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{
"Ferrel's law":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a statement in meteorology: a wind in any direction tends to deflect to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern with a force that is directly proportional to the mass of wind in question, its velocity, the sine of the latitude, and the angular velocity of the earth's rotation":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after William Ferrel \u20201891 American meteorologist, its formulator":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fer\u0259lz-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084106",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Ferrero":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Guglielmo 1871\u20131943 Italian historian and author":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259-\u02c8rer-(\u02cc)\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220450",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Fert":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Albert 1938\u2013 French physicist":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fer"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102538",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Fertile Crescent":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"semicircle of fertile land stretching from the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean (in Israel and Lebanon) around the Syrian Desert north of Arabia (in Syria and Iraq) to the Persian Gulf (in Iraq and Iran)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175010",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"feral":{
"antonyms":[
"broken",
"busted",
"domestic",
"domesticated",
"gentled",
"tame",
"tamed"
],
"definitions":{
": having escaped from domestication and become wild":[
"feral cats"
],
": not domesticated or cultivated : wild":[
"feral animals"
],
": of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast":[
"feral teeth",
"feral instincts"
]
},
"examples":[
"They led a feral existence.",
"animal experts discourage homeowners from trying to adopt feral animals as pets",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Grice said that while Alabama has relaxed state restrictions on hunting feral hogs \u2013 allowing hunts year-round, and at night with a special license \u2013 trapping remains the best method of population control. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 15 May 2022",
"How did feral hogs come to overrun California and much of the rest of the country",
"Russell, then 18, began feeding the cat and some other feral cats that came around her place. \u2014 Esteban Parra, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Colson Whitehead's novel takes place in Manhattan after a pandemic turns half of humankind into feral zombies. \u2014 CNN , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Catalina Island successfully eradicated feral pigs more than a decade ago by using measures that included shooting them from helicopters, which drew the ire of animal rights groups. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Due to his towering physique and withdrawn demeanor, Noonan is in some ways scarier than Fiennes' more postured and feral take on Dolarhyde. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2021",
"Reproduction from feral rainbow trout has been documented in several places, but to date, documentation of a self-sustaining population has been elusive, according to DEEP. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Both counties have offered feral hog bounties before. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin feralis , from Latin fera wild animal, from feminine of ferus wild \u2014 more at fierce":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fir-\u0259l",
"\u02c8fe-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8fer-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for feral brutal , brutish , bestial , feral mean characteristic of an animal in nature, action, or instinct. brutal applies to people, their acts, or their words and suggests a lack of intelligence, feeling, or humanity. a senseless and brutal war brutish stresses likeness to an animal in low intelligence, in base appetites, and in behavior based on instinct. brutish stupidity bestial suggests a state of degradation unworthy of humans and fit only for beasts. bestial depravity feral suggests the savagery or ferocity of wild animals. the struggle to survive unleashed their feral impulses",
"synonyms":[
"savage",
"unbroken",
"undomesticated",
"untamed",
"wild",
"wilding"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162253",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"ferine":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": feral":[]
},
"examples":[
"the boxer's ferine ferocity in the ring is legendary"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1640, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin ferinus , from fera":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fir-\u02cc\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"animalistic",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"feral",
"subhuman",
"swinish"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215842",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ferment":{
"antonyms":[
"disquiet",
"fermentation",
"restiveness",
"restlessness",
"Sturm und Drang",
"turmoil",
"uneasiness",
"unquietness",
"unrest"
],
"definitions":{
": a living organism (such as a yeast) that causes fermentation by virtue of its enzymes":[],
": a process of active often disorderly development":[
"the great period of creative ferment in literature",
"\u2014 William Barrett"
],
": a state of unrest : agitation":[],
": enzyme":[],
": to be in a state of agitation or intense activity":[
"everything ferments in him\u2014his thoughts, sensations, and memories; nothing stays quiet",
"\u2014 Janet Flanner"
],
": to cause to undergo fermentation":[
"Yeast ferments the sugar in the juice."
],
": to undergo fermentation":[
"The wine ferments in oak barrels."
],
": to work up (as into a state of agitation) : foment":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The wine ferments in oak barrels.",
"Yeast ferments the sugar in the juice.",
"Noun",
"The city was in a state of ferment after the election.",
"the city was in ferment as its residents nervously awaited the airborne invasion that was sure to come",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Egger has raised $20 million for her BioMilq from buzzy backers like Bill Gates to grow breast milk from human cells, while Katz has raised $25 million from VCs and angel investors to ferment yeast into synthetic human milk. \u2014 Alexandra Sternlicht, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Padilla-Brown had managed to ferment cacao beans with Cordyceps mycelium, a difficult trick given its temperamental nature. \u2014 Doug Bierend, Outside Online , 10 Mar. 2021",
"The goal, the couple said in a release, is to raise $30,000 to buy the trees and equipment needed to ferment more than 2,000 cases of cider for the first year in operation. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"The grapes are pressed and sealed in containers to ferment , just like any other wine. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"Read full article Carbonic maceration, in its purest form, describes a process where whole clusters of intact grapes begin to ferment from the inside out, sealed in a tank filled with carbon dioxide or other inert gas to displace oxygen. \u2014 Ellen Bhang, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"In warm temperatures, the yeast will ferment and lead to over-carbonation in the cans. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 24 May 2022",
"These don\u2019t have as much sugar to ferment , so more of these agaves are needed to produce a liter of mezcal. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Not too much\u2014just a little procrastination to let the ideas ferment . \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Then, the cherries\u2019 flesh is removed, and the remaining seeds \u2014 known widely as beans \u2014 go to a cistern to ferment . \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"The pioneering studies of Rudolf Peierls and others that eventually blossomed into the modern understanding of holes in materials were informed by that intellectual ferment . \u2014 Frank Wilczek, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"The chef was also my close friend and, to me, the embodiment of Chinatown and by extension, the best of L.A.'s multiethnic ferment . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"The downstream effects of all this technological ferment , Hoffman predicts, is that V.R. therapies, powered by private-sector investments, will swiftly develop into a standard treatment for pain. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Reduce inflammation that can exacerbate signs of aging with this Vichy Laboratoires serum, which contains a prebiotic ferment to improve the health of skin\u2019s barrier. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Other ingredients include lactobacillus ferment and pomegranate seed oil, which intensely soothe and nourish the skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The leaves are formed into solid cakes that ferment for months, and sometimes years. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Feb. 2022",
