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3164 lines
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"Foundation Day":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": australia day":[
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"\u2014 used especially in Victoria"
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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":"20220706-125711",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Fourier series":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an infinite series in which the terms are constants multiplied by sine or cosine functions of integer multiples of the variable and which is used in the analysis of periodic functions":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Baron J.B.J. Fourier":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182437",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Fourier transform":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various functions (such as F(u) ) that under suitable conditions can be obtained from given functions (such as f(x) ) by multiplying by e iux and integrating over all values of x and that in scientific instrumentation describe the dependence of the average of a series of measurements (as of a spectrum) on a quantity of interest (such as brightness) especially of a very small magnitude":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1923, 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":"20220707-183913",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Fourierism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a system for reorganizing society into cooperative communities of small self-sustaining groups":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French fouri\u00e9risme , from F. M. C. Fourier":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0113-\u02cc\u0101-\u02cci-",
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"\u02c8fu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccri-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133522",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Fourieristic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or resembling Fourierism":[]
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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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"fourierist + -ic":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193429",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"foul":{
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"antonyms":[
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"befoul",
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"begrime",
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"bemire",
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"besmirch",
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"blacken",
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"daub",
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"dirty",
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"distain",
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"gaum",
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"grime",
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"mire",
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"muck",
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"muddy",
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"smirch",
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"smudge",
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"soil",
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"stain",
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"sully"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an entanglement or collision especially in angling or sailing":[],
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": an infringement of the rules in a game or sport":[],
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": being odorous and impure : polluted":[
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"foul air"
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],
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": being outside the foul lines in baseball":[
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"\u2026 a foul fly that was snagged by a fan in the stands.",
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"\u2014 E. M. Swift"
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],
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": being wet and stormy":[
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"foul weather"
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],
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": constituting an infringement (see infringe sense 1 ) of rules in a game or sport":[
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"a foul blow in boxing"
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],
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": containing marked-up corrections":[
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"a foul manuscript",
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"foul proofs"
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],
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": decompose , rot":[],
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": dishonor , discredit":[],
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": encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance":[
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"the chimney was foul and smoked badly"
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],
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": filled or covered with offensive matter":[
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"foul bins of filth"
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],
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": foul ball":[],
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": free throw":[],
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": full of dirt or mud":[],
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": homely , ugly":[],
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": in a foul manner : so as to be foul":[],
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": morally or spiritually odious : detestable":[
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"a foul crime"
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],
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": notably unpleasant or distressing : wretched , horrid":[
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"in a foul mood"
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],
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": obscene , abusive":[
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"foul language"
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],
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": obstruct , block":[],
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": obstructive to navigation":[
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"a foul tide"
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],
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": offensive to the senses : loathsome":[
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"the foul odor of rotten eggs"
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],
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": placed in a situation that impedes physical movement : entangled":[
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"a foul fishing line"
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],
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": something foul":[],
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": to become encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance":[],
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": to become entangled or come into collision":[],
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": to become or be foul: such as":[],
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": to commit a foul against":[],
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": to commit a violation of the rules in a sport or game":[],
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": to encrust with a foreign substance":[
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"a ship's bottom fouled with barnacles"
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],
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": to hit (a baseball) foul":[],
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": to hit a foul ball":[],
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": to make dirty : pollute":[],
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": to make foul: such as":[],
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": to tangle or come into collision with":[],
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": treacherous , dishonorable":[
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"fair means or foul"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"the foul odor of rotten eggs",
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"The medicine left a foul taste in my mouth.",
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"The weather has been foul all week.",
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"Noun",
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"He hit several fouls in a row.",
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"Verb",
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"pollutants that foul the air",
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"She fouled on her first long jump attempt.",
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"He was fouled as he attempted the shot.",
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"He kept fouling pitches into the stands.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Byron Buxton, the additional runner at second to start extra innings, moved to third when rookie Richie Palacios caught a foul fly ball down the left field line by Luis Arraez. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
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"White Sox infielder Danny Mendick left because of discomfort in his right knee after colliding with outfielder Adam Haseley on a foul pop. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
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"Passengers who rely on the elevators say that they are poorly maintained and that even those that are operating properly are overly crowded, unclean and plagued by foul smells. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
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"The Razorbacks have come excruciatingly close to a title, falling to Oregon State in the 2018 finals following a hexed foul pop that would have been the final out in Game 2, and losing to Cal State Fullerton in the 1979 finals. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
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"Next, Duran appeared to ground into a 5-4 double play, but the ball was ruled foul . \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
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"Specialists recommend foregoing the foul smells such as bitter or burnt, in this process. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"Marcus Smart lost his temper, picking up a technical after a Warriors foul . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
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"Matt Donlan\u2019s foul pop was caught by Stanford\u2019s Drew Bowser to end Game 3. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Mavericks didn\u2019t have to see as much of Draymond Green, who picked up his fifth foul with 6:01 left in the third, then returned with 6:33 left before fouling out with 2:25 to go. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
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"After the Suns Jae Crowder picked up his fifth foul , Kempton exploded. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"In Duke's second game against Louisville, Allen exchanged elbows while scuffling for the ball and was later ejected for yelling at a referee after being called for his fifth foul . \u2014 Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"The game started with some excitement as Oklahoma first baseman Blake Robertson flipped over the Notre Dame dugout rail while catching Cole\u2019s pop foul on the first pitch of the game. \u2014 Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
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"Marcus Smart was whistled for a technical foul then an offensive foul in a one-second span early in the fourth. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
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"Technical foul on Marcus Smart for arguing with the referees. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
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"It was ruled a flagrant-1 foul , which meant Golden State would retain possession after a free throw. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
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"Video review then reversed a blocking foul on the Heat\u2019s Bam Adebayo to a Brown charge with 12.1 seconds left, effectively ending it. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Randle then hit two free throws after DeRozan\u2019s offensive foul to put it away. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"The Celtics go into the half with a five-point lead because Marcus Smart managed to steal the ball from Giannis Antetokounmpo, who then made the poor decision to foul Smart on a deep half-court heave. \u2014 Katie Mcinerney, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
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"With the Jazz having a 3-point lead and eight seconds left, Snyder told the Jazz to foul to force the Rockets to go to the free-throw line. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"Dutcher didn\u2019t have a timeout, but his players were in front of the bench and were told to foul if Bradley made both to put the Aztecs up three. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"Teams would foul him freely, especially late in close games, forcing him to the free-throw line. \u2014 WSJ , 11 May 2022",
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"Woods made 11 of 14, many of those coming late as the Wolverines were forced to foul . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Donovan noted the Bulls had improved their shot-fake discipline, only to foul a pair of 3-point shooters in the second half to give up six free throws. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"New Mexico State\u2019s Teddy Allen burned UConn for 37 points, as defenders continued to foul him in the act of taking jump shots and sending him to the line. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"There may be no crying in baseball, but some major leaguers are crying foul over the official baseballs used during this year\u2019s play. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
