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5506 lines
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"Scand":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Scandinavia":[]
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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":"20220706-213223",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"Scandahoovian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of Scandahoovian variant spelling of scandihoovian"
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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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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151132",
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"type":[]
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},
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"Scapa Flow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"sea basin in the Orkney Islands, northern Scotland, providing ship anchorage protected by several of the islands and giving access to the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean":[]
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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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"\u02ccska-p\u0259-\u02c8fl\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233238",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Scapanorhynchus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of galeoid sharks comprising the goblin sharks and related extinct forms and known from the Lower Cretaceous onward":[]
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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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"New Latin, from Greek skapan\u0113 spade + New Latin -o- + -rhynchus ; akin to Greek skaptein to dig":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccskap\u0259n\u014d\u02c8ri\u014bk\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043114",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Scapanus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of insectivores (family Talpidae) comprising the common mole of the western U.S.":[]
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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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"New Latin, from Greek skapaneus digger; akin to Greek skaptein to dig":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skap\u0259n\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052222",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Scarborough lily":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a plant ( Vallota speciosa ) of southern Africa resembling the amaryllis and having bright red flowers":[]
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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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"from Scarborough , municipal borough of Yorkshire, England":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u00e4rb(\u0259)r\u0259-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130358",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Scarborough warning":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a very short notice or warning or none at all":[]
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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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"from Scarborough , Yorkshire, England":""
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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":"20220706-191148",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scabbler":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a quarryman who scabbles stone slabs to make blocks of uniform size and to reduce shipping weight":[],
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": a stonecutter who points blocks to approximate dimensions for finishing":[]
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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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"scabble or scapple + -er":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-b(\u0259)l\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105557",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scabbling":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a fragment or chip of stone":[]
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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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"from gerund of scabble":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-b(\u0259)li\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181711",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scabby":{
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"antonyms":[
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"admirable",
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"commendable",
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"creditable",
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"laudable",
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"meritorious",
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"praiseworthy"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": covered with or full of scabs":[
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"scabby skin"
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],
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": diseased with scab":[
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"a scabby animal",
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"scabby potatoes"
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],
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": mean , contemptible":[
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"a scabby trick"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"that's a scabby trick to play on someone trying to help",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"View this post on Instagram Currently wrapped in a somewhat scabby old blanket, with a face mask on, clutching a lukewarm coffee while attempting and failing to get some decent writing done ",
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"As buzzy, crowd-pleasing indie comedies got snatched up for millions, the festival's scabby mutant black sheep went untouched, until horror-specific streaming service Shudder stepped in. \u2014 Charles Bramesco, Esquire , 20 July 2017",
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"People walk up and try to grab a sample with dirty, bleeding, scabby hands not realizing that other people will also be sampling that food. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities , 31 Mar. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ska-b\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"contemptible",
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"cruddy",
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"deplorable",
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"despicable",
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"dirty",
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"grubby",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"mean",
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"nasty",
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"paltry",
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"pitiable",
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"pitiful",
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"ratty",
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"scummy",
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"scurvy",
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"sneaking",
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"sorry",
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"wretched"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011419",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"scaberulous":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": minutely scabrous":[]
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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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"Latin scaber scabrous + English -ulous diminutive suffix":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sk\u0259\u02c8ber\u0259l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184439",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"scabia":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": scabious":[]
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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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"probably back-formation from scabious entry 1 (taken as a plural)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u0101b\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031831",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scabies":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": contagious itch or mange especially with exudative crusts that is caused by parasitic mites (especially Sarcoptes scabiei )":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Ringworm, head lice, scabies , and hives can also occur on the scalp and cause dry, itchy skin. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
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"The drug, commonly used for livestock and pets in an animal-grade formula, is also FDA-approved in a human formula to treat parasitic infections and skin conditions such as scabies . \u2014 Bysony Salzman, ABC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"The drug, commonly used for livestock and pets in an animal-grade formula, is also FDA-approved in a human formula to treat parasitic infections and skin conditions such as scabies . \u2014 Bysony Salzman, ABC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"The drug, commonly used for livestock and pets in an animal-grade formula, is also FDA-approved in a human formula to treat parasitic infections and skin conditions such as scabies . \u2014 Bysony Salzman, ABC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"The drug, commonly used for livestock and pets in an animal-grade formula, is also FDA-approved in a human formula to treat parasitic infections and skin conditions such as scabies . \u2014 Bysony Salzman, ABC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"The drug, commonly used for livestock and pets in an animal-grade formula, is also FDA-approved in a human formula to treat parasitic infections and skin conditions such as scabies . \u2014 Bysony Salzman, ABC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"The drug, commonly used for livestock and pets in an animal-grade formula, is also FDA-approved in a human formula to treat parasitic infections and skin conditions such as scabies . \u2014 Soo Rin Kim, ABC News , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"But there are smaller clinical trials, too, in which Zain or Mid-Columbia played outsize roles\u2014the study for the scabies ointment, for instance, used just 140 patients from three centers. \u2014 Brendan I. Koerner, Wired , 12 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from scabere to scratch":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u0101-b\u0113z"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061356",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scabiosa":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a large genus of Old World herbs (family Dipsacaceae) having terminal heads of flowers subtended by a leafy involucre and flowers with a 5-cleft often bilabiate corolla and four stamens":[],
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": any plant of the genus Scabiosa":[]
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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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"New Latin, from Medieval Latin, scabious":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccskab-",
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"\u02ccsk\u0101b\u0113\u02c8\u014ds\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140648",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scads":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a large number or quantity":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural scads of money"
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],
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": any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus )":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1602, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1869, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":"Noun",
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"probably alteration of English dialect scald a multitude":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skad"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162506",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scalawag":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a white Southerner acting in support of the reconstruction governments after the American Civil War often for private gain":[],
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": scamp , reprobate":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a scalawag who had taken to begging on street corners while posing as a blind person",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"At 51, Hartig is more the fun, loony uncle than the mischievous scalawag \u2014a somewhat shy eccentric with angst disguised as devil-may-care. \u2014 Christina Binkley, Town & Country , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"Neither a political hero nor a rogue, neither a statesman nor a scalawag , Dole embodied the complexities of deal-making on Capitol Hill. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Louisville\u2019s Brown-Forman is accusing rum-peddling partner Bacardi of being a scalawag . \u2014 Alfred Miller, The Courier-Journal , 1 July 2020",
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"The Old West has been larger than life ever since the first dime novelists made legends out of lawmen, outlaws, and assorted frontier scalawags . \u2014 Patricia Harris, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Aug. 2019",
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"Mark Twain's Mississippi, alive with steamboats, scalawags , and gamblers, has a hold on us still. \u2014 CBS News , 7 July 2019",
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"Salvatore Lodi made his debut as Little Mouse, while Kellan Hayag was a floppy-haired, scampering scalawag Fritz. \u2014 Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com , 11 Dec. 2017",
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"Back on their own ship, the scalawags must decide how to divvy up the booty. \u2014 Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics , 23 Feb. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ska-li-\u02ccwag"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"baddie",
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"baddy",
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"beast",
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"brute",
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"caitiff",
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"devil",
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"evildoer",
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"fiend",
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"heavy",
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"hound",
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"knave",
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"meanie",
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"meany",
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"miscreant",
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"monster",
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"nazi",
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"no-good",
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"rapscallion",
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"rascal",
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"reprobate",
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"rogue",
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"savage",
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"scamp",
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"scapegrace",
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"scoundrel",
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"varlet",
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"villain",
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"wretch"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100430",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scalding":{
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"antonyms":[
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"algid",
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"arctic",
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"bitter",
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"bone-chilling",
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"cold",
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"freezing",
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"frigid",
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"frozen",
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"glacial",
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"ice-cold",
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"iced",
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"icy"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having or producing the feeling of being burned":[
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"scalding sun",
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"scalding sand"
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],
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": hot enough to scald":[
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"scalding water"
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],
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": scathing":[
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"scalding criticism"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The men worked in the scalding sun.",
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"a scalding bowl of soup",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There is an anti- scalding handle, so your hand is protected and a steam outlet to let off any high pressure steam to protect yourself. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 2 Apr. 2021",
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"But Reimann achieves an exemplary balance by alternating his scalding eruptions of vocal power (which in general are sparsely accompanied, sometimes by percussion alone) with full-throttle tutti blasts from the orchestra. \u2014 Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books , 7 Dec. 2019",
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"Experts generally agree on the same basic steps to reduce risks in your house: Set your water heater no higher than 120 degrees to prevent scalding . \u2014 Paul L. Underwood, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
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"One man placed in a scalding bath or shower went to the hospital with second-degree burns. \u2014 Benjamin Weiser, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2020",
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"Two weeks ago, family and friends laid to rest Malachi Lawson, the 4-year-old who was burned in a scalding bath, his body then tossed in a dumpster. \u2014 Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com , 26 Aug. 2019",
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"And in 2017, a Manhattan man, 69, ended up in a hospital burn unit with second-degree burns over his entire back, groin, calves and feet; he had been placed in a scalding tub or shower. \u2014 Benjamin Weiser, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2020",
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"But the Nets bench called timeout with 1.4 seconds left, giving them a chance to get the ball to the scalding -hot LeVert. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 4 Mar. 2020",
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"The ground in hydrothermal areas is fragile and thin and there is scalding water just below the surface, park officials said. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u022fl-di\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"ardent",
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"boiling",
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"broiling",
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"burning",
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"fervent",
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"fervid",
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"fiery",
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"hot",
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"piping hot",
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"red",
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"red-hot",
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"roasting",
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"scorching",
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"searing",
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"sultry",
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"superheated",
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"sweltering",
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"torrid",
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"ultrahot",
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"white-hot"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055650",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"scale":{
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": a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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": a distinctive relative size, extent, or degree":[
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"projects done on a large scale"
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],
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": a graded series of tests or of performances used in rating individual intelligence or achievement":[],
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": a graduated series of musical tones ascending or descending in order of pitch according to a specified scheme of their intervals":[],
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": a graduated series or scheme of rank or order":[
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"a scale of taxation"
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],
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": a hard incrustation usually rich in sulfate of calcium that is deposited on the inside of a vessel (such as a boiler) in which water is heated":[],
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": a means of ascent":[],
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": a modified leaf protecting a seed plant bud before expansion":[],
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": a proportion between two sets of dimensions (as between those of a drawing and its original)":[],
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": a series of marks or points at known intervals used to measure distances (such as the height of the mercury in a thermometer)":[],
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": a small thin dry lamina shed (as in many skin diseases) from the skin":[],
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": a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale":[
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"scales of mica",
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"the scales on a moth's wing"
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],
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": a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish":[],
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": a thin coating, layer, or incrustation: such as":[],
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": a thin, membranous, chaffy, or woody bract":[],
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": a usually black scaly coating of oxide forming on the surface of a metal (such as iron) when it is heated for processing":[],
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": according to the proportions of an established scale of measurement":[
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"floor plans drawn to scale"
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],
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": an estimate of the amount of sound lumber in logs or standing timber":[],
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": an indication of the relationship between the distances on a map and the corresponding actual distances":[],
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": an instrument or machine for weighing":[],
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": any of the small overlapping usually metal pieces forming the outer surface of scale armor":[],
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": either pan or tray of a balance":[],
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": escalade":[],
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": infestation with or disease caused by scale insects":[],
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": ladder":[],
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": measure":[],
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": minimum wage sense 2":[],
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": ruler sense 3":[],
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": scale armor":[],
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": scale insect":[],
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": something graduated especially when used as a measure or rule: such as":[],
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": the scaly covering of a scaled animal":[],
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": to arrange in a graduated series":[],
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": to attack with or take by means of scaling ladders":[
|
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"scale a castle wall"
|
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],
|
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": to climb by or as if by a ladder":[],
|
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": to climb up or reach by means of a ladder":[],
|
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": to have a specified weight on scales":[],
|
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": to measure by or as if by a scale":[],
|
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": to measure or estimate the sound content of (logs, standing timber, etc.)":[],
|
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": to pattern, make, regulate, set, or estimate according to some rate or standard : adjust":[
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"a production schedule scaled to actual need",
|
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"\u2014 often used with back, down , or up scale down imports"
|
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],
|
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": to reach the highest point of : surmount":[
|
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"scale a mountain"
|
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],
|
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": to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping)":[
|
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"scale a fish"
|
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],
|
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": to rise in a graduated series":[],
|
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": to separate and come off in scales : flake":[],
|
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": to shed scales":[
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"scaling skin"
|
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],
|
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": to take off in thin layers or scales":[
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"scale tartar from the teeth"
|
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],
|
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": to throw (something, such as a thin, flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water : skim":[],
|
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": to weigh in scales":[]
|
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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 at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":"Noun",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":"Verb",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6b":"Noun",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
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"1691, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
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"circa 1587, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English scole, scale bowl, scale of a balance, from Old Norse sk\u0101l ; akin to Old Norse skel shell \u2014 more at shell":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French escale, eschale , of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scealu shell, husk \u2014 more at shell":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English, from Late Latin scala ladder, staircase, from Latin scalae , plural, stairs, rungs, ladder; akin to Latin scandere to climb \u2014 more at scan":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English, from scale entry 5":"Verb and Noun"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sk\u0101l",
|
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"\u02c8sk\u0101(\u0259)l"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020140",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
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"scale armor":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
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": armor of small metallic scales on leather or cloth":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034212",
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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"scale bark":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": rhytidome":[],
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": shagbark hickory":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105104",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scale bug":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": scale entry 5 sense 8a":[]
|
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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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"scale entry 5":""
|
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},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131209",
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scale rule":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a graduated stick having the number of board feet in logs of given diameters and lengths marked upon it and used in scaling logs or timber \u2014 compare log rule , log scale":[]
|
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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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"scale entry 7":""
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},
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130741",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scaleback":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": scale worm":[]
|
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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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"scale entry 5 + back":""
|
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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":"20220706-200033",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scaleboard":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a thin leaf of wood used for veneering":[],
|
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": thin wooden boards once used for book covers":[]
|
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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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"scale entry 5 + board":""
|
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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":"20220707-030354",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scallywag":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a white Southerner acting in support of the reconstruction governments after the American Civil War often for private gain":[],