"One of the effects of the Romanov dynasty\u2019s fall in 1917 was a flood of Russian refugees into Europe, including the arrival of aristocrats, artists, writers, and intellectuals who landed in Paris at the height of the city\u2019s creative ferment . \u2014 Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin fermentum yeast \u2014 more at barm":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8ment",
"\u02c8f\u0259r-\u02ccment",
"\u02c8f\u0259r-\u02ccment also (\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8",
"also (\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8ment",
"f\u0259r-\u02c8ment"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abet",
"brew",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"pick",
"provoke",
"raise",
"stir (up)",
"whip (up)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170406",
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fermentability":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being fermentable":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259t\u0113",
"-i"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031159",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fermental":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": fermentative":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"ferment entry 2 + -al":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195416",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fermentate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to cause to ferment":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin fermentatus , past participle":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165722",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"fermentation":{
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"ease",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"quiet",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"definitions":{
": an instance or occurrence of fermentation":[
"The process is simplicity itself\u2014a couple of fermentations , a gradual tilting of the bottle to remove the sediment and a final addition of sugar to make it brut or doux.",
"\u2014 Miles Kington",
"The ancient Chinese also stored vegetables in a pickling brine with a vinegar base. Various vinegars, made from fermentations of rice, wheat, grapes, or even peaches, were used.",
"\u2014 Nina Simonds"
],
": ferment sense 2":[
"Music concerts, poetry readings, and other progressive campus activities can produce intellectual fermentation and thought provoking ideas.",
"\u2014 Robert Hoffman"
]
},
"examples":[
"a wave of immigration followed by a period of social fermentation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most traditional method of making sriracha involves lactic acid fermentation . \u2014 Aly Walansky, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Others destem their grapes before fermentation , resulting in greater intensity of fruit flavors in the wines. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Pearl Street Wine Market & Cafe will showcase low intervention wines, a type of wine made using native yeast fermentation with limited additives or sulfites. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"With the resources of Gallo behind his research and execution, Grahm has produced a Language of Yes Grenache and Syrah employing the slightly unusual (but not unprecedented) step of air-drying the grapes for a bit before fermentation . \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 June 2022",
"In contrast to the prevailing methods in California, Mr. Jensen used the ambient yeast on the grapes for fermentation rather than inoculating the grapes with commercial yeast. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"The company currently uses sugarcane and corn for its fermentation process \u2014 crops that use large volumes of land and divert food resources, says Higashi. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"As a result of the natural fermentation process, yogurt contains lactic acid\u2014a great exfoliator and all-around skin rejuvenator. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"Unlike wine or beer, mead also needs nutrients such as nitrogen to kick start the fermentation process. \u2014 Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u0259r-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n, -\u02ccmen-",
"\u02ccf\u0259r-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"-\u02ccmen-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"disquiet",
"ferment",
"restiveness",
"restlessness",
"Sturm und Drang",
"turmoil",
"uneasiness",
"unquietness",
"unrest"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014809",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fermentation tube":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a modified culture tube with an upright closed arm for collecting gas formed in broth cultures by microorganisms":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064632",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fermentative":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": causing or producing a substance that causes fermentation":[
"fermentative organisms"
],
": of, relating to, or produced by fermentation":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Due to low levels of atmospheric oxygen, the process may have been fermentative , still found in microbes such as yeast today. 7. \u2014 Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine , 6 Feb. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8men-t\u0259-tiv",
"(\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8ment-\u0259t-iv"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174016",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fermented":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having undergone fermentation":[
"fermented grapes",
"Basic mead begins with fermented honey and water.",
"\u2014 Annie Tobey"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8men-t\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193424",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fermenter":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an apparatus for carrying out fermentation":[],
": an organism that causes fermentation":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That meant dumping grains into the cooker by hand, manually pumping that mash into the fermenter , and far, far fewer computers for Downs to learn. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
"Once the fermenter is filled, carbon dioxide is pumped into the tank to flush out any oxygen; creating an anaerobic environment. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
"The brewhouse, along with a seven-barrel fermenter , came from Logjam, a defunct microbrewery in central Wisconsin. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022",
"To offset flavors associated with smoke damage, winemaker John Grochau tipped Hansen to dropping green oak chips into the fermenter . \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Among their other jobs, staff will monitor meat production, mix feedstock (media) for the cells, and maintain the facility and its phenomenally expensive equipment; Block estimates that a 25-gallon fermenter could cost upward of $350,000. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Temperature control allows the distiller to reduce the temperature in the fermenter and lengthen the fermentation cycle. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Wine geeks will surely flip out watching the Reel featuring the tricky transport of a concrete fermenter while everyone should be pleased to meet Chester, the vineyard dog. \u2014 Leslie Kelly, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
"The bacteria are allowed to grow overnight and then moved into a large fermenter that contains up to 300 liters of a nutrient broth. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1918, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8men-t\u0259r",
"(\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8ment-\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170256",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fermentescible":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": fermentable":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"fermentescible from Latin fermentesc ere to swell, rise, ferment (from Latin fermentum leaven, yeast + -escere , inchoative verb ending) + -ible; fermentiscible irregular from Latin fermentescere + English -ible":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6f\u0259rm\u0259n\u2027\u00a6tes\u0259b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172140",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fermentologist":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113244",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ferocious":{
"antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
],
"definitions":{
": exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality":[
"a ferocious predator",
"the ferocious butchery of women and children"
],
": extremely intense":[
"ferocious heat",
"The competition among the students was ferocious ."