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"La Jolla Country Day still trailed 59-52 with 2:40 to play when junior center Breya Cunningham, who scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, picked up her fifth foul . \u2014 Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
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"Hayes was whistled for his second foul a minute and seven seconds later. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"Though the teams would trade leads for the rest of the quarter, during which Nneka Ogwumike sat after picking up her third foul , Connecticut went into the half up 40-37 after going 8-for-9 from the free throw line. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 29 Aug. 2021",
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"Before Conforto came up, Francisco Lindor took an 0-2 curve off his foot after ripping a liner down the right-field line that just hooked foul . \u2014 Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021",
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"Kuminga can be a bit foul -prone against crafty scorers. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
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"After popping out foul to the catcher to end the first inning, Meadows was replaced by Willi Castro in the field to start the second, with Castro playing left and Robbie Grossman shifting from left to right. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
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"In the sixth, pinch-hitter Gabby Stagner narrowly missed a game-tying home run, but the ball sailed foul . \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 13 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English f\u016bl ; akin to Old High German f\u016bl rotten, Latin pus pus, put\u0113re to stink, Greek pyon pus":"Adjective and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fau\u0307l",
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"\u02c8fau\u0307(-\u0259)l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foul Adjective dirty , filthy , foul , nasty , squalid mean conspicuously unclean or impure. dirty emphasizes the presence of dirt more than an emotional reaction to it. a dirty littered street filthy carries a strong suggestion of offensiveness and typically of gradually accumulated dirt that begrimes and besmears. a stained greasy floor, utterly filthy foul implies extreme offensiveness and an accumulation of what is rotten or stinking. a foul -smelling open sewer nasty applies to what is actually foul or is repugnant to one expecting freshness, cleanliness, or sweetness. it's a nasty job to clean up after a sick cat In practice, nasty is often weakened to the point of being no more than a synonym of unpleasant or disagreeable . had a nasty fall his answer gave her a nasty shock squalid adds to the idea of dirtiness and filth that of slovenly neglect. squalid slums All these terms are also applicable to moral uncleanness or baseness or obscenity. dirty then stresses meanness or despicableness don't ask me to do your dirty work , while filthy and foul describe disgusting obscenity or loathsome behavior filthy street language a foul story of lust and greed , and nasty implies a peculiarly offensive unpleasantness. a stand-up comedian known for nasty humor Distinctively, squalid implies sordidness as well as baseness and dirtiness. engaged in a series of squalid affairs",
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"synonyms":[
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"bleak",
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"dirty",
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"inclement",
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"nasty",
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"raw",
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"rough",
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"squally",
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"stormy",
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"tempestuous",
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"turbulent"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030943",
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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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"foul play":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"There is no evidence of foul play .",
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"the coroner ruled that there was no evidence of foul play",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"From the moment that Dom Phillips and Bruno Ara\u00fajo Pereira vanished, on June 5th, in the Brazilian Amazon, there were suspicions of foul play . \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 28 June 2022",
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"And then there\u2019s Techint, which has faced allegations of foul play before and has thrust into the middle of the scene unexpectedly. \u2014 Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"Mara's body showed no signs of foul play and was taken to the Jefferson County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy, state police added. \u2014 Gina Martinez, CBS News , 27 June 2022",
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"According to the report, there were no signs of foul play . \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 June 2022",
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"There were no signs of foul play , police added in their statement. \u2014 Sandra Gonzalez, CNN , 27 June 2022",
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"An autopsy performed Sunday found no sign of foul play and the death is believed to be an accident, said Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 27 June 2022",
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"Earlier this month, the Bridgeport Police Department said video footage of the incident confirmed there was no evidence of foul play . \u2014 Fox News , 21 June 2022",
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"Initial hopes that the men were lost or suffered some mechanical issue quickly gave way to suspicions of foul play . \u2014 Terrence Mccoy, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1546, 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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"blood",
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"homicide",
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"murder",
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"rubout",
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"slaying"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050321",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"foul shot":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": free throw":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Holmgren, who played just nine minutes in a scoreless first half, picked up his fourth foul with 8 minutes 36 seconds remaining as Toney scored and made a foul shot to push the Arkansas lead to 51-46. \u2014 Billy Witz, New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"Oats got into it with the referees before the foul shot and that was it. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Poeltl missed his second foul shot , but the ball caromed out off the back iron. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Mar. 2022",
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"Freshman Max Christie delivered a key rebound with 21.7 to go and hit a pair of free throws after a Brad Davison layup and missed foul shot . \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"On Super Bowl Sunday of 1979, Mr. Gibson hit the winning basket and a foul shot to beat No. 1 Notre Dame and send Maryland fans streaming onto the court. \u2014 Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Daylan Davis put Brantley ahead, 31-28, on a layup plus the and-1 opportunity but the Eagles closed out the frame with a 6-0 run to take a 34-31 lead following a Page 3-pointer and Solley layup and foul shot . \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Another highlight in his 17-point first half on six field goal attempts was swishing a stepback 3-pointer in the final minute of the second quarter, along with the ensuing foul shot . \u2014 Tom Moore, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"But Pippen missed what would have been a game-tying foul shot with 46 seconds on the clock, and Quinerly made both his free throws at the other end. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 22 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1902, 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":"20220708-125145",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"foul up":{
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"antonyms":[
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"blow",
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"bobble",
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"boggle",
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"bollix (up)",
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"boot",
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"botch",
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"bugger (up)",
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"bumble",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"dub",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"foozle",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mangle",
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"mess (up)",
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"muck up",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"screw up"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mechanical difficulty":[],
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": a state of confusion or an error caused by ineptitude, carelessness, or mismanagement":[
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"foul-ups in transportation"
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],
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": entangle , block":[
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"fouled up communications"
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],
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": to cause a foul-up : bungle":[
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"it was his fault. He had fouled up",
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"\u2014 Pat Frank"
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],
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": to make dirty : contaminate":[],
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": to spoil by making mistakes or using poor judgment : confuse":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"tried not to foul up the football play",
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"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Those intruders chop down the jungles and foul up the wetlands, as the spirits mount an offensive to drive them off the shorelines. \u2014 Luke Winkie, The Atlantic , 22 July 2021",
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"But a foul up with super formula license points stole that dream away. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 3 May 2021",
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"The foul up with the referees is a bit of surprise given Indianapolis' reputation for being an effective host city for large-scale events \u2014and the importance of this event to the city and its reputation. \u2014 Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Mar. 2021",
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"Then come foul up , goof up, gum up, mess up, muck up, screw up and synonymous unprintables. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Mar. 2021",
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"That\u2019s how the Patriots can score, by fooling the other team or forcing it to foul up . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Nov. 2019",
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"The Giants foul up the rush, but the Winterhawks are slow to get back and Sourdif gets the puck back and beats Joel Hofer top shelf. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 10 Nov. 2019",
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"If his mechanics are fouled up and if his pocket presence is askew, those aren\u2019t little things, and no one other than hot-take artists are saying he is seriously maligned. \u2014 Cam Inman, The Mercury News , 13 Sep. 2019",
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"That is, one can\u2019t simply be plugged into the other without fouling up the picture. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 20 July 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1918, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fau\u0307(-\u0259)l-\u02cc\u0259p"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"mix-up"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063127",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"foul-up":{
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"antonyms":[
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"blow",
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"bobble",
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"boggle",
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"bollix (up)",
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"boot",
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"botch",
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"bugger (up)",
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"bumble",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"dub",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"foozle",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mangle",
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"mess (up)",
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"muck up",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"screw up"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mechanical difficulty":[],
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": a state of confusion or an error caused by ineptitude, carelessness, or mismanagement":[
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"foul-ups in transportation"
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],
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": entangle , block":[
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"fouled up communications"
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],
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": to cause a foul-up : bungle":[
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"it was his fault. He had fouled up",
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"\u2014 Pat Frank"
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],
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": to make dirty : contaminate":[],
