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{
"BAS":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"bachelor of applied science":[],
"bachelor of arts and sciences":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031638",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
]
},
"BAg":{
"antonyms":[
"balloon",
"beetle",
"belly",
"billow",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"poke",
"pooch",
"pouch",
"pout",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
],
"definitions":{
": a bag for game":[],
": a puffed-out sag or bulge in cloth":[],
": a puffy or sagging protuberance of flabby skin":[],
": a square white stuffed canvas bag used to mark a base in baseball":[],
": a usually flexible container that may be closed for holding, storing, or carrying something: such as":[],
": an assortment or collection especially of nonmaterial things":[
"a bag of tricks"
],
": an unattractive woman":[],
": capture , seize":[],
": drunk sense 1a":[],
": something resembling a bag: such as":[],
": suitcase":[],
": the amount contained in a bag":[],
": to achieve in or as if in competition : win":[
"bag a playoff berth"
],
": to cause to swell":[],
": to dismiss (someone) from a job or position : fire , sack":[
"Tiger's been losing his temper and his putting stroke. He shed his agent, and he bagged his caddy \u2026",
"\u2014 Robert Sullivan"
],
": to get possession of especially by strategy or stealth":[],
": to give up, forgo, or abandon especially for something more desirable or attainable":[
"decided to bag her job and move to the country",
"\u2014 often used with it I headed all the way across campus in the sleet for my 12:40, and after twenty minutes I just wanted to bag it and crawl back into bed. \u2014 Kate Haracz"
],
": to hang loosely":[],
": to put into a bag":[],
": to shoot down : destroy":[],
": to swell out : bulge":[],
": to take (animals) as game":[],
": to ventilate the lungs of (a patient) using a hand-squeezed bag attached to a face mask":[
"I asked the respiratory therapist to continue bagging and assisting the patient while I sought the family's permission not to proceed with intubation.",
"\u2014 Malinda H. Bell"
],
"bachelor of agriculture":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She packed her lunch in a paper bag .",
"She put the pencil in her bag .",
"a tired old man with bags under his eyes",
"Verb",
"He got a job bagging groceries.",
"The hunters bagged five deer altogether.",
"We bagged 10 fish today.",
"She's expected to bag the award for the team's most valuable player.",
"I bagged the last seat so everyone else had to stand.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The feature won\u2019t work on every site out of the bag . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 June 2022",
"The Sell by date, along with the UPC code, can be found on the bottom and back of each bag . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
"The kicker: 95 percent of the bag is made from a single polyester polymer, so that portion be recycled when it can\u2019t be repaired anymore. \u2014 Will Taylor, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"And by avoiding digging through the entire contents of a bag to find one particular item, keeping clothing wrinkle-free is also made much easier. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 7 June 2022",
"Fold or clip the top of the bag shut, which will seal the ethylene inside. \u2014 Beth Branch, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
"Police say Randle was in possession of a bag with a gun in it. \u2014 Chron , 11 May 2022",
"The price of the chips has stayed the same but the contents of the bag have shrunk, from 12 to 11 oz. \u2014 Rachel Wolfe, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"From the second-base side of the bag , Velazquez dived up the middle to stop Juan Soto\u2019s shot, scrambled to his knees and made a 12-foot, around-the-back pass to second baseman Tyler Wade for the out. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to the music licensing organization, Sheeran is the first artist to bag both titles twice. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
"Dagne Dover\u2019s Indi bag easily clips onto strollers and even has a mini changing mat. \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"Inside the stadium, a fan with a choice seat behind home plate waited until the ninth inning to bag his head. \u2014 Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Inside the stadium, a fan with a choice seat behind home plate waited until the ninth inning to bag his head. \u2014 Patricia Gallagher Newberry, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Last week Kylie Jenner made the glass bag the focal point of her look for a press day for the new Kardashian reality show. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
"While the show\u2019s critical success has helped bag big name guest stars, the creative team isn\u2019t concerning themselves with living up to any hype. \u2014 Katcy Stephan, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The candy giant has released a Late Night Taco Truck jelly beans bag as part of its 2022 Easter collection, with a taste meant to meant to capture the experience of snacking on the favorite Mexican delight. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"For those looking to bag peaks, Texas has those, too. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bagge , from Old Norse baggi":"Noun",
"Middle English baggen , verbal derivative of bagge bag entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"also \u02c8b\u0101g",
"\u02c8bag"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bag Verb catch , capture , trap , snare , entrap , ensnare , bag mean to come to possess or control by or as if by seizing. catch implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding. caught the dog as it ran by capture suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty. capture an enemy stronghold trap , snare , entrap , ensnare imply seizing by some device that holds the one caught at the mercy of the captor. trap and snare apply more commonly to physical seizing. trap animals snared butterflies with a net entrap and ensnare more often are figurative. entrapped the witness with a trick question a sting operation that ensnared burglars bag implies shooting down a fleeing or distant prey. bagged a brace of pheasants",
"synonyms":[
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111859",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"noun,",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"Babinski reflex":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a reflex movement in which when the sole is tickled the big toe turns upward instead of downward and which is normal in infancy but indicates damage to the central nervous system (as in the pyramidal tracts) later in life":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"J. F. F. Babinski \u20201932 French neurologist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259-\u02ccbin-sk\u0113-",
"b\u0259-\u02c8bin(t)-sk\u0113-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194629",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Babuyan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"chief island of the Babuyan group of northern Philippines":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u00e4-bu\u0307-\u02c8y\u00e4n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025639",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Babuyan Islands":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"islands of the northern Philippines north of Luzon area 225 square miles (585 square kilometers)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u00e4-bu\u0307-\u02c8y\u00e4n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190144",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Babylonian":{
"antonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"humble",
"no-frills",
"spartan"
],
"definitions":{
": a native or inhabitant of ancient Babylonia or Babylon":[],
": marked by luxury, extravagance, or the pursuit of sensual pleasure":[
"the Babylonian halls of the big hotel",
"\u2014 G. K. Chesterton",
"the Babylonian delights of the city"
],
": of, relating to, or characteristic of Babylonia or Babylon , the Babylonians , or Babylonian":[],
": the form of the Akkadian language used in ancient Babylonia":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the Babylonian glitter of the city's gold coast"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0113-\u0259n",
"\u02ccba-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-ny\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"Lucullan",
"Lucullian",
"luxe",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"luxury",
"opulent",
"palace",
"palatial",
"plush",
"plushy",
"silken",
"sumptuous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045148",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Backstein":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a German cheese resembling limburger that is produced in brick shape":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1911, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"German backstein k\u00e4se, literally, brick cheese, from backstein brick (from backen to bake\u2014from Old High German backan\u2014+ stein stone, from Old High German) + k\u00e4se cheese; akin to Old High German bahhan to bake":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4k\u02ccs(h)t\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193122",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Badarian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or belonging to an Egyptian predynastic neolithic culture dated about 5000 b.c. and characterized by fine handmade pottery (such as black beakers with incised designs in white), flint tools, and polished stone axes":[],
": one of the ancient Egyptian people who produced the Badarian culture":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1928, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Badari , village in Upper Egypt, where the discoveries were made + English -an":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8d\u00e4r\u0113\u0259n",
"\""
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000945",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Badge of Ulster":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": red hand":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-j\u0259\u02c8v\u0259lzt\u0259(r)",
"-lst-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111315",
"type":[]
},
"Bagdad boil":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": oriental sore":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Baghdad, Bagdad , Iraq":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193336",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Bagdi":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of a numerous caste of field laborers of Bengal":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1891, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Bengali":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4gd\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113459",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Bago":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"town northeast of Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma) possibly dating to the 6th century a.d. and historically serving as a capital":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259-\u02c8g\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083930",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Bagobo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of such people":[],
": a predominantly pagan people inhabiting southern Mindanao, Philippines":[],
": the Austronesian language of the Bagobo people":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8g\u014d(\u02cc)b\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105635",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Baily's beads":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the row of brilliant points of sunlight shining through valleys on the edge of the moon that are seen for a few seconds just before and after the central phase in an eclipse of the sun":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1858, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Francis Baily \u20201844 English astronomer who described them":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101l\u0113z-",
"-liz-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072923",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"Bain":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Alexander 1818\u20131903 Scottish psychologist":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114702",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Balboa":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the traditional basic monetary unit of Panama \u2014 see Money Table":[],
"Vasco N\u00fa\u00f1ez de 1475\u20131519 Spanish explorer and conquistador":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Using cryptocurrency will be optional for Panama\u2019s citizens, as opposed to replacing the Panamanian balboa \u2014just as Bitcoin is used alongside the U.S. dollar in El Salvador. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"One of Marcano Quiles\u2019 treasures is the Panamanian balboa coin, one of Panama\u2019s official currencies, as a necklace that is only owned by the Alpha Alpha chapter\u2019s brothers. \u2014 Ashley Maria Berm\u00fadez / Special To The Sentinel, orlandosentinel.com , 25 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from Vasco N\u00fa\u00f1ez de Balboa":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"bal-\u02c8b\u014d-\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120413",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"Balboa Heights":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"town in Panama at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal adjacent to Panama (city); former administrative center of the Canal Zone":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)bal-\u02c8b\u014d-\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042107",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Balch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Emily Greene 1867\u20131961 American economist and sociologist":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022flch"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172650",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Bamian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"town in the western Hindu Kush mountain range of eastern Afghanistan":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u00e4-m\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135009",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Banaba":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"island in the western Pacific east-southeast of Nauru; belongs to Kiribati area over 2 square miles (5 square kilometers), population 284":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u00e4-\u02c8n\u00e4-b\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232704",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Banach algebra":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a linear algebra over the field of real or complex numbers that is also a Banach space for which the norm of the product of x and y is less than or equal to the product of the norm of x and the norm of y for all x and y belonging to it":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Stefan Banach \u20201945 Polish mathematician":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259k-",
"-\u02ccn\u00e4\u1e35-",
"\u02c8b\u00e4-\u02ccn\u00e4k-",
"-n\u0259\u1e35-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113213",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Banach space":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a complete normed vector space":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Stefan Banach \u20201945 Polish mathematician":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259k-",
"-\u02ccn\u00e4\u1e35-",
"\u02c8b\u00e4-\u02ccn\u00e4k-",
"-n\u0259\u1e35-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190515",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Banach space?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=b&file=banach01":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a complete normed vector space":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Stefan Banach \u20201945 Polish mathematician":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259k-",
"-\u02ccn\u00e4\u1e35-",
"\u02c8b\u00e4-\u02ccn\u00e4k-",
"-n\u0259\u1e35-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191648",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Banahao, Mount":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"extinct volcano 7141 feet (2142 meters) on southern Luzon, Philippines, southeast of Manila":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u00e4-\u02c8n\u00e4-\u02cchau\u0307"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182155",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Banahao, Mount?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=b&file=banah01g":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"extinct volcano 7141 feet (2142 meters) on southern Luzon, Philippines, southeast of Manila":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u00e4-\u02c8n\u00e4-\u02cchau\u0307"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192954",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Bandar-e Khomeyni":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"town and port at the head of the Persian Gulf east-northeast of Abadan in southwestern Iran population 67,000":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-k\u014d-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113",
"\u02ccb\u0259n-d\u0259r(-\u0113)-\u02cc\u1e35\u014d-m\u0101-\u02c8n\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105105",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Bandaranaike":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias 1916\u20132000 prime minister of Sri Lanka (1960\u201365; 1970\u201377)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u00e4n-d\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8n\u012b-\u0259-k\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174111",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Bandello":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Matteo 1485\u20131561 Italian writer":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"ban-\u02c8de-(\u02cc)l\u014d",
"b\u00e4n-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105149",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Bandung":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city southeast of Jakarta in western Java, Indonesia population 2,057,442":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4n-\u02ccdu\u0307\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045505",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Bangkok":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a hat woven of fine palm fiber in the Philippines":[],
"city and port on the Chao Phraya about 25 miles (40 kilometers) above its mouth; capital of Thailand population 6,160,498":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"earlier bangkok , a fine straw, from Bangkok , Thailand":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ba\u014b-\u02c8k\u00e4k",
"\u02c8ba\u014b-\u02cck\u00e4k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115419",
"type":[
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"noun"
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": an aromatic solution of iron and ammonium acetate formerly used as a hematinic":[]
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": a genus (the type of the family Basilosauridae) of large slender-bodied Eocene whales that are found most abundantly in Alabamian and Floridian rocks and that have serrated posterior teeth with two roots \u2014 see zeuglodontia":[]
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"\u02ccbas\u0259l\u014d\u02c8s\u022fr\u0259s"
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": July 14 observed in France as a national holiday in commemoration of the fall of the Bastille in 1789":[]
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"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
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"former metropolitan borough of southwestern London, England, on the south bank of the Thames River, now part of Wandsworth":[]
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": 18th century English decorative enamel work with painted or transfer designs on a usually white background":[]
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"city in Bavaria, Germany, northeast of Nuremberg population 72,777":[]
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": a lead-base alloy containing 1 to 10 percent tin and 10 to 15 percent antimony with or without some arsenic":[],
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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"after Isaac Babbitt \u20201862 American inventor":""
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": a molding box in which bearings or bearing brasses are placed while being babbitted":[]
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"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1576, in the meaning defined above":""
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": to make sounds as though babbling":[],
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"Second, baby parrots tend to babble quietly when no adults are around, often without even fully opening their beaks. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022"
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": idle, foolish, or nonsensical talk or chatter":[
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"\u2014 M. R. Hiller"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For example, if one nestling is given corticosterone, did all its siblings\u2019 babbling increase? \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The lags were seen in behaviors such as rolling over, reaching for objects or babbling \u2014basic milestones of infancy. \u2014 Carey Goldberg, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"And some of it (those transcripts, Jack and Neal high and babbling ) is unreadable. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 11 Mar. 2022",
"But as much as this behavior seemed like human babbling , scientists hadn\u2019t formally compared the two, says co-author Mirjam Kn\u00f6rnschild, a behavioral ecologist also at MNH. \u2014 Cathleen O\u2019grady, Science | AAAS , 19 Aug. 2021",
"In the background of her messages were the sounds of many people talking and walking around, children playing and babbling . \u2014 Luciana Lopez, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The bat pup chatter shared all the major features of human babbling , the researchers report today in Science. \u2014 Cathleen O\u2019grady, Science | AAAS , 19 Aug. 2021",
"My favorite was a little babbling brook that came out of the side of the mountain. \u2014 Kelly Cannon, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Aug. 2021",
"The world is upon you as a pressure, an aesthetic offense, a ghastly payload of noise and glare and babbling , galumphing people. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 30 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
"When Sarah and Justin Arrington bought a gorgeous parcel of land\u2014complete with rolling hills, winding trails, and a babbling creek\u2014their plans for a future forever home were intentional and hard-won. \u2014 Lauren Helmer, al , 21 Mar. 2020",
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020"
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"vet",
"veteran"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Carolyn Murphy as a California surf babe for denim brand Mother is everything on this Monday. \u2014 Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"So as a babe , and long after, he was allowed into her cabin to nurse. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The birthday babe is about to discover their signature scent with this custom fragrance experience from Olfactory NYC. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 2 June 2022",
"Extremely smart and eager to please his two-legged best friends, this brilliant babe would also enjoy learning new tricks to help keep his mind active. \u2014 The Republic, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Luma\u2019s a working mother, allowed only a nuzzle or two with her baby before the babe is given a rubber udder attached to a pail and Mom is back to be milked or mated with, incongruously set to the tunes of lo-fi contemporary pop ballads. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Each snuggly soft babe comes with a removable outfit, so your toddlers can mix and match while practicing their fine motor skills when dressing and undressing their dolls. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"Hey babe : As lawmakers sort through community requests in the pending capital budget, Laura Hancock provides a description of 14 social services requests from Cuyahoga County. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The charming actor was turned into a Berghain-ready babe . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
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"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0259l"
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"bedlam",
"circus",
"madhouse",
"scrum",
"three-ring circus"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Gary Lee"
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"\u2014 Francine du Plessix Gray"
]
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"an elderly Russian woman with a babushka",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Ukrainian babushka waited for a departing train headed east. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022",
"The look is finished off with a silk scarf tied around her head like a babushka , gigantic sunglasses, and a Dior tote with her name embroidered onto it. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The babushka -wearing elderly women sweeping the vast square early every morning used bunches of twigs tied to short broomsticks. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Retro kerchiefs appeared at Conner Ives and Anna Sui, while Paco Rabanne imagined a cozier take: A faux fur babushka . \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 19 Mar. 2021",
"For those who don\u2019t fish for keeps, or for those whose haul exceeds the limits of their bellies, an old, dumpling-faced Russian woman in a babushka takes up the slack. \u2014 Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream , 8 Dec. 2020",
"An old lady in a babushka greets him warmly and congratulates him on his great new gig as a bakery delivery man. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 4 May 2020",
"One mother has decided to adopt multiple personas: a Russian babushka , a cynical Brooklynite and a Scottish woman who loves the outdoors. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Following in the footsteps of rapper A$AP Rocky and model Kendall Jenner, Jaden Smith became the latest style star to sport a babushka . \u2014 Vogue , 28 Sep. 2019"
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"b\u0259-\u02c8b\u00fcsh-k\u0259",
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"bandanna",
"bandana",
"do-rag",
"handkerchief",
"kerchief",
"madras",
"mantilla"
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"coddle",
"cosset",
"dandle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"nurse",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"wet-nurse"
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"\u2014 often used in address"
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"a baby grand piano",
"Take baby steps."
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"a baby bonnet"
],
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"When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby ."
],
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"The project was his baby ."
],
": the youngest of a group":[
"He is the baby of the family."
],
": to tend to indulge with often excessive or inappropriate care and solicitude":[
"babying their only child"
],
": to use or treat with care":[
"babying a sore knee"
]
},
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"Noun",
"I hear the baby crying.",
"The baby is just learning to crawl.",
"a bird and its babies",
"My sister is the baby of the family.",
"\u201cOnly 32? Oh, you're just a baby !\u201d",
"When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby .",
"Don't be such a baby \u2014you'll get your turn.",
"Nothing's gone right since my baby went away.",
"Verb",
"That boy will never learn to stand up for himself if you don't stop babying him.",
"It looked like he was babying his injured foot.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The unidentified woman was pushing a baby stroller on Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street around 8:25 p.m. when a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt came up from behind and shot her in the head, ABC News New York station WABC reported. \u2014 Melissa Gaffney, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
"No arrests have been made so far in the fatal close-range shooting of a 20-year-old woman who was pushing a three-month-old infant in a baby stroller in Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"Every woman should have the guilt-free ability to choose how to feed her baby . \u2014 Whitney Casares, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Over the weekend, a Twitter thread went viral in which a woman described, with detail both clinical and pummeling, learning at 17 weeks pregnant that her baby would not survive. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"These ceramic glazed pots will hold your baby succulent, cactus or other small plant. \u2014 Kaitlin Madden, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
"The CNN Senior Legal Affairs Correspondent, 39, and husband Jason Kolsevich welcomed their first baby together, daughter Jordan Reid, on Monday, June 6, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Our next chapter begins now, and our baby is truly a badass. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 28 June 2022",
"Isabella\u2019s alleged motive was to get rid of all these potential royal baby -making machines and clear the way to the French throne for her own children. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"These are major changes, and returning to pre- baby athletic performance will take time. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
"The rapper continued her surprise post- baby tour of Paris Fashion Week at the Balenciaga office in Paris Thursday. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Earlier this week, the mom of two made her first post- baby appearance strutting down the red carpet in a jaw-dropping look from Thierry Mugler. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"During a recent meditation session, the memory of a friend who had struggled with losing her post- baby weight came to Ross. \u2014 Lola Ogunnaike, Marie Claire , 17 May 2021",
"Sevigny also shared how she's been adapting to parenthood, explaining how her pre- baby organization has gone out the window since bringing home her new addition. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 31 Aug. 2020",
"Two more members of the group chimed in with tales of their own post- baby dental decline. \u2014 Rosie Colosi, The Atlantic , 28 July 2021",
"The duo recently opened up about learning how to embrace their post- baby bodies and experiencing postpartum symptoms together. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com , 13 July 2021",
"On Thursday, the Food Network star, 39, opened up about her post- baby body and getting back to feeling herself after welcoming her first child, Iris Marion, with husband Ryan Biegel last September. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 9 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In 2020, the duchess brought together 19 British brands and retailers to donate more than 10,000 new items to baby banks across the nation. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
"My little boy gave me another four months to baby him and love him more than anything. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"Delta\u2019s cargo unit can ship a variety of live animals, ranging from insects to baby chicks to primates moving between wildlife preserves or zoos. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Seventeen , 25 Apr. 2022",
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Seventeen , 25 Apr. 2022",
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
"1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"verbal derivative of baby entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for baby Verb indulge , pamper , humor , spoil , baby , mollycoddle mean to show undue favor to a person's desires and feelings. indulge implies excessive compliance and weakness in gratifying another's or one's own desires. indulged myself with food at the slightest excuse pamper implies inordinate gratification of desire for luxury and comfort with consequent enervating effect. pampered by the amenities of modern living humor stresses a yielding to a person's moods or whims. humored him by letting him tell the story spoil stresses the injurious effects on character by indulging or pampering. foolish parents spoil their children baby suggests excessive care, attention, or solicitude. babying students by grading too easily mollycoddle suggests an excessive degree of care and attention to another's health or welfare. refused to mollycoddle her malingering son",
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"child",
"infant",
"neonate",
"newborn"
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"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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"indulge",
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"\u2014 often used in address"
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"Take baby steps."
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"When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby ."
],
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"babying a sore knee"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"I hear the baby crying.",
"The baby is just learning to crawl.",
"a bird and its babies",
"My sister is the baby of the family.",
"\u201cOnly 32? Oh, you're just a baby !\u201d",
"When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby .",
"Don't be such a baby \u2014you'll get your turn.",
"Nothing's gone right since my baby went away.",
"Verb",
"That boy will never learn to stand up for himself if you don't stop babying him.",
"It looked like he was babying his injured foot.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The unidentified woman was pushing a baby stroller on Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street around 8:25 p.m. when a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt came up from behind and shot her in the head, ABC News New York station WABC reported. \u2014 Melissa Gaffney, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
"No arrests have been made so far in the fatal close-range shooting of a 20-year-old woman who was pushing a three-month-old infant in a baby stroller in Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"Every woman should have the guilt-free ability to choose how to feed her baby . \u2014 Whitney Casares, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Over the weekend, a Twitter thread went viral in which a woman described, with detail both clinical and pummeling, learning at 17 weeks pregnant that her baby would not survive. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"These ceramic glazed pots will hold your baby succulent, cactus or other small plant. \u2014 Kaitlin Madden, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
"The CNN Senior Legal Affairs Correspondent, 39, and husband Jason Kolsevich welcomed their first baby together, daughter Jordan Reid, on Monday, June 6, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Our next chapter begins now, and our baby is truly a badass. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 28 June 2022",
"Isabella\u2019s alleged motive was to get rid of all these potential royal baby -making machines and clear the way to the French throne for her own children. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"These are major changes, and returning to pre- baby athletic performance will take time. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
"The rapper continued her surprise post- baby tour of Paris Fashion Week at the Balenciaga office in Paris Thursday. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Earlier this week, the mom of two made her first post- baby appearance strutting down the red carpet in a jaw-dropping look from Thierry Mugler. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"During a recent meditation session, the memory of a friend who had struggled with losing her post- baby weight came to Ross. \u2014 Lola Ogunnaike, Marie Claire , 17 May 2021",
"Sevigny also shared how she's been adapting to parenthood, explaining how her pre- baby organization has gone out the window since bringing home her new addition. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 31 Aug. 2020",
"Two more members of the group chimed in with tales of their own post- baby dental decline. \u2014 Rosie Colosi, The Atlantic , 28 July 2021",
"The duo recently opened up about learning how to embrace their post- baby bodies and experiencing postpartum symptoms together. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com , 13 July 2021",
"On Thursday, the Food Network star, 39, opened up about her post- baby body and getting back to feeling herself after welcoming her first child, Iris Marion, with husband Ryan Biegel last September. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 9 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In 2020, the duchess brought together 19 British brands and retailers to donate more than 10,000 new items to baby banks across the nation. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
"My little boy gave me another four months to baby him and love him more than anything. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"Delta\u2019s cargo unit can ship a variety of live animals, ranging from insects to baby chicks to primates moving between wildlife preserves or zoos. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Seventeen , 25 Apr. 2022",
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Seventeen , 25 Apr. 2022",
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.?!?? \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
"1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for baby Verb indulge , pamper , humor , spoil , baby , mollycoddle mean to show undue favor to a person's desires and feelings. indulge implies excessive compliance and weakness in gratifying another's or one's own desires. indulged myself with food at the slightest excuse pamper implies inordinate gratification of desire for luxury and comfort with consequent enervating effect. pampered by the amenities of modern living humor stresses a yielding to a person's moods or whims. humored him by letting him tell the story spoil stresses the injurious effects on character by indulging or pampering. foolish parents spoil their children baby suggests excessive care, attention, or solicitude. babying students by grading too easily mollycoddle suggests an excessive degree of care and attention to another's health or welfare. refused to mollycoddle her malingering son",
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"bambino",
"child",
"infant",
"neonate",
"newborn"
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"verb"
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"examples":[
"She babysits their kids on Saturday nights.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vesbit will sometimes babysit while Roost and her son are in town. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2022",
"Family Christian Center hired Smith, a church member and Valparaiso University student, to babysit the Munseys\u2019 grandchild in their Schererville home in the 1400 Block of Wilderness Drive on May 29, 2015, the lawsuit stated. \u2014 Meredith Colias-pete, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The second mother was supposed to babysit all seven kids. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"There is an in-it-together camaraderie in the neighborhood \u2014 regular pizza night with the children, offers to babysit or run an errand to the grocery store, kid-clothes hand-me-downs from Kruger for her younger kids. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The machine makes the decision \u2014 like a parent or guardian assigned to babysit the human driver. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Michael Che isn't rushing to babysit Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson's son anytime soon. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Did the Mets hire Joey Cora simply to babysit Francisco Lindor? \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Sometimes his daughter's grandparents are able to babysit for the day, but not always. \u2014 Eric Levenson And Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1944, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
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"back-formation from babysitter":""
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113-\u02ccsit"
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]
},
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"ago",
"agone",
"since",
"syne"
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"sat in back"
],
": a show of contempt":[],
": a swimming race in which swimmers use the backstroke":[
"She placed first in the 100-meter back ."
],
": articulated at or toward the back of the oral passage : formed deep within the mouth":[
"back vowels"
],
": behind":[
"One day, I was sitting in the tiny parlor in back of the store \u2026",
"\u2014 John McNulty"
],
": being at or in the back":[
"back door"
],
": being in arrears : overdue":[
"is owed several months in back pay"
],
": capacity for labor, effort, or endurance":[
"Put your back into it!"
],
": constituting the final 9 holes of an 18-hole course":[],
": distant from a central or main area":[
"back roads"
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": having returned or been returned":[],
": in a delayed or retarded condition":[
"Bad weather set the launch date back several days."
],
": in return or reply":[
"forgot to write back"
],
": moving or operating backward : reverse":[
"back action with oars"
],
": not current":[
"back issues of a magazine"
],
": something at or on the back for support":[
"back of a chair"
],
": spinal column":[
"She had surgery on her back ."
],
": spine sense 1c":[
"The title is on the book's back ."
],
": substantiate":[
"\u2014 often used with up needs to back up her argument with evidence"
],
": the back considered as an area of vulnerability":[
"the police officer's partner always watches his back"
],
": the back considered as the seat of one's awareness of duty or failings":[
"get off my back"
],
": the body considered as the wearer of clothes":[
"They were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs ."
],
": the part of a lower animal (such as a quadruped ) corresponding to the human back":[
"riding on the back of an elephant"
],
": the part of one's mind where thoughts and memories are stored to be drawn on":[],
": the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine":[],
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"back a new company"
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": to be at the rear part of : to be at the back (see back entry 1 sense 2 ) of":[
"a row of garages back the building"
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": to cause to go back (see back entry 2 sense 1a ) or in reverse":[
"back the car into the garage"
],
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"back a skirt with stiff material"
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": to get into inadvertently":[
"backed into the antiques business"
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"The house backs onto a golf course."
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": to manage the sails of a ship so as to keep it clear of obstructions as it floats down with the current of a river or channel":[],
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"backed into a parking space",
"\u2014 often used with up back up to give him some space Let's back up a little to clarify what we're saying."
],
": to or at an angle off the vertical":[
"leaned back on his chair"
],
": to or toward a former state":[
"went back to private life"
],
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"\u2014 often used with up a singer backed up by a guitarist"
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": to shift counterclockwise \u2014 compare veer entry 1 sense 2":[],
": to support by material or moral assistance":[
"backing a candidate for governor",
"\u2014 often used with up back up a friend in a fight"
],
": to take opposite positions alternately : shilly-shally":[
"has been back and filling on the issue"
],
": to, toward, or at the rear":[
"asked the crowd to move back"
],
": to, toward, or in a place from which a person or thing came":[
"She left home and never went back .",
"put the book back"
],
": under restraint":[
"He wanted to fight but his friends held him back .",
"holding back a laugh"
],
": without one's knowledge":[
"talking about me behind my back"
],
"river 605 miles (974 kilometers) long in Nunavut, Canada, rising along the border with the Northwest Territories and flowing east-northeast into the Arctic Ocean":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She was carrying her little daughter on her back .",
"She has a pain in the small of her back .",
"I slapped him on his back to congratulate him.",
"She stabbed him in the back .",
"He was handcuffed with his hands behind his back .",
"a bird with a spotted back",
"riding on the back of a horse",
"a comfortable chair with a padded back",
"Adverb",
"The soldiers moved back from the front lines.",
"The police asked the crowd to move back from the scene of the accident.",
"He left his friends two miles back .",
"She turned around and looked back toward him.",
"a chapter beginning several pages back",
"He left his home and never went back .",
"It's time to go back home.",
"She took the book off the shelf and forgot to put it back .",
"In the opening chapter the author looks back on his youth.",
"an event back in the last century",
"Adjective",
"He keeps his wallet in his back pocket.",
"We came in through the back entrance.",
"We drove on the back roads instead of the main roads.",
"The company owes him several months in back pay.",
"Verb",
"I'm backing him for President.",
"She backed the winner of the race and won a lot of money.",
"She backed her argument with written evidence.",
"She backed the singer on the guitar.",
"She backed into a parking space.",
"She backed out of the garage.",
"The dog kept growling but backed off cautiously.",
"back a skirt with stiff material",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Police were called at 9:55 p.m. to the 400 block of Curley Street in the Ellwood Park neighborhood where officers found a woman who had been shot in the back . \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
"There are four speeds and two charging ports in back \u2014Micro-USB and Type-C\u2014and the fan is said to get maximum juice in roughly 3 hours. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
"But when Hover explained that she was related to both the sender and receiver, the employee said there were two more cards in the back . \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Inside the funeral home, every seat was taken and dozens of latecomers stood in the back . \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
"The footage also offers a peek of some potential body modifications, including a dual-exhaust system in the back and an all-new front bumper that appears to have active aero elements. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
"The project also added a smaller, more intimate, second soundstage in the back , which holds 50 people and hosts a variety of live performances. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 June 2022",
"Three televisions hang on each side of the bar, which sits in the middle as a focal point, with tables along the wall and an open kitchen in the back . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Toward the end of the year, Bolder, a former hairdresser, had styled Bowie\u2019s flowing locks into a sort of awkward bi-level, short on top and long in the back . \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"In addition, the U.S. was preparing to announce the purchase of an advanced surface-to-air missile system for Kyiv to help Ukraine fight back against Vladimir Putin\u2019s aggression. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"Investigators, who were back at the home Monday, have not released details. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 27 June 2022",
"Kevin Kelleher here, filling in for Jessica who will be back tomorrow. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"One way to fight back is to know the actual probabilities around investment risks. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"The phenomenon is back for more crazy antics featuring the beloved trio of Charles, Oliver, and Mabel. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 26 June 2022",
"Broadway\u2019s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon that inspired the blockbuster film and live television event is back on tour. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 26 June 2022",
"At 10:30 Sunday morning 200 motorcycles will start up and roar in unison to announce that Pride is back after a two-year, too-quiet absence. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 June 2022",
"Argomaniz is a 22-year-old pitcher from the University of Richmond going into his senior season who is back for his second summer with the Chinooks. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 25 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The last major city still under Ukrainian control in the Luhansk province \u2014 which together with neighboring Donetsk makes up the Donbas \u2014 has been pummeled by artillery in a back -and-forth fight that remains hard to decipher. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
"After a bit of back -and-forth, Caroline Stanbury managed to briefly diffuse the tension by teaching everyone how to figure out their stripper names. \u2014 Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"Patrick Wisdom hit a go-ahead home run in the bottom of the eighth to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-7 win in a back -and-forth game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
"In the Eastern Conference, there was finally a bit of back -and-forth as the top-seeded Miami Heat forced a decisive Game 7 by gutting out a 111-103 victory in Boston over the Celtics on Friday night. \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"The Sun went on to win 79-71, claiming the upper hand in a back -and-forth battle between two of the top teams in the WNBA. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
"Next to Jesse Mueller\u2019s desk, in the back corner of the pro shop at Grand Canyon University\u2019s golf course, there\u2019s a framed drawing of the ninth hole at San Francisco\u2019s Olympic Club. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"Unfortunately, all of this back -and-forth misses a much larger, much more important point. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"After a recent practice there, Cambage, the team\u2019s new star center, lounged in a black folding chair in a back corner of the basketball court, waving at teammates who passed by on their way out. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The pain can flare at any time of the month and because endometrial-like tissue can attach to any organ, symptoms may range from GI issues and heavy periods to back pain and fatigue. \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"Britt enjoyed a sizable fundraising advantage, with close to $2 million coming from the Senate Leadership Fund to back a super PAC aligned with Britt. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"But these ties also make India more reticent to back major outcomes from a BRICS summit. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Panels of both the FDA and CDC's outside vaccine advisers voted unanimously last week to back making shots available for children as young as 6 months old. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
"With energy policy in Europe moving away from gas in the medium term, governments may have to step in to back the longer-duration contracts demanded by sellers. \u2014 Wood Mackenzie, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The company also prioritizes sustainability and has several practices in place to back this up. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022",
"In the past two months, businesses and investors have pledged roughly $2 billion to back emerging technologies that promise to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which is seen as crucial to limiting climate change. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar And Ed Ballard, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Alta Fox failed to get shareholders to back its call for Hasbro to spin off its gaming division to unlock shareholder value. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adverb",
"1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bac , aphetic form of abak aback":"Adverb",
"Middle English, from Old English b\u00e6c ; akin to Old High German bah back, Old Norse bak":"Noun",
"Middle English, partly attributive use of bac, back back entry 1 , partly derivative of back back entry 2":"Adjective",
"verbal derivative of back entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8bak"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for back Verb support , uphold , advocate , back , champion mean to favor actively one that meets opposition. support is least explicit about the nature of the assistance given. supports waterfront development uphold implies extended support given to something attacked. upheld the legitimacy of the military action advocate stresses urging or pleading. advocated prison reform back suggests supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling. refusing to back the call for sanctions champion suggests publicly defending one unjustly attacked or too weak to advocate his or her own cause. championed the rights of children recede , retreat , retract , back mean to move backward. recede implies a gradual withdrawing from a forward or high fixed point in time or space. the flood waters gradually receded retreat implies withdrawal from a point or position reached. retreating soldiers retract implies drawing back from an extended position. a cat retracting its claws back is used with up, down, out , or off to refer to any retrograde motion. backed off on the throttle",
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"rear",
"reverse",
"tail"
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"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": one that serves as a substitute or support":[
"I brought an extra pencil for backup .",
"a backup plan"
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": musical accompaniment":[
"The tunes include banjo and guitar backup ."
],
": additional personnel who provide assistance":[
"The police officer called for backup ."
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p"
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"snarl",
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"Noun",
"His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
"We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
"We have an extra radio for backup .",
"He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
"She sang backup on his CD.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last season, Gaffney was the primary backup for Cole off the bench. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"The problem is that the Blazers plan to start Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons at guard, with Josh Hart as the primary backup . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
"Moore II\u2019s backup at the nickel might be up for grabs, but Dabo\u2019s transition is going to be tougher than most. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
"Other candidates include fifth-year senior Nick Patti, who was Pickett\u2019s primary backup last season and started the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against Michigan State before an injury ended his day. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"While building slowly started to pick back up , global supply chain issues in the past couple of years blunted the progress. \u2014 Brittany Anas, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
"The attractions include 11 water slides, some of which loop outside the translucent walls of the six-story, 65,000-square-foot structure, some of which drop below floor level before shooting back up . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"Chip shortages will end, dealer lots will fill back up and prices will come back down. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 15 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 19 May 2022",
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 18 May 2022",
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it \u2014 that\u2019s a gift. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1801, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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": musical accompaniment",
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"Noun",
"His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
"We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
"We have an extra radio for backup .",
"He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
"She sang backup on his CD.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Your shower is likely to work just fine, but the Simple Shower Gravity Shower Kit ($15) is an inexpensive, compact backup if your home loses its supply of clean tap water. \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 12 June 2022",
"The Browns could help the 49ers, too, by sending Mayfield to San Francisco to be Trey Lance\u2019s backup . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The incident caused Highway 101 traffic to backup during the morning rush hour with the closure of a northbound lane. \u2014 Brian J. Varela, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
"After the 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic, Okey hit .237 with 13 total extra-base hits as the Bats\u2019 backup behind Beau Taylor. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
"The team excused its former starter, Baker Mayfield, from its off-season program as the front office seeks to trade him, and the current backup , the journeyman Jacoby Brissett, is not seen as a multiyear starter. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Junior Lance Ware is set to return as Tshiebwe's primary backup . \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"While the year after saw a decrease of 28%, this year's numbers appear to be on their way back up . \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
"Press back up so forcefully that your body leaves the ground, jumping slightly to the right. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, nuclear radiation detectors are back up and running at the Chernobyl site for the first time since the war began, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said. \u2014 Dan Lamothe And Cate Cadell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"Nuclear radiation detectors are back up and running at the Chernobyl site for the first time since the war began, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said. \u2014 Cate Cadell, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"Previously contentious votes came back up for discussion. \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
"Mark Smucker, president and CEO, said on an earnings call that the company is working with the FDA to get the Lexington facility back up and running. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"Just after noon, his head dropped to the table, then jerked back up . \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Let\u2019s back up here and get a running start at this bedrock of Latter-day Saint belief. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022"
],
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-173547",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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},
"back arrow":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": back button":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hit the back arrow on the settings screen and get back to the main Privacy page. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2021",
"When you\u2019re finished, tap the back arrow and you\u2019re all set. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 26 Aug. 2021",
"When introduced in 2019, once the list of available plans appeared, the only way to return to the drug or pharmacy pages was to click the back arrow . \u2014 Diane Omdahl, Forbes , 11 May 2021",
"Clicking the browser's back arrow created an endless series of new sites. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 16 Oct. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1980, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044743",
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"noun"
]
},
"back away":{
"antonyms":[
"advance"
],
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},
"examples":[
"backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1833, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"synonyms":[
"drop back",
"fall back",
"pull out",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091355",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"back bacon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": canadian bacon":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Europeans want fattier parts\u2014belly and shoulders\u2014for their salami, saucisson and bratwurst and prefer streaky to back bacon . \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101251",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"back down":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to withdraw from a commitment or position":[]
},
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"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"back off",
"back out",
"cop out",
"fink out",
"renege"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082323",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"back draft":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an explosion of the gaseous products of incomplete combustion in admixture with air sometimes occurring during a fire (as in a building or mine)":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134440",
"type":[
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"first_known_use":{
"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"The text and stock photos will appeal to older children, but there's also back matter that dives deeper into each type of dormancy. \u2014 Star Tribune , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Tucked away in the back matter , there\u2019s a tragic coda. \u2014 Constance Grady, Vox , 24 June 2019"
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"\u2014 Peter Goldman et al.",
"They now sit \u2026 just two games back of the Yankees in the wild card race.",
"\u2014 Steve Buckley"
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"the equipment shed is a concrete structure back of the school"
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"The book I want to buy is a back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The city opened the bridge last year, and was supposed to put the sealant on at that time, but the material has been on back order . \u2014 Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Not surprisingly, the non-toy version was well beyond my household budget, and \u2014 less surprisingly, still \u2014 months on back order . \u2014 Marci Vogel, Los Angeles Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"These gifts won\u2019t clutter closets and won\u2019t be on back order . \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Stores are sold out, websites are on back order and prices are stubbornly high. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2021",
"When a piece of equipment broke, Slowinski tried to buy a new one, only to find that a replacement was on back order with no delivery date. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Avoid anything on back order or coming from another country. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Shipping logjams are seemingly putting everything on back order . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Perfect Hoodie appears on the Gap website to be either sold out or on back order . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"Don't give me any back talk !",
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"Any rebelliousness or back talk was considered witchcraft, and punished accordingly. \u2014 Johnny Edwards, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"Watching Felton brings back talk of Duke Johnson following Hue Jackson around to meetings in 2017. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 31 July 2021",
"The audience\u2019s engagement with the play itself, a recent hit Off Broadway, was likewise palpable, with hoots and gasps and back talk that enhanced the comedy as well as the dramatic turns. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Flo from Alice This sassy Texas waitress wouldn\u2019t take any back talk or nonsense from the customers at the diner. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Southern Living , 5 Apr. 2020",
"And the Roborock won\u2019t give you any sassy back talk like Rosie. \u2014 Ann Lien, House Beautiful , 24 June 2019",
"After a week off, Gov. Ned Lamont is back talking about tolls, this time convening a meeting at the state Capitol to continue discussions ahead of a potential tolls vote this summer. \u2014 Russell Blair, courant.com , 21 June 2019",
"His message is always the same: No fouls, no bad conduct, and whatever happens, no back talk to the referees. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 29 June 2018",
"It will be broken down into two back-to- back talks , one with drama writers, and another with comedy writers. \u2014 refinery29.com , 6 June 2018"
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"a backup plan"
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"Noun",
"His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
"We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
"We have an extra radio for backup .",
"He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
"She sang backup on his CD.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last season, Gaffney was the primary backup for Cole off the bench. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"The problem is that the Blazers plan to start Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons at guard, with Josh Hart as the primary backup . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
"Moore II\u2019s backup at the nickel might be up for grabs, but Dabo\u2019s transition is going to be tougher than most. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
"Other candidates include fifth-year senior Nick Patti, who was Pickett\u2019s primary backup last season and started the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against Michigan State before an injury ended his day. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"While building slowly started to pick back up , global supply chain issues in the past couple of years blunted the progress. \u2014 Brittany Anas, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
"The attractions include 11 water slides, some of which loop outside the translucent walls of the six-story, 65,000-square-foot structure, some of which drop below floor level before shooting back up . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"Chip shortages will end, dealer lots will fill back up and prices will come back down. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 15 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 19 May 2022",
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 18 May 2022",
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it \u2014 that\u2019s a gift. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
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"Adverb",
"The chair rocked back and forth .",
"The children were shuttled back and forth between school and home.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Why go back and forth trying to schedule a meeting when our calendars can do it for us? \u2014 Krishna Motukuri, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"This includes devotion to family: several months ago, Chad's father suffered a major stroke, and he's been frequently flying back and forth to California to visit. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Instead of moving back and forth between fiction and reality, Cruise\u2019s music can live fully in both. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"Others continue past her, moving their hips and arms back and forth on their way to class. \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 10 June 2022",
"That meant lots of flying back and forth between villages. \u2014 Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"Each nostril is tuned to detect some odors better than others, with the specialization moving back and forth . \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"In the end, the two spent only a couple of months flying back and forth to see one another before Burton decided to move in with Solberg in New York. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"As with past Slaw Device pedals, moving your feet back and forth on these things feels like sliding an ice skate across a pristine frozen lake. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022"
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": a geological region that forms at a subduction zone when the overriding plate thins and begins to spread out":[
"\u2014 often used before another noun The hot springs there are not connected at all to the midocean ridge system: they lie on what is called a back-arc spreading center, a geologic feature that occurs not where two plates separate but where they collide. \u2014 Robert Kunzig , The Restless Sea , 1999 On the opposite end of a tectonic plate from its spreading zone may be a subduction zone, a span where two plates collide and one plate is forced beneath the other. Weak spots emerge near the edge of the disappearing plate, permitting magma to punch through and form conventional, conical volcanoes that happen to be underwater. These vulnerable areas are known as back-arc basins. \u2014 Janet Raloff , Science News , 7 Oct. 2006 back-arc vents"
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"Noun",
"The book I want to buy is a back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
"The book I want to buy is on back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The city opened the bridge last year, and was supposed to put the sealant on at that time, but the material has been on back order . \u2014 Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Not surprisingly, the non-toy version was well beyond my household budget, and \u2014 less surprisingly, still \u2014 months on back order . \u2014 Marci Vogel, Los Angeles Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"These gifts won\u2019t clutter closets and won\u2019t be on back order . \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Stores are sold out, websites are on back order and prices are stubbornly high. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2021",
"When a piece of equipment broke, Slowinski tried to buy a new one, only to find that a replacement was on back order with no delivery date. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Avoid anything on back order or coming from another country. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Shipping logjams are seemingly putting everything on back order . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Perfect Hoodie appears on the Gap website to be either sold out or on back order . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"The book I want to buy is a back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
"The book I want to buy is on back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The city opened the bridge last year, and was supposed to put the sealant on at that time, but the material has been on back order . \u2014 Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Not surprisingly, the non-toy version was well beyond my household budget, and \u2014 less surprisingly, still \u2014 months on back order . \u2014 Marci Vogel, Los Angeles Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"These gifts won\u2019t clutter closets and won\u2019t be on back order . \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"Drawing on unprecedented research, Chang shows how these men performed some of the most dangerous, most backbreaking work to build out the railroad from California, yet received virtually no credit for their contributions. \u2014 Chris Fuchs, NBC News , 5 Nov. 2019",
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"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020"
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"The industry officials said the lawsuit was a backdoor effort to curtail fossil fuel development and would harm the economy. \u2014 Lisa Friedman, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
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"The Bullis High School football stadium served as the backdrop for Haskins\u2019 final celebration of life. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains serve as the perfect backdrop for the luxurious Old Edwards Inn and Spa, a historic retreat established in 1878. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 13 Apr. 2022",
"At the entrance of Hawaii\u2019s Marine Corps Base (MCBH), a view of the bay and green mountains serves as a backdrop for the proud Iwo Jima Memorial. \u2014 Fox News , 9 Apr. 2022"
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": a place away from the front":[
"sat in back"
],
": a show of contempt":[],
": a swimming race in which swimmers use the backstroke":[
"She placed first in the 100-meter back ."
],
": articulated at or toward the back of the oral passage : formed deep within the mouth":[
"back vowels"
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": behind":[
"One day, I was sitting in the tiny parlor in back of the store \u2026",
"\u2014 John McNulty"
],
": being at or in the back":[
"back door"
],
": being in arrears : overdue":[
"is owed several months in back pay"
],
": capacity for labor, effort, or endurance":[
"Put your back into it!"
],
": constituting the final 9 holes of an 18-hole course":[],
": distant from a central or main area":[
"back roads"
],
": having returned or been returned":[],
": in a delayed or retarded condition":[
"Bad weather set the launch date back several days."
],
": in return or reply":[
"forgot to write back"
],
": moving or operating backward : reverse":[
"back action with oars"
],
": not current":[
"back issues of a magazine"
],
": something at or on the back for support":[
"back of a chair"
],
": spinal column":[
"She had surgery on her back ."
],
": spine sense 1c":[
"The title is on the book's back ."
],
": substantiate":[
"\u2014 often used with up needs to back up her argument with evidence"
],
": the back considered as an area of vulnerability":[
"the police officer's partner always watches his back"
],
": the back considered as the seat of one's awareness of duty or failings":[
"get off my back"
],
": the body considered as the wearer of clothes":[
"They were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs ."
],
": the part of a lower animal (such as a quadruped ) corresponding to the human back":[
"riding on the back of an elephant"
],
": the part of one's mind where thoughts and memories are stored to be drawn on":[],
": the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine":[],
": to articulate (a speech sound) with the tongue farther back : to form deeper within the mouth":[],
": to assume financial responsibility for":[
"back a new company"
],
": to be at the rear part of : to be at the back (see back entry 1 sense 2 ) of":[
"a row of garages back the building"
],
": to cause to go back (see back entry 2 sense 1a ) or in reverse":[
"back the car into the garage"
],
": to furnish with a rear part : to furnish with a back (see back entry 1 sense 2 )":[
"back a skirt with stiff material"
],
": to get into inadvertently":[
"backed into the antiques business"
],
": to have the rear part facing in the direction of something":[
"The house backs onto a golf course."
],
": to manage the sails of a ship so as to keep it clear of obstructions as it floats down with the current of a river or channel":[],
": to move backward":[
"backed into a parking space",
"\u2014 often used with up back up to give him some space Let's back up a little to clarify what we're saying."