]
},
"examples":[
"A ferocious wind swept the beach.",
"The competition among the students was ferocious .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Climbing aboard the handsome, ferocious and pricey Ducati Multistrada V4S is like a putting on a Ermenegildo Zegna Bespoke suit, some of which sell for $22,000. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Fast-moving, furry and ferocious :The fisher cat doesn't really like fish. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Booker played with elevated purpose and anger that translated into him making fearless and ferocious plays all night long. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Flynn Robinson, the team\u2019s sixth man, could really shoot, and Riley was equally fearless and ferocious . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Tony DeMarco was fearless and ferocious in the ring, an undisputed world welterweight title holder, the son of Italian immigrants, born in the North End and raised but a short walk from Paul Revere\u2019s house. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Even today, the album is ferocious and among the first hard-rock albums to exploit rhythm and the exceptional musicianship of all bandmembers, particularly guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The music is amorphous, engulfing, gelatinous, ferocious . \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"The lonely landscape seems an apt pasture for his ferocious and solitary concentration, but could also be seen as a retreat. \u2014 Ted Alcorn, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin feroc-, ferox , literally, fierce looking, from ferus + -oc-, -ox (akin to Greek \u014dps eye) \u2014 more at eye":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ferocious fierce , ferocious , barbarous , savage , cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or actions. fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their wild and menacing aspect or fury in attack. fierce warriors ferocious implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality. a ferocious dog barbarous implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as unworthy of civilized people. barbarous treatment of prisoners savage implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized people filled with rage, lust, or other violent passion. a savage criminal cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it. the cruel jokes of schoolboys",
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171245",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"ferreous":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of, like, or containing iron":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin ferreus , from ferrum iron":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fer\u0113\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082220",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ferrer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": farrier":[],
": ironsmith":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ferrour blacksmith who shoes horses, veterinarian":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081724",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ferret":{
"antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"pass over"
],
"definitions":{
": a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal ( Mustela putorius furo ) that is descended from the European polecat":[],
": a narrow cotton, silk, or wool tape":[],
": an active and persistent searcher":[],
": black-footed ferret":[],
": harry , worry":[],
": to find and bring to light by searching":[
"\u2014 usually used with out ferret out the answers"
],
": to force out of hiding : flush":[],
": to hunt (animals, such as rabbits) with ferrets":[],
": to hunt with ferrets":[],
": to search about":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1649, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English furet, ferret , from Anglo-French firet, furet , from Vulgar Latin *furittus , literally, little thief, diminutive of Latin fur thief \u2014 more at furtive":"Noun",
"probably modification of Italian fioretti floss silk, from plural of fioretto , diminutive of fiore flower, from Latin flor-, flos \u2014 more at blow":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fer-\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig out",
"dig up",
"discover",
"dredge (up)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
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"He's good at ferreting out the facts."
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": any of several heavy-bodied mammals (as Helictis moschata ) of southeastern Asia that resemble the weasel":[]
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": an unusually vicious ferret valuable as a rodent destroyer, closely resembling the wild European polecat, and said to result from interbreeding the domestic ferret with the wild polecat":[]
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"examples":[],
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"ferri cyanide"
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"ferri ferous"
]
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"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The new study is a retrospective analysis of 16 athletes from the Western Australian Institute of Sport, who received a total of 22 intravenous injections of 1,000 milligrams of iron (in the form of ferric carboxymaltose) in recent years. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 8 July 2020",
"The greatest elevations occur in the ferric oxide-rich Tharsis region, but in the lowlands to the east of it, the abundances of ferric oxides plummets. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
"First off, ferric oxides are present everywhere on the planet: within the crust, found in lava outflows, and in the Martian dust that\u2019s been oxidized by reactions with the atmosphere. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Specifically, the four iron atoms in hemoglobin are oxidized from their normal ferrous state (Fe2+) to a ferric form (Fe3+), making methemoglobin, which is essentially useless as an oxygen carrier. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 23 Sep. 2019",
"See, this year's South team for the Senior Bowl has a decidedly ferric flavor on special teams. \u2014 Tom Green, AL.com , 25 Jan. 2018",
"The drink does contain ammonium ferric citrate, which is technically iron, but it is not brewed. \u2014 Palko Karasz, New York Times , 5 Jan. 2018",
"The company is adding ferric chloride to the wet sludge before drying, a binding agent that should lessen sulfur dioxide emissions. \u2014 Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press , 9 May 2017"
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"1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8fe-rik",
"\u02c8fer-ik"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203451",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"ferric acetate":{
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": a basic acetate Fe(OH)(C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 2 obtained as brownish red scales or powder":[],
": either of two acetates of iron used chiefly in the textile industry as mordants and formerly in medicine as tonics:":[],
": the normal acetate Fe(C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 3 known best in solution":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191513",
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a complex salt containing varying amounts of iron and used especially for making blueprints":[]
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"circa 1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132540",
"type":[
"noun"
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"ferry":{
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": a place where persons or things are carried across a body of water (such as a river) in a boat":[],
": an organized service and route for flying airplanes especially across a sea or continent for delivery to the user":[],
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": to cross by a ferry":[],
": to cross water in a boat":[],
": to fly (an airplane) from the factory or other shipping point to a designated delivery point or from one base to another":[]
},
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"Verb",
"The cars were ferried across the river.",
"They ferry supplies to the island.",
"Noun",
"Ferries to both islands depart daily.",
"You can get there by ferry .",