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": to spoil by making mistakes or using poor judgment : confuse":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"tried not to foul up the football play",
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"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Those intruders chop down the jungles and foul up the wetlands, as the spirits mount an offensive to drive them off the shorelines. \u2014 Luke Winkie, The Atlantic , 22 July 2021",
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"But a foul up with super formula license points stole that dream away. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 3 May 2021",
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"The foul up with the referees is a bit of surprise given Indianapolis' reputation for being an effective host city for large-scale events \u2014and the importance of this event to the city and its reputation. \u2014 Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Then come foul up , goof up, gum up, mess up, muck up, screw up and synonymous unprintables. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Mar. 2021",
|
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"That\u2019s how the Patriots can score, by fooling the other team or forcing it to foul up . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Nov. 2019",
|
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"The Giants foul up the rush, but the Winterhawks are slow to get back and Sourdif gets the puck back and beats Joel Hofer top shelf. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 10 Nov. 2019",
|
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"If his mechanics are fouled up and if his pocket presence is askew, those aren\u2019t little things, and no one other than hot-take artists are saying he is seriously maligned. \u2014 Cam Inman, The Mercury News , 13 Sep. 2019",
|
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"That is, one can\u2019t simply be plugged into the other without fouling up the picture. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 20 July 2019"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1918, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8fau\u0307(-\u0259)l-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"mix-up"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230552",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"foulness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"befoul",
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"begrime",
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"bemire",
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"besmirch",
|
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"blacken",
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"daub",
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"dirty",
|
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"distain",
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"gaum",
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"grime",
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"mire",
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"muck",
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"muddy",
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"smirch",
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"smudge",
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"soil",
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"stain",
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"sully"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": an entanglement or collision especially in angling or sailing":[],
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": an infringement of the rules in a game or sport":[],
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": being odorous and impure : polluted":[
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"foul air"
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],
|
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": being outside the foul lines in baseball":[
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"\u2026 a foul fly that was snagged by a fan in the stands.",
|
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"\u2014 E. M. Swift"
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],
|
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": being wet and stormy":[
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"foul weather"
|
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],
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": constituting an infringement (see infringe sense 1 ) of rules in a game or sport":[
|
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"a foul blow in boxing"
|
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],
|
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": containing marked-up corrections":[
|
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"a foul manuscript",
|
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"foul proofs"
|
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],
|
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": decompose , rot":[],
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": dishonor , discredit":[],
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": encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance":[
|
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"the chimney was foul and smoked badly"
|
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],
|
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": filled or covered with offensive matter":[
|
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"foul bins of filth"
|
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],
|
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": foul ball":[],
|
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": free throw":[],
|
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": full of dirt or mud":[],
|
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": homely , ugly":[],
|
|
": in a foul manner : so as to be foul":[],
|
|
": morally or spiritually odious : detestable":[
|
|
"a foul crime"
|
|
],
|
|
": notably unpleasant or distressing : wretched , horrid":[
|
|
"in a foul mood"
|
|
],
|
|
": obscene , abusive":[
|
|
"foul language"
|
|
],
|
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": obstruct , block":[],
|
|
": obstructive to navigation":[
|
|
"a foul tide"
|
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],
|
|
": offensive to the senses : loathsome":[
|
|
"the foul odor of rotten eggs"
|
|
],
|
|
": placed in a situation that impedes physical movement : entangled":[
|
|
"a foul fishing line"
|
|
],
|
|
": something foul":[],
|
|
": to become encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance":[],
|
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": to become entangled or come into collision":[],
|
|
": to become or be foul: such as":[],
|
|
": to commit a foul against":[],
|
|
": to commit a violation of the rules in a sport or game":[],
|
|
": to encrust with a foreign substance":[
|
|
"a ship's bottom fouled with barnacles"
|
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],
|
|
": to hit (a baseball) foul":[],
|
|
": to hit a foul ball":[],
|
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": to make dirty : pollute":[],
|
|
": to make foul: such as":[],
|
|
": to tangle or come into collision with":[],
|
|
": treacherous , dishonorable":[
|
|
"fair means or foul"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"the foul odor of rotten eggs",
|
|
"The medicine left a foul taste in my mouth.",
|
|
"The weather has been foul all week.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He hit several fouls in a row.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"pollutants that foul the air",
|
|
"She fouled on her first long jump attempt.",
|
|
"He was fouled as he attempted the shot.",
|
|
"He kept fouling pitches into the stands.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Byron Buxton, the additional runner at second to start extra innings, moved to third when rookie Richie Palacios caught a foul fly ball down the left field line by Luis Arraez. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"White Sox infielder Danny Mendick left because of discomfort in his right knee after colliding with outfielder Adam Haseley on a foul pop. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Passengers who rely on the elevators say that they are poorly maintained and that even those that are operating properly are overly crowded, unclean and plagued by foul smells. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The Razorbacks have come excruciatingly close to a title, falling to Oregon State in the 2018 finals following a hexed foul pop that would have been the final out in Game 2, and losing to Cal State Fullerton in the 1979 finals. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Next, Duran appeared to ground into a 5-4 double play, but the ball was ruled foul . \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Specialists recommend foregoing the foul smells such as bitter or burnt, in this process. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Marcus Smart lost his temper, picking up a technical after a Warriors foul . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Matt Donlan\u2019s foul pop was caught by Stanford\u2019s Drew Bowser to end Game 3. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The Mavericks didn\u2019t have to see as much of Draymond Green, who picked up his fifth foul with 6:01 left in the third, then returned with 6:33 left before fouling out with 2:25 to go. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"After the Suns Jae Crowder picked up his fifth foul , Kempton exploded. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In Duke's second game against Louisville, Allen exchanged elbows while scuffling for the ball and was later ejected for yelling at a referee after being called for his fifth foul . \u2014 Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The game started with some excitement as Oklahoma first baseman Blake Robertson flipped over the Notre Dame dugout rail while catching Cole\u2019s pop foul on the first pitch of the game. \u2014 Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Marcus Smart was whistled for a technical foul then an offensive foul in a one-second span early in the fourth. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Technical foul on Marcus Smart for arguing with the referees. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"It was ruled a flagrant-1 foul , which meant Golden State would retain possession after a free throw. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Video review then reversed a blocking foul on the Heat\u2019s Bam Adebayo to a Brown charge with 12.1 seconds left, effectively ending it. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Randle then hit two free throws after DeRozan\u2019s offensive foul to put it away. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Celtics go into the half with a five-point lead because Marcus Smart managed to steal the ball from Giannis Antetokounmpo, who then made the poor decision to foul Smart on a deep half-court heave. \u2014 Katie Mcinerney, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"With the Jazz having a 3-point lead and eight seconds left, Snyder told the Jazz to foul to force the Rockets to go to the free-throw line. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Dutcher didn\u2019t have a timeout, but his players were in front of the bench and were told to foul if Bradley made both to put the Aztecs up three. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Teams would foul him freely, especially late in close games, forcing him to the free-throw line. \u2014 WSJ , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Woods made 11 of 14, many of those coming late as the Wolverines were forced to foul . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Donovan noted the Bulls had improved their shot-fake discipline, only to foul a pair of 3-point shooters in the second half to give up six free throws. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"New Mexico State\u2019s Teddy Allen burned UConn for 37 points, as defenders continued to foul him in the act of taking jump shots and sending him to the line. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"There may be no crying in baseball, but some major leaguers are crying foul over the official baseballs used during this year\u2019s play. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"La Jolla Country Day still trailed 59-52 with 2:40 to play when junior center Breya Cunningham, who scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, picked up her fifth foul . \u2014 Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Hayes was whistled for his second foul a minute and seven seconds later. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Though the teams would trade leads for the rest of the quarter, during which Nneka Ogwumike sat after picking up her third foul , Connecticut went into the half up 40-37 after going 8-for-9 from the free throw line. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 29 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Before Conforto came up, Francisco Lindor took an 0-2 curve off his foot after ripping a liner down the right-field line that just hooked foul . \u2014 Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Kuminga can be a bit foul -prone against crafty scorers. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"After popping out foul to the catcher to end the first inning, Meadows was replaced by Willi Castro in the field to start the second, with Castro playing left and Robbie Grossman shifting from left to right. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"In the sixth, pinch-hitter Gabby Stagner narrowly missed a game-tying home run, but the ball sailed foul . \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 13 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English f\u016bl ; akin to Old High German f\u016bl rotten, Latin pus pus, put\u0113re to stink, Greek pyon pus":"Adjective and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307l",