],
": to or at an angle off the vertical":[
"leaned back on his chair"
],
": to or toward a former state":[
"went back to private life"
],
": to provide musical accompaniment for":[
"\u2014 often used with up a singer backed up by a guitarist"
],
": to shift counterclockwise \u2014 compare veer entry 1 sense 2":[],
": to support by material or moral assistance":[
"backing a candidate for governor",
"\u2014 often used with up back up a friend in a fight"
],
": to take opposite positions alternately : shilly-shally":[
"has been back and filling on the issue"
],
": to, toward, or at the rear":[
"asked the crowd to move back"
],
": to, toward, or in a place from which a person or thing came":[
"She left home and never went back .",
"put the book back"
],
": under restraint":[
"He wanted to fight but his friends held him back .",
"holding back a laugh"
],
": without one's knowledge":[
"talking about me behind my back"
],
"river 605 miles (974 kilometers) long in Nunavut, Canada, rising along the border with the Northwest Territories and flowing east-northeast into the Arctic Ocean":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She was carrying her little daughter on her back .",
"She has a pain in the small of her back .",
"I slapped him on his back to congratulate him.",
"She stabbed him in the back .",
"He was handcuffed with his hands behind his back .",
"a bird with a spotted back",
"riding on the back of a horse",
"a comfortable chair with a padded back",
"Adverb",
"The soldiers moved back from the front lines.",
"The police asked the crowd to move back from the scene of the accident.",
"He left his friends two miles back .",
"She turned around and looked back toward him.",
"a chapter beginning several pages back",
"He left his home and never went back .",
"It's time to go back home.",
"She took the book off the shelf and forgot to put it back .",
"In the opening chapter the author looks back on his youth.",
"an event back in the last century",
"Adjective",
"He keeps his wallet in his back pocket.",
"We came in through the back entrance.",
"We drove on the back roads instead of the main roads.",
"The company owes him several months in back pay.",
"Verb",
"I'm backing him for President.",
"She backed the winner of the race and won a lot of money.",
"She backed her argument with written evidence.",
"She backed the singer on the guitar.",
"She backed into a parking space.",
"She backed out of the garage.",
"The dog kept growling but backed off cautiously.",
"back a skirt with stiff material",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Police were called at 9:55 p.m. to the 400 block of Curley Street in the Ellwood Park neighborhood where officers found a woman who had been shot in the back . \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
"There are four speeds and two charging ports in back \u2014Micro-USB and Type-C\u2014and the fan is said to get maximum juice in roughly 3 hours. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
"But when Hover explained that she was related to both the sender and receiver, the employee said there were two more cards in the back . \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Inside the funeral home, every seat was taken and dozens of latecomers stood in the back . \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
"The footage also offers a peek of some potential body modifications, including a dual-exhaust system in the back and an all-new front bumper that appears to have active aero elements. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
"The project also added a smaller, more intimate, second soundstage in the back , which holds 50 people and hosts a variety of live performances. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 June 2022",
"Three televisions hang on each side of the bar, which sits in the middle as a focal point, with tables along the wall and an open kitchen in the back . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Toward the end of the year, Bolder, a former hairdresser, had styled Bowie\u2019s flowing locks into a sort of awkward bi-level, short on top and long in the back . \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"In addition, the U.S. was preparing to announce the purchase of an advanced surface-to-air missile system for Kyiv to help Ukraine fight back against Vladimir Putin\u2019s aggression. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"Investigators, who were back at the home Monday, have not released details. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 27 June 2022",
"Kevin Kelleher here, filling in for Jessica who will be back tomorrow. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"One way to fight back is to know the actual probabilities around investment risks. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"The phenomenon is back for more crazy antics featuring the beloved trio of Charles, Oliver, and Mabel. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 26 June 2022",
"Broadway\u2019s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon that inspired the blockbuster film and live television event is back on tour. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 26 June 2022",
"At 10:30 Sunday morning 200 motorcycles will start up and roar in unison to announce that Pride is back after a two-year, too-quiet absence. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 June 2022",
"Argomaniz is a 22-year-old pitcher from the University of Richmond going into his senior season who is back for his second summer with the Chinooks. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 25 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The last major city still under Ukrainian control in the Luhansk province \u2014 which together with neighboring Donetsk makes up the Donbas \u2014 has been pummeled by artillery in a back -and-forth fight that remains hard to decipher. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
"After a bit of back -and-forth, Caroline Stanbury managed to briefly diffuse the tension by teaching everyone how to figure out their stripper names. \u2014 Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"Patrick Wisdom hit a go-ahead home run in the bottom of the eighth to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-7 win in a back -and-forth game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
"In the Eastern Conference, there was finally a bit of back -and-forth as the top-seeded Miami Heat forced a decisive Game 7 by gutting out a 111-103 victory in Boston over the Celtics on Friday night. \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"The Sun went on to win 79-71, claiming the upper hand in a back -and-forth battle between two of the top teams in the WNBA. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
"Next to Jesse Mueller\u2019s desk, in the back corner of the pro shop at Grand Canyon University\u2019s golf course, there\u2019s a framed drawing of the ninth hole at San Francisco\u2019s Olympic Club. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"Unfortunately, all of this back -and-forth misses a much larger, much more important point. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"After a recent practice there, Cambage, the team\u2019s new star center, lounged in a black folding chair in a back corner of the basketball court, waving at teammates who passed by on their way out. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The pain can flare at any time of the month and because endometrial-like tissue can attach to any organ, symptoms may range from GI issues and heavy periods to back pain and fatigue. \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"Britt enjoyed a sizable fundraising advantage, with close to $2 million coming from the Senate Leadership Fund to back a super PAC aligned with Britt. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"But these ties also make India more reticent to back major outcomes from a BRICS summit. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Panels of both the FDA and CDC's outside vaccine advisers voted unanimously last week to back making shots available for children as young as 6 months old. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
"With energy policy in Europe moving away from gas in the medium term, governments may have to step in to back the longer-duration contracts demanded by sellers. \u2014 Wood Mackenzie, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The company also prioritizes sustainability and has several practices in place to back this up. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022",
"In the past two months, businesses and investors have pledged roughly $2 billion to back emerging technologies that promise to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which is seen as crucial to limiting climate change. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar And Ed Ballard, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Alta Fox failed to get shareholders to back its call for Hasbro to spin off its gaming division to unlock shareholder value. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adverb",
"1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bac , aphetic form of abak aback":"Adverb",
"Middle English, from Old English b\u00e6c ; akin to Old High German bah back, Old Norse bak":"Noun",
"Middle English, partly attributive use of bac, back back entry 1 , partly derivative of back back entry 2":"Adjective",
"verbal derivative of back entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bak"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for back Verb support , uphold , advocate , back , champion mean to favor actively one that meets opposition. support is least explicit about the nature of the assistance given. supports waterfront development uphold implies extended support given to something attacked. upheld the legitimacy of the military action advocate stresses urging or pleading. advocated prison reform back suggests supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling. refusing to back the call for sanctions champion suggests publicly defending one unjustly attacked or too weak to advocate his or her own cause. championed the rights of children recede , retreat , retract , back mean to move backward. recede implies a gradual withdrawing from a forward or high fixed point in time or space. the flood waters gradually receded retreat implies withdrawal from a point or position reached. retreating soldiers retract implies drawing back from an extended position. a cat retracting its claws back is used with up, down, out , or off to refer to any retrograde motion. backed off on the throttle",
"synonyms":[
"rear",
"reverse",
"tail"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000010",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"background":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a level of computer processing at which the processor uses time not required for a primary task to work on an additional task \u2014 compare foreground entry 1":[],
": an image that displays on a computer screen underneath the various available icons and windows":[
"using a family photograph as her computer background"
],
": an inconspicuous position":[
"shy people who try to stay in the background"
],
": information essential to understanding of a problem or situation":[
"background information"
],
": intrusive sound or radiation (see radiation sense 2b ) that interferes with received or recorded electronic signals":[
"a recording with a lot of background noise"
],
": the circumstances or events antecedent to a phenomenon or development":[
"the economic background of the American Civil War",
"took place against a background of increasing tension"
],
": the conditions that form the setting within which something is experienced":[
"\u2026 set in a background of tropical luxuriance.",
"\u2014 Tom Marvel"
],
": the part of a painting representing what lies behind objects in the foreground":[
"dark shadows in the background of the painting"
],
": the scenery or ground behind something":[
"a picture of her son with mountains in the background",
"background scenery for the play"
],
": the total of a person's experience, knowledge, and education":[
"comparing the candidates' backgrounds",
"ran a background check to make sure she had no criminal record"
],
": to give less attention or emphasis to (something) : to place (something) in the background":[
"Graham peoples her novel with genuine, endearing characters and keeps the grisly murders tactfully backgrounded \u2026",
"\u2014 Publishers Weekly Reviews"
],
": to provide with background":[
"\u2026 a richly backgrounded study of a silent movie star \u2026",
"\u2014 Hollis Alpert"
],
": with the understanding that information offered for publication will not be attributed to a specific source":[
"an official speaking on background"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Objects in the foreground are drawn larger than those in the background .",
"a photograph of a house with mountains in the background",
"red letters printed on a white background",
"An ethnic conflict that was simmering away in the background finally erupted into civil war.",
"Let me provide you with some background on this problem.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Provide gun sellers with greater access to background checks. \u2014 Alan Gassman, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The legislation expands background checks amid other measures, and is expected to pass the House. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"The legislation will enhance background checks for potential gun buyers under the age of 21, requiring for the first time that authorities have time to examine juvenile records, including mental health records beginning at age 16. \u2014 Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"The 234-193 vote, with 14 Republicans joining all Democrats present in favor, put into law a requirement that background checks cover the juvenile and mental-health records of gun purchasers under 21 years of age. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"Their ruling is at odds with President Joe Biden, who has repeatedly urged Congress to pass gun-safety measures, including one that would ban assault weapons and another that would require universal background checks. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"The SAFE Act, passed in 2013, bans assault-style weapons with military features, requires background checks for nearly all sales and transfers of ammunition and firearms and prohibits people convicted of certain offenses from possessing guns. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Both women should not be driving, according to background checks. \u2014 cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"There is also evidence that background checks and prohibitions based on domestic violence may prevent violent crime, and waiting periods may reduce suicides and violent crime. \u2014 Asheley Van Ness, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On the Ranch's other website, there is no information on the horses or weight restrictions, just information on the services offered and background on the ranch itself. \u2014 Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"Spooner-Gomez prepares in-house marketing with fliers about the student and their dish then shares background on the meals with faculty. \u2014 Peggy Hernandez, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Would background checks beyond those that already exist help? \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"As the name implies, the feature minimizes background noise that might otherwise be picked up through your device\u2019s microphone. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 23 May 2022",
"As an example, Jacobs notes that on traditional sets, there is a hierarchy of who gets to eat first \u2014 cast, crew and finally background performers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Bisschop was in charge of finalizing the film\u2019s look, and focused on making foreground elements detailed and background art hazier and unfocused, reflecting the ways memories function. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Spring smells the same every year, and that scent is sharpest when the season is new \u2014 before the smell grows familiar and is relegated to background noise. \u2014 Genevieve Fullan, Longreads , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The law mandates background checks for employees; requires adequate food, clothing and medical care for students; and says parents must be allowed access to their children at any time without prior notice. \u2014 Jim Salter, ajc , 2 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bak-\u02cc(g)rau\u0307nd",
"\u02c8bak-\u02ccgrau\u0307nd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for background Noun background , setting , environment , milieu , mise-en-sc\u00e8ne mean the place, time, and circumstances in which something occurs. background often refers to the circumstances or events that precede a phenomenon or development. the shocking decision was part of the background of the riots setting suggests looking at real-life situations in literary or dramatic terms. a militant reformer who was born into an unlikely social setting environment applies to all the external factors that have a formative influence on one's physical, mental, or moral development. the kind of environment that produces juvenile delinquents milieu applies especially to the physical and social surroundings of a person or group of persons. an intellectual milieu conducive to artistic experimentation mise-en-sc\u00e8ne strongly suggests the use of properties to achieve a particular atmosphere or theatrical effect. a gothic thriller with a carefully crafted mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"synonyms":[
"backdrop",
"ground"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002029",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"background radiation":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the microwave radiation pervading the universe that exhibits a corresponding blackbody temperature of 2.7 K and that is the principal evidence supporting the big bang theory":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Regulatory limits on annual exposure around nuclear plants are less than a year\u2019s background radiation from rocks and cosmic rays. \u2014 Robert Hargraves, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The background radiation in most of the 18-mile Exclusion Zone around the nuclear plant, after 36 years, poses scant risks and is about equivalent to a high-altitude airplane flight. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The latency period for lung cancer from radiation is longer than five years and 74 mSv spread over four years is not enough dose to cause any health effects, being lower than background radiation in many many places on Earth. \u2014 James Conca, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Many factors contribute to errors in quantum systems, including the environment, noise from internal components, background radiation , cabling, and even noise caused by qubits themselves. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
"The needle jumps, showing a reading 50% higher than the already elevated background radiation . \u2014 Gavin Blair, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 Feb. 2021",
"The aircraft belong to the Energy Department\u2019s National Nuclear Security Administration, which is testing naturally occurring background radiation levels ahead of the 2021 presidential inauguration. \u2014 Gabriel T. Rubin, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2020",
"The federal helicopter survey was originally supposed to fly above parts of the Bay Area as part of a research project to study background radiation levels. \u2014 Cynthia Dizikes, SFChronicle.com , 3 Sep. 2020",
"That means, Martens said, that there\u2019s about a 2 in 10,000 chance that random background radiation produced the signal as opposed to solar axions themselves. \u2014 Rafi Letzter, Scientific American , 17 June 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113554",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"backhand":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a catch (as in baseball) made to the side of the body opposite the hand being used":[],
": handwriting whose strokes slant downward from left to right":[],
": made with a backhand":[
"a backhand tennis stroke"
],
": to do, hit, or catch backhand":[],
": with a backhand":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She has a good backhand but a weak forehand.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Instead of headlining on her own, Lopez is asked to share the main stage with Shakira, making the giant gig feel like both a boost and a backhand . \u2014 Helena Andrews-dyer, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"There\u2019s another backhand stop, forcing him to run to his right before planting and throwing. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
"With her fourth match point on Pegula\u2019s serve, \u015awi\u0105tek finally put the match away with a backhand winner up the line. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"When a backhand from Tsitsipas sailed wide on the first match point, Djokovic simply raised his arms and smiled. \u2014 Andrew Dampf, ajc , 15 May 2022",
"Svejkovsky knocks the rebound of Schaefer\u2019s shot out of the air and in with a backhand . \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"Her backhand was solid and smooth and found corners, flat and fast. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
"But Parry, with her rare one-handed backhand , still had to come up with the goods under duress to close out the match and secure her first victory over a top-50 player. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"The property also has a partnership with LUX Tennis, a Spanish tennis concierge service, with a resident tennis coach who can teach you how to hit that perfect serve or improve your backhand . \u2014 Sandra Ramani, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Warriors got on the board first in the bottom of the second inning after Kula placed a slow ground ball perfectly to the backhand side of Maloney shortstop David Stimpson. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
"Unbothered, Gauff broke right back to lead 4-3, smacking a backhand winner that brought Mom and Dad out of their seats in the player guest box. \u2014 Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Carter used his 6-foot-3 frame to stretch for a backhand tap in front of the net that slipped by Shesterkin 14:12 into the first, the 18-year veteran\u2019s eight goals in 12 career playoff games since joining Pittsburgh at the 2021 trade deadline. \u2014 Will Graves, Hartford Courant , 14 May 2022",
"Hellberg made a good save on a backhand attempt by Fabian Zetterlund in the first period, but Dawson Mercer forced Seider into committing a turnover that ended with Mercer stuffing the puck on Hellberg late in the period. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Nadal got a break back in closing to 5-3, but his backhand error gave Fritz another break and the set. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Canadiens goalie Jake Allen was helpless to stop Brad Marchand's backhand for the game-winner 34 seconds into overtime. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"In the second quarter, Hirshfield converted a strong backhand shot and Dimeo followed with another goal 30 seconds later to increase the Vikings\u2019 lead to 6-3 with 4:36 left. \u2014 Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Greiss made eight saves in the first period, including stopping Barclay Goodrow's wrist shot from just outside the crease and denying Chris Kreider on a backhand attempt. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Working on a crossover dribble, backstroke or backhand takes patience and determination. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
"But Fritz battled back, benefitting from Rublev\u2019s faulty backhand and ending the game with an ace. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"In the tiebreak, Alcaraz earned an early mini-break and then ripped a two-handed backhand up the line for a 3-1 lead. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
"The left-handed Nadal repeatedly pounded the Italian\u2019s backhand and took him out of his comfort zone. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"But Nadal closed it out by pulling Opelka out of the court and the American's backhand landed wide. \u2014 Beth Harris, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Knight\u2019s no-look backhand through the crease set up Harmon for a tap-in at the right post to open the scoring 12:29 in. \u2014 John Wawrow, courant.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Korda\u2019s versatile and aggressive game, distinguished by his punishing backhand , is a marvel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Nadal really mixed it up beginning the second set and went to his bag of tricks by serving-and-volleying, hitting the slice backhand and using several drop shots when Medvedev was way back in the court. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Nick Schmaltz scored with a backhand shot from close range at 5:27 of the final period, and the Coyotes held on for a 2-1 win over the team with the NHL's best record, the Colorado Avalanche, Thursday night at Gila River Arena. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Perhaps shortstop Jorge Mateo doesn\u2019t fumble a backhand grounder. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Smith dodged from behind the cage wrapping a backhand shot in mid-air past Gladstone. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 14 May 2022",
"Gostisbehere scored from long range when Jakob Chychrun couldn't gather in a puck and managed to send a backhand pass to his teammate for the shot. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Andy Andreoff collected a loose puck at the top of the crease and threaded a backhand pass through traffic to Chris Terry, who fired a shot by Wolf Pack starter Adam H\u00faska 14:47 into the game. \u2014 Staff Reports, courant.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Rasmus Ristolainen displayed stellar stickwork in the slot before a backhand pass to Mayhew, whose wrister from a sharp angle beat Quick. \u2014 Aaron Bracy, ajc , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Kozak fumbles the puck but is able to backhand it back to Cagnoni who manages to get it through a diving Vikman. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Vladislav Namestnikov moved the puck into Columbus\u2019 zone along the boards, pulled up and slipped a backhand pass to Rasmussen, who fired a shot from the top of the left circle. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 16 Nov. 2021"
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"1657, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1695, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1767, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"circa 1896, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cchand"
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"artless",
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"genuine",
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"honest",
"sincere",
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"unfeigned"
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"We were disappointed by his backhanded apology.",
"\u201cYou throw okay, for a girl\u201d is a bit of a backhanded compliment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Phillip Danault got the secondary assist and really made the goal happen with a twirl-around backhanded pass to Durzi that left the Flyers helplessly out of position. \u2014 Aaron Bracy, ajc , 29 Jan. 2022",
"The 1-0 lead didn\u2019t last long as CC\u2019s Parker Jamieson answered at 6:07 of the same period with a backhanded rebound after defenseman Nick Condon\u2019s shot from the left point caromed off the goalpost. \u2014 Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Morant showcased his singular style in the second quarter, launching skyward to pirouette midair and dish a backhanded layup off the backboard. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Without hesitation, Tibbs gives the white man a backhanded slap in return. \u2014 Dennis Mclellan, Los Angeles Times , 7 Jan. 2022",
"His biggest highlight was a scrambling backhanded pass to Seth Williams that went for 34 yards and led to a field goal. \u2014 Tim Booth, ajc , 22 Aug. 2021",
"The adults clink Prosecco flutes and swap backhanded compliments. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"If anyone delivers any backhanded compliments about your progress, just brush off their jealousy. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"White land-grabbing \u2014 the result of a Black sellout\u2019s backhanded collaboration, to the detriment of this nascent Black community\u2019s survival \u2014 is what proves the threat. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 9 Nov. 2021"
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"1748, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cchan-d\u0259d",
"\u02c8bak-\u02c8han-d\u0259d"
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"artificial",
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"feigned",
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"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
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"left-handed",
"lip",
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"mealymouthed",
"Pecksniffian",
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"unctuous"
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": a backhand shot":[],
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"She hit a backhander into the net.",
"the customs official let us know that he might be prepared to look the other way if an appropriate backhander was slipped into his palm",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chytil got his second of the night and fourth of the postseason on a backhander past Kochetkov through traffic from the left circle at 6:47 to restore the Rangers\u2019 three-goal lead. \u2014 Vin A. Cherwoo, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
"Andrei Svechnikov also scored, beating Igor Shesterkin with a backhander on a breakaway midway through the third period as the Hurricanes protected their Game 5 lead. \u2014 Aaron Beard, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"Larionov scored again less than 5\u00bd minutes later on a high backhander with Roy out of position trying for a loose puck. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022",
"But only 27 seconds later, after Valeri Kamensky\u2019s backhander hit the post, Avs captain Joe Sakic put the puck through Vernon\u2019s five-hole. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
"Trailing 3-1, Foligno lifted a backhander over Luukkonen for his first goal of the season. \u2014 Ken Powtak, ajc , 1 Jan. 2022",
"The lead grew to 2-0 at 8:15 when Walker roofed a short-side backhander over Robbins to complete a beautiful give-and-go play with McLaughlin. \u2014 Randy Johnson, Star Tribune , 21 Jan. 2021",
"Miele took a pass from Brian O'Neil at the blue line, streaked up the ice, and found the back of the net with an elevated backhander . \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The turning point came late in the second period after the U.S. took a 2-1 lead on Alex Carpenter\u2019s backhander . \u2014 Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8bak-\u02c8han-d\u0259r"
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"boodle",
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"noun"
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"hindrance"
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"\u2014 Aparisim Ghosh"
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"\u2026 she plans to record the songs with the backing of an orchestra.",
"\u2014 Cortney Harding"
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"The tape has an adhesive backing .",
"The project has received financial backing from several investors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What's particularly telling, Grede says, is that both brands can survive without their respective celebrity backing . \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"Other regions in Spain have also stepped up their backing . \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"The commitments to the nascent industry of carbon removal have boosted its financial backing by about 30 times. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar And Ed Ballard, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Despite its billionaire backing , Monaco doesn\u2019t boast the same spending power as Europe\u2019s elite. \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"European Union leaders intend to give their political backing to a ban on Russian oil, paving the way for a possible agreement next month on a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Ewa Krukowska, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
"Cruz spoke for about 25 minutes at the Brooks rally, running down a list of jokes ridiculing Democrats and the media but also making clear his backing of Brooks. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 23 May 2022",
"And, on the movie side, Chopra gave his backing to the exclusive theatrical window. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"On Tuesday, one Democrat who previously had withheld public support for the bill, Sen. Bob Casey (Pa.), announced his backing . \u2014 Mike Debonis, Rachel Roubein, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022"
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"1745, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
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"\u02c8ba-ki\u014b",
"\u02c8bak-i\u014b"
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"abetment",
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"leg up",
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": a rabbet or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling":[]
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"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": backcountry , hinterland":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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"they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His protagonist, living in direst poverty in Brazil\u2019s arid backlands , decides to migrate to the wealthier coast. \u2014 Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities , 1 Dec. 2019",
"Born in the arid backlands of Brazil\u2019s north-east, Mr Gilberto arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1950 as a singer in one of the then-fashionable vocal ensembles. \u2014 The Economist , 11 July 2019",
"Tucked in the emerald backlands of Fayetteville, Georgia, inside a cavernous soundstage at Pinewood Studios, Mara Brock-Akil is in full field marshall mode. \u2014 Jason Parham, WIRED , 19 June 2018",
"Patr\u00edcia Santos da Silva, 24, and her family live in the city of Santana do Ipanema, in the western backlands of Alagoas. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 1 Nov. 2017",
"Some escaped and formed clandestine communities in the backlands of the rainforest, independent villages known as quilombos. \u2014 Smithsonian , 21 Sep. 2017"
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"1683, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccland"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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"they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people",
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"His protagonist, living in direst poverty in Brazil\u2019s arid backlands , decides to migrate to the wealthier coast. \u2014 Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities , 1 Dec. 2019",
"Born in the arid backlands of Brazil\u2019s north-east, Mr Gilberto arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1950 as a singer in one of the then-fashionable vocal ensembles. \u2014 The Economist , 11 July 2019",
"Tucked in the emerald backlands of Fayetteville, Georgia, inside a cavernous soundstage at Pinewood Studios, Mara Brock-Akil is in full field marshall mode. \u2014 Jason Parham, WIRED , 19 June 2018",
"Patr\u00edcia Santos da Silva, 24, and her family live in the city of Santana do Ipanema, in the western backlands of Alagoas. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 1 Nov. 2017",
"Some escaped and formed clandestine communities in the backlands of the rainforest, independent villages known as quilombos. \u2014 Smithsonian , 21 Sep. 2017"
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"1683, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccland"
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": a sudden violent backward movement or reaction":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After backlash , Lizzo's latest song has gone through another draft. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 14 June 2022",
"After backlash against a human-sounding AI feature for Google Assistant in 2018, the company promised to add a disclosure. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"After backlash against a human-sounding AI feature for Google Assistant in 2018, the company promised to add a disclosure. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
"Then, Rosin backpedaled a day later after a backlash ensued and Bechdel got in the last word. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"The company has since taken down the tweet after a backlash , but gun companies have increasingly targeted young children, especially boys. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 27 May 2022",
"After backlash from some of its most loyal frequent fliers, Delta Air Lines has opted to take a different approach in tightening access to its Sky Club airport lounges. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 12 May 2022",
"By the next day, after an intense backlash from public health experts, Delta had taken the offending language down. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 4 May 2022",
"After the backlash , Airbnb quickly reversed its policy. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022"
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"1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02c8bak-\u02cclash"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083159",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The keyboard's auto backlight , which turns on or off depending on the environment's lighting, works well. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 13 May 2022",
"And the vehicle\u2019s curvaceous backlight and lack of rear-quarter windows emphasize the car\u2019s dramatic fastback profile. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
"Amazon also sells a Signature Edition of the Paperwhite that adds Qi wireless charging, 32GB of storage space (up from the standard model's 8GB), and an auto-adjusting backlight . \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 12 Feb. 2022",
"With almost 18,000 five-star reviews on Amazon, this affordable meat thermometer has some seriously high-end features, including a backlight option and a probe that rotates 180\u00ba. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 16 May 2022",
"Beneath each keycap there is an RGB backlight and a choice of 19 dynamic lighting patterns and a further 8 colors of backlights. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The display and its backlight reportedly work as well. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Perhaps more notable is the bump from a 12-bit to a 14-bit backlight . \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The keyboard's flashiest aspect is its white backlight . \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccl\u012bt"
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"noun"
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": the encoding of audio materials (such as words conveying a secret message) on a recording in such a way that they can only be heard and understood when the recording is played backwards":[
"Of the new bills, Rhode Island's is unique in that it calls for several different labels, including one that says \"parental warning: this record contains backmasking that makes a verbal statement when this program is played backwards\" \u2026",
"\u2014 Richard Harrington , Washington Post , 14 Mar. 1990"
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"first_known_use":{
"1982, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccma-ski\u014b"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203030",
"type":[
"noun"
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"Definition of backmost superlative of back"
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"\u02c8bak\u02ccm\u014dst"
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": a bag or small pack (as of canvas, polyester, or nylon) used for carrying personal belongings or supplies : knapsack":[
"I rode my bicycle to the market and rode home with my backpack full of exotic lettuces and basil-garlic baguettes.",
"\u2014 Meredith Maran",
"Each morning, tens of thousands of moms load phones, along with homework, into the backpacks of schoolchildren.",
"\u2014 Michael Specter"
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": a large pack (as of canvas or nylon) that is supported by an external or internal frame (as of aluminum) and is used especially for carrying supplies when hiking and camping":[
"The logistics of the trip required that I carry all my stuff in a backpack . Since I didn't want to lug too heavy a load on the hiking leg of the trip, I pared way down.",
"\u2014 Daisann McLane"
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": a piece of equipment designed for use while being carried on the back":[
"By wearing a jet-propelled \"space backpack ,\" astronauts will be able to move freely in space, making it possible to build, repair, and maintain craft in orbit \u2026",
"\u2014 Business Week",
"I'm soaring above the central Sahara in a powered paraglider, a single-seat aircraft that looks like a flying lawn chair. Developed in France, it combines an inflated, parachute-like wing with a 50-pound motorized backpack .",
"\u2014 George Steinmetz"
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": to carry (food or equipment) on the back especially in hiking":[],
": to hike with a backpack":[]
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"Noun",
"stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk",
"Verb",
"After college, she backpacked through Europe.",
"We're planning to go backpacking in a national park this summer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Police found a silver derringer-style gun in his backpack at the time of his arrest. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
"Latasha had put a bottle of juice in her backpack and had $2 in her hand. \u2014 Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The juice bottles in her backpack were a somewhat unusual brand, Wallace said, and investigators tried to research who distributed them. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Start at the trailhead in the small community of Sugar Pine and pack in (and pack out) lunch in your backpack . \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Talking with the group, the officers discovered that Benton had marijuana in his backpack . \u2014 Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"Police found a black tactical vest, a knife, a Glock 17 pistol with two magazines and ammunition, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crowbar, pistol light, duct tape, hiking boots and other items in his backpack and suitcase. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"When the first hiker was swept into the water, the second removed their backpack and tried to help but was carried deeper into the ocean. \u2014 CBS News , 1 June 2022",
"Tyler still had people-pleasing tendencies, keeping mustard packets in his backpack for students experiencing period cramps. \u2014 al , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If your kid is more of a dino fan, Cat & Jack also makes a dinosaur toddler backpack in a similar size. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 16 June 2022",
"It can be easily tossed in your carry-on, purse, beach bag, fanny pack, or backpack to add comfort to all kinds of warm-weather occasions, from amusement park trips to concerts and sports games. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
"Some of the men used their personal belongings \u2014 a sweater and backpack straps \u2014 as tourniquets. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Together, that\u2019d pack up small and light enough to backpack with yet provide a comfortable night\u2019s sleep, keep bugs off my entire body, and give me a daytime shade/rain structure. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 26 June 2017",
"Frequent traveler Mia Clarke prefers any travel-friendly carry-on bag or backpack . \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The case is compact and easy to fit in a pocket, purse, or backpack . \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 17 May 2022",
"Many have sacrificed function for fashion, but not so for this Stackers backpack . \u2014 Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day , 5 May 2022",
"Herm\u00e8s coat, $4,375, Hermes.com, The Row jacket, $1,820, TheRow.com, Dior Men pants, $1,200, Dior.com, Bottega Veneta sneakers, $1,300, BottegaVeneta.com. Play the game\u2014and win\u2014in an athletic zip-up and backpack . \u2014 Jason Rider, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
"1899, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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"\u02c8bak-\u02ccpak"
],
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"kit bag",
"knapsack",
"pack",
"packsack",
"rucksack"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213156",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"backside":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the final 9 holes of an 18-hole golf course":[
"The duo had a little trouble on the backside , though, as they bogeyed the par-3 11th hole.",
"\u2014 Brian Girasoli"
],
": the part of a playing field or court (as in football or basketball) that is away from where the main action or play is occurring":[
"\u2014 often used before another noun a backside tackle"
],
": the part of the body of a four-legged animal corresponding to the buttocks : rump sense 1a":[
"\u2026 admits she hit the dog's backside but denies hitting it on the head.",
"\u2014 Ann Krueger"
],
": the part of the body that a person sits on : buttocks":[
"I slid down on my backside , heaving or rowing myself with my arms and using my good leg for steering \u2026",
"\u2014 Oliver Sacks"
],
": the side opposite the homestretch on a racecourse : backstretch":[
"When challenged on the backside the final time around, Tudor Palm would have no part of it, and burst to the lead again.",
"\u2014 Jackie Burke"
],
": the side or surface opposite the front or face of something : the farthest or reverse side : back":[
"A tight, rocky couloir drops down the backside of the peak \u2026",
"\u2014 Mike Beaudry",
"The guy with the clipboard pulled me over, pointed to an innocuous little knob on the back side of the engine and said it's part of the computer and needs to be replaced.",
"\u2014 Tom and Ray Magliozzi"
]
},
"examples":[
"our backsides were sore after sitting on those hard benches for so long",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Moisture entrained northwest and wrapping northward on the backside of the clockwise-spinning high is being drawn over New Mexico. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Gusty winds will occur on the backside of a front that will move through today. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"The mini sports section is on the backside of California section. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Jim Vertuno And Heather Hollingsworth, Chron , 25 May 2022",
"As the cooler air filters in on the backside of the front, Monday will bring cooler temperatures in cities including New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Atlanta -- where highs are forecast to be in the 70s. \u2014 Pedram Javaheri, CNN , 19 May 2022"
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"But the Cardinals look like a good bet to backslide . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
"Carlson, of course, has said next to nothing about the autocratic character of Orban\u2019s rule, which critics on both sides of the Atlantic cast as a cautionary tale of how democracies backslide . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Until proven otherwise, expect the Panthers\u2019 offense to backslide and struggle without McCaffrey as its workhorse. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Sep. 2021",
"But when that federal oversight ended, the plaintiffs said the department began to backslide . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 July 2021",
"Kreider worries wellness progress might backslide this summer. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2021",
"Barring a new, completely unforeseen development, experts do not anticipate California will backslide to any degree similar to the state\u2019s previous three pandemic surges. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2021",
"Pressure by the Trump administration got the Merkel government to beef up its military spending, but Berlin may backslide absent heavy-duty Biden administration urgings. \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 12 Mar. 2021",
"There were fears that Texas could backslide , particularly as new variants of the virus emerge. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2021"
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"There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"Whereas that title is a podcast set in the 90s, and delves into corporate backstabbing and other excesses around the 1-900 boom of the era, this TV show coming to the streamer is set against the backdrop of a much more universal motif. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"Whereas that title is a podcast set in the 90s, and delves into corporate backstabbing and other excesses around the 1-900 boom of the era, this TV show coming to the streamer is set against the backdrop of a much more universal motif. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
"There are tongue lashings, loud outbursts of indignation, trash talking and all sorts of backstabbing commentary. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Whereas that title is a podcast set in the 90s, and delves into corporate backstabbing and other excesses around the 1-900 boom of the era, this TV show coming to the streamer is set against the backdrop of a much more universal motif. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"The documentary contains memorable clips such as McDaniel's acceptance speech and footage of backstage pandemonium. \u2014 CNN , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Some of the backstage makeup artists must have put Fox's very divisive black eye shadow on their mood boards, since both the Stephane Rolland and Chanel shows featured smudgy, emo-esque eye makeup. \u2014 Alaina Demopoulos, Allure , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Corniel says that Drakeo (real name: Darrell Caldwell) was backstage with a group of people including his younger brother Devonte, who raps under the name Ralfy the Plug. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 21 Dec. 2021",
"One photograph that appears in the book, in fact, conveys the casualness of the backstage scene: David Attie posed before his own camera, clearly just playing around, with the actual Bert and Ernie puppets on his hands. \u2014 Christopher Bonanos, Vulture , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Photographer Darrel Hunter was backstage to get a close-up glimpse at all the details before the show; scroll through his best behind-the-scenes photos here. \u2014 Vogue , 10 Dec. 2021",
"And because Lamb\u2019s has a long tradition of working with a familiar ensemble of artists, no fewer than four married couples are part of this year\u2019s onstage and backstage team. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Dec. 2021",
"There would be no backstage platinum-record presentation this time. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Some are waking up, some are getting ready for the show, some are backstage , some are hanging out after the show. \u2014 Liam Hes, Vogue , 6 Aug. 2021",
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"The duke and duchess were photographed in a rare moment of PDA while backstage at the Earthshot Awards at Alexandra Palace in London. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
"Glikas Gloria Steinem and Sandra Oh backstage at Suffs. \u2014 Madison Feller, ELLE , 27 May 2022",
"Bonnie Raitt and blues musician Buddy Guy backstage at the Vic Theater in Chicago, 1989. \u2014 Alan Paul, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"There were so many accounts of what happened backstage . \u2014 Michael Tyrone Delaney, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"After their show in Liverpool, Jagger's girlfriend Melanie Hamrick posted an adorable video on her Instagram Story of their son Deveraux, 5, dancing backstage during the concert. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"The opportunity to leave my troubles backstage and be whisked away to a completely different world was everything to me, especially growing up as a young Black person in predominantly white institutions. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Model Kate Moss, who testified during rebuttal on Depp\u2019s behalf, reportedly attended a show and spent time backstage afterwards. \u2014 Christie D\u2019zurilla, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Before the siblings stepped out in front of the cameras, Jenna was already turning heads backstage with her dramatic daytime outfit. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022"
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"And in North Carolina, a boyish trial lawyer with jury-pleasing charm (John Edwards) knocked off Lauch Faircloth, a GOP senator who played a backstairs role in getting Kenneth Starr appointed as independent counsel. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 June 2019"
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"At the same time, backstay cables that ran from the tower to the ground came loose and swung around wildly. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 3 Dec. 2020"
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"In the past, TerraUSD maintained its $1 price by relying on traders who acted as its backstop . \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"And that\u2019s against a team lacking their defensive backstop . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The automobile could become an unlikely crucial new backstop for keeping the lights on in an era of more frequent wildfires, hotter heat waves and aging power infrastructure in California. \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Yet there was still a backstop , a way for the panic to end. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 9 Dec. 2021",
"But if things go wrong, city and state legislators have agreed to serve as a backstop , which means tax dollars will be used to cover any cost overruns. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The ball caromed perfectly off the backstop , allowing Alfaro to recover it, spin and outrun Park on a dive at the plate. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"To stave off those concerns, Do Kwon, a South Korean developer who created TerraUSD, co-founded the Luna Foundation Guard, a nonprofit in part charged with building a mass of reserves to act as a confidence backstop . \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"The Heat had built a season around Bam the backstop . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
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"Now, some of the world\u2019s top investors are lining up to backstop his ambitions. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 5 May 2022",
"Following the example of cloud hosting platforms, SaaS platforms are beginning to benefit by adding secondary providers to backstop their primary services. \u2014 Venky Balasubramanian, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"New York State could put in the same model to encourage the formation of such funds to backstop franchise loans. \u2014 Peter Su, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
"And with shadow bank money still outside traditional regulatory control, the Fed has been on alert to backstop its issuers. \u2014 Lev Menand, Time , 4 May 2022",
"In addition to all the protections of America\u2019s vast legal system that ensure privatizers don\u2019t get constantly robbed, in many privatization plans the government offers to backstop the private buyer against losses. \u2014 Robin Kaiser-schatzlein, The New Republic , 1 Apr. 2022",
"McKay, whose father Ross played his lone NHL game for the Hartford Whalers in 1990-91 and helped backstop the Springfield Falcons to the Calder Cup that same season, was named after that Dryden, legendary Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"In another positive sign, there has been no rush from banks to borrow via the Federal Reserve\u2019s standing repo facility, which the central bank established last year to backstop money markets. \u2014 Sam Goldfarb, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The most important is that not all people own a smartphone at all, much less multiple devices that can backstop each other if one is lost or stolen. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"The hikers realized they had made a wrong turn and would have to backtrack .",
"Let me backtrack for a moment and pick up our previous conversation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But even China may yet be forced to backtrack on its control of the tech giants, as regulations have already weakened their productivity and, in combination with the COVID-19 pandemic, undermined the growth of the Chinese economy. \u2014 Wendell Wallach, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"On Sunday, during the CBS telecast of the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, Monahan didn\u2019t backtrack on his decision. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Federal regulators rarely backtrack , especially as quickly as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Don\u2019t Say Gay bill, only to backtrack and take a stronger stance against the legislation when the company\u2019s staff and fans pushed back. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Biogen launched Aduhelm in June at a price of $56,000 a year, only to backtrack in December and cut the price in half to quell backlash over the price. \u2014 Joseph Walker, WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Then, many had to backtrack again because some employees simply said \u2018no\u2019. \u2014 Andrew Mawson, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Originally sent in July 2020, Lightfoot would backtrack on the call to defund the force during protests over the murder of George Flood, and ultimately increase the budget. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Merkel would later backtrack on her decision, one that would haunt her political career. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
"We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
"We have an extra radio for backup .",
"He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
"She sang backup on his CD.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last season, Gaffney was the primary backup for Cole off the bench. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"The problem is that the Blazers plan to start Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons at guard, with Josh Hart as the primary backup . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
"Moore II\u2019s backup at the nickel might be up for grabs, but Dabo\u2019s transition is going to be tougher than most. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
"Other candidates include fifth-year senior Nick Patti, who was Pickett\u2019s primary backup last season and started the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against Michigan State before an injury ended his day. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"While building slowly started to pick back up , global supply chain issues in the past couple of years blunted the progress. \u2014 Brittany Anas, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
"The attractions include 11 water slides, some of which loop outside the translucent walls of the six-story, 65,000-square-foot structure, some of which drop below floor level before shooting back up . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"Chip shortages will end, dealer lots will fill back up and prices will come back down. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 15 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 19 May 2022",
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 18 May 2022",
"Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it \u2014 that\u2019s a gift. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
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"snarl",
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"\u2014 Edmund Burke"
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],
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"Take three steps backward ."
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"Adverb",
"a sudden movement backward , not forward",
"I heard a noise behind me and glanced backward .",
"He pushed the throttle backward .",
"She took a small step backward .",
"a journey backward in time",
"The narrative moves backward and forward in time.",
"Adjective",
"a technologically backward village that has no running water",
"a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Within moments, the car lurches backward into what appears to be a white BMW. \u2014 Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"With 100 seconds left in the first period, after Larionov dropped a pass near the blue line for McCarty, Forsberg shoved Larionov, who fell backward against the boards and to the ice. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
"Sam Braslow, a reporter with the Beverly Hills Courier, was filmed being shoved backward by one group of officers through another line of officers. \u2014 Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Start with the goal and work backward , and be sure to take a structured, professional approach to communicate on LinkedIn. \u2014 Will Van Der Sanden, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"People need to learn to understand backward better. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"But a pair of bogeys plunged him backward \u2014while Fitzpatrick got hot again. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Roxy relentlessly pushed music forward, but so much of your very vibrant solo career\u2014including the newest material just out\u2014is about looking backward by covering long-ago songs. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 18 June 2022",
"Many Indian states, and the central government, have been bending over backward to get Tesla to establish a manufacturing plant in India and take advantage of the country\u2019s massive market. \u2014 Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In turn, this can lead to even more complexity that becomes more difficult to maintain, due to the introduction of new dependencies and the desire to provide backward compatibility. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"The reasoning behind this decision-making is understandable: Maintaining backward compatibility is considered good customer service. \u2014 Ev Kontsevoy, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Justin, in a black hoodie, black leather pants, chunky white sneakers, and a backward baseball cap, had stars from Lady Gaga to Billie Eilish dancing. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Staking out an opinion in search of evidence has the process exactly backward . \u2014 Aaron R. Hanlon, The New Republic , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The studio\u2019s first productions were short films directed by Twomey, one based on an Inuit myth, and one, in Irish, about a boy whose head is on backward . \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New Yorker , 11 Dec. 2020",
"Pat\u2019s in the Flats was a safe haven for the backward washouts to make their mark creatively. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Materials with strong certification requirements at the source need fiber-forward traceability, while materials currently considered low risk are more suitable to product- backward systems. \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"In June, Xbox Live Gold members will get Aven Colony and Project Highrise: Architect\u2019s Edition, as well as Super Meat Boy and Raskulls via backward compatibility. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When a claim is more general (e.g., a claim such as suppliers involved in making the garment treat their workers well), it can be ascertained through traceability data after it\u2019s been produced (product- backward ). \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Lead actor winner Adrien Brody bounded onstage, grabbed Berry \u2014 who was presenting the award \u2014 and bent her backward , delivering a deep smooch to the stunned actress. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"There are 10 days in February where the date reads the same backward and forwards, but Tuesday\u2019s date is twice as nice. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Start with some light jogging, then perform some dynamic flexibility exercises, such as giant walking lunges and standing forward- backward and side-to-side leg swings. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Climate change isn\u2019t illusory, but certainly my drifting backward was. \u2014 John Crowley, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Bo Nix spiked a snap backward , and it was ruled intentional grounding rather than a fumble. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Wave patterns are unpredictable, seawater corrodes metal generating machinery, and waves\u2019 energy is simultaneously dispersed across three dimensions (up-down, forward- backward and left-right). \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Each feint elicits a response, maybe a defensive parry or a hop backward . \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2021"
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": compatible with older equipment or previous versions of software":[
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"\u2014 Consumer Reports"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As well as the lag-free video, StarTech\u2019s docking station is compatible with Windows Thunderbolt 4/USB4 laptops or Apple M1 Max/M1 Pro, plus backward compatible with Intel Thunderbolt 3 MacBooks. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Wi-Fi 7 should also be backward compatible with products using the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz spectrum bands, but there's still a lot to learn about the upcoming technology. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Also, Microsoft updated its list of backward compatible games for the first time in ages. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 15 Nov. 2021",
"All the cables in the new range are completely backward compatible with HDMI 2.0b and 1.4b standards and are available in 1.5- and 3-meter lengths. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"In addition, this API is backward compatible and available on the previous 5th generation Qualcomm AI Engine. \u2014 Karl Freund, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Choudry, a 23-year veteran at Microsoft, helped ensure the Xbox 360 was backward compatible with the first console. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2021",
"Certain backward compatible games from Xbox 360 and OG Xbox will jump to 1440p resolution on Series S, at least. \u2014 Kyle Orland And Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 22 Nov. 2020",
"Spencer recommits that the Series X will be backward compatible with Xbox One accessories and software, along with Xbox One compatible 360 and original Xbox games. \u2014 Gene Park, Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2020"
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],
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],
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"She glanced backward over her shoulder."
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"a journey backward in time"
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"Take three steps backward ."
]
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"Adverb",
"a sudden movement backward , not forward",
"I heard a noise behind me and glanced backward .",
"He pushed the throttle backward .",
"She took a small step backward .",
"a journey backward in time",
"The narrative moves backward and forward in time.",
"Adjective",
"a technologically backward village that has no running water",
"a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Within moments, the car lurches backward into what appears to be a white BMW. \u2014 Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"With 100 seconds left in the first period, after Larionov dropped a pass near the blue line for McCarty, Forsberg shoved Larionov, who fell backward against the boards and to the ice. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
"Sam Braslow, a reporter with the Beverly Hills Courier, was filmed being shoved backward by one group of officers through another line of officers. \u2014 Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Start with the goal and work backward , and be sure to take a structured, professional approach to communicate on LinkedIn. \u2014 Will Van Der Sanden, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"People need to learn to understand backward better. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"But a pair of bogeys plunged him backward \u2014while Fitzpatrick got hot again. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Roxy relentlessly pushed music forward, but so much of your very vibrant solo career\u2014including the newest material just out\u2014is about looking backward by covering long-ago songs. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 18 June 2022",
"Many Indian states, and the central government, have been bending over backward to get Tesla to establish a manufacturing plant in India and take advantage of the country\u2019s massive market. \u2014 Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In turn, this can lead to even more complexity that becomes more difficult to maintain, due to the introduction of new dependencies and the desire to provide backward compatibility. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"The reasoning behind this decision-making is understandable: Maintaining backward compatibility is considered good customer service. \u2014 Ev Kontsevoy, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Justin, in a black hoodie, black leather pants, chunky white sneakers, and a backward baseball cap, had stars from Lady Gaga to Billie Eilish dancing. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Staking out an opinion in search of evidence has the process exactly backward . \u2014 Aaron R. Hanlon, The New Republic , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The studio\u2019s first productions were short films directed by Twomey, one based on an Inuit myth, and one, in Irish, about a boy whose head is on backward . \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New Yorker , 11 Dec. 2020",
"Pat\u2019s in the Flats was a safe haven for the backward washouts to make their mark creatively. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Materials with strong certification requirements at the source need fiber-forward traceability, while materials currently considered low risk are more suitable to product- backward systems. \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"In June, Xbox Live Gold members will get Aven Colony and Project Highrise: Architect\u2019s Edition, as well as Super Meat Boy and Raskulls via backward compatibility. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When a claim is more general (e.g., a claim such as suppliers involved in making the garment treat their workers well), it can be ascertained through traceability data after it\u2019s been produced (product- backward ). \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Lead actor winner Adrien Brody bounded onstage, grabbed Berry \u2014 who was presenting the award \u2014 and bent her backward , delivering a deep smooch to the stunned actress. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"There are 10 days in February where the date reads the same backward and forwards, but Tuesday\u2019s date is twice as nice. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Start with some light jogging, then perform some dynamic flexibility exercises, such as giant walking lunges and standing forward- backward and side-to-side leg swings. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Climate change isn\u2019t illusory, but certainly my drifting backward was. \u2014 John Crowley, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Bo Nix spiked a snap backward , and it was ruled intentional grounding rather than a fumble. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Wave patterns are unpredictable, seawater corrodes metal generating machinery, and waves\u2019 energy is simultaneously dispersed across three dimensions (up-down, forward- backward and left-right). \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Each feint elicits a response, maybe a defensive parry or a hop backward . \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2021"
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"a general recession was the backwash of the crisis in the housing market",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cleaning regularly is important because there will inevitably be some backwash in your rinsing apparatus after use, which can contain virus particles, bacteria, allergens or other irritants that were flushed from the nose, Lane said. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Rarick said backwash from the waves hitting this stretch of coastline hardened with sandbags, tarps and boulders is also disrupting the famous surf breaks. \u2014 Sophie Cocke, ProPublica , 20 Oct. 2012",
"Watery with pebble- and fleck-size bits of squash and carrots that reminded me of sipping a toddler\u2019s backwash . \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Yet the bill carves out interest from muni debt from MAGI so that states and cities don\u2019t get caught in the backwash . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 27 Sep. 2021",
"It\u2019s not as if the Americans, who won 33 medals (and 16 golds) in Rio needed much rookie assistance to leave the world in their backwash again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 July 2021",
"Bidon is cycling lingo and the French word for water bottle, and the fans pleaded for one as a race souvenir, Covid-19 and backwash be damned. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2021",
"Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel, who left everyone in their backwash at the Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, each could have a chance at six gold medals in Tokyo. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2021",
"Retain their own then let the initial wave of big money spending wash over them before searching the backwash for good deals. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 17 Mar. 2021"
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"The once sleepy backwater is now a thriving city.",
"a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Quite the claim about a place that\u2019s frequently been lamented by outsiders as being too Mormon, too white, too conservative, too backwater . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"The senator claimed the city had failed to install a concrete sub-base under the asphalt and fill the excavation with road slurry, resulting in a sinkhole, the sewer collapsing and causing backwater at her property. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"The Gulf state, which includes Dubai and Abu Dhabi, has grown from a desert backwater into the region\u2019s second-biggest economy, in part based on its status as a global tax-haven for both individuals and companies. \u2014 Rory Jones, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The West has rallied to Ukraine\u2019s support, pumping billions of dollars in aid and weaponry into what had previously been something of a backwater on Europe\u2019s eastern fringe. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"The Encore casino \u2014 DeMaria\u2019s legacy \u2014 has transformed its longstanding reputation as a perpetually declining industrial backwater . \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"Thousands of evacuations will be necessary, and backwater flooding along the Little Miami, Great Miami and Licking Rivers will results in major damage. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
"If the virtuous cycle of technological development and population density is the underlying cause of economic growth, Europe should have remained a backwater . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"After some searching, Berent landed an entry-level position at Sun Microsystems, in a backwater division reviewing contracts. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"Magee embraces their fierce sort of backwoods independence. \u2014 Outside Online , 7 May 2020",
"Maggie Rogers blew minds with her 2019 debut, showcasing a blend of backwoods Maryland folk and French club thump. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022",
"When Chicago went up in flames in the Great Fire of 1871, the city\u2019s upper crust grabbed the family silver and boarded railroad trains to Lake Geneva, Wis., a backwoods town on a sparkling lake about 80 miles to the north. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
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"Jewel had endured a tumultuous childhood in the backwoods of Alaska and had immersed herself in the subject of mental health over the ensuing years. \u2014 Katherine Sayre, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty run afoul of the locals while on a canoe trip in the backwoods of Georgia in this still-shocking 1972 survival thriller directed by John Boorman. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Frances Quinlan Quinlan had planned to celebrate her 34th birthday in a backwoods cabin this week, before a Friday show in Ohio. \u2014 Megan Spurrell, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 6 May 2020",
"The potholes are worth it, however, for the great weekend of backwoods hiking and exploring . \u2014 Stef Schrader, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2020",
"With a freestanding design, premium lightweight aluminum poles, and two entry doors, this backwoods house packs in serious features for the money. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Clustered among pine forests and sunny prairies along scenic backwoods roads 20 miles south of town, Perkins Tank and JD Dam Lake comprise a water-centric tour of the Kaibab National Forest\u2019s southern sector. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 5 July 2019",
"The Curse of Buckout Road Witches burning at the stake, backwoods albino killers and a modern day stalker prove to be more than urban legends on this New York state byway. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Sep. 2019",
"The weekend gets going on Friday with music from Gator Nate, the lovable backwoods yahoo and role model for many a UF pledge. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Aug. 2019",
"The customizable routes offer dozens of options ranging from easy strolls just steps from town to long-distance backwoods excursions. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 21 June 2019",
"Forty years later, a backwoods hunter from Kentucky who grew up in a log cabin won the presidency, in part by mythologizing his own origins on the frontier in terms of the natural aristocracy of the common man. \u2014 Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books , 7 Feb. 2019"
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"Julie Givens, whose family currently owns the property, told the WSJ that hiking, horseback riding, kayaking, snowmobiling and fly fishing can all be done right in the home\u2019s (massive) backyard . \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
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"Second-story terraces overlook the backyard , which adds a sunken fire pit and 65-foot-long swimming pool. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Not long after erecting it in their Cambridge backyard , friends and colleagues came a-calling. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The country was so poor and unstable, the explanation went, that if the United States didn\u2019t take over, some other power would \u2014 in America\u2019s backyard , no less. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Days later, one of the top throwers in the country in Auburn\u2019s backyard \u2014 Briarwood Christian\u2019s Christopher Vizzina \u2014 committed to Clemson. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
"Heirloom Rustic Ales in the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood is a fantastic local brewery with a spacious backyard , perfect for day drinking. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 12 May 2022",
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"He was attracted to the backyard view of the buttress, which looks more like a lush hillside than a strategy to keep landslides at bay. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
"Adirondack chairs are a backyard classic thanks to their sturdy, comfortable structure and pleasing design. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The building includes a backyard flagstone patio and is minutes from the Smithsonian National Zoo. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Fulton County investigators say Lanz\u2019s Acworth home shares a backyard fence with the Hicks home. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Nov. 2021",
"Lanz\u2019s home on Delphinium Boulevard shares a backyard fence with the couple\u2019s home. \u2014 Jennifer Peebles, ajc , 20 Nov. 2021",
"In a warming world, demand for refrigeration systems may rise as owners of small ice rinks \u2014 especially backyard versions that have traditionally relied on naturally freezing temperatures \u2014 struggle to keep the ice intact. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
"There was a glance behind a backyard fence, one darted across the road at night and the back seat commentary to top them all, a father and son who went fishing and spotted the zebras on their trip back. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Variety 600079592 Living in Colorado Springs with a backyard view of Pikes Peak, Julia and Bobby Gillis aren't easily wowed by spectacular scenery. \u2014 Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 20 July 2021"
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"The even handsomer son John Wilkes had star power but felt cursed with bad luck. \u2014 Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"There are more than 300 brain teasers and riddles in this book \u2014 not bad for something that's less than $10! \u2014 Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
"And while retrogrades often get a bad rap, Neptune's is here to help us rather than harm us. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 1 July 2022",
"The good news is that after a bad performance, the market has always gone back up ... eventually. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"In 1972, Barger was charged with killing a man who had supposedly sold bad drugs to the Angels, but a jury acquitted him. \u2014 Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Contrary to what some may believe, not all consumers with disabilities are accessibility evangelists looking to write letters of complaint to head office or post bad reviews on Amazon. \u2014 Gus Alexiou, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"This all helps make Congress bad at what is ostensibly its job: passing legislation. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"These long-acting bad boys contain 20, 30 and sometimes even 40 percent perfume oil. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 30 June 2022",
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"Up until this point, the show had led viewers to believe that the big bad was Doomsday, the beast who famously killed Superman in the comics. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"And yet, no, Savathun is not the big bad of the entire Destiny franchise. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Wanda and Captain Marvel, the only other female Avenger to helm her own property so far, are the two members of the team who could have defeated the big bad of the last two Avengers films, Thanos. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"The accidental bumps and sorrys and quiet my bads create a low hum as the group finds its rhythm behind Jaydon. \u2014 Adam Harris, The Atlantic , 29 Aug. 2019",
"And the true halfway point of Mr. Robot would\u2019ve come sometime during S3, which ends by finally putting Elliot in direct odds with big bads White Rose and the Dark Army. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2017",
"Some good news to buffer the bad : Andreas Athanasiou will practice with the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday, and could be in the lineup this trip. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Our big bads in the Hawkins federal lab seem to be ramping up to factor heavily into this modern theme. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Domestic Goods \u2014 and Bads : Robin Thicke and model girlfriend April Love Geary are expecting a baby. \u2026 \u2014 Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com , 19 Aug. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The parents of the Oxford school shooting suspect have reached their limit with the prosecutor and are asking a judge to sanction her for allegedly ignoring their requests to stop bad -mouthing them and calling them liars. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"The Fed\u2019s bad -tasting medicine may slow it down eventually, but the medicine takes some time to work. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Drake got this man down bad after responding to a troll\u2019s comment about his son Adonis\u2026. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 4 May 2022",
"According to the Times, in 2018 Barbara Ledeen, a Republican Senate aide who had reportedly developed Groundswell\u2019s enemies list with Ginni Thomas, participated in a plot to oust McMaster by secretly taping him bad -mouthing Trump. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Although these scenarios correlate with a better global GDP for roughly the next 20 years, things go bad afterward, with the GDP reduced by up to 3 percent for the ensuing 60 years (with no predictions for what happens after that). \u2014 K.e.d Coan, Ars Technica , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Then, the chief of staff began ignoring the aide\u2019s phone calls, lying about meetings being canceled, and bad -mouthing her to Sims, according to the complaint. \u2014 Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"People might also experience fever, chills, peeing a lot or feeling the urge to pee a lot, burning while peeing, nausea, vomiting, pus in the urine, and cloudy, bad -smelling urine. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Avoid disclosing information about current workplace conflicts, a family situation leading to seeking new employment, or bad -mouthing a current supervisor. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2021"
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"There's been a lot of bad blood between them since their quarrel.",
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"Further, there may be lingering bad blood between Gonzalez and Alvarez stretching back more than a decade. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"That fact, naturally, caused speculation about lingering bad blood between Brady and the organization. \u2014 Jace Evans, USA TODAY , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Some House Republicans have described lingering bad blood over the expulsion vote. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 3 July 2021",
"On July 22, 1995, Garner and Bevington locked up in a benches-clearing incident in the seventh inning at Comiskey Park, just the most recent chapter in a lengthy history of bad blood between the two. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"The two will finally meet in the ring on March 19 in Dubai, bringing more than two years of bad blood and the public feud to an endpoint. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 14 Mar. 2022",
"There is no bad blood between Cardi B and Billie Eilish, and there are receipts to prove it. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
"The apparent gal pals were all smiles, so there's seemingly no bad blood between the duo. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"That has fostered not only a type of siege mentality but also frequent bouts of bad blood . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022"
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"He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.",
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"Bullied out of private school and at odds with her divorced parents, lonely high schooler Jane spirals out of control after falling in with a hard-partying crowd and becoming smitten with a dangerously charismatic bad boy . \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Bullied out of private school and at odds with her divorced parents, lonely high schooler Jane spirals out of control after falling in with a hard-partying crowd and becoming smitten with a dangerously charismatic bad boy . \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The portrayal gave the actor a bad boy persona but he was also considered a Western icon, receiving a star on the Western Walk of Stars in Santa Clarita, Calif., in 2017. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
"The power of the memory is strong enough to wrench Billy from the Mind Flayer\u2019s grasp and the former bad boy sacrifices himself. \u2014 Helena Andrews-dyer, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"But when Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes a month before graduation, Chloe is thrust into a bizarre scavenger hunt alongside Smith, Shara's quarterback boyfriend, and Rory, Shara's bad boy neighbor, both of whom Shara also kissed. \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Despite his age, Faison hopes his days of playing his bad boy character aren't over. \u2014 Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
"Imagine trying to slice up that bad boy for a summer picnic. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 12 May 2022",
"Accusations from Brussels that Mr. Orban has eroded democratic standards including judicial independence and media freedom, coupled with arguments with other EU countries over money and culture wars, have given him the status of the EU\u2019s bad boy . \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 10 May 2022"
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"1955, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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": the actions or behavior characteristic of a badass":[
"Neveldine and Taylor's \u2026 action scenes rely mostly on blood spurts instead of feats of badassery \u2026",
"\u2014 LA Weekly , 3 Sept. 2009"
],
": the state or condition of being a badass : badass quality or character":[
"The Seattle quartet, hailed as godfathers of emo back when that word made you think of something other than \"eyeliner,\" indulged the distorted guitar badassery of their grunge-era brethren \u2026",
"\u2014 Rob Harvilla , Village Voice , 22 Sept. 2009"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1995, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"badass entry 1 + -ery":""
},
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"\u02c8bad-\u00a6a-s\u0259-r\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180409",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of badawi variant spelling of bedawi"
],
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050358",
"type":[]
},
"badchan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a professional jester and topical minstrel especially at Jewish wedding celebrations":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew bad\u1e25\u0101n":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133653",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His efforts pay off, nominally: Michael Morbius doesn\u2019t want to be a baddie , though his ungodly urges keep pulling him in that direction. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Hillary is still a baddie with an eye for fashion, but unlike Fresh Prince's spoiled princess, this gal's got ambitions that involve more than just shopping. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The girls\u2019 defenses aren\u2019t much slicker; in one episode, a humble oboe plays a key role in defeating a baddie . \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Wraith, whose real name could probably double for that of a DC baddie , has an intriguing, hulking woodenness that makes sense in context. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Maguire\u2019s Spidey, who goes back quite some time with Dafoe\u2019s insane baddie , is a wise sort who talks the teenager out of killing in cold blood, though the Goblin sticks a very sharp object into the helping hero for his efforts. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Only Gadot briefly gets to cut loose as a vamping baddie . \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"But Bond discovers that the main baddie this time is a mysterious figure named Safin (Rami Malek), who has a connection to Swann, a sweet island lair and a vengeful agenda. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Later, fulfilling the standard brief of a Bond baddie , Safin will occupy an island lair and hatch plans to dominate the planet. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba-d\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022910",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baddy":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His efforts pay off, nominally: Michael Morbius doesn\u2019t want to be a baddie , though his ungodly urges keep pulling him in that direction. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Hillary is still a baddie with an eye for fashion, but unlike Fresh Prince's spoiled princess, this gal's got ambitions that involve more than just shopping. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The girls\u2019 defenses aren\u2019t much slicker; in one episode, a humble oboe plays a key role in defeating a baddie . \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Wraith, whose real name could probably double for that of a DC baddie , has an intriguing, hulking woodenness that makes sense in context. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Maguire\u2019s Spidey, who goes back quite some time with Dafoe\u2019s insane baddie , is a wise sort who talks the teenager out of killing in cold blood, though the Goblin sticks a very sharp object into the helping hero for his efforts. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Only Gadot briefly gets to cut loose as a vamping baddie . \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"But Bond discovers that the main baddie this time is a mysterious figure named Safin (Rami Malek), who has a connection to Swann, a sweet island lair and a vengeful agenda. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Later, fulfilling the standard brief of a Bond baddie , Safin will occupy an island lair and hatch plans to dominate the planet. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba-d\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203402",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badge":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a characteristic mark":[],
": a device or token especially of membership in a society or group":[],
": an emblem awarded for a particular accomplishment":[],
": button sense 1b":[
"Solicitors have reacted with dismay after Staffordshire courts ordered them to remove \"political\" badges .",
"\u2014 Birmingham Post"
],
": to mark or distinguish (someone or something) with or as if with a badge":[
"Guests arrived and were counted and badged .",
"\u2014 The New Yorker",
"They were dressed in uniform, too, but theirs were everyday uniforms, not ceremonial. Dark olive cloth, worn and creased, badged here and there with the unfamiliar insignia of their rank.",
"\u2014 Lee Child",
"My daughter's hands were raw and scraped from shucking four hundred oysters the night before, her knuckles badged with tiny, brilliant, forming scabs.",
"\u2014 William Boyd"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The policeman flashed his badge .",
"Don't forget to wear your name badge .",
"The receptionist glanced at my visitor's badge .",
"She earned 10 merit badges in scouting.",
"She was wearing a badge that read \u201cSupport your local library.\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Our research revealed that, among smart notifications sent by gamified apps, those notifications alerting users to a new badge \u2014a pivotal form of recognition and visualized progress\u2014had an open rate of up to 88%. \u2014 George Elfond, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The press badge of sports journalist John McNamara, a victim of a mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Maryland. \u2014 Katie Mettler, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"And there\u2019s a production-number badge on the passenger-side dashboard. \u2014 Michael Harley, Robb Report , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Covered with a tiny blue star, acne feels almost like a badge of honor, not a source of shame. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Old hat, yellowed scorecard, weathered press badge , vintage program ... \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"There's also a badge on the passenger's side grab handle denoting the special-edition as 1 of 200, and a similar emblem on the front fenders with a cool graphic of a G-wagen climbing a mountain. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 2 Mar. 2022",
"This new episode profiles Katrina Cooke Brownlee, one of an elite group of Black women to reach the highest ranks of the NYPD detective force, who got there after being shot 10 times by her ex-fianc\u00e9, a man with a badge . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"With no badge and no papers, Tour\u00e9 uses his gifts of wit and deduction to become the best detective in the city. \u2014 Jamie Lang, Variety , 18 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bage, bagge , of obscure origin":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8baj"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115154",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"badge of honor/pride":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mark or expression of pride":[
"He wore his ethnic heritage as a badge of honor/pride ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103745",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"badinage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": playful repartee : banter":[]
},
"examples":[
"the sophisticated badinage of the characters in plays by Oscar Wilde",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The banality of Ruben Santiago-Hudson\u2019s adapted script suggests satire, yet the film is fairly humorless, despite the musicians\u2019 profane badinage . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 1 Jan. 2021",
"The result is a system that favors cable-ready wisecracks and viral badinage over substantive policy discussions. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 31 July 2020",
"Ironic hyperbole was a form of badinage that came easily to Smith. \u2014 Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Review of Books , 14 May 2020",
"And the fact that this is where supporters have ended up after mere hours of social media badinage tells you just how weak the defense is. \u2014 Megan Mcardle, Alaska Dispatch News , 11 July 2017",
"Too often there\u2019s an emotional monotony to this production, which flattens the narrative into a rather stale bedroom farce with barbed marital badinage and cliche clinches. \u2014 Karen D'souza, The Mercury News , 3 Feb. 2017",
"Scientists have begun decoding the complex badinage between cactuses and pollinating bats. \u2014 Natalie Angier, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2017",
"The hosts of Morning Joe, which debuted in 2007 and more or less dominated the cable-news chatter machine ever since, have long been known for their highly flirtatious office-spouse badinage , squabbling and then making up. \u2014 Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com , 4 May 2017",
"The hosts of Morning Joe, which debuted in 2007 and more or less dominated the cable-news chatter machine ever since, have long been known for their highly flirtatious office-spouse badinage , squabbling and then making up. \u2014 Emily Jane Fox, The Hive , 4 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1658, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, \"foolishness, stupidity,\" from badiner \"to banter, jest, play the fool\" (verbal derivative of badin \"silly, foolish,\" as noun, \"fool, simpleton,\" borrowed from Occitan, from badar \"to have the mouth wide open, gape\"\u2014going back to Vulgar Latin *bat\u0101re , perhaps of imitative origin\u2014+ -in , adjective suffix) + -age -age":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccba-d\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4zh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"banter",
"chaff",
"give-and-take",
"jesting",
"joshing",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051446",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badly":{
"antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"definitions":{
": fairly or acceptably well":[
"The economy is doing not badly and looks even better than it really is.",
"\u2014 Tom Teepen"
],
": in a bad manner":[
"played badly"
],
": strongly in need of (something or someone)":[
"It may seem pie in the sky in the current financial climate, but few could argue that for a city of its size and prestige, Edinburgh is badly off for large-scale sports facilities.",
"\u2014 The Evening News (Edinburgh)"
],
": to a great or intense degree":[
"want something badly"
],
": to have an unfavorable or low opinion of (someone or something)":[
"\"You shouldn't think badly of the town because of this,\" said Brogan. \"It is a good town.\"",
"\u2014 Neil Gaiman"
]
},
"examples":[
"He played badly but I played even worse .",
"The failure reflects badly on the administration.",
"She wanted the job badly .",
"I'm badly in need of a vacation.",
"His fingers were badly frozen.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chris Kreke, the chairperson for the high school performing arts department, told the school board in April that a space like this was badly needed and has been on his mind for years. \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
"By 1968, Presley badly needed to redefine his image and did so at a comeback concert in Las Vegas. \u2014 CNN , 22 June 2022",
"That lifeline is badly needed, with the price of bread and other basic groceries soaring in the aftermath of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and Tunisians enduring widespread poverty and unemployment. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Bottling up grain ships also denies Ukraine badly needed revenue which added up $5 billion 2021. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"The Bearcats badly needed the Lindner Center, the Sheakley Athletics Center and a redone Nippert and Fifth Third. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 26 May 2022",
"Or did White write it more to understand and test the arguments in favor of that position\u2014or as a possible strategic bluff to elicit badly needed support from other offices? \u2014 Priya Satia, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
"Florida badly needed a Game 2 victory Thursday in its second-round playoff series against two-time defending champion Tampa Bay. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
"With or without desal, drought solutions are badly needed \u2014 just ask the wealthy folks of Calabasas, who worry new water restrictions will affect their koi ponds and fancy cars, The Times\u2019 Brittny Mejia reports. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bad-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025641",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"badness":{
"antonyms":[
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wrong"
],
"definitions":{
": an evil or unhappy state":[
"Things went from bad to worse."