"We'll meet you at the ferry .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Most of the time, the world doesn\u2019t need to think about the pipelines, tankers, and on-land storage tanks that ferry oil around the world and allow for something like a spot market for it. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"In 2009, officials began planning to build a light rail line that would ferry passengers from downtown Portland to Tualatin in 30 minutes. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Sep. 2021",
"The agency originally intended to have at least two private-sector companies compete to build the spacecraft that will ferry astronauts to the lunar surface for the Artemis moon landing missions \u2014 a project called the Human Landing System (HLS). \u2014 Diksha Madhok, CNN , 27 July 2021",
"Nelson also would oversee the awarding of the next phase of the contracts for the spacecraft that would ferry astronauts to the lunar surface. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2021",
"The ten-day Artemis II mission, slated to launch in May 2024, will ferry a crew of astronauts around the moon and then back to Earth. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
"In some cases, boats will then ferry passengers to land, said Alan Ram, Tailwind\u2019s chief executive. \u2014 James Fanelli, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"Buses will ferry riders between the Midvale Center station and the historic Sandy station. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Those barges will ferry the containers back to the Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Paros, the heart of the Cyclades Once upon a time, Paros was perhaps best known as the island where the ferry stopped en route to your real destination. \u2014 Isabelle Kliger, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The family skipped a trip to Disneyland and a popular Michigan vacation island because the ferry ride to Mackinac Island would mean mingling with unmasked passengers. \u2014 Lindsey Tanner And Angie Wang, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
"She was deeply moved when, one day, the ferry had to transport for burial the bodies of three civilians killed by terrorists. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"For jetsetters, the home is just over a mile away from the Santa Lucia Train Station (10 minutes away by the local ferry ), so short trips to Rome, Florence and Milan\u2014among other European destinations\u2014will be a breeze for additional exploring. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 8 June 2022",
"Young said the town has kicked around several ideas, like finding ways to support small business opportunities or increasing the frequency of the winter ferry . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Anthony had traveled with a friend from Edinburgh, catching the ferry from Aberdeen. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"Ditch your car and hop aboard the Lady of the Lake ferry to Stehekin, a roadless lakefront community accessible only via hiking or boating. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 18 May 2022",
"The ferry began running 24/7 at the end of March after it was idled for the winter. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ferien , from Old English ferian to carry, convey; akin to Old English faran to go \u2014 more at fare":"Verb"
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"\u02c8fer-\u0113",
"\u02c8fe-r\u0113"
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"cart",
"convey",
"haul",
"lug",
"pack",
"tote",
"transport"
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": a chess queen":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French fierce , from Arabic farzan , from Persian farz\u012bn":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112928",
"type":[
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"fersmanite":{
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"definitions":{
": a mineral (Na,Ca) 2 (Ti,Cb)Si(O,F) 6 consisting of a silicate fluoride of sodium, calcium, titanium, and columbium":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian fersmanit , from Aleksandr E. Fersman \u20201945 Russian mineralogist + Russian -it -ite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180337",
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mineral (Ca,Ce)(Cb,Ti) 2 (O,F) 6 consisting of an oxide and fluoride of calcium and columbium with cerium and titanium":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian fersmit , from A. E. Fersman + Russian -it -ite":""
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"-\u02ccm\u012bt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073055",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"fertile":{
"antonyms":[
"barren",
"dead",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfertile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"definitions":{
": affording abundant possibilities for growth or development":[
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"\u2014 Consumer Reports",
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],
": capable of being converted into fissionable material":[
"fertile uranium 238"
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],
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": developing spores or spore-bearing organs":[],
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"fertile fields of corn and oats"
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"examples":[
"an area that is a fertile breeding ground for political extremism",
"This subject remains a fertile field for additional investigation.",
"He has a fertile mind.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This meant Islam met with fertile ground: people were searching for new hope, something that could bring people together again as a society. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The ongoing popularity of podcasts has provided fertile ground for TV adaptations, as producers, networks and other developers latch on to the deep, first-person journalistic reporting in podcasts to launch more glossy, A-list-starring reinventions. \u2014 Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Femi said Connecticut is fertile ground for its multicultural bank strategy, given its racial and ethnic diversity. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
"The fertile area, lush with golden fields of wheat and barley, is a fitting place for people to geek out over grain varieties. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
"The farm, off Indian Lake Road and near its original location, is becoming a more fertile area for growing produce that is donated to a number of nonprofits including the ECHO Food Shelf and BackPack program. \u2014 Tim Krohn, Star Tribune , 2 June 2021",
"In the fertile area near the Colombian border, tractors and combines sit idle while some farmers move their products on the backs of mules. \u2014 John Otis, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2020",
"That would give the Kremlin not only a lock over Crimea and Donbas, but key ports, industrial centers and fertile lands across the east and south. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2022",
"After annexing New Caledonia in 1853 and establishing a penal colony, the French forced the Kanaks off their fertile tribal lands and onto reservations. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Dec. 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin fertilis , from ferre to carry, bear \u2014 more at bear":""
},
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"\u02c8f\u0259r-t\u1d4al",
"chiefly British -\u02cct\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8f\u0259rt-\u1d4al, chiefly British \u02c8f\u0259r-\u02cct\u012bl"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fertile fertile , fecund , fruitful , prolific mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit. fertile implies the power to reproduce in kind or to assist in reproduction and growth fertile soil ; applied figuratively, it suggests readiness of invention and development. a fertile imagination fecund emphasizes abundance or rapidity in bearing fruit or offspring. a fecund herd fruitful adds to fertile and fecund the implication of desirable or useful results. fruitful research prolific stresses rapidity of spreading or multiplying by or as if by natural reproduction. a prolific writer",
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"cornucopian",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fructuous",
"fruitful",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"prolific",