|
|
": scamp , reprobate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044146",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scam":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation":[
|
|
"an insurance scam"
|
|
],
|
|
": to deceive and defraud (someone)":[
|
|
"\u2026 the law firm had got the lucrative job of defending the corporate head of a savings and loan that had scammed another thousand or so people out of their savings \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Joseph Wambaugh"
|
|
],
|
|
": to obtain (something, such as money) by a scam":[
|
|
"A Boston hedge fund manager who scammed millions of dollars from friends, family and other investors in what authorities say was a Ponzi scheme has been sent to prison for more than 14 years.",
|
|
"\u2014 The Worcester (Massachusetts) Telegram & Gazette"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunco",
|
|
"bunko",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"shell game",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"She was the victim of an insurance scam .",
|
|
"a sophisticated credit card scam",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The company scammed hundreds of people out of their life savings.",
|
|
"I could tell they were scamming you and charging too much.",
|
|
"They scammed a lot of money from unwary customers.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about an ongoing phone scam , in which residents are being called about missing jury duty. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"There is nothing wrong \u2014 there\u2019s no scam \u2014 with companies that try to satisfy that demand, which is, incidentally, real enough. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Rug pulls are a crypto scam in which a developer promotes a new project\u2014usually a new token\u2014to investors, and then disappears with millions of dollars. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Look for words like scam , reviewer complaint in your search and see what pops up. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Needless to say, this is a scam , and one which, sadly, has been too successful for the scammers. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Is the four-trillion-dollar global wellness industry a scam , or a legitimate force that helps people improve themselves",
|
|
"Maya is hugely supportive of her friend, but Kathy knows it\u2019s a scam (or possibly scamola). \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 9 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Other scam or fraud (2,616 or 2.06% of all guest complaints) 2. \u2014 Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In a bid to crack down on criminal gangs that operate tow companies and tow truck drivers who scam accident victims with aggressive schemes, aldermen advanced a plan Wednesday to establish a Chicago city tow truck license. \u2014 John Byrne, chicagotribune.com , 19 May 2021",
|
|
"The preening old matriarch tends her roses, while Coriolanus\u2019 cousin Tigris scams fancy clothes from her boozy fashion boss. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 19 May 2020",
|
|
"Hackers are sending more and more bogus but legitimate-looking emails that seem relevant to the coronavirus outbreak but are instead attempts to scam people, according to research by cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 27 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Attorney General Daniel Cameron also warned Wednesday of new charity and Medicaid scams his office is seeing related to COVID-19. \u2014 Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal , 25 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Investigate manipulative advertising and scams targeting youth. \u2014 Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Two Mississippi men tried to scam the state lottery by submitting a losing ticket that had the winning numbers glued onto it, police said. \u2014 Janelle Griffith, NBC News , 7 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Trying to scam the system and make deals to rip people off is easier. \u2014 Ariel Lebeau, Billboard , 10 Apr. 2019",
|
|
"How to avoid commerce scams: Cybercriminals may take advantage of your need to self-quarantine to scam you out of your money. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 16 Mar. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1963, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202431"
|
|
},
|
|
"scammer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who perpetrates a scam : a person who commits or participates in a fraudulent scheme or operation":[
|
|
"insurance/credit card scammers",
|
|
"The company will not call you to ask for your Social Security or account number, but nefarious scammers might.",
|
|
"\u2014 Ellen Marks",
|
|
"Now that most people are alert to suspicious e-mails and phony phone calls, text messages are the new frontier for scammers out to con you.",
|
|
"\u2014 Consumer Reports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ska-m\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105640",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scamp":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an impish or playful young person":[],
|
|
": rascal , rogue":[],
|
|
": to perform or deal with in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"those little scamps are always getting into trouble, but no one has the heart to punish them",
|
|
"an insincere and ruthlessly ambitious scamp who was willing to do anything to win the reality show's grand prize",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"As the core of the show, Will is more or less the same: a charming, charismatic, basketball-loving scamp whose mouth always gets him into trouble. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Davy Jones, a British vocalist, was the cute scamp ; Micky Dolenz, the drummer and primary lead singer, was the wild jokester; and Peter Tork, the bass player, was the lovable dim bulb. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"One is a queen, one is a baker, one is a mischievous scamp . \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Her affect evokes old-timey words \u2014 scamp , scapegrace, minx. \u2014 New York Times , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"Loki's number one fan, Mobius, scrolled through a couple of Loki variants while giving a presentation on the scamp 's range early in the episode. \u2014 Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com , 17 June 2021",
|
|
"She\u2019s the child of a single mother, then an orphan, then a thieving scamp on the London streets, and then, with no visible training, a couturier. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 28 May 2021",
|
|
"One to watch is baritone Aaron Keeney, whose robust low register helps make the tattooed young butcher an intriguing scamp . \u2014 Rob Hubbard, Star Tribune , 24 May 2021",
|
|
"If Tom Hanks has officially come to own the title of America\u2019s Dad, Liam Neeson is more like the Irish uncle who took you to your first bar: rugged, rowdy, a little bit of a scamp . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 6 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"While its individual characters feel largely interchangeable, the movie hums with life and pleasure when Borowczyk lets his nuns twirl around the chapel in a painterly tableau and scamp through the convent. \u2014 Elle Carroll, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Sunshine scamps : The Florida Project is a delighful, poignant, dark-and-light movie about kids living on the seedy side of Disney. \u2014 Rebecca Onion, Slate Magazine , 6 Oct. 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"obsolete scamp to roam about idly":"Noun",
|
|
"origin unknown":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hellion",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"urchin"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044625",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scamper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a playful or hurried run or movement":[],
|
|
": to run nimbly and usually playfully about":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The kids were scampering around the yard.",
|
|
"A mouse scampered across the floor.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"But that throw sailed into center, allowing Mateo to scamper to third and for Bemboom to cross the plate. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Salmon in greenish-brown spawning colors rest in an eddy downstream, waiting for just the right time to scamper up the creek and complete their journey. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"That was the first iteration of the multigenerational Giuliani roadshow: Rudy brought Andrew along on campaign swings, sometimes pausing the caravan to allow the boy out for a few minutes to scamper about. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The six live dancers who scamper through the audience and step in unison with Houston\u2019s holograph, as well as the four-piece band flanking her ghostly likeness, inject the show with verve. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Heti\u2019s penchant for wrestling with abstract questions and delivering equally abstract answers left plenty of room for critics to scamper in with prescriptions of their own. \u2014 Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Piglets often scamper down the roads; one resident jokes that owners push them into the street, as the local custom compels any driver who hits a pig to both hand the carcass back and pay appropriate compensation. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 30 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s three distinct plots for scare-seekers to scamper through in the 13th Floor Haunted House, an award-winning attraction that has a Hollywood-level style of set design. \u2014 Brittany Anas, Forbes , 24 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"In that case, children might falsely believe that can unabashedly scamper into the street in front of an ongoing self-driving car. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 10 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Lexington Catholic responded quickly with a 3-play scoring drive capped off by an 8-yard touchdown scamper from senior quarterback Jack Gohmann. \u2014 Matt Stahl, The Courier-Journal , 11 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The Pirates had the best scoring chance of the opening frame, driving to the Randolph red zone before Chris Paul stopped Hull quarterback Luke Richardson on a scamper to force a turnover on downs. \u2014 Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Patterson was effective with his feet, however, picking up 79 yards on nine carries, including a 37-yard gain and a 9-yard TD scamper . \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"But Marcus Lawson\u2019s 22-yard TD scamper with 7:55 to go in the game ensured that the Lions wouldn\u2019t come all the way back. \u2014 Lynn Ramsey, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Will Baker rushes up the middle for a 30-yard touchdown scamper , his 16th rushing score of the season. \u2014 Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Stokes hit a hole and broke loose for a 60-yard scamper that brought the Pioneers to within a touchdown, 21-14, but St. Mary\u2019s responded with a 14-play, 7-minute drive. \u2014 Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press , 11 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Cam O\u2019Brien the lone touchdown, a 9-yard scamper with 4:01 remaining in the second quarter. \u2014 Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Rashan Gary forced a Stafford fumble, too, recovered by Preston Smith, which led to the game\u2019s first TD, a 1-yard scamper around right end by Rodgers. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 29 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1685, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1697, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from obsolete Dutch schampen to flee, from Middle French escamper , from Italian scampare , from Vulgar Latin *excampare to decamp, from Latin ex- + campus field":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skam-p\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"dash",
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"gallop",
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"jog",
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"run",
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"sprint",
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"trip",
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"trot"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174851",
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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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"scampish":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an impish or playful young person":[],
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": rascal , rogue":[],
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": to perform or deal with in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"those little scamps are always getting into trouble, but no one has the heart to punish them",
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"an insincere and ruthlessly ambitious scamp who was willing to do anything to win the reality show's grand prize",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"As the core of the show, Will is more or less the same: a charming, charismatic, basketball-loving scamp whose mouth always gets him into trouble. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
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"Davy Jones, a British vocalist, was the cute scamp ; Micky Dolenz, the drummer and primary lead singer, was the wild jokester; and Peter Tork, the bass player, was the lovable dim bulb. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
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"One is a queen, one is a baker, one is a mischievous scamp . \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 3 Dec. 2021",
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"Her affect evokes old-timey words \u2014 scamp , scapegrace, minx. \u2014 New York Times , 22 July 2021",
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"Loki's number one fan, Mobius, scrolled through a couple of Loki variants while giving a presentation on the scamp 's range early in the episode. \u2014 Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com , 17 June 2021",
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"She\u2019s the child of a single mother, then an orphan, then a thieving scamp on the London streets, and then, with no visible training, a couturier. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 28 May 2021",
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"One to watch is baritone Aaron Keeney, whose robust low register helps make the tattooed young butcher an intriguing scamp . \u2014 Rob Hubbard, Star Tribune , 24 May 2021",
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"If Tom Hanks has officially come to own the title of America\u2019s Dad, Liam Neeson is more like the Irish uncle who took you to your first bar: rugged, rowdy, a little bit of a scamp . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 6 Aug. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"While its individual characters feel largely interchangeable, the movie hums with life and pleasure when Borowczyk lets his nuns twirl around the chapel in a painterly tableau and scamp through the convent. \u2014 Elle Carroll, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Sunshine scamps : The Florida Project is a delighful, poignant, dark-and-light movie about kids living on the seedy side of Disney. \u2014 Rebecca Onion, Slate Magazine , 6 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1837, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"obsolete scamp to roam about idly":"Noun",
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"origin unknown":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8skamp"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"devil",
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"hellion",
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"imp",
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"mischief",
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"monkey",
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"rapscallion",
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"rascal",
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"rogue",
|
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"urchin"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004751",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
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"scamster":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one that scams : scammer":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"con artists, swindlers, and scamsters",
|
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"an ever-growing swarm of scamsters of which the Internet user should be wary",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The scamster said that there were problems with the gift cards and to send money in a book through UPS. \u2014 Chris Farrell, Star Tribune , 1 May 2021",
|
|
"The accounting sleuth who exposed scamster Bernie Madoff charges that huge, hidden losses in its long-term care (LTC) insurance business will soon drive the troubled conglomerate into bankruptcy. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 27 Aug. 2019"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1984, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skam(p)-st\u0259r"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bilk",
|
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"bilker",
|
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"cheat",
|
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"cheater",
|
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"chiseler",
|
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"chiseller",
|
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"confidence man",
|
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"cozener",
|
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"defrauder",
|
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"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
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"finagler",
|
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"fraudster",
|
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"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
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"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
|
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"skinner",
|
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"swindler",
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"tricker",
|
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"trickster"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222530",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scan":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"audit",
|
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"check",
|
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"checkup",
|
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"examination",
|
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"going-over",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"look-see",
|
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"review",
|
|
"scrutiny",
|
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"survey",
|
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"view"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a depiction (such as a photograph) of the distribution of a radioactive material in something (such as a bodily organ)":[],
|
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": a radar or television trace":[],
|
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": an image formed by scanning something: such as":[],
|
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": an image of a bodily part produced (as by computer) by combining ultrasonic or radiographic data obtained from several angles or sections":[],
|
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": the act or process of scanning":[],
|
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": to conform to a metrical pattern":[
|
|
"this poem scans well"
|
|
],
|
|
": to examine by point-by-point observation or checking:":[],
|
|
": to examine systematically (as by passing a beam of radiation over or through) in order to obtain data especially for display or storage":[
|
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"scanned the patient's heart",
|
|
"radar scans the horizon",
|
|
"scan the photos into the computer"
|
|
],
|
|
": to glance from point to point of often hastily, casually, or in search of a particular item":[
|
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"scan the want ads looking for a job"
|
|
],
|
|
": to investigate thoroughly by checking point by point and often repeatedly":[
|
|
"a fire lookout scanning the hills with binoculars"
|
|
],
|
|
": to pass over in the formation of an image":[
|
|
"the electron beam scans the picture tube"
|
|
],
|
|
": to read or mark so as to show metrical structure":[
|
|
"scan poetry"
|
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],
|
|
": to scan verse":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He scanned the field with binoculars.",
|
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"He scanned the audience looking for his parents.",
|
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"She scanned his face for any clue to what he was thinking.",
|
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"She quickly scanned the pages of the newspaper.",
|
|
"She scanned through the list to find her name.",
|
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"Their bags were scanned at the airport.",
|
|
"This machine scans a patient's brain.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The patient underwent a brain scan .",
|
|
"The doctor examined the bone scans .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"On Android, Microsoft Defender can scan other apps for malicious code and can offer protection against phishing by scanning links. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Then, scan the QR code, and the oven works its magic, cooking your meal in 20 minutes or less. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"What if, for example, instead of a human auditor sampling 30 items, an algorithm can scan every single transaction (including huge amounts of data) and find patterns, pick up anomalies and estimate the impact of any irregularities",
|
|
"Each light pole has a QR code posted at the base, so residents can scan it and read the history of each flag. \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Users can scan a pill bottle to search for a medication and easily schedule reminders to take it. \u2014 Casey Ross, STAT , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Though guests cannot walk into a front desk lobby area to book a room, visitors can scan a QR code on the front door of the property to see available rooms for that night. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The readers, attached to cameras stationed throughout the county, scan every vehicle within range and can record thousands of license plates each day. \u2014 Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The screeners can scan 3,600 people per hour, according to the company. \u2014 David Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"There wasn\u2019t a major revelation from the scan and studies, Schrock said, but there was a peace of mind in finding some small things that should help him. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"In May, the FBI released the first 1,035 pages, which included some historical research, the data from the promising geophysical scan , and many, many photos from the excavation. \u2014 Chris Heath, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The viral clip to which the Gen Z darling was referring featured an ultrasound that was edited to look like Zendaya posted the scan as a pregnancy announcement on Instagram. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"The data collected from the initial scan produced raw images that were too noisy to reveal much additional detail. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"One tenant said the facial scan required for one of the background checks was unsettling. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Katarzyna Kononczuk, a volunteer physician from Bialystok, Poland, asked about the girl\u2019s first tumor, the remission, the MRI scan that showed a recurrence. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Dennard get a medical scan to see if the metal in her toe needed to be removed. \u2014 Fox19 & Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"An imaging scan of his head early the next morning showed an extensive brain bleed. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English scannen , from Late Latin scandere , from Latin, to climb; akin to Middle Irish sceinnid he springs, Sanskrit skandati he leaps":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scan Verb scrutinize , scan , inspect , examine mean to look at or over. scrutinize stresses close attention to minute detail. scrutinized the hospital bill scan implies a surveying from point to point often suggesting a cursory overall observation. scanned the wine list inspect implies scrutinizing for errors or defects. inspected my credentials examine suggests a scrutiny in order to determine the nature, condition, or quality of a thing. examined the specimens",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check (out)",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043456",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scandal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"honor"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions or disgraces those associated with it":[],
|
|
": a person whose conduct offends propriety or morality":[
|
|
"a scandal to the profession"
|
|
],
|
|
": conduct that causes or encourages a lapse of faith or of religious obedience in another":[],
|
|
": defame , slander":[],
|
|
": discredit brought upon religion by unseemly conduct in a religious person":[],
|
|
": disgrace":[],
|
|
": indignation, chagrin, or bewilderment brought about by a flagrant violation of morality, propriety, or religious opinion":[],
|
|
": loss of or damage to reputation caused by actual or apparent violation of morality or propriety : disgrace":[],
|
|
": malicious or defamatory gossip":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"There was a major scandal involving the mayor's ties with the Mob.",
|
|
"Government officials were caught in an embezzlement scandal .",
|
|
"Her behavior caused a scandal at school.",
|
|
"There was never a hint of scandal during her time in office.",
|
|
"The gossip magazine is filled with rumors and scandal .",
|
|
"The high price of gas these days is a scandal .",
|
|
"It's a scandal that this city doesn't have a movie theater.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Salt Lake City's 2002 Winter Olympics after a bribery scandal . \u2014 Sam Metz, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"With large commercial companies, their consumer brand is well known, but their employer brand often is only highlighted when there is a scandal promoted by the media. \u2014 David Windley, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The online scandal caught the attention not only of Paul\u2019s 3.6 million followers, but of the fickle focus of the Internet at large. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"If confirmed by the Senate, Prabhakar would replace the genomics researcher Eric Lander, who resigned as the head of the White House science office in February amid a workplace-bullying scandal . \u2014 Lev Facher, STAT , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"This indictment marks the latest scandal involving Gillum. \u2014 Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The Lilibet photo scandal story originated in The Sun, a tabloid whose parent company Prince Harry sued. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"But under Zuma, thousands of tax collectors were forced out of the agency as it became embroiled in a fictitious scandal planted by the president and his associates to avoid paying their taxes. \u2014 Ryan Lenora Brown, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The Kardashian-Jenners also talked about their biggest challenges this season, which included Khloe Kardashian reflecting on reliving Thompson\u2019s cheating scandal on screen. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Ohio Democrats meanwhile have struggled in the past to tie Republicans to scandal . \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 25 July 2021",
|
|
"Los Angeles indie-rock lifers Surf Curse went from obscurity to scandal to a major-label deal in 10 months, thanks to TikTok. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 July 2021",
|
|
"Quipping about the status of a business that Volkswagen is positioning as more environmentally friendly also could irk investors, especially in light of the 2015 diesel emissions scandal the company has been trying to put behind it. \u2014 Clare Duffy, CNN , 31 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Social scientists predicted the Cambridge Analytica scandal way back in 2007. \u2014 Felix Salmon, WIRED , 3 Apr. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5a":"Noun",
|
|
"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Late Latin scandalum stumbling block, offense, from Greek skandalon trap, stumbling block, offense; akin to Latin scandere to climb":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skan-d\u1d4al",
|
|
"\u02c8skan-d\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scandal Noun offense , sin , vice , crime , scandal mean a transgression of law. offense applies to the infraction of any law, rule, or code. at that school no offense went unpunished sin implies an offense against moral or religious law. the sin of blasphemy vice applies to a habit or practice that degrades or corrupts. regarded gambling as a vice crime implies a serious offense punishable by the law of the state. the crime of murder scandal applies to an offense that outrages the public conscience. a career ruined by a sex scandal",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"reproach"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112441",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scandalous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": libelous , defamatory":[
|
|
"scandalous allegations"
|
|
],
|
|
": offensive to propriety or morality : shocking":[
|
|
"scandalous behavior"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Sex was a scandalous subject back then.",
|
|
"The magazine published scandalous pictures of the movie star.",
|
|
"The high price of gas these days is scandalous .",
|
|
"She was spreading scandalous rumors about him.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For some reason, the committee thinks this is scandalous . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Which is more scandalous , sharing birthday cake or curry with colleagues",
|
|
"But in 2022, other than the fact that the image is being circulated without her consent, is a naked photo of a woman really that scandalous ",
|
|
"That Freddy Geas remains in solitary confinement, punished but not charged, is scandalous . \u2014 Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"The third novel in her Fifth Avenue Rebels series follows vivacious Katherine Delafield, a young woman determined to soak up everything New York City has to offer, particularly its most scandalous options. \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"The m\u00e9nage \u00e0 trois, considered Eustache\u2019s masterpiece, was scandalous at the time and sparked riots when it was first screened. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"But there\u2019s something rather innocent about this depiction, which isn\u2019t trying to be a scandalous or searing portrait of youth but to create an emotionally authentic representation of this hypercharged and sensitive age. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The cultural need touncover scandalous behavior may also have connections to zeitgeisty trends like true crime and even the ongoing rise in conspiracy theories. \u2014 Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skan-d\u0259-l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164712",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"skimp (on)",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stint (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": excessively frugal":[],
|
|
": having a small or insufficient supply":[