],
": badly":[
"not doing so bad",
"doesn't want it bad enough"
],
": disagreeable , unpleasant":[
"bad news"
],
": failing to reach an acceptable standard : poor":[
"a bad repair job"
],
": fairly or acceptably good":[
"She eyes the other girls' clothes. A bright orange skirt. Good. A black cocktail dress with a gold belt. Not bad . A white dress with a blousy, frilly top. Hideous.",
"\u2014 Karl Taro Greenfeld",
"For the second time in three games, Patrick Roy blanked the Dallas Stars. Not bad for a player who insists he is not a shutout goalie.",
"\u2014 The New York Times"
],
": fault sense 2":[
"the mistake was my bad"
],
": good , great":[
"one of the baddest songwriters to be found anywhere",
"\u2014 Black Collegian"
],
": inadequate or unsuited to a purpose":[
"a bad plan",
"bad lighting"
],
": incorrect , faulty":[
"bad grammar"
],
": injurious , harmful":[
"a bad influence"
],
": invalid , void":[
"a bad check"
],
": mischievous , disobedient":[
"a bad dog"
],
": morally objectionable : evil":[
"bad men"
],
": not able to be collected":[
"a bad debt"
],
": not fresh : spoiled":[
"bad fish"
],
": not sound : dilapidated":[
"the house was in bad condition"
],
": quite good or impressive":[
"She eyes the other girls' clothes. A bright orange skirt. Good. A black cocktail dress with a gold belt. Not bad . A white dress with a blousy, frilly top. Hideous.",
"\u2014 Karl Taro Greenfeld",
"For the second time in three games, Patrick Roy blanked the Dallas Stars. Not bad for a player who insists he is not a shutout goalie.",
"\u2014 The New York Times"
],
": serious , severe":[
"in bad trouble",
"a bad cough"
],
": something that is bad":[
"There's more good than bad in him.",
"Take the good with the bad ."
],
": sorrowful , sorry":[
"feels bad about forgetting to call"
],
": suffering pain or distress":[
"felt generally bad"
],
": tough , mean":[
"the baddest guy on the block"
],
": unfavorable":[
"make a bad impression"
],
": unhealthy , diseased":[
"bad teeth"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The house is in bad condition.",
"a letter written in bad French",
"He had a bad day at the office.",
"I was having a bad dream.",
"She made a very bad impression on her future colleagues.",
"We've been having bad weather lately.",
"The medicine left a bad taste in his mouth.",
"It's a bad time for business right now.",
"Things are looking pretty bad for us at this point.",
"I have a bad feeling about this.",
"Noun",
"There's more good than bad in him.",
"We need to teach our children the difference between good and bad .",
"teaching children the difference between the good and the bad",
"He believes that the good go to heaven when they die and the bad go to hell.",
"Adverb",
"He hasn't succeeded because he doesn't want it bad enough.",
"you didn't do too bad on the treadmill test",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The even handsomer son John Wilkes had star power but felt cursed with bad luck. \u2014 Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"There are more than 300 brain teasers and riddles in this book \u2014 not bad for something that's less than $10! \u2014 Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
"And while retrogrades often get a bad rap, Neptune's is here to help us rather than harm us. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 1 July 2022",
"The good news is that after a bad performance, the market has always gone back up ... eventually. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"In 1972, Barger was charged with killing a man who had supposedly sold bad drugs to the Angels, but a jury acquitted him. \u2014 Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Contrary to what some may believe, not all consumers with disabilities are accessibility evangelists looking to write letters of complaint to head office or post bad reviews on Amazon. \u2014 Gus Alexiou, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"This all helps make Congress bad at what is ostensibly its job: passing legislation. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"These long-acting bad boys contain 20, 30 and sometimes even 40 percent perfume oil. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Up until this point, the show had led viewers to believe that the big bad was Doomsday, the beast who famously killed Superman in the comics. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"And yet, no, Savathun is not the big bad of the entire Destiny franchise. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Wanda and Captain Marvel, the only other female Avenger to helm her own property so far, are the two members of the team who could have defeated the big bad of the last two Avengers films, Thanos. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"The accidental bumps and sorrys and quiet my bads create a low hum as the group finds its rhythm behind Jaydon. \u2014 Adam Harris, The Atlantic , 29 Aug. 2019",
"And the true halfway point of Mr. Robot would\u2019ve come sometime during S3, which ends by finally putting Elliot in direct odds with big bads White Rose and the Dark Army. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2017",
"Some good news to buffer the bad : Andreas Athanasiou will practice with the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday, and could be in the lineup this trip. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Our big bads in the Hawkins federal lab seem to be ramping up to factor heavily into this modern theme. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Domestic Goods \u2014 and Bads : Robin Thicke and model girlfriend April Love Geary are expecting a baby. \u2026 \u2014 Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com , 19 Aug. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The parents of the Oxford school shooting suspect have reached their limit with the prosecutor and are asking a judge to sanction her for allegedly ignoring their requests to stop bad -mouthing them and calling them liars. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"The Fed\u2019s bad -tasting medicine may slow it down eventually, but the medicine takes some time to work. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Drake got this man down bad after responding to a troll\u2019s comment about his son Adonis\u2026. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 4 May 2022",
"According to the Times, in 2018 Barbara Ledeen, a Republican Senate aide who had reportedly developed Groundswell\u2019s enemies list with Ginni Thomas, participated in a plot to oust McMaster by secretly taping him bad -mouthing Trump. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Although these scenarios correlate with a better global GDP for roughly the next 20 years, things go bad afterward, with the GDP reduced by up to 3 percent for the ensuing 60 years (with no predictions for what happens after that). \u2014 K.e.d Coan, Ars Technica , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Then, the chief of staff began ignoring the aide\u2019s phone calls, lying about meetings being canceled, and bad -mouthing her to Sims, according to the complaint. \u2014 Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"People might also experience fever, chills, peeing a lot or feeling the urge to pee a lot, burning while peeing, nausea, vomiting, pus in the urine, and cloudy, bad -smelling urine. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Avoid disclosing information about current workplace conflicts, a family situation leading to seeking new employment, or bad -mouthing a current supervisor. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun",
"1575, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English badde , noun derivative of badde bad entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English badde, bad , of obscure origin":"Adjective",
"adverbial derivative of bad entry 1":"Adverb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bad"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051503",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"baffle":{
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"definitions":{
": a device (such as a plate, wall, or screen) to deflect, check, or regulate flow or passage (as of a fluid, light, or sound)":[],
": to check or break the force or flow of by or as if by a baffle (see baffle entry 2 )":[
"baffle the steam"
],
": to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert":[
"Her behavior baffled her parents."
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I was baffled by many of the scientific terms used in the article.",
"the language barrier baffled everyone and discouraged us from attempting another teleconference",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That intentional obscurity might baffle audiences, and in Men, intrigue often curdles into fear. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
"The film uses it as the setting for a Joe Manganiello cameo, then lets Hunter escape with an ease that would baffle the heroes of that Mountain Goats song. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Apr. 2022",
"On issues like taxes and health care, their views are far more popular than those of the GOP, but the party is increasingly identified with cultural stances that baffle older voters and voters who didn't go to college. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Each woman holds her ground \u2014 take, for example, the episode about polyamory, in which Willow seems to baffle her co-hosts \u2014 but the inter-family good will prevents the show from ever erupting into true tension. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The way that society pressures young couples to get married but can\u2019t fathom two best friends making that same commitment never fails to baffle me. \u2014 April Lee, refinery29.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"APTs are more complex to plan and manage than traditional trials, and their statistical methods may baffle the average physician, but the fda has embraced the approach, and COVID has proved their utility. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Dunse also listens to her customers, even when their requests baffle her. \u2014 The Week , 26 Feb. 2018",
"But others had problems that seemed to baffle everyone involved. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This indulgent featherbed has two layers of down and feathers in a baffle box construction that keeps the fill evenly distributed. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"The baffle style, made of stainless steel, has two layers of three-sided channels that run horizontally but with the peaks of the channels oriented in opposite directions. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"Internal bracing adds strength to the front baffle and braces the drive unit to the cabinet, creating a support that aids the dynamic performance of the bass unit. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Cabrera, a 24-year-old from the Dominican Republic, used a fastball topping out at 99 mph with a slider and changeup to baffle Colorado\u2019s lineup. \u2014 Mike Cranston, Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"Remove the grates, drip tray, and heat baffle , and use a shop vacuum to clear it out. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 8 July 2021",
"Construction: Check the specifications to see if the comforter uses a baffle box construction, which means there are vertical walls of fabric on the inside to help keep the fill in place. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"The special-edition system features an array of Naim Audio electronics to deliver source and power to Focal\u2019s Sopra N\u00b02 loudspeakers, which combine concrete-finish side panels with a unique tin-color front baffle . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The baffle -box construction is ideal to prevent the fill from shifting. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1881, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"noun derivative of baffle entry 1":"Noun",
"probably alteration of Middle English (Scots) bawchillen to denounce, discredit publicly":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8ba-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for baffle Verb frustrate , thwart , foil , baffle , balk mean to check or defeat another's plan or block achievement of a goal. frustrate implies making vain or ineffectual all efforts however vigorous or persistent. frustrated attempts at government reform thwart suggests frustration or checking by crossing or opposing. the army thwarted his attempt at a coup foil implies checking or defeating so as to discourage further effort. foiled by her parents, he stopped trying to see her baffle implies frustration by confusing or puzzling. baffled by the maze of rules and regulations balk suggests the interposing of obstacles or hindrances. officials felt that legal restrictions had balked their efforts to control crime",
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"balk",
"beat",
"checkmate",
"discomfit",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215009",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bafflegab":{
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": gobbledygook":[]
},
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"I kept asking the telemarketer what the final cost of the \u201cspecial offer\u201d was, and all I got was more bafflegab about deferred payments, option to cancel at any point, etc."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba-f\u0259l-\u02ccgab"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"gobbledygook",
"gobbledegook",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"song and dance"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053909",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bafflement":{
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
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": a device (such as a plate, wall, or screen) to deflect, check, or regulate flow or passage (as of a fluid, light, or sound)":[],
": to check or break the force or flow of by or as if by a baffle (see baffle entry 2 )":[
"baffle the steam"
],
": to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert":[
"Her behavior baffled her parents."
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I was baffled by many of the scientific terms used in the article.",
"the language barrier baffled everyone and discouraged us from attempting another teleconference",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That intentional obscurity might baffle audiences, and in Men, intrigue often curdles into fear. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
"The film uses it as the setting for a Joe Manganiello cameo, then lets Hunter escape with an ease that would baffle the heroes of that Mountain Goats song. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Apr. 2022",
"On issues like taxes and health care, their views are far more popular than those of the GOP, but the party is increasingly identified with cultural stances that baffle older voters and voters who didn't go to college. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Each woman holds her ground \u2014 take, for example, the episode about polyamory, in which Willow seems to baffle her co-hosts \u2014 but the inter-family good will prevents the show from ever erupting into true tension. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The way that society pressures young couples to get married but can\u2019t fathom two best friends making that same commitment never fails to baffle me. \u2014 April Lee, refinery29.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"APTs are more complex to plan and manage than traditional trials, and their statistical methods may baffle the average physician, but the fda has embraced the approach, and COVID has proved their utility. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Dunse also listens to her customers, even when their requests baffle her. \u2014 The Week , 26 Feb. 2018",
"But others had problems that seemed to baffle everyone involved. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This indulgent featherbed has two layers of down and feathers in a baffle box construction that keeps the fill evenly distributed. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"The baffle style, made of stainless steel, has two layers of three-sided channels that run horizontally but with the peaks of the channels oriented in opposite directions. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"Internal bracing adds strength to the front baffle and braces the drive unit to the cabinet, creating a support that aids the dynamic performance of the bass unit. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Cabrera, a 24-year-old from the Dominican Republic, used a fastball topping out at 99 mph with a slider and changeup to baffle Colorado\u2019s lineup. \u2014 Mike Cranston, Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"Remove the grates, drip tray, and heat baffle , and use a shop vacuum to clear it out. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 8 July 2021",
"Construction: Check the specifications to see if the comforter uses a baffle box construction, which means there are vertical walls of fabric on the inside to help keep the fill in place. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"The special-edition system features an array of Naim Audio electronics to deliver source and power to Focal\u2019s Sopra N\u00b02 loudspeakers, which combine concrete-finish side panels with a unique tin-color front baffle . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The baffle -box construction is ideal to prevent the fill from shifting. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022"
],
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"1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1881, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"noun derivative of baffle entry 1":"Noun",
"probably alteration of Middle English (Scots) bawchillen to denounce, discredit publicly":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for baffle Verb frustrate , thwart , foil , baffle , balk mean to check or defeat another's plan or block achievement of a goal. frustrate implies making vain or ineffectual all efforts however vigorous or persistent. frustrated attempts at government reform thwart suggests frustration or checking by crossing or opposing. the army thwarted his attempt at a coup foil implies checking or defeating so as to discourage further effort. foiled by her parents, he stopped trying to see her baffle implies frustration by confusing or puzzling. baffled by the maze of rules and regulations balk suggests the interposing of obstacles or hindrances. officials felt that legal restrictions had balked their efforts to control crime",
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"beat",
"checkmate",
"discomfit",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093315",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bag":{
"antonyms":[
"balloon",
"beetle",
"belly",
"billow",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"poke",
"pooch",
"pouch",
"pout",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
],
"definitions":{
": a bag for game":[],
": a puffed-out sag or bulge in cloth":[],
": a puffy or sagging protuberance of flabby skin":[],
": a square white stuffed canvas bag used to mark a base in baseball":[],
": a usually flexible container that may be closed for holding, storing, or carrying something: such as":[],
": an assortment or collection especially of nonmaterial things":[
"a bag of tricks"
],
": an unattractive woman":[],
": capture , seize":[],
": drunk sense 1a":[],
": something resembling a bag: such as":[],
": suitcase":[],
": the amount contained in a bag":[],
": to achieve in or as if in competition : win":[
"bag a playoff berth"
],
": to cause to swell":[],
": to dismiss (someone) from a job or position : fire , sack":[
"Tiger's been losing his temper and his putting stroke. He shed his agent, and he bagged his caddy \u2026",
"\u2014 Robert Sullivan"
],
": to get possession of especially by strategy or stealth":[],
": to give up, forgo, or abandon especially for something more desirable or attainable":[
"decided to bag her job and move to the country",
"\u2014 often used with it I headed all the way across campus in the sleet for my 12:40, and after twenty minutes I just wanted to bag it and crawl back into bed. \u2014 Kate Haracz"
],
": to hang loosely":[],
": to put into a bag":[],
": to shoot down : destroy":[],
": to swell out : bulge":[],
": to take (animals) as game":[],
": to ventilate the lungs of (a patient) using a hand-squeezed bag attached to a face mask":[
"I asked the respiratory therapist to continue bagging and assisting the patient while I sought the family's permission not to proceed with intubation.",
"\u2014 Malinda H. Bell"
],
"bachelor of agriculture":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She packed her lunch in a paper bag .",
"She put the pencil in her bag .",
"a tired old man with bags under his eyes",
"Verb",
"He got a job bagging groceries.",
"The hunters bagged five deer altogether.",
"We bagged 10 fish today.",
"She's expected to bag the award for the team's most valuable player.",
"I bagged the last seat so everyone else had to stand.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The feature won\u2019t work on every site out of the bag . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 June 2022",
"The Sell by date, along with the UPC code, can be found on the bottom and back of each bag . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
"The kicker: 95 percent of the bag is made from a single polyester polymer, so that portion be recycled when it can\u2019t be repaired anymore. \u2014 Will Taylor, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"And by avoiding digging through the entire contents of a bag to find one particular item, keeping clothing wrinkle-free is also made much easier. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 7 June 2022",
"Fold or clip the top of the bag shut, which will seal the ethylene inside. \u2014 Beth Branch, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
"Police say Randle was in possession of a bag with a gun in it. \u2014 Chron , 11 May 2022",
"The price of the chips has stayed the same but the contents of the bag have shrunk, from 12 to 11 oz. \u2014 Rachel Wolfe, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"From the second-base side of the bag , Velazquez dived up the middle to stop Juan Soto\u2019s shot, scrambled to his knees and made a 12-foot, around-the-back pass to second baseman Tyler Wade for the out. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to the music licensing organization, Sheeran is the first artist to bag both titles twice. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
"Dagne Dover\u2019s Indi bag easily clips onto strollers and even has a mini changing mat. \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"Inside the stadium, a fan with a choice seat behind home plate waited until the ninth inning to bag his head. \u2014 Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Inside the stadium, a fan with a choice seat behind home plate waited until the ninth inning to bag his head. \u2014 Patricia Gallagher Newberry, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Last week Kylie Jenner made the glass bag the focal point of her look for a press day for the new Kardashian reality show. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
"While the show\u2019s critical success has helped bag big name guest stars, the creative team isn\u2019t concerning themselves with living up to any hype. \u2014 Katcy Stephan, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The candy giant has released a Late Night Taco Truck jelly beans bag as part of its 2022 Easter collection, with a taste meant to meant to capture the experience of snacking on the favorite Mexican delight. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"For those looking to bag peaks, Texas has those, too. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bagge , from Old Norse baggi":"Noun",
"Middle English baggen , verbal derivative of bagge bag entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bag",
"also \u02c8b\u0101g"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bag Verb catch , capture , trap , snare , entrap , ensnare , bag mean to come to possess or control by or as if by seizing. catch implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding. caught the dog as it ran by capture suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty. capture an enemy stronghold trap , snare , entrap , ensnare imply seizing by some device that holds the one caught at the mercy of the captor. trap and snare apply more commonly to physical seizing. trap animals snared butterflies with a net entrap and ensnare more often are figurative. entrapped the witness with a trick question a sting operation that ensnared burglars bag implies shooting down a fleeing or distant prey. bagged a brace of pheasants",
"synonyms":[
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100454",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"noun,",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"bag and baggage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": with all possessions : completely":[
"He got rid of the visitors, bag and baggage ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075407",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"bag boy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a boy or young man hired to place shoppers' purchases (such as groceries) in bags":[
"Smith grew up with the company starting as a bag boy in high school.",
"\u2014 William Heuslein , Forbes , 27 May 1991"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225243",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bag molding":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a technique or process in which plastic or plywood-plastic combinations are molded to curved forms by use of a rigid die within a flexible cover through which fluid pressure (as of steam, air, or vacuum) may act on the material to be molded":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101857",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bag net":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bag-shaped net for catching fish":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1777, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bag-\u02ccnet",
"-n\u0259t",
"\u02c8b\u0101g-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225326",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagac":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": apitong":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"native name in the Philippines":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8gak"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203556",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagani":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": magani":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8g\u00e4n\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211317",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagasse":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": plant residue (as of sugarcane or grapes) left after a product (such as juice) has been extracted":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Add a luxurious Oil Bath For The Senses to your tub, which is infused with rosemary, sugarcane bagasse and corncob. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 6 Nov. 2021",
"This includes agricultural residues as sugarcane bagasse and corn cobs, wood chips and pellets from thinnings and wood industry residues, and even dried animal dung. \u2014 Nils Rokke, Forbes , 1 Mar. 2021",
"The compostable bagasse products made from a byproduct of sugarcane, for example, don\u2019t always hold up well with soupy or saucy foods, said Leonard, of the 80-year-old Leonard Paper Company. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 25 Sep. 2020",
"To make the products, the company takes fiber materials, which could include recycled boxes, newspapers, agricultural waste, wheat starch, virgin papers, and bagasse , a sugar cane byproduct. \u2014 Amanda Morris, azcentral , 29 Jan. 2020",
"All food and beverages must now be served with marine degradable packaging, including paper, fiber, wood, wheat straw/straw, bagasse , or edible material, and even marine degradable straws and silverware can be provided only upon request. \u2014 Dakota Kim, Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018",
"All food and beverages must now be served with marine degradable packaging, including paper, fiber, wood, wheat straw/straw, bagasse , or edible material, and even marine degradable straws and silverware can be provided only upon request. \u2014 Dakota Kim, Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259-\u02c8gas"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161718",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagataway":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of bagataway variant spelling of baggataway"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-082208",
"type":[]
},
"bagatelle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a short literary or musical piece in light style":[],
": any of various games involving the rolling of balls into scoring areas":[],
": trifle sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[
"the question of who will pick up the coffee is a mere bagatelle in the overall planning of the conference",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pinball is back Pinball got its start in 18th-century France with the billiardslike tabletop game bagatelle , which used a springlike launcher. \u2014 San Antonio Express-News , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Overall this novel is an entertaining bagatelle , told by a proficient storyteller in an engaging way. \u2014 David Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Lewis kept the scope of emotion in the first bagatelle more along the lines of concerned. \u2014 Peter Dobrin, Philly.com , 11 May 2018",
"As far as performance marathons go, the 10 hours of John Zorn\u2019s bagatelles on Saturday at National Sawdust in Brooklyn may not have been the most sprawling. \u2014 Zachary Woolfe, New York Times , 24 Oct. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Italian bagattella":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccba-g\u0259-\u02c8tel"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"child's play",
"frippery",
"nonproblem",
"nothing",
"picayune",
"shuck(s)",
"small beer",
"small change",
"trifle",
"triviality"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190559",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagman":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": traveling salesman":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As part of an ensemble that pushed political satire to cynical and expletive extremes, Mr. Hale won both his Emmys for playing the bagman to Julia Louis-Dreyfus\u2019s White House bumbler, Selina Meyer. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 29 June 2021",
"Asked outside court if Pietrzyk was a bagman in the scheme, his attorney, Robert Singer of Williamsville, New York, provided a nuanced answer. \u2014 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press , 22 Oct. 2019",
"Roberts served as Ike\u2019s financial adviser and executor, and, after Roberts helped arrange his run for President, as his bagman . \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 14 June 2019",
"Whatever the answer, Zinke has become a bagman for an administration that wants to cut the program\u2019s funding to a historic low. \u2014 Elliott D. Woods, Outside Online , 6 June 2018",
"Chris Mack has emphatically denied any tie to Miller or Christian Dawkins, the associate-slash- bagman . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 23 Feb. 2018",
"The white-suited bagman , a fixture since 1993 and one of his best friends, wasn't sure. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts, CNN , 30 Mar. 2018",
"The Feds have evidence suggesting former Xavier point guard Edmond Sumner and his father took $7,000 in cash advances from a bagman for a former NBA agent named Andy Miller. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 23 Feb. 2018",
"And there was this friendly guy who could only be called his bagman . \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 13 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bag-m\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135729",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagnet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bag-shaped net for catching fish":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1777, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101g-",
"\u02c8bag-\u02ccnet",
"-n\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112812",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagnio":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": brothel":[],
": prison":[]
},
"examples":[
"the police staged a raid on the London bagnio , causing great inconvenience to its well-heeled clientele"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian bagno , literally, public baths (from the Turks' use of Roman baths at Constantinople as prisons), from Latin balneum , from Greek balaneion":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ban-(\u02cc)y\u014d",
"\u02c8b\u00e4n-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bawdy house",
"bordello",
"brothel",
"cathouse",
"disorderly house",
"sporting house",
"stew",
"whorehouse"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005020",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bail":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"definitions":{
": a U-shaped strip used to support something (such as the cover of a wagon or the canopy of a small boat)":[],
": a container used to remove water from a boat":[],
": a device for confining or separating animals":[],
": a hinged bar for holding paper against the platen of a typewriter":[],
": a usually arched handle (as of a kettle or pail)":[],
": bail out sense 2":[
"You can't say he has ever bailed when things got tough, because that's just not true.",
"\u2014 Richard Hoffer",
"Before the party moved elsewhere, I bailed , exhausted.",
"\u2014 Steve Hirdt"
],
": one who provides bail":[],
": security given for the release of a prisoner on bail":[
"Bail was set at $300,000.",
"a motion to reduce bail"
],
": the temporary release of a prisoner in exchange for security (see security sense 2a ) given for the prisoner's appearance at a later hearing":[
"being held without bail",
"The suspect is now out on bail ."
],
": to clear (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side":[
"\u2014 usually used with out bailing water out of the boat"
],
": to clear water from by dipping and throwing":[
"\u2014 usually used with out had to start bailing out the rowboat"
],
": to deliver (personal property) in trust to another for a special purpose and for a limited period":[],
": to help from a predicament":[
"\u2014 used with out His parents are always bailing him out of trouble. bail out impoverished countries"
],
": to procure the release of by giving bail (see bail entry 3 sense 2 )":[
"\u2014 often used with out Her lawyer bailed her out of jail."
],
": to temporarily release (a prisoner) in exchange for security (see security sense 2a ) given for appearance at a later hearing : to release under bail (see bail entry 3 sense 1 )":[]
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1768, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1844, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Anglo-French baillier":"Verb",
"Middle English baille , from Anglo-French, bucket, from Medieval Latin bajula water vessel, from feminine of Latin bajulus porter, carrier":"Noun",
"Middle English beil, baile , probably from Old English *begel, *bygel ; akin to Middle Dutch beughel iron ring, hilt guard; akin to Old English b\u016bgan to bend \u2014 more at bow":"Noun",
"Middle English, custody, bail, from Anglo-French, literally, handing over, delivery, from baillier to give, entrust, hand over, from Latin bajulare to carry a burden, from bajulus porter, carrier":"Noun",
"perhaps from bail entry 5":"Noun",
"verbal derivatiave of bail entry 3":"Verb",
"verbal derivative of bail entry 1":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8b\u0101l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up ",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out ",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
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"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
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": a rescue from financial distress":[],
": to parachute from an aircraft":[]
},
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"Noun",
"government bailouts of large corporations",
"Verb",
"if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out",
"the government bailed out the savings and loan industry",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Like other big trading complexes that did huge business with investment banks, Susquehanna benefited from the massive federal bailout of Wall Street, which propped up the giant firms that were among its biggest trading partners. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
"Sri Lanka needed a stable image to present to foreign lenders and negotiate an urgent bailout . \u2014 Hafeel Farisz, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
"The government has so far relied on bilateral loans to bolster its finances, including from China and India, while shunning an IMF bailout . \u2014 Anusha Ondaatjie, Bloomberg.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In 2018, Argentina once again collapsed after a run on the peso and had to ask the IMF for an emergency bailout . \u2014 Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"When the pandemic took hold last spring, an initial $2 trillion federal bailout resulted in Metro Transit receiving $190 million to help keep it afloat. \u2014 Janet Moore, Star Tribune , 19 Jan. 2021",
"But Veronica also thought this was yet another bailout and was not too worried. \u2014 Ian Shapira, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Nonetheless, the effect of the decision was a bailout of Tsingshan and its banks to the tune of several billion dollars. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The cash was used to return Householder to leadership and in turn pass and protect a $1 billion bailout bill to benefit FirstEnergy and other utilities. \u2014 Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1939, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u0101l-\u02ccau\u0307t"
],
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"bail",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up ",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out ",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182423",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": bail above":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1808, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"bail entry 1":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065217",
"type":[]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the office or jurisdiction of a bailiff (see bailiff sense 1a )":[],
": the sphere in which one has superior knowledge or authority : a special domain (see domain sense 4 )":[
"\u2026 concerns at the spy agency that the Pentagon is intruding into its traditional bailiwick .",
"\u2014 Scott Shane and Mark Mazzetti"
]
},
"examples":[
"questions about organization of the fund drive are my bailiwick",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In shutting down the Abbott plant, the FDA was acting from a zero-risk mentality in its own bailiwick \u2014protecting infant formula from factory contamination\u2014with zero regard for costs and risks that would be somebody else\u2019s problem. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"But MTV Entertainment Studios\u2019 bailiwick has expanded in recent years under the leadership of Chris McCarthy, a longtime executive at Paramount Global, the cable programming giant formerly known as ViacomCBS. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"His bailiwick is seamy realism, walking the edge of soft-core as lowlife exploiter Larry Clark did with Kids, but never transcending it. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The Scripture says to feed the widows and the orphans and take care of those who can't take care themselves, and that is Skip Rutherford's bailiwick . \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 27 June 2021",
"So the Hoosiers just have to find an inside receiver who can make up for some of the playmaking in space that has been Philyor\u2019s bailiwick . \u2014 Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star , 1 Apr. 2021",
"And so that's within their bailiwick to deal with that issue and the people of New York. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Mar. 2021",
"Weaver\u2019s bailiwick has been Republican candidates whose greatest interest seems to be criticizing other Republicans. \u2014 Jack Butler, National Review , 22 Oct. 2020",
"Reardon's usual focus is on using data from pulsar timing arrays to search for nanohertz-frequency gravitational waves, so magnets are a bit out of his bailiwick . \u2014 Steve Mirsky, Scientific American , 26 May 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English baillifwik , from baillif + wik dwelling place, village, from Old English w\u012bc , from Latin vicus village \u2014 more at vicinity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0113-",
"\u02c8b\u0101-li-\u02ccwik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"area",
"arena",
"barony",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075039",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bailout":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"definitions":{
": a rescue from financial distress":[],
": to parachute from an aircraft":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"government bailouts of large corporations",
"Verb",
"if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out",
"the government bailed out the savings and loan industry",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Like other big trading complexes that did huge business with investment banks, Susquehanna benefited from the massive federal bailout of Wall Street, which propped up the giant firms that were among its biggest trading partners. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
"Sri Lanka needed a stable image to present to foreign lenders and negotiate an urgent bailout . \u2014 Hafeel Farisz, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
"The government has so far relied on bilateral loans to bolster its finances, including from China and India, while shunning an IMF bailout . \u2014 Anusha Ondaatjie, Bloomberg.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In 2018, Argentina once again collapsed after a run on the peso and had to ask the IMF for an emergency bailout . \u2014 Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"When the pandemic took hold last spring, an initial $2 trillion federal bailout resulted in Metro Transit receiving $190 million to help keep it afloat. \u2014 Janet Moore, Star Tribune , 19 Jan. 2021",
"But Veronica also thought this was yet another bailout and was not too worried. \u2014 Ian Shapira, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Nonetheless, the effect of the decision was a bailout of Tsingshan and its banks to the tune of several billion dollars. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The cash was used to return Householder to leadership and in turn pass and protect a $1 billion bailout bill to benefit FirstEnergy and other utilities. \u2014 Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1939, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101l-\u02ccau\u0307t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up ",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out ",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003209",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bailpiece":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a certificate formerly issued to the surety attesting the surety's act of offering bail":[],
": a warrant issued to the surety upon which the surety may arrest the person who has been bailed":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"bail entry 1 + piece":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083723",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bailsman":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one who gives bail for another":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The movie focuses on people who usually end up as secondary characters: flight attendants, ex-cons, bond bailsmen and the like. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post , 30 July 2019",
"The movie focuses on people who usually end up as secondary characters: flight attendants, ex-cons, bond bailsmen and the like. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post , 30 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1798, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u0101lz-m\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054212",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baily":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of baily dialectal variant of bailie"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-123939",
"type":[]
},
"bairn":{
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up"
],
"definitions":{
": child":[]
},
"examples":[
"at the Scottish festival there were traditional contests of strength and endurance, Celtic fiddlers, and groups of bairns performing Highland flings",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Later, Marsali once again fails to read the room and talks to Ian about all of her bairns and the joys of a big family. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 13 Apr. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bern, barn , from Old English bearn & Old Norse barn ; akin to Old High German barn child":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bern"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161510",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bait":{
"antonyms":[
"decoy",
"lure"
],
"definitions":{
": a poisonous material placed where it will be eaten by harmful or objectionable animals":[],
": entice , lure":[
"baiting prospective buyers"
],
": lure , temptation":[
"using bargains as bait for shoppers"
],
": something (such as food) used in luring especially to a hook or trap":[
"using worms for bait"
],
": tease":[],
": to attack by biting and tearing":[
"dogs baiting a fox"
],
": to furnish with bait (see bait entry 2 )":[
"bait a fishing line",
"bait a trap"
],
": to give food and drink to (an animal) especially on the road":[],
": to harass (a chained animal, such as a bear) with dogs usually for sport":[],
": to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks":[
"bait minority groups",
"baiting a politician during a debate"
],
": to stop for food and rest when traveling":[],
": to try to make angry with criticism or insults":[
"bait minority groups",
"baiting a politician during a debate"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"baiting hooks with live worms",
"The interviewer kept baiting the politician by asking him whether he was lying.",
"Noun",
"cheese used for bait in mousetraps",
"Wait until the fish takes the bait .",
"a wide selection of lures and baits",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Thanks to social media, everyday people are thrust into the role of performers, putting themselves forward at all times, hoping to bait the algorithms and, in turn, your eyes. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"China\u2019s intelligence services have also used the pilgrimage to bait Uighurs in safe European jurisdictions. \u2014 Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Following footprints to better bait Phishing attacks have doubled from early 2020. \u2014 Ravi Sen, The Conversation , 8 Apr. 2022",
"As Curry ignored Porter\u2019s efforts to bait him, Curry\u2019s teammates had a sense of what was to come. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In the past, various governments have tried to use the allure of fast cash to bait pilots to switch sides during a conflict\u2014a tempting offer for pilots who don\u2019t make much money, and may not agree with their government\u2019s policies. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Euphoria has always been refreshing in its depiction of teenage life; even the more outrageous story lines don\u2019t feel specifically designed to bait us. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
"On Tuesday afternoon, an emo festival designed to bait millennials around the world materialized of thin air. \u2014 Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Cybercriminals are always waiting for the next big lure to bait their traps. \u2014 Lee Mathews, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The goal: Flies will smell the bait and fly into the bottle to get to it. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"The bait to buy the bundle is the exclusive content offered on the respective platforms. \u2014 Wayne Lonstein, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Gordon could be trade bait again at the deadline and the team can afford to take its time on Nix. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 2 June 2022",
"While an earlier draft of the bill banned the use of drones for aerial surveillance, the latest version allows it and only bans using drones to transport fishing gear like lines and bait . \u2014 Abe Musselman, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"Down at the end of the spit, tourists cast bait near the ferry terminal while sipping beers. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"An additional felony poaching charge has been filed against the prominent Utah hunting guide who was prosecuted earlier this month for illegally using bait to help Donald Trump Jr. kill a black bear in Carbon County in 2018. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"The hyper-seasonal nature of marina work\u2014kayak rentals, a bait and tackle shop, moving boats to and from neighboring Watch Hill\u2014left an open window in wintertime. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"The flies will be attracted by the bait , but won't be able to escape because the soap breaks the surface tension of the water, trapping the flies. \u2014 Becky Krystal, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old Norse beit pasturage & beita food; akin to Old English b\u012btan to bite":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old Norse beita ; akin to Old English b\u01e3tan to bait, b\u012btan to bite \u2014 more at bite":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bait Verb bait , badger , heckle , hector , chivy , hound mean to harass by efforts to break down. bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim. baited the chained dog badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy. badgered her father for a car heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker. drunks heckled the stand-up comic hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering. football players hectored by their coach chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging. chivied the new student mercilessly hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing. hounded by creditors",
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"hassle",
"haze",
"heckle",
"needle",
"ride",
"taunt",
"tease"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112144",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"baiter":{
"antonyms":[
"decoy",
"lure"
],
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": a poisonous material placed where it will be eaten by harmful or objectionable animals":[],
": entice , lure":[
"baiting prospective buyers"
],
": lure , temptation":[
"using bargains as bait for shoppers"
],
": something (such as food) used in luring especially to a hook or trap":[
"using worms for bait"
],
": tease":[],
": to attack by biting and tearing":[
"dogs baiting a fox"
],
": to furnish with bait (see bait entry 2 )":[
"bait a fishing line",
"bait a trap"
],
": to give food and drink to (an animal) especially on the road":[],
": to harass (a chained animal, such as a bear) with dogs usually for sport":[],
": to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks":[
"bait minority groups",
"baiting a politician during a debate"
],
": to stop for food and rest when traveling":[],
": to try to make angry with criticism or insults":[
"bait minority groups",
"baiting a politician during a debate"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"baiting hooks with live worms",
"The interviewer kept baiting the politician by asking him whether he was lying.",
"Noun",
"cheese used for bait in mousetraps",
"Wait until the fish takes the bait .",
"a wide selection of lures and baits",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Thanks to social media, everyday people are thrust into the role of performers, putting themselves forward at all times, hoping to bait the algorithms and, in turn, your eyes. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"China\u2019s intelligence services have also used the pilgrimage to bait Uighurs in safe European jurisdictions. \u2014 Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Following footprints to better bait Phishing attacks have doubled from early 2020. \u2014 Ravi Sen, The Conversation , 8 Apr. 2022",
"As Curry ignored Porter\u2019s efforts to bait him, Curry\u2019s teammates had a sense of what was to come. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In the past, various governments have tried to use the allure of fast cash to bait pilots to switch sides during a conflict\u2014a tempting offer for pilots who don\u2019t make much money, and may not agree with their government\u2019s policies. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Euphoria has always been refreshing in its depiction of teenage life; even the more outrageous story lines don\u2019t feel specifically designed to bait us. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
"On Tuesday afternoon, an emo festival designed to bait millennials around the world materialized of thin air. \u2014 Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Cybercriminals are always waiting for the next big lure to bait their traps. \u2014 Lee Mathews, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The goal: Flies will smell the bait and fly into the bottle to get to it. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"The bait to buy the bundle is the exclusive content offered on the respective platforms. \u2014 Wayne Lonstein, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Gordon could be trade bait again at the deadline and the team can afford to take its time on Nix. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 2 June 2022",
"While an earlier draft of the bill banned the use of drones for aerial surveillance, the latest version allows it and only bans using drones to transport fishing gear like lines and bait . \u2014 Abe Musselman, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"Down at the end of the spit, tourists cast bait near the ferry terminal while sipping beers. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"An additional felony poaching charge has been filed against the prominent Utah hunting guide who was prosecuted earlier this month for illegally using bait to help Donald Trump Jr. kill a black bear in Carbon County in 2018. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"The hyper-seasonal nature of marina work\u2014kayak rentals, a bait and tackle shop, moving boats to and from neighboring Watch Hill\u2014left an open window in wintertime. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"The flies will be attracted by the bait , but won't be able to escape because the soap breaks the surface tension of the water, trapping the flies. \u2014 Becky Krystal, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old Norse beit pasturage & beita food; akin to Old English b\u012btan to bite":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old Norse beita ; akin to Old English b\u01e3tan to bait, b\u012btan to bite \u2014 more at bite":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bait Verb bait , badger , heckle , hector , chivy , hound mean to harass by efforts to break down. bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim. baited the chained dog badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy. badgered her father for a car heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker. drunks heckled the stand-up comic hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering. football players hectored by their coach chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging. chivied the new student mercilessly hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing. hounded by creditors",
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"hassle",
"haze",
"heckle",
"needle",
"ride",
"taunt",
"tease"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024952",
"type":[
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"\u2014 E. B. White"
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"\u2014 R. W. Murray"
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": the juxtaposition in writing of syntactically parallel (see parallel entry 1 sense 3c ) constructions containing similar or contrasting ideas (such as \"to err is human; to forgive, divine\")":[],
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": to pay the amount due on : settle":[
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"Noun",
"She had trouble keeping her balance as the boat rocked back and forth.",
"The skater suddenly lost his balance and fell.",
"Another skater bumped into him and knocked him off balance .",
"Gymnasts need flexibility and balance .",
"She has a good sense of balance .",
"To provide balance in her news story, she interviewed members of both political parties.",
"Temperature changes could upset the delicate balance of life in the forest.",
"To lose weight you need the proper balance of diet and exercise.",
"The food had a perfect balance of sweet and spicy flavors.",
"It's important to keep your life in balance .",
"Verb",
"I find it difficult to balance on one foot.",
"He had trouble balancing on his skis.",
"He helped his daughter balance on her bicycle before she started peddling.",
"The legislature is still trying to balance the state's budget.",
"He balances his checkbook every month.",
"Something's wrong: the books don't balance .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As the girls grow close, tensions rise, and their fathers\u2019 political careers hang in the balance . \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"If this deep water cycle between the mantle and the surface is in balance , Earth\u2019s sea level remains stable. \u2014 Theo Nicitopoulos, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"Certain products or treatments can, at least in theory, help maintain that balance and provide specific benefits. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"If that's not possible, consider paying off that balance by taking out a HELOC with another lender at a lower promotional rate, McBride said. \u2014 Jeanne Sahadi, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Speaking for myself, the Fourth Amendment provides that balance . \u2014 Norbert Michel, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"And that balance in a person was super jarring to read for the first time. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"That balance is the key to Zhong sauce\u2019s phenomenal versatility. \u2014 Chris Morocco, Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 June 2022",
"Educators at the C\u00e9sar Manrique school have tried to be aware of that balance . \u2014 Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For Gorman, the priority was to balance the technical side of writing poetry with her own, more personal views on what poetry can bring to the world through performance and activism. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"The board\u2019s plan was to balance the level of poverty across the county\u2019s schools by moving 2,827 elementary, 568 middle and 2,007 high school students. \u2014 Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"Kennedy, a former city councilman, said his hope going into the process was to balance the power between the city council and the mayor. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 6 May 2022",
"For Macron and the rest of the moderate West, the challenge is to balance denouncing far-right xenophobia while taking seriously a huge portion of the electorate and not demonizing them, Lorimer said. \u2014 Patrick Galey, NBC News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The trick for the startup CEO is to allow for tears and fears, to balance friendship with purpose and to find a team that is passionate. \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Since the early Cold War, the main rationale for garrisoning U.S. forces in Europe has been to balance Soviet, and then Russian, power to keep the peace. \u2014 Benjamin H. Friedman, The Week , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Families, individuals and communities have experienced the pandemic differently, echoed San Francisco school board member Matt Alexander, who said the challenge is to balance the needs of everyone. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Giles lists his campaign issues on his campaign website, but says his priority would be to balance the budget and work to reduce the national debt. \u2014 Melissa Estrada, The Arizona Republic , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bilancia , from Late Latin bilanc-, bilanx having two scalepans, from Latin bi- + lanc-, lanx plate":"Noun and Verb"
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"\u02c8ba-l\u0259n(t)s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Normally, with single balanced armature designs, the sound can be a bit light and shrill. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"The orbit exists at a balanced point in the gravities of the moon and Earth. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Her favorites are easy to use and clean and \u2014 most importantly \u2014 deliver a rich and balanced cup of espresso. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"This includes outlining several possibilities to ensure a more balanced system, like adding additional seats to the court, creating term limits, creating a binding ethics code for the court, and diversifying the lower court systems. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Glamour , 24 June 2022",
"In San Francisco, officials are trying to ensure phonics and phonemic awareness are part of the school day along with balanced literacy. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
"Wyoming had a balanced offense with five players with 12 or more goals and over 30 points. \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"This pair is outfitted with layered foam soles and medial posts to keep you balanced and stable through multiple training runs per week. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
"Better Homes & Gardens is dedicated to creating reliable, engaging, and balanced content for our readers. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022"
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"1611, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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": a fermented drink prepared by the natives of Yucatan from the bark of a tree of the genus Lonchocarpus and honey":[]
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"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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"We asked for a hotel room with a balcony .",
"on summer mornings I often have breakfast out on the balcony",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Amenities include a 100-bottle wine bar, home theater, pool and spa, as well as a cabana, an outdoor kitchen, sports court and outdoor terrace with a wrap-around balcony . \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Features include a guest house, a gym, office and a master suite with a balcony . \u2014 Robyn A. Friedman, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"The second floor holds a primary bedroom with private balcony and luxurious bath; two more bedrooms share a bath. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"The owners of the property constructed a large, gray two-story house atop the subterranean complex, complete with a covered balcony and a paved ground floor. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"And finally, the Club at The Twenty Two features four exclusive spaces \u2014 a dining room, a club, a bar, and a lounge with a balcony overlooking Grosvenor Square \u2014 all reserved for hotel guests and patrons. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Cherry Blossom Abound package includes an overnight stay in a Promenade room with a balcony , complimentary valet parking, breakfast and a special cherry blossom themed gift (rates from $547 a night). \u2014 Kaeli Conforti, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Built in 1974, Cole\u2019s new house has three bathrooms, a living area with vaulted ceilings, a primary bedroom suite with a fireplace, a second-floor game room and a third-floor bonus room with a balcony . \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Elsewhere are five bedrooms and six bathrooms, including a primary suite with a private balcony . \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Italian balcone , from Old Italian, large window, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German balko beam \u2014 more at balk entry 2":""
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]
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"All of his uncles are completely bald .",
"He had gone completely bald by the age of 30.",
"He covered his bald head with a baseball cap.",
"There's a bald spot on the top of his head.",
"There are bald patches in the cat's fur.",
"an old car with bald tires",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The production featured costumes and scenic design by Madden, lighting by Paul Ericson, sound by Bob Eisele and makeup by Pam Stompoly-Ericson who created a realistic bald head look for Izzy. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Which is why Brown will be on the beach at Sand Hollow Reservoir on Saturday, swim cap covering his bald head, ready to literally test his limits. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"However, his joke about her bald head (no matter what Bill Maher\u2019s vapid takes on the matter are) has had media analysts and consumers restating the first amendment as a pledge of allegiance to the protection of free speech. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
"During the Oscars, Smith walked on stage and slapped Rock after the comedian joked about Smith's wife Jada Pinkett-Smith's bald head. \u2014 Rasha Ali, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Some are worried that people could see Smith as having every right to get physical, given that Rock made a joke about the particularly sensitive topic of Pinkett Smith\u2019s bald head. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The standup sets wound up being where Rock broke his silence about the 94th annual Academy Awards, where he was slapped by Will Smith after cracking a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith's bald head (Jada, 50, has alopecia). \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In his joke more than two decades earlier, Smith targeted Williams, likely also without knowing the story behind the musician\u2019s bald head. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
"During the 2022 Oscars ceremony on Sunday night, held at L.A.\u2019s Dolby Theatre, Smith walked onstage and slapped Rock after the presenter joked about Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s bald head. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Young and old greeted him like a rock star\u2014a short, balding rock star. \u2014 Andrew Ferguson, The Atlantic , 7 Apr. 2020",
"There was chubby Roger Ebert, often the meaner of the two, with his barbed complaints about his partner\u2019s latest opinions, and there was the tall, balding Gene Siskel, the gentler and kinder one, more likely to throw up his hands in exasperation. \u2014 Dipti S. Barot, Longreads , 26 Nov. 2019",
"Posters of Tsai, a smiling, bespectacled woman, and Han, a slim, balding , rather bland-looking man, were everywhere. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2019",
"Rings of smoke from his Cuban cigar circled Luis Tiant\u2019s balding head like a halo. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 29 Mar. 2020",
"Dantzman is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds, with short, gray hair, balding on the top of his head and a gray beard. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Young and old greeted him like a rock star\u2014a short, balding rock star. \u2014 Andrew Ferguson, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Irwin is 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds, with balding gray hair and blue eyes. \u2014 Alejandro Serrano, SFChronicle.com , 19 Feb. 2020",
"With her tires balding and her transmission on the fritz, Katrina Whitaker needed a new car. \u2014 Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal , 14 Feb. 2020"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"Middle English balled ; probably akin to Danish dialect b\u00e6ldet bald, Latin fulica coot, Greek phalios having a white spot, Old English b\u01e3l fire, pyre":"Adjective and Verb"
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"1761, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082039",
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": nonsense":[]
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"examples":[
"a combat veteran himself, he could not believe the balderdash he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many experts in finance and digital security have been watching with dismay as consumers and policymakers bought in to promoters\u2019 balderdash . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Sorry to say, that is unmitigated balderdash and completely misleading. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The popular myth of important artists being neglected in their lifetimes is for the most part balderdash . \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 19 July 2021",
"The Hill, however, was a happy home for this balderdash , thanks to the famously lax editorial standards that suffuse the paper\u2019s operations. \u2014 Libby Watson, The New Republic , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said Johnson\u2019s contention that Britain could continue to breeze along with its current free-trade arrangement with Europe after a no-deal departure was balderdash . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 July 2019",
"Then there\u2019s Donald Glover, king of all media, who takes on the role of Lando, Han\u2019s old frenemy, and offers a take on the character that suggests so much of his effortless cool is bluster and balderdash . \u2014 Todd Vanderwerff, Vox , 15 May 2018",
"The question is not whether these claims are balderdash . \u2014 David A. Graham, The Atlantic , 22 Oct. 2017"
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"1674, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
"examples":[
"the baleful effects of water pollution",
"a dark, baleful sky portending a tornado",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most people know Muna for their hook-laden, vibe-inducing electro-pop singles \u2014 so when the trio dropped a baleful country song earlier this week, fans were certainly shocked. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 29 Apr. 2022",
"With his invasion of Ukraine floundering and his economy teetering, Putin doubled down Wednesday \u2014 turning his baleful glare on Russians who are against the invasion or who sympathize with the West. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Saint Russia would stand against this baleful homogenization. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"This baleful development has led to a flourishing cybersecurity industry. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Durham\u2019s probe is a righteous effort to get to the bottom of a matter that deranged American politics for two solid years, though it has been derided or ignored by the corporate press, with baleful consequences. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, even wrote to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei complaining of the show\u2019s baleful influence. \u2014 Omid Khazani And Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
"This year\u2019s climate summit in Glasgow has been an embarrassing flop for the green brigades, with one baleful exception. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Quinones cuts the baleful trafficking news with stories about innovative rehab programs, drug courts and addicts who get clean. \u2014 Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English balefull \"(of humans or animals) bent upon mischief or destruction, malevolent, (of things) pernicious,\" also \"wretched, miserable,\" going back to Old English bealluful \"full of evil, sinful,\" from bealu bale entry 1 + -ful -ful entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101l-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for baleful sinister , baleful , malign mean seriously threatening evil or disaster. sinister suggests a general or vague feeling of fear or apprehension on the part of the observer. a sinister aura haunts the place baleful imputes perniciousness or destructiveness to something whether working openly or covertly. exerting a corrupt and baleful influence malign applies to what is inherently evil or harmful. the malign effects of racism",
"synonyms":[
"dire",
"direful",
"doomy",
"foreboding",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"inauspicious",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"sinister",
"threatening"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004408",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"balk":{
"antonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
"definitions":{
": a ridge of land left unplowed as a dividing line or through carelessness":[],
": an occurrence in which a pitcher stops suddenly or makes an illegal movement after starting to throw a pitch":[
"The pitcher was charged with a balk ."
],
": any of the outside divisions made by the balklines":[],
": beam , rafter":[],
": failure of a competitor to complete a motion (such as a jump, vault, or dive)":[],
": hindrance , check":[],
": the space behind the balkline on a billiard table":[],
": to check or stop by or as if by an obstacle : block":[
"\u2026 had neither been balked nor been frightened \u2026",
"\u2014 Francis Hackett"
],
": to commit a balk (see balk entry 2 sense 1 )":[],
": to pass over or by":[
"\u2026 such an age as ours balks no expense \u2026",
"\u2014 William Cowper"
],
": to refuse abruptly":[
"\u2014 used with at Congress balked at putting up the money \u2014 Thomas Fleming"
],
": to stop short and refuse to proceed":[
"The horse balked at the jump and threw the rider."
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The horse balked and would not jump the fence.",
"The runner on third base tried to make the pitcher balk .",
"Noun",
"the extravagant centerpiece proved to be a balk to the flow of conversation",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Xi\u2019s government might support Putin within those limits \u2014 and Chinese companies might use the situation to pursue better deals \u2014 but will balk at openly violating sanctions and being targeted for penalties, experts said. \u2014 Joe Mcdonald, ajc , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Many people still balk at keeping sensitive data and files in the cloud. \u2014 Scott Kramer, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Others simply balk at the higher monthly mortgage payments. \u2014 Fortune , 4 Apr. 2022",
"How much can resorts charge before people balk at paying for uphill access? \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Though hold-outs still balk at the thought of a man in rosy hues, pink doesn\u2019t care. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The ethereum price and other major cryptocurrencies have also fallen sharply as bullish investors balk at the prospect of rising interest rates and a slow down in pandemic-era stimulus measures. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"However, the provision of a qualifying offer may narrow the market for Rodriguez, as some teams balk at sacrificing a draft pick in order to sign a free agent. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 Nov. 2021",
"The fight over the spending bill is just one underway on Capitol Hill as Republicans balk at Democratic efforts to raise the country\u2019s debt ceiling ahead of an Oct. 18 deadline. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Northview pitcher Garrett Zimmerman, however, stepped back on the mound to prompt the balk call. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"After the balk , Tommy Beres belted a three-run homer to left field and the Bruins mobbed him at home plate. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 May 2022",
"Blake Johnson tied the game at 2-2 on a sac fly from Carson Paetow and went ahead when a balk was called on Reynolds, scoring Paetow. Dunn came onto the field to argue the controversial call and was eventually ejected. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 26 May 2022",
"Later in the inning, Brett Boen hit a two-RBI single and Beyer scored on a balk to make it 11-1. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"Payton led off the inning with a single, then advanced to second on a balk by SEMO pitcher Jason Rackers. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"Cameron LaLiberte pinch-ran for him and advanced to second on a balk . \u2014 Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic , 28 May 2022",
"The left-hander got off to a shaky start with a leadoff walk and a balk in the first that helped the Rangers take a 1-0 lead. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Chron , 20 May 2022",
"Tanner Smith scored on a balk and Josh Kasevich hit a two-run home run to make it 3-0. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English balke , from Old English balca ; akin to Old High German balko beam, Latin fulcire to prop, Greek phalanx log, phalanx":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"sometimes \u02c8b\u022flk",
"\u02c8b\u022fk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for balk Verb frustrate , thwart , foil , baffle , balk mean to check or defeat another's plan or block achievement of a goal. frustrate implies making vain or ineffectual all efforts however vigorous or persistent. frustrated attempts at government reform thwart suggests frustration or checking by crossing or opposing. the army thwarted his attempt at a coup foil implies checking or defeating so as to discourage further effort. foiled by her parents, he stopped trying to see her baffle implies frustration by confusing or puzzling. baffled by the maze of rules and regulations balk suggests the interposing of obstacles or hindrances. officials felt that legal restrictions had balked their efforts to control crime",
"synonyms":[
"baffle",
"beat",
"checkmate",
"discomfit",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211210",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"balk (at)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to she balked at lending him any more money"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113816",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"balkiness":{
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"definitions":{
": refusing or likely to refuse to proceed, act, or function as directed or expected":[
"a balky mule",
"a balky engine"
]
},
"examples":[
"a balky toddler who only seemed to know the word \u201cno\u201d when told to do something",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For Boston, Marcus Smart has had a balky ankle, Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5, though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
"For Boston, Marcus Smart\u2019s ankle has been balky , Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5 though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
"For Boston, Marcus Smart\u2019s ankle has been balky , Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5 though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 29 May 2022",
"The process at City Hall to select a developer has been balky out of the gate and has a tight timeline that, realistically, must be completed by the fall. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"The bench dumbbell fly has never been one of my favorite exercises for my clients, especially for those with balky shoulders. \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"Matsuyama, the first Japanese man to win a major championship, is hoping a balky neck that has been bothering him for a few weeks is good enough on Thursday to give him a legitimate chance of winning the Masters again. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Unfortunately, the existing programs are balky and anything but customer-friendly. \u2014 Frederick Hess, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"There is no magical moment, just a gradual, balky transition to a more relaxed state of vigilance that, depending on new variants and possible surges, could be temporary. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1831, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"sometimes \u02c8b\u022fl-",
"\u02c8b\u022f-k\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for balky contrary , perverse , restive , balky , wayward mean inclined to resist authority or control. contrary implies a temperamental unwillingness to accept orders or advice. a contrary child perverse may imply wrongheaded, determined, or cranky opposition to what is reasonable or normal. a perverse , intractable critic restive suggests unwillingness or inability to submit to discipline or follow orders. tired soldiers growing restive balky suggests a refusing to proceed in a desired direction or course of action. a balky witness wayward suggests strong-willed capriciousness and irregularity in behavior. a school for wayward youths",
"synonyms":[
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025929",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"balky":{
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"definitions":{
": refusing or likely to refuse to proceed, act, or function as directed or expected":[
"a balky mule",
"a balky engine"
]
},
"examples":[
"a balky toddler who only seemed to know the word \u201cno\u201d when told to do something",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For Boston, Marcus Smart has had a balky ankle, Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5, though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
"For Boston, Marcus Smart\u2019s ankle has been balky , Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5 though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
"For Boston, Marcus Smart\u2019s ankle has been balky , Robert Williams III\u2019s knee is an ongoing question and Jaylen Brown banged a knee on a drive in Game 5 though finished the game with no obvious ill effects. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 29 May 2022",
"The process at City Hall to select a developer has been balky out of the gate and has a tight timeline that, realistically, must be completed by the fall. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"The bench dumbbell fly has never been one of my favorite exercises for my clients, especially for those with balky shoulders. \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"Matsuyama, the first Japanese man to win a major championship, is hoping a balky neck that has been bothering him for a few weeks is good enough on Thursday to give him a legitimate chance of winning the Masters again. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Unfortunately, the existing programs are balky and anything but customer-friendly. \u2014 Frederick Hess, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"There is no magical moment, just a gradual, balky transition to a more relaxed state of vigilance that, depending on new variants and possible surges, could be temporary. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1831, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"sometimes \u02c8b\u022fl-",
"\u02c8b\u022f-k\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for balky contrary , perverse , restive , balky , wayward mean inclined to resist authority or control. contrary implies a temperamental unwillingness to accept orders or advice. a contrary child perverse may imply wrongheaded, determined, or cranky opposition to what is reasonable or normal. a perverse , intractable critic restive suggests unwillingness or inability to submit to discipline or follow orders. tired soldiers growing restive balky suggests a refusing to proceed in a desired direction or course of action. a balky witness wayward suggests strong-willed capriciousness and irregularity in behavior. a school for wayward youths",
"synonyms":[
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050041",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"ball":{
"antonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"roll",
"round",
"wad"
],
"definitions":{
": a hit or thrown ball in various games":[
"foul ball"
],
": a large formal gathering for social dancing":[],
": a pitch not swung at by the batter that fails to pass through the strike zone":[],
": a round or roundish body or mass: such as":[],
": a spherical or ovoid body used in a game or sport":[
"a tennis ball",
"\u2014 used figuratively in phrases like the ball is in your court to indicate who has the responsibility or opportunity for further action"
],
": a very pleasant experience : a good time":[
"everyone had a ball at the wedding"
],
": competent , knowledgeable , alert":[
"the other introductory essay \u2026 is much more on the ball",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)",
"keep on the ball"
],
": earth , globe":[],
": nerve sense 3":[],
": nonsense":[
"\u2014 often used interjectionally"
],
": of ability or competence":[
"if the teacher has something on the ball , the pupils won't squirm much",
"\u2014 New Yorker"
],
": testis":[],
": to engage in sexual intercourse":[],
": to form or gather into a ball":[],
": to have sexual intercourse with":[],
": to play basketball":[
"Common shot all his own scenes on the hardwood, balling against NBA superstars Dwyane Wade and Dwight Howard.",
"\u2014 Chris Richards"
],
"John died 1381 English priest and social agitator":[],
"Lucille (D\u00e9sir\u00e9e) 1911\u20131989 American actress and comedienne":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I stood up quickly and balled my hands into fists.",
"He balled the letter in his hands and threw it in the trash."