"rich"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162153",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"fertile frond":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a frond bearing spores and often differing markedly in color, form, and size from the sterile fronds (as in sensitive fern)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234556",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fertile soil":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a place where something begins or develops in large amounts":[
"Poor neighborhoods can be fertile soil for crime."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055949",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fertility":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the birth rate of a population":[],
": the quality or state of being fertile":[]
},
"examples":[
"She studied the effects of pollution on the fertility of the local fish population.",
"The doctor ordered a test of his fertility .",
"The area is known for its soil fertility .",
"the fertility of his imagination",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This week, Netflix released the documentary Our Father, the story of Dr. Donald Cline, a man who used his own sperm to inseminate his patients at his Indianapolis fertility clinic. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 13 May 2022",
"Cline opened a fertility clinic in Indiana in 1979 and secretly used his own sperm to impregnate women who visited him for artificial insemination, claiming the donations were from medical residents. \u2014 Ali Pantony, Glamour , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The Aysennes still have a breach of contract claim against the fertility clinic. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Menzies stars as a successful British businessman who runs the first fertility clinic in the U.S. and plans to conquer the industry while implementing the potential of A.I. in both treatment and technology. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The Cartellone family sued a Cincinnati fertility clinic, hospital and lab, according to the Columbus Dispatch. \u2014 Stephanie Warsmith, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Mike and Jeanine Harvey went to an Akron City Hospital fertility clinic in 1991 for help getting pregnant. \u2014 CBS News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Gender confirmation surgery is a major procedure resulting in permanent fertility loss, not to be taken lightly. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a buzz of fertility , like bees on a hive, linked through cellular multiplication and blood. \u2014 Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"(\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8ti-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"(\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8til-\u0259t-\u0113",
"\u02ccf\u0259r-\u02c8ti-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234926",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fertility cult":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a system of nature worship involving rites and ceremonies believed to ensure productiveness of plants, animals, and people and often directed toward the propitiation of a special deity":[],
": the body of followers and practitioners of such a system":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024936",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"fervency":{
"antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity"
],
"definitions":{
": fervor":[]
},
"examples":[
"the guest soloist was able to infuse the familiar hymn with a moving fervency",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s this fervency that makes M\u00e1rquez a prospect in Colombia\u2019s presidential race. \u2014 Christina Noriega, refinery29.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s this fervency that makes M\u00e1rquez a prospect in Colombia\u2019s presidential race. \u2014 Christina Noriega, refinery29.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s this fervency that makes M\u00e1rquez a prospect in Colombia\u2019s presidential race. \u2014 Christina Noriega, refinery29.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s this fervency that makes M\u00e1rquez a prospect in Colombia\u2019s presidential race. \u2014 Christina Noriega, refinery29.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s this fervency that makes M\u00e1rquez a prospect in Colombia\u2019s presidential race. \u2014 Christina Noriega, refinery29.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s this fervency that makes M\u00e1rquez a prospect in Colombia\u2019s presidential race. \u2014 Christina Noriega, refinery29.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s this fervency that makes M\u00e1rquez a prospect in Colombia\u2019s presidential race. \u2014 Christina Noriega, refinery29.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s this fervency that makes M\u00e1rquez a prospect in Colombia\u2019s presidential race. \u2014 Christina Noriega, refinery29.com , 13 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259r-v\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ardency",
"ardor",
"emotion",
"enthusiasm",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passion",
"passionateness",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"warmth",
"white heat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171548",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fervent":{
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
],
"definitions":{
": exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling : zealous":[
"fervent prayers",
"a fervent proponent",
"fervent patriotism"
],
": very hot : glowing":[
"the fervent sun"
]
},
"examples":[
"a fervent speech that called for tolerance and compassion for those who are different",
"in the thick, fervent air of a tropical afternoon, a languor set in",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bezos\u2019 wan efforts have yet to inspire the same fervent fanbase of diehard stans that Elon Musk has cultivated. \u2014 Julian Epp, The New Republic , 1 July 2022",
"Etched into our collective memory for its sky-rocketing notes and fervent delivery, this rendition of the national anthem is a playlist no-brainer. \u2014 Mia Uzzell, Glamour , 30 June 2022",
"Despite the trans-rights groups\u2019 fervent objections, Texas\u2019s Governor, Greg Abbott, signed the bill. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 28 June 2022",
"The fervent question of person-or-thing comes up time and again concerning Artificial Intelligence (AI). \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The organization underwent a seismic transformation under McMahon with events like WrestleMania, a premium live production that draws millions of fervent viewers. \u2014 Michelle Chapman, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
"The organization underwent a seismic transformation under McMahon with events like WrestleMania, a premium live production that draws millions of fervent viewers. \u2014 Michelle Chapman, Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
"In Sao Paolo, newspaper reporter Patricia Campos Mello attends a rally for Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, a nationalist strongman who frequently directs his fervent followers\u2019 rage towards the Fourth Estate. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Two of the most fervent regulars have been out of town proselytizing in Ukraine, and a quieter bunch \u2014 mostly retirees \u2014 has filled the void. \u2014 Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin fervent-, fervens , present participle of ferv\u0113re to boil, froth \u2014 more at barm":""
},
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"\u02c8f\u0259r-v\u0259nt"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fervent impassioned , passionate , ardent , fervent , fervid , perfervid mean showing intense feeling. impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression. an impassioned plea for justice passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion. a passionate denunciation ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm. an ardent supporter of human rights fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal. fervent good wishes fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion. fervid love letters perfervid implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings. perfervid expressions of patriotism",
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"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