|
|
"he's fat, and scant of breath",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
": lacking in amplitude or quantity":[
|
|
"scant growth"
|
|
],
|
|
": not prodigal : chary":[],
|
|
": scarcely , hardly":[],
|
|
": to give scant attention to : slight":[],
|
|
": to make small, narrow, or meager":[],
|
|
": to provide an incomplete supply of":[],
|
|
": to provide with a meager or inadequate portion or supply : stint":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"Food was in scant supply.",
|
|
"She paid scant attention to the facts.",
|
|
"Police found scant evidence of fraud.",
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"Verb",
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"don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches!",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"What to Consider As is often true in the first few years after a console's release, remasters abound while exclusives remain scant . \u2014 Harry Rabinowitz, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
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"After months of zooming rental prices and bidding wars amid scant inventory, would-be New York City tenants might finally have some good news. \u2014 Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
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"Also on Wednesday, with scant discussion, the council unanimously confirmed Monique Scott to replace her brother, Michael Scott, as alderman of the 24th Ward. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
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"As a result of the politics and the paltry benefit for drivers, though, the policy has scant support among Republicans. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 22 June 2022",
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"While the electric model's roof sits a scant 0.2 inch higher, its real identifiers are a solid crest grille embossed with diagonal lines, a lack of tailpipes, and 19-inch turbine-style wheels. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
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"For years, music for documentaries was an afterthought that came when scant money was left in the budget and little consideration given to how music might help tell a story. \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 20 June 2022",
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"The Pipeline Fire, which began Sunday morning just north of Flagstaff, has rapidly grown and changed in a scant two days, with evacuations lifted and emergency declarations ordered. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
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"The answer arrived in 1857, when Olmsted, possessing scant obvious qualifications, became superintendent of a swath of public land in Manhattan. \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"How come scant few of America\u2019s leading art museums own or display his work",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"There were few roads or trails or even paths to follow and scant potable water, but plenty of pit vipers and tarantulas. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"In most cases, the Electoral College vote is a mere formality that carries no drama and garners scant public attention. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com , 18 Dec. 2020",
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"Bennett\u2019s story began in southern Georgia\u2019s rural Brantley County, home to scant football tradition when the Bennetts arrived from the Atlanta suburbs in 2004. \u2014 Laine Higgins And Rachel Bachman, WSJ , 16 Oct. 2020",
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"Yet geriatrics is badly scanted in standard medical training. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"Issues that involve race \u2014 such as voting-rights cases and challenges to affirmative action in higher education \u2014 receive extensive treatment, while other, no less interesting and important questions are scanted or ignored. \u2014 Carson Holloway, National Review , 20 June 2019",
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"Foxhall\u2019s history of migraine, unlike the self-help books, accommodates human complexity without scanting medicine\u2019s contributions to a condition that affects roughly 1 in 7 people on our planet. \u2014 Sibbie O'sullivan, Washington Post , 10 June 2019",
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"Yet, in his close attention to what the men inside the White House thought and did, Zeitz scants the larger reasons for their success and eventual downfall. \u2014 Michael Kazin, The New Republic , 27 Feb. 2018",
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"Hospitals and heroic interventions got the large investments; incrementalists were scanted . \u2014 Atul Gawande, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"circa 1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old Norse skamt , neuter of skammr short":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skant"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scant Adjective meager , scanty , scant , skimpy , spare , sparse mean falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable. meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency. a meager portion of meat scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent. supplies too scanty to last the winter scant suggests a falling short of what is desired or desirable rather than of what is essential. in January the daylight hours are scant skimpy usually suggests niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency. tacky housing developments on skimpy lots spare may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy or merely an absence of superfluity. a spare , concise style of writing sparse implies a thin scattering of units. a sparse population",
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"synonyms":[
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"exiguous",
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"hand-to-mouth",
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"light",
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"meager",
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"meagre",
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"niggardly",
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"poor",
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"scanty",
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"scarce",
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"skimp",
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"skimpy",
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"slender",
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"slim",
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"spare",
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"sparing",
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"sparse",
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"stingy"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165645",
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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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"scant-o-grace":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": rogue":[]
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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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"scant entry 2 + o' + grace":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skant\u0259\u02ccgr\u0101s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005743",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scantiness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abundant",
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"ample",
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"bountiful",
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"copious",
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"generous",
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"liberal",
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"plenteous",
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"plentiful"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The cheerleaders wore scanty outfits.",
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"the camera's scanty instructions left me somewhat confused",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The sum total of records from the plague itself is scanty : three letters by Mompesson written in 1666, the parish\u2019s burial register and inscriptions on graves scattered around the village. \u2014 1843 , 16 Apr. 2020",
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"When evidence was scanty , or when misconduct needed to be covered up, police routinely perjured themselves to make sure case outcomes turned out as desired. \u2014 Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic , 31 Mar. 2020",
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"Given the scale at which the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe, India\u2019s scanty testing network might prove to be a terrible nightmare soon. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India , 17 Mar. 2020",
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"Japanese edible chrysanthemum: Data is scanty on other species that are also commonly called daisies, but one with daisylike flowers is definitely edible: Japanese edible chrysanthemum, a.k.a., shungiku or tong ho. \u2014 Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com , 7 Feb. 2020",
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"In the sunshine outside a large convention center in the southern Spanish city of Estepona, some very fit-looking people in scanty clothing applied fake tans and rehearsed statuesque poses. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2019",
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"Falling production This year has been the first in nearly a century when India\u2019s overall monsoon rainfall has exceeded its average levels despite a scanty start to the season in June. \u2014 Kuwar Singh, Quartz India , 3 Oct. 2019",
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"The Associated Press has not verified who caused the woman\u2019s injury, and photographic evidence has been scanty . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Aug. 2019",
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"The city's reservoirs and lakes are parched and its wells have run dry after two years of scanty rains here. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1600, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"English dialect scant scanty supply, from Middle English, from Old Norse skamt , from neuter of skammr short":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skan-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scanty meager , scanty , scant , skimpy , spare , sparse mean falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable. meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency. a meager portion of meat scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent. supplies too scanty to last the winter scant suggests a falling short of what is desired or desirable rather than of what is essential. in January the daylight hours are scant skimpy usually suggests niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency. tacky housing developments on skimpy lots spare may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy or merely an absence of superfluity. a spare , concise style of writing sparse implies a thin scattering of units. a sparse population",
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"synonyms":[
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"exiguous",
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"hand-to-mouth",
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"light",
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"meager",
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"meagre",
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"niggardly",
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"poor",
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"scant",
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"scarce",
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"skimp",
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"skimpy",
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"slender",
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"slim",
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"spare",
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"sparing",
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"sparse",
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"stingy"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061338",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scantle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a gauge for measuring slates":[],
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": a small portion : scantling":[],
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": to adjust to a standard of measure":[],
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": to cut down the supply of":[]
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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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"frequentative of scant entry 4":"Transitive verb",
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"probably from scantle entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skant\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155230",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
|
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"scantling":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small piece of lumber (such as an upright piece in house framing)":[],
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": a small quantity, amount, or proportion : modicum":[],
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": the dimensions of a structural element used in shipbuilding":[
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"\u2014 often used in plural"
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],
|
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": the dimensions of timber and stone used in building":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"alteration of Middle English scantilon , mason's or carpenter's measure, from Anglo-French escauntiloun, eschantillon":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skant-li\u014b",
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"-l\u0259n"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192457",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"scantling number":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a number variously computed from a ship's dimensions and used in reference to a tabulated scheme specifying the size of structural material required to entitle a ship according to its type to a classification or grading with respect to seaworthiness":[]
|
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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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"scantling entry 1":""
|
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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":"20220707-005621",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scanty":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"abundant",
|
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"ample",
|
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"bountiful",
|
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"copious",
|
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"generous",
|
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"liberal",
|
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"plenteous",
|
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"plentiful"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The cheerleaders wore scanty outfits.",
|
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"the camera's scanty instructions left me somewhat confused",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The sum total of records from the plague itself is scanty : three letters by Mompesson written in 1666, the parish\u2019s burial register and inscriptions on graves scattered around the village. \u2014 1843 , 16 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"When evidence was scanty , or when misconduct needed to be covered up, police routinely perjured themselves to make sure case outcomes turned out as desired. \u2014 Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic , 31 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Given the scale at which the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe, India\u2019s scanty testing network might prove to be a terrible nightmare soon. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India , 17 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Japanese edible chrysanthemum: Data is scanty on other species that are also commonly called daisies, but one with daisylike flowers is definitely edible: Japanese edible chrysanthemum, a.k.a., shungiku or tong ho. \u2014 Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com , 7 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"In the sunshine outside a large convention center in the southern Spanish city of Estepona, some very fit-looking people in scanty clothing applied fake tans and rehearsed statuesque poses. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Falling production This year has been the first in nearly a century when India\u2019s overall monsoon rainfall has exceeded its average levels despite a scanty start to the season in June. \u2014 Kuwar Singh, Quartz India , 3 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The Associated Press has not verified who caused the woman\u2019s injury, and photographic evidence has been scanty . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"The city's reservoirs and lakes are parched and its wells have run dry after two years of scanty rains here. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2019"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1600, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"English dialect scant scanty supply, from Middle English, from Old Norse skamt , from neuter of skammr short":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8skan-t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scanty meager , scanty , scant , skimpy , spare , sparse mean falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable. meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency. a meager portion of meat scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent. supplies too scanty to last the winter scant suggests a falling short of what is desired or desirable rather than of what is essential. in January the daylight hours are scant skimpy usually suggests niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency. tacky housing developments on skimpy lots spare may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy or merely an absence of superfluity. a spare , concise style of writing sparse implies a thin scattering of units. a sparse population",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"exiguous",
|
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"hand-to-mouth",
|
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"light",
|
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"meager",
|
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"meagre",
|
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"niggardly",
|
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"poor",
|
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"scant",
|
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"scarce",
|
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"skimp",
|
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"skimpy",
|
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"slender",
|
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"slim",
|
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"spare",
|
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"sparing",
|
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"sparse",
|
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"stingy"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100340",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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"scape":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a view or picture of a scene":[
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"\u2014 usually used in combination city scape"
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],
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": escape":[
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"some innocents scape not the thunderbolt",
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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],
|
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": the shaft of an animal part (such as an antenna or feather)":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"the queen has vowed that none of the traitors shall scape the gallows, be their station ever so high"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1773, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin scapus shaft, stalk \u2014 more at shaft":"Noun",
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"Middle English, short for escapen":"Verb",
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"landscape":"Noun"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sk\u0101p"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"avoid",
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"dodge",
|
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"duck",
|
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"elude",
|
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"escape",
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"eschew",
|
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"evade",
|
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"finesse",
|
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"get around",
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"shake",
|
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"shirk",
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"shuffle (out of)",
|
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"shun",
|
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"weasel (out of)"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214818",
|
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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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"scapegallows":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his or her crimes":[]
|
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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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"scape entry 1 + gallows":""
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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":"20220708-123328",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scapegoat":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur":[],
|
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": one that bears the blame for others":[],
|
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": one that is the object of irrational hostility":[],
|
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": to make a scapegoat of":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"The CEO was made the scapegoat for the company's failures.",
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"companies often use the economy as a scapegoat to avoid taking responsibility for dropping sales",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Mercury is a frequent scapegoat for astrology-minded folks having a bad day (even though Mercury being in retrograde is actually just an optical illusion). \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
|
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"In the last two decades, foreigners have become the scapegoat for Canada's home price increases, particularly those of Asian descent in Vancouver and Toronto, Myers says. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Social media has become scapegoat for teenage angst but a new study suggests that the negative impact varies for girls and boys by age. \u2014 Nick Morrison, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Several outside experts said Dr. Walensky had become a scapegoat for people who were weary and frustrated by a virus that seemed repeatedly to have retreated only to return in a horrific new form in short order. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"But amid a flood of confusing information about what the rules are, others have charged Djokovic has become a convenient scapegoat for an Australian government facing criticism for its recent handling of the pandemic. \u2014 John Pye And Rod Mcguirk, chicagotribune.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
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"Issues relating to the supply chain have basically become a scapegoat for any kind of shortage, one person said, while others claim the phrase has become a meaningless buzzword. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 2 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Bill O\u2019Brien has become a convenient scapegoat for Alabama fans. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
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"The scapegoat provides a convenient excuse for the nation\u2019s problems and distracts from poor poll numbers. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"When two heavily armed seniors at Columbine High School walked into their school in 1999 and killed 13 people, many media outlets attempted to scapegoat the influence of violent films, video games, and music. \u2014 Al Shipley, Billboard , 26 May 2022",
|
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"Right-wing politicians and media are trying to scapegoat frozen wind turbines for the state\u2019s power disaster. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 17 Feb. 2021",
|
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"The country needs to address the root cause of inflation and not scapegoat mobile money platforms. \u2014 Tawanda Karombo, Quartz , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"To justify its takeover, the government is trying to scapegoat the appraisal industry\u2014which is 97% white, 70% male and not well-organized\u2014for having caused large disparities in racial wealth and homeownership. \u2014 Edward Pinto And Tobias Peter, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Democrats like James Carville love to scapegoat Black people. \u2014 Michael Arceneaux, Essence , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Ultimately, Chatman believes, his persistence led the U. to scapegoat him and attempt to ruin his reputation in law enforcement. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Aug. 2021",
|
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"The lawsuit, which accused the department and the Drug Enforcement Administration of trying to scapegoat the company for their own regulatory shortcomings, was dismissed by a judge in the Eastern District of Texas in February. \u2014 Dylan Tokar, WSJ , 18 Aug. 2021",
|
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"In the days immediately after thousands of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building, some conservatives tried to scapegoat antifa activists. \u2014 Daniel Funke, USA TODAY , 11 Sep. 2020"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scape entry 1 ; intended as translation of Hebrew \u02bdaz\u0101z\u0113l (probably name of a demon), as if \u02bd\u0113z '\u014dz\u0113l goat that departs\u2014Leviticus 16:8 (King James Version)":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u0101p-\u02ccg\u014dt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fall guy",
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"goat",
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"whipping boy"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114518",
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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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"scapegoater":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that makes a scapegoat of something or somebody":[]
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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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"scapegoat entry 2 + -er":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125019",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"scapegrace":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": an incorrigible rascal":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Her affect evokes old-timey words \u2014 scamp, scapegrace , minx. \u2014 New York Times , 22 July 2021",
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"Suddenly, Juliana\u2019s romantic ennui is interrupted by the reappearance, after an 11-year absence, of her scapegrace oldest brother. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2020",
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"The Middle Ages died dismally, and the scapegrace poet Francois Villon sang their requiem in the wineshops of the Cit\u00e9. \u2014 Bruce Dale, National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
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"Somehow, a theme-park ride combined with clever, madcap visuals and Johnny Depp\u2019s scapegrace showboating added up to something fresh. \u2014 A. O. Scott, New York Times , 25 May 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1763, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scape entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u0101p-\u02ccgr\u0101s"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"baddie",
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"baddy",
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"beast",
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"brute",
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"caitiff",
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"devil",
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"evildoer",
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"fiend",
|
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"heavy",
|
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"hound",
|
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"knave",
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"meanie",
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"meany",
|
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"miscreant",
|
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"monster",
|
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"nazi",
|
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"no-good",
|
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"rapscallion",
|
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"rascal",
|
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"reprobate",
|
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"rogue",
|
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"savage",
|
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"scalawag",
|
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"scallywag",
|
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"scamp",
|
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"scoundrel",
|
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"varlet",
|
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"villain",
|
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"wretch"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222830",
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scar":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a lasting moral or emotional injury":[
|
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"one of his men had been killed \u2026 in a manner that left a scar upon his mind",
|
|
"\u2014 H. G. Wells"
|
|
],
|
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": a mark or indentation (as on furniture) resulting from damage or wear":[],
|
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": a mark remaining (as on the skin) after injured tissue has healed":[],
|
|
": a steep rocky eminence : a bare place on the side of a mountain":[],
|
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": an isolated or protruding rock":[],
|
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": to become scarred":[],
|
|
": to do lasting injury to":[],
|
|
": to form a scar":[],
|
|
": to mark with a scar":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
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"His arm was badly scarred after the accident.",
|
|
"The tragedy left her emotionally scarred .",
|
|
"Your shoes are scarring the floor.",
|
|
"The fence was scarred by rust."