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1577, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French bal , from Old French, from baller to dance, from Late Latin ballare , from Greek ballizein":"Noun",
"Middle English bal , probably from Old English *beall ; akin to Old English bealluc testis, Old High German balla ball, Old Norse b\u01ebllr , Old English bl\u0101wan to blow \u2014 more at blow":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"globe",
"orb",
"sphere"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194105",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"ball fern":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a feathery fern ( Davallia bullata ) of tropical Asia and Malaya cultivated chiefly in fern balls that its creeping rhizomes help to form":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082846",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ball field":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Includes art show, wiffle ball field , bounce house, local food and drinks, live music. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 8 May 2022",
"But as Lemming and Marzac form a bond \u2014 not romantic but not untender, either \u2014 the ideas that Greenberg is juggling, about integration on the ball field and integration of the psyche, fully pay off. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Back in the summer of 1993, to honor Derrick Robie, volunteers \u2013 including Eric Smith's great grandfather \u2014 bulldozed the scene of the crime and put in a new ball field in memory of the little T- ball player. \u2014 CBS News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Ages 1-3 hunt around Mess Hall, ages 4-6 hunt on ball field , ages 7-8 hunt on main playground. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The lot that had been a dump was now a busy ball field . \u2014 New York Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"By the mid-1990s, the neighborhood had been transformed, vacant lots and derelict buildings replaced with small homes, nonprofit and tenant-owned apartment buildings, gardens, a Bronx Field of Dreams ball field . \u2014 Eileen Markey, The New Republic , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Emergency medics tried to revive Delgado, but he was pronounced dead beside a fence by the park\u2019s ball field off Southeast 92nd Avenue. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"The team your dad liked can determine your allegiance; so can the first ball field your mom took you to. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1760, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fl-\u02ccf\u0113ld"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082934",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ball foot":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large turned foot often found on 17th-century case furniture":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130250",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ball fringe":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a decorative fringe (as for upholstery, curtains, or clothing) made with covered balls or yarn balls hanging at even intervals along one edge":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013128",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ball game":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a game played with a ball":[],
": a set of circumstances : situation":[
"a whole new ball game"
],
": contest sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[
"He was popular because he was good at ball games .",
"Dad took us to a ball game .",
"watching a ball game on TV",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd plays a berzerker with simple life goals \u2013 avenge his father, save his mother (Nicole Kidman), kill his uncle \u2013 in a crazy tale with Slavic witches, a bloody ball game and a naked sword fight on top of an active volcano. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"The Yankees are never out of a ball game due to their tenacity and Boone\u2019s evolution as a manager. \u2014 Wayne G. Mcdonnell, Jr., Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"The ball game with the Portland Sea Dogs is set for 7 p.m. and the concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 9 May 2022",
"Navigating the world as a plus-size person comes with its own set of challenges, but posting on social media as a fat person is a whole other ball game . \u2014 Allure , 4 May 2022",
"Returning to MasterChef this time around is a very different ball game because the food industry has changed a lot in 13 years and there's plenty of fierce competition in the kitchen. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Compared with family and career concerns, a ball game might seem, frankly, sort of useless. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The postseason is a whole different ball game and the Grizzlies appear primed to make a statement. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And rather than languid toffs being the ones to strap the bracciale onto their hands, soon, ordinary young men were becoming the first professional players of the ball game . \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"duel",
"face-off",
"grapple",
"match",
"rivalry",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213416",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ball girl":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a female attendant who retrieves balls for players or officials (as in a tennis match or a baseball or basketball game)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Marissa Rohan, a 24-year-old Cal State Northridge senior who serves as the Dodgers ball girl seated down the right-field line. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Sep. 2021",
"At the time, Proctor didn\u2019t realize the magnitude of being the Miami Heat\u2019s first ball girl . \u2014 Brittney Oliver, Glamour , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Her presence eventually inspired the Miami Heat owner's daughter, Kelly Arison, to become a ball girl , too. \u2014 Brittney Oliver, Glamour , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Decades before the start of their relationship, Kloss\u2014who became the number-one doubles player in 1976 and is now commissioner of World Team Tennis\u2014met King while working as a ball girl for one of King\u2019s matches in South Africa. \u2014 Macaela Mackenzie, Glamour , 23 Sep. 2020",
"At Wimbledon in 1995, Tim Henman hit a ball into the head of a ball girl and was defaulted from a doubles match. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 6 Sep. 2020",
"But on a return of serve, a scorching forehand from Nadal hit a ball girl on the head. \u2014 Jill Martin, CNN , 23 Jan. 2020",
"French tennis player Elliot Benchetrit caused controversy in the qualifying rounds of the Australian Open after asking a ball girl to peel his banana. \u2014 CNN , 20 Jan. 2020",
"Scheduled in the Australian summer, the Open is where the former champion Ivan Lendl donned a Legionnaire\u2019s cap to combat the sun and where the ball boys and ball girls still wear them. \u2014 Christopher Clarey, New York Times , 19 Jan. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202535",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ball governor":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a governor that operates by the centrifugal force of revolving balls":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"ball entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230758",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ball gown":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a long dress that is worn to large formal parties for dancing":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015828",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ball handler":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Flashy ball handler , with a range of hesitation and change of pace dribbles. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
"In that time, Tyus Jones was the primary ball handler and Desmond Bane assumed the backup point guard position. \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"Despite playing the role of primary ball handler , Irving is far from a dynamic distributor. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The team could decide to keep the ball handler on a two or three year deal, given their available team building tools, and put team options on future seasons. \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"JaVale McGee isn't a good ball handler in the open floor. \u2014 Duane Rankin, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
"Suns' 7-foot center JaVale McGee isn't a good ball handler in the open floor. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 2 May 2022",
"But the Celtics are going to have to improve on allowing dribble penetration because an unimpeded ball handler in the paint causes all types of trouble. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
"This year their pick-and-roll ball handler workload has spiked: 114 possessions for Mann, for an average of 0.96 points, and 66 possessions for Coffey, at a clip of 0.94 points, according to Synergy Sports. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"Prodigiously gifted, Bryant can also get under his teammates' skin\u2014an occasional ball hog on the court and standoffish in the locker room.",
"\u2014 Allison Samuels et al. , Newsweek , 19 June 2000"
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": an architectural ornament consisting of a ball in the flower-shaped hollow of a circular mold":[]
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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"a ballad about King Arthur",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tearjerker ballad , which Bolton co-wrote with Doug James, was an apt choice for the spot. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 24 June 2022",
"But this ballad , which talks about everyday gratitude and counting your blessings, definitely strikes a chord with listeners. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"Nelly and Kelly Rowland could turn infidelity into a chart-topping ballad . \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 12 June 2022",
"And the closing title track, a lovely ballad about blocking out the noise and surrendering to love, ends the record on a hopeful and uplifting note. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"Rather than belting out a ballad for Mother Nature, though, the 52-year-old singer and songwriter tended to the Earth \u2014 quite literally. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 30 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s nothing like a good Gloria Trevi pop ballad that allows her powerful vocals to shine. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Or warp a traditional Cuban ballad known as a bolero using an obscure Soulja Boy sample? \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"There was a video of the boys rolling the tractor across a dusty concrete backyard as Bumaryam ran in and out of the shot, all of it soundtracked by a sentimental ballad . \u2014 John Beck, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"\u02c8ba-l\u0259d"
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": a woman who is a ballet dancer : danseuse":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Dhont elicits a very different performance here, one no less physical than Victor Polster\u2019s turn as an aspiring ballerina . \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"The bronze sculpture of a young ballerina , Petite danseuse de quatorze ans, 1920, will likely fetch $30 million. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
"Tallchief also broke barriers as a Native American ballerina and was known for speaking out against injustices and discrimination. \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"On this day, Powell is putting Lexy\u2019s hair in cornrows, pulled back from her face \u2014 a must for her, as a ballerina . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Decades before, No. 17 was famous as the building with the dancer: A statue of a ballerina , holding a hammer and sickle, placed atop the cupola during Stalin\u2019s building blitz. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Don\u2019t look for a turquoise skirt on the ballerina brooches. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
"The Friends star, 57, shared a cute mother-daughter beach selfie as well as a picture of Coco playing with two dogs and an adorable shot of her in a ballerina dress as a toddler. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"How'd Bachik achieve this ballerina -esque style of shape? \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 9 June 2022"
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"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Where else can you peek into the kitchen and see a quiet ballet of cooks, their entire attention focused on feeding a mere 65 people?",
"\u2014 Ruth Reichl",
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"\u2014 Steven Earnest et al."
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"examples":[
"She does tap dancing and ballet .",
"We are going to a ballet tonight.",
"This is one of my favorite ballets .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the shot, Olympia looks adorable in her pink ballerina tutu, a hair bow and ballet slippers. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"Find your next pair of classic ballet flats or a canvas summer bag at Tory Burch's semi-annual sale. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 June 2022",
"In the titular act, a couple danced what resembled a traditional ballet pas de deux taken to the air. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 June 2022",
"Black pumps and ballet flats are increasingly being replaced with trendy, stylish (and oftentimes exorbitantly expensive) sneakers. \u2014 Jane Hanson, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"In 1982, every channel in the former Soviet Union suddenly broadcast a performance of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet . \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The choreographer, who grew up in Kyiv, was preparing a new ballet at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow when the invasion began, and immediately decided to leave Moscow. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Only a few moments called out for more variety in tempo and transitions, like the transition from the final ballet into the concluding chorus. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Ballet Theatre Company seeks four to six professional dancers with a strong ballet background, including pointe work for women, available for the 2022-23 season beginning in August 2022. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022"
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"1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"ba-\u02c8l\u0101",
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a devotee of ballet":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Together the balletomane couple had helped launch the SAB Diversity Initiative, which has allowed dozens of dancers, like Farley, to find their footing in the world of ballet. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"William Garnett Hamilton did not set out to be a Manhattan doctor, let alone a balletomane . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Born in Chicago in 1925 and educated at Harvard, the bearded Gorey is remembered as a cat person, an avid reader, and the ultimate balletomane . \u2014 Vogue , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Haas\u2019 column was a high priority for Aline, a lifelong balletomane . \u2014 David Lyman, The Enquirer , 11 Aug. 2020",
"The event is known to lure fashionable balletomanes , and last night followed suit. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 21 May 2019",
"Funds for these scholarships come from many places, but the most glamorous source is the ballet school\u2019s annual Winter Ball, where black-tie balletomanes enjoy a gala dinner and performance given by students of the SAB. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 18 Mar. 2019",
"The relationship that proved most enduring was with Paul Magriel, an art dealer and balletomane . \u2014 Mark Holgate, Vogue , 7 Jan. 2019",
"As the night\u2019s honorary chair, Kennedy waxed nostalgic about her memories attending the ballet with her balletomane mother who served as a longtime ABT chairman. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 18 Oct. 2018"
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"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Russian baletoman , from balet ballet + -o- + -man , from maniya mania":""
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"ba-\u02c8le-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101n"
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"Where else can you peek into the kitchen and see a quiet ballet of cooks, their entire attention focused on feeding a mere 65 people?",
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"\u2014 Steven Earnest et al."
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"examples":[
"She does tap dancing and ballet .",
"We are going to a ballet tonight.",
"This is one of my favorite ballets .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the shot, Olympia looks adorable in her pink ballerina tutu, a hair bow and ballet slippers. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"Find your next pair of classic ballet flats or a canvas summer bag at Tory Burch's semi-annual sale. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 June 2022",
"In the titular act, a couple danced what resembled a traditional ballet pas de deux taken to the air. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 June 2022",
"Black pumps and ballet flats are increasingly being replaced with trendy, stylish (and oftentimes exorbitantly expensive) sneakers. \u2014 Jane Hanson, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"In 1982, every channel in the former Soviet Union suddenly broadcast a performance of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet . \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The choreographer, who grew up in Kyiv, was preparing a new ballet at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow when the invasion began, and immediately decided to leave Moscow. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Only a few moments called out for more variety in tempo and transitions, like the transition from the final ballet into the concluding chorus. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Ballet Theatre Company seeks four to six professional dancers with a strong ballet background, including pointe work for women, available for the 2022-23 season beginning in August 2022. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022"
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"ba-\u02c8l\u0101",
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"definitions":{
": a logger who rolls logs down slopes too steep for teams":[]
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"angerless",
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": behaving like a projectile":[
"But the Bell Labs switch uses such a low current that the few ballistic electrons are a distance of a micrometer or more apart \u2026",
"\u2014 Robert Pool"
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"ballistic glass",
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"\u2026 engineered specifically to be worn under ballistic vests and shirts.",
"\u2014 K. M. Reese"
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": extremely and usually suddenly excited, upset, or angry : wild":[
"He went ballistic when he saw the dent in his car.",
"and the crowd goes ballistic"
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": of or relating to the science of the motion of projectiles in flight":[]
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"examples":[
"she went ballistic when she discovered her sister using her nail polish",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the 20 years since Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia, the relationship between the military and the Russian Orthodox Church has grown closer, with priests blessing everything from ballistic missiles to submarines. \u2014 Ana Faguy, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Yesterday missiles, today artillery: if tomorrow is heavy drones, will that inevitably mean strike aircraft and ballistic missiles the day after? \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) will be able to engage enemy ground targets while inside an opponent\u2019s air defenses, targeting ballistic missiles, surface-to-air missiles, and other important targets. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
"In recent months, North Korea has test-launched an unprecedented number of ballistic missiles, and the U.S. assesses the country has imminent plans to resume nuclear testing after a five-year hiatus. \u2014 Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"Three Russian submarines, seemingly equipped to carry 16 ballistic missiles with multiple nuclear warheads, simultaneously broke through the ice near the North Pole in March 2021. \u2014 Arthur Herman, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Sunday's launch of eight ballistic missiles was the 17th time this year the Kim regime has staged such tests. \u2014 Brad Lendon And Yoonjung Seo, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"North Korea is barred from testing ballistic missiles and nuclear devices by United Nations Security Council resolutions. \u2014 Sophie Jackman, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"Days before Biden arrived in Seoul, North Korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles into the sea. \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1764, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"borrowed from New Latin ballisticus \"relating to the motion of projectiles in flight,\" from Latin ballista ballista + New Latin -icus -ic entry 1":""
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"b\u0259-\u02c8li-stik"
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"balloon":{
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
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": a bag that is filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air so as to rise and float in the atmosphere and that usually carries a suspended load (such as a gondola with passengers)":[],
": a nonporous bag of light material that can be inflated especially with air or gas: such as":[],
": a small bag that can be inflated (as in a bodily cavity) with air or gas":[
"More than 700,000 Americans undergo procedures in which clogged arteries are cleared out with a balloon and then propped open with a tiny metal scaffold called a stent.",
"\u2014 Ron Winslow"
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": having or being a final installment that is much larger than preceding ones in a term or installment note":[
"a balloon note",
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"Got a commercial mortgage coming due? If the loan requires a balloon payment (as many such mortgages do), you may have a hard time refinancing \u2026",
"\u2014 INC"
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": relating to, resembling, or suggesting a balloon":[
"a balloon sleeve"
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"Not surprisingly, his overt religiosity has proved a mixed blessing. While probably a winner on the stump, it has gone over like a lead balloon with journalists, liberals, and even many Jewish organizations.",
"\u2014 Michelle Cottle",
"But the last time I saw it on stage, in Ned Sherrin's 1996 revival, the dialogue bored me rigid and the whole thing \u2026 went down like a lead balloon .",
"\u2014 David Nice"
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"ballooned to 200 pounds"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"I blew up a balloon but then it burst.",
"brightly colored balloons and other party decorations",
"Verb",
"Their credit card debt ballooned to more than $5,000.",
"the ballooning costs of education",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Palm Beach Agent Orange Association conducted a symbolic balloon release to dramatize the impact of soldiers\u2019 exposure to the deadly chemical used by the U.S. military to defoliate areas of Vietnam. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
"That includes putting the traditional balloon release on pause because of environmental and wildlife impact concerns. \u2014 Mark Long, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 May 2022",
"The event will end with a balloon release with memorial tags. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"About 25 people gathered for a balloon release in Cherry\u2019s honor after his death. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"There won\u2019t be a balloon release at this year\u2019s Indianapolis 500 in May. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The event, which helps raise funds for scholarships and school supplies, also included a bonfire, a basketball tournament, musical performances, a teen party and a balloon release. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The event, which helps raise funds for scholarships and school supplies, also included a bonfire, a basketball tournament, musical performances, a teen party and a balloon release. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The talk was part of a series of events sponsored by Justice 4 Louisville and the Breonna Taylor Foundation this weekend, which will also include a free concert Saturday and a nationwide balloon release in Taylor's memory Sunday. \u2014 Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Such releases have been banned in a handful of states and cities, according to the anti- balloon release organization called Balloons Blow. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso has promised to add 1,500 cops and eventually balloon the LAPD staffing level to 11,000 officers. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"State media didn\u2019t elaborate on the cause of the outbreak, but some North Korea watchers say a recent military parade, where most people didn\u2019t wear masks, may have caused infections to balloon . \u2014 Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"The Broncos were initially expected to fetch at least $3 billion, but that price tag could balloon close to $5 billion. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"His pitch count would balloon with walks and long at-bats. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
"Aduhelm has faced widespread criticism since its approval in June, in part because concerns that its price would balloon Medicare drug spending if millions of patients start taking it. \u2014 Joseph Walker, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Its official death toll as of Thursday was 62 deaths, but experts say the real figure could be far higher and is likely to balloon . \u2014 Eric Cheung And Will Ripley, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"An estimated 3 million to 6 million Americans have it, and studies show that the number will balloon to 12.1 million by 2030 as the population gets older. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The Top Shot market has cooled down since, even as the total NFT market has continued to balloon , but the total value of Top Shot NFTs still sits at an estimated $740 million. \u2014 Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times , 16 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1783, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1784, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"French ballon large football, balloon, from Italian dialect ballone large football, augmentative of balla ball, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German balla ball \u2014 more at ball":"Noun"
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"b\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fcn"
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"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"boom",
"build up",
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"type":[
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": a sheet of paper used to cast a secret vote":[],
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": to vote or decide by ballot":[],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"They cast their votes in a secret ballot .",
"She was elected by secret ballot .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Once candidates make the ballot , other obstacles emerge. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"Joining them on the 7th District Democratic ballot this year is Denarvis Mendenhall, who has run a very low-key campaign. \u2014 John Byrne, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Instead of their usual quixotic quest, Utah Democrats declined to send a nominee to the ballot this year, clearing the way for a one-on-one contest between the Republican nominee and independent candidate Evan McMullin. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Hutchinson said Meadows was visiting his son in Georgia for Christmas, so monitoring the ballot counting was convenient. \u2014 Katherine Swartz, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"To have one\u2019s vote be counted, the ballot must be postmarked by Election Day and arrive within 14 days after. \u2014 ABC News , 28 June 2022",
"Republicans have the political winds at their back heading into the 2022 midterm elections as rising inflation and gas prices have contributed to historic low approval ratings for Biden, which Democrats are bracing to feel down ballot . \u2014 Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"The final split for the recall vote was 55-45 in favor of Boudin\u2019s ouster, a decisive outcome but a significantly thinner margin than the one that was predicted in the polls or counted during the first ballot returns. \u2014 Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 June 2022",
"Hrezi then tried to petition his way onto the ballot . \u2014 Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There are also down-ticket races\u2014from congressional battles to ballot measures\u2014that will have wide-ranging impact on wildlife, water rights, renewable resources, and more. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 27 Oct. 2020",
"Judas Priest has been on the Rock Hall ballot three times and placed sixth in this year\u2019s fan voting. \u2014 Gary Graff, Billboard , 5 May 2022",
"The absence of the security sleeve isn\u2019t the only change Multnomah County election officials are making to ballot packets for the May 17 election. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 26 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s no limit on donations to ballot measure committees like the one that is backing Buscaino. \u2014 Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Rollins and Howard, both ballot first-timers, didn\u2019t get much love from the voters. \u2014 Anthony Stitt, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Existing debentures holders have a first right to renew, with the remainder going to ballot if demand outstrips supply. \u2014 Danielle Rossingh, Forbes , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Earlier this month, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano asked Philadelphia County, Tioga County and York County to voluntarily turn over materials ranging from router logs to voter rolls to ballot production and tabulation equipment. \u2014 Sara Murray, CNN , 30 July 2021",
"The limits for donors in California, governed by state law, are $4,900 to legislative candidates and $32,400 to candidates for governor, with no limits on contributions to ballot measure campaigns. \u2014 Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 July 2021"
],
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"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1603, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"Italian ballotta , from Italian dialect, diminutive of balla ball \u2014 more at balloon":"Noun"
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"\u02c8ba-l\u0259t"
],
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"vote"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"accurate",
"dead",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"precise",
"ultraprecise",
"veracious"
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": a park or stadium in which ball games (such as baseball) are played":[],
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"my first guess wasn't even in the ballpark"
],
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"a ballpark price",
"a ballpark figure"
],
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"The track doesn't release attendance numbers, but media members ballparked it at 42,500 in the facility, which seats more than 50,000.",
"\u2014 Michael Phillips",
"When I work with clients I remind them that we are just ballparking the numbers.",
"\u2014 Bill Conerly",
"He looked at the ceiling. He looked at the walls. He turned this way and that, craning his neck, like a contractor about to ballpark an estimate.",
"\u2014 Lee Child"
]
},
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"Noun",
"hit a home run out of the ballpark",
"Adjective",
"We don't know exactly how many people live in this city, but a ballpark figure would be about two million.",
"I suspect that the ballpark costs we were quoted for the kitchen renovation will turn out to be too low.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Grand Slam packages at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark include a Deluxe room with infield views of the ballpark . \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"The first of four phases of North Crossing, pegged at a cost of $50 million, is just south of the ballpark and will include 270 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"The Milwaukee County Transit System has two bus routes that drop passengers off within walking distance of the ballpark : the GoldLine on Wisconsin Avenue and Route 18 on National Avenue. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"Eagles starting pitcher Chris Arroyo crushed a three-run homer out of the ballpark in the bottom of the fifth inning to cap a 10-0 victory in Fort Myers on Saturday night. \u2014 Franco Panizo, Sun Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
"The couple attended a single-A game and fell in love with the ballpark . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"There are ample new items to try at Camden Yards concession stands, including a new partnership with Jimmy\u2019s Famous Seafood, linking one of Baltimore\u2019s most popular restaurants with an iconic ballpark . \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 11 Apr. 2022",
"On March 25, the club announced about 5,000 tickets remained unsold \u2014 mostly in the upper deck of the ballpark \u2014 for the opener, but club officials remained confident that the game would sell out. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Tailgate area with reserved parking Lots F and L: Credit or debit cards accepted for parking on day of game in these areas located on the south side of the ballpark . \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"An easy way to do this is create an Excel spreadsheet to track your spending or go back though your bank and credit card statements from the past year to get a ballpark idea of your monthly spending. \u2014 Ashira Prossack, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The Astros share their spring training complex and ballpark with the Washington Nationals. \u2014 Chron , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Of course, the idea is to keep growing your art over time, but having a ballpark figure for those initial pieces keeps your search more focused. \u2014 Shivani Vora, refinery29.com , 30 Dec. 2020",
"And after two starts in this strange, empty- ballpark , virtual-fan season, Berrios still has much to prove. \u2014 Star Tribune , 31 July 2020"
],
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"1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1960, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1973, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"from the phrase in the ballpark":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8b\u022fl-\u02ccp\u00e4rk"
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"approximate",
"approximative",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"loose",
"squishy"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a large room used for dances":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This noncollecting art space housed in a 1920s ballroom specializes in commissioning work from living artists. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"There\u2019s nuance and distinction between genres like house, ballroom and dance that should be respected as new music fans step into this space. \u2014 Niki Mcgloster, refinery29.com , 23 June 2022",
"The extended ballroom scenes, led by the miraculous Billy Porter as the witty, shady emcee, are funny, flamboyant, and vibrant. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Travel deeper and reflect in the grand ballroom where galas were held in the late 19th century. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Polka Days 2022 means dozens of polka bands spread out over four days, Wednesday-Saturday, and three locations, including the boardwalk, the pavilion and the ballroom . \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
"Drake fully embraces the dance floor here, making house music that also touches on Jersey club, Baltimore club, ballroom and Amapiano. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"In addition, many of patrons of New York\u2019s and Chicago\u2019s ballroom scenes were kept out of the venues where the music was starting to be played. \u2014 Stefan Sykes, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"The 100th-floor club includes a sprawling ballroom , a restaurant, bar and a cigar and cognac lounge. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1719, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fl-\u02ccr\u00fcm",
"-\u02ccru\u0307m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130733",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ballroom dance":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of various usually social dances (such as the tango, two-step, and waltz) in which couples perform set moves":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The rhythmic ballroom dance originated in 19th century Cuba. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"The act of hearing is like a ballroom dance , scientist Jaime Garc\u00eda-A\u00f1overos says. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 9 May 2022",
"George\u2019s father, Harold, was a school bus driver, while his mother, Louise, took care of the four children and taught ballroom dance lessons. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Apr. 2022",
"That night felt reassuring to the dancers, a clear sign that ballroom dance would go on. \u2014 J. Lester Feder, Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Berkeley displays his artistry, too, with the vertiginous filming of simple musical performances (by Benny Goodman and his band) and ballroom dance (as the performers\u2019 shadows seem to come alive). \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The move has already prompted Siwa and producers to ponder a flurry of questions for the tradition and rule-based ballroom dance competition. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Dancing With the Stars fans can see Carrie Ann judge yet another season of the ballroom dance competition starting September 20 on ABC. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Eight community leaders were invited to compete in the ballroom dance fundraising competition. \u2014 Scott Luxor, sun-sentinel.com , 30 July 2021"
],
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111513",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ballyhoo":{
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"definitions":{
": a noisy attention-getting demonstration or talk":[],
": excited commotion":[],
": flamboyant, exaggerated, or sensational promotion or publicity":[]
},
"examples":[
"it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street",
"the usual ballyhoo intended to fill the seats at megaplexes around the country",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The parade began as a ballyhoo event for the famed retailer in Manhattan\u2019s Herald Square in 1924. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Based on newspaper accounts of the day, in both the Globe and New York Times, the ballyhoo around Ruth\u2019s return in April 1920 was nearly zero. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Oct. 2021",
"An Oscar season with less ballyhoo may not be as susceptible to lobbying, experts say. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2021",
"But having been shut out of the first two days of proceedings, as Republicans broadcast this ballyhoo through the convention\u2019s reality distortion field, the real world started to up its game on Wednesday. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 26 Aug. 2020",
"Teaming with Procter & Gamble, which released its first cold-water detergent to much ballyhoo in 2005, is a canny financial move. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2020",
"As winter cools Gulf of Mexico and Florida Bay waters, massive schools of ballyhoo set up shop over nearshore Atlantic reefs. \u2014 David A. Brown, Field & Stream , 2 July 2020",
"Between showering shows, Stanczyk fishes for sailfish by trolling dead ballyhoo . \u2014 David A. Brown, Field & Stream , 2 July 2020",
"Intermittently, the banter and ballyhoo that results from this is serviceable, especially with the plot moving as a progressive dance in its mixing and matching of character pairs. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 10 Apr. 2020"
],
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"1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"origin unknown":""
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"\u02c8ba-l\u0113-\u02cch\u00fc"
],
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"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
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"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
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"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
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"pother",
"row",
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"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
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"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
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"zoo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103532",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an aromatic preparation (such as a healing ointment)":[
"applied a balm to the wound"
],
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"\u2026 the white lilies in the garden, the herb bed near the bees\u2014everything sent out fragrance and balm into the soft air \u2026",
"\u2014 Agnes S. Turnbull"
],
": a soothing restorative agency":[
"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.",
"\u2014 Jane Austen"
]
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4(l)m",
"\u02c8b\u00e4m",
"\u02c8b\u00e4(l)m, New England also \u02c8b\u0227m",
"\u02c8b\u00e4lm"
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"aroma",
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"otto",
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"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"incense",
"perfume",
"redolence",
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"spice"
],
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"fetor",
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"reek",
"stench",
"stink"
],
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"examples":[
"Art can be a balm to the soul.",
"She shows that laughter is a balm for difficult times.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Skip the shave gel and use a waterless balm , like Superzero's Ceramides + Jojoba Oil Shaving Bar, instead. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
"Hadero\u2019s prodigious storytelling is part testimony, part warning, part balm . \u2014 Terry Hong, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 June 2022",
"Doubling as both an everyday cleanser and a makeup removing balm , this product is the cure to severely stripped skin. \u2014 ELLE , 28 June 2022",
"But her show was also balm -y, for a full house that likely alternately felt healed, helpfully distracted, riled, roused, connected and almost feeling OK about the human condition. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 26 June 2022",
"To continue its allyship and support the LGBTQIA+ community, during Pride Month ChapStick is donating 100% of sales from its Love Wins lip balm sticks while supplies last to It Gets Better Project. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 23 June 2022",
"But the safety net is that this is a family as support group and balm -giver in a profession and society where mean competitiveness and all-around unhappiness is all too common. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"How simple rituals can keep us strong Longtime raceAhead reader Rebecca Padnos Altamirano, author, activist, and co-founder of experience design firm Tangelo Technologies, offers us a balm for difficult times. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"To avoid itching and scratching, have a moisturizing lotion or balm on hand to replenish and soothe the skin. Reduce Stress! \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022"
],
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"Middle English basme, baume , from Anglo-French, from Latin balsamum balsam":""
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144528"
},
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"balanced",
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"sound",
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],
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": crazy , foolish":[
"the country has gone slightly balmy",
"\u2014 G. A. Parks"
],
": having the qualities of balm : soothing":[
"\u2026 'tis a soldier's life to have their balmy slumbers wak'd with strife.",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
],
": mild , temperate":[
"balmy weather",
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]
},
"examples":[
"a completely balmy but harmless old man who talked intently to plants and believed they answered back",
"a pleasant, balmy breeze was all that stirred the wildflowers growing near the shore",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even the simple gesture of moving dinner outdoors on a balmy evening can feel picnicky, which is to say, nice. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"The comparably balmy temperatures, which reached around 10 degrees Fahrenheit, arrived courtesy of a history-making atmospheric river \u2014 a plume of concentrated moisture that flows through the sky. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The outrage from lawmakers subsided when balmy temperatures returned. \u2014 Dallas News , 22 Feb. 2021",
"With its natural beauty, seclusion and year-round balmy climate, the luxury community has attracted the likes of the late pop superstar Prince, who once owned a nearby mansion, as well as vacationers and investors worldwide. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Sunny skies and balmy breezes provided the perfect backdrop for opening weekend at Dolphin Cove Family Aquatic Center in Carpentersville. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"The shade from Raleigh\u2019s majestic oak trees reminds me of the bountiful palms throughout my Caribbean \u2014 During the balmy summer months, that leafy covering is precious. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 May 2022",
"As always, the event began each night at dusk and went all night until down, with nightly temperatures dipping as low as a balmy 70 degrees over the weekend. \u2014 Graham Berry, Billboard , 25 May 2022",
"These styles will cover your toes in canvas, crochet, or leather, while their straps, cutouts, and open weaves while allowing the rest of your foot to be exposed to the balmy summer air. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 11 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"see balm":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4l-m\u0113",
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"the country has gone slightly balmy",
"\u2014 G. A. Parks"
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"\u2026 'tis a soldier's life to have their balmy slumbers wak'd with strife.",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
],
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"a completely balmy but harmless old man who talked intently to plants and believed they answered back",
"a pleasant, balmy breeze was all that stirred the wildflowers growing near the shore",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even the simple gesture of moving dinner outdoors on a balmy evening can feel picnicky, which is to say, nice. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"The comparably balmy temperatures, which reached around 10 degrees Fahrenheit, arrived courtesy of a history-making atmospheric river \u2014 a plume of concentrated moisture that flows through the sky. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The outrage from lawmakers subsided when balmy temperatures returned. \u2014 Dallas News , 22 Feb. 2021",
"With its natural beauty, seclusion and year-round balmy climate, the luxury community has attracted the likes of the late pop superstar Prince, who once owned a nearby mansion, as well as vacationers and investors worldwide. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Sunny skies and balmy breezes provided the perfect backdrop for opening weekend at Dolphin Cove Family Aquatic Center in Carpentersville. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"The shade from Raleigh\u2019s majestic oak trees reminds me of the bountiful palms throughout my Caribbean \u2014 During the balmy summer months, that leafy covering is precious. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 May 2022",
"As always, the event began each night at dusk and went all night until down, with nightly temperatures dipping as low as a balmy 70 degrees over the weekend. \u2014 Graham Berry, Billboard , 25 May 2022",
"These styles will cover your toes in canvas, crochet, or leather, while their straps, cutouts, and open weaves while allowing the rest of your foot to be exposed to the balmy summer air. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 11 May 2022"
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"nuts",
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"punk",
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"taradiddle",
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"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
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": a representation of the infant Christ":[],
": child , baby":[]
},
"examples":[
"a new mother cuddling a bambino in her lap",
"bouncing a bambino on her knee",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One hundred and twenty-five posters called for the bronze bambino to be melted down and recast into all sorts of shapes that probably would have appalled Rizzo. \u2014 Chris Brennan, Philly.com , 22 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1714, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Italian, diminutive of bambo child":""
},
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"bam-\u02c8b\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
"b\u00e4m-"
],
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"babe",
"baby",
"child",
"infant",
"neonate",
"newborn"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064244",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bamboo curtain":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a political, military, and ideological barrier isolating an area of eastern Asia":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jazz up any room with this boho bamboo curtain , beaded to create a beautiful iris flower. \u2014 Kiana Murden, CNN Underscored , 30 Mar. 2021",
"In one shot from a bamboo curtain shop outside Ho Chi Minh, Huy uses his Nikon D800E to immortalize the traditional art of stringing curtains. \u2014 Michael Waters, Smithsonian , 19 Sep. 2019",
"Japan has always had an insular corporate culture, and Mr. Ghosn was a rare foreign executive to break that bamboo curtain . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 26 Nov. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
],
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": to confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or completely":[
"a quarterback bamboozled by an unexpected defense"
],
": to deceive by underhanded methods : dupe , hoodwink":[
"I got bamboozled by the salesperson to buy a more expensive model."
]
},
"examples":[
"bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert",
"she's completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Watch as The Colonel attempts to bamboozle audiences and the media by replacing his golden goose with an impersonator. \u2014 Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
"And school districts have the right to formally challenge property owners who might be trying to bamboozle the boards of revision. \u2014 cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Variant mutations that would totally bamboozle antibodies can\u2019t always fool T cells, which means a lot more of them will be fairly Omicron-proof, Gralinski told me. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Even if my body retained a perfect memory of my vaccines\u2019 contents, these changes might still bamboozle it. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The virus, too, will keep changing, and could one day bamboozle even bodies whose immune safeguards remain intact. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The point is not to confuse or bamboozle people, but to eventually find a way to think that makes more sense and is a little less murky. \u2014 Stephon Alexander, Wired , 31 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
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"bam-\u02c8b\u00fc-z\u0259l"
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"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065954",
"type":[
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"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
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"a quarterback bamboozled by an unexpected defense"
],
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"I got bamboozled by the salesperson to buy a more expensive model."
]
},
"examples":[
"bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert",
"she's completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Watch as The Colonel attempts to bamboozle audiences and the media by replacing his golden goose with an impersonator. \u2014 Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
"And school districts have the right to formally challenge property owners who might be trying to bamboozle the boards of revision. \u2014 cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Variant mutations that would totally bamboozle antibodies can\u2019t always fool T cells, which means a lot more of them will be fairly Omicron-proof, Gralinski told me. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Even if my body retained a perfect memory of my vaccines\u2019 contents, these changes might still bamboozle it. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The virus, too, will keep changing, and could one day bamboozle even bodies whose immune safeguards remain intact. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The point is not to confuse or bamboozle people, but to eventually find a way to think that makes more sense and is a little less murky. \u2014 Stephon Alexander, Wired , 31 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
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"bam-\u02c8b\u00fc-z\u0259l"
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"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234631",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"Definition of bammed past tense of bam"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153043",
"type":[]
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"Definition of bamming present participle of bam"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-022512",
"type":[]
},
"bamoth":{
"antonyms":[],
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"Definition of bamoth plural of bamah"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181040",
"type":[]
},
"ban":{
"antonyms":[
"anathema",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"malison",
"winze"
],
"definitions":{
": a monetary subunit of the leu \u2014 see leu at Money Table":[],
": anathema , excommunication":[
"under the pope's ban"
],
": bar entry 2 sense 3c":[
"banned from the U.N."
],
": censure or condemnation especially through social pressure":[
"was under ban for her political views"
],
": curse":[
"It is a hard fate \u2026 to be banned \u2026 by the world, only because one has sought to be wiser than the world is.",
"\u2014 Edward Bulwer Lytton"
],
": legal or formal prohibition":[
"a ban on beef exports"
],
": malediction , curse":[
"uttered a ban upon his enemies"
],
": the summoning in feudal times of the king's vassals for military service":[],
": to utter curses or condemnations":[
"The serious world will scold and ban \u2026",
"\u2014 Joseph Rodman Drake"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The school banned that book for many years.",
"The city has banned smoking in all public buildings.",
"The drug was banned a decade ago.",
"The use of cell phones is banned in the restaurant."
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Noun",
"1880, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English ban, bane, banne \"proclamation by an authority, summons, one of the marriage banns, troop of warriors summoned by their overlord,\" in part noun derivative of bannen \"to summon (troops) by proclamation,\" in part borrowed from Anglo-French ban, baan \"proclamation, edict, jurisdiction, one of the marriage banns\" (also continental Old French, \"summons to arms by a lord, proclamation commanding or prohibiting an action\"), going back to Old Low Franconian *banna-, going back to Germanic (whence also Old Frisian bon, ban, b\u0101n \"order commanding or prohibiting under pain of a fine, authority, summoning of the army, banishment,\" Old Saxon bann \"command, summons, fine, excommunication,\" Old High German ban \"command by an authority, order, legal extension or withdrawal of protection\"), noun derivative of *bannan- \"to speak formally, call on, order\" \u2014 more at ban entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English bannen \"to summon (troops) by proclamation, assemble (an armed force), gather (arms), curse, anathematize, prohibit, outlaw,\" going back to Old English bannan (class VII strong verb) \"to summon by proclamation, call to arms,\" going back to Germanic *bannan- \"to speak formally, call on, order\" (whence also Old Frisian bonna, banna \"to call upon, command, place under a ban,\" Old Saxon & Old High German bannan \"to summon, order,\" Old Norse banna \"to prohibit, curse\"), going back to Indo-European *b h o-n-h 2 -e-, presumed o-grade intensive derivative (with gemination from a present formation with *-nu\u032f-e- ?) from a verbal base *b h eh 2 - \"speak, say,\" whence also Latin for, f\u0101r\u012b \"to speak, say,\" Greek ph\u0113m\u00ed, ph\u00e1nai, Armenian bay \"(s/he) says, speaks,\" and with extensions Eastern Church Slavic baju, bajati \"to tell (stories), cast a spell, cure,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian b\u0201jati \"to tell tales, practice sorcery,\" Sanskrit bh\u00e1nati \"(s/he) speaks, says, (it) sounds\"":"Verb",
"Romanian, money, coin, small coin":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ban",
"\u02c8b\u00e4n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061419",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"banak":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of several Central American timber trees of the genus Virola (especially V. merendonia ) extensively shipped from British Honduras":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps borrowed from a Mayan language of Belize":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4\u02ccn\u00e4k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125334",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite":[]
},
"examples":[
"The more banal , the more commonplace, the more predictable, the triter, the staler, the dumber, the better. \u2014 Don DeLillo , Mao II , 1991",
"The instructor's script is banal , relying heavily on images of waves on a beach or clouds in the sky. \u2014 Maxine Kumin , \"Wintering Over,\" 1979 , in In Deep , 1987",
"\u2026 it seemed to me that computers have been used in ways that are salutary, in ways that are dangerous, banal and cruel, and in ways that seem harmless if a little silly. \u2014 Tracy Kidder , The Soul of a New Machine , 1981",
"He made some banal remarks about the weather.",
"The writing was banal but the story was good.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What feels so clear can, once spoken, sound tinny or fragile or banal . \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, the task of exhumation, at once brutal and banal , will probably continue for weeks, months, even years. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Part of the film\u2019s charm is in how seemingly banal moments take on a more tender feel. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 26 Oct. 2020",
"One effect of the book's tongue-in-cheek format is a chilling realization that the villains in The Playbook are extraordinarily banal . \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
"The film\u2019s peculiar emphasis on that clip asserts a distinction between the ordinary and the extraordinary, the banal and the sublime that emerges in the dramatization of the explorers\u2019 adventure. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
"Without exception, the works showcased in the Decentral Art Pavilion were banal , tasteless and pointlessly surreal. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"People are going into performance reviews, brainstorming sessions and the office with all kinds of grief, swinging between the banal and the crushing. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The rest of Joanna\u2019s coworkers are tormentors, banal ones, with several actors making the strange choice to somewhat underplay their roles, allowing scenes to sag while Bayer vamps. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, \"pertaining to a feudal lord's right to extract usage fees for mills, ovens, etc., within his jurisdiction, available for general use, ordinary, commonplace, trite,\" going back to Old French bannel \"subject to a feudal lord's jurisdiction, of seigneurial authority,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin bann\u0101lis, ban\u0101lis \"ordered by a ban, invested with public authority,\" from bannus, bannum \"order given by a public authority, authority, jurisdiction\" (borrowed from Old Low Franconian *banna- \"call to arms by a lord\") + Latin -\u0101lis -al entry 1 \u2014 more at ban entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ba-",
"-\u02c8n\u00e4l",
"b\u0259-\u02c8nal",
"\u02c8b\u0101-n\u1d4al",
"b\u0101-\u02c8nal",
"-\u02c8n\u0227l; b\u0101-\u02c8nal; \u02c8b\u0101n-\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for banal insipid , vapid , flat , jejune , banal , inane mean devoid of qualities that make for spirit and character. insipid implies a lack of sufficient taste or savor to please or interest. an insipid romance with platitudes on every page vapid suggests a lack of liveliness, force, or spirit. an exciting story given a vapid treatment flat applies to things that have lost their sparkle or zest. although well-regarded in its day, the novel now seems flat jejune suggests a lack of rewarding or satisfying substance. a jejune and gassy speech banal stresses the complete absence of freshness, novelty, or immediacy. a banal tale of unrequited love inane implies a lack of any significant or convincing quality. an inane interpretation of the play",
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"flat",
"insipid",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"watery",
"wishy-washy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061500",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"transitive verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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": something that lacks originality, freshness, or novelty : something banal : commonplace":[],
": the quality or state of lacking new or interesting qualities : the quality or state of being banal":[]
},
"examples":[
"The trip offers an escape from the banalities of daily life.",
"We exchanged banalities about the weather.",
"The writing never rose above banality .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That there\u2019s truth in these observations doesn\u2019t rescue the songs from banality , despite the appealing sophistication of the musical structures. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"In our memories, a trip becomes a series of small, vivid moments, sometimes mysterious for their apparent banality . \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"The pervading sense of calm banality that permeates all office spaces\u2014and just below it, that feeling of unease and an inhuman disregard for humanity that is uniquely Lumon. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 7 May 2022",
"Arendt was responsible for the wording of her subtitle, but the discussion regarding the phenomenon of evil and its banality started when Jaspers sent her two copies of his book Die Schuldfrage (The Question of German Guilt). \u2014 Seyla Benhabib, The New York Review of Books , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Biden\u2019s misrepresentation of the economic consequences of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act is, if the reporting of the New York Times is to be believed, a banality . \u2014 Joseph W. Sullivan, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Derrell Acon\u2019s powerfully sung and revelatory Roc, a corruptible enabler of Pizarro, proved a particularly disturbing personification of the banality of evil. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Paradoxically, the same medium that once served as a respite from the banality of Hare\u2019s professional life soon came to feel oppressive in its own right. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2022",
"And what the writers decide, not unreasonably, is that women crave the empowerment of looking, rather than the banality of being looked at. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French banalit\u00e9, from banal \"available for general use, commonplace, banal \" + -it\u00e9 -ity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0101-",
"also ba-",
"b\u0259-\u02c8na-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bromide",
"chestnut",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"groaner",
"homily",
"platitude",
"shibboleth",
"trope",
"truism"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082723",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"band":{
"antonyms":[
"begird",
"belt",
"engird",
"engirdle",
"enwind",
"gird",
"girdle",
"girt",
"girth",
"wrap"
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": a close-fitting strip that confines material at the waist, neck, or cuff of clothing":[],
": a cord or strip across the back of a book to which the sections are sewn":[],
": a more or less well-defined range of wavelengths, frequencies, or energies":[],
": a narrow strip of material applied as trimming to an article of dress":[],
": a narrow strip serving chiefly as decoration: such as":[],
": a pair of strips hanging at the front of the neck as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress":[],
": a ring of elastic":[],
": a ring without raised portions":[],
": a strip (as of living tissue or rock) or a stripe (as on an animal) differentiable (as by color, texture, or structure) from the adjacent material or area":[],
": a strip of cloth used to protect a newborn baby's navel":[],
": a strip serving to join or hold things together: such as":[],
": a thin flat encircling strip: such as":[],
": belt sense 2":[],
": range sense 7a":[],
": something that binds or restrains legally, morally, or spiritually":[],
": something that confines or constricts while allowing a degree of movement":[],
": to affix a band to or tie up with a band":[],
": to finish or decorate with a band":[],
": to gather together : unite":[
"banded themselves together for protection"
],
": to unite for a common purpose":[
"\u2014 often used with together have banded together in hopes of attacking the blight that is common to them all \u2014 J. B. Conant"
],
": track sense 2e(3)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"banded the waist of the dress with a speckled belt",
"banded the newspapers together for delivery"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Middle French bande \"troop, company of people,\" borrowed from Old Occitan banda, going back to Late Latin banda, plural of bandum \"flag, standard\" (attested in glosses), borrowed from Gothic bandwo \"sign, signal\" (or a cognate Germanic word), of uncertain origin":"Noun",
"in senses 1 & 2, from Middle English band, bond something that constricts, from Old Norse band ; akin to Old English bindan to bind; in other senses, from Middle English bande strip, from Middle French, from Vulgar Latin *binda , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German binta fillet; akin to Old English bindan to bind, bend fetter \u2014 more at bind":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8band"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"eye",
"hoop",
"loop",
"ring",
"round"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095811",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"band (together)":{
"antonyms":[],
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": to form a group in order to do or achieve something":[
"They banded together for protection."
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054233",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"band file":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a machine tool resembling a band saw but with a cutting edge in the form of a file":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081837",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"band together":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to form a group in order to do or achieve something":[
"They banded together for protection."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105518",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"band tool":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a machine tool having an endless belt (often of metal) that contains cutting elements (as for sawing, shaping, or finishing materials)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214754",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"band wheel":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a wheel on which a band saw runs":[],
": belt pulley":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194506",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"band-tailed pigeon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a wild pigeon ( Columba fasciata ) of western North America that is often confused with the now extinct passenger pigeon but is distinguished by a rounded tail with a black transverse band":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114628",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a flexible strip or band used to cover, strengthen, or compress something":[],
": a strip of fabric used especially to cover, dress, and bind up wounds":[],
": to bind, dress, or cover with a bandage":[
"bandage a wound",
"a bandaged ankle"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He wrapped a bandage around his knee.",
"She put a bandage on the cut.",
"Verb",
"He arrived with a bandaged ankle.",
"her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There is no looking back at fashion of the 2010s without revisiting the viral phenomena that is Herv\u00e9 L\u00e9ger\u2019s bandage dresses, the style that made endless red carpet appearances by way of celebrities such as Rihanna for seasons on end. \u2014 Jamila Stewart, Essence , 18 June 2022",
"Who knew that Drake could make an album that would take you back to trying on bandage dresses at Forever 21 in the 2010s? \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 17 June 2022",
"There are a couple of dresses that are heavily inspired by spring-summer \u201997 \u2014 the bandage dresses with the silk charmeuse drape. \u2014 Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Since April 2021, search interest for Herv\u00e9 L\u00e9ger increased 74 percent and search interest for bandage dresses increased 49 percent. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Ace bandage : Use Coban for wound dressing, but stick with Ace for sprains and strains. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2015",
"Ferguson says blisters should be washed with soapy water and covered with Vasoline and a bandage . \u2014 Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"His team put a collagen bandage on a part of the finger that had been inflicted with a wound to mend it, and the robot was able to move freely after the protein repaired the skin. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"He was arraigned on first-degree murder charges and appeared in court Saturday evening wearing a bandage over his shoulder. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Fed isn\u2019t going to bandage investors\u2019 mistakes anymore. \u2014 Jason Zweig, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Go back to our cave, bandage up, hopefully get healthy. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"On his journey, Jordan meets a Black neighbor who helps bandage his cuts, and a Mexican gardener who helps him out with a ride. \u2014 Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Then the surgeon will remove any infected mastoid bone or tissue, stitch up the cut, and bandage the wound. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Kicking managers to the curb, along with a hitting coach here and a pitching coach there, can bandage the short term. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Lakers coach Frank Vogel called four timeouts in the first half, hoping to bandage wounds. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 3 June 2021",
"Fortunately, a teacher at a school overlooking the pond was watching the incident from a window and was able to alert the school nurse, who helped bandage McCoy's injuries after the incident. \u2014 NBC News , 14 May 2021",
"Once Nora woke up, no one would be able to touch her again without putting her under, and there was no way to bandage her wound or keep her from licking the incision site. \u2014 The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 19 Mar. 2021"
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"she uses her colorful print bandanna to keep the hair out of her eyes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wearing a red shirt and skirt, a face mask, sunglasses, a bandanna and running shoes, Warren was less than 5 miles from Window Rock. \u2014 Arlyssa Becenti, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"Randy Houser opted for camouflage pants, a long sleeve black shirt, a navy bandanna tied around his neck, and an army green western hat that seemed to be caught in between Harrison Ford\u2019s Indian Jones and a Stetson. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
"Sharon, a petite blonde, sported a crimson Trump pompom hat and a flag bandanna . \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"With her hair pulled up with a red bandanna , a 72-year-old woman carefully shapes round blobs of dough while making arepas, a Venezuelan food staple typically stuffed with cheese, meat, avocado and beans. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"His crazy hair, as his daughter calls his mop of curls, was sprouting from a bandanna . \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"she uses her colorful print bandanna to keep the hair out of her eyes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wearing a red shirt and skirt, a face mask, sunglasses, a bandanna and running shoes, Warren was less than 5 miles from Window Rock. \u2014 Arlyssa Becenti, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"Randy Houser opted for camouflage pants, a long sleeve black shirt, a navy bandanna tied around his neck, and an army green western hat that seemed to be caught in between Harrison Ford\u2019s Indian Jones and a Stetson. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
"Sharon, a petite blonde, sported a crimson Trump pompom hat and a flag bandanna . \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
"Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"With her hair pulled up with a red bandanna , a 72-year-old woman carefully shapes round blobs of dough while making arepas, a Venezuelan food staple typically stuffed with cheese, meat, avocado and beans. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"His crazy hair, as his daughter calls his mop of curls, was sprouting from a bandanna . \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"a small bandbox bed-and-breakfast decorated with taste and charm",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At 6-3 and 210 pounds, the muscular Harper and his left-handed swing are perfectly matched to Citizens Bank Park, a South Philadelphia ballpark commonly called a bandbox by opposing pitchers. \u2014 Dan Schlossberg, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"The game was held in Benet\u2019s Alumni Gym, a bandbox that dates to the 1950s. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The changes certainly won\u2019t turn PK Park into a bandbox but the extreme edge for pitchers, particularly in the early spring, will be lessened. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 26 Jan. 2022",
"This state\u2019s first-ever regular season Major League Baseball game is set for Thursday, but with just a week to go workers were still assembling the ballpark, an 8,000-seat bandbox carved out of the world\u2019s most famous cornfield. \u2014 Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Oregon and Central Connecticut State turned pitcher-friendly PK Park into a bandbox to start NCAA regional play. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 June 2021",
"The new park is far from the bandbox Rosenblatt was. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 19 June 2020",
"The Lake Placid arena was an 8,000-seat bandbox shaped like a cockfighting amphitheater. \u2014 Gerald Eskenazi, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2020",
"The bad news for any team hankering to take swings in that bandbox is, well, [gestures at the section about Verlander and Cole and Greinke]. \u2014 Jon Tayler, SI.com , 26 Sep. 2019"
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"a hawk with a banded tail",
"the red, black, and yellow banded king snake is sometimes mistaken for the venomous coral snake",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their big, bold, banded lozenges of color establish two-dimensional portals to sweeping, optically deep space beyond the canvas surface. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"After a four-hour run, Daniher stopped at a spot called Pulley Ridge where Boyll dropped a banded rudderfish 400 feet to the bottom. \u2014 Tom Keer, Field & Stream , 23 Feb. 2021",
"A decade ago, Ang, a co-lead author of the new study, began studying Raffles\u2019 banded langurs, a small, dark-colored monkey. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, National Geographic , 22 June 2020",
"And finally, to complete the ideal traveling outfit, there\u2019s the super-stretchy elastic- banded pant, which is both quick-drying and wrinkle-resistant. \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Skywatchers may even be able to spot Jupiter\u2019s four largest moons and the banded clouds that surround the planet by using binoculars or a small telescope, according to NASA. \u2014 Fox News , 7 June 2019",
"Grab a pair of binoculars or a light telescope to glimpse its four largest moons \u2014 Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto \u2014 and maybe even see the banded clouds that encircle the planet, according to NASA. \u2014 Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com , 6 June 2019"
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": the milkfish ( Chanos chanos ) used for mosquito control and cultivated in ponds in Indonesia":[]
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"native name in Indonesia":""
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": a decorated barbed dart that the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulders of the bull in a bullfight":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Soon, we were seated in an alcove, sipping $14 gin-tonics from bulbous glasses and snacking on gildas, the classic Basque banderilla made with large olives adorned with a sweet pepper cap and an anchovy fillet handle, all speared with a toothpick. \u2014 Michael Russell, oregonlive , 1 Sep. 2021",
"These colorful creations were reminiscent of banderillas , which are the decorated darts used by bullfighters. \u2014 Omar Mamoon, SFChronicle.com , 29 May 2020",
"Or, banderillas can be made up to two days ahead and kept covered in the refrigerator. \u2014 Jonah Miller, WSJ , 6 July 2018",
"For the banderilla : In a medium bowl, combine mojo pic\u00f3n and Manchego cheese, stirring to coat. \u2014 Jonah Miller, WSJ , 6 July 2018",
"As darkness falls, stroll over to Bar Acuda for garlicky bruschetta topped with local tomatoes, grilled flank steak banderillas with black pepper-pineapple jam and other small plates. \u2014 Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News , 25 Mar. 2017"
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"1789, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from Spanish, diminutive of bandera \"banner, flag,\" borrowed from Old Occitan bandiera, or formed parallel to it from Spanish banda \"group, flock\" \u2014 more at banderole":""
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": a person who thrusts in the banderillas in a bullfight":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Or Ernesto Sobrino, a Spanish bullfighter performing as a banderillero , one of the old men of the ring whose high-risk vocation is to make the bullfighter look good. \u2014 Roger Lowenstein, WSJ , 27 Aug. 2020"
],
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"1789, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from Spanish, from banderilla banderilla + -ero, going back to Latin -\u0101rius -er entry 2":""
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"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Une banderole d\u00e9ploy\u00e9e \u00e0 l'entr\u00e9e pic.twitter.com/6vwQ6ygRcX \u2014 Thibault Izoret (@TIM_7375) February 10, 2020 BlackRock offices in other cities have drawn similar protests in the past few years, including its New York headquarters and London. \u2014 Gaspard Sebag, Bloomberg.com , 10 Feb. 2020"
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"earlier banaroll, bandrol, bannerall, borrowed from Middle French banderolle (16th century), bannerolle (15th century), probably borrowed from Italian banderuola (or an equivalent in Upper Italian), diminutive of bandiera \"banner, pennant,\" borrowed from Old Occitan, from banda \"troop, band entry 3 \" (or its source, Late Latin bandum \"flag, standard\") + -iera -er entry 2":""
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"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Une banderole d\u00e9ploy\u00e9e \u00e0 l'entr\u00e9e pic.twitter.com/6vwQ6ygRcX \u2014 Thibault Izoret (@TIM_7375) February 10, 2020 BlackRock offices in other cities have drawn similar protests in the past few years, including its New York headquarters and London. \u2014 Gaspard Sebag, Bloomberg.com , 10 Feb. 2020"
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"earlier banaroll, bandrol, bannerall, borrowed from Middle French banderolle (16th century), bannerolle (15th century), probably borrowed from Italian banderuola (or an equivalent in Upper Italian), diminutive of bandiera \"banner, pennant,\" borrowed from Old Occitan, from banda \"troop, band entry 3 \" (or its source, Late Latin bandum \"flag, standard\") + -iera -er entry 2":""
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"\u2014 F. B. Ebersole"
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": ribbonfish sense 1b":[]
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": a Ukrainian stringed instrument of the lute class":[]
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"examples":[
"tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood crime watch",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even influencer Tinx hopped on the bandwagon and tried out the wax stick in a TikTok. \u2014 Emma Becker, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Most bitcoin buyers hopped on the bandwagon last year as crypto's popularity soared, McKenzie said. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"One mistake is jumping on the bandwagon each time new technology, channels or platforms are introduced. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"After a Texas lawmaker proposed banning drag shows where children are present, Florida Rep. Anthony Sabatini, R-Howey-in-the-Hills, jumped on the bandwagon . \u2014 Brooke Baitinger, Sun Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"Rob Portman continues to stand on the sidelines Mr. Spine, but lots of others have been getting on the Steve Detol back bandwagon . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Still, investors looking to join the bandwagon might find the jump a bit high at the moment. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The jump to a new apex of $70,000 looked like another craze driven by still more kudos from famous names, and the millennials' and Gen-X-ers rushing to join the bandwagon . \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Brands didn\u2019t take long to join the bandwagon to stamp their online presence through social marketing, reminding followers of their social media handles on the need to stay safe. \u2014 Thomas Helfrich, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8band-\u02ccwa-g\u0259n"
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"type":[
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"bandwagon effect":{
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": the phenomenon by which the growing success of something (such as a cause, fad, or type of behavior) attracts more widespread support or adoption as more people perceive and are influenced by its increasing popularity":[
"During recent presidential elections it has become vital for candidates to win early party primaries in several states to start a bandwagon effect . Most people withhold support and contributions until they are sure the candidate has a good chance to win. Campaign \"momentum\" is highly prized because it creates a bandwagon effect that brings even more supporters into the fold.",
"\u2014 Hy Ruchlis et al.",
"Researchers have found two factors that may account for momentum's success. I call the first the bandwagon effect . As a stock keeps outperforming the market, more and more investors \"discover\" it and jump on board\u2014propelling it even further ahead of the market and seducing still more buyers.",
"\u2014 Mark Hulbert"
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"examples":[],
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"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who takes part in or becomes enthusiastic about something only when it is popular or fashionable":[
"\u2026 ugly performances through December and the first half of January caused more than a few bandwagoners to jump ship \u2026",
"\u2014 Kevin Greenstein , New York Sun , 6 Feb. 2008",
"\u2026 Hawks fans bellyached about the affluent bandwagoners who are scooping up tickets \u2026",
"\u2014 Dan McNeil , Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2010",
"Though they are sometimes derided as shameless bandwagoners who leap into and out of stocks with abandon\u2014increasing volatility in the process\u2014it's not always a fair charge: Some momentum investors actually hold stocks for relatively long periods.",
"\u2014 Melanie Warner , Fortune , 9 Dec. 1996",
"The original innovators have moved on, and all that remains are bandwagoneers pumping out an astounding amount of identical-looking product \u2026",
"\u2014 Patricia Calhoun and Justin F. Farrar , Houston Press , 31 Aug. 2006"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"bandwagon + -er entry 2":""
},
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"\u02c8band-\u02ccwa-g\u0259-n\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042203",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandwidth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the emotional or mental capacity necessary to do or consider something":[
"I don't have the bandwidth to do it all myself, and I feel like a failure because I'm not living up to my own ideals.",
"\u2014 Frances Lefkowitz"
]
},
"examples":[
"The modem has a bandwidth of 56 kilobits per second.",
"Graphics use more bandwidth than text does.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Doing so will push the digital future forward and unleash enormous demand from AI, VR and autonomous use cases that rely on low-latency, high- bandwidth networks. \u2014 Michael Johnston, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Its main business is providing low- bandwidth telecom services, like text messages and data relays with internet of things devices. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 12 May 2022",
"Is this a matter of limited Joy-Con bandwidth , which is already iffy enough for one or two Joy-Cons? \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
"While filming, the production team relied on a low- bandwidth internet connection that made streaming backups to the cloud impossible. \u2014 Ashley Lan, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The pandemic has more than proven that deep bonds can be made despite remote environments and the lags of a low- bandwidth Zoom call. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The speed of your broadband (always-on, high-capacity, wide- bandwidth ) internet connection has never been more critical. \u2014 Eric Griffith, PCMAG , 18 Feb. 2022",
"These subjects consume a large share of the FCC\u2019s regulatory bandwidth , which means the agency could be deadlocked for good or ill on many issues. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"And some of the older altimeters have a communications conflict with some of the bandwidth \u2014not all of it\u2014of 5G. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 27 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8band-\u02ccwidth",
"-\u02ccwitth"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060903",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandworm":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": tapeworm":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8band-\u02ccw\u0259rm"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023039",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandy":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a game similar to hockey and believed to be its prototype":[],
": bowed":[],
": bowlegged":[
"\u2026 stood beyond the bandy table \u2026",
"\u2014 Dylan Thomas"
],
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": to bat (something, such as a tennis ball) to and fro":[],
": to discuss lightly or banteringly":[
"Names of potential running mates have been bandied about."