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"In stadium negotiations, fervid decades-long support for the Bills throughout Western New York strengthened the team\u2019s hand. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The fervid speculation over what Rolex would announce at Watches & Wonders\u2014now an annual ritual amongst the global watch community\u2014is finally at an end. \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Kazantzakis, however, was fervid in his anti-imperialist beliefs, a conviction that prevented him from speaking out against \u2013 or perhaps even recognizing \u2013 the growing menace of fascism that in the 1930s was sweeping across the globe. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The icy cornucopia of the fifties is flushed out in the fervid deliquescence of the sixties. \u2014 Frank Guan, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
"One, Farah seems to be having a more fervid head-to-head with Gebrselassie, trading embarrassingly public accusations of theft, assault, and misconduct during a stay in Gebrselassie\u2019s Addis hotel. \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2019",
"But Milburn puts an original spin on the familiar beats of the backwoods shock genre thanks to his hallucinatory storytelling, John Mehrmann\u2019s unnerving score and Spielberg\u2019s fervid performance. \u2014 Erik Piepenburg, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Four decades later, the principles of supply-side economics remain deeply controversial, attracting fervid disciples as well as critics. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2021",
"In Argentina, these alterations engendered fervid , prolonged opposition; an outraged traditionalist once hurled gasoline at Piazzolla\u2019s band in an attempt to set it on fire. \u2014 Barbara Jepson, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2021"
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"at the school board meeting the librarian delivered a fervid speech defending the classic novel against would-be censors",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In stadium negotiations, fervid decades-long support for the Bills throughout Western New York strengthened the team\u2019s hand. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The fervid speculation over what Rolex would announce at Watches & Wonders\u2014now an annual ritual amongst the global watch community\u2014is finally at an end. \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Kazantzakis, however, was fervid in his anti-imperialist beliefs, a conviction that prevented him from speaking out against \u2013 or perhaps even recognizing \u2013 the growing menace of fascism that in the 1930s was sweeping across the globe. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The icy cornucopia of the fifties is flushed out in the fervid deliquescence of the sixties. \u2014 Frank Guan, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
"One, Farah seems to be having a more fervid head-to-head with Gebrselassie, trading embarrassingly public accusations of theft, assault, and misconduct during a stay in Gebrselassie\u2019s Addis hotel. \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2019",
"But Milburn puts an original spin on the familiar beats of the backwoods shock genre thanks to his hallucinatory storytelling, John Mehrmann\u2019s unnerving score and Spielberg\u2019s fervid performance. \u2014 Erik Piepenburg, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Four decades later, the principles of supply-side economics remain deeply controversial, attracting fervid disciples as well as critics. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2021",
"In Argentina, these alterations engendered fervid , prolonged opposition; an outraged traditionalist once hurled gasoline at Piazzolla\u2019s band in an attempt to set it on fire. \u2014 Barbara Jepson, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2021"
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"As Nina has grown more observant, Andras has become distanced from her. Her religious fervor doesn't interest him. Coming to tradition late, Nina has all the pedantry of an autodidact. Her strivings seem inauthentic to Andras, and not at all spiritual. \u2014 Allegra Goodman , Kaaterskill Falls , 1998",
"Certainly being the son of a pastor had contributed to Vincent's religiosity, but in time even his father was disturbed by the growing intensity of his son's fervor . \u2014 Michael Kimmelman , New York Times Book Review , 12 Aug. 1990",
"In her renewed fervor , Norma fears that the past decade has turned women inward, away from one another, and away, too, from the notion that solidarity among women is ultimately a source of personal strength. \u2014 Anita Shreve , New York Times Magazine , 6 July 1986",
"Reciting, her voice took on resonance and firmness, it rang with the old fervor , with ferocity even. \u2014 Eudora Welty , One Writer's Beginnings , 1983",
"The fervor surrounding her campaign continued right through election day.",
"The novel captures the revolutionary fervor of the period.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That sort of fervor clearly motivated the voters in the northern part of the state, who lean far more conservative than the cosmopolitan voters of Mace's district. \u2014 Brittany Shepherd, ABC News , 17 June 2022",
"Now, its reemergence is being lauded with the kind of fervor reserved for the drop of a new BTS album \u2014 though the chatter is laced with a kind of tongue-in-cheek humor. \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"In the early 1980s an alliance of conservative and right-wing religious groups rode the wave of Catholic fervor that washed over Ireland following Pope John Paul II\u2019s visit in 1979. \u2014 Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books , 6 May 2022",
"Some have been endorsed by Mr. Trump as part of his quest to dominate Republican primaries, while others, like Mr. Renacci, have not received the coveted nod but are hoping to take advantage of Trump supporters\u2019 anti-establishment fervor . \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In fact, now that things are cooling off from the most intense days of the pandemic, a much lower number of houses are being fought over with the same amount of fervor . \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"As the death toll and unemployment numbers rose, conversations about anti-capitalism seemed to reach a rare level of fervor . \u2014 Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
"DeWine hasn't courted the former president's favor and support with any of the fervor that Republicans in the U.S. Senate primary to replace Terrace Park's Rob Portman have exhibited. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Shackleton and his men have been the subject of much media fervor throughout the last century, and this latest flurry of Shackleton media comes more than two decades after the tale experienced a worldwide revival. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 30 Mar. 2022"
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": the red or black oxide of iron Fe 2 O 3 found in nature as hematite and as rust and also obtained synthetically and used especially in magnetic materials, as a pigment, and for polishing":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two irons and three oxygens make ferric oxide , or Fe2O3\u2014a complete picture that\u2019s hard to pull apart. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 18 Sep. 2021",
"So, all in all, Mars is red because of hematite, which is a red form of ferric oxide . \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
"The greatest elevations occur in the ferric oxide -rich Tharsis region, but in the lowlands to the east of it, the abundances of ferric oxides plummets. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
"And the worldwide shortage of gamma ferric oxide has brought tape production to a crawl. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 11 Oct. 2019",
"The team also found that the asteroid\u2019s chemistry was dominated by compounds called ferric oxides and phyllosilicates, which had never been seen before on Kuiper belt objects. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thirteen states currently have trigger laws in place, many of which include language that defines life as beginning at the moment of fertilization . \u2014 Courtney Shea, refinery29.com , 1 June 2022",
"Texas\u2019s Civil Practice and Remedies code specifically includes fetuses as eligible in these suits from the moment of fertilization . \u2014 Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone , 12 May 2022",