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1555, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English escare, scar , from Middle French escare scab, from Late Latin eschara , from Greek, hearth, brazier, scab":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English skere , from Old Norse sker skerry; probably akin to Old Norse skera to cut \u2014 more at shear":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sk\u00e4r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004824",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"scarb-tree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wilding sense 1a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably alteration of obsolete scrab-tree , from scrab crab apple (probably of Scandinavian origin) + tree":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sk\u00e4rb\u02cctr\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071030",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scarce":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand : not plentiful or abundant":[],
|
|
": intentionally absent":[
|
|
"made himself scarce at inspection time"
|
|
],
|
|
": scarcely , hardly":[
|
|
"scarce was independence half a century old, when a \u2026 split occurred",
|
|
"\u2014 John McPhee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"Food was getting scarce during the drought.",
|
|
"food was a bit scarce last winter",
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"I could scarce believe what I was hearing.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"However, official details and updates directly from Barker and Kardashian\u2019s teams have been scarce . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Details about the collection were scarce prior to today's release, with the exception of detail shots on Instagram. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Data on the frequency and scale of mass-shooting simulations at schools are scarce . \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Yet while resources are scarce and the VAWG sector is under strain, the transphobic lobby is currently attempting to sue a rape crisis centre in Sussex (a provider of women-only spaces) for including a trans woman in their women\u2019s support group. \u2014 Janey Starling, refinery29.com , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Studies and monitoring efforts have been scarce , especially in India. \u2014 Shreya Sharma, Quartz , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"At the main public hospital in the capital, Colombo, essential supplies such as medicine and catheters are scarce . \u2014 Hafeel Farisz, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The three international events will be held after the fall season, though details are scarce . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"But when interest rates are rising amid high inflation, affection is scarce , as Chairman Jerome Powell learned before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English scars , from Anglo-French eschars, escars narrow, stingy, deficient, from Vulgar Latin *excarpsus , literally, plucked out, past participle of Latin excerpere to pluck out \u2014 more at excerpt":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scarce Adjective infrequent , uncommon , scarce , rare , sporadic mean not common or abundant. infrequent implies occurrence at wide intervals in space or time. infrequent family visits uncommon suggests a frequency below normal expectation. smallpox is now uncommon in many countries scarce implies falling short of a standard or required abundance. jobs were scarce during the Depression rare suggests extreme scarcity or infrequency and often implies consequent high value. rare first editions sporadic implies occurrence in scattered instances or isolated outbursts. sporadic cases of influenza",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204557",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scarcely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": almost not":[
|
|
"could scarcely see for the fog"
|
|
],
|
|
": by a narrow margin : only just":[
|
|
"had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open",
|
|
"\u2014 Agnes S. Turnbull"
|
|
],
|
|
": certainly not":[
|
|
"could scarcely interfere"
|
|
],
|
|
": probably not":[
|
|
"there could scarcely have been found a leader better equipped",
|
|
"\u2014 V. L. Parrington"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He could scarcely control his joy.",
|
|
"Scarcely a day goes by when they don't see or talk to each other.",
|
|
"He had scarcely enough money.",
|
|
"This is scarcely a time to laugh.",
|
|
"I could scarcely tell them they were wrong.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The iconic saguaros of the Sonoran Desert around Tucson scarcely bloomed this year\u2014thought to be a reaction to stress and persistent drought. \u2014 Joy Williams, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
|
|
"Standing scarcely more than 3 feet tall\u2014comparable to a 3-year-old modern human\u2014these creatures were quickly dubbed hobbits. \u2014 David P. Barash, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The state provided funding to parents in scarcely populated areas lacking a public school to send their children to a secular private school instead. \u2014 Michael Bobelian, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Of the 300 to 400 lives Ms. Geulen was credited with saving, some of them had scarcely begun. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Inflation, which had been scarcely noticeable for decades, is suddenly the top concern most people have about the economy. \u2014 Mike Madden And Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"But even the grants\u2019 greatest proponents could have scarcely imagined the impact the program would have on American higher education \u2013 and society at large. \u2014 M. Peter Mcpherson, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Joyce had half a dozen languages on his tongue but scarcely a cent in any currency in his pocket. \u2014 James Campbell, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Yet the project scarcely diverges from the predictable dynamic of his 2015 LP Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy, no doubt a product of its reliance on longtime production partners the Rude Boyz. \u2014 Gary Suarez, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skers-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"narrowly",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103826",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scarcement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an offset or retreat in the thickness of a wall or bank of earth":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"obsolete scarce to diminish (from Middle English scarsen , from scars scarce) + -ment":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-ka(a)r-",
|
|
"\u02c8skersm\u0259nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194609",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scarceness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand : not plentiful or abundant":[],
|
|
": intentionally absent":[
|
|
"made himself scarce at inspection time"
|
|
],
|
|
": scarcely , hardly":[
|
|
"scarce was independence half a century old, when a \u2026 split occurred",
|
|
"\u2014 John McPhee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"Food was getting scarce during the drought.",
|
|
"food was a bit scarce last winter",
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"I could scarce believe what I was hearing.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"However, official details and updates directly from Barker and Kardashian\u2019s teams have been scarce . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Details about the collection were scarce prior to today's release, with the exception of detail shots on Instagram. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Data on the frequency and scale of mass-shooting simulations at schools are scarce . \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Yet while resources are scarce and the VAWG sector is under strain, the transphobic lobby is currently attempting to sue a rape crisis centre in Sussex (a provider of women-only spaces) for including a trans woman in their women\u2019s support group. \u2014 Janey Starling, refinery29.com , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Studies and monitoring efforts have been scarce , especially in India. \u2014 Shreya Sharma, Quartz , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"At the main public hospital in the capital, Colombo, essential supplies such as medicine and catheters are scarce . \u2014 Hafeel Farisz, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The three international events will be held after the fall season, though details are scarce . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"But when interest rates are rising amid high inflation, affection is scarce , as Chairman Jerome Powell learned before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English scars , from Anglo-French eschars, escars narrow, stingy, deficient, from Vulgar Latin *excarpsus , literally, plucked out, past participle of Latin excerpere to pluck out \u2014 more at excerpt":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scarce Adjective infrequent , uncommon , scarce , rare , sporadic mean not common or abundant. infrequent implies occurrence at wide intervals in space or time. infrequent family visits uncommon suggests a frequency below normal expectation. smallpox is now uncommon in many countries scarce implies falling short of a standard or required abundance. jobs were scarce during the Depression rare suggests extreme scarcity or infrequency and often implies consequent high value. rare first editions sporadic implies occurrence in scattered instances or isolated outbursts. sporadic cases of influenza",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201652",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scarcity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Scarcity of food forced the herds to move.",
|
|
"the scarcity of good restaurants around here is surprising",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Faced with scarcity , Vatuolalai\u2019s inhabitants started working for themselves, not for the collective good. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"If stockpiling often seems immoral, that\u2019s in part because an unconscionable number of people have always grappled with genuine scarcity . \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Faced with a scarcity of potential customers, swipers became more desperate and competitive. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"The rising death and destruction in Donbas, along with a critical scarcity of basic supplies and services, have been driving an exodus of staggering proportions in Ukraine, a country with a prewar population estimated at 43 million. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The current explosion in cases from the omicron strain of the virus coupled with a scarcity of testing supplies has overwhelmed testing capacity. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"That\u2019s sending prices soaring and, combined with a scarcity of workers and other hurdles, is causing mayhem throughout the global food supply chain. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Executives speaking on the call attributed much of the broader supply-chain upheaval to a shortage of truck drivers and rail workers, along with labor scarcity at customer warehouses. \u2014 Jennifer Smith, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Seemingly no industry has been unaffected, with scarcity rampant in everything from semiconductors to sneakers. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sker-s\u0259-t\u0113",
|
|
"-st\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"drought",
|
|
"drouth",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"lacuna",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112606",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scarcity economics":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an economic theory that allegedly justifies limitations of output so as to assure profits":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"You scared me. I didn't see you there.",
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"Stop that, you're scaring the children.",
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"Noun",
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"There have been scares about the water supply being contaminated.",
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"fired over their heads in order to throw a scare into them",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"But the inevitability of change doesn\u2019t particularly scare Silva. \u2014 Javier Hasse, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"The prospect of leaving Earth for good does not scare Alex (Kyle Allen). \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 12 June 2022",
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"Even if Fairstein and Gaprindashvili don\u2019t succeed, could the Jerry West fracas scare off Hollywood from making docudramas",
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"Nothing could scare him out of self-expression, and that generates respect. \u2014 Amel Mukhtar, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
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"Sudden loud noises can scare our pets, even the most confident ones. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
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"Animal control officials tried to coax him, then scare him, out from under the house, launching beanbags and tennis balls and poking him with a stick. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Sticking to the latter, some of the happenings in the Old Testament scare the bejeebers out of any sane person. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"The answer to that might scare everyone else in the NCAA Tournament. \u2014 Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The event opened at Six Flags Fiesta Texas on Sept. 10, the earliest start in its history, and featured haunted houses, outdoor scare zones and Halloween shows. \u2014 Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Nov. 2021",
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"At night, things get spooky in the Haunted Farm Walk, with five scare zones on a half-mile-long wooded trail. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"At night, the spooky spirit of Halloween takes over with haunted houses, outdoor scare zones and a few unexpected surprises. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"In Tampa, find five haunted houses, eight scare zones and two shows. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
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"There are two new scare zones this year, bringing the total up to 10. \u2014 Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
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"Families with small children can stick to Kiddieland, where there are no scare zones. \u2014 Arthur Levine, USA TODAY , 8 Sep. 2021",
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"The single-digit victory margin put a scare into Republicans, who have no viable path to the White House without Texas because of Democratic dominance in California and New York. \u2014 Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News , 5 June 2021",
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"The Beavers needed extra innings to beat New Mexico State in their regional opener, lost on Sunday, then survived a scare in a Monday elimination matchup, rallying for a dramatic one-run victory against Vanderbilt. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 9 June 2022"
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"Middle English skerren , from Old Norse skirra , from skjarr shy, timid":"Verb"
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"panic",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
|
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"scare buying":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192443",
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|
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},
|
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|
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"miss",
|
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"overlook",
|
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"pass over"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": to find or get together with considerable labor or difficulty : scrape up":[
|
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"managed to scare up the money"
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[
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"I can probably scare up my old textbooks if you need them."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1841, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"ascertain",
|
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"descry",
|
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"detect",
|
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"determine",
|
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"dig out",
|
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"dig up",
|
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"discover",
|
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"dredge (up)",
|
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"ferret (out)",
|
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"find",
|
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"find out",
|
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"get",
|
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"hit (on ",
|
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"hunt (down ",
|
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"learn",
|
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"locate",
|
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"nose out",
|
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"root (out)",
|
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"rout (out)",
|
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"rummage",
|
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"run down",
|
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"scout (up)",
|
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"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213823",
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]
|
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},
|
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"scarebug":{
|
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"definitions":{
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},
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|
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|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scarecrow":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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|
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": a skinny or ragged person":[],
|
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": an object usually suggesting a human figure that is set up to frighten birds away from crops":[],
|
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": something frightening but harmless":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"If fall is your favorite season, then consider dressing up as a scarecrow for Halloween. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Beachwood Bring the family to build a scarecrow from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oct. 17, at Beachwood City Park. \u2014 Brenda Cain, cleveland , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Across Spring Street, Roberts said a scarecrow guards another rooftop. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The artist hangs the piece on a coat stand, with the garment\u2019s arms splayed like a scarecrow . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Fall Festival at Alta Vista Botanical Gardens scarecrow contest winners picked ... \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Roper Tolbert starred as Dorothy while her husband dressed up as the Wicked Witch of the West, Emmy as Glinda the Good Witch, Reed as the scarecrow , Brooks as the lion and their two dogs as Toto and the Tinman. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 1 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"On her way to Sandringham house, Spencer\u2019s princess comes across a field containing a scarecrow wearing her father\u2019s jacket. \u2014 Robert Daniels, Vulture , 5 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Take a nature walk, build a scarecrow and create arts and crafts at the children\u2019s station. \u2014 Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com , 22 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"\u02c8sker-\u02cckr\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163524",
|
|
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|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scared":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"unafraid"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": thrown into or being in a state of fear, fright, or panic":[
|
|
"scared of snakes",
|
|
"scared to go out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I am really scared about speaking in front of the class.",
|
|
"He was scared that his mother wouldn't let him go to the movies with his friends.",
|
|
"She's scared to walk alone at night.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The people who use them are scared to make changes. \u2014 Peter Karlson, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"During subsequent visits, Dean noticed that her children were scared and losing weight and that Classic had scratches on his face, the lawsuit stated. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"So why, according to Stadium\u2019s Jeff Goodman, are many NBA general managers are scared to take Holmgren",
|
|
"Temples said the apparent randomness of the attacks and personal safety have been highly talked about among friends and co-workers, some of whom are scared to work. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Her sons Nazar, 6, and Makar, 3, are scared of being outside. \u2014 Loveday Morris And Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Just like adults, some kids just like to be scared , and they're drawn to scary movies. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"One partner at an agency who declined to be named attributed the slowdown to risk-averse managers at Netflix who are scared of taking big bets after the earnings report. \u2014 Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Likewise, lots of people are scared of nuclear waste, which can be stored safely or reprocessed into useful things such as medical isotopes. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1579, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
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|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"horror-struck",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041836",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scaredness":{
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": a military or official sash usually indicative of rank":[],
|
|
": an in-line joint made by chamfering, halving, or notching two pieces to correspond and lapping them":[],
|
|
": either of the chamfered or cutaway ends that fit together to form a scarf joint":[],
|
|
": runner sense 6b":[],
|
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": scoff entry 3 sense 1":[
|
|
"scarfed down my sandwich"
|
|
],
|
|
": snap sense transitive 2":[
|
|
"scarfed up the best seats"
|
|
],
|
|
": tippet sense 3":[],
|
|
": to form a scarf on":[],
|
|
": to unite by a scarf joint":[],
|
|
": to wrap or throw on (a scarf or mantle) loosely":[],
|
|
": to wrap, cover, or adorn with or as if with a scarf":[]
|
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},
|
|
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|
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|
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"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun",
|
|
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"circa 1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"Middle English skarf , probably from Old Norse skarfr butt end of a plank":"Noun",
|
|
"by alteration":"Verb",
|
|
"probably modification of Middle French dialect (Norman) escreppe , Middle French escherpe sash, sling, from Old French, pilgrim's shoulder bag, from Medieval Latin scrippum":"Noun"
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|
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|
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|
|
],
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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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|
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": to cut or soften the wall of (a hard seed) to hasten germination":[],
|
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": to lacerate the feelings of":[],
|
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": to make scratches or small cuts in (something, such as the skin)":[
|
|
"scarify an area for vaccination"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1785, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"Middle English scarifien , from Middle French scarefier , from Late Latin scarificare , alteration of Latin scarifare , from Greek skariphasthai to scratch an outline, sketch \u2014 more at scribe":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"\u02c8sker-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
|
|
"\u02c8skar-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b, \u02c8sker-"
|
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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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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb",
|
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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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|
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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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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a common American tanager ( Piranga olivacea ) with the male having scarlet plumage and black wings during the breeding season and the female having chiefly olive plumage":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Such species include the scarlet tanager , purple martin and Baltimore oriole. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"In the next sixty years, the range of one songbird, the scarlet tanager , will likely move north almost a thousand miles, into central Canada. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The top-seeded northern cardinal, which incidentally enjoys seeds very much, recently defeated the No. 4 scarlet tanager in a 73-20 first round blowout in the tourney\u2019s Red Regional. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Other species, like the scarlet tanager , molt twice per year and regularly appear yellowish in the fall and winter and red in the summer. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 12 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Julio Cortez/Associated Press The adult male scarlet tanager is a medium-size songbird with glaring crimson feathers and jet-black wings. \u2014 Jacey Fortin, New York Times , 29 May 2020",
|
|
"For example, the scarlet tanager \u2014 known for its contrasting bright red body and black wings \u2014 could lose a third of its habitat if global temperatures warm by 1.5 degrees Celsius and twice that at 3 degrees of warming, Audubon\u2019s modeling found. \u2014 Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com , 11 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Once a month, groups of 20 to 30 students tromp through nearby fields at 7:30 a.m., before class, hoping to spot a woodpecker, oriole or scarlet tanager with binoculars supplied by the Harford Bird Club. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com , 20 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Hello, scarlet tanagers , and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet. \u2014 Cady Drell, Marie Claire , 30 Nov. 2018"
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|
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|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scarlet trumpet":{
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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|
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"noun"
|
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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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": a strong reddish orange that is yellower and paler than paprika or poppy, redder and darker than fire red, and less strong and slightly lighter than average coral red":[]
|
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},
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|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skarn dung":"Noun"
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\"",
|
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"\u02c8sk\u00e4rn"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"noun"
|
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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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|
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": resembling or related to the Scaridae":[]
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Scarus + English -oid":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"",
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"\u02c8ska(a)\u02ccr\u022fid"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034708",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scarola":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": escarole":[]
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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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"Italian scariola, scarola , from Old Italian scariola":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sk\u0259\u02c8r\u014dl\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032449",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scarp":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a line of cliffs produced by faulting or erosion \u2014 see fault illustration":[],
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": a low steep slope along a beach caused by wave erosion":[],
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": the inner side of a ditch below the parapet of a fortification":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"years of violent ocean storms had heavily eroded the beach, creating a scarp along one end of it",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Weber and others are gearing up to propose a mission that would place a new network of state-of-the-art seismometers on the moon, perhaps with one touching down on or near a scarp . \u2014 Adam Mann, National Geographic , 13 May 2019",