],
": to toss from side to side or pass about from one to another often in a careless or inappropriate manner":[
"A gun is not a toy to be bandied about."
],
": to use in a glib or offhand manner":[
"\u2014 often used with about bandy these statistics about with considerable bravado \u2014 Richard Pollak"
],
": unite":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The two intellectuals bandy descriptions back and forth, the sensuous detail and speakers\u2019 enthusiasm giving the exchange an increasingly erotic edge. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But where other productions might center on male protagonists who bandy about business schemes while dancers adorn their laps or perform acrobatics overhead, P-Valley grounds its stories in the strippers\u2019 lives. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 5 Sep. 2020",
"Packages of anywhere from $500 billion to $1 trillion have been bandied about, with Democrats predicting massive cuts to payroll and services if the money is not forthcoming. \u2014 Michael Braga, USA TODAY , 13 May 2020",
"The hypothetical Planet 9 has been bandied about for several years, first mentioned in 2014, but researchers have yet to find it. \u2014 Fox News , 9 May 2020",
"That\u2019s one reason why proposals more radical than anything on the Fed\u2019s own radar have been bandied about with growing urgency by monetary policy wonks. \u2014 Matthew Boesler, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"These were all names bandied about in reports forecasting the inevitable trade. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 5 Feb. 2020",
"Anecdotally, all kinds of cost-saving measures are being bandied about in athletic departments across the country. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 11 Apr. 2020",
"And then in terms of the vaccine, people have bandied around numbers like a year to 18 months away. \u2014 Wired Staff, Wired , 5 Apr. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So naturally, Duchess Kate, who played field hockey while attending school, had to give the sport a try during her first official visit to Sweden, picking up bandy sticks during a stop in Stockholm with Prince William on Tuesday. \u2014 Maeve Mcdermott, USA TODAY , 30 Jan. 2018",
"The flask was brought in a bandy portfolj, a briefcase that traditionally contains a flask of warm wine or coffee laced with alcohol. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 30 Jan. 2018",
"During their royal tour of Sweden, the couple stopped by an ice rink to learn more about bandy hockey (the Swedish sport is like traditional hockey, but played with a curved stick and a ball). \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 30 Jan. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"On the first day of their official visit to Sweden, Prince William and Kate Middleton met up with their hosts (and Swedish counterparts!), Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel after a morning spent watching (and playing a bit of) bandy hockey. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 30 Jan. 2018",
"Just turn to Kate Middleton and Prince William, who were photographed playing a little bandy hockey on Tuesday in Stockholm, Sweden. \u2014 Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan , 30 Jan. 2018"
],
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"1577, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb",
"1673, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"earlier, \"a variety of tennis,\" probably noun derivative of bandy entry 1":"Noun",
"perhaps from bandy \"curved stick used in the game of bandy,\" apparently a sense of bandy entry 2":"Adjective",
"probably borrowed from the base of French bander \"to strike (a ball with a racket), stretch or draw back (a bow, spring, etc.),\" going back to Old French, \"to stretch, wrap with bandages,\" verbal derivative of bande \"strip, band entry 1 \"":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ban-d\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"argue",
"bat (around ",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over ",
"moot",
"talk over"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114413",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandy words":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to say angry words in an argument : to argue":[
"I don't want to bandy words with you."
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174843",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"bandylite":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Cu 2 B 2 O 4 Cl 2 .4H 2 O consisting of a rare hydrous borate and chloride found near Calama, Chile":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Mark C. Bandy , 20th century mining engineer who collected it + English -lite":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ban-d\u0113-\u02ccl\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130225",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandyman":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a driver of a bandy":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"bandy entry 4 + man":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ban-d\u0113-m\u0259n",
"\u02c8b\u0259n-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174614",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bane":{
"antonyms":[
"benefit",
"blessing",
"boon",
"felicity",
"godsend",
"good",
"manna",
"windfall"
],
"definitions":{
": a source of harm or ruin : curse":[
"national frontiers have been more of a bane than a boon for mankind",
"\u2014 D. C. Thomson"
],
": bone":[],
": death , destruction":[
"\u2026 stop the way of those that seek my bane \u2026",
"\u2014 Philip Sidney"
],
": killer , slayer":[],
": poison":[],
": to kill especially with poison":[],
": woe":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1578, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2d":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English, \"killer, agent of death, death,\" going back to Old English bana \"killer, agent of death,\" going back to Germanic *banan- (whence also Old Frisian bana, bona \"killer,\" Old High German bano \"killer, murderer,\" Old Norse bani \"murderer, violent death\"), of uncertain origin":"Noun",
"derivative of bane entry 1":"Verb",
"early Scots and northern Middle English ban, bane, going back to Old English b\u0101n \u2014 more at bone entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"curse",
"nemesis",
"scourge"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033514",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"baneberry":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Red baneberry (Actaea rubra) is a native woodland plant found in northern America that can be successfully gown in a home garden. \u2014 Jill Sell, cleveland.com , 13 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1755, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"bane entry 1 + berry entry 1":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u0101n-\u02ccber-\u0113, British often & US sometimes -b(\u0259-)r\u0113",
"\u02c8b\u0101n-\u02ccber-\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001035",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baneful":{
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
],
"definitions":{
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": productive of destruction or woe : seriously harmful":[
"a baneful influence"
]
},
"examples":[
"The legislation could have a baneful effect on the poor.",
"the baneful consequences of war",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The impact these soldiers had on the South was baneful . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"To home in on what gives these peculiar primates their baneful bite, Fry and his colleagues collected the underarm secretions from a handful of wild slow lorises housed at a research station in Indonesia and isolated the proteins within. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Feb. 2020",
"We are mired in a baneful pandemic unlike anything endured for a century, parsing our lives into 14-day increments of health and survival \u2014 or not. \u2014 Peter M. Leschak, Star Tribune , 31 July 2020",
"This resulted in all the baneful consequences of the French Revolution, which Edmund Burke so brilliantly exposed in his Reflections on the Revolution in France. \u2014 Jaithirth Rao, Quartz India , 4 Nov. 2019",
"Chaos convincingly ebbs and flows in this rattling film, a baneful tide lapping at some of history\u2019s most troubled shores. \u2014 Richard Lawson, HWD , 20 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"bane entry 1 + -ful entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101n-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for baneful pernicious , baneful , noxious , deleterious , detrimental mean exceedingly harmful. pernicious implies irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corrupting or undermining. the claim that pornography has a pernicious effect on society baneful implies injury through poisoning or destroying. the baneful notion that discipline destroys creativity noxious applies to what is both offensive and injurious to the health of a body or mind. noxious chemical fumes deleterious applies to what has an often unsuspected harmful effect. a diet found to have deleterious effects detrimental implies obvious harmfulness to something specified. the detrimental effects of excessive drinking",
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"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024134",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"bang":{
"antonyms":[
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"definitions":{
": a quick burst of energy":[
"start off with a bang"
],
": a resounding blow":[],
": a sexual partner":[],
": a sudden loud noise":[
"\u2014 often used interjectionally"
],
": a sudden striking effect":[],
": an act of copulation":[],
": exclamation point":[],
": right , directly":[
"ran bang up against more trouble"
],
": the front section of a person's hair when it is cut short and worn over the forehead":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural wore her bangs short She had long hair with bangs . In person, Miss Chin is small and pretty, with black button eyes, fluffy black bangs and dimples that show when she giggles \u2026 \u2014 Helen Lawrenson"
],
": thrill":[
"I get a bang out of all this",
"\u2014 W. H. Whyte"
],
": to cut (hair) short and squarely across":[],
": to have sexual intercourse with":[],
": to knock, hit, or thrust vigorously often with a sharp noise":[
"banged the door shut"
],
": to play a sport (such as basketball) in a very aggressive and forceful manner":[
"bang for rebounds"
],
": to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive noise or series of such noises":[],
": to strike sharply : bump":[
"banged his knee"
],
": to strike with a sharp noise or thump":[],
": value received from outlay or effort":[
"investment is yielding less bang for the buck",
"\u2014 Fortune",
"\"They are going to try to get the best bang for their dollar , and they have to do it this way.\" Brock Lesnar"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"The show began bang on time.",
"the reform movement was just beginning when it bang ran into opposition"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1828, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"1874, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse bang hammering":"Verb",
"probably short for bangtail short tail":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"bump",
"collide",
"crash",
"hit",
"impact",
"impinge",
"knock",
"ram",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"swipe",
"thud"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001203",
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bang away":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to attack persistently":[
"police are going to keep banging away at you",
"\u2014 Erle Stanley Gardner"
],
": to work with determined effort":[
"students banging away at their homework"
]
},
"examples":[
"the design team has been banging away at that project for months"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095529",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bang off":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to stop normal operation due to the failure of the shuttle to enter the box":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081653",
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
]
},
"bang on":{
"antonyms":[
"false",
"improper",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"off",
"untrue",
"wrong"
],
"definitions":{
": exactly correct or appropriate":[],
": to talk repeatedly or continuously about something":[
"\u2014 usually used with about",
"I love fatherhood\u2014I could bang on about kids forever.",
"\u2014 Guy Ritchie"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a London theatre critic who can generally be relied upon for his bang on assessments of new plays in the West End"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1979, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"good",
"on-target",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"so",
"spot-on",
"true",
"veracious"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114021",
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bang-bang":{
"antonyms":[
"nonviolent",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by violent or fast-paced action":[
"a bang-bang movie"
],
": executed or happening so quickly as to make judgment (as by an umpire or referee) difficult":[
"a bang-bang play at first base"
],
": having a sudden, forceful, or attention-grabbing effect : punchy":[
"bang-bang headlines"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba\u014b-\u02ccba\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blood-and-guts",
"convulsive",
"cyclonic",
"explosive",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"furious",
"hammer-and-tongs",
"hot",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"paroxysmal",
"rabid",
"rough",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"tumultuous",
"turbulent",
"violent",
"volcanic"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052433",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bang-up":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"definitions":{
": first-rate":[
"a bang-up job"
],
": to cause extensive damage to":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1810, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1886, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"bang entry 1":"Verb",
"bang entry 3":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba\u014b-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204139",
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bangle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a stiff usually ornamental bracelet or anklet slipped or clasped on":[],
": an ornamental disk that hangs loosely (as on a bracelet)":[]
},
"examples":[
"She wore plastic bangles on both wrists.",
"wore a bracelet with small silver bangles on it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There isn\u2019t much that\u2019s more iconic than Herm\u00e9s\u2019 signature orange, so choose a tangerine-hued bangle from the brand as a cool layering piece. \u2014 Vogue , 17 May 2022",
"Sophie was also spotted wearing the Maya Torque bangle by British jewelry brand Halcyon days. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 25 Apr. 2022",
"One, confirmed by Netflix, is the sequence at the altar when Kate drops her mother\u2019s green and gold bangle , only for Anthony to swoop down to pick it up and hand it back to her. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Get acquainted with a streamlined pendant from its Arc collection, then come back for the matching bangle . \u2014 Bianca Rodriguez, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Zahra was playing with a plastic bangle , trying to get the attention of her siblings. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The toddler also wore tiny black ballet flats, while her mom finished her look with black platform pumps by Andrea Wazen and diamond bangle bracelets and matching earrings from Bvlgari. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The Bala Bangles come in either 1 or 2 pounds per bangle and can be wrapped around your wrists or ankles to add a little extra resistance to any workout. \u2014 Sarah Boyd, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Simone Rocha dress; Kay bangle (worn as hand cuff), Kay diamond two-stone stud earring, and Kay solitaire earrings; Neil Lane diamond ring; Thom Browne tuxedo, shirt, bow tie, and shoes; Lang Antiques brooch; Neil Lane wedding band. \u2014 Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi ba\u1e45gl\u012b":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba\u014b-g\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"charm",
"lavaliere",
"lavalliere",
"pendant",
"pendent"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112239",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bango":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an East African grass ( Phragmites mauritianus ) used in thatching buildings":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"native name in East Africa":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba\u014b-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234918",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to clear away : dispel":[
"his discovery banishes anxiety",
"\u2014 Stringfellow Barr"
],
": to drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance":[
"He was banished from court.",
"banishing her from the sport",
"The reporters were banished to another room."
],
": to require by authority to leave a country":[
"a dictator who banishes anyone who opposes him"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was banished for life.",
"The dictator banished anyone who opposed him.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To banish tired eyes, caffeine is useful for depuffing under-eye bags and draining away water retention. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The chairman had to apologize and banish both of his daughters from management positions at the company. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"The story began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"On May 3, the tribal council voted nearly unanimously to banish the Lakota Language Consortium \u2014 along with its co-founder Wilhelm Meya and its head linguist, Jan Ullrich \u2014 from setting foot on the reservation. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"One is taught, too, how to discover a witch and how to banish her. \u2014 Robert Shackleton, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"This intense wash-off treatment uses a combination of physical and chemical exfoliators to banish blackheads, unclog pores, and reveal glowing skin. \u2014 ELLE , 18 May 2022",
"The retinol centered formula has been created to diminish fine lines and wrinkles, banish newly forming age spots and moisturize the skin to create a smooth, soft surface. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"This article handpicked the best face washes for blackheads in 2022, recommended by dermatologists, scientists, and consumers to banish blackheads once and for all. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English banysshen \"to condemn by proclamation to leave a country, exile, outlaw, expel, drive away,\" borrowed from Anglo-French baniss-, stem of banir \"to proclaim, (of a king or noble) summon by a call to arms, condemn by proclamation to leave a country, exclude\" (also continental Old French), going back to a Gallo-Romance adaptation of Old Low Franconian *bannjan, verbal derivative of *banna- \"summon to arms by a lord\" \u2014 more at ban entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba-nish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for banish banish , exile , deport , transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own. banished for seditious activities exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country. a writer who exiled himself for political reasons deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare. illegal aliens will be deported transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony. a convict who was transported to Australia",
"synonyms":[
"deport",
"displace",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"relegate",
"transport"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231204",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banishment":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to clear away : dispel":[
"his discovery banishes anxiety",
"\u2014 Stringfellow Barr"
],
": to drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance":[
"He was banished from court.",
"banishing her from the sport",
"The reporters were banished to another room."
],
": to require by authority to leave a country":[
"a dictator who banishes anyone who opposes him"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was banished for life.",
"The dictator banished anyone who opposed him.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To banish tired eyes, caffeine is useful for depuffing under-eye bags and draining away water retention. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The chairman had to apologize and banish both of his daughters from management positions at the company. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"The story began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"On May 3, the tribal council voted nearly unanimously to banish the Lakota Language Consortium \u2014 along with its co-founder Wilhelm Meya and its head linguist, Jan Ullrich \u2014 from setting foot on the reservation. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"One is taught, too, how to discover a witch and how to banish her. \u2014 Robert Shackleton, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"This intense wash-off treatment uses a combination of physical and chemical exfoliators to banish blackheads, unclog pores, and reveal glowing skin. \u2014 ELLE , 18 May 2022",
"The retinol centered formula has been created to diminish fine lines and wrinkles, banish newly forming age spots and moisturize the skin to create a smooth, soft surface. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"This article handpicked the best face washes for blackheads in 2022, recommended by dermatologists, scientists, and consumers to banish blackheads once and for all. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English banysshen \"to condemn by proclamation to leave a country, exile, outlaw, expel, drive away,\" borrowed from Anglo-French baniss-, stem of banir \"to proclaim, (of a king or noble) summon by a call to arms, condemn by proclamation to leave a country, exclude\" (also continental Old French), going back to a Gallo-Romance adaptation of Old Low Franconian *bannjan, verbal derivative of *banna- \"summon to arms by a lord\" \u2014 more at ban entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba-nish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for banish banish , exile , deport , transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own. banished for seditious activities exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country. a writer who exiled himself for political reasons deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare. illegal aliens will be deported transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony. a convict who was transported to Australia",
"synonyms":[
"deport",
"displace",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"relegate",
"transport"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195145",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bank":{
"antonyms":[
"hill",
"mound"
],
"definitions":{
": a fund of pieces (such as dominoes) from which the players draw":[
"select another domino from the bank"
],
": a group or series of objects arranged together in a row or a tier":[
"a bank of vending machines"
],
": a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as":[],
": a piled-up mass of cloud or fog":[
"a fog bank",
"a bank of dark clouds"
],
": a protective or cushioning rim or piece":[],
": a row or tier of telephones":[
"worked at a phone bank calling potential donors"
],
": a set of elevators":[],
": a steep slope (as of a hill)":[
"climbed a steep bank up to the cabin"
],
": a supply of something held in reserve: such as":[],
": an establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds":[
"paychecks automatically deposited into the bank",
"went to the bank to make a withdrawal",
"open a bank account"
],
": an undersea elevation rising especially from the continental shelf":[],
": one of the horizontal and usually secondary or lower divisions of a headline":[
"reading the bank of the headline"
],
": such as":[
"a bank of vending machines"
],
": the fund of supplies (such as money, chips, or pieces) held by the banker (see banker entry 1 sense 2 ) or dealer":[],
": the lateral inward tilt of a surface along a curve":[
"The engineers hadn't given the road enough bank .",
"The bomber crossed the target area in a sharp bank ."
],
": the lateral inward tilt of a vehicle (such as an airplane) when turning":[
"The engineers hadn't given the road enough bank .",
"The bomber crossed the target area in a sharp bank ."
],
": the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea or forming the edge of a cut or hollow":[
"We lived along the banks of the Mississippi River."
],
": the table, counter, or place of business of a money changer":[],
": to bounce (a ball or shot) off a surface (such as a backboard) into or toward a goal":[
"bank in a rebound"
],
": to build (a curve) with the roadbed or track inclined laterally upward from the inside edge":[],
": to build a raised border of earth around : to raise a bank (see bank entry 1 sense 2 ) about":[
"bank a fishpond"
],
": to depend or rely on":[
"can always bank on her friendship"
],
": to deposit money or have an account in a bank (see bank entry 3 sense 1a )":[
"choosing where to bank"
],
": to deposit or store in a bank":[
"bank a check",
"Whole blood \u2026 could be banked indefinitely \u2026",
"\u2014 Time"
],
": to drive (a ball) into a cushion":[],
": to follow a curve or incline":[
"skiers banking around the turn"
],
": to form or group in a tier":[],
": to heap or pile in a bank":[
"banking sand up along a river to prevent flooding"
],
": to incline an airplane laterally":[
"The pilot banked right."
],
": to incline laterally":[
"torpedo planes \u2026 darting in to attack, then banking off",
"\u2014 K. M. Dodson"
],
": to manage a bank":[],
": to restrict the flow of air to (a fire) especially by piling ash around or over the burning embers":[
"They banked the campfire at midnight so it could be easily revived in the morning."
],
": to rise in or form a bank":[
"\u2014 often used with up clouds would bank up about midday, and showers fall \u2014 William Beebe"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1738, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English banc bench, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English benc":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French banque , from Old Italian banca , literally, bench, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English benc":"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse bakki bank; akin to Old English benc bench \u2014 more at bench":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba\u014bk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"drift",
"mound"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204123",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bank run":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": bank gravel":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"bank entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000456",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bankroll":{
"antonyms":[
"capitalize",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"stake",
"subsidize",
"underwrite"
],
"definitions":{
": supply of money : funds":[],
": to supply money for (a business, project, or person)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"They started the business with a fairly small bankroll .",
"my total bankroll right now is $2,000",
"Verb",
"several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That will exhaust our bankroll , but hopefully one of those bets will hit and turn Derby Day into a profitable venture. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
"Jordan\u2019s $8,532,374 exceeded House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy\u2019s $8,350,153 bankroll , according to statistics compiled by Political MoneyLine. \u2014 Sabrina Eaton, cleveland , 2 Feb. 2022",
"So rapidly did this divide grow, that, just over a decade after the two competitions formation, the only realistic way to have a shot at disrupting the status quo was by having a Russian billionaire or Middle Eastern Sheik bankroll massive losses. \u2014 Zak Garner-purkis, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Despite the fledgling league\u2019s careful crafting and a name-brand bankroll , success is hardly guaranteed. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 17 Oct. 2021",
"Some gangs bankroll candidates outright, while ordering hit men to deal with the competition. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2021",
"Evaluating and understanding key stats can guide you to more fairways, greens and birdies in your bankroll . \u2014 Jay Ginsbach, Forbes , 19 May 2021",
"Expect a big bankroll here, as the luxury matches its price tag. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Travel + Leisure , 1 May 2021",
"One way to accelerate production is through what are known as second-source agreements, which the Gates Foundation has helped broker and bankroll . \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Liberman convinced Vogue to bankroll the New York project but never published any of the results. \u2014 Vince Aletti, The New Yorker , 18 June 2022",
"But states benefitting from current outsized demand can seize the moment to bankroll initiatives geared at a post-carbon future. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 15 June 2022",
"Like Riordan, Caruso has also tapped his vast and larger personal fortune to bankroll his campaign. \u2014 Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"These are often launched by criminal groups, but state actors like Russia might choose to bankroll such attacks simply to cause as much economic disruption as possible. \u2014 Neil Mcallister, PCMAG , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Traditionalists fear that if the social aspect of the game fades, so will the enthusiasm of the casual gamblers who trust their luck and lose reliably enough to bankroll the winners. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Howard Forman, a professor of public health at Yale, estimates the federal government could bankroll the next phase of pandemic response for as little as $50 per American. \u2014 Alex Putterman, courant.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Cutler, 75, ran for governor twice as an independent and used his personal wealth to bankroll both campaigns. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Ibarra, the owner of a beauty salon in Tijuana, had used her profits to bankroll one of Mexico\u2019s first amateur women\u2019s teams. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1915, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba\u014bk-\u02ccr\u014dl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"fund",
"pocket",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080927",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bankrupt":{
"antonyms":[
"break",
"bust",
"ruin"
],
"definitions":{
": a debtor (such as an individual or an organization) whose property is subject to voluntary or involuntary administration under the bankruptcy laws for the benefit of the debtor's creditors":[],
": a person who becomes insolvent":[],
": a person who is completely lacking in a particular desirable quality or attribute":[
"a moral bankrupt"
],
": broken , ruined":[
"a bankrupt professional career"
],
": destitute":[
"\u2014 used with of or in bankrupt of all merciful feelings"
],
": exhausted of valuable qualities : sterile":[
"a bankrupt old culture"
],
": impoverish":[
"defections had bankrupted the party of its brainpower"
],
": of or relating to bankrupts or bankruptcy":[
"bankrupt laws"
],
": to reduce to bankruptcy":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"As a lawyer, she specialized in working with bankrupts .",
"Adjective",
"The lawsuit could leave them bankrupt .",
"she's a kind soul, but bankrupt of all common sense, I'm afraid",
"Verb",
"Several risky deals bankrupted the company.",
"several bad investments bankrupted him",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The plan is intended to prevent the company from being dissolved, forced into liquidation or formally declared bankrupt . \u2014 Michelle Toh, CNN , 19 May 2020",
"India was granted independence in 1947 by a Britain left bankrupt after World War II. \u2014 Cassie Werber, Quartz , 17 Oct. 2019",
"Ghosn was sent to Japan by Renault in the late 1990s and is credited with turning around a then near- bankrupt Nissan. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2019",
"China\u2019s Hong Kong puppet regime, albeit bankrupt of any legitimacy, is still unwilling to cede power to the people. \u2014 Joshua Wong, Quartz , 3 Sep. 2019",
"From Henry Ford to Donald Trump, America has lionized business leaders (and shameless bankrupts ) who disdain history. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 June 2019",
"That perception came back to bite in big way later in 2008, with the failure of investment bank Lehman Brothers, which went bankrupt on Sept. 15, 2008. \u2014 Michael S. Derby, WSJ , 18 Sep. 2018",
"After earning $17 million, the men declared the company bankrupt . \u2014 Jacob Bernstein, New York Times , 16 June 2018",
"Tarsila, bankrupt , divorced from de Andrade and increasingly Marxist, would veer into a more politically engaged style. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 15 Feb. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Commerzbank AG and Deutsche Bank AG\u2019s asset-management arm, which lost money after Wirecard went bankrupt , have both dropped EY as their auditor, citing conflicts of interest. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"But in 2020, the company lost $22.4 billion, and many smaller oil producers went bankrupt . \u2014 Robert Rapier, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Cambridge Biotech, which was started to pursue vaccines for HIV, Lyme disease, and other diseases, never got off the ground and went bankrupt in 1994. \u2014 Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"In 2020, the crypto lender Cred went bankrupt after reportedly taking out bad loans. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 13 June 2022",
"The town purchased the property on Woodfield Road \u2014 a golf course, pool and clubhouse \u2014 for $7 million in 2009 to keep it from being developed after the owners went bankrupt . \u2014 Pam Mcloughlin, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"Since those programs can go bankrupt only if Congress connives for that to happen, this is a curiously tautological mandate. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Gun industry representatives argue the Remington suit is unusual because it was settled after Remington went bankrupt . \u2014 CBS News , 29 May 2022",
"Wedtech went bankrupt in 1986, and the next year Mr. Wallach, Mr. Chinn and another associate were indicted on 18 charges, including mail fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Orange County\u2019s ban on the retail sale of puppies and kittens, set to take effect Wednesday, survived a legal challenge brought by three owners of pet shops who argued the new ordinance will bankrupt them. \u2014 Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"And wholesaler consolidation has reduced competition and enabled revenue grabs such as billbacks and deductions that bankrupt smaller producers. \u2014 Errol Schweizer, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"An army might protect itself from artillery but in doing so bankrupt itself. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 18 May 2022",
"Some critics have warned that Mr. Petro\u2019s energy proposals would bankrupt the country. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"So is the threat that unionization would bankrupt the company. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The Legislature is expected to address concerns that the bill would potentially bankrupt the Utah High School Activities Association with costly lawsuits in the special session. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But the risk of creating bubbles that could bankrupt untold numbers of people is the same. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Will future cases of Type 2 diabetes bankrupt our health care system? \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French banqueroute bankruptcy, from Old Italian bancarotta , from banca bank + rotta broken, from Latin rupta , feminine of ruptus , past participle of rumpere to break \u2014 more at bank , reave":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba\u014bk-(\u02cc)r\u0259pt",
"\u02c8ba\u014b-\u02cckr\u0259pt",
"\u02c8ba\u014bk-\u02ccr\u0259pt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bankrupt Verb deplete , drain , exhaust , impoverish , bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function. depleting our natural resources drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence. personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit exhaust stresses a complete emptying. her lecture exhausted the subject impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness. impoverished soil bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse. war had bankrupted the nation of resources",
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"barren",
"bereft",
"destitute",
"devoid",
"void"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101859",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"bankruptcy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being bankrupt":[],
": utter failure or impoverishment":[]
},
"examples":[
"The company is facing bankruptcy .",
"The company was forced into bankruptcy .",
"The number of bankruptcies was especially high last year.",
"Critics view the decision as an example of moral bankruptcy on the part of the administration.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bankruptcy filing was the latest blow for Perelman. \u2014 Lauren Debter, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"In November 2020, Revlon avoided a bankruptcy filing after receiving enough bondholder support. \u2014 Yiwen Lu, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"The company listed assets and liabilities between $1 billion and $10 billion, according to its bankruptcy filing. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 June 2022",
"Taylor discovered the case back in February 2020 when her friend \u2013 journalist Nigel Jaquiss \u2013 told her about the bankruptcy filing. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"Revenues at that company went from $1 billion per year to zero overnight in 2020, forcing a bankruptcy filing and sale of the company. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
"Google\u2019s bankruptcy filing is the latest development in a tumultuous back-and-forth between the Silicon Valley tech giant and the Russian government. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"Her bankruptcy filing gave no details on her assets, liabilities or income. \u2014 Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Creditors listed in Infowars\u2019 bankruptcy filing include relatives of some of the 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 school massacre in Connecticut. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba\u014b-\u02cckr\u0259p-s\u0113",
"\u02c8ba\u014bk-(\u02cc)r\u0259p(t)-s\u0113",
"\u02c8ba\u014bk-\u02ccr\u0259pt-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"failure",
"insolvency",
"ruin"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135635",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banned":{
"antonyms":[
"anathema",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"malison",
"winze"
],
"definitions":{
": a monetary subunit of the leu \u2014 see leu at Money Table":[],
": anathema , excommunication":[
"under the pope's ban"
],
": bar entry 2 sense 3c":[
"banned from the U.N."
],
": censure or condemnation especially through social pressure":[
"was under ban for her political views"
],
": curse":[
"It is a hard fate \u2026 to be banned \u2026 by the world, only because one has sought to be wiser than the world is.",
"\u2014 Edward Bulwer Lytton"
],
": legal or formal prohibition":[
"a ban on beef exports"
],
": malediction , curse":[
"uttered a ban upon his enemies"
],
": the summoning in feudal times of the king's vassals for military service":[],
": to utter curses or condemnations":[
"The serious world will scold and ban \u2026",
"\u2014 Joseph Rodman Drake"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The school banned that book for many years.",
"The city has banned smoking in all public buildings.",
"The drug was banned a decade ago.",
"The use of cell phones is banned in the restaurant."
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Noun",
"1880, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ban, bane, banne \"proclamation by an authority, summons, one of the marriage banns, troop of warriors summoned by their overlord,\" in part noun derivative of bannen \"to summon (troops) by proclamation,\" in part borrowed from Anglo-French ban, baan \"proclamation, edict, jurisdiction, one of the marriage banns\" (also continental Old French, \"summons to arms by a lord, proclamation commanding or prohibiting an action\"), going back to Old Low Franconian *banna-, going back to Germanic (whence also Old Frisian bon, ban, b\u0101n \"order commanding or prohibiting under pain of a fine, authority, summoning of the army, banishment,\" Old Saxon bann \"command, summons, fine, excommunication,\" Old High German ban \"command by an authority, order, legal extension or withdrawal of protection\"), noun derivative of *bannan- \"to speak formally, call on, order\" \u2014 more at ban entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English bannen \"to summon (troops) by proclamation, assemble (an armed force), gather (arms), curse, anathematize, prohibit, outlaw,\" going back to Old English bannan (class VII strong verb) \"to summon by proclamation, call to arms,\" going back to Germanic *bannan- \"to speak formally, call on, order\" (whence also Old Frisian bonna, banna \"to call upon, command, place under a ban,\" Old Saxon & Old High German bannan \"to summon, order,\" Old Norse banna \"to prohibit, curse\"), going back to Indo-European *b h o-n-h 2 -e-, presumed o-grade intensive derivative (with gemination from a present formation with *-nu\u032f-e- ?) from a verbal base *b h eh 2 - \"speak, say,\" whence also Latin for, f\u0101r\u012b \"to speak, say,\" Greek ph\u0113m\u00ed, ph\u00e1nai, Armenian bay \"(s/he) says, speaks,\" and with extensions Eastern Church Slavic baju, bajati \"to tell (stories), cast a spell, cure,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian b\u0201jati \"to tell tales, practice sorcery,\" Sanskrit bh\u00e1nati \"(s/he) speaks, says, (it) sounds\"":"Verb",
"Romanian, money, coin, small coin":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8ban",
"\u02c8b\u00e4n"
],
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"bar",
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"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe"
],
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"noun",
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"verb"
]
},
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"fab",
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"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
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"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
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"marvellous",
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"noble",
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"No. 1",
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"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
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"radical",
"righteous",
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"superb",
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"supernal",
"swell",
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"tip-top",
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"top-of-the-line",
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"topping",
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"wizard",
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": a headline in large type running across a newspaper page":[
"The banner read \"Kennedy Wins.\""
],
": a name, slogan, or goal associated with a particular group or ideology":[
"the new banner is \"community control\"",
"\u2014 F. M. Hechinger",
"\u2014 often used with under every new administration arrives \u2026 under the banner of change \u2014 John Cogley"
],
": a piece of cloth attached by one edge to a staff and used by a leader (such as a monarch or feudal lord) as a standard (see standard entry 1 sense 1 )":[],
": a strip of cloth on which a sign is painted":[
"welcome banners stretched across the street"
],
": an advertisement graphic (see graphic entry 2 sense 2b ) that runs usually across the top of a World Wide Web page":[],
": distinguished from all others especially in excellence":[
"a banner year for business"
],
": flag entry 2 sense 1":[
"our nation's beloved banner"
],
": prominent in support of a political party":[
"a banner Democratic county"
],
": the upper, large, often lobed petal of a papilionaceous flower (as of a pea or bean plant) : standard sense 8a , vexillum sense 3":[
"The uppermost petal is the largest, and, since it is something like a flag, is sometimes called the banner .",
"\u2014 John Nelson"
],
": to furnish with a banner":[
"a bannered storefront"
],
": to print (a news story) under a headline in large type usually on the front page":[
"News of the defeat was bannered in newspapers throughout the country."
],
"\u2014 compare keel sense 2b , wing sense 2e(2)":[
"The uppermost petal is the largest, and, since it is something like a flag, is sometimes called the banner .",
"\u2014 John Nelson"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"A banner was hung over the street advertising the local theater production.",
"Banners were carried by members of each group marching in the parade.",
"Adjective",
"It was a banner year for the sales department.",
"The team had a banner season last year.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Police arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"Police arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, Sun Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"Police arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Tarrio was arrested in Washington two days before the riot and charged with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"He had been ordered to leave the city by a local judge two days earlier after being charged with burning a Black Lives Matter banner at a church during a spree of violence that followed a different pro-Trump rally in December. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 7 June 2022",
"He had been ordered to leave the city by a local judge two days earlier after being charged with burning a Black Lives Matter banner at a church during a spree of violence that had followed a different pro-Trump rally in December. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"Police arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the riot and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Police had arrested Tarrio in the District of Columbia two days before the riot and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Don\u2019t Look Up and an executive producer on HBO\u2019s Winning Time, is one of the originators of the idea and is producing via his Hyperobject Industries banner along with the company\u2019s Todd Schulman. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"Thue noted that a licensing subcommittee had already voted in favor of granting The Pearl its license \u2014 and the commission decided that walk-in traffic and social media were an acceptable substitute for a sign or banner out front. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Lawrence will executive produce under his Doozer Productions banner along with Jeff Ingold. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Back at Harry\u2019s, half a dozen Proud Boys marched with a white Black Lives Matter banner down 11th Street toward the churning crowd. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Yes, there will be ads in the apps, and banner ads as well, but in a briefing, Google declined to state what type of companies will be advertising on the platform or to even cite product categories. \u2014 Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY , 31 Aug. 2020",
"Suspects surface: Why not the nearest neighbor, Trump sign bannering his yard, who once groped Jacy and hopes to buy Lincoln\u2019s property? \u2014 Mameve Medwed, BostonGlobe.com , 25 July 2019",
"Before a cheering crowd of Cuban-Americans in Miami last June, Trump bannered his harder line on Cuba. \u2014 Anthony Faiola, Washington Post , 11 May 2018",
"Class 6A state champion Pope banners the top 10 after defeating No. \u2014 Craig Sager Jr., ajc , 6 June 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Investment banking still holds appeal, especially after a banner fourth quarter. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2020",
"The \u201970s weren\u2019t exactly banner days for newsroom diversity. \u2014 Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2018"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1807, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"Middle English baner, banere, borrowed from Anglo-French baner, banere, baniere (also continental Old French), probably from ban \"summon to arms by a king or lord\" + -iere -er entry 2 \u2014 more at ban entry 2":"Noun",
"derivative of banner entry 1":"Verb",
"from attributive use of banner entry 1":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8ba-n\u0259r"
],
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"banderol",
"colors",
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"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pendant",
"pendent",
"pennant",
"pennon",
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"city in southern California east-southeast of Riverside population 29,603":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074407",
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"an awards banquet"
],
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"The night before, after a typical 12-hour workday, the president banqueted until nearly midnight \u2026",
"\u2014 Spike Mafford"
],
": to treat with a banquet : feast":[
"They will be banqueting visiting dignitaries."
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"They held a banquet in his honor.",
"prepared a celebratory banquet for the graduating class",
"Verb",
"banqueted the returning troops at the military base",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The 8,000-square-foot restaurant is now open and features a large dining room, private dining room and patio seating for 145 to 160 people, along with a banquet hall that will open soon. \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"My 12-year-old daughter ran cross country, and after the season ended, there was a banquet . \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 8 Jan. 2022",
"The look these three have created is magnificently bleak and sumptuously arid, a banquet of vapor. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 24 Sep. 2021",
"There was a big fundraising banquet that fall and afterward, Henry walked up to Patti. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 30 July 2021",
"Former Hoover High School and University of Alabama standout Marlon Humphrey, now in the NFL as a cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens, will be the keynote speaker at this year\u2019s banquet . \u2014 al , 11 Apr. 2021",
"Taylor talked to more than 200 people about her first year in office and answered numerous questions during the 37th annual Lunch With The Mayor Monday at the new CAP Catering banquet hall in downtown Waukegan. \u2014 Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Several players missing because of track and lacrosse banquet . \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"Several restaurants, shops, a golf course, and banquet rooms are on-site, and all of it is filled with the charms of old Palm Beach. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"However, the annual mushers banquet in Anchorage won\u2019t happen as usual on the Thursday before the race. \u2014 Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Jan. 2021",
"Our state government agency generally has an annual awards banquet off-site in December. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2020",
"Roy and others who work for the chamber and Visit Sitka were at Centennial Hall Sunday cleaning up from the chamber awards banquet the night before, and were stunned when the messages started coming in. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Feb. 2020"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1500, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
},
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"Middle French, from Old Italian banchetto , from diminutive of banca bench, bank":"Noun",
"borrowed from Middle French banqueter, derivative of banquet banquet entry 1":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8ban-",
"also -\u02cckwet",
"\u02c8ba\u014b-kw\u0259t"
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"feed",
"regale",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212317",
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"great",
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"king-sized",
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"overscaled",
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"former town of Indonesia in the northwestern corner of Java; once capital of the Sultanate of Bantam":[]
},
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"Adjective",
"a bantam comedian who is known to fellow performers for his oversize ego",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"They were inextricably linked through sports, even if their two-year age gap meant Smith, now 26, was just a pewee when McLain was a bantam . \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Wearing the flashy, sporty clothes of a barroom bantam (Alice Tavener did the costumes), Mr. Battiste finds the cancerous, painful insecurity within Walter\u2019s strutting exhibitionism. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 1 July 2019",
"Perlini was teammates with Wings forward Dylan Larkin on the Belle Tire bantam team that won a national championship in 2011. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 28 Oct. 2019",
"These bantam stars were considered unlikely to host many close-in planets \u2014 worlds that orbit near enough to their suns to receive sufficient energy to sustain life. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Oct. 2019",
"And for decades, one bantam -sized tailor has outfitted more than his share of hulking hockey stars. Giovanni Vacca, 86, stands about 5-foot-5 and sports a black suit, V-neck sweater and dress shirt. \u2014 Salim Valji, New York Times , 10 June 2019",
"Times are 9 to 10:30 a.m. for mites (8 and under) and squirts (10 and under) and 10:30 a.m. to noon for peewees (12 and under) and bantams (17 and under). \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Aug. 2019",
"Years before, Meade had played for Monte with the Chicago Blues at the bantam level. \u2014 Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com , 26 June 2019",
"Eventually, ispace aims to set up a robotic lunar transportation service and use its bantam rovers to identify and help exploit the resources available on Earth's nearest neighbor, such as water ice. \u2014 Mike Wall, Space.com , 26 Sep. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Tipping the scales at a bantam weight of only 1.14 pounds, and less than a foot long, even the gram-conscious minimalists have to take notice. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 9 Sep. 2019"
],
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"1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"\u02c8ban-t\u0259m"
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"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
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"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"backchat",
"badinage",
"chaff",
"give-and-take",
"jesting",
"joshing",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee"
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": challenge":[],
": delude":[],
": good-natured and usually witty and animated joking":[
"listening to their lively banter"
],
": to speak or act playfully or wittily":[
"The two friends bantered with each other."
],
": to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner":[
"She laughed and bantered him a little, remembering too late that she should have been dignified and reserved.",
"\u2014 Kate Chopin"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance",
"Noun",
"I enjoyed hearing their good-natured banter .",
"members of the Algonquin Round Table were known for their brilliant and witty banter",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Anyone who has worked in professional spaces knows that casual spaces/times (e.g. banter at the beginning of a call, break room talk, training class/conference downtime, etc.) are anything but inconsequential. \u2014 Dana Brownlee, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Allyson Kaye Daniel is an elegant and welcome presence as Abigail Adams, who periodically materializes to banter with, and sometimes instruct, her husband. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"The decision came just after Jackson Reffitt's political disagreements and banter over text with his father escalated after the election in 2020. \u2014 Katelyn Polantz, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Team building can happen anywhere your team can interact with one another and banter about anything other than work. \u2014 James Mayo, Rolling Stone , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The four cutters \u2014 three men and one woman \u2014 banter with one another and their clients, talking on topics ranging from the advisability of keeping a land line telephone to why some people remain unvaccinated. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Jan. 2022",
"During the stage banter between sets, BTS mostly stuck to English. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Dec. 2021",
"As the episode ends, Clint and Kate banter about Kate's codename. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The episode also provides another nice showcase for fun back-and-forth between Clint and Kate, who banter their way through the escape and subsequent chase then struggle to communicate when Clint loses his hearing aid. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Vulture , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Over the previous couple of years, Remy and Eckersley\u2019s banter and candor in the booth, with Dave O\u2019Brien on play-by-play, was as insightful as baseball broadcasting gets. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
"The first was a heated argument between Miller and a male patron that began as banter but ended in the actor putting the man in a chokehold and later slapping him. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 1 July 2022",
"After some more banter , Cunningham charged himself with calling the parents of three students who didn\u2019t show up that afternoon. \u2014 al , 16 June 2022",
"After Evans responded, the two struck up a flirty social media banter that escalated when the singer began joking about having a baby with the Marvel actor. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 10 June 2022",
"Hall's signature blend of lush romanticism, explorations of family trauma, and banter worthy of a Wimbledon match are firing on all cylinders here. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"Why stick two generations of Jurassic MVPs together, only to drop them into listless action sequences and rehashed rescue-mission bits, armed with little more than stale banter and a Taser? \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
"That humor and banter was common between Webster, the umpires and opposing coaches. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
"After that swipe right, the two finance professionals cultivated a platonic bond, forged by a shared sense of humor and back-and-forth banter that kept them talking. \u2014 Forbes , 6 June 2022"
],
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"1653, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1660, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"of obscure origin":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8ban-t\u0259r"
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"fool",
"fun",
"gag",
"jape",
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"jive",
"joke",
"jolly",
"josh",
"kid",
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"wisecrack",
"yuk",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030716",
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"verb"
]
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"definitions":{
": any of a genus ( Baptisia ) of North American plants of the legume family having showy papilionaceous flowers similar in form to those of the pea plant":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On a precociously hot day in May, Avent takes me on a golf cart tour past fields of arums, lycoris, trilliums, crinums, epimediums, colocasias, baptisias and gingers \u2014 the botany begins to blur after a few hours under the beating Carolina sun. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 17 Sep. 2019",
"Unscathed (for reasons beyond my ken) include baptisia , clematis recta, and of course the sturdy-as-stone conifers. \u2014 Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities , 17 June 2017"
],
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"circa 1868, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"New Latin, genus name, from Greek baptisis a dipping, from baptein":""
},
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"bap-\u02c8ti-zh(\u0113-)\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114454",
"type":[
"noun"
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": a Christian sacrament marked by ritual use of water and admitting the recipient to the Christian community":[],
": a non-Christian rite using water for ritual purification":[],
": an act, experience, or ordeal by which one is purified, sanctified, initiated, or named":[],
": purification by or submergence in Spirit":[]
},
"examples":[
"There were over 100 baptisms at our church last year.",
"He received the sacrament of baptism as an infant.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among the keepsakes are her baptism water, a tiny pink-and-white knit beanie, final photos, and a card listing Everleigh\u2019s birth details, ink-stamped with her miniature footprints. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"And one of the references was, in fact, that baptism scene from The Godfather. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
"Vladimir Putin says, because of a baptism a thousand years ago, or because of bloodshed during World War II. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The LDS Church did issue a public apology on behalf of a member who had performed proxy baptism rituals for the parents of Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"More:The Catholic Church baptism crisis is manufactured. \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The next day, McCullers and his wife Kara attended the baptism for little Kylo with the McCullers serving as Kylo\u2019s godparents. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The trailer sees the detective examining the crime scene, juxtaposed with scenes of a baptism and life in small-town Utah. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Her tenure has been something of a baptism by fire, as TIAA participants worry about their retirement savings amid ballooning inflation and a sputtering stock market. \u2014 Fortune , 20 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English baptisme":""
},
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"\u02c8bap-\u02ccti-z\u0259m",
"especially Southern \u02c8bab-"
],
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"inaugural",
"inauguration",
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"initiation",
"installation",
"installment",
"instalment",
"investiture",
"investment"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a frenzy of competitive energy, the city\u2019s guilds lavished attention on its unfinished cathedral, its neighboring baptistery and the former granary-turned-church of Orsanmichele. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Its sixth-century baptistery is said to be one of the best examples of its kind in the country. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The men changed clothes in a dressing room on one side of the baptistery ; women on the other. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Nov. 2021",
"There is no longer a permanent pastor, though, and the full-immersion baptistery has fallen out of use. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
"The Neonian Baptistry, one of eight UNESCO monuments in the city, is considered one of the most complete surviving examples of an early Christian baptistery . \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Built on ruins of a 4th-century Roman temple, the building became the city\u2019s cathedral in 1059 and eventually the official baptistery in 1128. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Amid alleys crammed with gelato shops, caf\u00e9s, and souvenir stores, fifth- and sixth-century churches, mausoleums, and baptisteries stand out with their ochre and fawn facades. \u2014 Prathap Nair, National Geographic , 20 Aug. 2019",
"Visitors can purchase combination tickets that include entrance to multiple attractions, including the baptistery . \u2014 Prathap Nair, National Geographic , 20 Aug. 2019"
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"\u2014 New York Times"
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"\u2014 Sidney Lanier"
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"The priest baptized the baby.",
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"Karen and Michael Hidde watched the flight nurse baptize their baby, sprinkling water on him from a small shell. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Only priests could baptize , ordain, perform the sacrament of the Eucharist and give last rites. \u2014 Lisa Bitel, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"James reacted by putting his fingers in Max\u2019s water and splashing him as if to baptize him into James\u2019s unique religion of belligerent assholery. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children. \u2014 al , 28 July 2021",
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"\u2014 Sidney Lanier"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Karen and Michael Hidde watched the flight nurse baptize their baby, sprinkling water on him from a small shell. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Only priests could baptize , ordain, perform the sacrament of the Eucharist and give last rites. \u2014 Lisa Bitel, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Fans are dissecting the hallucination\u2014which saw Nate impregnate Cassie and then watch as a pool-side Cal Jacobs, his father, proceeded to erotically baptize her. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 19 Jan. 2022",
"James reacted by putting his fingers in Max\u2019s water and splashing him as if to baptize him into James\u2019s unique religion of belligerent assholery. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children. \u2014 al , 28 July 2021",
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"The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children. \u2014 al , 28 July 2021"
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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"\u2014 W. L. Hoyt"
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],
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"\u2014 often used with from Women were barred from joining the club."
],
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],
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],
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"Plaintiffs are barred from litigating such claims."
],
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"He barred the door as soon as he got in.",
"All the windows and doors were barred .",
"A herd of goats was barring the road.",
"Nothing barred them from meeting together.",
"The judge will bar the jurors from talking to reporters.",
"A federal court has barred the group from using the name.",
"The decision bars the possibility of additional development in the area.",
"forms of punishment barred by the Constitution",
"Preposition",
"They have lost every match, bar one.",
"everyone in the company is invited, bar none"
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r"
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]
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": a horseshoe having a flat piece across the usual opening at the heel to protect a tender frog from injury":[]
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"circa 1610, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
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"insult",
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"\u2014 Bernhard Berenson"
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"savage",
"uncivil",
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"\u2014 Irv Erdos"
],
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"people who were regarded as barbarian by the ancient Romans",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Amazigh are better known as Berbers, but that\u2019s actually a pejorative name, derived from the word barbarian . \u2014 Terri Colby, Philly.com , 20 Sep. 2017",
"But Charlie Gard shows that the barbarian no longer comes wielding a club and grunting in some undecipherable tongue. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 17 July 2017",
"The barbarian stuck behind the glass now indeed had two separate brows, but they were arched far above its eyes as if sketched by a cartoon artist. \u2014 Iman Hariri-kia, Teen Vogue , 2 Oct. 2017",
"Looking back eight centuries, Carleton traces an epic tale of war and redemption, of a Russia that finds itself constantly at risk of barbarian invasion and annihilation and yet manages, time and again, to save both itself and its neighbors. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, New Republic , 26 Sep. 2017",
"Medea New adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy about the barbarian princess scorned by her husband, the hero Jason. \u2014 Matt Cooper, latimes.com , 3 Sep. 2017",
"There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
"Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago? \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 1 June 2017",
"Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago? \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 1 June 2017"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"\u2014 Irv Erdos"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Amazigh are better known as Berbers, but that\u2019s actually a pejorative name, derived from the word barbarian . \u2014 Terri Colby, Philly.com , 20 Sep. 2017",
"But Charlie Gard shows that the barbarian no longer comes wielding a club and grunting in some undecipherable tongue. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 17 July 2017",
"The barbarian stuck behind the glass now indeed had two separate brows, but they were arched far above its eyes as if sketched by a cartoon artist. \u2014 Iman Hariri-kia, Teen Vogue , 2 Oct. 2017",
"Looking back eight centuries, Carleton traces an epic tale of war and redemption, of a Russia that finds itself constantly at risk of barbarian invasion and annihilation and yet manages, time and again, to save both itself and its neighbors. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, New Republic , 26 Sep. 2017",
"Medea New adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy about the barbarian princess scorned by her husband, the hero Jason. \u2014 Matt Cooper, latimes.com , 3 Sep. 2017",
"There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
"Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago? \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 1 June 2017",
"Would Trump the barbarian have been elected president of the United States even 10 or 20 years ago? \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 1 June 2017"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"\u2014 Walt Whitman",
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"\u2014 Think"
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"Barbaric tribes invaded the area.",
"His table manners are barbaric .",
"They considered the custom barbaric .",
"The treatment of the prisoners was positively barbaric .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fox News' Tucker Carlson coined the derisive nickname after the Texas lawmaker dared to express support for beleaguered Ukraine following Russia's barbaric attack on it. \u2014 Dean Obeidallah, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"The appalling story is reminiscent of the plot from a sophisticated thriller, although the sad fact remains that the reality itself was and still is just as barbaric . \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"The barbaric tactics of Putin's soldiers, who have occupied parts of Ukraine, are already well-documented and the evidence keeps mounting. \u2014 Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News , 27 May 2022",
"Don\u2019t keep your operations in a state imposing these barbaric restrictions. \u2014 Kathy Hochul, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"These barbaric laws will someday be overturned by something called progress. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
"The attorneys argue prisons officials aren't trying hard enough to get the lethal injection drugs, instead forcing prisoners to choose between two more barbaric methods. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"There were barbaric acts on the Polish-Belarusian border, committed not only by Lukashenka\u2019s regime in Belarus but also by the Polish state. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Putin\u2019s barbaric war continues to rage in Ukraine, creating carnage that has driven Biden to label his Russian counterpart a war criminal. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"The barbarism of his dictatorship cannot be ignored.",
"Such barbarisms cannot be tolerated.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a nation at war, and a city aching for some semblance of normality, the Odesa Opera reopened for the first time since the Russian invasion began, asserting civilization against the barbarism unleashed from Moscow. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"She was raised by her mother, Tamara, an office manager who was born in Belgrade and grew up unburdened by responsibility for Nazi barbarism . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"To that end the West can shelter the country\u2019s women, children and elderly as a defining contrast to Mr. Putin\u2019s barbarism . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The New Zealand director has long been celebrated as an iconoclast, a woman whose radiant films meld beauty and barbarism in their depiction of the world and the flawed humans inhabiting it. \u2014 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The shift may have been inevitable, given the barbarism of the war, which has claimed thousands of civilian lives, and Russia\u2019s challenge to the conventions and obligations of modern statecraft. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
"Almost everyone in the U.S. and Europe observing the invasion of Ukraine has no difficulty condemning the barbarism of Russian war-making. \u2014 Michael Walzer, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, invoked the barbarism of the Holocaust on Tuesday after Russian forces hit a television tower located beside Babyn Yar, a Kyiv ravine where Nazi Germany committed atrocities during World War II. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"These are real trigger words for Russians in general who don't like to be accused of barbarism . \u2014 CBS News , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"kindness",
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"tenderheartedness"
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"examples":[
"The barbarity of the attack was horrifying.",
"The photos vividly capture the war's barbarity .",
"He is accused of inflicting unimaginable barbarities on his own people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This, obviously, is Loznitsa\u2019s point: The rhetoric of war, much like its barbarity , is the same on all sides. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"Such acts of racial barbarity have not been relegated to America's past, however. \u2014 Emma Coleman Jordan, CNN , 29 May 2022",
"But the barbarity of Russia\u2019s concentrated artillery fire has made the second stage far more challenging for many Ukrainians in the trenches. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"The event would be retold over the years as an archetypal narrative of male supremacy and barbarity and abject female subservience. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"But the barbarity was too blatant, and witnessed by too many people. \u2014 Time , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Group dynamics revolve around escalating barbarity ; it\u2019s a sport and bond. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Employees of the exclusion zone management agency based in Chernobyl suffered under the Russian occupation, but nothing approaching the barbarity visited on civilians in Bucha and other towns around Kyiv by the Russian forces. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Scurati also acknowledges the dark side of human nature titillated by the squadristi\u2019s barbarity ; with every wave of violence, membership in the Fascist Party soars. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us \u2026 . \u2014 Bret Stephens New York Times, Star Tribune , 7 Aug. 2020"
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"the barbarous treatment of the native peoples of the New World by those bent on conquest at any cost",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The resonance and immediacy of these barbarous 19th-century events are testament to Zhang\u2019s storytelling powers, and should stand as a warning to all of us. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The pontiff reiterated his condemnation of war as barbarous and sacrilegious. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Nevertheless, this is where Democratic extremism has taken the party, and this foolhardy vote tonight will do Americans the favor of exposing exactly how committed national Democrats are to this barbarous position. \u2014 Alexandra Desanctis, National Review , 28 Feb. 2022",
"From Santiago to Sydney and Sacramento, from Tokyo and Taipei to Tel Aviv, protesters have raged at Vladimir Putin for his barbarous campaign to conquer Ukraine. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Iconic images of the accused being burned alive were deployed in the propaganda wars that cast the Black struggle, depending on the teller, as either barbarous or suffused with its own fearsome justice. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"People dismiss gold as a barbarous relic and governments de-emphasize its importance as a relic. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The savagery of the Korean War, however, didn\u2019t stop the United States from fighting another barbarous ground war in Asia that had little connection to its vital interests. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, The New Republic , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Though scarcely remembered now, the 2014 massacre of thousands of members of the Yazidi religion by ISIS, on Mount Sinjar, in Iraq, remains one of the most barbarous acts of genocide of recent years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2021"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-b(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
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"fiendish",
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"the barbarous treatment of the native peoples of the New World by those bent on conquest at any cost",
"an aunt who abhors barbarous behavior such as eating with your fingers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The resonance and immediacy of these barbarous 19th-century events are testament to Zhang\u2019s storytelling powers, and should stand as a warning to all of us. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The pontiff reiterated his condemnation of war as barbarous and sacrilegious. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Nevertheless, this is where Democratic extremism has taken the party, and this foolhardy vote tonight will do Americans the favor of exposing exactly how committed national Democrats are to this barbarous position. \u2014 Alexandra Desanctis, National Review , 28 Feb. 2022",
"From Santiago to Sydney and Sacramento, from Tokyo and Taipei to Tel Aviv, protesters have raged at Vladimir Putin for his barbarous campaign to conquer Ukraine. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Iconic images of the accused being burned alive were deployed in the propaganda wars that cast the Black struggle, depending on the teller, as either barbarous or suffused with its own fearsome justice. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"People dismiss gold as a barbarous relic and governments de-emphasize its importance as a relic. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The savagery of the Korean War, however, didn\u2019t stop the United States from fighting another barbarous ground war in Asia that had little connection to its vital interests. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, The New Republic , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Though scarcely remembered now, the 2014 massacre of thousands of members of the Yazidi religion by ISIS, on Mount Sinjar, in Iraq, remains one of the most barbarous acts of genocide of recent years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2021"
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"brutal",
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"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"vicious",
"wanton"
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"\u2014 Carlos Fr\u00edas",
"To be really barbecued , ribs must roast slowly over hardwood, which cooks them with a combination of heat and smoke.",
"\u2014 Dennis R. Getto",
"I prepared it with a rub rather than a marinade or barbecue sauce. It was the first time I'd barbecued meat seasoned with a rub, and it was very easy.",
"\u2014 Margaret Prouse"
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"\u2014 Nancy Gibbs et al."