"Tamron Hall Elizabeth Carr, who in 1981 was the first baby born from in-vitro fertilization in the U.S. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In general, the garden plants that might benefit from routine fertilization would be turfgrass and edible crops (fruits and vegetables). \u2014 Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Bank of America, as a result, predicts a boom in business for companies dealing in fertility health benefits, assisted reproductive services, in-vitro fertilization technology, and family planning. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Morning After pills are a form of emergency contraception that stop ovulation and fertilization to prevent pregnancy. \u2014 al , 17 May 2022",
"The medications disrupt ovulation or fertilization , which is required for pregnancy. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 5 May 2022",
"It could also potentially be used to punish those who take birth control pills, which prevents fertilization , or emergency contraception methods like Plan B, attorneys opposed to the bill noted Wednesday, the Louisiana Illuminator reports. \u2014 Alison Durkee, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even the worst rate of loss (among non- ferrous metals) only reaches 6 percent. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"The iron pill, with a dose of 325 milligrams of ferrous sulphate (equivalent to 105 milligrams of elemental iron), which has been shown to be effective in previous studies, increased ferritin stores by about 60 percent. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 8 July 2020",
"Powerful magnets then remove ferrous metals from the mixture, but toxic metals like nickel remain. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The soil seems to come through in the wine, which in the 2019 vintage balances a bitter, ferrous backbone with unctuous flavors of cocoa and fig. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
"As for flavor, the gameyness of the meat is subtle, with a ferrous accent on the finish. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Roughly 60% of Ukraine\u2019s ferrous metals that are exported by sea go through Black Sea ports of Odesa, Pivdennyi, Mykolayiv and Chornomorsk, according to the country\u2019s port authority. \u2014 Elena Mazneva, Fortune , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Schnitzer Steel Industries is one of the largest ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal recyclers in the U.S. \u2014 Q.ai - Investing Reimagined, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"The red\u2019s ferrous minerality and salty ocean tang make this pour especially beguiling. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2021"
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"He fertilizes the lawn every year.",
"The soil is so rich there is no need to fertilize .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These two components work together to fertilize the hair and help maintain the condition of hair follicles and surrounding tissues. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Milt flows down the female\u2019s body to fertilize the eggs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Place it in indirect to low light and fertilize it once or twice a year. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
"To fertilize the Sargassum, Seafields is testing a low-energy pumping system that will upwell nutrients from a few hundred feet below the ocean surface. \u2014 Erik Kobayashi-solomon, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"The seedlings failed to truly thrive in regolith alone, however, indicating that future lunar farmers will need to fertilize their soil before planting crops. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
"But the fish also herd swarms of tiny mysid shrimp, floating clusters that fertilize the algae with their waste to provide a better crop. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 May 2022",
"Also called natural organic reduction or terramation, the process applies the age-old practice of composting to people, turning their remains into soil that can fertilize new growth. \u2014 Lisa Held, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"There are many available accessories that can be bought along with, or in addition to, your riding mower, such as kits that can mulch, fertilize , aerate, till, and cultivate the soil. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 16 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Supersymmetry says that every boson (one of two types of particle) has a partner fermion (the other type), and vice versa. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Pauli postulated that fermion particles like protons, electrons, and neutrons with the same quantum state could not exist in the same space. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Very intelligent aliens can achieve quantum computation by exciting the various energy and spin states in this fermion -gravitonic superfluid. \u2014 Stephon Alexander, Wired , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Microsoft is taking yet another tack, trying to twist elusive subatomic particles called Majorana fermions into a braided shape that would keep qubits in a quantum state longer. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Oct. 2019",
"The distant competitors include asymptotically safe gravity, E8 theory, noncommutative geometry and causal fermion systems. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 Dec. 2017",
"In the early 1970s several researchers independently proposed that bosons and fermions might be related to one another via a fundamental symmetry called supersymmetry. \u2014 Philip Ball, Scientific American , 6 Aug. 2019",
"Every species of quarticle is either a boson or fermion . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 28 Feb. 2017",
"Any two fermions that are within touching distance of each other must be different. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 28 Nov. 2018"
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": a salt obtained usually in its bluish-green hydrated form FeSO 4 \u00b77H 2 O that is used especially in making inks, pigments, and other iron salts and in medicine for treating anemia caused by iron deficiency":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kowalewski recommends sulfate products such as ferrous sulfate , iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Kowalewski recommends sulfate products such as ferrous sulfate , iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Kowalewski recommends sulfate products such as ferrous sulfate , iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Kowalewski recommends sulfate products such as ferrous sulfate , iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Kowalewski recommends sulfate products such as ferrous sulfate , iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Kowalewski recommends sulfate products such as ferrous sulfate , iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Kowalewski recommends sulfate products such as ferrous sulfate , iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"In her purse, police found several medications, including tramadol, suspected Ambien, vitamin E, butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine, ferrous sulfate , hydroxyzine hydrochloride and nadolol. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 27 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The outcome of interest was ferritin , a measure of iron storage. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 8 July 2020",
"The process starts when compounds in the tobacco products make contact with the corneal cells, which leads ferritin inside the cells to start breaking down and releasing stored iron, Otsu explains. \u2014 Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The results were unconvincing: if anything, the non-responders had slightly higher baseline ferritin and lower C-reactive protein than the responders. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 11 Sep. 2020",
"Ferritin is a cell protein that stores iron and enables the body to use iron when needed, so a ferritin test indirectly measures blood iron levels, according to Mount Sinai Health System. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 2 May 2022",
"Incorporating foods high in iron such as red meat, leafy greens, lentils and even dark chocolate are beneficial to raising ferritin levels in the blood. \u2014 Cammy Garvelink, Outside Online , 23 Feb. 2021",
"After relocating to a new state and finding a new hematologist, my ferritin count is now down to 250. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 28 July 2021",