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307(-\u0259)l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foul Adjective dirty , filthy , foul , nasty , squalid mean conspicuously unclean or impure. dirty emphasizes the presence of dirt more than an emotional reaction to it. a dirty littered street filthy carries a strong suggestion of offensiveness and typically of gradually accumulated dirt that begrimes and besmears. a stained greasy floor, utterly filthy foul implies extreme offensiveness and an accumulation of what is rotten or stinking. a foul -smelling open sewer nasty applies to what is actually foul or is repugnant to one expecting freshness, cleanliness, or sweetness. it's a nasty job to clean up after a sick cat In practice, nasty is often weakened to the point of being no more than a synonym of unpleasant or disagreeable . had a nasty fall his answer gave her a nasty shock squalid adds to the idea of dirtiness and filth that of slovenly neglect. squalid slums All these terms are also applicable to moral uncleanness or baseness or obscenity. dirty then stresses meanness or despicableness don't ask me to do your dirty work , while filthy and foul describe disgusting obscenity or loathsome behavior filthy street language a foul story of lust and greed , and nasty implies a peculiarly offensive unpleasantness. a stand-up comedian known for nasty humor Distinctively, squalid implies sordidness as well as baseness and dirtiness. engaged in a series of squalid affairs",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223029",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"found":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": free food and lodging in addition to wages":[
|
|
"they're paid $175 a month and found",
|
|
"\u2014 New Yorker"
|
|
],
|
|
": having all usual, standard, or reasonably expected equipment":[
|
|
"the boat comes fully found , ready to go",
|
|
"\u2014 Holiday"
|
|
],
|
|
": presented as or incorporated into an artistic work essentially as found":[
|
|
"sculpture of fabric, wood, and other found materials",
|
|
"\u2014 Hilton Kramer"
|
|
],
|
|
": to establish (something) often with provision for future maintenance":[
|
|
"found an institution"
|
|
],
|
|
": to melt (a material, such as metal) and pour into a mold":[],
|
|
": to set or ground on something solid : base":[],
|
|
": to take the first steps in building":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1562, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1830, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English founden, borrowed from Anglo-French fonder, funder, going back to Latin fund\u0101re, derivative of fundus \"bottom, base, foundation\" \u2014 more at bottom entry 1":"Verb",
|
|
"borrowed from Middle French fondre \"to melt, cast,\" going back to Old French, going back to Latin fundere \"to pour, shed, cast, send forth, disperse,\" going back to Indo-European *\u01f5 h u-n-d-, present tense derivative of *\u01f5 h eu\u032fd- \"pour\" (also Germanic, in Old English g\u0113otan \"to pour, shed,\" Old High German giozan, Old Norse gj\u00f3ta \"to drop, throw, give birth [of animals],\" Gothic giutan \"to pour\"), extended form of Indo-European *\u01f5 h eu\u032f- \"pour,\" whence Greek ch\u00e9\u014d, che\u00een \"to pour, shed,\" Tocharian B kewu \"I will pour,\" Sanskrit juhoti \"(s/he) pours, sacrifices\"":"Verb",
|
|
"from past participle of find entry 1":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050955",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foundation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a basis (such as a tenet, principle, or axiom) upon which something stands or is supported":[
|
|
"the foundations of geometry",
|
|
"the rumor is without foundation in fact"
|
|
],
|
|
": a body or ground upon which something is built up or overlaid":[
|
|
"a limestone foundation"
|
|
],
|
|
": a cosmetic usually used as a base for makeup":[],
|
|
": a woman's supporting undergarment : corset":[],
|
|
": an organization or institution established by endowment with provision for future maintenance":[
|
|
"a trust administered by a foundation"
|
|
],
|
|
": funds given for the permanent support of an institution : endowment":[],
|
|
": the act of founding":[
|
|
"here since the foundation of the school"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The inspector discovered a crack in the house's foundation .",
|
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"The book explains the moral foundations on which her political career was built.",
|
|
"These problems threaten the very foundations of modern society.",
|
|
"The scandal has shaken the government to its foundations .",
|
|
"They established a foundation to help orphaned children.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The new system will fund special education students based on the foundation allowance, plus 28% of their special education costs. \u2014 Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"With so many unknowns in the mix, Trump has become the sturdiest foundation on which to build all this way-too-early analysis. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Matthew Fletcher, foundation professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law and visiting professor for the UC-Hastings Indigenous Law Program is a citizen of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The foundation dedicated just 66% of spending on patients where the statewide average was nearly 93% during the 2018-2019 fiscal year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Any of the top picks featured here will quickly suck up smaller piles of leaves and debris from under bushes, around foundation walls and even out of your gutters. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
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"For the seventh consecutive year, Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, will get a performance bonus of more than $50,000 in private funds from an affiliated nonprofit foundation . \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 29 June 2022",
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"Steel and concrete are still needed for Ascent's foundation , parking garage, pool, stairwells and elevator shafts. \u2014 Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
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"On June 16, a Northridge Oval resident discovered that someone had damaged her apartment complex garage door, as well as the adjacent foundation and siding. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 29 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English fundacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French fundacion, borrowed from Latin fund\u0101ti\u014dn-, fund\u0101ti\u014d, from fund\u0101re \"to found entry 4 \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action":""
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"fau\u0307n-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"establishment",
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"institute",
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"institution"
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],
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"noun"
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},
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"foundation bed":{
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"definitions":{
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": the soil immediately beneath the foundation of a building : bearing soil":[]
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"examples":[],
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"foundational":{
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or forming or serving as a base or foundation : fundamental":[
|
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"foundational principles/doctrines",
|
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"These foundational volumes proved to be, each in its own way, enabling gestures for the growth of sophisticated theories and critical practices in African, Caribbean, and African American literatures.",
|
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"\u2014 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.",
|
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"Property was, in a sense, foundational to culture, since English political economy rested on the private ownership of land, and the political economy, in turn, largely structured social relations.",
|
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"\u2014 Jill Lepore",
|
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"Philosophy is a foundational discipline. Not only does it do the spadework that makes the construction of other disciplines possible; it also pays constant attention to the foundations of those disciplines as they are practiced.",
|
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"\u2014 Cognitive Science"
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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"1657, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"fau\u0307n-\u02c8d\u0101-shn\u0259l",
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"-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093653",
|
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|
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"adverb"
|
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|
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},
|
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|
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to a foundation":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"fau\u0307n\u02c8d\u0101sh\u0259\u02ccner\u0113",
|
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"-ri"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181623",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"foundationless":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": the act of founding":[
|
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"here since the foundation of the school"
|
|
],
|
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": a basis (such as a tenet, principle, or axiom) upon which something stands or is supported":[
|
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"the foundations of geometry",
|
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"the rumor is without foundation in fact"
|
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],
|
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": funds given for the permanent support of an institution : endowment":[],
|
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": an organization or institution established by endowment with provision for future maintenance":[
|
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"a trust administered by a foundation"
|
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],
|
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": a body or ground upon which something is built up or overlaid":[
|
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"a limestone foundation"
|
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],
|
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": a woman's supporting undergarment : corset":[],
|
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": a cosmetic usually used as a base for makeup":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"fau\u0307n-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"establishment",
|
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"institute",
|
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"institution"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"The inspector discovered a crack in the house's foundation .",
|
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"The book explains the moral foundations on which her political career was built.",
|
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"These problems threaten the very foundations of modern society.",
|
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"The scandal has shaken the government to its foundations .",
|
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"They established a foundation to help orphaned children.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The new system will fund special education students based on the foundation allowance, plus 28% of their special education costs. \u2014 Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press , 1 July 2022",
|
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"With so many unknowns in the mix, Trump has become the sturdiest foundation on which to build all this way-too-early analysis. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Matthew Fletcher, foundation professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law and visiting professor for the UC-Hastings Indigenous Law Program is a citizen of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The foundation dedicated just 66% of spending on patients where the statewide average was nearly 93% during the 2018-2019 fiscal year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
|
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"Any of the top picks featured here will quickly suck up smaller piles of leaves and debris from under bushes, around foundation walls and even out of your gutters. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"For the seventh consecutive year, Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, will get a performance bonus of more than $50,000 in private funds from an affiliated nonprofit foundation . \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Steel and concrete are still needed for Ascent's foundation , parking garage, pool, stairwells and elevator shafts. \u2014 Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"On June 16, a Northridge Oval resident discovered that someone had damaged her apartment complex garage door, as well as the adjacent foundation and siding. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 29 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
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|
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"Middle English fundacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French fundacion, borrowed from Latin fund\u0101ti\u014dn-, fund\u0101ti\u014d, from fund\u0101re \"to found entry 4 \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action":""
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152552"
|
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},
|
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"founder":{
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"antonyms":[
|
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"bomb",
|
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"collapse",
|
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"crater",
|
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"fail",
|
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"flame out",
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"flop",
|
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"flunk",
|
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"fold",
|
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"miss",
|
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"strike out",
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"tank",
|
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"wash out"
|
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],
|
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": laminitis":[],
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": one that founds or establishes":[
|
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"the founder of a company",
|
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"the founder of psychoanalysis"
|
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],
|
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": to become submerged : sink":[],