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"Verb",
"We barbecued chicken and ribs.",
"We barbecue often during the summer.",
"Noun",
"grill a steak on the barbecue",
"We plan to have a barbecue for the whole family.",
"She invited us over for some beer and barbecue .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"What sets barbecue apart from other cooking methods is how heat reaches the food. \u2014 Kristine Nolin, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
"People barbecue all over the world, and under that umbrella comes grilling. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"Many were already gathered around, helping clean up the mess or preparing to barbecue for the block. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Aug. 2021",
"The skateboarders would often barbecue together at the Burnside park, and Castillo-Pacheco was always there, Barnes said, with a big smile and a cold Modelo. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 July 2021",
"But Deirdre has to be mom, dad, coach, buddy, the works; teaching her sons how to barbecue and play lacrosse. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2021",
"Millions of Americans will be taking the opportunity to barbecue with friends today. \u2014 Jamie Gold, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
"There is also a hamper at the house dedicated solely to barbecue clothes. \u2014 Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Apr. 2021",
"Each offseason, Mulugheta and his clients will work out, watch film and also barbecue with their families. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Each tiki torch in the set of four stands five feet high and holds 12 ounces of oil for an approximate six-hour burn time\u2014long enough for a barbecue that extends late into the evening. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
"Gunfire erupted early Monday at a park in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City, where police said a group of people were having a barbecue when multiple shooters opened fire. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
"Police were called to the 2500 block of Patron Drive after a dark-colored SUV drove by and fired about 20 to 30 rounds on a family barbecue , San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus told reporters. \u2014 Angela Alcala-bach, San Antonio Express-News , 19 June 2022",
"At least two people were killed and five others injured in a drive-by shooting on a family barbecue late Saturday, police in San Antonio, Texas said. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"Runners were still able to complete the 5K virtually and a large group gathered near Anchorage\u2019s Ship Creek for fun, contests and a barbecue . \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"On most weekends the Lady Lowrider Car Club cruises to a car show, sets up its cars, props up a canopy and starts a barbecue . \u2014 Palabra, oregonlive , 13 June 2022",
"Attractions at the free event include live music, a freedom march, food vendors, special performances and a Fathers Day barbecue . \u2014 al , 10 June 2022",
"Buying a fancy tie, treating dad to a baseball game, or cooking up a backyard barbecue are just a few of the ways Americans will celebrate their dads on Father\u2019s Day, June 19. \u2014 Bea Lewis, Sun Sentinel , 9 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Carlos Fr\u00edas",
"To be really barbecued , ribs must roast slowly over hardwood, which cooks them with a combination of heat and smoke.",
"\u2014 Dennis R. Getto",
"I prepared it with a rub rather than a marinade or barbecue sauce. It was the first time I'd barbecued meat seasoned with a rub, and it was very easy.",
"\u2014 Margaret Prouse"
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"We barbecued chicken and ribs.",
"We barbecue often during the summer.",
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"grill a steak on the barbecue",
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"She invited us over for some beer and barbecue .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"What sets barbecue apart from other cooking methods is how heat reaches the food. \u2014 Kristine Nolin, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
"People barbecue all over the world, and under that umbrella comes grilling. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"Many were already gathered around, helping clean up the mess or preparing to barbecue for the block. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Aug. 2021",
"The skateboarders would often barbecue together at the Burnside park, and Castillo-Pacheco was always there, Barnes said, with a big smile and a cold Modelo. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 July 2021",
"But Deirdre has to be mom, dad, coach, buddy, the works; teaching her sons how to barbecue and play lacrosse. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2021",
"Millions of Americans will be taking the opportunity to barbecue with friends today. \u2014 Jamie Gold, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
"There is also a hamper at the house dedicated solely to barbecue clothes. \u2014 Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Apr. 2021",
"Each offseason, Mulugheta and his clients will work out, watch film and also barbecue with their families. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Each tiki torch in the set of four stands five feet high and holds 12 ounces of oil for an approximate six-hour burn time\u2014long enough for a barbecue that extends late into the evening. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
"Gunfire erupted early Monday at a park in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City, where police said a group of people were having a barbecue when multiple shooters opened fire. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
"Police were called to the 2500 block of Patron Drive after a dark-colored SUV drove by and fired about 20 to 30 rounds on a family barbecue , San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus told reporters. \u2014 Angela Alcala-bach, San Antonio Express-News , 19 June 2022",
"At least two people were killed and five others injured in a drive-by shooting on a family barbecue late Saturday, police in San Antonio, Texas said. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"Runners were still able to complete the 5K virtually and a large group gathered near Anchorage\u2019s Ship Creek for fun, contests and a barbecue . \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"On most weekends the Lady Lowrider Car Club cruises to a car show, sets up its cars, props up a canopy and starts a barbecue . \u2014 Palabra, oregonlive , 13 June 2022",
"Attractions at the free event include live music, a freedom march, food vendors, special performances and a Fathers Day barbecue . \u2014 al , 10 June 2022",
"Buying a fancy tie, treating dad to a baseball game, or cooking up a backyard barbecue are just a few of the ways Americans will celebrate their dads on Father\u2019s Day, June 19. \u2014 Bea Lewis, Sun Sentinel , 9 June 2022"
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"a plate of barbecued chicken"
]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not to mention the barbecued tri-tip for which the area is known. \u2014 Krista Simmons, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 8 Mar. 2021",
"Shrimp alfredo and barbecued chicken were on offer this week. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 27 Feb. 2021",
"At Wolf\u2019s Head Smokehouse, Wittek and Doty serve Instagram-friendly smash burger and sandwiches stacked high with barbecued meats. \u2014 Michael Russell, oregonlive , 2 Sep. 2020",
"Anderson and his team have also started a more casual concept, TA-que, a food truck featuring street tacos with barbecued meats. \u2014 Leeanne Griffin, courant.com , 26 Aug. 2020",
"Or make a barbecued chicken topping by shredding leftover chicken tossed with barbecue sauce. \u2014 Tina Danze, Dallas News , 6 Apr. 2020",
"For a snack, Ronto Roasters served a warm flatbread wrap filled with flavorful barbecued sausage, tender pork, and still crunchy slaw \u2014 not what most would expect from theme park fare. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Sep. 2019",
"In a sliver of the state alongside the Tennessee River, barbecued chicken is famously adorned in a creamy white sauce of mayonnaise, vinegar and spices. \u2014 Larry Olmstead, USA TODAY , 9 July 2019",
"Serve with barbecued chicken or use as a dip for smoked wings. \u2014 Derek Herscovici, al.com , 4 June 2019"
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"The candidates exchanged barbed comments during the debate.",
"barbed satire on American academia",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s because one of the major differences between bees and other stinging insects is that bees have a barbed stinger that remains in the skin long after the bee has left. \u2014 Eleesha Lockett, SELF , 24 June 2022",
"Over brunch, a discussion about Miranda\u2019s decision to go gray devolves into a barbed exchange about the ethics of hair color. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, New York Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Toward the end of the presentation, the chair of global advertising and partnerships delivered a barbed soliloquy that called out unnamed competitors by emphasizing that their streaming platform is, was and is likely to remain ad-supported. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 May 2022",
"The site remains surrounded by barbed wires and fences, which were electrified during the Holocaust. \u2014 Nathan Luna, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In El Sereno, where crime has been increasing, barbed -wire fences line the street-level train tracks. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, oregonlive , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Homesteaders built towns and barbed -wire fences in the middle of these migration routes, and in Jackson Hole opportunistic elk found sustenance in the form of ranchers\u2019 hay. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In El Sereno, where crime has been increasing, barbed -wire fences line the street-level train tracks. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, oregonlive , 17 Jan. 2022",
"To be able to find joy, make our joy, behind barbed wires and all these people wallowing in their misery. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"corrosive",
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"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
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": twisted wires armed with barbs or sharp points":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Poland's steel border wall topped with barbed wire will run more than 180 kilometers (115 miles) next to Belarus. \u2014 Vanessa Gera, ajc , 9 June 2022",
"The footage captured a sunny Sunday afternoon \u2014 last year\u2019s Fourth of July \u2014 around 3:30 p.m. A pair walked up to the barbed wire fence outside his store. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"The Smiths wrapped the next iteration with barbed wire . \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Cut to Jimmy pulling up at his last appointment of the day, ominously located behind a chain-link fence laced with barbed wire . \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"But some Russians stayed behind, sheltering until the early 2000s behind a fence topped with barbed wire from a city that, with the collapse of their empire, had suddenly become hostile territory \u2014 and an important intelligence target. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Federal authorities tried to secure the fish\u2019s future by surrounding the hole with 10-foot fencing capped with barbed wire , surveillance cameras and radio antennas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"The woman tried to climb the fence, the blade tucked into her elbow, but soon came back down, apparently dissuaded by the barbed wire strung along the top. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"But the bag with the baby formula and water bottles were with Jacob, on the other side of the barbed wire . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4b(d)-",
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": a large, black, red-spotted conenose ( Panstrongylus megistus synonym Triatoma megista ) of the American tropics that transmits the trypanosome causing Chagas disease":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wiz Khalifa lies under the weight rack, hands grasping a barbell a few feet above. \u2014 Mark Lelinwalla, Men's Health , 23 May 2022",
"How: Set up a barbell at sternum height in a squat rack. \u2014 Jon-erik Kawamoto, Outside Online , 7 May 2020",
"Stand holding the barbell with an underhand grip slightly wider than shoulder-width. \u2014 Men's Health , 24 Apr. 2022",
"For example, in a recent study by Norwegian researchers, a group of 17 runners experienced a 21-percent increase in aerobic endurance after doing heavy barbell half-squats for eight weeks. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 24 Nov. 2015",
"Arnold Schwarzenegger famously employed friends to add and remove barbell plates to achieve this effect during his bodybuilding career. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Teo's not alone in stepping away from the barbell bench press\u2014Men's Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. also quit the classic gym staple for some time. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 8 Feb. 2022",
"While other pilots got to test the track during informal trainings for the monobob competition, Meyers Taylor was left lifting a barbell in her hotel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
"One built a makeshift house out of plywood on the back of an 18-wheeler; another set up an outdoor gym with a bench press, dumbbells, and a barbell looped through two fuel cans. \u2014 Nate Hochman, National Review , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02ccbel"
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": having short stiff hooked bristles or hairs":[]
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"\u02c8b\u00e4rb\u0259\u02ccl\u0101t",
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"noun"
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"Samuel 1910\u20131981 American composer":[]
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"Noun",
"He goes to a barber downtown.",
"went to the barber to get his hair cut and his beard trimmed",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The incidents happened at all hours of the day and targeted check cashing stores, a diner, barber shops and other businesses. \u2014 Rachel Paik, Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"High-end restaurants, coffee shops, barber shops and boutiques that once focused on major downtowns like D.C. and Manhattan are pursuing locations in suburbs like Bethesda, Arlington and Darien, Conn., Biel said. \u2014 Katherine Shaver, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"LaRon and Salvant are the co-founders of Squire Technologies, which provides software and services to barber shops nationwide. \u2014 Jared Council, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"Gonzalez has painted beauty salons and barber shops. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"The surrounding area is primarily residential and is surrounded by homes, along with a Family Dollar store, barber shops, a laundromat and fire station. \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 14 May 2022",
"Powell\u2019s salon, Essence of Ebony in West Jordan, is one of 19 Black hair salons and barber shops in Utah, according to the Utah Black Chamber\u2019s most recent directory. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The device used to conduct the treatment resembled a barber \u2019s chair and sat center stage. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The sole exception: About 66% of Americans always tip their hairstylist/ barber , compared with 63% during the past two years. \u2014 Gary Stoller, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"From the porch of his childhood home in Cherry Hill to barber shops across Baltimore, Troy Staton, 52, has cut hair for nearly four decades. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, baltimoresun.com , 14 Dec. 2020",
"The new campus will have a 28-chair clinic classroom, 12-chair barbering clinic classroom and five large classroom spaces for more training. \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Roger Federer, while not infallible, can play when there is barbered grass underfoot. \u2014 The Si Staff, SI.com , 29 June 2018",
"Ethos, Jacobs\u2019 barbering biz featuring a traveling grooming station, was born. \u2014 Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com , 21 June 2018",
"Missouri law requires a training course of 1,000 hours for barbering and 1,500 hours for hairdressing, followed by a licensing exam. \u2014 Tony Rizzo, kansascity , 11 Jan. 2018",
"The center offers auto and collision training in several garage bays, a welding shop, a dental lab, a cosmetology and barbering center, graphic arts and a culinary arts program. \u2014 Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune , 23 Dec. 2017",
"But barbering was hard on daddy\u2019s feet, and mother was homesick. \u2014 WSJ , 19 Dec. 2017",
"There are still all kinds of souvenirs and reminders of the two Italian barbers and their customers: postcards stuck into the mirrors, decades of shavers and other barbering gadgetry. \u2014 Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com , 12 Oct. 2017"
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"divulge",
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"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
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"bare feet"
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"a bare two hours away"
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": worthless":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The brittle-looking branches of bare trees reached up from the horizon, and smoke could be seen curling from the chimneys of the sturdy stone houses in the villages we passed through. \u2014 David McAninch , Saveur , November 2008",
"The dining room is warm and comfortable in a quasi-Tuscan-villa style, with bare wood floors, mottled walls, \u2026 and a glass room divider etched with images of grapes. \u2014 Colman Andrews , Gourmet , March 2007",
"A scant two hours after his Derby victory, Monarchos was back in his \u2026 stall, beneath a bare bulb, eating carrots from a red bucket. \u2014 Steve Rushin , Sports Illustrated , 14 May 2001",
"There was a rug in the front room of the house, but the other floors were bare .",
"Do not let the bare wires touch.",
"He covered her bare arms with his coat.",
"He had a glove on his left hand, but his right hand was bare .",
"The ground was bare where the statue had stood for years.",
"There was only one bare shelf.",
"Her office was pretty bare , having only one desk and one chair.",
"This is the barest room in the house.",
"He only told me the bare facts about what happened.",
"Verb",
"Ed McMahon calls upon the canine coach to help him settle down his aggressive \u2026 terrier, which is nice to Ed but bares its teeth at guests. \u2014 TV Guide , 29 Oct.-4 Nov. 2007",
"You could argue that the very act of conducting a lengthy poll by telephone skews the response pool. What sort of person bares her soul to pollsters for upward of an hour\u2014and during the holiday season yet? \u2014 Katha Pollitt , Nation , 4/11 Aug. 2003",
"When Eastman called Death in the Afternoon (Hemingway's nonfiction book about bullfighting) \"a literary style of wearing false hair on the chest,\" Hemingway had no other options than to bare his hirsute midsection and duke it out with his rival author in front of their editor, Max Perkins. The common mythology is that Hemingway beat Eastman to a bloody pulp, but Perkins' account had Eastman gaining the upper hand. \u2014 Will Manley , Booklist , 1 Apr. 2001",
"The better analogy is to bare all on the talk shows in which ordinary people are encouraged to reveal intimate aspects of their private lives. \u2014 Richard A. Posner , New Republic , 21 Aug. 2000",
"He bared his chest to show the scar.",
"finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"However, its money stream for maintaining it now is at a bare minimum. \u2014 cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"Low-income communities, already using the bare minimum, have been hit the hardest. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Businesses are back to worrying about staying open with a bare minimum of manpower. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"State funding provides the bare minimum based on student enrollment. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
"Cortes is 5-foot-11, playing a position at which 6 feet is typically considered the bare minimum by modern scouts. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"At the bare minimum, contribute to your 401(k) up to your employer match, and try to put a little bit into liquid savings each month. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 21 May 2022",
"But experts at Harvard University and elsewhere recommend three to four hourly air changes as the bare minimum. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
"Finkenauer's campaign offered the bare minimum of signatures needed from different counties, leaving herself almost no margin for error. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Some took up a pen to bare their hearts for those who were to come. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"For those willing to bare even more skin, crop tops are everywhere this year. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Kriegman and Steinberg had experience getting subjects to bare uncomfortably intimate details of their personal lives on camera. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"With the approach of summer and warmer weather, hordes of mosquitoes are just waiting for Hoosiers to bare a bit of skin. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
"The first track of the album\u2019s second disc is thoughtfully framed as a therapy session in which Kendrick lays himself bare over gentle guitar chords and choir refrains. \u2014 Ej Panaligan, Billboard , 13 May 2022",
"The urge to get out there, to scream feral, to bare our souls and claw at the universe is totally understandable. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Chelsea Handler has never been afraid to bare it all \u2014 and her 47th birthday is no different! \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Vanity Fair Afterparty: dares to bare in a plunging M\u00f4not gown with hip cutouts. \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English b\u00e6r ; akin to Old High German bar naked, Lithuanian basas barefoot":"Adjective and Verb"
},
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"\u02c8ber"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bare Adjective bare , naked , nude , bald , barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. an apartment with bare walls naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness. poor half- naked children nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure. a nude model posing for art students bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness. a bald mountain peak barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility. barren plains",
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"mere",
"very"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090745",
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"antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230021",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073252",
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"noun"
]
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"bare-handed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": without gloves":[],
": without tools or weapons":[
"fight an animal bare-handed"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8ber-\u02c8han-d\u0259d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130447",
"type":[
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]
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"antonyms":[],
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"\u2014 Dennis Craig",
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8ber-\u02c8n\u0259-k\u0259l"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040644",
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"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225515",
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"antonyms":[
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"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
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": open , unconcealed":[
"barefaced impudence"
],
": wearing no mask":[]
},
"examples":[
"a barefaced challenge for a fight",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In one clip from PBS NewsHour, a barefaced Pence could be seen elbow-bumping and chatting with multiple people inside the clinic. \u2014 Allyson Chiu, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2020",
"That act of barefaced deception drew Argentina level. \u2014 CNN , 4 Apr. 2018",
"However, the Heitkamps were not taking this barefaced truth sitting down. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 16 Mar. 2018",
"The production also favors a barefaced and bare-chested homoeroticism. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 29 Sep. 2017",
"How does a man whose first true introduction into the American consciousness was a barefaced lie about the crowd size at the president\u2019s inauguration become the surprise guest at this year\u2019s Emmy Awards, only to make a joke about said lie? \u2014 Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root , 18 Sep. 2017",
"For followers fluent in Portuguese that means confessional videos where a barefaced Trindade provides comic reviews of her favorite products, outlines her favorite outfits, and takes trips to the tattoo parlor to add more body ink. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 30 Aug. 2017",
"Teigen said, displaying her barefaced skin with blemishes on her nose, chin and forehead. \u2014 Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com , 1 Aug. 2017"
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"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8ber-\u02c8f\u0101st"
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"broad",
"clear",
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"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
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"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
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"patent",
"pellucid",
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"plain",
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"unequivocal",
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"a bareheaded boy who had lost his cap"
]
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"significantly",
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"vastly",
"well"
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"a barely furnished room"
],
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"barely enough money for lunch"
]
},
"examples":[
"We barely spoke the entire time we were in the car.",
"There are barely any new features in this software.",
"There is barely a difference between the two.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There's barely anything in the way of entrees and most of the sharable plates are very small and very delicious. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
"At just over two minutes, the mostly instrumental platform would barely be a blip for most bands. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"According to the report, despite the pandemic lockdowns, there was barely any improvement in pollution levels during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the long-term persistent health threats. \u2014 Ranjit Devraj, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
"The pass had incredible touch, as the ball was barely in Rob\u2019s hands. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Seaweed aquaculture is barely a blip in the U.S. economy, compared with Asia, where most of the world\u2019s kelp is grown. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"In a poll last month from Alaska Survey Research, Palin was barely the top choice in the pick-one primary, with just 19 percent of the vote. \u2014 Dan Zak, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"There are no bad parts, and yet even the best ones are barely there. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"The two had barely been married three months at the time. \u2014 Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022"
],
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"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"\u02c8ber-l\u0113"
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"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"narrowly",
"scarcely",
"slightly"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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": a pad of twisted cord covered with paper, cloth, and bamboo leaf with which a printmaker transmits pressure typically by rubbing to paper laid on an inked woodcut":[]
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"probably from Japanese":""
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],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"disclose",
"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
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],
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"the bare necessities of life"
],
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": lacking any tool or weapon":[
"opened the box with his bare hands"
],
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"bare feet"
],
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"a bare two hours away"
],
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"laying bare their secrets"
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"a bare room"
],
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},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The brittle-looking branches of bare trees reached up from the horizon, and smoke could be seen curling from the chimneys of the sturdy stone houses in the villages we passed through. \u2014 David McAninch , Saveur , November 2008",
"The dining room is warm and comfortable in a quasi-Tuscan-villa style, with bare wood floors, mottled walls, \u2026 and a glass room divider etched with images of grapes. \u2014 Colman Andrews , Gourmet , March 2007",
"A scant two hours after his Derby victory, Monarchos was back in his \u2026 stall, beneath a bare bulb, eating carrots from a red bucket. \u2014 Steve Rushin , Sports Illustrated , 14 May 2001",
"There was a rug in the front room of the house, but the other floors were bare .",
"Do not let the bare wires touch.",
"He covered her bare arms with his coat.",
"He had a glove on his left hand, but his right hand was bare .",
"The ground was bare where the statue had stood for years.",
"There was only one bare shelf.",
"Her office was pretty bare , having only one desk and one chair.",
"This is the barest room in the house.",
"He only told me the bare facts about what happened.",
"Verb",
"Ed McMahon calls upon the canine coach to help him settle down his aggressive \u2026 terrier, which is nice to Ed but bares its teeth at guests. \u2014 TV Guide , 29 Oct.-4 Nov. 2007",
"You could argue that the very act of conducting a lengthy poll by telephone skews the response pool. What sort of person bares her soul to pollsters for upward of an hour\u2014and during the holiday season yet? \u2014 Katha Pollitt , Nation , 4/11 Aug. 2003",
"When Eastman called Death in the Afternoon (Hemingway's nonfiction book about bullfighting) \"a literary style of wearing false hair on the chest,\" Hemingway had no other options than to bare his hirsute midsection and duke it out with his rival author in front of their editor, Max Perkins. The common mythology is that Hemingway beat Eastman to a bloody pulp, but Perkins' account had Eastman gaining the upper hand. \u2014 Will Manley , Booklist , 1 Apr. 2001",
"The better analogy is to bare all on the talk shows in which ordinary people are encouraged to reveal intimate aspects of their private lives. \u2014 Richard A. Posner , New Republic , 21 Aug. 2000",
"He bared his chest to show the scar.",
"finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"However, its money stream for maintaining it now is at a bare minimum. \u2014 cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"Low-income communities, already using the bare minimum, have been hit the hardest. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Businesses are back to worrying about staying open with a bare minimum of manpower. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"State funding provides the bare minimum based on student enrollment. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
"Cortes is 5-foot-11, playing a position at which 6 feet is typically considered the bare minimum by modern scouts. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"At the bare minimum, contribute to your 401(k) up to your employer match, and try to put a little bit into liquid savings each month. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 21 May 2022",
"But experts at Harvard University and elsewhere recommend three to four hourly air changes as the bare minimum. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
"Finkenauer's campaign offered the bare minimum of signatures needed from different counties, leaving herself almost no margin for error. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Some took up a pen to bare their hearts for those who were to come. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"For those willing to bare even more skin, crop tops are everywhere this year. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Kriegman and Steinberg had experience getting subjects to bare uncomfortably intimate details of their personal lives on camera. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"With the approach of summer and warmer weather, hordes of mosquitoes are just waiting for Hoosiers to bare a bit of skin. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
"The first track of the album\u2019s second disc is thoughtfully framed as a therapy session in which Kendrick lays himself bare over gentle guitar chords and choir refrains. \u2014 Ej Panaligan, Billboard , 13 May 2022",
"The urge to get out there, to scream feral, to bare our souls and claw at the universe is totally understandable. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Chelsea Handler has never been afraid to bare it all \u2014 and her 47th birthday is no different! \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Vanity Fair Afterparty: dares to bare in a plunging M\u00f4not gown with hip cutouts. \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English b\u00e6r ; akin to Old High German bar naked, Lithuanian basas barefoot":"Adjective and Verb"
},
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"\u02c8ber"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bare Adjective bare , naked , nude , bald , barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. an apartment with bare walls naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness. poor half- naked children nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure. a nude model posing for art students bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness. a bald mountain peak barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility. barren plains",
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"mere",
"very"
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},
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"intended as translation of Old Norse berserkr":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112749",
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"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Avestan bar\u0259sman-":""
},
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"\u02c8bar\u0259sm\u0259",
"-\u0259zm\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223411",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a rutaceous evergreen shrub ( Helietta parvifolia ) of Texas with opposite trifoliolate leaves and purple flowers":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of Mexican Spanish barreta , from Spanish barreta, barrete cap, biretta, from Catalan barret , from Proven\u00e7al berret":""
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"b\u0259\u02c8ret\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191157",
"type":[
"noun"
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": vomit":[
"Acute mountain sickness is typified by a headache that feels as if Thor himself is hammering your brain and by a strong desire to barf .",
"\u2014 Douglas Gantenbein",
"In a pure Madonna moment, she sticks two fingers down her throat and pretends to barf .",
"\u2014 Peter Travers"
]
},
"examples":[
"The movie was so disgusting that it made me want to barf .",
"the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In February, when asked to describe how college admissions was going so far this year, one affluent white parent in Los Angeles sent me a text with three emoji faces: one was sad, one was blue-faced and shivering, and one looked ready to barf . \u2014 Nicole Laporte, Town & Country , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Mike has to barf at the violent movie, and Jacob owns him for it. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 30 July 2021",
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Your pulse speeds up, you get flushed, have a headache, feel weak and dizzy, then barf . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2020"
],
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"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4rf"
],
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"gag",
"heave",
"hurl",
"puke",
"retch",
"spew",
"spit up",
"throw up",
"upchuck",
"vomit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214814",
"type":[
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"verb"
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},
"bargain":{
"antonyms":[
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate",
"palter"
],
"definitions":{
": a transaction, situation, or event regarded in the light of its results":[
"a bad bargain"
],
": an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other":[
"They struck a bargain to sell only to each other.",
"Keep your side of the bargain ."
],
": besides":[
"tastes good and is good for you, into the bargain"
],
": expect":[
"more work than I bargained for"
],
": to bring to a desired level by bargaining":[
"bargain a price down"
],
": to come to terms : agree":[],
": to negotiate over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract : haggle":[
"The seller might be willing to bargain over the price."
],
": to sell or dispose of by bargaining":[
"\u2014 often used with away bargained away wage increases for other benefits"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I think everyone involved was satisfied with the bargain we made.",
"They've agreed to turn the land over to the state, and the state, as its part of the bargain , has agreed to keep it undeveloped.",
"She likes to hunt for bargains when she shops.",
"Verb",
"The price listed is quite high, but the seller might be willing to bargain .",
"they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Amazon already has a bit of experience with an October bargain blowout. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Each supreme-grade melon commanded a cool $370 \u2014 a relative bargain compared to the $6,100 record set back in 2008. \u2014 Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 June 2022",
"The developments were a reminder of the awkward political bargain social conservatives embraced to achieve their grandest ambitions. \u2014 Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Barcelona wants him, but Bayern is driving a hard bargain . \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"The developments were a reminder of the awkward political bargain social conservatives embraced to achieve their grandest ambitions. \u2014 Jill Colvin, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
"The developments were a reminder of the awkward political bargain social conservatives embraced to achieve their grandest ambitions. \u2014 Jill Colvin, ajc , 26 June 2022",
"At 76 percent off, the investment-worthy, Kelsyus Premium Canopy Chair is in bargain territory at Amazon right now. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 19 June 2022",
"Trust me, it\u2019s a bargain given the price and magnitude of the wines. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Vladimir Putin, who didn\u2019t bargain on a tough fight, is likely to propose terms that look like concessions but are calculated to hobble Ukraine and threaten security far beyond its borders. \u2014 Thomas D. Grant, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Each sector will bargain separately for contracts and vote separately for union vice presidents, though the entire membership will still vote together for the top leadership posts of president and secretary-treasurer. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"In 1993, workers at the massive Avondale shipbuilding docks in New Orleans voted to unionize, but the company refused to bargain , spending four years appealing to the NLRB. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Categorized as independent contractors by gig corporations, these workers, generally speaking, cannot collectively bargain or strike without violating antitrust laws. \u2014 Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
"Make the athletes employees, cut them in on the massive amount of revenue being raked in by football and basketball, collectively bargain the terms of engagement and sign athletes to enforceable contracts. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The broader United Steelworkers reached a pattern agreement with the oil industry about a month ago, but the individual units bargain over local issues as well, according to the union. \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Do expect to bargain in marketplaces, bazaars and independent artisan shops. Educate yourself. \u2014 Laura Daily, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Starbucks Executive Vice President Rossann Williams has said the corporation respects workers' rights to organize and will bargain in good faith. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French bargaigner , probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English borgian to borrow \u2014 more at bury":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from bargaigner":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u0259n"
],
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"buy",
"deal",
"pennyworth",
"snip",
"steal"
],
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
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"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
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": a section of a store (such as the basement) where merchandise is sold at reduced prices":[],
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And there have been some willing purchasers -- especially at the bargain basement prices for Russian product. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"The retailer, which sold designer clothing at bargain basement prices, is reopening in spring 2023 at its former location near the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 17 May 2022",
"Several teams would quickly try to sign him as a bargain basement free agent. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
"That would be kind of ironic, but the market doesn\u2019t care, the U.K. can be in the bargain basement but it can just as easily get lobbed into the dumpster by a U.S. crash. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The City of Albuquerque\u2019s entire operating budget for 2021 is $711,000,000, less than half of the amount needed to build bargain basement units years in the future. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"The 4-4 Chiefs could also use some help, and Beckham can now be rented for the rest of the season for a bargain basement price. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Nov. 2021",
"In a regulatory filing to the Indian stock exchange on Thursday, the value of the sale was put at a bargain basement 28.5 million Indian rupees, or about $386,110. \u2014 Kevin Rozario, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Previously unwanted players such as Davis, McDowell, McKinley and LeCounte also come at bargain basement prices that enable a team to extend big-money players such as Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb and Denzel Ward. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1914, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u0259n-\u02c8b\u0101s-m\u0259nt"
],
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"synonyms":[
"affordable",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190059",
"type":[
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"noun"
]
},
"barge":{
"antonyms":[
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"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
],
"definitions":{
": a large motorboat supplied to the flag officer of a flagship":[],
": a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing":[],
": any of various boats: such as":[],
": to carry by barge":[],
": to move ponderously or clumsily":[],
": to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously":[
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]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom.",
"She barged through the door without even knocking.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For the upcoming Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, Dior has created a spa on board a boat, inspired by the famous Samaritaine barge baths of the 19th century. \u2014 M\u00e9lanie Nauche, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
"Check out the numerous shops and restaurants around Middletown until the show begins sometime after 9 p.m. Fireworks are set off from a barge in the river, giving plenty of viewing angles to enjoy the display. \u2014 Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
"In Europe, customers might scramble to reverse the usual east-west movement of oil using rail, truck and river barge . \u2014 CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The boat and barge are at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale for inspection and repairs, the Coast Guard said in a statement Sunday. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Working from a barge topped with a crane, divers felt their way through murky water to determine the condition of the ship's wreckage, which was an unidentified hazard on navigation charts before being identified as Clotilda in 2019. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"Crews will be inspecting the underside of the bridge from a barge on the Columbia River May 16-20. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 May 2022",
"Solaris \u2014 the name of this barge of barges \u2014 has been linked to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, whose name now appears on European Union and British sanctions lists. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The funds would cover the purchase of the fireworks, the rental of a barge to launch them from and the cost of securing the necessary permits, Dryden added. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Dorfman spends a lot of time setting up the story\u2019s underlying tensions at a dinner party that eventually erupts into violence, right before three masked men barge into the house and start tormenting the guests. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"After the door opens, a group of officers barge in, yelling commands. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The tugboat and barge that ran aground in Deerfield Beach and Boca Raton, respectively, Thursday night have been removed, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, and the beaches have fully reopened. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Two-Face's whole role is to barge into scenes with a machine gun. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
"However, the music quickly shifts away from nostalgia and morphs into something new as the Martinez Brothers \u2014 the DJ duo from the Bronx \u2014 barge in with sudden flashes of sudden hi-def house. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The door seemed open for Djokovic to barge through and set a seemingly unassailable mark for major wins, right as his fiercest rivals seemed to be fading. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2022",
"There\u2019s another Alaska Logistics barge that\u2019s stuck near Georgetown, far up the Kuskokwim River. \u2014 Greg Kim, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Britney had a fear that her family would barge in and take everything. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2021"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1649, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin barca":"Noun"
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],
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"flog",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"plod",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
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"a legendary Broadway flop that has subsequently become the barometer by which failure in the theater is judged",
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"Gibney adds that podcasts also serve as a story barometer . \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"As a common barometer of corporate health, the S&P\u2019s plight has many concerned for what lies ahead. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"That barometer had gone up and down dramatically before. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Naughtiness barometer aside, Passionflix content rarely if ever approaches the soft-core threshold. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Buser later strengthened Cheeger\u2019s result, making the spectral gap a handy barometer of connectivity. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"Brent crude, which is considered a barometer of oil prices across the globe, closed at just over $98 a barrel. \u2014 Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index\u2014which is the preferred inflation barometer for the Federal Reserve\u2014released Tuesday confirms that prices are growing at the fastest rate in four decades. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"At the same time, the traditional ways of gauging success, such as ratings and box office, are fading in importance as Wall Street looks to subscriber growth as the ultimate barometer of a media giant\u2019s relevance. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Photosensitivity is another one of my main triggers, as is barometric pressure . \u2014 Lauren Mendoza, Glamour , 23 Feb. 2022",
"And as the temperatures drop, so, too, do the barometric pressure and oxygen levels. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Or boiling point in chemistry, barometric pressure in meteorology, basis point in finance, bench press in weightlifting. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022",
"In particular, Newport Fancher says barometric pressure changes, which result in air pressure shifts as the weather fluctuates, can trigger migraine attacks. \u2014 Natasha Lavender, SELF , 11 Mar. 2022",
"That big drop in barometric pressure can be enough to trigger my migraine. \u2014 Lauren Mendoza, Glamour , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The team also used air pressure as a proxy for weather\u2014 barometric pressure going up usually means clear weather is on the horizon, while lowering pressure may mean a storm or rain. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Drastic changes in heat, humidity, wind, and barometric pressure may be a migraine trigger for some people, according to the American Headache Society. \u2014 Sara Lindberg, SELF , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Instead of focusing exclusively on the technicalities of barometric pressure , for example, the agency now also explains that under certain conditions, small trees may be uprooted or windows may shatter. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks",
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"The British former socialite, whose late father rose to prominence in the U.K. as a media baron and member of Parliament, faced a district court hearing in Manhattan that lasted several hours from the late morning until mid-afternoon. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 29 June 2022",
"The robber- baron -era founders of vast industrial corporations like General Motors, U.S. Steel, and Standard Oil often created vast new institutions\u2014hospitals, universities, museums. \u2014 Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"The infamous climax of that story recapitulated the depraved ambitions of a would-be rubber baron who conscripts Indigenous villagers to drag a ship through a steep jungle denuded for that purpose. \u2014 Kristen Millares Young, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"The century-old Rae Room, holding the marble sarcophagi of a lumber baron and his scandalous second wife, is closed to the public 364 days of the year, opened only on Memorial Day. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"Pugh is playing Princess Irulan, the daughter of the emperor, while Butler is Feyd-Rautha, the cunning nephew of the baron who heads House Harkonnen and who is being groomed to rule Arrakis. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
"The book\u2019s other plot has to do with a struggle between two Arizona frontier towns over which will be the county seat, and the machinations of a ruthless cattle baron who wants to crush the small landowners and run them off. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New York Review of Books , 12 Mar. 2020",
"In Europe, officials have managed to seize luxury yachts owned by several Russian billionaires with close ties to Putin\u2019s regime, including oil baron Igor Sechin and mining magnate Alisher Usmanov. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"My goal was to spend as much time as possible with the reigning baron of Russia\u2019s tech sector, and to try out Yandex\u2019s new products firsthand. \u2014 Paul Starobin, Wired , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"a baronial mansion with dozens of spacious, luxurious rooms",
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"There, Pixar\u2019s creative director Jay Ward, a new addition to Robb Report\u2019s RR1 membership club, joined former mayor Willie Brown in the exclusive mixer before attendees embarked on the short walk back to the baronial Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 17 June 2022",
"The home, with about 160 feet of lake frontage, sits directly across the water from the Wrigley estate, a string of grand homes and baronial boathouses. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"The family that had once owned land on a baronial scale now needed charity to eat. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"And the optional 23-inch alloy wheels only add to the SUV\u2019s baronial presence. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The high-ceiling bedrooms feature baronial fireplaces, inlaid wood floors and ornate wall panels. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Hyman appears grubbing and silly in these lines, and reduced to just another child-sized charge in Jackson\u2019s baronial manor\u2014another mouth to feed. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 23 July 2021",
"The main house, anchored by a baronial great room, leads guests to the Lookout Room and adjoining family room and dining room, all with stunning views of crashing waves and sea. \u2014 Regina Cole, Forbes , 16 May 2021",
"While the job comes with a spacious Westminster apartment, a baronial weekend home, Chequers, and an annual decorating budget of 30,000 pounds ($41,600), the government does not pay for food or household staff. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 May 2021"
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"Thanks to his accumulation of new wealth, \u00c9douard Louis Joseph Empain was raised to a barony by the Belgian king in 1907. \u2014 Jonathan Kirsch, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"His namesake grandfather was a man of modest origins who had received his barony from Belgium\u2019s King Leopold II in recognition of his accomplishments as an industrialist. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Wado, who inherited the barony , proudly wore the family crest on his signet ring and freely used his Belgian title in France. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The owner of the land, and the third partner in the project, was the St. Joe Company, a timber barony turned real-estate developer\u2014and one of Florida\u2019s biggest landholders. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"When the emperor tired of him, Frank and his followers moved again and took up residence in the German barony of Offenbach, where Frank died several years later. \u2014 Jake Bittle, The New Republic , 2 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"His grim rhythm is disrupted by the Riddler (Paul Dano), conceived here as a serial killer in the style of Kevin Spacey\u2019s character from Se7en, who starts knocking off the city\u2019s leaders, inflicting increasingly baroque torments along the way. \u2014 Ross Douthat, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Succession has become an exercise in increasingly baroque ways to make nothing happen, and the cruel, rotted misery of that status quo is just as key to Succession\u2019s satire as its bleak depiction of wealth and the idiocy of those in power. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 30 Nov. 2021",
"As the controversy continued, Zak\u2019s theories became increasingly baroque . \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Exploring what happened to Epstein does spiral quickly into these conspiracy theories that become very baroque and slightly ridiculous. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Padilla speaks in the highly baroque language of the academy \u2014 a style that can seem so deliberate as to function as a kind of protective armor. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2021",
"In 2021, the largest brood of cicadas in the United States, appropriately named Brood X, will awake from a 17-year sleep and burrow out of the cold earth, ushering in a new season of baroque bug horrors. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 30 Dec. 2020",
"This exclusive first look at the Giraffe costume from The Masked Singer's upcoming fourth season reveals a very baroque figure, complete with a wig and heels. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 3 Sep. 2020",
"The Trinchero tasting room has a baroque library vibe. \u2014 Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com , 17 Jan. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"An 18th-century baroque basilica awash in pink and surrounded by vineyards. \u2014 Diane Daniel, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"This crimson red building that adjoins Chafariz da Esperan\u00e7a, a baroque fountain and national monument from 1760, has recently undergone a renovation leaving behind five modern apartments spread across four floors. \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
"On Ugly Season, Hadreas\u2019s musical references remain diverse; the album pulses with classical flourishes, Middle Eastern tones and instrumentation, West African polyrhythms, pop synthesizers, and his own trademark baroque sensibilities. \u2014 Jason Kyle Howard, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
"Morris designs everything in her own style, which is Hollywood Regency and California eclectic meets baroque and fantasy. \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"This baroque -style palace home to more than 1,400 rooms took more than 60 years to build, interrupted by the Great Northern War that brought the Swedish Empire to an end. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"His version, a baroque drama that reimagines not only the tragedy of the Peterson family but also the filming of de Lestrade\u2019s documentary, depicts the transfigurative process by which facts are stacked and elevated to narrative. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Fanjul intentionally contrasted a mix of dance styles including breaking and krump with the traditional baroque orchestra to critique the way society views those art forms based on class. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Those very same lawns are now studies in baroque excess. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
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"verbal derivative of barrage entry 2":"Verb"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-ij",
"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4zh",
"-\u02c8r\u00e4j"
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"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"cannonade",
"drumbeat",
"drumfire",
"flurry",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
"storm",
"volley"
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"noun",
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": a small captive balloon used to support wires or nets as protection against air attacks":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Normandy\u2019s Negroes, serving in mostly segregated units, worked under fire instead as stevedores and as antiaircraft men who ran up barrage balloons to frustrate enemy air strikes at the beaches. \u2014 Olivia B. Waxman, Time , 5 June 2019",
"Those were barrage balloons , floating aloft and anchored by cables, so that enemy planes had to fly over them, making their bombing more difficult. \u2014 Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times , 2 June 2019",
"The barrage balloons are going up all along the Corniche. \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Verge , 31 Mar. 2018",
"There\u2019s no combat action in Mr. Boorman\u2019s film, only such apparitions as barrage balloons floating in the sky and a Luftwaffe pilot parachuting into a suburban garden. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2018"
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"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a system of radio reception in which interference from one or more directions is prevented (as by directional properties of antennas)":[]
},
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"noun"
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"Definition of barragudo variant spelling of barrigudo"
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": a catadromous bony fish ( Lates calcarifer of the family Centropomidae) with a greenish-bronze back and silvery sides that is found from the Persian Gulf to southern China and Australia and is valued as a sport and food fish":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The state has allowed Norwegian salmon to be raised in Homestead and Australian barramundi , a freshwater fish similar to snook, to be raised in open ponds in Osceola County. \u2014 Ed Killer, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Pearl meat and wild barramundi are among super-fresh seafood on offer; and the restaurant's iconic Peking Duck highlights on a menu that is both traditional and inventive. \u2014 Keira Alexander, Travel + Leisure , 16 Aug. 2021",
"One recent week of menus included Cajun chicken with Dijonnaise, Moroccan shrimp bisque, pork chops with tzatziki, creamy French onion meatballs, and barramundi with creamy kale, among others. \u2014 Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored , 17 Aug. 2020",
"His indoor fish farm in Australia supplies restaurants with plate-size barramundi grown to 1.8 pounds. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 14 June 2020",
"That means ros\u00e9 and barramundi sliders at legendary chef Matt Moran\u2019s three-level Barangaroo House. \u2014 Erin Florio, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 July 2018",
"Festivalgoers can discover the bush cuisine that the aboriginal people have eaten for more than 65,000 years \u2014 there\u2019s emu, chorizo, barramundi , magpie goose and more. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2018",
"Animals found on Ubirr's walls include barramundi (Asian sea bass), catfish, mullet, goannas (Australian monitor lizard), long-necked turtles, pig-nosed turtles, rock ringtail possums and wallabies. \u2014 Smithsonian , 7 Apr. 2017",
"Animals found on Ubirr's walls include barramundi (Asian sea bass), catfish, mullet, goannas (Australian monitor lizard), long-necked turtles, pig-nosed turtles, rock ringtail possums and wallabies. \u2014 Smithsonian , 7 Apr. 2017"
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"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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"perhaps borrowed from an indigenous language of inland central Queensland, Australia":""
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"\u02ccba-r\u0259-",
"\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8m\u0259n-d\u0113"
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"noun"
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": a deep gully or arroyo with steep sides":[],
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},
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"the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
],
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"1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"borrowed from American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine derivative of barranco \"cliff, precipice, gully, ravine,\" of pre-Latin substratal origin":""
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"b\u0259-\u02c8ra\u014b-k\u0259"
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"bluff",
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": a deep gully or arroyo with steep sides":[],
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"the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
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"1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"borrowed from American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine derivative of barranco \"cliff, precipice, gully, ravine,\" of pre-Latin substratal origin":""
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"b\u0259-\u02c8ra\u014b-k\u0259"
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": a mineral (Fe,Al)Po 4 .2H 2 O consisting of a pale-gray hydrous phosphate of iron and aluminum belonging to the isomorphous series strengite-variscite":[]
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"French barrandite , from Joachim Barrande \u20201883 French geologist + French -ite":""
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"b\u0259\u02c8ran\u02ccd\u012bt",
"\u02c8bar\u0259n-"
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": one who engages in barratry":[]
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8ber-\u0259-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-"
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"noun"
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": tainted with or constituting barratry":[]
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"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8ber-\u0259-tr\u0259s"
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"adjective",
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": an unlawful act or fraudulent breach of duty by a master of a ship or by the mariners to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tran withdrew her federal suit against Watts for identity theft, but filed another one in state court, along with the barratry claim against him and Hilliard, both of whom deny any wrongdoing. \u2014 Francesca Mari, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2020"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English (Scots) barratrie , from Anglo-French *baraterie , literally, deception, from Old French barater to be active, do business, cause strife, deceive, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prattare , from Greek prattein, prassein to do \u2014 more at practical":""
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"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tran withdrew her federal suit against Watts for identity theft, but filed another one in state court, along with the barratry claim against him and Hilliard, both of whom deny any wrongdoing. \u2014 Francesca Mari, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2020"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English (Scots) barratrie , from Anglo-French *baraterie , literally, deception, from Old French barater to be active, do business, cause strife, deceive, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prattare , from Greek prattein, prassein to do \u2014 more at practical":""
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"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
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"definitions":{
": a handrail used by ballet dancers to maintain balance while exercising : bar sense 1c":[
"He would work at an accelerated tempo at the barre to build up his strength, and learn to \"feel the floor\" with his toes to increase the elasticity of his elevation.",
"\u2014 Julie Kavanagh"
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": an exercise regimen that typically utilizes a ballet bar and movements taken from or influenced by ballet training":[
"Barre is also low impact and has a built-in handhold, making it a relatively safe form of exercise.",
"\u2014 Markham Heid",
"Did I mention that every barre class I have ever gone to includes squats? Lots of squats.",
"\u2014 Kathleen Trotter"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Though barre classes were even around during Balanchine\u2019s day, the American Council on Exercise credits its 2010s renaissance to Black Swan\u2019s popularity. \u2014 Hannah Jackson, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
"Beginners can start with Sky Barre 101 -- a 50-minute workout that includes barre , Pilates, cardio, HITT, TRX, circus play, and a fun Sky Kandy trick. \u2014 Mary Caldwell, AccessAtlanta , 31 May 2022",
"But with age, your pelvic floor can weaken, says Ife Obi, a certified Pilates instructor and founder of The Fit In, a Pilates, barre , and strength studio in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. \u2014 Tiffany Ayuda, Health.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"For the past 18 months, Daniel Harder has been keeping fit in his Harlem apartment with Zoom workouts, using an ironing board as a ballet barre and trying not to kick over the furniture. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Between takes, Cotillard sang her lines to herself, while Driver stretched his legs on the railing of the boat, like a dancer at a barre . \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Aerial Yoga Houston offers many different classes depending on your level of expertise such as yoga basics, aerial barre and more. \u2014 Rosemary Akpan, Chron , 10 June 2021",
"Lack of regular access to studios has meant dancers are confined to their homes, using their kitchen counters as a barre during daily Zoom classes and limiting combinations to ones that can be achieved in the span of their living rooms. \u2014 Ellen O'connell Whittet, Glamour , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Donning her ballet slippers and a blue leotard on a recent Sunday afternoon, Brielle took to her virtual lessons in her living room at her portable barre with a focus beyond her years. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Medieval Latin barra":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115325",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"examples":[
"He looked out the barred windows of the jail.",
"a bird with a barred tail",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In California, for example, the legislature in 2018 barred felony murder charges against participants in a felony who did not personally kill anyone. \u2014 jsonline.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Similarly, Alexey Kortnev, the frontman of the band Neschastny Sluchai, who was tapped to be the festival's host, declined and expressed support for the barred candidates. \u2014 Vladimir Kozlov, Billboard , 7 Aug. 2019",
"The couple and their daughter had lived with Martinez\u2019s mother in a sea-green brick home with barred windows in a working-class neighborhood of San Martin on the outskirts of the capital, San Salvador. \u2014 Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2019",
"And the manner in which some died \u2014 trapped between barred windows and roaring flames \u2014 echoes this. \u2014 New York Times , 9 July 2018",
"Russia\u2019s track team remains barred from global competition, and the country\u2019s antidoping operations have been decertified by international regulators. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2018",
"DeAngelo, 72, appeared in court for Monday's brief hearing, walking in on his own power and standing in a barred holding cage before the judge. \u2014 Paige St. John, latimes.com , 14 May 2018",
"There are more barred windows, chain-link fences and cheap apartment blocks. \u2014 www.latimes.com , 29 Mar. 2018",
"Marshall said Hardwick remains barred following his conviction. \u2014 Carol Robinson, AL.com , 10 June 2017"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4rd"
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"banded",
"streaked",
"striped"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084145",
"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a large North American owl ( Strix varia ) with brown eyes and bars of dark brown on the breast":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just last year, Central Park\u2019s celebrity barred owl Barry died after colliding with a maintenance vehicle. \u2014 Ryan Mandelbaum, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Phuong Le, The Know , 19 Oct. 2019",
"The Vermont Institute of Natural Science says staffers treated a record total of 705 wild birds in 2019 at the institute\u2019s Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation, and 77 of those were barred owls . \u2014 USA TODAY , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019",
"Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Phuong Le, The Know , 19 Oct. 2019",
"Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019",
"Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Phuong Le, The Know , 19 Oct. 2019",
"Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results. \u2014 Phuong Le, The Know , 19 Oct. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"1784, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Noun",
"Oak barrels are used for aging the wine.",
"The price of oil is over 30 dollars a barrel .",
"They drank a whole barrel of beer.",
"the barrel of a gun",
"Verb",
"The truck went barreling down Main Street.",
"She came running out of her office and went barreling past us down the hall.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The smaller-than-average 1 \u00bd-inch barrel is perfect for shorter styles, and the spinning mechanism rotates in two directions to create natural-looking curls and waves on dry hair in between washes. \u2014 Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"Despite consistently putting the barrel to the ball, Penn's defense did not let the ball hit the ground. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 19 June 2022",
"Success was slow in coming; the barrel of Stoner\u2019s first prototype burst in Army tests. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
"Staring down the barrel of a $3 million lawsuit, ecology professor Ben Abbott is now turning the legal tables on the company proposing to dredge Utah Lake. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The thicker barrel is perfect for that bouncy, mega-volume look\u2013or to style curtain bangs. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
"The barrel 's built to create something called the Coanda effect, which uses high-velocity air to dry, smooth, and suck your strands into the shape of a curl. \u2014 Talia Gutierrez, Allure , 2 June 2022",
"Once bottled and labeled the guest would pick up their bottles and get to keep the empty barrel . \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"In the case of long guns, such as an AR-15, gain control of the firearm by redirecting the barrel first. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That\u2019s when Antica Terra founder/winemaker Maggie Harrison gets behind the bar \u2014or barrel in this case \u2014 to pour world-class wines made by other winemakers. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
"His patience, his contact rate, and his ability to barrel the ball were very obvious skills that have been refined with experience. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"To hop aboard the raw denim train, scroll on to discover 23 pairs, from slim-fit and cropped to barrel and straight legs. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Billions of dollars\u2019 worth of televisions, furniture and other goods from the port are shipped onto trucks that barrel along the 710 and are then loaded onto trains headed to the rest of the country. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Trump would have entered a second term as US-China relations barrel toward greater confrontation. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz , 7 Nov. 2020",
"The craft beer revolution turned the tall cousin of cannabis into a breakout ingredient, infusing your brew with flavors and aromas that range from stone fruit to barrel oak. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
"The Rays simply couldn\u2019t barrel up Detmers, who mixed a fastball averaging 92 mph with a looping curveball, a changeup and a slider. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 May 2022",
"At its current pace, the world would barrel past that limit in the coming decades and set off increasingly deadly and irreversible calamities, scientists say. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022"
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"Noun",
"Oak barrels are used for aging the wine.",
"The price of oil is over 30 dollars a barrel .",
"They drank a whole barrel of beer.",
"the barrel of a gun",
"Verb",
"The truck went barreling down Main Street.",
"She came running out of her office and went barreling past us down the hall.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The smaller-than-average 1 \u00bd-inch barrel is perfect for shorter styles, and the spinning mechanism rotates in two directions to create natural-looking curls and waves on dry hair in between washes. \u2014 Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"Despite consistently putting the barrel to the ball, Penn's defense did not let the ball hit the ground. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 19 June 2022",
"Success was slow in coming; the barrel of Stoner\u2019s first prototype burst in Army tests. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
"Staring down the barrel of a $3 million lawsuit, ecology professor Ben Abbott is now turning the legal tables on the company proposing to dredge Utah Lake. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The thicker barrel is perfect for that bouncy, mega-volume look\u2013or to style curtain bangs. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
"The barrel 's built to create something called the Coanda effect, which uses high-velocity air to dry, smooth, and suck your strands into the shape of a curl. \u2014 Talia Gutierrez, Allure , 2 June 2022",
"Once bottled and labeled the guest would pick up their bottles and get to keep the empty barrel . \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"In the case of long guns, such as an AR-15, gain control of the firearm by redirecting the barrel first. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That\u2019s when Antica Terra founder/winemaker Maggie Harrison gets behind the bar \u2014or barrel in this case \u2014 to pour world-class wines made by other winemakers. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
"His patience, his contact rate, and his ability to barrel the ball were very obvious skills that have been refined with experience. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"To hop aboard the raw denim train, scroll on to discover 23 pairs, from slim-fit and cropped to barrel and straight legs. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Billions of dollars\u2019 worth of televisions, furniture and other goods from the port are shipped onto trucks that barrel along the 710 and are then loaded onto trains headed to the rest of the country. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Trump would have entered a second term as US-China relations barrel toward greater confrontation. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz , 7 Nov. 2020",
"The craft beer revolution turned the tall cousin of cannabis into a breakout ingredient, infusing your brew with flavors and aromas that range from stone fruit to barrel oak. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
"The Rays simply couldn\u2019t barrel up Detmers, who mixed a fastball averaging 92 mph with a looping curveball, a changeup and a slider. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 May 2022",
"At its current pace, the world would barrel past that limit in the coming decades and set off increasingly deadly and irreversible calamities, scientists say. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English barayl, barel , borrowed from Anglo-French barel, baril (continental Old French barril ), going back to Gallo-Romance *barr\u012bculus , probably diminutive of *barr\u012bca \"cask, barrel\" \u2014 more at barricade entry 2":"Noun",
"verbal derivative of barrel entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8ba-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8ber-\u0259l"
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"abundance",
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"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
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"fistful",
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"waste",
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": devoid , lacking":[
"\u2014 used with of barren of excitement"
],
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"barren apple trees"
],
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"\u2014 used especially of females or matings barren women"
],
": lacking inspiration or ideas":[
"a barren mind"
],
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"a barren routine"
],
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"barren soil"
],
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],
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"a barren scheme"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Few creatures can thrive on these barren mountaintops.",
"The book was good, but I found the barren lives of the characters depressing.",
"Noun",
"lived out in the barrens where it was impossible to grow anything",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Not to be unexpected given it\u2019s a barren , cold wasteland with barely any atmosphere. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 May 2022",
"The rover had looked out across the quiet terrain and observed not a barren wasteland, but a lost oasis. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 7 Oct. 2021",
"In the future, Ferl would like to continue studying how life might take hold in otherwise barren extraterrestrial soils. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
"The drier climate created a more barren habitat, which may have created environmental pressures on Discokeryx xiezhi's ability to survive -- hence the intense fighting over females. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Buubble, also known as The Five Million Star Hotel, is situated amongst the pines, a rarity in typically barren Iceland. \u2014 Katie Lockhart, House Beautiful , 1 June 2022",
"Our mission was to hammer the RS 3 both on the track and on a road course through the barren -but-beautiful desert highways on either edge of California and Nevada. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
"The slow-revealing and vividly sorrowful two-hander boasts superb acting against the backdrop of the alluringly barren American heartland. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Less than an hour after new pandemic restrictions were announced, panic buying ensued and grocery shelves became barren , just like everywhere else in the world. \u2014 Leslie Nguyen-okwu, Quartz , 11 June 2021"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English bareine , from Anglo-French barain , perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Welsh brynar fallow land":"Adjective",
"noun derivative of barren entry 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8ba-r\u0259n",
"\u02c8ber-\u0259n",
"\u02c8bar-\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for barren Adjective bare , naked , nude , bald , barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. an apartment with bare walls naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness. poor half- naked children nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure. a nude model posing for art students bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness. a bald mountain peak barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility. barren plains",
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"bony",