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"That entire scarp has been there from the time the fort was constructed. \u2014 Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald , 15 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian scarpa":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u00e4rp"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"barranca",
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"barranco",
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"bluff",
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"cliff",
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"crag",
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"escarpment",
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"palisade",
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"precipice",
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"scar"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180758",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"scarper":{
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"antonyms":[
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"arrive",
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"come",
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"show up",
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"turn up"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Idrissa Gueye has scarpered , but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front. \u2014 SI.com , 5 Aug. 2019",
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"Ms Collett compares it to the muggy period before a thunderstorm, when the squirrels have scarpered and the air is pregnant with foreboding of trouble ahead. \u2014 The Economist , 21 June 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1846, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably ultimately from Italian scappare , from Vulgar Latin *excappare \u2014 more at escape":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u00e4r-p\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
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"begone",
|
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"book",
|
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"bug off",
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"bug out",
|
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"bugger off",
|
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"buzz (off)",
|
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"clear off",
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"clear out",
|
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"cut out",
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"depart",
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"dig out",
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"exit",
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"get",
|
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"get off",
|
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"go",
|
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"go off",
|
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"move",
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"pack (up ",
|
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"part",
|
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"peel off",
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"pike (out ",
|
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"pull out",
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"push off",
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"push on",
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"quit",
|
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"run along",
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"sally (forth)",
|
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"shove (off)",
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"step (along)",
|
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"take off",
|
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"vamoose",
|
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"walk out"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175615",
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"scary":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": causing fright : alarming":[
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"a scary story"
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],
|
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": easily scared : timid":[],
|
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": feeling alarm or fright : frightened":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"a scary movie that gave the child nightmares for weeks afterwards",
|
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"a scary horse who spooked and kicked at its own shadow",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But making that leap can be scary , especially for those who have been in their current position for a long time. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 12 June 2022",
|
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"Change is scary , and the people with the most political power tend to be the same as those for whom change tends to be the scariest (older and wealthier people). \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
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"However, this could be scary rather than liberating. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
|
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"Men are scary in Men but also pathetic, helpless, vulnerable, and needy. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
|
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"Being looked at is scary , but making art together is fun. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
|
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"This is a character who can be scary ; this is a character who can be warm. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
|
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"Still, knowing that the possibility is even there is scary . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 1 May 2022",
|
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"Different types of bangs can instantly transform your face and hairstyle, but chopping off that much length in one snip can be scary . \u2014 Jessica Prince Erlich, Allure , 30 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sker-\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"alarming",
|
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"dire",
|
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"direful",
|
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"dread",
|
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"dreadful",
|
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"fearful",
|
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"fearsome",
|
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"forbidding",
|
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"formidable",
|
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"frightening",
|
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"frightful",
|
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"ghastly",
|
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"hair-raising",
|
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"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
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"redoubtable",
|
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"shocking",
|
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"spine-chilling",
|
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"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091723",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scat":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an animal fecal dropping":[],
|
|
": jazz singing with nonsense syllables":[],
|
|
": to go away quickly":[],
|
|
": to improvise nonsense syllables usually to an instrumental accompaniment : sing scat":[],
|
|
": to move fast : scoot":[],
|
|
"School and College Ability Test":[],
|
|
"supersonic commercial air transport":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1927, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1929, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1935, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":"Noun",
|
|
"perhaps from Greek skat-, sk\u014dr excrement \u2014 more at scatology":"Noun",
|
|
"scat , interjection used to drive away a cat":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125255",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"scathe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": harm , injury":[],
|
|
": to assail with withering denunciation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"newspaper cartoonists scathed the lecherous governor with a series of cruel caricatures",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Sky Sports\u2019 Monday Night Football debates always seem to scathe a few players in the new, with last Monday\u2019s discussions centred around Newcastle forward Dwight Gayle. \u2014 SI.com , 13 Feb. 2018"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English skathe , from Old Norse skathi ; akin to Old English sceatha injury, Greek ask\u0113th\u0113s unharmed":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sk\u0101t\u035fh",
|
|
"\u02c8sk\u0101th"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vituperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064615",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scatheful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": harmful , pernicious":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"scathe entry 1 + -ful":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sk\u0101t\u035fhf\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130133",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scathing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bitterly severe":[
|
|
"a scathing condemnation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scathing review of the book",
|
|
"a scathing rebuttal of the latest theory concerning the assassination",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Justice Elena Kagan wrote a scathing dissent and was joined by fellow Justice Sonia Sotomayor and soon-to-be retired Justice Stephen G. Breyer. \u2014 Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Gableman refused to answer questions at that hearing, and in a scathing order last week Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington accused Gableman of unprofessional and misogynistic conduct. \u2014 Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"McCraw's remarks on Tuesday were a scathing opening to the Texas Senate committee meeting on gun violence and public safety, which was expected to include some of the most detailed official accounts of the Uvalde massacre. \u2014 Mark Berman, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Evidence Morris uncovered in the case would later be highlighted in a scathing state audit \u2014 released earlier this year \u2014 of San Diego County jails. \u2014 Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Some anonymous coaches made some scathing remarks about Herm Edwards and the Arizona State football program in a college football preview for ASU earlier this week. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"While obviously not intended for every taste, the Amazon series remains a scathing examination of the superhero genre and society at large, threaded with warnings about the corrupting influence of power. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Among the darlings that Burnham killed was a scathing , spot on parody of a Joe Rogan podcast, with Burnham on split screen playing two different guys. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"This may sound a little scathing , but an adversarial relationship isn\u2019t HR\u2019s intent. \u2014 Dustin Snyder, Forbes , 16 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1794, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sk\u0101-\u1e6fh\u0331i\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scathing caustic , mordant , acrid , scathing mean stingingly incisive. caustic suggests a biting wit. caustic comments mordant suggests a wit that is used with deadly effectiveness. mordant reviews of the play acrid implies bitterness and often malevolence. acrid invective scathing implies indignant attacks delivered with fierce severity. a scathing satire",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acerb",
|
|
"acerbic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"satiric",
|
|
"satirical",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"tart"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232353",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scatole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of scatole variant spelling of skatole"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-231226",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"scatology":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature":[],
|
|
": the biologically oriented study of excrement (as for taxonomic purposes or for the determination of diet)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"His mind swirled with scatology and characters from pulp fiction and the cinema. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"But the show\u2019s linguistic ingenuity extends well beyond scatology . \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek skat-, sk\u014dr excrement; akin to Old English scearn dung, Latin mu scerdae mouse droppings":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ska-\u02c8t\u00e4l-\u0259-j\u0113, sk\u0259-",
|
|
"ska-\u02c8t\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
|
|
"sk\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124605",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scatter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"few",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small quantity or number irregularly distributed or strewn about : scattering":[],
|
|
": the act of scattering":[],
|
|
": to cause (a beam of radiation) to diffuse or disperse":[],
|
|
": to cause to separate widely":[],
|
|
": to cause to vanish":[],
|
|
": to distribute irregularly":[],
|
|
": to divide into ineffectual small portions":[],
|
|
": to fling away heedlessly : squander":[],
|
|
": to occur or fall irregularly or at random":[],
|
|
": to reflect irregularly and diffusely":[],
|
|
": to separate and go in various directions : disperse":[],
|
|
": to sow by casting in all directions : strew":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The wind scattered the pile of leaves.",
|
|
"The marbles scattered across the floor.",
|
|
"She scattered the books on the table.",
|
|
"He scatters his toys all around the house.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"played before only a scatter of spectators in that huge stadium",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In the past two weeks, police officers have begun arriving in the middle of the night to disperse larger encampments and scatter them across the city. \u2014 Karen Hao, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Pour the sauce over the scallops and scatter the radish slices on top. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Her family chose to travel to Colorado and scatter her brother\u2019s remains in a national park, a celebration that still resonates almost three decades later. \u2014 Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Now the war threatens to cut off the supply of medications and scatter the participants, making their health records harder or impossible to track. \u2014 Grace Browne, Wired , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Then, in a small bowl, toss the tomatoes in a splash of lemon juice and a pinch of salt and then scatter over the lettuce. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"After they were gone, Trish couldn\u2019t bring herself to scatter their ashes. \u2014 Johnny Runnette, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"And Just Like That finale that aired last month, Carrie traveled to Paris to scatter the ashes of her late husband, Mr. Big (Noth), Miranda jetted off to Los Angeles with Che (Ram\u00edrez), and Charlotte navigated parenthood to a non-binary child. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Four Xavier pitchers combined to scatter seven hits as the Musketeers defeated the UConn baseball team 7-2 in the opener of a three-game Big East Conference series at Elliot Ballpark. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Once in a while an advertiser will sit out the upfront and opt to buy commercial inventory in the scatter marketplace. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"From her chakra pieces with protective stones to her stunning scatter jewelry, Ananya is powerful and expressive. \u2014 Charlotte Diamond, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"No one\u2019s quite sure what to do with that information, so the kids all scatter while Reg ambles around the lobby with his journal in hand. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Google, Facebook, Twitter and others have allowed many employees to scatter \u2014but warned of pay cuts for those who go remote and move to cheaper cities. \u2014 Callum Borchers, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"One application is to engineer windows that not only scatter light but also trap its heat. \u2014 Brittney J. Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Remove skillet from heat and scatter basil over everything. \u2014 Andy Baraghani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"The only light that reaches the moon's surface is from the edges of the Earth's atmosphere and the air molecules from the Earth's atmosphere scatter out most of the blue light. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Thermobaric weapons, which are considered particularly destructive, release a mix of components that scatter and ignite, creating a massive explosion. \u2014 WSJ , 28 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
|
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"1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English scateren, schateren to disperse, break up, destroy; akin to Middle Dutch schaderen to scatter":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skat-\u0259r",
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"\u02c8ska-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scatter Verb scatter , disperse , dissipate , dispel mean to cause to separate or break up. scatter implies a force that drives parts or units irregularly in many directions. the bowling ball scattered the pins disperse implies a wider separation and a complete breaking up of a mass or group. police dispersed the crowd dissipate stresses complete disintegration or dissolution and final disappearance. the fog was dissipated by the morning sun dispel stresses a driving away or getting rid of as if by scattering. an authoritative statement that dispelled all doubt",
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"synonyms":[
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"clear out",
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"disband",
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"dispel",
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"disperse",
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"dissipate",
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"squander"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044259",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"scatterbrain":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a person who is forgetful, disorganized, or unable to concentrate or think clearly":[
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"The English, who had raised eccentricity and poor organization to a high art, and placed the scatterbrain on a pedestal, loathed such Middle European things as rules, conventions, and dictatorships.",
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"\u2014 Simon Winchester"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Where did I put my keys",
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"don't be such a scatterbrain \u2014it's only a wedding, not the invasion of Normandy"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1659, 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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"\u02c8ska-t\u0259r-\u02ccbr\u0101n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"birdbrain",
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"cuckoo",
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"ditz",
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"featherbrain",
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"featherhead",
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"flibbertigibbet",
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"nitwit",
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"rattlebrain",
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"softhead"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025357",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scatterbrained":{
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"antonyms":[
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"earnest",
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"serious",
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"serious-minded",
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"sober",
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"unfrivolous"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having or showing a forgetful, disorganized, or unfocused mind : having the characteristics of a scatterbrain":[
|
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"As Detective Gina Calabrese on Miami Vice , Saundra Santiago is all clearheaded efficiency. But off-camera her co-stars think she's scatterbrained . \"They consider me a space cadet ,\" says Santiago, who frequently loses keys, misses flights and gets into cabs without cash.",
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"\u2014 Tim Allis"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a scatterbrained child who couldn't seem to pay attention or stop fooling around",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Trying to stay organized can be a real pain, especially for those of us who may be a bit scatterbrained . \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 22 June 2021",
|
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"President Biden had another dismal week thanks to the accelerating border crisis, the beginnings of his assault on the Second Amendment, Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s behavior and his scatterbrained performance at a Thursday news conference. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 27 Mar. 2021",
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"Sadat cast Afghan nonactors to paint a scatterbrained picture of parentless adolescence, and outstanding production design immerses us in this historical remembrance. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Donald Moffat is superb as a president who masks his ferocity with scatterbrained folksiness. \u2014 Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Aug. 2020",
|
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"As her frustration mounted and her school progress stalled, Kristine indulged in a series of minor rebellions \u2014 ignoring assignments, disrupting class, and affecting a scatterbrained personality in a bid for popularity. \u2014 Jason Deparle, New York Times , 9 Aug. 2019",
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"He was noticed in what Itzkoff depicts with relish as a scatterbrained television business. \u2014 David Thomson, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 May 2018",
|
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"Attach a durable, waterproof Tile Sport to your backpack or your cooler to be a little less scatterbrained on your outdoor adventures. \u2014 Wired Staff, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2018",
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"Too many times this season Ehlinger made scatterbrained mistakes at critical junctures. \u2014 Nick Moyle, Houston Chronicle , 23 Dec. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1747, 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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"\u02c8ska-t\u0259r-\u02ccbr\u0101nd"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"birdbrained",
|
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"ditzy",
|
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"ditsy",
|
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"dizzy",
|
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"featherbrained",
|
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"flighty",
|
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"frivolous",
|
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"frothy",
|
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"futile",
|
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"giddy",
|
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"goofy",
|
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"harebrained",
|
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"light-headed",
|
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"light-minded",
|
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"puerile",
|
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"silly",
|
|
"yeasty"
|
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],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022747",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scattered":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"few",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
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"sprinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small quantity or number irregularly distributed or strewn about : scattering":[],
|
|
": the act of scattering":[],
|
|
": to cause (a beam of radiation) to diffuse or disperse":[],
|
|
": to cause to separate widely":[],
|
|
": to cause to vanish":[],
|
|
": to distribute irregularly":[],
|
|
": to divide into ineffectual small portions":[],
|
|
": to fling away heedlessly : squander":[],
|
|
": to occur or fall irregularly or at random":[],
|
|
": to reflect irregularly and diffusely":[],
|
|
": to separate and go in various directions : disperse":[],
|
|
": to sow by casting in all directions : strew":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
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"The wind scattered the pile of leaves.",
|
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"The marbles scattered across the floor.",
|
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"She scattered the books on the table.",
|
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"He scatters his toys all around the house.",
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"played before only a scatter of spectators in that huge stadium",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In the past two weeks, police officers have begun arriving in the middle of the night to disperse larger encampments and scatter them across the city. \u2014 Karen Hao, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Pour the sauce over the scallops and scatter the radish slices on top. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Her family chose to travel to Colorado and scatter her brother\u2019s remains in a national park, a celebration that still resonates almost three decades later. \u2014 Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Now the war threatens to cut off the supply of medications and scatter the participants, making their health records harder or impossible to track. \u2014 Grace Browne, Wired , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Then, in a small bowl, toss the tomatoes in a splash of lemon juice and a pinch of salt and then scatter over the lettuce. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"After they were gone, Trish couldn\u2019t bring herself to scatter their ashes. \u2014 Johnny Runnette, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"And Just Like That finale that aired last month, Carrie traveled to Paris to scatter the ashes of her late husband, Mr. Big (Noth), Miranda jetted off to Los Angeles with Che (Ram\u00edrez), and Charlotte navigated parenthood to a non-binary child. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Four Xavier pitchers combined to scatter seven hits as the Musketeers defeated the UConn baseball team 7-2 in the opener of a three-game Big East Conference series at Elliot Ballpark. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Once in a while an advertiser will sit out the upfront and opt to buy commercial inventory in the scatter marketplace. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"From her chakra pieces with protective stones to her stunning scatter jewelry, Ananya is powerful and expressive. \u2014 Charlotte Diamond, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"No one\u2019s quite sure what to do with that information, so the kids all scatter while Reg ambles around the lobby with his journal in hand. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Google, Facebook, Twitter and others have allowed many employees to scatter \u2014but warned of pay cuts for those who go remote and move to cheaper cities. \u2014 Callum Borchers, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"One application is to engineer windows that not only scatter light but also trap its heat. \u2014 Brittney J. Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Remove skillet from heat and scatter basil over everything. \u2014 Andy Baraghani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"The only light that reaches the moon's surface is from the edges of the Earth's atmosphere and the air molecules from the Earth's atmosphere scatter out most of the blue light. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 13 May 2022",
|
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"Thermobaric weapons, which are considered particularly destructive, release a mix of components that scatter and ignite, creating a massive explosion. \u2014 WSJ , 28 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English scateren, schateren to disperse, break up, destroy; akin to Middle Dutch schaderen to scatter":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skat-\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8ska-t\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scatter Verb scatter , disperse , dissipate , dispel mean to cause to separate or break up. scatter implies a force that drives parts or units irregularly in many directions. the bowling ball scattered the pins disperse implies a wider separation and a complete breaking up of a mass or group. police dispersed the crowd dissipate stresses complete disintegration or dissolution and final disappearance. the fog was dissipated by the morning sun dispel stresses a driving away or getting rid of as if by scattering. an authoritative statement that dispelled all doubt",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"squander"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031315",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scattering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small number or quantity interspersed here and there":[