|
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": to come to grief : fail":[],
|
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": to disable (an animal) especially by excessive feeding":[],
|
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": to give way : collapse":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
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"Her career foundered , and she moved from job to job for several years.",
|
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"trying to save a foundering career"
|
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],
|
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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 intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1547, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fondrer \"to fall to the ground, stumble, sink,\" borrowed from Anglo-French fundrer \"to destroy,\" probably back-formation from enfondrer, esfondrer, affondrer \"to sink, send to the bottom,\" prefixed forms based on Old French -fondrer, going back to Vulgar Latin *-fundor\u0101re, verbal derivative of Late Latin fundor-, variant stem of Latin fundus \"bottom, base\" \u2014 more at bottom entry 1":"Verb",
|
|
"Middle English foundour, borrowed from Anglo-French foundur, foundour, from fondre \"to melt, cast, found entry 5 \" + -ur, -our -er entry 2":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English foundour, borrowed from Anglo-French fundur, foundour, going back to Latin fund\u0101tor, from fund\u0101re \"to found entry 4 \" + -tor, agent suffix":"Noun",
|
|
"derivative of founder entry 2":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8fau\u0307n-d\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"begetter",
|
|
"creator",
|
|
"establisher",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"founding father",
|
|
"generator",
|
|
"inaugurator",
|
|
"initiator",
|
|
"instituter",
|
|
"institutor",
|
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"originator",
|
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"sire"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182038",
|
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|
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|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an originator of an institution or movement : founder":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tribute to Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the other Founding Fathers",
|
|
"Theodor Herzl is often credited as the founding father of modern Zionism.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Flora-Bama\u2019s founding father , Joe Gilchrist, has gone home to be with his Creator. \u2014 al , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"His father is widely revered by Emiratis as the UAE\u2019s founding father after the country became independent of Britain in 1971. \u2014 News Services And Staff Reports, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Like many people in Uzumba, Zanu-PF\u2019s founding father , the late President Robert Mugabe, was from the Zezuru clan, which played a key role in freeing Zimbabwe from white minority rule in 1980. \u2014 Jeffrey Moyo, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"April 26-May 7, 2023, at Old National Centre Anchored by the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop and R&B score has sent the musical into a stratosphere of popularity of its own. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"The parade, which took place at Pyongyang\u2019s Kim Il Sung Square, named after North Korea\u2019s founding father , also featured thousands of marching troops. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Miranda created the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton, a hip-hop juggernaut that tells the story of American founding father , Alexander Hamilton. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"President Xi Jinping is on track to become the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People\u2019s Republic of China, and with him at the helm the nation has grown more assertive and ambitious. \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The proposal was the brainchild of Jean Monnet, now considered a founding father of the European Union. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1886, 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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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"begetter",
|
|
"creator",
|
|
"establisher",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"generator",
|
|
"inaugurator",
|
|
"initiator",
|
|
"instituter",
|
|
"institutor",
|
|
"originator",
|
|
"sire"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180544",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"founding member":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an original member of a group (such as a club or corporation)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":"20220707-192723",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fountain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a reservoir containing a liquid that can be drawn off as needed":[],
|
|
": a spring of water issuing from the earth":[],
|
|
": soda fountain sense 2":[],
|
|
": the source from which something proceeds or is supplied":[],
|
|
": to cause to flow like a fountain":[],
|
|
": to flow or spout like a fountain":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The crowd gathered around the fountain in the plaza.",
|
|
"an endless fountain of inspiration",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The forthcoming installations include a large water fountain , an MLK Jr. mural and several large gateway sculptures. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Children\u2019s Garden offers a water fountain , rock wall, treehouse and water pumps. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The spray fountain at Medal of Honor Park in South Boston. \u2014 Dana Gerber, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s a fountain in the entry, as well as a wall of built-ins. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s a chocolate fountain , and a lazy river, and a 7-Eleven Big Gulp that gives you a sugar high with no crash. \u2014 Alex Baia, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The property is landscaped with a pond big enough for water sports, a fountain , lawns, gardens, and trees, and includes two carriage houses. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The fountain , which honors Onslow community members who served in the military, was placed in mourning status; only the center Freedom Jet will operate. \u2014 Ella Lee, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The structure was one of Meem\u2019s residential masterpieces, with a Spanish courtyard that dripped with Lady Banks\u2019 roses and lush greenery, a Moorish fountain , massive carved doors, and kiva fireplaces. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Last year, a 6-year-old boy in Lake Jackson, Texas, died after contracting the brain-eating amoeba that was found in the water of splash fountain the boy had played in. \u2014 Amanda Jackson, CNN , 28 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Explore Echo Park Lake\u2019s signature lotus beds and fountain on a swan pedal boat. \u2014 Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Coke is also planning to halt retail-store sales of Hubert\u2019s Lemonade, limiting the brand to fountain machines only, the spokeswoman said. \u2014 Jennifer Maloney, WSJ , 4 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Starting May 3, Kilauea has fountained lava and flung ash and rocks from its summit, destroying hundreds of homes, closing key highways, and prompting health warnings. \u2014 Sophia Yan And Malcolm Ritter, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2018",
|
|
"Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory say that lava is consistently fountaining from Fissure 8, reaching heights up to 180 feet, feeding the flow. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 6 June 2018",
|
|
"Scientists say the lava leaking from the Kilauea volcano is fountaining up to 250 feet in the air and flowing at much higher-than-normal temperatures. \u2014 Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY , 1 June 2018",
|
|
"Volcano scientists are also captivated, like much of the general public, by the sheer spectacle of the eruption: visions of red-hot lava fountaining out of cracks in the Earth and towering columns of ash shooting five miles into the sky. \u2014 Author: Scott Wilson, Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News , 24 May 2018",
|
|
"The lava from these fissures can sometimes fountain high into the air, driven by pressurized gases that also escape through the fissures, but there is no plume of ash. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1903, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French funtaine, fontaine , from Late Latin fontana , from Latin, feminine of fontanus of a spring, from font-, fons":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307n-t\u1d4an"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055630",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fountainhead":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a spring that is the source of a stream":[],
|
|
": principal source : origin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fountainhead of the faith",
|
|
"historically, California has served as the fountainhead of that eclectic group of self-actualization movements known as the New Age",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The fountainhead of the culture remains Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles, a place that is almost treated like a shrine for SoCal lowrider clubs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2021",
|
|
"The fountainhead for Chatwin\u2019s and Herzog\u2019s engrossing stories, of course, was their travels. \u2014 Peter Gwin, National Geographic , 26 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"The ability to spend beyond its means has enabled the U.S. to fund its impressive military might, whether one views that power as the fountainhead of Pax Americana or the source of illegitimate military adventurism. \u2014 Joshua Zoffer, The New Republic , 3 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The fountainhead of historian Bill Katz\u2019s immersion in African-American culture was his father\u2019s passion for jazz. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Ownership passed down to the Sri Krishnabhoomi Trust, which is dominated by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological fountainhead of Modi\u2019s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). \u2014 Kuwar Singh, Quartz India , 9 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The fountainhead of the historian Bill Katz\u2019s immersion in African-American culture was his father\u2019s passion for jazz. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 21 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The North African nation on the Mediterranean Sea was the fountainhead of the 2011 Arab Spring protests, touched off by the self-immolation of a young fruit vendor. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"The North African nation on the Mediterranean Sea was the fountainhead of the 2011 Arab Spring protests, touched off by the self-immolation of a young fruit vendor. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Sep. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
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|
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|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307n-t\u1d4an-\u02cched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064859",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four paws":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": four short chains terminating in hooks at one end and welded at the other end to a single ring for use in skidding logs":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202214",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun plural but usually singular in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-ball":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a golf match in which the best individual score of one partnership is matched against the best individual score of another partnership for each hole":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1904, 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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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccb\u022fl"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200156",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"four-eyed":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": wearing glasses":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1926, 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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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cc\u012bd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203543",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
|
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},
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"four-footed":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": having four feet : quadruped":[]
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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":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02c8fu\u0307-t\u0259d"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204041",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
|
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},
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"four-hand":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": four-handed":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1909, 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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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cchand"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200540",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
|
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},
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"four-in-hand":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a necktie tied in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front":[],
|
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": a vehicle drawn by a team of four horses driven by one person":[],
|
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": such a team of four horses":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259n-\u02cchand"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204106",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"four-leaf clover":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a clover with four leaves instead of three":[
|
|
"It's good luck to find a four-leaf clover ."