"boney",
"dead",
"desolate",
"hardscrabble",
"impoverished",
"infertile",
"poor",
"stark",
"unfertile",
"unproductive",
"waste"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"barrette":{
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"definitions":{
": a clip or bar for holding hair in place":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And of course, in true Jennifer Behr form, the whole collection was built on the notion that the right pair of earrings or bow barrette can transform an outfit\u2014and be worn endlessly. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 9 June 2022",
"Morningstar Danford, 18, assists her littlest sister, 2-year-old Journee, with a beaded medallion and barrette made to look like Hello Kitty, her favorite. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"The model wore a skintight yellow dress by Coperni, an oversized black leather jacket by Junya Watanabe, and an old-school yellow barrette in her hair. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Fans of statement jewelry will love this barrette , which measures more than four inches by one and a half inches, and features an eye-catching pattern. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Further attitude was created with a deep side parting, while a delicate barrette added to the overall youthfulness. \u2014 Tish Weinstock, Vogue , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Her blunt inky bob was held back on one side by a plastic barrette , and though her face was round, its skin had wrinkled into a topographical map. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Her eyes are rimmed heavily with black eyeliner, and her blunt bob is punctuated with a red barrette . \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 5 Oct. 2021",
"This Morning co-host got a chance to meet Gabby Goodwin, the 14-year-old behind GaBBY Bows \u2014 the first and patented double-faced double-snap barrette . \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 9 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"French, diminutive of barre bar":""
},
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"b\u00e4-\u02c8ret",
"b\u0259-"
],
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"type":[
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]
},
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": an early form of radio detector operating by increased resistance when subjected to the influence of electric waves":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of Old French bareter to exchange":""
},
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"b\u0259\u02c8ret\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083001",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barricade":{
"antonyms":[
"barrier",
"fence",
"hedge",
"wall"
],
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": barrier sense 1a":[],
": barrier sense 3 , obstacle":[],
": to block off or stop up with a barricade":[
"barricade a street"
],
": to prevent access to by means of a barricade":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The police barricaded the crime scene.",
"the city barricaded the flooded streets",
"Noun",
"The enemy broke through the barricade .",
"Police erected barricades to keep the crowds from approaching the crime scene.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The differences between an active shooter and barricade subject response for law enforcement cannot be more dynamically opposite and the duty to save lives, never more urgent. \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
"Elsewhere, locals are working around the clock to cover stained glass windows with plywood and aluminum, and to barricade statues with sandbags. \u2014 Cristina Florea, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Teachers then evacuate kids from the building, barricade themselves in the classroom, or hide students. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Grocery store employees heard the gunshots and pushed shopping carts to barricade the doors as a precaution in an effort to keep people safe, the news station reported. \u2014 Rosana Hughes, ajc , 29 May 2022",
"Smoke hung over the gray streets that day in Kyiv, where protesters had piled tires, furniture and barbed wire to barricade themselves from security forces. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The scenario--troops facing off against rival forces who attempt to barricade a bridge\u2014recreates the challenges of modern warfare, officials said. \u2014 Byshannon K. Crawford, ABC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The trip to New York should have been a key moment for the Bulls to barricade themselves further into the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The police returned fire, which then led the suspect to barricade himself. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud And Terry Tang, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That man, Ryan Samsel, has been charged with attacking officers at the barricade in what is widely thought to be the tipping point of the riot, with videotape showing him attacking Officer Edwards. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"At the barricade , about fifty people had assembled, waving cell phones and calling out to Boric. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"If the gunfire stops, the situation may change to a barricade or hostage scenario, which calls for a different, slower approach, experts say. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022",
"If the gunfire stops, the situation may change to a barricade or hostage scenario, which calls for a different, slower approach, experts say. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"The driver, described as a man in his late 20s or early 30s, then crashed into a barricade near the interchange to SR-163, police said. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Outside, former Chateau Marmont employee Thomasina Gross quietly observed the passing SUVs at the barricade . \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Horry County spokeswoman Brooke Holden revealed guardsmen had waved the jail van around a barricade near the Little Pee Dee River in South Carolina. \u2014 Raja Razek, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"Turner\u2019s family tried to drive around the barricade , but the warrant says a gunman opened fire with his AR-15-style rifle and struck the side and back of the vehicle, killing the girl. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 31 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, from barrique \"barrel,\" a typical component of barricades (borrowed from Gascon barriqua , probably going back to pre-Latin *barr\u012bca ) + -ade -ade":"Noun",
"borrowed from Middle French, noun derivative of barricade barricade entry 2":"Verb"
},
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"\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101d",
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8ber-\u0259-\u02cck\u0101d",
"\u02ccba-r\u0259-"
],
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"bar",
"block (off)",
"blockade",
"close (off)",
"guard",
"wall (off)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100014",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": to block oneself off from other people usually inside something as by locking doors or erecting barricades":[
"Students barricaded themselves in the cafeteria to protest university policies."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021152",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": protected or blocked by a barricade":[
"a barricaded building",
"a barricaded street/door"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Texas Department of Public Safety and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told Fox News that one person has been shot and the shooter \u2013 who ran to the school \u2013 became barricaded inside it. \u2014 Greg Norman, Fox News , 24 May 2022",
"Traditionally, a barricaded suspect buys the police time to set up a perimeter and call a SWAT team, which could take 20 minutes to arrive. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud And Terry Tang, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The call for a barricaded suspect initially came in at 9:30 a.m., while the shots fired call was reported around 3:25 p.m., police said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The altercation was an early moment in the siege where Trump supporters were able to make it past one barricaded section of the grounds, according to court records. \u2014 Hannah Rabinowitz And Katelyn Polantz, CNN , 4 June 2021",
"Back in the barricaded room with McConnell aides, one staffer began snapping photos through a window. \u2014 Karoun Demirjian, Star Tribune , 10 Jan. 2021",
"Back in the barricaded room with McConnell aides, one staffer began snapping photos through a window. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2021",
"Residents who access reopened areas are asked to avoid barricaded locations. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Sep. 2020",
"Unlike the Lake Street corridor, where hundreds of storefronts remain barricaded and property owners complain of living in a war zone, West Broadway doesn\u2019t look much different from before the riots. \u2014 Jeffrey Meitrodt, Star Tribune , 19 Sep. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1603, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8ber-\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-d\u0259d",
"\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-",
"\u02c8ba-r\u0259-",
"\u02ccba-r\u0259-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111224",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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": barricade":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"borrowed from Middle French barricade barricade entry 2 , with suffix conformed to -ado , Spanish equivalent of -ade frequently used in 16th-century English":""
},
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"\u02ccba-r\u0259-",
"\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230847",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb,"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small cask : keg":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps altered from French barrique or Occitan barrica \"barrel\"":""
},
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"British often \u02c8br\u0101k\u0259",
"b\u0259\u02c8r\u0113(\u02cc)k\u014d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061621",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a medieval war game in which combatants fight on foot with a fence or railing between them":[],
": a natural formation or structure that prevents or hinders movement or action":[
"geographic barriers to species dissemination",
"barrier beaches",
"drugs that cross the placental barrier"
],
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"behavioral barriers",
"trade barriers"
],
": something material that blocks or is intended to block passage":[
"highway barriers",
"a barrier contraceptive"
]
},
"examples":[
"Concrete barriers surround the race track to protect spectators.",
"The tree's roots serve as a barrier against soil erosion.",
"The mountain range forms a natural barrier between the two countries.",
"Both leaders are in favor of removing trade barriers .",
"Cultural barriers have made it hard for women to enter many professions.",
"He argues that regulations should not be viewed as barriers to progress.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This will create the perfect barrier for locking in all that tomato juice, which is the key to making a tomato sandwich worth eating in the first place. \u2014 Amber Sutton, al , 29 June 2022",
"Some bot tests known as CAPTCHA require manual input of Chinese characters or idioms, another barrier for those unfamiliar with the language. \u2014 Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"In the markers, earlier hesitation about crossing the 3 percent barrier for ten-year Treasurys has now been consigned to the past. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 13 June 2022",
"Some even used it as an extra barrier for their hoop houses. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2022",
"The fact that this help is paid for can constitute a barrier for the coach, as help is usually offered for free. \u2014 Xavier Preterit, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The glycerin base is moisturizing and helps to create a protective barrier for the skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"McKenzie Shane, a 5th-grade teacher at Williams Elementary School who attended the event, said the stigma associated with mental health is a significant barrier for students who need help. \u2014 Walker Armstrong, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Market access -- lowering the barrier for trade activity with the United States -- was an important incentive to persuade Southeast Asian countries to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 24 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English barrere , from Anglo-French, from barre bar":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bar-\u0113-\u0259r",
"\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259r",
"\u02c8ba-r\u0113-"
],
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"barricade",
"fence",
"hedge",
"wall"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075307",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barrier island":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a long broad sandy island lying parallel to a shore that is built up by the action of waves, currents, and winds and that protects the shore from the effects of the ocean":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The property spans the width of the barrier island , with about 1,200 feet of ocean frontage and around 1,300 feet on the Intracoastal Waterway. \u2014 E.b. Solomont, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Of course the half-acre lot helps, but more important is the surrounding conservation area \u2013 ensuring that the neighbors in the barrier island community are out of sight. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"There are 14 properties \u2014 situated within Zone 1, the city\u2019s barrier island , east of the Intracoastal Waterway \u2014 that are old enough to need reports to be submitted before Feb. 1. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"The accident happened on the ocean-facing beach on a large barrier island that stretches down the New Jersey coast, Toms River police said. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"Welcome to the world\u2019s longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island . \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 3 May 2022",
"As usual, there is no festival parking on the barrier island and visitors are encouraged to take the Water Taxi. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Nearby, the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne is set on the coast of the five-mile barrier island . \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Accessible only by ferry or private plane, the 16-mile-long barrier island has one main highway and a single village, Ocracoke, with a population of 797, according to the 2020 Census. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022"
],
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"1773, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122248",
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"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": the surface of contact between a semiconductor (such as cuprous oxide) and a metal (such as copper) that acts as an alternating current rectifier or photovoltaic cell when included in a circuit":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124430",
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"noun"
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"barring":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": excluding by exception : excepting":[
"\u2026 they knew that, barring a miracle, they would never be able to save the large cash outlay required \u2026",
"\u2014 Warner Olivier"
]
},
"examples":[
"No one, barring the magician himself, knows how the trick is done.",
"we'll be there, barring rain or some other unexpected problem"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-i\u014b"
],
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"apart from",
"aside from",
"bar",
"beside",
"besides",
"but",
"except",
"excepting",
"except for",
"excluding",
"exclusive of",
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"outside",
"outside of",
"save",
"saving"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223742",
"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquor : bar entry 1 sense 5b":[
"a barroom brawl"
]
},
"examples":[
"her mother didn't like her even to walk past the barroom because she was worried that there might be drunk people inside",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This barroom \u2013stock market environment is the turf of hustlers \u2014 minus the comic heroism of 1930s newspaper movies. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 June 2022",
"Their most powerful cudgel was Thompson\u2019s catty barroom raconteur Buddy Cole, a trash-talking one-man pride revolution in an ascot. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Neither loudness nor drunkenness in this barroom had ever been tolerated. \u2014 Kevin Barry, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But Bennett, 57, who had spent time in prison for stabbing a man in a barroom brawl in the 1980s, decided to take one more shot at life. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"The adjoining warehouse, at 3553, is in the process of being transformed into a private, soundproof beer-tasting room where visitors may sample beer pairings with chocolate and light barroom bites. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"The O\u2019Casey peered across his shoulder, into the gloom of the barroom . \u2014 Kevin Barry, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Apparently, 2000 was too soon for a series involving a barroom bet between the Almighty and Satan. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Freep.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"At their first party, hosted at the barroom Home Sweet Home in New York, more than 250 people from different cultures and backgrounds showed up. \u2014 Caroline Newton, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u02ccr\u00fcm",
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"And the understandably discombobulated clerk behind the counter isn\u2019t willing to barter when Martin offers pelts, and an axe, as payment for his items. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"Daily stoop sales, where neighbors can barter children\u2019s clothes for soap, or a rice cooker for a fan, are increasingly common. \u2014 Lillian Perlmutter, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 June 2022",
"According to the sisters, the party might come across sheep herders and barter some of their fish for lamb. \u2014 Britta Lokting, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Overseas business partners may need to barter gold for rubles to pay for inputs, like energy, minerals, or fertilizers, and therefore demand that their U.S. counterparts pay in rubles or bullion. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Recently, Russian and US officials agreed that Roscosmos and NASA would barter seats for future flights, with NASA astronauts riding on the Soyuz in exchange for Russians launching on Crew Dragon as early as this fall. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022",
"If teams don't budget appropriately during the race, they aren't allowed to beg for money, but they are allowed to barter ! \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The act of being consistent demands you to use self-talk and negotiate and barter with yourself to keep yourself on track. \u2014 Rittu Sinha, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"New Orleans will beg and barter their last dollar to keep the Saints. \u2014 Christopher Dodson, Forbes , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"During the near-total economic implosion in the 1990s, Russians grew their own food, routinely used pirated versions of software and movies, and fell back on barter , family, and community networks to survive. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 May 2022",
"And, if your community is anything like mine, there\u2019s a vibrant barter economy. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"India and Pakistan have also been linked in the past to possible barter trade deals, typically swapping Iranian oil for consumer or agricultural products. \u2014 Dominic Dudley, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"During the strict 11-week lockdown that began in March, the majority of the 30,000 residents entered into a barter system. \u2014 Jamie Lafferty, Outside Online , 20 Mar. 2021",
"Neighbors resorted to a barter system to exchange, say, a cabbage for a bottle of soy sauce. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s one reason the IRS has gone after the barter community to tax goods and services that are exchanged. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
"Discussions about potential barter deals tend to rise when Iran is feeling under pressure on the international stage. \u2014 Dominic Dudley, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"This barter system benefits the environment and empowers the local people. \u2014 CNN , 29 Oct. 2021"
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"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"she clearly lacked even a basal familiarity with the topic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even basal pollution levels may impact cognitive function. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Physicians identified the cause of Abienwi\u2019s death as brain death secondary to basal ganglia hemorrhage, ICE said. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2019",
"Novo generates roughly half of its revenues, and a sizable part of its profit, in the U.S. There, net prices have fallen, by roughly 21% for basal insulin in 2018, one of the company\u2019s core products, according to Mr. Kapadia. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2019",
"Prices for basal insulin are down 15% to 20% year over year, Mr. Verdult said, while prices for Victoza, a glucagon-like peptid 1 product used to treat diabetes, have been flat. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 1 Nov. 2018",
"The radar cross section has been tilted 90\u00b0. The leftmost white line is the surface radar echo, while the light bluespots along the basal radar echo highlight areas of very high reflectivity, interpreted as being caused by the presence of water. \u2014 Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics , 25 July 2018",
"The plants grow in tight, multi-stemmed clumps with mostly basal leaves. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 29 May 2018",
"The plants grow in tight, multistemmed clumps with mostly basal leaves. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 17 July 2017",
"Those canes that are fruitful will produce fruiting shoots at their basal half-dozen or so buds; the buds further out are capable of producing shoots that will fruit the next year. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 6 Feb. 2018"
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": the area of a breast-high cross section of a tree or of all the trees in a stand":[]
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": a minute distinctively staining cell organelle found at the base of a flagellum or cilium and identical to a centriole in structure":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To use the app, a woman must take her temperature with a basal body thermometer, which provides accurate data to the 10th of a degree, every morning. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Something that sparked their research was a meta-analysis of 27 modern temperature studies where patients uniformly fell below the 98.6-degree mark, indicating that something was rotten in the state of basal body temperature. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 9 Jan. 2020",
"The update also began letting users log other female health data like cervical mucus quality and basal body temperature. \u2014 Julie Bogen, The Verge , 23 Sep. 2018",
"With a pink icon featuring sperm on a clock, the application provides an array of trackers such as basal body temperature, ovulation and menstruation to advise the best days to try to conceive. \u2014 Serenitie Wang, CNN , 7 May 2018",
"The skin temperature tracker monitors your basal body temperature (BBT), which is your lowest body temperature during a period of rest (i.e., sleeping). \u2014 Maria Mercedes Lara, PEOPLE.com , 23 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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": one of the innermost cells of the deeper epidermis of the skin":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Endeavor\u2019s therapy candidates include an oral inhibitor that\u2019s been through clinical studies for patients with basal cell carcinoma. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In August 2019, Dunleavy\u2019s office announced that biopsies of skin variations removed from his head confirmed a basal cell carcinoma, or a mild form of skin cancer. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Shearer\u2019s lesion was diagnosed as basal cell carcinoma and required an urgent surgery with a price tag of $3,000. \u2014 USA Today , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Markowitz utilizes a dermatoscope, a handheld device that combines light and microscope technology, to properly diagnose early basal cell carcinoma and other skin diseases. \u2014 Erin Nicole Cellett, Allure , 23 Aug. 2021",
"He was first treated for basal cell carcinoma in November 2013, with the most recent treatment in 2015. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Closer to 15 years, actually \u2015 since I was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma for the first time. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Aug. 2021",
"According to Gilbert, basal cell cancers can start as flat shiny spots and become bumps over time. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 5 Aug. 2021",
"While other skin cancers, like basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), tend to stay confined to one location, melanoma works a bit differently. \u2014 Seraphina Seow, Health.com , 23 June 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075908",
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": cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal or to the plane of the lateral axes":[]
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": fundamental complex":[]
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"\u2014 Abby Carroll"
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": a number that is multiplied by a rate or of which a percentage or fraction is calculated":[
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"\u2026 base in kind and born to be a slave.",
"\u2014 William Cowper"
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"a base metal such as iron"
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"\u2014 Alan Lopez"
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"\u2014 L. M. Sears",
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"\u2026 fall to the base earth from the firmament!",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
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"\u2026 the cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot \u2026",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
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": of the simplest or most basic design or form : having the form of something before upgrades or customization":[
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"\u2014 Consumer Reports"
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"\u2014 usually singular efforts to expand their customer base the band's fan base But I do believe that that's a very sore point with many Democrats and could be used to energize their base . \u2014 John McCain"
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": the part of a transformational grammar that consists of rules and a lexicon and generates the deep structures of a language":[],
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"\u2014 J. A. Loftus"
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"The owner of the Utah Stars is in Salt Lake City, working 24 hours a day in an effort to touch every base to keep his club in Utah's capital city.",
"\u2014 Dan Pattison"
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"\u2014 George Macdonald",
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"\u2014 Thom Hartmann"
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"Noun",
"the firm belief that complete trust between husband and wife is the base of any successful marriage",
"the army's base of attack was kept top secret until the battle began",
"Verb",
"They are going to base their new company in Seattle.",
"The company has based itself in London.",
"Our tour group based itself in a hotel in the heart of the city.",
"Adjective (1)",
"Iron is a base metal.",
"a base and sneaky act that is a clear violation of international law",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Dalmatian coast offers some of the most beautiful beaches in Europe, and a good base to explore them is from charming Split. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Police have occupied the Casa de la Cultura, a cultural center in central Quito that has historic significance as a base for Indigenous protesters who come in from the countryside. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"However, in recent years, Griffin has warned several times that Citadel and Citadel Securities may be on the hunt for a new home base . \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The sofa and ottomans are accented with harnesses from Freedman Harness Saddlery Inc. in Midway, and a lamp with a small horse sculpture base sits atop a table between two leather chairs. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"Starz has a global streaming subscriber base of 24.5 million, while Disney+ boasts 137.7 million subscribers. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"ILC Dover has also been selected to design NASA's new-generation spacesuits to be worn by astronauts aboard the ISS and during the Artemis missions to put humans and a base on the moon, Gizmodo reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Many of these writers had to begin by building a reliable fan base for their books on their own, either by self-publishing or by orchestrating their own publicity campaigns. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The Southwestern Chorizo Flatbread is made using MorningStar Farms Vegan Chorizo Crumbles, crispy roasted vegetables and Monterey Jack cheese atop a salsa Verde base . \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Use environmental, social and governance factors to base decisions. \u2014 Denis Hickey, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The decree required Domino\u2019s to base such decisions not merely on an employee\u2019s perceptions but on crime statistics that demonstrated certain areas to be dangerous. \u2014 Jackie Davalos, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The nation\u2019s public health agency must do better to live up to its pledge to base its decisions on objective public health data and treat everyone with dignity. \u2014 Juliana Morris, STAT , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Most analysts base their calculations on closing levels of the index, rather than intraday levels. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"For the Beginner Beginners should base themselves at Bear Den Mountain, an area packed with easy runs and a dedicated lift. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Without live bioluminescent fish to study, scientists instead have to base their inferences on the organism\u2019s anatomy. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2014",
"The German proposal would base scoping on discernible metrics, such as profits per employee and return on depreciable assets. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
"This is especially important during a time when more than 50 percent of travelers base their plans on places that can accommodate pets, according to survey data from the company. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That deal includes a base salary of $250,000 per year, in addition to $275,000 each in endorsement rights and personal appearances payments. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"Conducting regular pay audits as described above and quickly bringing up the base salary of underpaid employees are solutions for resolving and, ideally, preventing, pay compression. \u2014 Paul Mcdonald, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Metcalf is set to enter the final year of his rookie contract with a base salary of $3.986 million. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Josh Heird\u2019s new contract runs through 2027 and pays him a base salary of $850,000. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"That includes a base salary of $250,000, with endorsement rights and personal appearance payments totaling $90,000 a year. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
"The Kia Sorento has many powertrain options with either front- or all-wheel drive, including a base 191-hp four-cylinder, a 281-hp turbo-four, and a hybrid version. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
"Yurachek is in line to be paid a base annual salary of $1.25 million under the new agreement, which was released Thursday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Under provisions of Senate Bill 1566, the base annual salary for a legislator would go from $32,839 to about $57,000. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"Bauer and Ellis led off the eighth with back-to-back singles once more and Keegan Norton drove in the go-ahead run with the third straight base hit to put the Panthers in front for good. \u2014 Michael Whitlow, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"Grace, who finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, started the rally in the second inning with a two-out two- base hit down the left-field line to make it 5-2. \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
"Gonzalez, facing hard-throwing Gregory Soto, worked the count full before driving a 98 mph fastball past first base for the first extra base hit of his career. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
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"Gardens always seemed one base hit away from tying the score or taking the lead, but White\u2019s performance was the difference. \u2014 Mike May, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"The final run came two batters later, when sophomore Liliana Arreola lifted a base hit into right, scoring Emily Muth from third. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
"Gim\u00e9nez drove in a run with an RBI single in the first and added a base hit in the seventh to up his batting average to .348 with an .888 OPS. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 8 May 2022"
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"On Thursday, researchers officially published the 3.055-billion base pair (bp) sequence in the journal Science. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The work heralds a new era in comparative genomics: Previously, researchers studied collections of genes from different lineages and described the changes one base pair at a time. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Today Twist charges nine cents a base pair for DNA, a nearly tenfold decrease from the industry standard a decade ago. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The PacBio tech uses lasers to examine 20,000 base pair sequences of DNA at a time repeatedly to create a highly accurate readout, reports STAT. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 June 2021",
"So far treating sickle cell via base pair editing has only been shown to work in mice, not humans. \u2014 Leah Rosenbaum, Forbes , 2 June 2021",
"By contrast, the thyroid cancers in the Cancer Genome Atlas and in the control group of 81 unexposed people from the area were more likely to be caused by single-point mutations, where just one single base pair of the DNA is changed. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Wired , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Snowshoes are meant to be worn with a base pair of boots. \u2014 Lauren Levy, NBC News , 24 Feb. 2021",
"These include base editing\u2014which unzips the DNA enough to swap a single base pair for another\u2014and prime editing, which does that, and more, with just a little nick on one side of the DNA double helix. \u2014 Megan Molteni, Wired , 29 Oct. 2020"
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"On Thursday, researchers officially published the 3.055-billion base pair (bp) sequence in the journal Science. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The work heralds a new era in comparative genomics: Previously, researchers studied collections of genes from different lineages and described the changes one base pair at a time. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Today Twist charges nine cents a base pair for DNA, a nearly tenfold decrease from the industry standard a decade ago. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The PacBio tech uses lasers to examine 20,000 base pair sequences of DNA at a time repeatedly to create a highly accurate readout, reports STAT. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 June 2021",
"So far treating sickle cell via base pair editing has only been shown to work in mice, not humans. \u2014 Leah Rosenbaum, Forbes , 2 June 2021",
"By contrast, the thyroid cancers in the Cancer Genome Atlas and in the control group of 81 unexposed people from the area were more likely to be caused by single-point mutations, where just one single base pair of the DNA is changed. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Wired , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Snowshoes are meant to be worn with a base pair of boots. \u2014 Lauren Levy, NBC News , 24 Feb. 2021",
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"The work heralds a new era in comparative genomics: Previously, researchers studied collections of genes from different lineages and described the changes one base pair at a time. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Today Twist charges nine cents a base pair for DNA, a nearly tenfold decrease from the industry standard a decade ago. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The PacBio tech uses lasers to examine 20,000 base pair sequences of DNA at a time repeatedly to create a highly accurate readout, reports STAT. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 June 2021",
"So far treating sickle cell via base pair editing has only been shown to work in mice, not humans. \u2014 Leah Rosenbaum, Forbes , 2 June 2021",
"By contrast, the thyroid cancers in the Cancer Genome Atlas and in the control group of 81 unexposed people from the area were more likely to be caused by single-point mutations, where just one single base pair of the DNA is changed. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Wired , 26 Apr. 2021",
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"\u2014 Shakespeare"
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"\u2014 Shakespeare"
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"\u2014 J. A. Loftus"
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"The Dalmatian coast offers some of the most beautiful beaches in Europe, and a good base to explore them is from charming Split. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Police have occupied the Casa de la Cultura, a cultural center in central Quito that has historic significance as a base for Indigenous protesters who come in from the countryside. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"However, in recent years, Griffin has warned several times that Citadel and Citadel Securities may be on the hunt for a new home base . \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The sofa and ottomans are accented with harnesses from Freedman Harness Saddlery Inc. in Midway, and a lamp with a small horse sculpture base sits atop a table between two leather chairs. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"Starz has a global streaming subscriber base of 24.5 million, while Disney+ boasts 137.7 million subscribers. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"ILC Dover has also been selected to design NASA's new-generation spacesuits to be worn by astronauts aboard the ISS and during the Artemis missions to put humans and a base on the moon, Gizmodo reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Many of these writers had to begin by building a reliable fan base for their books on their own, either by self-publishing or by orchestrating their own publicity campaigns. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The Southwestern Chorizo Flatbread is made using MorningStar Farms Vegan Chorizo Crumbles, crispy roasted vegetables and Monterey Jack cheese atop a salsa Verde base . \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Use environmental, social and governance factors to base decisions. \u2014 Denis Hickey, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The decree required Domino\u2019s to base such decisions not merely on an employee\u2019s perceptions but on crime statistics that demonstrated certain areas to be dangerous. \u2014 Jackie Davalos, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The nation\u2019s public health agency must do better to live up to its pledge to base its decisions on objective public health data and treat everyone with dignity. \u2014 Juliana Morris, STAT , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Most analysts base their calculations on closing levels of the index, rather than intraday levels. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"For the Beginner Beginners should base themselves at Bear Den Mountain, an area packed with easy runs and a dedicated lift. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Without live bioluminescent fish to study, scientists instead have to base their inferences on the organism\u2019s anatomy. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2014",
"The German proposal would base scoping on discernible metrics, such as profits per employee and return on depreciable assets. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
"This is especially important during a time when more than 50 percent of travelers base their plans on places that can accommodate pets, according to survey data from the company. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That deal includes a base salary of $250,000 per year, in addition to $275,000 each in endorsement rights and personal appearances payments. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"Conducting regular pay audits as described above and quickly bringing up the base salary of underpaid employees are solutions for resolving and, ideally, preventing, pay compression. \u2014 Paul Mcdonald, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Metcalf is set to enter the final year of his rookie contract with a base salary of $3.986 million. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Josh Heird\u2019s new contract runs through 2027 and pays him a base salary of $850,000. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"That includes a base salary of $250,000, with endorsement rights and personal appearance payments totaling $90,000 a year. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
"The Kia Sorento has many powertrain options with either front- or all-wheel drive, including a base 191-hp four-cylinder, a 281-hp turbo-four, and a hybrid version. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
"Yurachek is in line to be paid a base annual salary of $1.25 million under the new agreement, which was released Thursday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Under provisions of Senate Bill 1566, the base annual salary for a legislator would go from $32,839 to about $57,000. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for base Adjective (1) base , low , vile mean deserving of contempt because of the absence of higher values. base stresses the ignoble and may suggest cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness. base motives low may connote crafty cunning, vulgarity, or immorality and regularly implies an outraging of one's sense of decency or propriety. refused to listen to such low talk vile , the strongest of these words, tends to suggest disgusting depravity or filth. a vile remark",
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"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-201143",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"high",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"lofty",
"noble",
"patrician",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"definitions":{
": born to parents who are not married to each other":[
"The court's records of \" baseborn \" babies \u2026 today can provide genealogists and historians proof of paternity of an ancestor born outside of marriage.",
"\u2014 Helen Arthur",
"Sam Huse was granted his request to the court for 1,500 pounds of tobacco for raising the baseborn child of his servant, Sarah Harris, who refused to name the father.",
"\u2014 Jack Owens"
],
": deficient in character or status : ignoble":[
"The scenes captured by Malak Karsh would help transform the city's image from a baseborn lumber town to a flowering capital, and establish Ottawa as a premier Canadian tourist destination.",
"\u2014 Andrew Duffy",
"Their false pride died and they [a group of hyenas] knew themselves for the baseborn scavengers they are, and panic hit them all at once like a sandstorm in the desert, and they fled shrieking.",
"\u2014 Edison Marshall"
],
": of humble birth":[
"Social expectations collide with wartime reality in a tender, well-written story that brings a loyal, baseborn officer and a gently bred heroine together in a satisfying romance \u2026",
"\u2014 Kristin Ramsdell"
]
},
"examples":[
"in the Middle Ages, a baseborn person simply had to accept his or her station in life",
"a baseborn child who didn't even know his father's name"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101s-\u02c8b\u022frn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"inferior",
"low",
"low-life",
"lowborn",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"lumpen",
"mean",
"plebeian",
"prole",
"proletarian",
"unwashed",
"vulgar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111714",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"ground",
"hang",
"predicate",
"rest"
],
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": a center or area of operations":[
"The company has its base in London."
],
": a first or bottom layer of something on which other elements are added":[
"Overnight, Utah's famous snow has freshly blanketed both runs, adding to a solid base of three feet \u2026",
"\u2014 Abby Carroll"
],
": a main ingredient":[
"paint having a latex base"
],
": a number that is multiplied by a rate or of which a percentage or fraction is calculated":[
"To find the interest on $90 at 10 percent multiply the base 90 by .10."
],
": a permanent military installation":[
"a naval base",
"The troops were ordered back to base ."
],
": a place where military operations begin":[],
": a point to be considered":[
"His opening remarks touched every base ."
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": a price level at which a security (see security sense 3 ) previously declining in price resists further decline":[],
": a supporting or carrying ingredient (as of a medicine)":[],
": an electrode that modulates the current flowing through a bipolar junction transistor according to the voltage applied to the electrode":[
"This gate, which is called a grid in a tube and a base in a transistor, enables a small \"controlling\" voltage to turn on and off a much larger voltage between the cathode and the anode.",
"\u2014 Thom Hartmann"
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": any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil":[],
": any of various typically water-soluble and bitter tasting compounds that in solution have a pH greater than 7, are capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt, and are molecules or ions able to take up a proton from an acid or able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid":[],
": any one of the four stations at the corners of a baseball or softball infield":[
"allowing the batter to reach base"
],
": baseborn":[
"\u2026 base in kind and born to be a slave.",
"\u2014 William Cowper"
],
": bass":[],
": being of comparatively low value and having relatively inferior properties (such as lack of resistance to corrosion)":[
"a base metal such as iron"
],
": constituting or serving as a base":[
"This situation is frequently encountered by seaplane pilots in northern Canada who must fly over lakes and tundra to a base camp located on a river.",
"\u2014 Alan Lopez"
],
": containing a larger than usual proportion of base metals":[
"base silver denarii"
],
": held by villenage":[
"base tenure"
],
": lacking higher values : degrading":[
"a drab base way of life"
],
": lacking or indicating the lack of higher qualities of mind or spirit : ignoble":[
"seemed a base betrayal of idealism",
"\u2014 L. M. Sears",
"appealing to a person's baser instincts"
],
": low in place or position":[
"\u2026 fall to the base earth from the firmament!",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
],
": of little height":[
"\u2026 the cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot \u2026",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
],
": of the simplest or most basic design or form : having the form of something before upgrades or customization":[
"This GTO's 350-hp, 5.7-liter V8 is the same that's used in the base Corvette, and it produces the power and throaty exhaust sound of a classic muscle car.",
"\u2014 Consumer Reports"
],
": resembling a villein : servile":[
"a base tenant"
],
": root sense 6":[
"\"Leave\" is the base of the verb \"left.\""
],
": something (as a group of people) that reliably provides support (such as for a business or political candidate)":[
"\u2014 usually singular efforts to expand their customer base the band's fan base But I do believe that that's a very sore point with many Democrats and could be used to energize their base . \u2014 John McCain"
],
": such as":[
"The company has its base in London."
],
": that part of a bodily organ by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism":[
"the base of the thumb"
],
": the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation":[
"the base of the mountain",
"the lamp's heavy base"
],
": the economic factors on which all legal, social, and political relations are formed":[],
": the fundamental part of something : groundwork , basis":[
"the book's theoretical base",
"her broad base of knowledge"
],
": the length of a base":[
"determining the triangle's base"
],
": the lower part of a complete architectural design (as of a monument)":[],
": the lower part of a heraldic field (see field entry 1 sense 3c )":[],
": the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate architectural feature":[],
": the part of a transformational grammar that consists of rules and a lexicon and generates the deep structures of a language":[],
": the place from which a military force draws supplies":[],
": the starting place or goal":[],
": the starting point or line for an action or undertaking":[
"plans to make this city his base of operation",
"\u2014 J. A. Loftus"
],
": to do or include everything that needs to be done or included : to fulfill all requirements or necessities":[
"need to touch all the bases when applying for a mortgage",
"The owner of the Utah Stars is in Salt Lake City, working 24 hours a day in an effort to touch every base to keep his club in Utah's capital city.",
"\u2014 Dan Pattison"
],
": to find a foundation or basis for : to find a base (see base entry 1 sense 3a ) for":[
"\u2014 usually used with on or upon base an opinion on faulty information a story based upon real-life events"
],
": to make, form, or serve as a base for":[
"\u2026 great roots based the tree columns \u2026",
"\u2014 George Macdonald",
"the company is based in London",
"clients who are based out of their homes"
],
": to mention every subject that needs to be considered":[
"a speech that touches all the bases"
],
": unawares":[
"caught off base by the charges"
],
": wrong , mistaken":[
"Estimates were way off base ."
],
"\u2014 compare gate entry 1 sense 5b":[
"This gate, which is called a grid in a tube and a base in a transistor, enables a small \"controlling\" voltage to turn on and off a much larger voltage between the cathode and the anode.",
"\u2014 Thom Hartmann"
],
"\u2014 compare noble entry 1":[
"a base metal such as iron"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the firm belief that complete trust between husband and wife is the base of any successful marriage",
"the army's base of attack was kept top secret until the battle began",
"Verb",
"They are going to base their new company in Seattle.",
"The company has based itself in London.",
"Our tour group based itself in a hotel in the heart of the city.",
"Adjective (1)",
"Iron is a base metal.",
"a base and sneaky act that is a clear violation of international law",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Dalmatian coast offers some of the most beautiful beaches in Europe, and a good base to explore them is from charming Split. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Police have occupied the Casa de la Cultura, a cultural center in central Quito that has historic significance as a base for Indigenous protesters who come in from the countryside. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"However, in recent years, Griffin has warned several times that Citadel and Citadel Securities may be on the hunt for a new home base . \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The sofa and ottomans are accented with harnesses from Freedman Harness Saddlery Inc. in Midway, and a lamp with a small horse sculpture base sits atop a table between two leather chairs. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"Starz has a global streaming subscriber base of 24.5 million, while Disney+ boasts 137.7 million subscribers. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"ILC Dover has also been selected to design NASA's new-generation spacesuits to be worn by astronauts aboard the ISS and during the Artemis missions to put humans and a base on the moon, Gizmodo reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Many of these writers had to begin by building a reliable fan base for their books on their own, either by self-publishing or by orchestrating their own publicity campaigns. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The Southwestern Chorizo Flatbread is made using MorningStar Farms Vegan Chorizo Crumbles, crispy roasted vegetables and Monterey Jack cheese atop a salsa Verde base . \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Use environmental, social and governance factors to base decisions. \u2014 Denis Hickey, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The decree required Domino\u2019s to base such decisions not merely on an employee\u2019s perceptions but on crime statistics that demonstrated certain areas to be dangerous. \u2014 Jackie Davalos, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The nation\u2019s public health agency must do better to live up to its pledge to base its decisions on objective public health data and treat everyone with dignity. \u2014 Juliana Morris, STAT , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Most analysts base their calculations on closing levels of the index, rather than intraday levels. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"For the Beginner Beginners should base themselves at Bear Den Mountain, an area packed with easy runs and a dedicated lift. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Without live bioluminescent fish to study, scientists instead have to base their inferences on the organism\u2019s anatomy. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2014",
"The German proposal would base scoping on discernible metrics, such as profits per employee and return on depreciable assets. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
"This is especially important during a time when more than 50 percent of travelers base their plans on places that can accommodate pets, according to survey data from the company. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That deal includes a base salary of $250,000 per year, in addition to $275,000 each in endorsement rights and personal appearances payments. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"Conducting regular pay audits as described above and quickly bringing up the base salary of underpaid employees are solutions for resolving and, ideally, preventing, pay compression. \u2014 Paul Mcdonald, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Metcalf is set to enter the final year of his rookie contract with a base salary of $3.986 million. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Josh Heird\u2019s new contract runs through 2027 and pays him a base salary of $850,000. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"That includes a base salary of $250,000, with endorsement rights and personal appearance payments totaling $90,000 a year. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
"The Kia Sorento has many powertrain options with either front- or all-wheel drive, including a base 191-hp four-cylinder, a 281-hp turbo-four, and a hybrid version. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
"Yurachek is in line to be paid a base annual salary of $1.25 million under the new agreement, which was released Thursday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Under provisions of Senate Bill 1566, the base annual salary for a legislator would go from $32,839 to about $57,000. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c(1)":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Adjective",
"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
"1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bas , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin bassus fat, short, low":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin basis , from Greek, step, base, from bainein to go \u2014 more at come":"Noun",
"verbal derivative of base entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for base Adjective (1) base , low , vile mean deserving of contempt because of the absence of higher values. base stresses the ignoble and may suggest cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness. base motives low may connote crafty cunning, vulgarity, or immorality and regularly implies an outraging of one's sense of decency or propriety. refused to listen to such low talk vile , the strongest of these words, tends to suggest disgusting depravity or filth. a vile remark",
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"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163309",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"baseline":{
"antonyms":[
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
],
"definitions":{
": a boundary line at either end of a court (as in tennis or basketball)":[],
": a starting point":[
"the baseline of this discussion"
],
": a usually initial set of critical observations or data used for comparison or a control":[],
": basepath":[],
": either of the lines on a baseball field that lead from home plate to first base and third base and are extended into the outfield as foul lines":[]
},
"examples":[
"The experiment is meant only to provide a baseline for other studies.",
"any year or event we use as the baseline for the Renaissance is going to be at least somewhat arbitrary",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mike Bibby, the former Arizona and NBA player who built Shadow Mountain's dynasty when Jaelen House was there, watched along the baseline along with Eddie House, the former Arizona State star, who is the twins' father. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
"Widening the concourse along the third baseline will allow space for additional concession stands housed inside 20-feet storage units, U of L Athletics said. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
"Zverev retired from the match after twisting his ankle while chasing a ball along the baseline in the second set against Nadal. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"Instead, Poole drove into traffic along the baseline . \u2014 Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"Jaquez went down along the baseline with an ankle injury and had to depart with just under seven minutes left. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Senior guards Courtney Ramey and Marcus Carr have taken a firmer grasp of the wheel of late, allowing Allen more freedom to skate along the baseline for good looks at the rim, attack the offensive glass and serve as a shrewd secondary ballhandler. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Mahorcic knocked down a 6-foot hook along the baseline a short time later and at that point, the Utes had control. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Jan. 2022",
"To mitigate that, employers must adopt a baseline of such support as a standard, rather than waiting for employees to express their financial concerns, which might go a long way toward relaxing such taboos. \u2014 Sammy Rubin, Forbes , 21 June 2022"
],
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"circa 1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101s-\u02ccl\u012bn",
"\u02c8b\u0101-\u02ccsl\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"alpha",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204201",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": the amount of power made available by an energy producer (such as a power plant) to meet fundamental demands by consumers":[
"\u2014 often used before another noun baseload power Wind and solar have the drag of unreliability. Unless attached to costly batteries they are useless for meeting baseload demand. \u2014 Jonathan Fahey"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a result, ERCOT data shows virtually no real baseload capacity has come online during the past 12 months. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Natural gas can provide residential heating and serves as baseload in countries like the US. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"To overcome this problem, traditional baseload resources need to be replaced by adequate amounts of flexible, firm dispatchable capacity, and renewables. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 23 Oct. 2021",
"German baseload power prices for January rose more than 7%. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Egypt\u2019s long-term energy strategy boils down to a gradual buildup of renewables while natural gas continues to provide the baseload of the country\u2019s energy mix. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The problem with that argument is that the open-market system has miserably failed to send the price signals necessary to encourage the building of new baseload generating capacity for well over a decade now. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
"As the energy sector needs a secure, carbon-free baseload which is not weather-dependent, like solar and wind, nuclear renaissance is absolutely needed. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
"Many stakeholders, utility officials and industry leaders warned that losing baseload sources like coal would increase the probability of brownouts and blackouts if demand increased, a likely occurrence in the next ten years. \u2014 James Conca, Forbes , 15 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"base entry 1 + load entry 1":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u0101s-\u02ccl\u014dd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041858",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basely":{
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"ground",
"hang",
"predicate",
"rest"
],
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": a baseline in surveying":[],
": a center or area of operations":[
"The company has its base in London."
],
": a first or bottom layer of something on which other elements are added":[
"Overnight, Utah's famous snow has freshly blanketed both runs, adding to a solid base of three feet \u2026",
"\u2014 Abby Carroll"
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": a main ingredient":[
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],
": a number that is multiplied by a rate or of which a percentage or fraction is calculated":[
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],
": a permanent military installation":[
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"The troops were ordered back to base ."
],
": a place where military operations begin":[],
": a point to be considered":[
"His opening remarks touched every base ."
],
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": a supporting or carrying ingredient (as of a medicine)":[],
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"This gate, which is called a grid in a tube and a base in a transistor, enables a small \"controlling\" voltage to turn on and off a much larger voltage between the cathode and the anode.",
"\u2014 Thom Hartmann"
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": any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil":[],
": any of various typically water-soluble and bitter tasting compounds that in solution have a pH greater than 7, are capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt, and are molecules or ions able to take up a proton from an acid or able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid":[],
": any one of the four stations at the corners of a baseball or softball infield":[
"allowing the batter to reach base"
],
": baseborn":[
"\u2026 base in kind and born to be a slave.",
"\u2014 William Cowper"
],
": bass":[],
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"a base metal such as iron"
],
": constituting or serving as a base":[
"This situation is frequently encountered by seaplane pilots in northern Canada who must fly over lakes and tundra to a base camp located on a river.",
"\u2014 Alan Lopez"
],
": containing a larger than usual proportion of base metals":[
"base silver denarii"
],
": held by villenage":[
"base tenure"
],
": lacking higher values : degrading":[
"a drab base way of life"
],
": lacking or indicating the lack of higher qualities of mind or spirit : ignoble":[
"seemed a base betrayal of idealism",
"\u2014 L. M. Sears",
"appealing to a person's baser instincts"
],
": low in place or position":[
"\u2026 fall to the base earth from the firmament!",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
],
": of little height":[
"\u2026 the cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot \u2026",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
],
": of the simplest or most basic design or form : having the form of something before upgrades or customization":[
"This GTO's 350-hp, 5.7-liter V8 is the same that's used in the base Corvette, and it produces the power and throaty exhaust sound of a classic muscle car.",
"\u2014 Consumer Reports"
],
": resembling a villein : servile":[
"a base tenant"
],
": root sense 6":[
"\"Leave\" is the base of the verb \"left.\""
],
": something (as a group of people) that reliably provides support (such as for a business or political candidate)":[
"\u2014 usually singular efforts to expand their customer base the band's fan base But I do believe that that's a very sore point with many Democrats and could be used to energize their base . \u2014 John McCain"
],
": such as":[
"The company has its base in London."
],
": that part of a bodily organ by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism":[
"the base of the thumb"
],
": the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation":[
"the base of the mountain",
"the lamp's heavy base"
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": the economic factors on which all legal, social, and political relations are formed":[],
": the fundamental part of something : groundwork , basis":[
"the book's theoretical base",
"her broad base of knowledge"
],
": the length of a base":[
"determining the triangle's base"
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": the lower part of a complete architectural design (as of a monument)":[],
": the lower part of a heraldic field (see field entry 1 sense 3c )":[],
": the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate architectural feature":[],
": the part of a transformational grammar that consists of rules and a lexicon and generates the deep structures of a language":[],
": the place from which a military force draws supplies":[],
": the starting place or goal":[],
": the starting point or line for an action or undertaking":[
"plans to make this city his base of operation",
"\u2014 J. A. Loftus"
],
": to do or include everything that needs to be done or included : to fulfill all requirements or necessities":[
"need to touch all the bases when applying for a mortgage",
"The owner of the Utah Stars is in Salt Lake City, working 24 hours a day in an effort to touch every base to keep his club in Utah's capital city.",
"\u2014 Dan Pattison"
],
": to find a foundation or basis for : to find a base (see base entry 1 sense 3a ) for":[
"\u2014 usually used with on or upon base an opinion on faulty information a story based upon real-life events"
],
": to make, form, or serve as a base for":[
"\u2026 great roots based the tree columns \u2026",
"\u2014 George Macdonald",
"the company is based in London",
"clients who are based out of their homes"
],
": to mention every subject that needs to be considered":[
"a speech that touches all the bases"
],
": unawares":[
"caught off base by the charges"
],
": wrong , mistaken":[
"Estimates were way off base ."
],
"\u2014 compare gate entry 1 sense 5b":[
"This gate, which is called a grid in a tube and a base in a transistor, enables a small \"controlling\" voltage to turn on and off a much larger voltage between the cathode and the anode.",
"\u2014 Thom Hartmann"
],
"\u2014 compare noble entry 1":[
"a base metal such as iron"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the firm belief that complete trust between husband and wife is the base of any successful marriage",
"the army's base of attack was kept top secret until the battle began",
"Verb",
"They are going to base their new company in Seattle.",
"The company has based itself in London.",
"Our tour group based itself in a hotel in the heart of the city.",
"Adjective (1)",
"Iron is a base metal.",
"a base and sneaky act that is a clear violation of international law",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Dalmatian coast offers some of the most beautiful beaches in Europe, and a good base to explore them is from charming Split. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Police have occupied the Casa de la Cultura, a cultural center in central Quito that has historic significance as a base for Indigenous protesters who come in from the countryside. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"However, in recent years, Griffin has warned several times that Citadel and Citadel Securities may be on the hunt for a new home base . \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The sofa and ottomans are accented with harnesses from Freedman Harness Saddlery Inc. in Midway, and a lamp with a small horse sculpture base sits atop a table between two leather chairs. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"Starz has a global streaming subscriber base of 24.5 million, while Disney+ boasts 137.7 million subscribers. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"ILC Dover has also been selected to design NASA's new-generation spacesuits to be worn by astronauts aboard the ISS and during the Artemis missions to put humans and a base on the moon, Gizmodo reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Many of these writers had to begin by building a reliable fan base for their books on their own, either by self-publishing or by orchestrating their own publicity campaigns. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The Southwestern Chorizo Flatbread is made using MorningStar Farms Vegan Chorizo Crumbles, crispy roasted vegetables and Monterey Jack cheese atop a salsa Verde base . \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Use environmental, social and governance factors to base decisions. \u2014 Denis Hickey, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The decree required Domino\u2019s to base such decisions not merely on an employee\u2019s perceptions but on crime statistics that demonstrated certain areas to be dangerous. \u2014 Jackie Davalos, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The nation\u2019s public health agency must do better to live up to its pledge to base its decisions on objective public health data and treat everyone with dignity. \u2014 Juliana Morris, STAT , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Most analysts base their calculations on closing levels of the index, rather than intraday levels. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"For the Beginner Beginners should base themselves at Bear Den Mountain, an area packed with easy runs and a dedicated lift. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Without live bioluminescent fish to study, scientists instead have to base their inferences on the organism\u2019s anatomy. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2014",
"The German proposal would base scoping on discernible metrics, such as profits per employee and return on depreciable assets. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
"This is especially important during a time when more than 50 percent of travelers base their plans on places that can accommodate pets, according to survey data from the company. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That deal includes a base salary of $250,000 per year, in addition to $275,000 each in endorsement rights and personal appearances payments. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"Conducting regular pay audits as described above and quickly bringing up the base salary of underpaid employees are solutions for resolving and, ideally, preventing, pay compression. \u2014 Paul Mcdonald, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Metcalf is set to enter the final year of his rookie contract with a base salary of $3.986 million. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Josh Heird\u2019s new contract runs through 2027 and pays him a base salary of $850,000. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"That includes a base salary of $250,000, with endorsement rights and personal appearance payments totaling $90,000 a year. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
"The Kia Sorento has many powertrain options with either front- or all-wheel drive, including a base 191-hp four-cylinder, a 281-hp turbo-four, and a hybrid version. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
"Yurachek is in line to be paid a base annual salary of $1.25 million under the new agreement, which was released Thursday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Under provisions of Senate Bill 1566, the base annual salary for a legislator would go from $32,839 to about $57,000. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c(1)":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Adjective",
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"1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"Middle English bas , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin bassus fat, short, low":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin basis , from Greek, step, base, from bainein to go \u2014 more at come":"Noun",
"verbal derivative of base entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8b\u0101s"
],
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"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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},
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"\u02c8b\u0101-sm\u0259n"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": a low state, rank, or condition":[
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"\u2014 Brad Stone"
],
": a toilet or washroom especially in a school":[],
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": the lowest place in the standings : cellar sense 2":[
"Last year, the Phillies finished in the basement of the NL East with 68 wins, tied with the Cubs for the fewest wins in the league.",
"\u2014 Boston Herald"
],
": the part of a building that is wholly or partly below ground level":[]
},
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"we store our bicycles in the basement during the winter",
"the basement of the outdoor fountain needs a lot of restoration work",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jews were being exterminated, and my family was hiding in the basement of a sympathetic neighbor. \u2014 Ben Foster, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"The smoldering fire was eventually located in the basement of the three-story, concrete-block building. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"In another flabbergasting turn, a magazine writer found a clairvoyant in the Netherlands who professed to confirm the story in detail and added that Crater\u2019s body was buried in the basement of the house. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"John Ramsey found her body later that same day in the basement of her home. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 20 June 2022",
"The room, located in the basement of the White House residence, is where President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tracked the movement of Allied Forces during World War II. \u2014 Jonathan Karl, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"Chicago, already a city with more than its share of tragic fires, had one of its worst Dec. 1, 1958, when three nuns and 92 children died in a blaze that broke out in the basement of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic school. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"In the basement of New England Connecticut stands tall. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
"But now the new instrument, made by the family business, Marcodi Musical Products, headquartered in the basement of Meeks\u2019s home in Glen Arm, Md., has seen a spike in sales. \u2014 Danny Freedman, Washington Post , 7 June 2022"
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"1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"base entry 1 or base entry 2 + -ment , probably after Italian basamento":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u0101s-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8b\u0101-sm\u0259nt"
],
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"cellar"
],
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"noun"
]
},
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": the assemblage of metamorphic and igneous rocks underlying stratified rocks in a particular region":[]
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": a dwelling in which the principal drawing rooms are located at least one story above ground level with the main entrance at ground level or one story above and reached by exterior steps":[]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a thin membranous layer of connective tissue that separates a layer of epithelial cells from the underlying lamina propia":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The body reacts to a component of skin called the basement membrane . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2021"
],
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02ccb\u0101-sm\u0259nt-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001635",
"type":[
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]
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"ground",
"hang",
"predicate",
"rest"
],
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"The company has its base in London."
],
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"Overnight, Utah's famous snow has freshly blanketed both runs, adding to a solid base of three feet \u2026",
"\u2014 Abby Carroll"
],
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],
": a number that is multiplied by a rate or of which a percentage or fraction is calculated":[
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],
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"a naval base",
"The troops were ordered back to base ."
],
": a place where military operations begin":[],
": a point to be considered":[
"His opening remarks touched every base ."
],
": a price level at which a security (see security sense 3 ) previously declining in price resists further decline":[],
": a supporting or carrying ingredient (as of a medicine)":[],
": an electrode that modulates the current flowing through a bipolar junction transistor according to the voltage applied to the electrode":[
"This gate, which is called a grid in a tube and a base in a transistor, enables a small \"controlling\" voltage to turn on and off a much larger voltage between the cathode and the anode.",
"\u2014 Thom Hartmann"
],
": any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil":[],
": any of various typically water-soluble and bitter tasting compounds that in solution have a pH greater than 7, are capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt, and are molecules or ions able to take up a proton from an acid or able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid":[],
": any one of the four stations at the corners of a baseball or softball infield":[
"allowing the batter to reach base"
],
": baseborn":[
"\u2026 base in kind and born to be a slave.",
"\u2014 William Cowper"
],
": bass":[],
": being of comparatively low value and having relatively inferior properties (such as lack of resistance to corrosion)":[
"a base metal such as iron"
],
": constituting or serving as a base":[
"This situation is frequently encountered by seaplane pilots in northern Canada who must fly over lakes and tundra to a base camp located on a river.",
"\u2014 Alan Lopez"
],
": containing a larger than usual proportion of base metals":[
"base silver denarii"
],
": held by villenage":[
"base tenure"
],
": lacking higher values : degrading":[
"a drab base way of life"
],
": lacking or indicating the lack of higher qualities of mind or spirit : ignoble":[
"seemed a base betrayal of idealism",
"\u2014 L. M. Sears",
"appealing to a person's baser instincts"
],
": low in place or position":[
"\u2026 fall to the base earth from the firmament!",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
],
": of little height":[
"\u2026 the cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot \u2026",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
],
": of the simplest or most basic design or form : having the form of something before upgrades or customization":[
"This GTO's 350-hp, 5.7-liter V8 is the same that's used in the base Corvette, and it produces the power and throaty exhaust sound of a classic muscle car.",
"\u2014 Consumer Reports"
],
": resembling a villein : servile":[
"a base tenant"
],
": root sense 6":[
"\"Leave\" is the base of the verb \"left.\""
],
": something (as a group of people) that reliably provides support (such as for a business or political candidate)":[
"\u2014 usually singular efforts to expand their customer base the band's fan base But I do believe that that's a very sore point with many Democrats and could be used to energize their base . \u2014 John McCain"
],
": such as":[
"The company has its base in London."
],
": that part of a bodily organ by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism":[
"the base of the thumb"
],
": the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation":[
"the base of the mountain",
"the lamp's heavy base"
],
": the economic factors on which all legal, social, and political relations are formed":[],
": the fundamental part of something : groundwork , basis":[
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"her broad base of knowledge"
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": the length of a base":[
"determining the triangle's base"
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": the lower part of a complete architectural design (as of a monument)":[],
": the lower part of a heraldic field (see field entry 1 sense 3c )":[],
": the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate architectural feature":[],
": the part of a transformational grammar that consists of rules and a lexicon and generates the deep structures of a language":[],
": the place from which a military force draws supplies":[],
": the starting place or goal":[],
": the starting point or line for an action or undertaking":[
"plans to make this city his base of operation",
"\u2014 J. A. Loftus"
],
": to do or include everything that needs to be done or included : to fulfill all requirements or necessities":[
"need to touch all the bases when applying for a mortgage",
"The owner of the Utah Stars is in Salt Lake City, working 24 hours a day in an effort to touch every base to keep his club in Utah's capital city.",
"\u2014 Dan Pattison"
],
": to find a foundation or basis for : to find a base (see base entry 1 sense 3a ) for":[
"\u2014 usually used with on or upon base an opinion on faulty information a story based upon real-life events"
],
": to make, form, or serve as a base for":[
"\u2026 great roots based the tree columns \u2026",
"\u2014 George Macdonald",
"the company is based in London",
"clients who are based out of their homes"
],
": to mention every subject that needs to be considered":[
"a speech that touches all the bases"
],
": unawares":[
"caught off base by the charges"
],
": wrong , mistaken":[
"Estimates were way off base ."