|
|
"a scattering of visitors"
|
|
],
|
|
": an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered":[],
|
|
": divided among many or several":[
|
|
"scattering votes"
|
|
],
|
|
": found or placed far apart and in no order":[],
|
|
": going in various directions":[],
|
|
": something scattered: such as":[],
|
|
": the random change in direction of the particles constituting a beam or wave front due to collision with particles of the medium traversed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the scattering of the protesters suddenly turned violent and chaotic",
|
|
"a scattering of people in the mostly empty theater",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Elsewhere, a scattering of diamonds on an abstract necklace recalled leftover snippets of ribbon or trim. \u2014 Vogue , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Ground corn offers a lightly sweet foil to salty toppings, from salty kajmak cheese to a scattering of cracklings. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Fry an egg on the side to top your dish and finish with a final scattering of bonito flakes. \u2014 Chihiro Tomioka, Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Just above the northern boundary of George Washington\u2019s former River Farm on the Potomac River, Marlan Forest, with its tall flowering trees and scattering of twin-chimney brick Colonials, evokes the elegance of the nearby Mount Vernon estate. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The crowd inside cheered for Walsh, and also for Henig, but once again a scattering of boos were heard whenever the announcer said Lia Thomas\u2019s name. \u2014 Dawn Ennis, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"After the Second Temple\u2019s destruction and the scattering of its priests, the Sages commemorated the now-obsolete practice by instituting a substitute: a portion of dough from the people\u2019s daily bread would be removed and burned. \u2014 Benjamin, Longreads , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"The Weavers kept to themselves, reclusive even to the scattering of neighbors around Naples. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Plus, the vacuum's brush roll can reach dirt that's deeply embedded in carpets, but it can be turned off when going over hard flooring to prevent the scattering of unwanted debris. \u2014 Lindsey Greenfeld, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ska-t\u0259-ri\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbandment",
|
|
"dispersal",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissipation"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233605",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scatty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": crazy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any number of individuals have been fingered as the scatty serial killer known to history as Jack the Ripper",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And Eve\u2019s a bit scatty and all over the place, and Villanelle\u2019s so lush and confident. \u2014 David Kamp, WSJ , 5 Nov. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from scatt erbrain + -y entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ska-t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193654",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scapolite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a group of minerals that are essentially complex silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium and that include some used as semiprecious stones":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ska-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from Latin scapus shaft + French -o- + -lite ; from the prismatic shape of its crystals":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1802, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174322"
|
|
},
|
|
"scavenger hunt":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a game in which players try to acquire without buying specified items within a time limit":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Finding these figures became a sort of scavenger hunt . \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Santori branch downtown was a destination with Ali Lanthrum, events and program coordinator, saying a scavenger hunt , egg artwork and a balloon-twisting artist were among the attractions for the event. \u2014 David Sharos, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The scavenger hunt is best for children ages four to 10. \u2014 courant.com , 9 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The scavenger hunt is a great way to keep children entertained and engaged while mom and dad explore the food and drinks of the World Showcase. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Cawthorn included a link to a story about a cruise ship scavenger hunt that leads to men sharing strangers\u2019 underwear. \u2014 al , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There will be Shetland pony rides from noon to 3 p.m., an Easter egg scavenger hunt will take place, photos with the Easter bunny, a photo booth and a caricature artist. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Aurora Downtown group will host its annual Egg Hunt on the Island event from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday with a storefront scavenger hunt continuing through Easter. \u2014 Beacon-news Staff, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"An art walk- scavenger hunt will be a highlight of the afternoon and evening. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 15 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180710"
|
|
},
|
|
"scapolite group":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a group of minerals crystallizing in the dipyramidal class of the tetragonal system, being white or grayish white in color when pure, and consisting essentially of silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium (hardness 5\u20136.5, specific gravity 2.5\u20132.8)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183722"
|
|
},
|
|
"scaly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": covered with, composed of, or rich in scale or scales":[],
|
|
": flaky":[],
|
|
": of or relating to scaly animals":[],
|
|
": despicable , poor":[
|
|
"a regular scaly old shop",
|
|
"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
|
|
],
|
|
": infested with scale insects":[
|
|
"scaly fruit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sk\u0101-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"squamous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"scaleless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"His skin was dry and scaly .",
|
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"the snake's scaly skin was dry to the touch",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"All eight species of these shy, scaly creatures are said to be the most trafficked mammals in the world. \u2014 National Geographic , 19 Mar. 2020",
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"Unlike melanoma which is usually characterized by unusual moles, lumps and markings, actinic keratosis appears as small, dry, scaly or crusty patches of skin, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Feb. 2020",
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"The highlight was a massive turbot, the flat, shellfish-munching bottom-feeder whose eyes float arbitrarily on one side of its scaly , weird head (a special category of marine delicacy, fabulously ugly and fabulously delicious). \u2014 Bill Buford, The New Yorker , 8 May 2020",
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"To test McNeill\u2019s doubts, a friend, sitting with McNeill at the kitchen table, uploaded close-ups of a red, scaly rash characteristic of lupus, a serious medical condition. \u2014 Emma Court, Bloomberg.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
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"Pangolins\u2014endangered, scaly , ant-eating mammals found in Asia and Africa about the size of domestic cats\u2014are known to carry coronaviruses, Dan Challender wrote in an email. \u2014 National Geographic , 26 Mar. 2020",
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"Chinese officials have said the virus originated from a fish and meat market in Wuhan, China, that was shut down, and some reports say it may be linked to the pangolin, a scaly mammal that is on the endangered species list. \u2014 Kimberly Leonard, Washington Examiner , 18 Feb. 2020",
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"Symptoms include pain, itching, redness, flaking, and scaly , cracked skin. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, SELF , 12 Mar. 2020",
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"The fungal rash can manifest itself as scaly , red circular lesions or flaking skin that is white in color, explains Emily Splichal, a podiatrist in New York City. \u2014 Rebecca Dancer, Allure , 12 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This year, however, the authorities have spared the scaly anteater -like animal, which is facing extinction. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 June 2020",
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"The animals, also known as scaly anteaters , are sold as food in many countries, including China, and have been a prime suspect as a possible source of the pandemic. \u2014 Maggie Fox, CNN , 29 May 2020",
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"The scaly anteaters may benefit from the attention Editor\u2019s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Apr. 2020",
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"Parts of its structure also resemble a virus found in scaly anteaters , according to a paper published earlier this month in the journal Nature Medicine. \u2014 Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY , 27 Mar. 2020",
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"With its hard covering and ability to roll into a small ball when threatened, the scaly anteater , as it is also known, has an advantage over most predators. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Apr. 2020",
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"The international team of experts says that the presence of the SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses means that pangolins, a species of scaly anteater , should be viewed as a possible carrier in the ongoing pandemic. \u2014 Fox News , 27 Mar. 2020",
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"Scientists believe that the virus began in bats and likely passed through an intermediate host; some speculate that this may have been pangolins, scaly anteaters that are sometimes consumed as a delicacy in China. \u2014 Peter Hessler, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2020",
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"But pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters , are now the leading suspects. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, New York Times , 19 Feb. 2020"
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": the front or cutting edge of an incisor tooth":[]
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"\u02c8skalpr\u0259m"
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"New Latin, from Latin, chisel, knife":""
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": a Mexican shrub ( Euphorbia fulgens ) often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers":[]
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": any of several ducks of the genus Aythya : such as":[],
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"\u02c8sk\u022fp-"
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"scaup , perhaps alteration of scalp entry 1 ; from its fondness for shellfish":""
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"1797, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin scap us shaft, stalk + English -oid":""
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"\u02c8skap-"
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"probably alteration of scoop net":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013835"
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},
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"scab":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun",
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"definitions":{
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": scabies of domestic animals":[],
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": a crust of hardened blood and serum over a wound":[],
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": a contemptible person":[],
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": a worker who refuses to join a labor union":[],
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": a union member who refuses to strike or returns to work before a strike has ended":[],
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": a worker who accepts employment or replaces a union worker during a strike":[],
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": one who works for less than union wages or on nonunion terms":[],
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": to become covered with a scab":[],
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": to act as a scab":[]
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"\u02c8skab"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The attack has scraped off the scab hiding Black trauma and neglect in what\u2019s called the City of Good Neighbors, residents, business owners, and faith leaders said. \u2014 Aaron Morrison, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
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"Chafing When evil fabric rubs you the wrong way and causes a hyper-friction reaction in the form of painful scab -like skin markings in uncomfortable areas. \u2014 Allison Pattillo, Outside Online , 12 Sep. 2014",
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"The problem is, everybody wants to keep picking the scab . \u2014 Justin Sherman, CBS News , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"This may be the time to stop picking at the scab that is the vaccination wars. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
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"Death has been close at hand in real life throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, so gathering \u2018round a fictional TV series as marked by it as this one can be a strange feeling \u2014 at once cathartic and painful, like picking at a scab . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
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"The movie never successfully replicates the fear that was a hallmark of playing the video games, and its approach to ample gore is only as imaginative as a kid picking at a scab . \u2014 Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times , 22 Nov. 2021",
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"Pictures of her face included in the court filing show bruising under her eyes and a scab on her lip as well as swelling on her jaw and cheekbone. \u2014 Steve Henson Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
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"Pictures of her face included in the court filing show bruising under her eyes and a scab on her lip as well as swelling on her jaw and cheekbone. \u2014 Steve Henson Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Lesions progress through stages and scab before falling off. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 30 June 2022",
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"People with monkeypox should be considered infectious until after the sores scab over and fall off. \u2014 Dr. Celine Gounder, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
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"The lesions begin as flat but then become raised, filled with fluid, and scab over. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 10 June 2022",
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"The lesions finally scab over and resolve over a period of two to three weeks, the CDC said. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 7 June 2022",
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"The disease eventually progresses into a rash and lesions that blister and scab over. \u2014 Katherine Dillinger, CNN , 29 May 2022",
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"Finally, the lesions will scab over and eventually fall off. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 28 May 2022",
|
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"The lesions progress, become filled with a fluid, then scab and fall off. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 24 May 2022",
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"Lesions progress through stages and scab before falling off. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022"
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"Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish skabbr scab; akin to Old English sceabb scab, Latin scabere to scratch \u2014 more at shave":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042556"
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"scaup":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
|
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": either of two diving ducks ( Aythya affinis or A. marila ) with the male having a glossy purplish or greenish head and a black breast and tail":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u022fp"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The scaup -like waterfowl has been hanging out with rafts of diver ducks for a couple weeks near Milwaukee. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Still, there were many thousands of divers on the bay, mostly scaup but also redheads, buffleheads, common goldeneyes and canvasbacks. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Dec. 2021",
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"The four top ducks in the annual Wisconsin hunter survey are mallards, wood ducks, blue-winged teal and scaup , or bluebills. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 July 2021",
|
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"The duck pictured this year is a lesser scaup drake. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 13 July 2021",
|
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"This year's stamp features a drake lesser scaup painted by Richard Clifton of Milford, Delaware. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2021",
|
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"In an all-day coastal marsh sit, three of us downed a single lesser scaup and a lone bufflehead. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 1 Jan. 2021",
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"The scaup daily bag limit this season is two birds per day. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Sep. 2020",
|
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"But pintails, lesser scaup , and some other ducks have seen population declines in the recent decades. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 28 Aug. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"short for scaup duck; scaup probably alteration of scalp bed of shellfish":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1797, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045034"
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"scavenger beetle":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a beetle (as of the family Hydrophilidae) that feeds on decaying substances":[]
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"scavenger entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064515"
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"scarlet runner bean":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a tropical American high-climbing bean ( Phaseolus coccineus ) that has large bright red flowers and red and black seeds and is grown widely as an ornamental and as a food bean":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The pequin chile, the world's oldest variety of hot pepper, and flor de b\u00f3til, the brilliant red flower of the scarlet runner bean , which is eaten in the summer with a little lime, chile and salt. \u2014 Michalene Busico, Dallas News , 31 July 2019",
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"High-schoolers who want to milk cows, plant scarlet runner beans , cook organic meals, and carve wooden spoons can do the intentional-community thing for seven whole weeks at Tamarack Farm\u2019s Farm and Wilderness camp in Vermont. \u2014 Christine Muhlke, Bon Appetit , 25 May 2017"
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"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064824"
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an erect perennial herb ( Gaura coccinea ) of central North America with alternate lanceolate leaves and rather sparse terminal leafy spikes of bright red flowers":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073516"
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"scamble":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to get on somehow : stumble along":[],
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": to loll around : sprawl , shamble":[],
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": to scrape together : collect":[],
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": to trample down":[],
|
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": botch , mess":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8skamb\u0259l",
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"\u02c8skam(b)\u0259l",
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"\""
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074013"
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},
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"scarlet fritillary":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a bulbous herb ( Fritillaria recurva ) with scarlet-and-yellow flowers":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080646"
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},
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"scatological":{
|
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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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": interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature":[],
|
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": the biologically oriented study of excrement (as for taxonomic purposes or for the determination of diet)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"ska-\u02c8t\u00e4l-\u0259-j\u0113, sk\u0259-",
|
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"ska-\u02c8t\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
|
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"sk\u0259-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"His mind swirled with scatology and characters from pulp fiction and the cinema. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2021",
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"But the show\u2019s linguistic ingenuity extends well beyond scatology . \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek skat-, sk\u014dr excrement; akin to Old English scearn dung, Latin mu scerdae mouse droppings":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084209"
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},
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"scapolitization":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the process or state of alteration by which a mineral (as feldspar) is converted into scapolite":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccskap\u0259\u02cclit\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scapolite + -ization":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085808"
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},
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"scavenger's daughter":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an instrument of torture that so compressed the body as to force blood to flow from the nostrils and ears and sometimes from the hands and feet":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skav\u0259\u0307nj\u0259(r)z-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scavenger's genitive of scavenger entry 1 , by wordplay from Leonard Skevington or Skeffington , 16th century lieutenant of the Tower of London, inventor of the instrument":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102331"
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},
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"scarlet ibis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an ibis ( Eudocimus ruber ) of South and Central America that is an intense scarlet with black-tipped wings":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105702"
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},
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"Scatophagidae":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of round-headed pollinose muscoid flies that comprise the typical dung flies":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccskat\u0259\u02c8faj\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Scatophaga , type genus, (from Greek skatophagos scatophagous) + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111018"
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},
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"scaleless":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an instrument or machine for weighing":[],
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": a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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],
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": either pan or tray of a balance":[],
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": to weigh in scales":[],
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": to have a specified weight on scales":[],
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": a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish":[],
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": a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale":[
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"scales of mica",
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"the scales on a moth's wing"
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],
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": the scaly covering of a scaled animal":[],
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": a small thin dry lamina shed (as in many skin diseases) from the skin":[],
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": a thin coating, layer, or incrustation: such as":[],
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": a usually black scaly coating of oxide forming on the surface of a metal (such as iron) when it is heated for processing":[],
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": a hard incrustation usually rich in sulfate of calcium that is deposited on the inside of a vessel (such as a boiler) in which water is heated":[],
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": a modified leaf protecting a seed plant bud before expansion":[],
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": a thin, membranous, chaffy, or woody bract":[],
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": any of the small overlapping usually metal pieces forming the outer surface of scale armor":[],
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": scale armor":[],
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": scale insect":[],
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": infestation with or disease caused by scale insects":[],
|
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": to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping)":[
|
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"scale a fish"
|
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],
|
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": to take off in thin layers or scales":[
|
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"scale tartar from the teeth"
|
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],
|
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": to throw (something, such as a thin, flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water : skim":[],
|
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": to separate and come off in scales : flake":[],
|
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": to shed scales":[
|
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"scaling skin"
|
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],
|
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": a graduated series of musical tones ascending or descending in order of pitch according to a specified scheme of their intervals":[],
|
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": something graduated especially when used as a measure or rule: such as":[],
|
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": an indication of the relationship between the distances on a map and the corresponding actual distances":[],
|
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": a series of marks or points at known intervals used to measure distances (such as the height of the mercury in a thermometer)":[],
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": ruler sense 3":[],
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": a graduated series or scheme of rank or order":[
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"a scale of taxation"
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],
|
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": minimum wage sense 2":[],
|
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": a proportion between two sets of dimensions (as between those of a drawing and its original)":[],
|
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": a distinctive relative size, extent, or degree":[
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"projects done on a large scale"
|
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],
|
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": a graded series of tests or of performances used in rating individual intelligence or achievement":[],
|
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": a means of ascent":[],
|
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": ladder":[],
|
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": according to the proportions of an established scale of measurement":[
|
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"floor plans drawn to scale"
|
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],
|
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": to climb up or reach by means of a ladder":[],
|
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": to attack with or take by means of scaling ladders":[