|
|
]
|
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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":"20220707-075753",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"four-letter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or being four-letter words":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1897, 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":"20220707-092217",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
|
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},
|
|
"four-letter word":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Stafford once learned that Neil\u2019s punishment for accidentally saying a certain four-letter word in class was copying its lengthy entry from the Oxford English Dictionary. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"During Sunday's Game 4 loss at Smoothie King Center, a very large percentage of the sellout crowd of 18,962 repeatedly shouted ''F Jae Crowder'' (though using the full four-letter word ). \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Name another that didn\u2019t treat access as a four-letter word . \u2014 Tom Noie, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Spending is a four-letter word today, so keep your wallet shut tight. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In adventure and disability circles alike, help is a four-letter word . \u2014 Christian Mcmahon, Outside Online , 18 June 2021",
|
|
"Socializing might have felt like a four-letter word ever since foggy Neptune turned retrograde in Pisces and your 11th House of Community earlier this year. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The biggest question for Cathedral Catholic going into its Open Division semifinal playoff game against Mission Hills centered around a four-letter word : rust. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The Aztecs have had less success there than anyone else on the list \u2014 4-29 all-time in the 4,700 feet of Provo, Utah \u2014 but it\u2019s also BYU, three letters that are a four-letter word to most Aztecs fans. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Nov. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"cussword",
|
|
"dirty word",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091905",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-line octave":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the musical octave beginning with and ascending from the third C above middle C \u2014 see pitch illustration":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1933, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"so called from the four accent marks of the symbol C\u2032\u2032\u2032\u2032representing the third C above middle C":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002226",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-lined plant bug":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a yellow or orange leaf bug ( Poecilocapsus lineatus ) that is widespread in eastern and central North America, that has four longitudinal black stripes down the back, and that feeds on various wild and cultivated plants":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045713",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-peat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fourth consecutive championship":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1989, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"four + three -peat":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccp\u0113t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194838",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-poster":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a bed with tall often carved corner posts originally designed to support curtains or a canopy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-\u02c8p\u014d-st\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195116",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"four-star":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": of a superior degree of excellence":[
|
|
"a four-star French restaurant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from the number of asterisks used to denote relative excellence in guidebooks":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02c8st\u00e4r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064153",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fourbe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": impostor":[],
|
|
": trick":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French fourbe , feminine, trick & fourbe , masculine, swindler, from Middle French, from fourbir to polish, clean, steal":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202913",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fourling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a twin crystal consisting of four individuals":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"four entry 3 + -ling":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072228",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fourmarierite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral PbU 4 O 13 .5H 2 O(":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French fourmari\u00e8rite , from Paul Fourmarier , 20th century Belgian geologist + French -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"fu\u0307r\u02c8mar\u0113\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132752",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fourpence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a British silver coin worth four pennies now used only as maundy money : groat":[],
|
|
": fippenny bit":[],
|
|
": the sum of four pennies":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195959",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foursquare":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"uncandid",
|
|
"unforthcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a children's game for four players in which each player stands in a quadrant of a square court, the server strikes a large ball so that it bounces in the quadrant of another player, the receiving player strikes it to bounce in another quadrant, and so on, with players being eliminated for failing to hit and direct the ball properly":[
|
|
"At Grant Elementary School, I played four square with the children of immigrants from the Philippines, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and Lebanon.",
|
|
"\u2014 H\u00e9ctor Tobar"
|
|
],
|
|
": marked by boldness and conviction : forthright":[
|
|
"Disillusionment is used to give the antihero glamour and hipness, but then the movie wants him to be a foursquare hero with heart.",
|
|
"\u2014 Pauline Kael",
|
|
"\u2026 bassist Jeremy Toback and drummer Regan Hagar rarely stray from foursquare hard-rock propulsion.",
|
|
"\u2014 Mark Coleman"
|
|
],
|
|
": square":[
|
|
"The benchlike frames have foursquare horizontal slats and either dowel-shaped or foursquare uprights.",
|
|
"\u2014 Janet Malcom",
|
|
"A magnificent foursquare house built by Col. Jonathan Hamilton on a promontory of the Salmon Falls River overlooking his wharves and warehouses.",
|
|
"\u2014 John Deedy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"her foursquare support for the proposal",
|
|
"it's no time to be foursquare if you're asked whether a certain outfit makes a person look fat",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The first structure was unusual enough to become a local attraction: a large foursquare house with a center hall and verandahs on all sides. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"This is an earnest, foursquare , if extremely well-made, melodrama. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 16 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"The foursquare drill is meant to hone pitchers\u2019 reaction time fielding comebackers and making awkward throws. \u2014 Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com , 16 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"From today\u2019s viewpoint, its most familiar American manifestations were possibly the comfortably foursquare domestic architecture and furnishing designs produced by Gustav Stickley in the early 20th century. \u2014 Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ , 28 Nov. 2018",
|
|
"Oddly enough, these statements are foursquare at odds with these legislators\u2019 voting records. \u2014 Deroy Murdock, National Review , 11 Dec. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1955, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02c8skwer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"out-front",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"up-front"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062223",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fourteen":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a number that is one more than 13 \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fourtene , from Old English f\u0113owert\u012bene , from f\u0113owert\u012bene , adjective, from f\u0113ower + -t\u012bene ; akin to Old English t\u012ben ten":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8t\u0113n",
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"\u02c8f\u022frt-\u02cct\u0113n",
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"\u02c8f\u022fr(t)-t\u0113n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190439",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adjective or noun",
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"noun",
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"pronoun, plural in construction"
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]
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},
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"fourteener":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a mountain that is at least 14,000 feet high":[],
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": a verse consisting of 14 syllables or especially of 7 iambic feet":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Longs Peak, the park\u2019s highest, deadliest mountain (with a total of at least 60 fatalities)\u2014not to mention the most popular fourteener in Colorado\u2014sees about 20,000 annual ascents. \u2014 Jon Waterman, Outside Online , 15 June 2020",
|
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"Here in Colorado, my boys are angling to bag a fourteener this summer. \u2014 Rachel Walker, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2019",
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"At 14,259 feet, Longs Peak is Rocky Mountain National Park\u2019s highest mountain and its only fourteener . \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 10 Aug. 2020",
|
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"Hike, raft, fish, bag another fourteener , but beware: the technical, exposed route to Capitol Peak isn\u2019t for the inexperienced. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 18 Aug. 2020",
|
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"Moving in the Alps is not like a jaunt up a fourteener . \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 26 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Remember fourteeners can get very cold, even in the summer. \u2014 John Meyer, The Know , 11 July 2019",
|
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"Some may find this high-altitude dirt trail to be challenging, due to its 95 feet of elevation gain, but the impressive views of wooded hillsides and notorious fourteener Longs Peak will more than make up for any breathlessness. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 15 Jan. 2020",
|
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"The element of adventure is a lot higher on thirteeners vs. fourteeners . \u2014 John Meyer, The Know , 2 Aug. 2019"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1884, 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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"f\u022fr-\u02c8t\u0113-n\u0259r"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192701",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fourth":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a musical interval (see interval sense 2 ) embracing four tones of the diatonic scale":[],
|
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": independence day":[
|
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"\u2014 used with the watched fireworks on the Fourth"
|
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],
|
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": one that is number four in a series \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
|
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": the fourth forward gear or speed of a motor vehicle":[
|
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"shifted into fourth"
|
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],
|
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": the harmonic combination of two tones a fourth apart":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"cut the cake into fourths",
|
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"She drank a fourth of the bottle.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On average, cities across Southern California that are supplied by the Metropolitan Water District typically get about one- fourth of their water from the Colorado River. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
|
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"The western fourth of the state is still abnormally dry, but no severe, extreme or exceptional drought conditions exist anywhere in the state. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
|
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"His appearance against North Carolina was his fourth of the season. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The ponytail has a simple plait that wasn't braided all the way through, leaving the last fourth of the Kanekalon hair to sit freely at the end. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 8 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The group ranked from seventh to forty- fourth encompasses Stellantis (#9), BMW (#10), Volvo (#11), Honda (#13), and Ford (#14). \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
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"According to the World Economic Forum\u2019s 2010 Global Gender Gap Report, Italy ranks seventy- fourth in women\u2019s rights, between the Dominican Republic and Gambia. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"After some rancorous back-and- fourth , Kaval compromised with this figure: Zero percent, zero units. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 July 2021",
|
|
"Boley has been battling through a back injury and sat the entire fourth of last week\u2019s loss against Arizona. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Feb. 2021"
|
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],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"see four":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203616",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adjective or adverb",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"founding":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": having all usual, standard, or reasonably expected equipment":[
|
|
"the boat comes fully found , ready to go",
|
|
"\u2014 Holiday"
|
|
],
|
|
": presented as or incorporated into an artistic work essentially as found":[
|
|
"sculpture of fabric, wood, and other found materials",
|
|
"\u2014 Hilton Kramer"
|
|
],
|
|
": free food and lodging in addition to wages":[
|
|
"they're paid $175 a month and found",
|
|
"\u2014 New Yorker"
