing off. \u2014 Robert Zafft, Forbes , 20 June 2021",
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"Commelin entered the final keystroke at 1:10 a.m. on May 29. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 19 May 2015",
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"Another major keystroke saver was predictive search. \u2014 Roger Dooley, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Bernhardt\u2019s report points to keystroke logging technology and webcams that can tell when a person goes off task as examples of tech that can keep track of people even when working from home. \u2014 Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Nov. 2021"
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"1867, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"\u02c8k\u0113-\u02ccstr\u014dk"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103258",
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]
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": an electronic keyboard that is supported by a shoulder strap and worn across the body like a guitar":[
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"Freedom arrived in the '80s with this shoulder-hung keyboard with a guitar-style grip\u2014often called a \" keytar ,\" because nobody wanted to say, \"Dude, nice shoulder-hung keyboard with a guitar-style grip!\"",
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"\u2014 Jonathan Lesser",
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"Lady Gaga isn't built to go halfway. She plays sweeping statements as virtuosically as her grand piano, and shameless statements as shamelessly as her keytar .",
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"\u2014 Caryn Ganz"
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"1979, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8k\u0113-\u02cct\u00e4r"
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"\u02c8kelti"
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"origin unknown":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142431"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143836"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144554"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150645"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152204"
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}
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