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"scale a castle wall"
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],
|
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": to reach the highest point of : surmount":[
|
|
"scale a mountain"
|
|
],
|
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": to pattern, make, regulate, set, or estimate according to some rate or standard : adjust":[
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"a production schedule scaled to actual need",
|
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"\u2014 often used with back, down , or up scale down imports"
|
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],
|
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": to arrange in a graduated series":[],
|
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": to measure by or as if by a scale":[],
|
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": to measure or estimate the sound content of (logs, standing timber, etc.)":[],
|
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": to climb by or as if by a ladder":[],
|
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": to rise in a graduated series":[],
|
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": measure":[],
|
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": an estimate of the amount of sound lumber in logs or standing timber":[],
|
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": escalade":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sk\u0101l",
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"\u02c8sk\u0101(\u0259)l"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English scole, scale bowl, scale of a balance, from Old Norse sk\u0101l ; akin to Old Norse skel shell \u2014 more at shell":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French escale, eschale , of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scealu shell, husk \u2014 more at shell":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English, from Late Latin scala ladder, staircase, from Latin scalae , plural, stairs, rungs, ladder; akin to Latin scandere to climb \u2014 more at scan":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English, from scale entry 5":"Verb and Noun"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":"Noun",
|
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"1691, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6b":"Noun",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":"Verb",
|
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"circa 1587, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113105"
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},
|
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"scabbard":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ska-b\u0259rd"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The sword pyramids likely attached a leather strap that secured a sword in a scabbard to a belt and kept the sword in its sheath. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 24 June 2022",
|
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"Beyond is a gallery that recounts Tut\u2019s life, as told by the artifacts in his burial place, such as a knife and scabbard , a ceremonial staff with a curved head, and pottery embellished with hieroglyphics. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The bike was outfitted with a rifle scabbard , saddlebags, and a one-wheeled trailer that could haul carcasses and gear. \u2014 Paige Williams, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The team also found the remains of a scabbard fused to the blade through mineralization. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Out on the twisting and often scabbard 10Best loop, the CT4-V Blackwing makes an even more compelling case for itself. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 17 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"After he\u2019s decapitated by a scabbard , his head thuds in slow motion down a staircase. \u2014 Gem Seddon, Vulture , 29 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"After outsmarting Zhilan to recover the missing scabbard , Nicky and Henry \u2014 who capped their latest mission with a passionate good-night kiss in Henry\u2019s car \u2014 have gained a second wind. \u2014 Max Gao, Vulture , 5 May 2021",
|
|
"The would-be assassin\u2019s bullet struck the scabbard and lodged itself into the silver blade, before Cash used the knife to slice off his assailant\u2019s nose and an ear. \u2014 Michael Medved, WSJ , 18 June 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English scauberc, scaubert , from Anglo-French escalberc":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114218"
|
|
},
|
|
"scale the heights of":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to climb to the top of (something)":[
|
|
"She scaled the heights of Mount Everest.",
|
|
"\u2014 sometimes used figuratively with respect to a very high position He scaled the heights of the publishing industry."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120341"
|
|
},
|
|
"scanning electron microscope":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an electron microscope in which a beam of focused electrons moves across the object with the secondary electrons produced by the object and the electrons scattered by the object being collected to form a three-dimensional image on a display screen":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Using a scanning electron microscope , Pomerantz also discovered that tiny mounds between the bristles, known as nanopillars, are coated in a layer of wax. \u2014 Anil Oza, Science | AAAS , 22 June 2021",
|
|
"The illustration is based on scanning electron microscope images of Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous fungus that can infect the lungs. \u2014 Laura Helmuth, Scientific American , 10 May 2021",
|
|
"With the help of University of Leeds researchers Jason Harvey and Sandra Piazolo, Hess was able to get the fulgurite under a scanning electron microscope . \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Under a scanning electron microscope , the plant fibers in 14 of the Pinwheel Cave bundles matched other samples from the genus Datura. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 24 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Microscopic images captured with a scanning electron microscope confirmed that most of the quids contained plant matter of the species Datura wrightii. \u2014 Megan Gannon, National Geographic , 23 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"By observing and recording the cutting process under a scanning electron microscope , the team noticed that the hairs created small chips in the blade surface. \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 6 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"To test the idea, Heiss and his colleagues malted their own barley by charring it then examined the results under a scanning electron microscope . \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 5 June 2020",
|
|
"The image was captured with the Helios Nanolab dual-beam focused ion beam/ scanning electron microscope at EMSL and was created by Alice Dohnalkova. \u2014 Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian , 28 Feb. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123109"
|
|
},
|
|
"scarlet haw":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124107"
|
|
},
|
|
"scalpriform":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": shaped like a chisel":[
|
|
"scalpriform incisor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8skalpr\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin scalpr um chisel, knife + English -iform":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124413"
|
|
},
|
|
"scarlet sage":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Native landscaping, including gamma grass and scarlet sage , lines the pedestrian areas, with the periodic monarch butterfly landing for a rest (a butterfly gardena also made its way into the plans). \u2014 Jesse Scott, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 26 Feb. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1863, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124556"
|
|
},
|
|
"scapula":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": either of a pair of large triangular bones lying one in each dorsal lateral part of the thorax, being the principal bone of the corresponding half of the shoulder girdle, and articulating with the corresponding clavicle or coracoid":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ska-py\u0259-l\u0259",
|
|
"\u02c8skap-y\u0259-l\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Jacob deGrom, the Mets\u2019 other ace, has been shut down all season with a stress reaction in his right scapula . \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"DeGrom has been sidelined since late in spring training with a stress reaction in his scapula . \u2014 Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"His loss is the latest blow for the Mets who are currently without starters Jacob deGrom (stress reaction in his right scapula ) and Tylor Megill (right biceps inflammation). \u2014 Sean Farrell, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Mets fans have grown painstakingly accustomed to the Friday news that Jacob deGrom would be out for at least four weeks with a stress reaction to his scapula . \u2014 Andrew Tredinnick, USA TODAY , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"DeGrom won\u2019t throw for up to four weeks and there is no timetable for his return, the Mets said, after an MRI exam earlier in the day showed a stress reaction on his scapula that caused inflammation. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This is a great routine for training the opposite muscles of your back, scapula and posterior delts. \u2014 Ben Walker, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"One of Suntok\u2019s fossil finds, a partial scapula with fine fractures, posed a unique challenge, says Rohlicek. \u2014 Devon Bidal, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The trapezius muscle stabilizes, elevates, depresses, retracts and rotates the scapula (shoulder blade). \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 26 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Latin, shoulder blade, shoulder":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1578, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125228"
|
|
},
|
|
"scapiform":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": resembling a scape especially in being a stem without leaves":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sk\u0101p\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm",
|
|
"\u02c8skap-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"scapi- + -form":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132807"
|
|
},
|
|
"scaly blazing star":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a button snakeroot ( Liatris squarrosa ) having purple heads with scaly involucrate bracts":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133739"
|
|
},
|
|
"scale model":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small but exact copy":[
|
|
"a scale model of a ship"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135224"
|
|
},
|
|
"scarlet runner":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tropical American high-climbing bean ( Phaseolus coccineus ) that has large bright red flowers and red and black seeds and is grown widely as an ornamental and as a food bean":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The pequin chile, the world's oldest variety of hot pepper, and flor de b\u00f3til, the brilliant red flower of the scarlet runner bean , which is eaten in the summer with a little lime, chile and salt. \u2014 Michalene Busico, Dallas News , 31 July 2019",
|
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"High-schoolers who want to milk cows, plant scarlet runner beans , cook organic meals, and carve wooden spoons can do the intentional-community thing for seven whole weeks at Tamarack Farm\u2019s Farm and Wilderness camp in Vermont. \u2014 Christine Muhlke, Bon Appetit , 25 May 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140321"
|
|
},
|
|
"scale-down":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a reduction according to a fixed ratio":[
|
|
"a scale-down of debts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sk\u0101l-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
|
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],
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"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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"scaletail":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a rodent of the genus Anomalurus having horny scales under the base of the tail":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scale entry 5":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144505"
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"scalp lock":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a long tuft of hair on the crown of the otherwise shaved head especially of a warrior of some American Indian tribes":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Hair from Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull's scalp lock , from which DNA was extracted for analysis. \u2014 Alexandra Larkin, CBS News , 27 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153152"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": degree entry 1 sense 12":[]
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"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154914"
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"scale degree":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": degree entry 1 sense 12":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162459"
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},
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"scapose":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": bearing, resembling, or consisting of a scape":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u0101\u02ccp\u014ds"
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin scapus + English -ose":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162801"
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},
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"scaled quail":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a crested quail ( Callipepla squamata ) of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico that is largely grayish brown above with pale bluish gray black-tipped breast feathers":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scaled entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171411"
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},
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"scanning disk":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a rotating disk with a number of spirally arranged holes near its edge which permit a light beam to sweep over successive portions of a picture or object":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scanning entry 2":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171954"
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},
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"scapular":{
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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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": a long wide band of cloth with an opening for the head worn front and back over the shoulders as part of a monastic habit":[],
|
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": a pair of small cloth squares joined by shoulder tapes and worn under the clothing on the breast and back as a sacramental and often also as a badge of a third order or confraternity":[],
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": scapula":[],
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": one of the feathers covering the base of a bird's wing \u2014 see bird illustration":[],
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": of or relating to the shoulder, the scapula , or scapulars":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ska-py\u0259-l\u0259r",
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"\u02c8skap-y\u0259-l\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"From a cardboard box, Butler chose a scapular and a rosary and put them in a plastic bag for a nurse to take to the patient\u2019s bedside. \u2014 Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2020",
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"Both pray the rosary daily, and Joe Borak wears a devotional scapular , similar to a necklace with religious text or pictures on both ends. \u2014 Kristin E. Holmes, Philly.com , 11 Oct. 2017",
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"It\u2019s designed after an escapul\u00e1rio, or scapular in English, a religious garment originally worn by Christian monks. \u2014 Alicia Delgallo, OrlandoSentinel.com , 26 Apr. 2017",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Strengthening the scapular muscles helps to keep them retracted while running, which is important when performing on all types of terrain. \u2014 Ben Walker, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2020",
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"Research comparing the impact of mouth versus nasal breathing on developing school-age children showed that mouth breathing creates structural changes that contribute to forward head posture and scapular winging, or shoulder blades sticking out. \u2014 Dana Santas, CNN , 23 June 2021",
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"The earliest known Near Eastern cremation, of a young person with moderate arthritis and a fragment of flint lodged in the sinister scapular spine, was dated to around 7000 bc. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 27 Oct. 2020",
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"With the pull-up bar, do a round of 10 scapular pull-ups and 10 regular pull-ups. \u2014 Popular Science , 29 Mar. 2020",
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"Fultz needs to answer the following questions: How did the scapular muscle imbalance somehow affect his shot when the same condition didn\u2019t force others to change their shot",
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"Markelle Fultz was ruled out indefinitely on Oct. 29 because of scapular muscle imbalance in his right shoulder after four appearances for Philadelphia. \u2014 Paul Coro, latimes.com , 10 Feb. 2018",
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"Media: Sports Illustrated Fultz was ruled out indefinitely in October with soreness and a scapular muscle imbalance in the shoulder. \u2014 Andy Schwartz, Houston Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2018",
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"The Sixers announced back on Dec. 9 that the 19-year-old was no longer experiencing soreness in his right shoulder and the scapular imbalance was resolved. \u2014 Keith Pompey, Philly.com , 18 Jan. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English scapulare , from Late Latin, from Latin scapula shoulder":"Noun",
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"New Latin scapularis , from scapula":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1713, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172825"
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},
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"scalytail":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": scaletail":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scaly + tail":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174007"
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},
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"scale moss":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": leafy liverwort":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174651"
|
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},
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"scarlet snake":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small slender colubrid snake ( Cemophora coccinea ) of the southern U.S. having the back transversely striped with black, red, and yellow":[],
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": scarlet king snake":[]
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183747"
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},
|
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"scales":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an instrument or machine for weighing":[],
|
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": a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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],
|
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": either pan or tray of a balance":[],
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": to weigh in scales":[],
|
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": to have a specified weight on scales":[],
|
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": a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish":[],
|
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": a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale":[
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"scales of mica",
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"the scales on a moth's wing"
|
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],
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": the scaly covering of a scaled animal":[],
|
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": a small thin dry lamina shed (as in many skin diseases) from the skin":[],
|
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": a thin coating, layer, or incrustation: such as":[],
|
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": a usually black scaly coating of oxide forming on the surface of a metal (such as iron) when it is heated for processing":[],
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": a hard incrustation usually rich in sulfate of calcium that is deposited on the inside of a vessel (such as a boiler) in which water is heated":[],
|
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": a modified leaf protecting a seed plant bud before expansion":[],
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": a thin, membranous, chaffy, or woody bract":[],
|
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": any of the small overlapping usually metal pieces forming the outer surface of scale armor":[],
|
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": scale armor":[],
|
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": scale insect":[],
|
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": infestation with or disease caused by scale insects":[],
|
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": to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping)":[
|
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"scale a fish"
|
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],
|
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": to take off in thin layers or scales":[
|
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"scale tartar from the teeth"
|
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],
|
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": to throw (something, such as a thin, flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water : skim":[],
|
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": to separate and come off in scales : flake":[],
|
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": to shed scales":[
|
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"scaling skin"
|
|
],
|
|
": a graduated series of musical tones ascending or descending in order of pitch according to a specified scheme of their intervals":[],
|
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": something graduated especially when used as a measure or rule: such as":[],
|
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": an indication of the relationship between the distances on a map and the corresponding actual distances":[],
|
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": a series of marks or points at known intervals used to measure distances (such as the height of the mercury in a thermometer)":[],
|
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": ruler sense 3":[],
|
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": a graduated series or scheme of rank or order":[
|
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"a scale of taxation"
|
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],
|
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": minimum wage sense 2":[],
|
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": a proportion between two sets of dimensions (as between those of a drawing and its original)":[],
|
|
": a distinctive relative size, extent, or degree":[
|
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"projects done on a large scale"
|
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],
|
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": a graded series of tests or of performances used in rating individual intelligence or achievement":[],
|
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": a means of ascent":[],
|
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": ladder":[],
|
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": according to the proportions of an established scale of measurement":[
|
|
"floor plans drawn to scale"
|
|
],
|
|
": to climb up or reach by means of a ladder":[],
|
|
": to attack with or take by means of scaling ladders":[
|
|
"scale a castle wall"
|
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],
|
|
": to reach the highest point of : surmount":[
|
|
"scale a mountain"
|
|
],
|
|
": to pattern, make, regulate, set, or estimate according to some rate or standard : adjust":[
|
|
"a production schedule scaled to actual need",
|
|
"\u2014 often used with back, down , or up scale down imports"
|
|
],
|
|
": to arrange in a graduated series":[],
|
|
": to measure by or as if by a scale":[],
|
|
": to measure or estimate the sound content of (logs, standing timber, etc.)":[],
|
|
": to climb by or as if by a ladder":[],
|
|
": to rise in a graduated series":[],
|
|
": measure":[],
|
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": an estimate of the amount of sound lumber in logs or standing timber":[],
|
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": escalade":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sk\u0101(\u0259)l",
|
|
"\u02c8sk\u0101l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English scole, scale bowl, scale of a balance, from Old Norse sk\u0101l ; akin to Old Norse skel shell \u2014 more at shell":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French escale, eschale , of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scealu shell, husk \u2014 more at shell":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from Late Latin scala ladder, staircase, from Latin scalae , plural, stairs, rungs, ladder; akin to Latin scandere to climb \u2014 more at scan":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from scale entry 5":"Verb and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":"Noun",
|
|
"1691, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6b":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":"Verb",
|
|
"circa 1587, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190057"
|
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},
|
|
"scavenger":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person employed to remove dirt and refuse from streets":[],
|
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": one that scavenges : such as":[],
|
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": a garbage collector":[],
|
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": a junk collector":[],
|
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": a chemically active substance acting to make innocuous or remove an undesirable substance":[],
|
|
": an organism that typically feeds on refuse or carrion":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ska-v\u0259n-j\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Those are delightful scavenger hunts that are about as accurate to history as the James Bond movies are to espionage. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
|
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"Those are delightful scavenger hunts that are about as accurate to history as the James Bond movies are to espionage. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Other activities include trivia contests, scavenger hunts, Pajama Jam character breakfasts, arts and crafts get-togethers and beach parties. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"Those are delightful scavenger hunts that are about as accurate to history as the James Bond movies are to espionage. \u2014 David Marchese, New York Times , 10 June 2022",
|
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"Paalam, who advanced to the semifinals of the men\u2019s flyweight tournament with a split-decision victory over 2016 gold medalist Shakhobidin Zoirov, was a landfill scavenger . \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Actually, Dad, some paleontologists believe T. rex may have been a scavenger . \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 14 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Live performers in costume interacted with fans in dramatic settings from the show\u2019s key scenes, sending fans on scavenger hunts while dishing out custom drinks and merchandise. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Zoom game night: The Forest Preserve District of Will County will host a virtual family game night, featuring trivia, puzzle solving and scavenger hunts, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 26 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"alteration of earlier scavager , from Anglo-French scawageour collector of scavage (duty collected from non-resident street merchants), from skawage scavage, from Middle French dialect (Flanders) escauver to inspect, from Middle Dutch scouwen ; akin to Old English sc\u0113awian to look at \u2014 more at show":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192924"
|
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},
|
|
"scatophagous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": habitually feeding on dung : coprophagous":[
|
|
"a scatophagous beetle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"sk\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4f\u0259g\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek skatophagos , from skat-, sk\u014dr excrement + phagein to eat":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193418"
|
|
},
|
|
"scarlet oak":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an oak ( Quercus coccinea ) having close-grained wood, deeply 7-lobed leaves that turn scarlet in autumn, and an acorn with a deep cup":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193509"
|
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},
|
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"scapulars":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a long wide band of cloth with an opening for the head worn front and back over the shoulders as part of a monastic habit":[],