"The 36-year-old explained that a blood panel revealed severely low levels of ferritin , which is a protein that helps store iron in the body and typically signifies inadequate levels of stored iron when low, according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 14 June 2021",
"Modjarrad and his colleagues had to figure out which parts of the spike to attach to which type of ferritin and how to link the two proteins together. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Scientific American , 9 June 2021"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, alteration of ferratin , iron-containing protein, from Latin ferrat us bound with iron (from ferrum ) + International Scientific Vocabulary -in":""
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"In the darkness, steam or CO2 is injected and the greedy ferrite sucks the oxygen out of those molecules\u2014leaving carbon monoxide (CO) or hydrogen (H2) behind\u2014before rotating back into the sun. \u2014 David Biello, Scientific American , 23 Sep. 2010",
"Its supersonic speed and low radar profile (owing to its swept design and black ferrite iron radar-absorbing paint) made the Blackbird a difficult target. \u2014 Erik Schechter, Popular Mechanics , 28 Apr. 2015",
"Magnets that produce the power needed for EVs are rare-earth magnets, a type that\u2019s lighter and can produce a stronger field (and thus more torque) than old-style ferrite magnets. \u2014 Bengt Halvorson, Car and Driver , 27 Feb. 2018",
"This is coiled around a piece of ferrite (a substance made of oxides of iron and other metals) that amplifies the magnetic field generated. \u2014 The Economist , 28 Oct. 2017"
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"At rallies, at protest marches, on the courthouse steps, Sharpton spoke with a prickly ferocity and power, giving voice to those who didn\u2019t have it. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"Vladimir Putin no doubt has been taken aback not just by the ferocity and nationalism of the Ukrainians, upon which all else depends, but also by the swift response of the U.S. and its allies. \u2014 John Yoo, National Review , 19 Mar. 2022",
"This year Vietnamese authorities, caught off guard by the ferocity of new outbreaks, went back to lockdowns. \u2014 Jon Emont, WSJ , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Governor Hochul said that officials were caught off guard by the ferocity of the rainfall. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The play\u2019s most powerful moments are between Regine and Tashi, played with equally ferocity and authenticity by Marti Gobel and Rachel Cognata, respectively. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Eggers, the son of a Shakespeare scholar, bows to that thematic lineage without compromising on his stark vision: an eccentric blend of death-metal ferocity and Tolkienesque fantasy. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The next phase of fighting is likely to increase in ferocity , Western officials said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"But to really dig into those would require a degree of ferocity and topical anger that this good-hearted, optimistic, oddly old-fashioned film does not deal in, for better or worse. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022"
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": the monosulfide of iron FeS found in nature as pyrrhotite and as troilite, obtained as brown or black metallic masses by fusing iron and sulfur or as a black precipitate by adding an alkaline sulfide to the solution of a ferrous compound, and used chiefly in making hydrogen sulfide":[]
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"We only use organic fertilizer in our gardens.",
"They use chemical fertilizers on their lawn.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s the steel or the battery in a car, or the wheat that\u2019s grown with fertilizer in a loaf of bread. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Feed the plants monthly with a liquid fertilizer according to label directions. \u2014 Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 June 2022",
"Then there are the people who want to start businesses, maybe start a dispensary or, possibly, put their green thumbs, along with fertilizer and grow lights, to work and raise a crop. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Elfberg recommends feeding every-other watering in summer, with a 5-5-5 to 7-7-7 fertilizer . \u2014 Dennis Peck | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 19 May 2022",
"Keep the soil moist and feed every three months with the slow-release fertilizer . \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Maintain the plant normally and feed it with a liquid fertilizer according to the directions. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Used in agricultural fertilizer , 40% of the world's potash supply comes from Russia and Belarus \u2014 supplies thrown into chaos by the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. \u2014 Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Nitrate is a compound in fertilizer used in farming. \u2014 Alex Baumhardt, oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Birders should also expect to see arriving winter raptors like ferruginous hawks , sharp-shinned hawks and merlin. \u2014 Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Sep. 2019",
"Most were red-tailed hawks, though at least one owl and a ferruginous hawk rarely seen in Northern California were recovered, Foy said. \u2014 Ryan Sabalow And Benjy Egel, sacbee , 15 Mar. 2018",
"Most were red-tailed hawks, but other birds killed included an owl, at least one magpie songbird, and North America's largest hawk, the migratory ferruginous hawk . \u2014 Fox News , 15 Mar. 2018",
"Most were red-tailed hawks, though at least one owl and a ferruginous hawk rarely seen in Northern California were recovered, Foy said. \u2014 Ryan Sabalow And Benjy Egel, sacbee , 15 Mar. 2018",
"Most were red-tailed hawks, but other birds killed included an owl, at least one magpie songbird, and North America's largest hawk, the migratory ferruginous hawk . \u2014 Fox News , 15 Mar. 2018",
"Most were red-tailed hawks, though at least one owl and a ferruginous hawk rarely seen in Northern California were recovered and sent to a CDFW Wildlife Investigations Laboratory in Rancho Cordova for positive identification. \u2014 Benjy Egel, sacbee , 14 Mar. 2018",
"Participants can expect to see as many as 12 different raptor species, including golden and bald eagles, and ferruginous hawks . \u2014 Ernie Cowan Outdoors, sandiegouniontribune.com , 17 Jan. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, exemptions are related to certain outreach, monitoring, habitat restoration, and survey efforts. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Elsewhere in the West, federal officials say the 6-inch cactus ferruginous pygmy owl \u2014 which nests in saguaro cacti in Mexico, Arizona and Texas \u2014 should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, Michael Doyle reports for E&E news. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, which nests in the Sonoran Desert\u2019s iconic saguaro cactus, routinely takes down prey twice its size. \u2014 Shaena Montanari, National Geographic , 26 June 2020",
"During the 1980s and 1990s, wintering ferruginous and rough-legged hawks were considered fairly common on the plains of Boulder County. \u2014 The Know , 4 Dec. 2019",
"There are likely fewer than 100 cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls left in Arizona, the zoo said. \u2014 Raquel Baier, azcentral , 6 June 2019",
"The ferruginous pygmy owl is a regular predator of small birds, while the burrowing owl only snags birds very rarely and instead focuses its hunting efforts on insects and other arthropods. \u2014 Jason Bittel, Smithsonian , 13 Mar. 2017",
"Ferrets, tiger salamanders, burrowing owls and ferruginous hawks also rely on prairie dog burrows for cover. \u2014 Bruce Finley, The Denver Post , 20 Feb. 2017",
"The ferruginous pygmy owl is a regular predator of small birds, while the burrowing owl only snags birds very rarely and instead focuses its hunting efforts on insects and other arthropods. \u2014 Jason Bittel, Smithsonian , 13 Mar. 2017"
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"Latin ferrugineus, ferruginus , from ferrugin-, ferrugo iron rust, from ferrum":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021246"
},
"ferrotype":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a positive photograph made by a collodion process on a thin iron plate having a darkened surface":[],
": the process by which a ferrotype is made":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fer-\u0259-\u02cct\u012bp"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022555"
}
}