|
|
],
|
|
": to take the first steps in building":[],
|
|
": to set or ground on something solid : base":[],
|
|
": to establish (something) often with provision for future maintenance":[
|
|
"found an institution"
|
|
],
|
|
": to melt (a material, such as metal) and pour into a mold":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from past participle of find entry 1":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English founden, borrowed from Anglo-French fonder, funder, going back to Latin fund\u0101re, derivative of fundus \"bottom, base, foundation\" \u2014 more at bottom entry 1":"Verb",
|
|
"borrowed from Middle French fondre \"to melt, cast,\" going back to Old French, going back to Latin fundere \"to pour, shed, cast, send forth, disperse,\" going back to Indo-European *\u01f5 h u-n-d-, present tense derivative of *\u01f5 h eu\u032fd- \"pour\" (also Germanic, in Old English g\u0113otan \"to pour, shed,\" Old High German giozan, Old Norse gj\u00f3ta \"to drop, throw, give birth [of animals],\" Gothic giutan \"to pour\"), extended form of Indo-European *\u01f5 h eu\u032f- \"pour,\" whence Greek ch\u00e9\u014d, che\u00een \"to pour, shed,\" Tocharian B kewu \"I will pour,\" Sanskrit juhoti \"(s/he) pours, sacrifices\"":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1830, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1562, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143643"
|
|
},
|
|
"foundation stone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": basis , groundwork":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The foundation stone for Parnell\u2019s monument was laid in 1899, but by 1904, when Ulysses is set, it had still not been built. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The letter was dated June 2, one week after Hitler had laid the foundation stone for the Volkswagen factory. \u2014 David De Jong, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In August 2020, eight months before Uttar Pradesh was devastated by India's second Covid wave, Modi laid a foundation stone for the construction of a Hindu temple in the holy city of Ayodhya. \u2014 Rhea Mogul, Vedika Sud, Arpit Goel And Vijay Bedi, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Will left tackle Ronnie Stanley be healthy enough to reclaim his role as the foundation stone ",
|
|
"It\u2019s a foundation stone that is still fresh, vital delicious. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Its foundation stone was placed in 1907 by former President Theodore Roosevelt, has been the site of state funerals for three U.S. presidents, and was the site of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final Sunday sermon. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 24 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Life insurance and life insurance trusts are a foundation stone of estate planning for many families. \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
|
|
"In April last year, eight months before Modi laid the parliament's foundation stone in a high-profile photo-op, a petition was filed to the Supreme Court opposing plans on legal and environmental grounds. \u2014 Oscar Holland, CNN , 8 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144706"
|
|
},
|
|
"foumart":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the European polecat":[],
|
|
": a contemptible person":[
|
|
"\u2014 used as a generalized term of abuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English fulmard, fulmarde, folmarde, folmert , probably from foul entry 1 + (assumed) Middle English marth marten, from Old English mearth":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145128"
|
|
},
|
|
"found wanting":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lacking all that is needed or expected":[
|
|
"The travel arrangements were found wanting ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150036"
|
|
},
|
|
"found poem":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a poem consisting of words found in a nonpoetic context (such as a product label) and usually broken into lines that convey a verse rhythm":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152714"
|
|
},
|
|
"foundress":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a female founder":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-dr\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English founderesse , from foundere founder + -esse -ess":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162559"
|
|
},
|
|
"fou":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": drunk sense 1a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English (Scots) fow full, from Middle English full":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1535, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193645"
|
|
},
|
|
"Foucauldian":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of the philosophy of Michel Foucault":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u00fc-\u02c8k\u014d-d\u0113-\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200546"
|
|
},
|
|
"fount":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fountain , source":[],
|
|
": a type font":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4nt",
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French funte, founte , from Latin font-, fons":"Noun",
|
|
"French fonte , from Middle French \u2014 more at font":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1683, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203523"
|
|
},
|
|
"four":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a 4-cylinder engine or automobile":[],
|
|
": a 4-oared racing shell or its crew":[],
|
|
": a number that is one more than three \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
|
|
": something having four units or members: such as":[],
|
|
": the fourth in a set or series":[
|
|
"the four of hearts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\u201cWhat time is it",
|
|
"I leave each day at four .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Most cotton mask companies sell their masks in India in packs of threes and fours . \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 26 May 2020",
|
|
"Angry homebuilders mailed chunks of two-by- fours to the Fed\u2019s marble headquarters in Washington. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Then the material should be weighted down, whether with earth staples (which resemble giant hairpins), rocks or lumber, like two-by- fours . \u2014 Margaret Roach, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Hold for a few seconds and place back down to all- fours position. \u2014 Mallory Creveling, Health.com , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"After college at Indiana, Neff went into coaching and led Terre Haute South to three consecutive final fours . \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Lumber futures have plummeted of late, and mills are dramatically dialing back production of two-by- fours , plywood and other building materials. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"For instance, the first time is by twos, then by threes, then by fours . \u2014 Jamie Kiffel-alcheh, National Geographic , 19 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Salpointe went 69-8 with three consecutive 4A final fours with Nelson. \u2014 Richard Obert, azcentral , 29 Feb. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English f\u0113ower ; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor , Greek tessares, tettares":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193256",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"pronoun, plural in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Fouquieriaceae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small family of spiny shrubs of trees (order Parietales) of southwestern North America":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u00fck\u0113\u02ccir-",
|
|
"(\u02cc)f\u00fc\u02cckir\u0113\u02c8\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u00fck\u0113\u02ccer-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Fouquieria , type genus + -aceae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211956"
|
|
},
|
|
"foundation stock":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": stock directly ancestral to a herd, strain, or breed":[
|
|
"although fourteen \u2026 animals made up the foundation stock only six of these have actually made a permanent contribution to the line",
|
|
"\u2014 David England"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215018"
|
|
},
|
|
"four-dimensional":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223456"
|
|
},
|
|
"foulsome":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": disgusting , fulsome":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00fc(l)s\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English foulsom , alteration (influenced by foul) of fulsom fulsome":""
|
|
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In the same way, a fourth dimension gives a knot a lot more leeway \u2014 too much, in fact. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
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"The innovation also adds a fourth dimension : emotional insight. \u2014 Tara Mcnamara, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"And many artists, like Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, incorporated ideas of the fourth dimension into their work. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 13 Sep. 2021",
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"The fourth dimension is about China\u2019s economy, a vision for how to develop a Chinese economy that is far more self-reliant but still engaged in the global economy. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Perhaps as a consequence, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the public became infatuated with the fourth dimension . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 13 Sep. 2021",
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"Physicists have struggled to understand how the time of quantum mechanics can be reconciled with the notion of time as the fourth dimension in Einstein\u2019s general theory of relativity, the current description of gravity. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 31 Aug. 2021",
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"What would a fourth dimension \u2014 somehow perpendicular to our three \u2014 look like",
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"By 2014, plenty of people had worked on the game theory of cooperation, the authors wrote, but that canon tends to ignore the fourth dimension \u2014time. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 1 July 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005826"
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": including four participants":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013120"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Lightning\u2014with dual-motor four-wheel drive and choice of a standard-range battery (230 miles) or extended-range (up to 320 miles)\u2014is assembled in the new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Mich., adjacent to existing F-150 production. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
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"This economical little unibody crossover, which is about the size of a Subaru Forester, is fitted with true four-wheel drive and available with a locking rear differential. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 1 Jan. 2021",
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"The '22 model has the same naturally aspirated 420-hp 6.2-liter V-8, 10-speed automatic transmission, and selectable four-wheel drive . \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 10 May 2022",
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"On an internal combustion four-wheel drive vehicle, power is distributed through a center differential or coupling that, when locked, apportions 50 percent of motive force to each axle. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 21 Oct. 2020",
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"That was a good thing, because that day, driving the Canadian Rockies toward Fort Nelson and ultimately Fort St. John, brought more snow and a stretch of surprisingly muddy, rutted road under construction that required four-wheel drive . \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
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"Most locals and visitors whiz around on ATVs or four-wheel drive vehicles, primarily SUVs. \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
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"All-terrain tires and a locking rear differential will be available, and all versions of the Lightning will include four-wheel drive . \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
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"Underhood is Mopar Legacy Classique: the slugging, chugging 6.4-liter Hemi-V8 gasser (471 hp/455 lb-ft), harnessed to an eight-speed transmission, two-speed transfer case, limited-slip rear differential, full-time four-wheel drive . \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013148"
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},
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"Fouta Djallon":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"mountain region of western Guinea; highest point about 4970 feet (1515 meters)":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u00fc-t\u0259-j\u0259-\u02c8l\u014dn"
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],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015129"
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},
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"four-bagger":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": home run sense 1":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02c8ba-g\u0259r"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024139"
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},
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"definitions":{
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": a small genus of scarlet-flowered shrubs or low trees (family Fouquieriaceae ) with brittle wood and spiny stems that are leafless for most of the season \u2014 see ocotillo":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u00fck\u0113\u02c8er-",
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"\u02ccf\u00fck\u0113\u02c8ir-",
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"f\u00fc\u02c8kir\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"New Latin, from Pierre Eloi Fouquier \u20201850 French physician + New Latin -ia":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030709"
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},
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"foundation seed":{
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"definitions":{
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": pure seed stocks grown by or under the supervision of a public agency for use in the production of registered and certified seed":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030847"
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"type":[
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": four cards of the same suit in a 5-card poker hand":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02c8fl\u0259sh"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030942"
|
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},
|
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"fouter":{
|
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"type":[
|