|
|
": a pair of small cloth squares joined by shoulder tapes and worn under the clothing on the breast and back as a sacramental and often also as a badge of a third order or confraternity":[],
|
|
": scapula":[],
|
|
": one of the feathers covering the base of a bird's wing \u2014 see bird illustration":[],
|
|
": of or relating to the shoulder, the scapula , or scapulars":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ska-py\u0259-l\u0259r",
|
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"\u02c8skap-y\u0259-l\u0259r"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"From a cardboard box, Butler chose a scapular and a rosary and put them in a plastic bag for a nurse to take to the patient\u2019s bedside. \u2014 Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Both pray the rosary daily, and Joe Borak wears a devotional scapular , similar to a necklace with religious text or pictures on both ends. \u2014 Kristin E. Holmes, Philly.com , 11 Oct. 2017",
|
|
"It\u2019s designed after an escapul\u00e1rio, or scapular in English, a religious garment originally worn by Christian monks. \u2014 Alicia Delgallo, OrlandoSentinel.com , 26 Apr. 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Strengthening the scapular muscles helps to keep them retracted while running, which is important when performing on all types of terrain. \u2014 Ben Walker, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2020",
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"Research comparing the impact of mouth versus nasal breathing on developing school-age children showed that mouth breathing creates structural changes that contribute to forward head posture and scapular winging, or shoulder blades sticking out. \u2014 Dana Santas, CNN , 23 June 2021",
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"The earliest known Near Eastern cremation, of a young person with moderate arthritis and a fragment of flint lodged in the sinister scapular spine, was dated to around 7000 bc. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 27 Oct. 2020",
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"With the pull-up bar, do a round of 10 scapular pull-ups and 10 regular pull-ups. \u2014 Popular Science , 29 Mar. 2020",
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"Fultz needs to answer the following questions: How did the scapular muscle imbalance somehow affect his shot when the same condition didn\u2019t force others to change their shot",
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"Markelle Fultz was ruled out indefinitely on Oct. 29 because of scapular muscle imbalance in his right shoulder after four appearances for Philadelphia. \u2014 Paul Coro, latimes.com , 10 Feb. 2018",
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"Media: Sports Illustrated Fultz was ruled out indefinitely in October with soreness and a scapular muscle imbalance in the shoulder. \u2014 Andy Schwartz, Houston Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2018",
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"The Sixers announced back on Dec. 9 that the 19-year-old was no longer experiencing soreness in his right shoulder and the scapular imbalance was resolved. \u2014 Keith Pompey, Philly.com , 18 Jan. 2018"
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"Middle English scapulare , from Late Latin, from Latin scapula shoulder":"Noun",
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"New Latin scapularis , from scapula":"Adjective"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1713, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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": a roller in a textile machine for collecting loose fibers or fluff":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195640"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202246"
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"scambler":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a mealtime visitor : sponger":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skambl\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"origin unknown":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203538"
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},
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"scapular arch":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203840"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an acute contagious febrile disease caused by hemolytic Group A streptococci and characterized by inflammation of the nose, throat, and mouth, generalized toxemia, and a red rash":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u00e4r-l\u0259t-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As a child, Rudolph had pneumonia, scarlet fever and polio. \u2014 Elvia Lim\u00f3n, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
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"When the boy is sick with scarlet fever , the comfortable old toy comes back into favor. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
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"Jean Harlow died 85 years ago of uremic poisoning because of kidney failure \u2014 a bout of scarlet fever as a teenager compromised her kidneys. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
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"Other potentially fatal illnesses were also linked to milk, including diphtheria, typhoid and scarlet fever . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2021",
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"The islanders benefitted from a near-complete lack of infectious disease; many illnesses, including smallpox and scarlet fever , rarely reached them. \u2014 Katherine S. Xue, The New Yorker , 21 July 2021",
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"Nearly 50 years ago, medical sociologists John and Sonja McKinlay examined death rates from 10 serious diseases: tuberculosis, scarlet fever , influenzae, pneumonia, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, smallpox, typhoid, and polio. \u2014 Robert M. Kaplan, STAT , 12 July 2021",
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"Streptococcus pyogenes, the bacterium that causes strep throat and scarlet fever , can also cause organ damage, particularly of the heart. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 July 2021",
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"Antibiotics would take much of the terror out of diseases such as scarlet fever and pneumonia. \u2014 Perri Klass, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021"
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"circa 1651, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205227"
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a tropical American shrub ( Hamelia erecta ) having edible fruit and often cultivated for its showy scarlet or crimson flowers":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210253"
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"scavengery":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the removal of dirt, garbage, and other refuse from streets of a municipality":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skav\u0259\u0307nj\u0259r\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scavenger + -y":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210808"
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"scaw":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": headland , promontory":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sk\u022f"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skagi headland":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211019"
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},
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"scarlet king snake":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a king snake of the eastern and southeastern U.S. that is reddish with black and yellow or whitish bands and is typically 14 to 27 inches (36 to 69 centimeters) in length":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211617"
|
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},
|
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"scapi-":{
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"type":[
|
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"combining form"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": scape : stem : shaft":[
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"scapi form",
|
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"scapi gerous"
|
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin scapus shaft of a column, stalk":"Combining form"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212522"
|
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},
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"scabbard fish":{
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|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": silver scabbard fish":[]
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},
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213707"
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},
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"scapular medal":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a medal worn in place of a sacramental scapular":[]
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214231"
|
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},
|
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"scalar product":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a real number that is the product of the lengths of two vectors and the cosine of the angle between them":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215442"
|
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|
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|
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|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an instrument or machine for weighing":[],
|
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": a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
|
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],
|
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": either pan or tray of a balance":[],
|
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": to weigh in scales":[],
|
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": to have a specified weight on scales":[],
|
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": a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish":[],
|
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": a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale":[
|
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"scales of mica",
|
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"the scales on a moth's wing"
|
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],
|
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": the scaly covering of a scaled animal":[],
|
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": a small thin dry lamina shed (as in many skin diseases) from the skin":[],
|
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": a thin coating, layer, or incrustation: such as":[],
|
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": a usually black scaly coating of oxide forming on the surface of a metal (such as iron) when it is heated for processing":[],
|
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": a hard incrustation usually rich in sulfate of calcium that is deposited on the inside of a vessel (such as a boiler) in which water is heated":[],
|
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": a modified leaf protecting a seed plant bud before expansion":[],
|
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": a thin, membranous, chaffy, or woody bract":[],
|
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": any of the small overlapping usually metal pieces forming the outer surface of scale armor":[],
|
|
": scale armor":[],
|
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": scale insect":[],
|
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": infestation with or disease caused by scale insects":[],
|
|
": to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping)":[
|
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"scale a fish"
|
|
],
|
|
": to take off in thin layers or scales":[
|
|
"scale tartar from the teeth"
|
|
],
|
|
": to throw (something, such as a thin, flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water : skim":[],
|
|
": to separate and come off in scales : flake":[],
|
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": to shed scales":[
|
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"scaling skin"
|
|
],
|
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": a graduated series of musical tones ascending or descending in order of pitch according to a specified scheme of their intervals":[],
|
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": something graduated especially when used as a measure or rule: such as":[],
|
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": an indication of the relationship between the distances on a map and the corresponding actual distances":[],
|
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": a series of marks or points at known intervals used to measure distances (such as the height of the mercury in a thermometer)":[],
|
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": ruler sense 3":[],
|
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": a graduated series or scheme of rank or order":[
|
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"a scale of taxation"
|
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],
|
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": minimum wage sense 2":[],
|
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": a proportion between two sets of dimensions (as between those of a drawing and its original)":[],
|
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": a distinctive relative size, extent, or degree":[
|
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"projects done on a large scale"
|
|
],
|
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": a graded series of tests or of performances used in rating individual intelligence or achievement":[],
|
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": a means of ascent":[],
|
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": ladder":[],
|
|
": according to the proportions of an established scale of measurement":[
|
|
"floor plans drawn to scale"
|
|
],
|
|
": to climb up or reach by means of a ladder":[],
|
|
": to attack with or take by means of scaling ladders":[
|
|
"scale a castle wall"
|
|
],
|
|
": to reach the highest point of : surmount":[
|
|
"scale a mountain"
|
|
],
|
|
": to pattern, make, regulate, set, or estimate according to some rate or standard : adjust":[
|
|
"a production schedule scaled to actual need",
|
|
"\u2014 often used with back, down , or up scale down imports"
|
|
],
|
|
": to arrange in a graduated series":[],
|
|
": to measure by or as if by a scale":[],
|
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": to measure or estimate the sound content of (logs, standing timber, etc.)":[],
|
|
": to climb by or as if by a ladder":[],
|
|
": to rise in a graduated series":[],
|
|
": measure":[],
|
|
": an estimate of the amount of sound lumber in logs or standing timber":[],
|
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": escalade":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"\u02c8sk\u0101l",
|
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"\u02c8sk\u0101(\u0259)l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English scole, scale bowl, scale of a balance, from Old Norse sk\u0101l ; akin to Old Norse skel shell \u2014 more at shell":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French escale, eschale , of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scealu shell, husk \u2014 more at shell":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from Late Latin scala ladder, staircase, from Latin scalae , plural, stairs, rungs, ladder; akin to Latin scandere to climb \u2014 more at scan":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English, from scale entry 5":"Verb and Noun"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":"Noun",
|
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"1691, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6b":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":"Verb",
|
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"circa 1587, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221424"
|
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},
|
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"scatt":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": tax , tribute":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8skat"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English scat , from Old Norse skattr ; akin to Old English sceat property, money, a small coin, Old Church Slavonic skot\u016d domestic animal":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222833"
|
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},
|
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"scapul-":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"combining form"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": scapula":[
|
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"scapul ectomy",
|
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"scapulo pexy"
|
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],
|
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": scapular and":[
|
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"scapulo axillary"
|
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]
|
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin scapula":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223047"
|
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},
|
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"scalesman":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": scaleman sense 2":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sk\u0101(\u0259)lzm\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"scale entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223804"
|
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},
|
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"scarlet lake":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": blood red":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223807"
|
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},
|
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"scale tank":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a tank for spirit mounted on a scale so that the contents can be weighed":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"scale entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223937"
|
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},
|
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"scanning":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to read or mark so as to show metrical structure":[
|
|
"scan poetry"
|
|
],
|
|
": to examine by point-by-point observation or checking:":[],
|
|
": to investigate thoroughly by checking point by point and often repeatedly":[
|
|
"a fire lookout scanning the hills with binoculars"
|
|
],
|
|
": to glance from point to point of often hastily, casually, or in search of a particular item":[
|
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"scan the want ads looking for a job"
|
|
],
|
|
": to examine systematically (as by passing a beam of radiation over or through) in order to obtain data especially for display or storage":[
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"scanned the patient's heart",
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"radar scans the horizon",
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"scan the photos into the computer"
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],
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": to pass over in the formation of an image":[
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"the electron beam scans the picture tube"
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],
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": to scan verse":[],
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": to conform to a metrical pattern":[
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"this poem scans well"
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],
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": the act or process of scanning":[],
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": a radar or television trace":[],
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": an image formed by scanning something: such as":[],
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": a depiction (such as a photograph) of the distribution of a radioactive material in something (such as a bodily organ)":[],
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": an image of a bodily part produced (as by computer) by combining ultrasonic or radiographic data obtained from several angles or sections":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skan"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"audit",
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"check (out)",
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"con",
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"examine",
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"inspect",
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"overlook",
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"oversee",
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"review",
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"scrutinize",
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"survey",
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"view"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"audit",
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"check",
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"checkup",
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"examination",
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"going-over",
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"inspection",
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"look-see",
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"review",
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"scrutiny",
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"survey",
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"view"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scan Verb scrutinize , scan , inspect , examine mean to look at or over. scrutinize stresses close attention to minute detail. scrutinized the hospital bill scan implies a surveying from point to point often suggesting a cursory overall observation. scanned the wine list inspect implies scrutinizing for errors or defects. inspected my credentials examine suggests a scrutiny in order to determine the nature, condition, or quality of a thing. examined the specimens",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"He scanned the field with binoculars.",
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"He scanned the audience looking for his parents.",
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"She scanned his face for any clue to what he was thinking.",
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"She quickly scanned the pages of the newspaper.",
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"She scanned through the list to find her name.",
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"Their bags were scanned at the airport.",
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"This machine scans a patient's brain.",
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"Noun",
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"The patient underwent a brain scan .",
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"The doctor examined the bone scans .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Suppose though that instead there was an attempt made to read your mind and meanwhile scan your face to determine your loyalty quotient. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
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"The sheriff\u2019s department deployed drones, boats and divers to search the ocean for Richard or his vehicle, and local fishermen used sonar to scan for remains. \u2014 Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 June 2022",
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"In addition, Amazon announced a new system that can instantly scan incoming packages, eliminating the need for workers to aim handheld scanners at each package\u2019s barcode. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
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"Before the deputy could scan her belongings, which Finethy said is standard protocol for all who enter, Ford insisted on returning to her car. \u2014 Caroline Silva, ajc , 17 June 2022",
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"Financed by the National Science Foundation, the Rubin Observatory is an 8.4-meter telescope that will repeatedly scan the night sky to track what changes over time. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
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"The bank now operates out of a building where workers scan their palms to operate the elevators. \u2014 Kate King, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
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"Travelers have to fill out a Q-CODE form with their passport information, vaccine record, and travel information before arriving in South Korea and will receive a QR code to scan . \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
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"The robot can easily roll up to the penguins and scan the tags without introducing a harmful human footprint in an already vulnerable ecosystem or affecting the colony, per CNN. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Officials detected suspicious objects in the women\u2019s luggage during an X-ray scan at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, according to Thailand\u2019s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. \u2014 Andrew Jeong, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
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"At 18 to 22, an ultrasound anatomy scan of the baby\u2019s heart, brain, lungs, bones, stomach, fingers, and toes. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
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"When Solano initially strained his hamstring running the bases in spring training, he was evaluated by the Cincinnati Reds\u2019 medical staff and never underwent an MRI scan . \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
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"This more agile proxy performs an impromptu mental scan of Evelyn, instructing her how to access her alternate lives, unlocking all kinds of kooky Charlie Kaufman-esque possibilities. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"The malicious nature of LHR Unlocker was noticed by a Russian data scientist named Mikhail Stepanov, who posted an antivirus scan of the driver file on Sergey\u2019s own GitHub page. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"The Fit Xperience app uses light detection and range sensors to get an accurate 3D scan of customer\u2019s different body types. \u2014 Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Feb. 2022",
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"There wasn\u2019t a major revelation from the scan and studies, Schrock said, but there was a peace of mind in finding some small things that should help him. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 17 June 2022",
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"In May, the FBI released the first 1,035 pages, which included some historical research, the data from the promising geophysical scan , and many, many photos from the excavation. \u2014 Chris Heath, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English scannen , from Late Latin scandere , from Latin, to climb; akin to Middle Irish sceinnid he springs, Sanskrit skandati he leaps":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224802"
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},
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"scaleman":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one who repairs scales":[],
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": one whose work is weighing goods or ingredients sometimes with automatic scales":[],
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": a worker who removes scale from newly-processed iron and steel equipment":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scale entry 1 + man":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002115"
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},
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"scaum":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": burn , scorch":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sk\u0227m",
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"\u02c8sk\u022fm"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003154"
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},
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"Scaphopoda":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small class of Mollusca comprising bilaterally symmetrical marine forms that have a tapering tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spade-shaped foot for burrowing, many long slender prehensile oral tentacles about a mouth containing a radula, a rudimentary heart, no gills, and separate sexes whose reproductive products escape through the right kidney \u2014 see tooth shell \u2014 compare gastropoda":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sk\u0259\u02c8f\u00e4p\u0259d\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from scaph- + -poda":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020923"
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},
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"scale duck":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sheldrake":[],
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": merganser":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scale entry 5":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021107"
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},
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"scalelike":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sk\u0101l-\u02ccl\u012bk"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024658"
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},
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"scale effect":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the correction necessary to apply to measurements made on a model in a wind tunnel in order to deduce corresponding values for the full-sized object":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"scale entry 7":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025252"
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}
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