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|
|
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|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": something of little value : fig":[
|
|
"a foutra for the world and worldlings base",
|
|
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
|
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],
|
|
": an objectionable or tedious person":[],
|
|
": a worthless or bungling person":[],
|
|
": chap , fellow":[]
|
|
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|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u00fct\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00fct\u0259r"
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle French foutre to copulate with, copulate, from Latin futuere ; probably akin to Latin -futare to beat":""
|
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},
|
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032731"
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|
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|
|
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|
|
"four-wheel disc brakes"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cc(h)w\u0113l"
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033134"
|
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},
|
|
"four-walling":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an arrangement whereby a motion picture distributor rents a theater for the entire run of a film and keeps all the ticket receipts instead of splitting them with the theater owner":[]
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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"so called from the fact that the distributor takes over the entire theater":""
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034348"
|
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},
|
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"foundation planting":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
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|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a group of plants used in landscape design to blend a building with its setting and obscure any undesirable features of the foundation":[]
|
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053842"
|
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},
|
|
"fourth deck":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
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|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054650"
|
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},
|
|
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|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having two seating compartments each provided with two doors":[]
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054821"
|
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},
|
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"Fouquet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"biographical name"
|
|
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|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Nicolas 1615\u20131680 French government official":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u00fc-\u02c8k\u0101"
|
|
],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054925"
|
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},
|
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"four-wing saltbush":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an evergreen saltbush ( Atriplex canescens ) of dry regions of western North America that has brittle stems, yellow flowers, and seeds with four papery wings":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
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|
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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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"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055842"
|
|
},
|
|
"foundation stop":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various stops on a pipe organ that sound flue pipes with a strong fundamental tone and weak overtones \u2014 compare mixture sense 3 , mutation sense 2b":[]
|
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061429"
|
|
},
|
|
"foundry":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an establishment where founding is carried on":[],
|
|
": the act, process, or art of casting metals":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307n-dr\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Dierkes is the second person to die at the Mapleton foundry in the last six months, according to the Journal Star. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Large-scale cost reduction of semiconductor technology was helped along by the birth of the pure-play foundry model, pioneered by TSMC at its establishment 35 years ago. \u2014 Mark Liu, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The next panel, Figures 21 to 28, will be sent to the foundry in mid-September 2022. \u2014 Jeff Macgregor, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"All five players went on to what was then Loyola College, though Lacy dropped out his sophomore year, when his father died, to take charge of the family\u2019s iron foundry . \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Raw materials like sand are taken to a foundry and turned into long cylinders called ingots. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The foundry alone will cost between $7 billion to $8 billion. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Siempelkamp foundry burns enough energy each year to power a town of 20,000 people. \u2014 Anna Cooban And Inke Kappeler, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The first step toward pumping out those 28-nm chips is the construction of a chip foundry , where the tens to hundreds of billions of transistors that constitute a chip are connected to one another. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 2 Apr. 2022"
|
|
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|
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|
|
"borrowed from Middle French fondrie, fonderie, from fond-, base of fondre \"to cast, found entry 5 \" + -rie, -erie -ery":""
|
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063034"
|
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|
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|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a scraper with four wheels and a metal scoop suspended from an axle that can be raised to clear the ground after loading":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071113"
|
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},
|
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"four back":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a bowling game in which only the four back pins are spotted":[]
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071246"
|
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},
|
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"four of a kind":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": four cards of the same rank in one hand \u2014 see poker illustration":[]
|
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073701"
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"fourfold":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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": having four units or members":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccf\u014dld",
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"-\u02c8f\u014dld"
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"There has been a fourfold increase in membership this year.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Over 132,000 unaccompanied children were apprehended at the southwestern border of the United States between October 2020 and August 2021, representing a fourfold increase compared with the same period the year prior. \u2014 Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Though the coronavirus\u2019 omicron variant is generally less severe than other strains of the virus, the omicron wave in December and January led to a fourfold increase in child hospitalizations. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The September 6 cut will likely have a fourfold impact on consumer spending, with a reduction of $8 billion in spending during September and October, the researchers forecast. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 7 Sep. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Mando leaves\u2014with the Darksaber and a new piece of Beskar armor for his foundling , Grogu. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"As a quick refresher: Boba Fett is a clone of Jango Fett, a Mandalorian foundling and bounty hunter who was used to make the Republic's army of clone stormtroopers on the rainy planet of Kamino. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 29 Dec. 2021",
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"Clark, a foundling , born Kal-El, famous as Superman, has lost his memory more than once and regularly comes face to face with, and sometimes fist to fist with, perverse reflections or imitations of himself. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2021",
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"At the start of the poem, the narrator describes the career of Scyld Scefing, a foundling who establishes a kingdom in Denmark and is given a splendid burial at sea. \u2014 Irina Dumitrescu, The New York Review of Books , 17 Nov. 2020",
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"Joseph Svec, the foundling in question, never seems to have been very curious about his biological family. \u2014 Jonathan M. Pitts, Washington Post , 10 Aug. 2020",
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"His Nick, father to Gene (Colton Ryan) and Marianne (Kimber Elayne Sprawl), a black foundling , is a terrific adhesive performance for the ensemble. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 6 Mar. 2020",
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"The Navalny spotlighted in the documentary is consistent with the Navalny many of us have followed on social media for years now, a figure of uncommon courage who is also unpretentious, foulmouthed , and very funny. \u2014 David Klion, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Nadia, who does not go lightly anywhere, is and always has been an entirely new creation, a foulmouthed and hedonistic wit with the delivery of a 60-year-old chain-smoker. \u2014 Philippa Snow, The New Republic , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Allison Janney and Ellen Barkin risk upstaging her in Gorgeous with their foulmouthed flamboyance, but Dunst\u2019s tap-dancing Diane Sawyer obsessive is every bit as hilarious. \u2014 Matthew Jacobs, Vulture , 2 Dec. 2021",
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"Consider the words of Phoebe (Elodie Blomfield), the young, insightful niece of foulmouthed soccer legend Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), who, in the eighth episode of Season 2, bestows an amazing nugget of wisdom upon her uncle. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2021",
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"As the cocksure, foulmouthed studio exec Les Grossman, Cruise put on a fat suit, wore heavy prosthetics, and peppered his lines with profanity. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 18 Dec. 2020",
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"Notionally, there was a winner: Charlie da Wolf, a foulmouthed septuagenarian from Williamsburg. \u2014 Nicole Daniels, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2020",
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"Joe Toreno for Fortune Some of the more absurd recurring scenes are those featuring the ghosts who live in Nick\u2019s attic, including Freddie Mercury, Whitney Houston, and a very foulmouthed Duke Ellington, voiced by Jordan Peele. \u2014 Fortune , 4 Oct. 2019"
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"The results were groundbreaking, and unfortunately, as punishment for the fourth estate 's transgressions, the quarter-ton segment would eventually be vanquished from the U.S. forever. \u2014 Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"When the founders of America wrote the Constitution, the fourth estate was journalism. \u2014 Antonio Ferme, Variety , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Anderson is devoted to mythologizing the fourth estate . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 5 Nov. 2021",
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"American civic education hasn\u2019t emphasized the vital role of journalism as the fourth estate , as important to the good society as the separation of powers or checks and balances in the federal government. \u2014 Anthony Hennen, National Review , 26 Oct. 2021",
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"To the Biden cheerleaders known as the fourth estate , the Democratic nominee boasts a legal team that would put Clarence Darrow, Thurgood Marshall and Cicero to shame. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 29 Oct. 2020",
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"As election day nears, he's redoubled his efforts bashing the fourth estate , research by Sugars has shown. \u2014 Eliza Mackintosh, CNN , 25 Oct. 2020",
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"Of course, the British monarch's message didn't directly address any of these issues, and could be seen as entirely independent from them\u2014a simple message of support for the fourth estate in the middle of a global crisis. \u2014 Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country , 6 Oct. 2020"
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"Then on Thursday, a foul tip hit Stephenson\u2019s right thumb and wiped away the momentum of his season. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
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"After singles by the Castros, and a walk by Daz Cameron, Clase struck out Tucker Barnhart on a foul tip . \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022",
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"The streak, the longest for any player to debut in this century, ended with a foul tip that landed in the catcher\u2019s glove, which officially counts as a whiff. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
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"Skubal\u2019s run continued with a strikeout to end the third, retiring Mullins for the second time, on a foul tip off an 89.8 mph slider. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
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"Ohtani matched his career high for strikeouts set on April 8, 2018, getting his 12th when Niko Goodrum struck out on a foul tip to start the sixth before Castro's hit. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Chron , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"He was hit by a foul tip and nearly lost his left eye. \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"The Yankees\u2019 four-run, game-winning rally Sunday night against the Red Sox came with controversy, given that the go-ahead, two-run double came after Aaron Judge had seemingly struck out on a foul tip . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Sep. 2021",
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"Gant faced the heart of St. Louis' order, and quickly retired Paul Goldschmidt on a ground ball and Nolan Arenado on a foul tip . \u2014 Phil Miller, Star Tribune , 1 Aug. 2021"
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