],
"\u2014 compare gate entry 1 sense 5b":[
"This gate, which is called a grid in a tube and a base in a transistor, enables a small \"controlling\" voltage to turn on and off a much larger voltage between the cathode and the anode.",
"\u2014 Thom Hartmann"
],
"\u2014 compare noble entry 1":[
"a base metal such as iron"
]
},
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"Noun",
"the firm belief that complete trust between husband and wife is the base of any successful marriage",
"the army's base of attack was kept top secret until the battle began",
"Verb",
"They are going to base their new company in Seattle.",
"The company has based itself in London.",
"Our tour group based itself in a hotel in the heart of the city.",
"Adjective (1)",
"Iron is a base metal.",
"a base and sneaky act that is a clear violation of international law",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Dalmatian coast offers some of the most beautiful beaches in Europe, and a good base to explore them is from charming Split. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Police have occupied the Casa de la Cultura, a cultural center in central Quito that has historic significance as a base for Indigenous protesters who come in from the countryside. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"However, in recent years, Griffin has warned several times that Citadel and Citadel Securities may be on the hunt for a new home base . \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The sofa and ottomans are accented with harnesses from Freedman Harness Saddlery Inc. in Midway, and a lamp with a small horse sculpture base sits atop a table between two leather chairs. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"Starz has a global streaming subscriber base of 24.5 million, while Disney+ boasts 137.7 million subscribers. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"ILC Dover has also been selected to design NASA's new-generation spacesuits to be worn by astronauts aboard the ISS and during the Artemis missions to put humans and a base on the moon, Gizmodo reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Many of these writers had to begin by building a reliable fan base for their books on their own, either by self-publishing or by orchestrating their own publicity campaigns. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The Southwestern Chorizo Flatbread is made using MorningStar Farms Vegan Chorizo Crumbles, crispy roasted vegetables and Monterey Jack cheese atop a salsa Verde base . \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Use environmental, social and governance factors to base decisions. \u2014 Denis Hickey, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The decree required Domino\u2019s to base such decisions not merely on an employee\u2019s perceptions but on crime statistics that demonstrated certain areas to be dangerous. \u2014 Jackie Davalos, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The nation\u2019s public health agency must do better to live up to its pledge to base its decisions on objective public health data and treat everyone with dignity. \u2014 Juliana Morris, STAT , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Most analysts base their calculations on closing levels of the index, rather than intraday levels. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"For the Beginner Beginners should base themselves at Bear Den Mountain, an area packed with easy runs and a dedicated lift. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Without live bioluminescent fish to study, scientists instead have to base their inferences on the organism\u2019s anatomy. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2014",
"The German proposal would base scoping on discernible metrics, such as profits per employee and return on depreciable assets. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
"This is especially important during a time when more than 50 percent of travelers base their plans on places that can accommodate pets, according to survey data from the company. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That deal includes a base salary of $250,000 per year, in addition to $275,000 each in endorsement rights and personal appearances payments. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"Conducting regular pay audits as described above and quickly bringing up the base salary of underpaid employees are solutions for resolving and, ideally, preventing, pay compression. \u2014 Paul Mcdonald, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Metcalf is set to enter the final year of his rookie contract with a base salary of $3.986 million. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Josh Heird\u2019s new contract runs through 2027 and pays him a base salary of $850,000. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"That includes a base salary of $250,000, with endorsement rights and personal appearance payments totaling $90,000 a year. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
"The Kia Sorento has many powertrain options with either front- or all-wheel drive, including a base 191-hp four-cylinder, a 281-hp turbo-four, and a hybrid version. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
"Yurachek is in line to be paid a base annual salary of $1.25 million under the new agreement, which was released Thursday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Under provisions of Senate Bill 1566, the base annual salary for a legislator would go from $32,839 to about $57,000. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c(1)":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Adjective",
"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
"1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English bas , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin bassus fat, short, low":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin basis , from Greek, step, base, from bainein to go \u2014 more at come":"Noun",
"verbal derivative of base entry 1":"Verb"
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],
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"bottom",
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"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
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"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": the area between the bases of a baseball field used by a base runner":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wiseman was safe at first, but Hartle was called for sliding out of the basepath and into second baseman John Lubert. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 29 May 2022",
"So happiness is found hurling a rubber ball at a younger runner on the basepath ? \u2014 Callum Borchers, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"Chad Fairchild ruled Peterson was out of the basepath . \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Aug. 2021",
"B\u00e1ez retreated back toward home plate down the basepath and Craig absentmindedly jogged back toward the plate to tag B\u00e1ez. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 27 May 2021",
"And with Eric Hosmer at the plate, Tatis looked to get aggressive on the basepath . \u2014 Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY , 19 May 2021",
"While softball is far from a full-contact sport, tagging on the basepaths is part of the game and collisions on the field are impossible to predict. \u2014 Sean Gregory, Time , 24 May 2020",
"Error 0: Of the five Memorial batters that managed to find the basepaths over those 21 batters, three arrived in the team\u2019s last at-bat when a bunt single, a walk and a dribbler scored one run but no more. \u2014 Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle , 7 Mar. 2020",
"The Orioles, in their first of 13 straight games against teams with playoff aspirations, showed an aggression on the basepaths that didn\u2019t pay off. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com , 6 Aug. 2019"
],
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"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02ccp\u00e4th",
"\u02c8b\u0101s-\u02ccpath"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193248",
"type":[
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"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
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"cuff",
"dab",
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"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
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": a forceful blow":[],
": crash":[],
": to attack (someone) physically : to hit (someone) repeatedly":[
"Umpires being lampooned or even bashed up [=beaten up] in schools, college and league cricket is hardly rare.",
"\u2014 Ayaz Memon"
],
": to attack physically or verbally":[
"media bashing",
"celebrity bashing"
],
": to continue to work at something : carry on":[
"\u2026 I'm a lot less sure about what I'm meant to be, or do, in a time of undeniable middle age. I guess I will just bash on as ever, and hope I don't appear too ridiculous as I do so.",
"\u2014 Becky Sheaves"
],
": to produce (something) quickly : bang out":[
"Three years ago Piaggio disappointed enthusiasts by axing the retro Vespa's production. But Indian company LML continued to bash out copies that flew out of the dealers, especially in Italy \u2026",
"\u2014 Harriet Ridley"
],
": to work hard at something":[
"That is exactly what I tell myself as I bash away in the gym \u2026",
"\u2014 Jay Rayner"
],
": try , attempt":[
"have a bash at it"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I bashed my arm against the door.",
"Someone bashed him over the head with a chair.",
"They tried to bash the door open.",
"Noun",
"We threw her a birthday bash .",
"She gave me a bash on the head.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In 2019, comedian John Oliver used his HBO talk show to bash his corporate overlords at AT&T for their plan to launch HBO Max. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Dan loses control, trying to bash the tax collector with a pipe. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Records in the divorce and custody case show Bottorff allegedly threatened to shoot her former spouse, Joseph Waterman, with a 9 mm handgun, bash him over the head with a baseball bat and run him over with a truck. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 19 May 2022",
"Recent polling shows why Republicans are so eager to bash Democrats on Title 42. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Still, the Budd ad promotes his endorsement from Trump while using Trump-era footage to bash Biden. \u2014 Daniel Dale, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
"For instance: Trolls bash CNN's ratings, but the network is in the top 10 on cable. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
"But the size differential worked in the opposite direction, allowing center Jakob Poeltl to bash smaller guards in the paint for 21 points. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
"This is far from the first time that Neil Young has used his platform to bash a major corporation. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Khlo\u00e9 was joined by mum Kris Jenner, 66, and sister Kim, 41, at the bash , the SKIMS founder posting an inside glimpse of the festivities on her Instagram Stories. \u2014 Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"Through June 12 at Edge Off-Broadway, 1133 W. Catalpa Ave.; tickets $20 at 773-828-9129 and astonrep.com/young K-RNB Brunch: Listen to Korean R&B music at a bash including a welcome mimosa or bloody mary, a soju cocktail and a brunch entree. \u2014 Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Paid for in hard cash, even the Hotel du Cap had seen nothing quite like the Carolco bash . \u2014 Angus Finney, Variety , 10 May 2022",
"Likewise, in Monte Carlo, Kristen Stewart stunned by arriving at the bash that concluded Chanel\u2019s cruise 2023 excursion in a swimsuit with a completely sheer skirt layered over top. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
"They were also photographed while hanging out at The Kid Laroi's birthday bash later that night. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The two were seen showing some PDA again at CAA's pre-Oscars bash , as multiple eyewitnesses told E!. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But Smith was seen partying after the ceremony Sunday at the Vanity Fair Oscar bash with his wife and children (sons Trey and Jaden and daughter Willow). \u2014 NBC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Simpson captioned a set of Instagram photos from the birthday bash on Tuesday (March 22). \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When your job is to constantly hunt for new restaurants, few things are as thrilling as coming across an intriguing new concept with a bashful name. \u2014 Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Camille Weatherspoon may be a bit bashful , but that hasn\u2019t stopped the high school student from getting her products into the hands of grateful customers. \u2014 C.r. Walker, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"During our conversation, Welsh revealed that her bashful , timid nature wasn\u2019t anything new. \u2014 Essence , 3 Mar. 2022",
"San Francisco leaders haven\u2019t been bashful about their hopes to make Treasure Island a playground for the affluent. \u2014 Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Some are calm and bashful while others howl or jump, full of energy. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Mar. 2022",
"And there\u2019s no need to feel bashful about the situation either. \u2014 Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Robbins was not unsympathetic to Dylan\u2019s unusual-to-him way of doing things... or bashful about imbibing what fueled the sessions. \u2014 NBC News , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Robbins was not unsympathetic to Dylan\u2019s unusual-to-him way of doing things\u2026 or bashful about imbibing what fueled the sessions. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 30 Jan. 2022"
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"\u2014 Nancy Walsh",
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"\u2014 Joe Schwarcz"
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"in pronunciations below",
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"At its most basic level, the book is about a father's relationship with his children.",
"The basic difference between the two companies is their size.",
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"basic reading, writing, and mathematics",
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"That's just the basic salary without overtime or tips.",
"The motel is comfortable but pretty basic : you get the necessities all right, but no luxuries.",
"Noun (1)",
"He's teaching me the basics of Japanese cooking.",
"He starts basic in two months.",
"Noun (2)",
"The program is written in BASIC .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Now nearly half the population of 38 million cannot meet their basic food needs because of poverty. \u2014 Ebrahim Noroozi, ajc , 24 June 2022",
"To provide a framework of basic rights in hopes that sports could ultimately become more than just a game for women. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Pew asked respondents whether certain basic rights\u2014speech, religion, the vote, and so on\u2014were essential to their own sense of freedom. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"But, Alhaidari says, the reality is that there are no safe spaces for Saudi women to demand basic rights. \u2014 Lynzy Billing, ELLE , 7 June 2022",
"The Arteon's cockpit has a tech-forward style, but some basic operations can be perplexing. \u2014 Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver , 3 June 2022",
"Or rallying together to deny basic rights to American citizens? \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 31 May 2022",
"The Taliban show no sign of easing a crackdown not only on such basic rights as education and jobs for women, but on every facet of public life, from deportment to travel. \u2014 David Zucchino, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Self-censorship by business leaders on questions of basic rights and dignity, social cohesion, and economic and planetary health is an abdication of responsibility. \u2014 Paul Polman, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Easy to style and extremely durable, these tees are anything but an average basic . \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"That\u2019s this basic of function as there is, and to not let the, the prosecutor, the public defender and the judges have legal research is like telling the garbage truck. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
"This is a basic of life and the county should be able to do that. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Numi also recently launched a second radical take on another basic with a stain-repellant, sweat-repellant, machine-washable silk line. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 23 Dec. 2021",
"That's a great basic to start with, thanks to its versatility and relaxed fit. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 14 Aug. 2021",
"The Row knows that a signature, high-quality basic can elevate an entire outfit\u2014an attitude that Jenner and Michelle have clearly taken to heart. \u2014 Liana Satenstei, Vogue , 30 June 2021",
"The selection of modern basics is made for a variety of bodies, bringing the relaxed yet polished aesthetic to so many more women. \u2014 Erin Parker, Glamour , 22 May 2020",
"There are almost infinite approaches to keeping a sketchbook journal, but here are some basics . \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 29 May 2020"
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"\u02c8b\u0101-sik",
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"your answer is basically correct",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While there\u2019s a lot of action, there\u2019s no overall plot \u2014 the story is basically a series of gossipy anecdotes and sassy character sketches. \u2014 Marion Winik, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"Or have the two characters go to MusicalTheaterWorld, the hosts of which are just characters from classic musicals, which was basically the plot of Schmigadoon! \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
"That was basically during this amazing thing with technology around bringing work to people. \u2014 Fortune Editors, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Their solution is basically the philosophy of the Robinson type in every sketch: Double down. \u2014 Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"The German position basically was that the vulnerable country must tighten its belt and suffer for the greater European good. \u2014 Daniel Markind, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"October 31st is basically an open invitation to eat Halloween desserts and Halloween candy all day, right? \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"Golf is basically tryptophan, and the only thing standing between you and a solid 40 of Zzzzs is an eagle chip and a burst of crowd noise, or a loud commercial for an oversized pickup truck. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Barristers are basically lawyers who take cases to trial, and the only kind authorized to work in Britain\u2019s High Courts. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 20 June 2022"
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"\u02c8b\u0101-si-k(\u0259-)l\u0113",
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"rights that are basic to all human beings",
"basic reading, writing, and mathematics",
"She lacks even the most basic skills necessary for the job.",
"That's just the basic salary without overtime or tips.",
"The motel is comfortable but pretty basic : you get the necessities all right, but no luxuries.",
"Noun (1)",
"He's teaching me the basics of Japanese cooking.",
"He starts basic in two months.",
"Noun (2)",
"The program is written in BASIC .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Now nearly half the population of 38 million cannot meet their basic food needs because of poverty. \u2014 Ebrahim Noroozi, ajc , 24 June 2022",
"To provide a framework of basic rights in hopes that sports could ultimately become more than just a game for women. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Pew asked respondents whether certain basic rights\u2014speech, religion, the vote, and so on\u2014were essential to their own sense of freedom. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"But, Alhaidari says, the reality is that there are no safe spaces for Saudi women to demand basic rights. \u2014 Lynzy Billing, ELLE , 7 June 2022",
"The Arteon's cockpit has a tech-forward style, but some basic operations can be perplexing. \u2014 Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver , 3 June 2022",
"Or rallying together to deny basic rights to American citizens? \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 31 May 2022",
"The Taliban show no sign of easing a crackdown not only on such basic rights as education and jobs for women, but on every facet of public life, from deportment to travel. \u2014 David Zucchino, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Self-censorship by business leaders on questions of basic rights and dignity, social cohesion, and economic and planetary health is an abdication of responsibility. \u2014 Paul Polman, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Easy to style and extremely durable, these tees are anything but an average basic . \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"That\u2019s this basic of function as there is, and to not let the, the prosecutor, the public defender and the judges have legal research is like telling the garbage truck. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
"This is a basic of life and the county should be able to do that. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Numi also recently launched a second radical take on another basic with a stain-repellant, sweat-repellant, machine-washable silk line. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 23 Dec. 2021",
"That's a great basic to start with, thanks to its versatility and relaxed fit. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 14 Aug. 2021",
"The Row knows that a signature, high-quality basic can elevate an entire outfit\u2014an attitude that Jenner and Michelle have clearly taken to heart. \u2014 Liana Satenstei, Vogue , 30 June 2021",
"The selection of modern basics is made for a variety of bodies, bringing the relaxed yet polished aesthetic to so many more women. \u2014 Erin Parker, Glamour , 22 May 2020",
"There are almost infinite approaches to keeping a sketchbook journal, but here are some basics . \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 29 May 2020"
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"The company does not hire employees on the basis of their race, sex, age, or religion.",
"the sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"First, if the liquidation price of the asset is higher than your cost basis , that could trigger capital gains taxes. \u2014 Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The club didn\u2019t have a stadium \u2014 a problem that needed solving on a weekly basis \u2014 and fans usually had to travel to matches with their own generator to have a power supply. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Bialik, 46, and Jennings, 48, have filled in as co-hosts on a rotating basis since Richards' exit, as the show searches for a new permanent host(s). \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"In addition to critiquing the scientific basis of emotion AI, the human rights groups also asserted that emotion AI is manipulative and discriminatory. \u2014 Elliot Lewis, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"Fractional executives work on a contractual basis for a finite period. \u2014 Patrick Coffee, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"The United States\u2019 basis for this designation is codified in a law passed in 2020 called the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act. \u2014 Myah Taylor, Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"Investors have almost fully priced another 75 basis -point move in July. \u2014 Matthew Boesler, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"The first thing that Matt did was give Brent a detailed nutrition breakdown with specific macro splits that changed on a weekly basis to reflect his progress. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 26 June 2022"
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"\u02c8b\u0101-s\u0259s"
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"base",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
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"warp",
"warp and woof"
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"noun"
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": to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere":[
"basking in the warmth of the sun"
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": to take pleasure or derive enjoyment":[
"basked in the spotlight"
],
": to warm by continued exposure to heat":[
"\u2026 basks at the fire his hairy strength \u2026",
"\u2014 John Milton"
]
},
"examples":[
"We sat basking in the sun.",
"Tourists were basking on the beaches.",
"He stood before the audience, basking in their applause.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The guests \u2013 some of whom face homelessness or live in low-income housing \u2013 bask in her warmth. \u2014 Riddhima Dave, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"Forever, the Wings could bask in the glow of their accomplishments. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
"After his effective day on the bump, Hulgin didn't bask in the glory. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 19 May 2022",
"The celebration, which takes place in the US every February 9, is the perfect time to enjoy a couple decadent slices, bask in a wide array of toppings, and enjoy your favorite crust. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Scroll on below to bask in the Global Buzz playlist featuring the likes of Harry Styles, Yuna, Becky G and more, a compilation that can be enjoyed using the HONOR Earbuds 3 Pro, of course. \u2014 James Dinh, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"As alligators bask in the sun, blood flowing through the scutes warms the gator\u2019s body. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Such arguments will be fair on the merits while missing the point of the record, which is to bask in the amiable breeziness of this world. \u2014 Alex Swhear, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"Take a moment to bask in the beauty of this priceless tiara, famously worn by Princess Diana during her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 24 May 2022"
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"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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"Middle English, probably from Old Norse bathask , reflexive of batha to bathe; akin to Old English b\u00e6th bath":""
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"\u02c8bask"
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"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest"
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"verb"
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"dab",
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"handful",
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"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
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"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
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"examples":[
"the movie showed off a basketful of eye-popping special effects",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lauber can expect a bushel basketful of cases from rounders, defiers, protesters, wits, wags, and wiseacres, all playing the Boechler gambit, with variations. \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba-skit-\u02ccfu\u0307l"
],
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"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"bass":{
"antonyms":[
"acute",
"high",
"high-pitched",
"piping",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"treble"
],
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": a coarse tough fiber from palms":[],
": a deep or grave tone : a low-pitched sound":[],
": any of numerous edible marine or freshwater bony fishes (especially families Centrarchidae, Serranidae, and Percichthyidae of the order Perciformes)":[],
": basswood sense 1":[],
": deep or grave in tone":[],
": of low pitch":[],
": relating to or having the range or part of a bass":[],
": the lower half of the whole vocal or instrumental tonal range \u2014 compare treble entry 1":[],
": the lowest voice part in a 4-part chorus":[]
},
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"Adjective",
"the sound of the bass drum",
"a man with an impressive bass voice"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English bas , noun derivative of bas base entry 2":"Noun",
"Middle English bas base \u2014 more at base entry 3":"Adjective",
"Middle English base, b\u00e6rs , from Old English b\u00e6rs ; akin to Old High German bersich perch":"Noun",
"alteration of bast":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u0101s",
"\u02c8bas"
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"deep",
"grave",
"low",
"throaty"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074908",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"bast fiber":{
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": a strong woody fiber obtained chiefly from the phloem of plants and used especially in cordage, matting, and fabrics":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1821, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8bast-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112519",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"bastard":{
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"illegitimate",
"misbegotten",
"natural",
"spurious",
"supposititious",
"unfathered"
],
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": a child born to parents who are not married to each other":[],
": an offensive or disagreeable person":[
"\u2014 used as a generalized term of abuse Then they made him an officer and right away he became the biggest bastard you ever saw. \u2014 Thomas Heggen"
],
": born to parents who are not married to each other":[],
": lacking genuineness or authority : false":[
"\u2026 the indiscriminate use of Greek letters by bastard groups not connected with the higher learning.",
"\u2014 Charles W. Ferguson"
],
": man , fellow":[
"\u2026 the nicest thing an Aussie can call you is a bloody fine bastard .",
"\u2014 Wilson Hicks"
],
": of a kind similar to but inferior to or less typical than some standard":[
"bastard marble"
],
": of abnormal shape or irregular size":[
"\u2026 bastard sizes of doors and windows \u2026",
"\u2014 R. E. Flanders"
],
": of mixed or ill-conceived origin":[
"known for coining bastard words"
],
": something that is spurious (see spurious sense 3a ), irregular, inferior, or of questionable origin":[
"The \u2026 residence is a bastard of the architectural era which followed the building of the Imperial Hotel \u2026",
"\u2014 Hugh Byas"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Congratulations on getting the job, you lucky bastard !",
"His wife left him, the poor bastard .",
"Life can be a real bastard sometimes.",
"Adjective",
"Alexander Hamilton appears to have been bothered by the fact that he was a bastard child.",
"a bastard knockoff of a far superior thriller"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old Frisian bost marriage, Old English bindan to bind":"Noun",
"Middle English, from attributive use of bastard bastard entry 1":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8bas-t\u0259rd",
"\u02c8ba-st\u0259rd"
],
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"by-blow",
"love child",
"whoreson"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021805",
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
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": a plant of the genus Comandra (especially C. umbellata and C. pallida )":[],
": a plant of the genus Thesium":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134424",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": redwood sense 3a":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073702",
"type":[
"noun"
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": silver squeteague":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205157",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": ridley":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204041",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastard white oak":{
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": bastard oak sense 2":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035604",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": alula":[]
},
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"1678, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020357",
"type":[
"noun"
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": stilt sandpiper":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110726",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift"
],
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": to declare or prove to be a bastard":[],
": to modify especially by introducing discordant or disparate elements":[],
": to reduce from a higher to a lower state or condition : debase":[]
},
"examples":[
"It's a shame to see how Hollywood has bastardized the novel.",
"The restaurant serves a bastardized version of the classic French dish.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To bastardize the bands Pablo Cruise or Yes, love will always find a way. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 Feb. 2021",
"As a carcass decomposes, the bacteria in the body itself runs rampant, producing its signature stink and bastardizing the soil\u2019s microbiome. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 21 Jan. 2020",
"The initial fear that the band was going to make a killing on wading-pool-deep music and basically bastardize country music was way off-base. \u2014 Chuck Yarborough, cleveland , 8 Jan. 2020",
"The story of Christmas, which has been so deeply bastardized by commercialism and consumerism, and which is actually about good will to all persons, is written so deeply into me. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"From a culinary standpoint, however, that influence was bastardized by the French and English, as colonizers scrambled to re-create familiar recipes with ingredients that weren\u2019t readily available or easy to produce on Dominica. \u2014 Fortune , 25 Aug. 2019",
"Chefs have been creative but don\u2019t want to bastardize it completely. \u2014 Lucas Shaw, The Seattle Times , 25 Mar. 2019",
"In a particularly impassioned rant, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) shredded Democrats for, in his mind, permanently bastardizing the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominees. \u2014 Dylan Scott, Vox , 27 Sep. 2018",
"That means its geisha varietal, which grows so well in this less-than-tropical climate, won't get bastardized by accidental cross-pollination. \u2014 Matt Simon, WIRED , 27 Mar. 2018"
],
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"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
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"bastard entry 1 + -ize":""
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"\u02c8ba-st\u0259r-\u02ccd\u012bz"
],
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"abase",
"canker",
"cheapen",
"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"deteriorate",
"lessen",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"vitiate",
"warp"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230246",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bastardy":{
"antonyms":[
"legitimacy"
],
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": the fathering of a child with someone one is not married to":[],
": the quality or state of being born to parents who are not married to each other":[]
},
"examples":[
"acutely conscious of his bastardy , he always felt the need to prove himself",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Baseness, bastardy , base They are also reflected in the game\u2019s popularity, especially among those with the most detached view of America: the millions of immigrants who have arrived over baseball\u2019s history. \u2014 The Economist , 8 June 2019",
"Johanna Luthman, a historian at the University of North Georgia, has worked for years to understand the practice and repercussions of fornication, adultery and bastardy among the early 17th-century English aristocracy. \u2014 Richard Davenport-hines, WSJ , 11 Aug. 2017"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8ba-st\u0259r-d\u0113"
],
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"bar sinister",
"illegitimacy",
"spuriousness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114511",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": to beat severely or soundly : thrash":[],
": to moisten (foods, especially meat) at intervals with a liquid (such as melted butter, fat, or pan drippings) especially during the cooking process to prevent drying and add flavor":[
"baste a roast every half hour"
],
": to scold vigorously : berate":[],
": to sew with long loose stitches in order to hold something in place temporarily":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English baisten, of obscure origin":"Verb",
"Middle English basten, borrowed from Middle French bastir, going back to Old Low Franconian *bastjan, going back to Germanic, \"to bind or weave with bast strips\" (whence Middle Dutch besten \"to tie up, fasten with loose stitches,\" Old High German, \"to bind with bast, mend\"), verbal derivative of *basta- bast":"Verb",
"probably from Old Norse beysta ; akin to Old English b\u0113atan to beat":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8b\u0101st"
],
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"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at ",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030609",
"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a fortified house especially on the English and Scottish border usually having its lowest floor vaulted":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bastel, bastile tower, fortress, from Middle French bastile":""
},
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"\u02c8ba-st\u1d4al-",
"-s\u0259l-"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174810",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": made of bast":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Old English b\u00e6sten , from b\u00e6st bast + -en":""
},
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"\u02c8ba-st\u0259n"
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"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
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": one who bastes garments or other articles : one who sews something with long, loose stitches":[
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"\u2014 Royal Meeker"
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"first_known_use":{
"1525, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1846, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101-st\u0259r"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224845",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastille":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": prison , jail":[]
},
"examples":[
"were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For his part, Bowie celebrated the election by joining forces with John Barleycorn and evicting the residents of the local bastille . \u2014 Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Feb. 2018",
"For his part, Bowie celebrated the election by joining forces with John Barleycorn and evicting the residents of the local bastille . \u2014 Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Feb. 2018",
"In these wet, wooden bastilles in New York waters, more Americans died than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War combined. \u2014 Benedict Cosgrove, Smithsonian , 13 Mar. 2017",
"In these wet, wooden bastilles in New York waters, more Americans died than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War combined. \u2014 Benedict Cosgrove, Smithsonian , 13 Mar. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1663, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, after the Bastille St. Antoine, fortress built at an eastern gate of Paris in the later 14th century (used as a prison and destroyed in 1789), from Middle French bassetille, bastille \"fortress, fortification,\" alteration (by substitution of the suffix -ille, usually diminutive, going back to Latin -\u012bcula ) of bastide, borrowed from Old Occitan bastida \"building, fortification,\" noun derivative from feminine past participle of bastir \"to weave, build, construct,\" going back to Old Low Franconian *bastjan \"to weave with bast strips\" \u2014 more at baste entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ba-\u02c8st\u0113l"
],
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"synonyms":[
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100959",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a beating especially with a stick":[],
": a blow with a stick or cudgel":[],
": a punishment consisting of beating the soles of the feet with a stick":[],
": stick , cudgel":[],
": to subject to repeated blows":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1601, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish bastonada , from bast\u00f3n stick, from Late Latin bastum":"Noun"
},
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"\u02ccba-st\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
"-\u02c8n\u00e4-"
],
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"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015236",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": a beating especially with a stick":[],
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": a punishment consisting of beating the soles of the feet with a stick":[],
": stick , cudgel":[],
": to subject to repeated blows":[]
},
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"Noun",
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
],
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"1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1601, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"Spanish bastonada , from bast\u00f3n stick, from Late Latin bastum":"Noun"
},
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"\u02ccba-st\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
"-\u02c8n\u00e4-"
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"bat",
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"examples":[
"the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup",
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"Pennsylvania\u2019s liberal arts and science bastion Swarthmore College, which scored and A+ grade and a primary reserve ratio of 11, could cover 11 years of expenses with its existing assets. \u2014 Emma Whitford, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Next stop: Midway, the last American bastion protecting Hawaii from further attacks. \u2014 Mike Watson, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"Now, in the wake of the country\u2019s latest back-to-back mass shootings, the debate is starting to return in Wexton\u2019s Northern Virginia district, a onetime bastion for the gun rights movement that has trended blue over the past decade. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"San Francisco is viewed nationally as a bastion of liberalism, but the reality is more complicated, said John Hamasaki, a defense attorney and former police commissioner who frequently tangles with recall supporters. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"New England is often viewed as a bastion of liberalism and socialism, but the NSC hopes to find fertile ground for an opposing ideology, or at the least a place where its message of white solidarity will resonate, Hughey said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Russia\u2019s rendering of itself as a geopolitical fortress coincided with the development of its identity as a bastion of Christianity. \u2014 Gregory Carleton, The Conversation , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The Decatur Fire Department touts itself as a bastion of progressiveness, pushing boundaries in an arena of public safety that tends to be entrenched in tradition. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 2 Apr. 2022",
"During the call, Zaslav praised CNN as a bastion of global newsgathering and highlighted the importance of its work at times of crisis such as Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine which began late Wednesday and has jolted global markets. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 24 Feb. 2022"
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"borrowed from Middle French, borrowed from Italian bastione, from bastia \"small quadrangular fortress\" (from an Upper Italian counterpart to Tuscan bastita, from feminine past participle of bastire \"to build,\" probably borrowed from Old Occitan bastir \"to weave, build,\" or its Gallo-Romance ancestor) + -one, augmentative suffix (going back to Latin -\u014d, -\u014dn-, suffix of nouns denoting persons with a prominent feature) \u2014 more at bastille":""
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1580, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"probably alteration of Middle English bakke , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish natt bakka bat":"Noun",
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"\u02c8bat"
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"We baked two batches of cookies.",
"a fresh batch of salsa",
"mixing another batch of cement",
"They're hiring another batch of workers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the mayoral race, for example, the AP called Muriel E. Bowser\u2019s victory early in the night, when the first batch of ballots showed Bowser (D) already about 10,000 votes ahead. \u2014 Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"The first batch of his gin was released in August of that year. \u2014 Akiko Katayama, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"In April, the two held the fifth round of their negotiations in Iraq, and the first batch of 39,635 Iranian Hajj pilgrims authorized to perform their religious duty in Mecca arrived in Saudi Arabia this month. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"The first batch of residents who signed up in late 2021 have stickers already, but the city is still working to distribute stickers to residents who signed up this year. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"Submissions are being sought to complete the first batch of 20 albums. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"Boudin was trailing by 24 percentage points, according to the first batch of election results released at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday. \u2014 Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
"While the first batch of tickets was released on May 2, the park has set aside 25 percent of its passes for last-minute visitors, to be released at 5 P.M. the day prior. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
"This first batch will include seven episodes, with the final two of the season coming on July 1. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Netflix remains the service that continues to offer batch episode drops, while its rivals all mostly spread shows around week to week. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"In state after state, newborn screening websites explicitly warn hospitals not to batch . \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In fact, the state is reluctant to name hospitals that batch . \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"This off-hand comment led her to actually work with a formulator and then can her first batch in 2020. \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
"To batch , multiply each ingredient by your number of guests and serve in a large vessel. \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Make one batch at a time; do not halve or double the recipe. \u2014 Sydney Novak, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 Dec. 2021",
"One batch that caught Nagao's eye were her oatmeal cookies. \u2014 Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Oct. 2021",
"For the first batch 10,000, six pack cases of 750ml bottles were produced. \u2014 Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
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"cluster",
"clutch",
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"\u2014 J. F. Cooper"
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"\u2014 A. E. Housman"
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"\u2014 George Eliot"
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"\u02c8b\u0101t"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thanks to a unique blend of essentials oils, these bath salts strive to help relieve fatigue, soothe sore muscles and joints. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 15 Apr. 2022",
"This gift set, complete with great-smelling bath salts , balms, and soap, is all your mother-in-law needs for a much-deserved weekend of rest and relaxation. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022",
"After the fire station was decommissioned and the firefighters moved out, the 1946 building was used by a limousine service company and as a bath salts factory and flea market. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Featuring 25 of Acqua di Parma\u2019s signature scents, easily transition your bathroom to a spa with their Arancia di Capri Shower Gel, Colonia shampoo, conditioner, and bath salts . \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Beauty essentials make for the perfect stocking stuffers, and Amazon is chock-full of everything from bath salts to shampoos to hot tools, that the beauty lover in your family would be so ecstatic to receive. \u2014 Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The shop has its own line of men\u2019s products \u2013 or muscle soaks \u2013 that include bath salts , body salts and beard oil. \u2014 cleveland , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Drug checking -- whether with fentanyl test strips or chemical reagents to test for MDMA, bath salts or LSD -- has been utilized in Europe since the 1990s and is starting to find greater practice in the United States. \u2014 Nadia Kounang, CNN , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Bath bombs can have a wide range of ingredients, including bath salts (which can help sooth muscles), food coloring, fragrances and other components. \u2014 Science Buddies, Scientific American , 8 May 2014"
],
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"1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores",
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them",
"Noun",
"We went for a bathe in the sea.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"By 1937, the laws changed, and men were free to bathe in Atlantic City without covering their tops. \u2014 Kim Elsesser, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"One janitor was beaten with a mallet in the bathroom last year where homeless men and women often bathe or use drugs. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"Time to add another five-gallon bucket in your shower \u2014 or better yet, just fill one up and bathe with that. \u2014 Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"Mothers have had to bathe their newborn babies with dirty water. \u2014 Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic , 3 May 2022",
"The initiative permitting swimmers to bathe 'oben-ohne' (topless) took effect on May 1 as a test limited to weekends and set to expire at the end of August. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Qurayshi never made a public speech, and rarely if ever left the house except to bathe on the roof, relying on couriers to communicate with the outside world, U.S. officials said. \u2014 Gordon Lubold, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Unlike most forest bathing experiences which keep journeyers on dry land, guests bathe in the hot water sulfur spa of Ti Kwen Glo Cho at the end of the excursion, with pools, tubs, and waterfalls tucked into lush landscaped gardens. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure , 7 May 2022",
"Here, large six-over-one transom windows bathe the room with light while exposing beautiful views. \u2014 James Alexander, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022"
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"1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"antonyms":[],
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": an instrument for measuring depths in water":[]
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"b\u0259\u02c8th\u00e4m\u0259t\u0259(r)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131647",
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": a horse that carries baggage (as of an officer) during a military campaign":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204932",
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": the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style":[]
},
"examples":[
"The serious message of the film is ruined by the bathos of its ridiculous ending.",
"a novel that wallows in bathos",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a fair amount of heavy lifting in the book\u2019s philosophical debates, but Lavery banishes earnestness thanks to her drily witty use of bathos . \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Much of the show unfolds this way, in a wry flurry of montage that brings pathos, and bathos , to Wilson\u2019s narration. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 25 Nov. 2020",
"Most importantly, the film never succumbs to the bathos that might have been expected from its melodramatic plot elements (although a climactic scene set in a cemetery comes awfully close). \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Aug. 2020",
"The foremost risk in such a setup is bathos : the poor kid! \u2014 John Domini, Dallas News , 1 July 2019",
"The bathos of the latter tends to casts an absurd light on the former. \u2014 Hermione Hoby, The New Yorker , 3 July 2019",
"The foremost risk in such a setup is bathos : the poor kid! \u2014 John Domini, Dallas News , 1 July 2019",
"The foremost risk in such a setup is bathos : the poor kid! \u2014 John Domini, Washington Post , 13 June 2019",
"And Link, to her credit and with great help from the honest Zacharias, avoids the trap of hyperventilation or bathos , into which movies based on Tolstoy often sink. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2018"
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"1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"borrowed from Greek b\u00e1thos \"depth,\" neuter s-stem derivative of bath\u00fds \"deep\" \u2014 more at bathy-":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181206",
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]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our experts and tester rated it the best value bathrobe for women. \u2014 Jaimie Potters, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
"After a massage, Casa Polanco's intimate environment encourages a relaxing walk around the property in a bathrobe \u2014 you're meant to feel at home, after all. \u2014 Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"There was Dame Helen Mirren, still as queenly as ever in her hotel bathrobe , taking in the C\u00f4te d'Azur view from her balcony before lording over the red carpet later that evening in full metallic regalia. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 1 June 2022",
"In the case of Spell on You, my imperfect nose, only recently liberated from chronic allergies, catches a hint of Haribo peach that softens into a moody rose\u2014practically begging for a hotel bathrobe . \u2014 Genevieve Fullan, Longreads , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But sitting in her bathrobe after a welcome shower at the Arena Ursyn\u00f3w, a sports complex now used to temporarily house Ukrainian refugees, Bats talked about her own trauma. \u2014 Dana Bash And Abbie Sharpe, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Wrapped in a Dior bathrobe ahead of Vanity Fair\u2019s Oscars party on Sunday, Taylor-Joy channeled a similar beauty attitude. \u2014 Vogue , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The post was accompanied by a comical photo of a younger, smirking Willis wearing a bathrobe , sunglasses, a gold chain with a cross, and a towel around his head. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"And so begins a conversation with one of the greatest film directors ever, coming to us from a 14th-century abode in England while wearing, yes, a bathrobe . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4th-",
"\u02c8bath-\u02ccr\u014db"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070050",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bathrobed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": wearing a bathrobe":[
"What he saw from the window of his own room was merely the wall of another wing of the hospital, with \u2026 thoughtful bathrobed figures gazing outward toward the wall of which his own bathrobed figure was a part.",
"\u2014 John Updike , Trust Me , 1987",
"The spa\u2014where bathrobed elite lounge among pink marble pillars \u2026",
"\u2014 John Kessler , Atlanta Journal-Constitution , 11 Sept. 2008"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4th-",
"\u02c8bath-\u02ccr\u014dbd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062608",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bathroom":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a room containing a bathtub or shower and usually a sink and toilet":[],
": lavatory sense 2":[]
},
"examples":[
"Their house has three bathrooms .",
"The restaurant has only one bathroom .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Still Point Pictures Growing Up Coy is an eye-opening account of one Colorado family\u2019s fight for their transgender daughter Coy, who at six years old, was banned to use the girls\u2019 bathroom at her school. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 22 June 2022",
"Arnett also told him to take his dogs out to use the bathroom . \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"At some point, overnight between Oct. 17 and Oct. 18, Reddick got out of bed and went to use the bathroom . \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"One of the friends, while trying to find a spot to use the bathroom , lost her footing and fell down the cliff onto the rocky beach, Avila said. \u2014 Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"Cockpit doors were reinforced, and if a pilot needed to use the bathroom the flight attendants had to set up a barrier, often blocking off the front of the aisle with their cart. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"According to KTUL Tulsa, Oklahoma\u2019s bill was proposed last year after Stillwater Public Schools refused to change a policy allowing students to use the bathroom that matched their gender identity unless a law declared otherwise. \u2014 Anne Branigin, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"The girl, named Nicole, went to use the bathroom while attending the Mavericks game with her father and never returned, according to a press release from her family's attorney, Zeke Fortenberry of the Fortenberry Firm, PLLC. \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 20 May 2022",
"Jeff Walker pulled up to the school driveway in his white SUV, his mind racing: Will my daughter be able to use the bathroom at school? \u2014 Romina Ruiz-goiriena, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8bath-\u02ccr\u00fcm",
"-\u02ccru\u0307m",
"\u02c8b\u00e4th-"
],
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"bath",
"bog",
"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081421",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bathroom break":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a brief pause in or stoppage of an activity for people to use a bathroom":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053712",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bathroom humor":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": humor relating to bathroom activities : scatological humor":[
"Into this pit of storytelling possibilities, Spielberg tosses two hours of relentless slapstick, broad farce, and bathroom humor .",
"\u2014 David Sterritt , Christian Science Monitor , 14 Jan. 1980",
"\u2026 the next thing he's delivering wince-inducing gag lines built on bathroom humor and unconvincing malaprops.",
"\u2014 Margot Mifflin , Entertainment Weekly , 30 Apr. 1999"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093658",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bathroom tissue":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": toilet paper":[
"a roll of bathroom tissue"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company previously announced plans to increase prices on products in its baby- and child-care, adult-care and Scott bathroom tissue businesses starting in June. \u2014 Sharon Terlep, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
"The cost of wood pulp, a key part of the paper in bathroom tissue and other products, spiked in February, as speculators in China drove up spot prices by nearly 50 percent. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The hikes will affect baby and child care products, adult care products and Scott bathroom tissue . \u2014 NBC News , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Facial tissue and bathroom tissue are similar in the sense of overall construction. \u2014 Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com , 19 Dec. 2020",
"Panicked buyers swept up fundamentals of alimentation and elimination: yeast, flour, bathroom tissue . \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 17 Aug. 2020",
"Seventy percent of the world\u2019s population doesn\u2019t even use bathroom tissue . \u2014 Popular Science , 28 Mar. 2020",
"Seventy percent of the world\u2019s population doesn\u2019t even use bathroom tissue . \u2014 Popular Science , 28 Mar. 2020",
"Seventy percent of the world\u2019s population doesn\u2019t even use bathroom tissue . \u2014 Popular Science , 28 Mar. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173746",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baton":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a hollow cylinder carried by each member of a relay team and passed to the succeeding runner":[],
": a hollow metal rod with a weighted bulb at one or both ends that is flourished by a drum major or drum majorette":[],
": a narrow heraldic bend":[],
": a piece of food that has been cut into a narrow strip that is thicker than a julienned piece of food":[
"We cut carrots into slabs, then batons , then dice.",
"\u2014 Janet Rausa Fuller"
],
": a slender rod with which a leader directs a band or orchestra":[],
": a staff borne as a symbol of office":[]
},
"examples":[
"The majorette twirled the baton .",
"the detainee claimed that the police had beat him with their batons even after he had been shackled",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another plaintiff, Caitlyn Hall, also had her hands up when she was allegedly struck in the face by Nolan\u2019s baton , according to the complaint. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"At some point in the night, Bernado allegedly attempted to take an officer\u2019s baton and was subsequently taken into custody, the New York Post reported. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
"The police arrested another demonstrator, 23-year-old Juliana Bernado, on suspicion of resisting arrest after she was accused of trying to grab an officer\u2019s baton , according to the LAPD. \u2014 Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"There\u2019s always a baton being passed to the next generation. \u2014 Jordan Ligons, Essence , 21 June 2022",
"Later, Mazza stole a police baton from an officer and started swinging at other officers, hitting one in the arm, according to prosecutors. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
"Unsurprisingly, the extroverted outer movements came off best under Kalmar\u2019s baton . \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"As a child, Ms. Sinha liked to pretend to be a teacher, standing in front of her village classroom with fake eyeglasses and a wooden baton , to fellow students\u2019 great amusement. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"When Aaron James approached the officers to get an explanation about what was happening to his son, police tased him and beat him with a baton , the lawsuit states. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French b\u00e2ton , from Old French baston , ultimately from Late Latin bastum stick":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"also \u02c8ba-t\u1d4an",
"b\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4n",
"ba-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051442",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bats":{
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"definitions":{
": batty sense 2":[]
},
"examples":[
"by film's end it's obvious that faded movie star Norma Desmond is completely bats",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All Saints Church, however, was one of the first to benefit from roughly $4.3 million dollars of Heritage Lottery Funds, used to learn how bats impact churches and to find solutions. \u2014 Fox News , 25 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bats"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"balmy",
"barmy",
"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",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024607",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bats in the/one's belfry":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192819",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"batsman":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a batter especially in cricket":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hedid it this year with the early season hit batsman . \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 4 June 2022",
"Warne, a proud Victorian and father of three, resurrected the art of leg spin bowling, a skill that\u2019s considered close to impossible to master, and produced some balls that are among the finest ever inflicted on a batsman . \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Several Indian players and former Sunrise members, including the all-rounder and left-handed batsman Ali Shah, were drafted into the international team, representing both their community as well as their country. \u2014 Trishula Patel, Quartz , 20 July 2021",
"Starting pitcher Mike Minor had retired 13 of his last 15 batters (a walk and hit batsman were the exceptions). \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 6 July 2021",
"One of my favourite stories in sport is of cricketer Wilfred Rhodes coming out as the last batsman , with still 15 runs to win. \u2014 David Carry, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
"The Sea Dogs loaded the bases on a single, error and hit batsman . \u2014 Staff Report, courant.com , 30 May 2021",
"According to the Elias Sports Bureau, no other pitcher has thrown a non-perfect no-hitter in which his opponent did not have a walk, error, or hit batsman . \u2014 Dan Schlossberg, Forbes , 6 May 2021",
"India\u2019s ace spin bowler and batsman Ravichandran Ashwin also has decided to pull out. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1756, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bats-m\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200241",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batsman's ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ground sense 5h (2)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203105",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battalion":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army":[],
": a large group":[],
": a military unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries , or similar units":[]
},
"examples":[
"a battalion of angry protesters",
"the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Watching them on a sunny April afternoon was Ari Helenius, a battalion commander who served alongside NATO forces in Kosovo. \u2014 Emily Rauhala, Anchorage Daily News , 1 May 2022",
"Watching them on a sunny April afternoon was Ari Helenius, a battalion commander who served alongside NATO forces in Kosovo. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"An American woman from Kansas pleaded guilty Tuesday to assisting ISIS while in Syria, including by organizing and leading an all-female military battalion on behalf of the terrorist group. \u2014 Ken Dilanian, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
"Jackson were among the battalion 's band, which was providing a festive musical backdrop as the royals left. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 4 June 2022",
"The money would cover 33 additional in-station firefighter and paramedics, three battalion chiefs, 15 paid interns, a full-time administrator and a fire inspector. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"In 2005, between tours of duty, Mr. McCourry sought help from a battalion medical officer for his sleep and anxiety issues. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"Tank driver Maksym, for example, sits quietly in a hospital bed, eyes vacant, his tank battalion tattoo on his arm, and the Russian tank ambush that left him concussed occupying his thoughts. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2022",
"Each battalion group has about 700 to 1,000 troops. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French bataillon , from Old Italian battaglione , augmentative of battaglia company of soldiers, battle, from Late Latin battalia combat \u2014 more at battle entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259-\u02c8tal-y\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"army",
"array",
"host",
"legion"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052332",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batter":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a mixture (as of flour and egg) used as a coating for food that is to be fried":[
"dip the chicken in the batter",
"beer batter"
],
": a mixture consisting chiefly of flour, egg, and milk or water and being thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon":[
"thin pancake batter"
],
": a receding upward slope of the outer face of a wall or other structure":[],
": an instance of battering (see batter entry 1 )":[],
": bombard":[
"battering targets with artillery fire",
"battering the lawyer with questions"
],
": to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish":[
"battered down the door",
"women who have been battered by their husbands"
],
": to coat with a mixture (as of flour and egg) for frying : to coat (food) with batter (see batter entry 2 sense 1b )":[
"fish that has been battered and fried"
],
": to commit battery against (someone) : to offensively touch or use force on (a person) without the person's consent":[
"\u2026 was battered and cut badly enough to be hospitalized overnight.",
"\u2014 N. R. Kleinfield",
"\u2026 studies showing that a woman is at greatest risk of being battered , and even murdered, by her partner when he suspects her of sexual infidelity.",
"\u2014 Sharon Begley"
],
": to commit battery against another : to offensively touch or use force on a person without the person's consent":[
"\u2026 the personality characteristics and life histories that lead men to batter and kill.",
"\u2014 Erica Goode"
],
": to give a receding upward slope to (something, such as a wall)":[],
": to strike something heavily and repeatedly : beat , pound":[
"flies battered against \u2026 the electric-light bulbs",
"\u2014 D. B. Chidsey"
],
": to subject to strong, overwhelming, or repeated attack":[
"battered by forces of change",
"Their confidence was battered by a series of losses."
],
": to wear or damage by hard usage or blows":[
"a battered old hat"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1743, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1773, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1971, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bater , probably from bateren":"Noun",
"Middle English bateren , probably frequentative of batten to bat, from bat":"Verb",
"bat entry 2 + -er entry 2":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Noun",
"verbal derivative of batter entry 2":"Verb",
"verbal derivative of batter entry 4":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8ba-t\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for batter Verb (1) maim , cripple , mutilate , batter , mangle mean to injure so severely as to cause lasting damage. maim implies the loss or injury of a bodily member through violence. maimed by a shark cripple implies the loss or serious impairment of an arm or leg. crippled for life in an accident mutilate implies the cutting off or removal of an essential part of a person or thing thereby impairing its completeness, beauty, or function. a tree mutilated by inept pruning batter implies a series of blows that bruise deeply, deform, or mutilate. an old ship battered by fierce storms mangle implies a tearing or crushing that leaves deep wounds. a soldier's leg mangled by shrapnel",
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"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165903",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"batter pudding":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an unsweetened pudding of flour, eggs, and milk or cream baked or boiled":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"batter entry 2":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130637",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batter rule":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an instrument consisting of a rule or frame and a plumb line and bob and used to regulate the batter of a wall in building":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"batter entry 4":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174641",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a combination of apparatus for producing a single electrical effect":[
"a battery of generators"
],
": a grouping of artillery pieces for tactical (see tactical sense 1a(1) ) purposes":[
"a battery of cannon from the Revolutionary War"
],
": a number of similar articles, items, or devices arranged, connected, or used together : set , series":[
"ran through a battery of tests",
"a battery of filing cabinets"
],
": a series of cages or compartments for raising or fattening poultry":[
"\u2014 often used before another noun battery chickens battery farming"
],
": a usually impressive or imposing group : array":[
"a battery of specialists"
],
": an artillery (see artillery sense 2b ) unit in the army equivalent to a company (see company entry 1 sense 2b )":[],
": an offensive touching or use of force on a person without the person's consent":[
"evidence that supports a charge of battery"
],
": level of energy or enthusiasm":[
"needs a vacation to recharge her batteries"
],
": the act of beating someone or something with successive blows : the act of battering (see batter entry 1 sense 1 )":[],
": the guns of a warship":[
"the starboard battery"
],
": the pitcher and catcher of a team":[
"one of the greatest batteries in baseball history"
],
": the position of readiness of a gun for firing":[
"the gun would not return to battery",
"\u2014 Infantry Journal"
],
"\u2014 compare assault entry 1 sense 2a":[
"evidence that supports a charge of battery"
]
},
"examples":[
"I bought new batteries for the flashlights.",
"The operation was performed by a battery of doctors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"John ripped the battery connection out of the car\u2019s engine to quiet its horn. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"These are engineered to be performance-driven and will aim for a battery range of at least 497 miles. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The company also pioneered battery swap stations, which let Nio customers switch out their batteries at select locations instead of waiting for their own batteries to recharge. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"According to reviewers, its 128 gigabytes of storage and 8.5-hour battery life are completely worth it. \u2014 Tess Garcia, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"Spec elements include the chassis, battery , electric motor and gearbox, while each team is free to develop its own internal combustion engine and aerodynamics. \u2014 Laura Burstein, Robb Report , 29 June 2022",
"Criminal consequences for stray bullets may include battery , homicide, criminal recklessness or vandalism charges depending on the damage the gunfire causes. \u2014 Hannah Brock, The Indianapolis Star , 29 June 2022",
"Tesla Motors, SpaceX, PayPal, household battery power. \u2014 Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"There are screen protectors and workout headphones and wireless charging bases and backup battery packs and\u2014the list goes on. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 29 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Anglo-French baterie , from batre to beat, from Latin battuere":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba-t(\u0259-)r\u0113",
"\u02c8bat-\u0259-r\u0113, \u02c8ba-tr\u0113",
"\u02c8ba-t\u0259-r\u0113, -tr\u0113",
"\u02c8ba-t\u0259-r\u0113"
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"Gottlieb\u2019s report when approached by reporters after batting practice Wednesday. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Early Tuesday afternoon, an hour before the start of Diamondbacks\u2019 batting practice, there was Geraldo Perdomo, standing in the right-hand batters\u2019 box at Chase Field and laying down bunts. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2022",
"But here\u2019s what\u2019s wrong with it: At its core baseball is a numbers game, players from one generation to another compared by hits and batting averages and the like, and the shift taints those comparisons. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 27 June 2022",
"The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays provided statistics on gun violence instead of posting batting averages and game highlights on their Twitter accounts during a game Thursday. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"Jayden Losey, Bellevue - 18 Which Northern Kentucky high school softball players have the best batting averages? \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 6 May 2022",
"In an era of high strikeout totals and low batting averages, there aren\u2019t any other players who seem likely to reach 3,000 hits any time soon. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The club had the sixth-highest strikeout percentage in the AL (23.5%) and one of the lowest batting averages on balls in play (11th, .282). \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Strikeouts and walks are virtually the same, as are opponents\u2019 batting averages and OPS. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Aug. 2021"
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"In 2021, Meadows posted a .234 batting average with 27 home runs and 106 RBIs in a career-high 142 games for the Rays. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022",
"Torkelson started this series with a .191 batting average with four home runs and 16 RBI. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 25 June 2022",
"Right-hander Eli Morgan has been lights-out in 11 relief appearances since May 1, featuring a 0.53 ERA and holding opponents to a .076 batting average with 21 strikeouts and two walks in 17 innings. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Kiley Slaats, a junior outfielder, was also a heavy hitter with a .682 batting average with eight RBI, two homers and 15 runs scored. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
"Simon Kenton\u2019s Larkin Mitchell is 13th in batting average with a .667 average in 39 at-bats. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Davis finished his career with a .294 career batting average with 2,121 hits, 153 home runs and 1,052 RBI. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Among the 185 pitchers who threw at least 100 curves in 2021, Wells allowed the third-highest slugging percentage and 11th-highest batting average with his, according to Statcast. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Needless to say, expectations were high, given that this is a series attracting some of the highest viewer scores in TV history, and so far even has a perfect batting average with critics. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"SS Jeremy Pe\u00f1a took swings in the batting cage for the first time since injuring his thumb about a week ago. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Chron , 22 June 2022",
"The third baseman spent time at Target Field getting treatment on his right thumb and taking some swings in the batting cage . \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"Sox coaches say Verdugo has worked hard in the batting cage to find a more productive swing. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"The Diamondbacks had a special guest on the field for pregame batting practice \u2014 Phoenix Suns big man JaVale McGee, who took some cuts in the batting cage Friday afternoon. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"The Reds\u2019 bullpen cleared into left field, where Pham was standing, and hitters ran from the batting cage to the outfield. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
"Lawson was able to spend time with players before the lockout, getting in the batting cage for workouts and going out to eat. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"John, who was drafted higher in baseball than football after attending Stanford, exhausted himself in the batting cage his dad had installed at the home. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The two All-Stars, who will compete in the Derby, each hit a couple of practice rounds at Globe Life Field with the batting cage removed and teammates gathered around to watch, simulating the set-up for Monday\u2019s event at Coors Field. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 July 2021"
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"Caught in the middle of all this is the songwriter \u2014 the primary creator of the music that is at the center of this battle \u2014 who counterintuitively has ended up lowest on the totem pole in the streaming economy. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"But in this long-running battle , the swimmers have proved the more determined side. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
"How to Keep Your Car Interior Clean Keeping your car's interior clean can feel like an uphill battle . \u2014 Hearst Autos Research, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
"His campaign was an uphill battle , with his team working tirelessly to gain support and recognition for a newcomer to the Brooklyn political scene. \u2014 Cassandra Pintro, Vogue , 23 June 2022",
"This court battle occupied time, expenses and Tomas\u2019 daughter having to take leave from her job to attend to the case and the care of her father. \u2014 Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"On the other side of this battle were those who did not want a fight. \u2014 April White, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Still, should Johnson lose this battle to survive over the coming weeks or months, the fundamental problems that Britain faces will remain. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
"This battle between revolution and convention is the central tension within and without Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The cast will come together for an epic vacation at the ultimate Shore house and will battle it out in Gran Canaria, Spain for the grand prize and global bragging rights. \u2014 al , 28 June 2022",
"Pros series where creators battle it out with pro gamers. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Hundreds of people grabbed their pool noodles and gathered in Nebraska this weekend to battle it out over the right to the name Josh. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
"The Game of Thrones actress has previously opened up about her struggles with depression, and how her husband helped her battle them. \u2014 Anna Chan, Billboard , 19 May 2022",
"Three kid contestants battle it out in each episode to make mini dishes that pack real flavor and showcase their flair for the diminutive. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"Up next for the Mets are three games against the Philadelphia Phillies, one of the division rivals expected to battle them and Atlanta, the reigning World Series champion, for the top spot in the N.L. East. \u2014 James Wagner, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The images of the dead also remain with Christian, who was off-duty that day but drove to the Vendome to watch the firefighters battle the flames. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"All of it adds up to a collective effort to battle systemic problems associated with homelessness, incarceration, and food insecurity. \u2014 Riddhima Dave, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022"
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"There\u2019s a battle royal raging over Florida\u2019s congressional districts, with most most of the focus on whether a map should or shouldn\u2019t be drawn to maximize the chances for electing a Black member of Congress along the state\u2019s northern border. \u2014 Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"But even more measured assessments portray Ukraine as not the battle royal between good and evil being witnessed by the West, but a Machiavellian tug of war between Washington and Moscow. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Either way, there's nothing to be gained by Republicans with this battle royal among Greene, Boebert, Mace and Kinzinger. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 30 Nov. 2021",
"WWE Raw advertised a tag team battle royal to crown a new No. 1 Contender for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships, Shayna Baszler on Alexa\u2019s Playground and a contract signing for the WWE Championship match between Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
"In 1948, Ellison published an excerpt from his novel in progress, the episode of the blindfolded battle royal , in a journal called \u201948: The Magazine of the Year. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2021",
"Arriving in the aftermath of more than a year of weak box-office returns, the $160 million sci-fi battle royal embodied a similar return from seeming oblivion for Hollywood. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 5 Apr. 2021",
"This sets up a battle royal that also turns out to be, approximately, a battle of the sexes. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 19 Feb. 2021",
"One of the most ardent supporters of last month\u2019s surprise Air Force decision to award the future permanent headquarters of the U.S. Space Command to Alabama admits there\u2019s going to be a political battle royal to keep it there. \u2014 Jamie Mcintyre, Washington Examiner , 18 Feb. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the narrator\u2019s hands, clich\u00e9 becomes a kind of battlement , fencing off the keep where his characters have taken shelter. \u2014 Robert Rubsam, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The police later found an orange rope tied to a flagpole outside, which the fleeing thieves may have used to clamber down a 10-foot brick battlement wall, part of the original city fortifications, from the garden to the path below. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2021",
"Tudor Revival borrows many elements from medieval design such as twisted chimney stacks, battlements , stained glass, and leaded windows. \u2014 Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press , 12 Oct. 2017",
"In one of the stories Garrone adapts, a handsome king on the battlements of his castle hears a beautiful female voice from the houses of the poor below. \u2014 Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books , 9 May 2019",
"Nearby, a pair of pitchers depict agonizing scenes from the Trojan Wars: Achilles dragging Hector; Priam anguished on the battlements ; Achilles hit in the heel. \u2014 Melik Kaylan, WSJ , 31 Oct. 2018",
"On the island of Ischia, near Naples, stands a fortress, a formidable set of battlements and turrets that seem to shoot out of sheer rock, with a vertiginous drop to the sea below. \u2014 Sarah Dunant, New York Times , 1 June 2018",
"The modernist genius took the few remaining elements of the medieval fortress\u2014which used to be a Roman defense tower\u2014and devised a new castle with battlements and straight lines that are not very common in its style. \u2014 Virginia Irurita, Town & Country , 5 Oct. 2016",
"Covering the central nave are superb 14th-century frescoes whose delicacy is all the more striking because of the rugged battlements surrounding them. \u2014 Christopher Bagley, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 4 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The murders are almost incidental, sandwiched between accounts of her extreme study habits at Yale, her complicated relationship with her brilliant platonic friend Roman, her job, her spicy love life and her batty mother-in-law, Gertrude. \u2014 Sarah Lyall, New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"One of the most amusing aspects of the movie \u2014 and of Swinton\u2019s characteristically batty -brainy performance \u2014 is the swiftness with which Alithea gets used to having a 3,000-year-old djinn for company. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Still others are batty , squirrelly, bug-eyed, cockeyed cuckoos, who are mad as March hares, who are crazy as coots, loons, or bedbugs, who come at us like bats out of hell with their monkeyshines and drive us buggy with their horsing around. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"We are inundated with data on sleep, recovery, blood sugar, etc., all of which is eventually going to drive us batty through too many data points that may not even prove useful. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 26 Dec. 2021",
"His batty brogue is a facsimile of Williams\u2019 \u2014 the musical scrupulously avoids fixing anything that isn\u2019t broken (or breaking any sort of ground at all) \u2014 but McClure otherwise owns this resurrection, seizing the part for his own. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Like any coach, Kerr is driven batty by rookies, but Moody might not be a typical rookie. \u2014 Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Reeves made an impression with this brooding performance early in his career, acting opposite a batty Crispin Glover performance. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 2 Sep. 2021",
"It\u2019s so batty and odd and so Succession, that moment. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"\u02c8ba-t\u0113"
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"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"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",
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"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
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": a scepter of a fool (see fool entry 1 sense 2a )":[
"\u2026 the licensed jester \u2026 brandished his bauble \u2026",
"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott"
],
": something of trifling appeal":[],
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"He affixed the bauble , with a kiss, upon her middle finger \u2026",
"\u2014 Elinor Wylie"
]
},
"examples":[
"picked up some cheap baubles at the fair",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Red Guards took away his family\u2019s piano, damning it as a bourgeois bauble . \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Nobody needs a participation trophy \u2026 except for when my son was playing soccer at the age of 3 and a shiny bauble added a nice little touch to his bookcase full of board books. \u2014 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2021",
"The most recent bauble came from Zane\u2019s school counselor. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2021",
"The trend continued at Marine Serre, where a stone bauble hung from a chain. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 30 Apr. 2021",
"One in a Million initial necklace certainly fits the bill, and right now, this elegant bauble is currently on sale at Macy's for 40% off. \u2014 Arielle Tschinkel, USA TODAY , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Over a third of all the luxury baubles sold by the likes of Louis Vuitton and Gucci are bought by Chinese splurgers, according to Bain, a consultancy. \u2014 The Economist , 28 May 2020",
"This light fixture was some unique version of oil rubbed bronze ugliness, with brownish, creamy, wannabe milk glass shades and a trio of un-glamorous crystal baubles delicately hanging from it. \u2014 Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful , 29 Apr. 2020",
"That\u2019s right \u2014 in season 1, there was no Neil Lane with his suitcase of baubles . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 27 Apr. 2020"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English babel , from Middle French":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u022f-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8b\u00e4-"
],
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"bibelot",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"doodad",
"gaud",
"gewgaw",
"geegaw",
"gimcrack",
"kickshaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"tchotchke",
"trinket"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090407",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a flat noodle similar to linguine":[
"This is the kind of dish that would be compatible with almost any form of pasta and one interesting form, available in Italian markets, is called bavette .",
"\u2014 Pierre Franey , New York Times , 29 June 1977"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Italian, plural of bavetta \"flash on a cast piece of metal,\" diminutive of bava \"flash on a cast piece of metal,\" literally, \"drool, dribble,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *baba , probably baby talk":""
},
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"b\u00e4-\u02c8ve-(\u02cc)t\u0101"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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": chacma":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"obsolete German or Dutch; obsolete German bavian (now pavian ), from Dutch baviaan , alteration of babiaen":""
},
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"-vy\u0259n",
"\u02c8b\u0101-v\u0113-\u0259n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075215",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a bundle of brushwood or kindling used for fuel or in fences or drains":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
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"\u02c8ba-v\u0259n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210027",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": an English halfpenny":[],
": any of various Scottish coins of small value":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from Alexander Orrok, laird of Sille bawbe flourished 1538 Scottish master of the mint":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u022f-(\u02cc)b\u0113",
"b\u022f-\u02c8b\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232744",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a fine fellow":[]
},
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"1599, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French beau coq , from beau fine + coq fellow, cock":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u022f-\u02cck\u00e4k"
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"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"definitions":{
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": pander":[],
": prostitute":[]
},
"examples":[
"in the 17th century the port was a notorious hangout for Caribbean pirates and their bawds",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lewd women, bawds and adventuresses were not welcome in courts, nor were prostitutes or immoral characters. \u2014 Clement Knox, Time , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Two rival madams\u2014based on real historical characters\u2014are fighting each other for a customer base: earthy bawd Mrs. Margaret Wells and elegant, conniving Mrs. Lydia Quigley. \u2014 Viv Groskop, Newsweek , 21 Mar. 2017"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English bawde":""
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"\u02c8b\u022fd"
],
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"synonyms":[
"call girl",
"cocotte",
"courtesan",
"drab",
"hooker",
"hustler",
"prostitute",
"sex worker",
"streetwalker",
"tart",
"whore"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073351",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
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"bawdy jokes"
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": obscene , lewd":[
"a bawdy comedian"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children",
"a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For our family, Juneteenth isn\u2019t about bawdy celebrations that can be monetized. \u2014 Marisa Renee Lee, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"Alexia\u2019s plan to book her ideal wedding venue hits a snag; Lisa hosts a bawdy slumber party. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"But at what cost? Horn\u2019s funny and bawdy book, Yazbek\u2019s hilarious lyrics and Denis Jones\u2019 choreography are the highlights of the show, presented by Broadway San Diego. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Their personalities certainly differ\u2014Musk can be brash and bawdy , while Agrawal keeps a low profile\u2014but they\u2019re bonded by a love for the technical and theoretical possibilities of their products. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Aiming to bring back tourists, Moche\u2019s mayor tapped the region\u2019s past with a bawdy idea: Put up a giant replica of an erotic ceramic from the pre-Incan Moche civilization that once flourished in the area. \u2014 Ryan Dube, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Many are bawdy , hilarious, the sort of stuff Lego would never touch. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Art, language, race and gender, folklore and politics are covered here, and Hurston is, by turn, provocative, funny, bawdy , informative and outrageous. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Everett was too rock and roll for Broadway, too bawdy for concert halls, and too musical for standup comedy. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But all the actors are adept at the musical\u2019s combination of dry, dark wit and bawdy humor. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Come for the bawdy humor, and stay for the roll call of icons who make cameos throughout: RuPaul, Quentin Crisp, Robin Williams, and of course, the titular Julie Newmar. \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 4 June 2022",
"Better known for her work with the likes of Robert Redford (Quiz Show) and Whit Stillman (Barcelona), Schiff's bawdy script didn't generate much enthusiasm within Sorvino's camp. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
"On this date in 1887 a reporter for The San Diego Union wrote an expose on San Diego\u2019s vice that catalogued some 50 licensed saloons, 35 bawdy houses, three opium joints and a mysterious fortuneteller called Madam Coara. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
"More than 3,000 visitors attended the first weekend of the bawdy gathering, indulging in two wild nights at one of Detroit\u2019s signature winter events. \u2014 Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Among Reitman's producing tasks on the project was trying to find a college prepared to host the bawdy film, which would eventually be shot at the University of Oregon. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"White remained youthful in part through her skill at playing bawdy or naughty while radiating niceness. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Despite its bawdy -satiric tone\u2014and an outrageous scene in which Tommy has a conversation with his love appendage\u2014the show is firmly on the lovers' side. \u2014 Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com , 1 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1656, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
},
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"bawd + -y entry 1":"Adjective",
"probably from bawdy entry 1":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u022f-d\u0113"
],
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"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
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": unchastity":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bawderie , from bawde":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u022f-dr\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060030",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
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": boisterously or humorously indecent":[
"bawdy jokes"
],
": obscene , lewd":[
"a bawdy comedian"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children",
"a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For our family, Juneteenth isn\u2019t about bawdy celebrations that can be monetized. \u2014 Marisa Renee Lee, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"Alexia\u2019s plan to book her ideal wedding venue hits a snag; Lisa hosts a bawdy slumber party. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"But at what cost? Horn\u2019s funny and bawdy book, Yazbek\u2019s hilarious lyrics and Denis Jones\u2019 choreography are the highlights of the show, presented by Broadway San Diego. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Their personalities certainly differ\u2014Musk can be brash and bawdy , while Agrawal keeps a low profile\u2014but they\u2019re bonded by a love for the technical and theoretical possibilities of their products. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Aiming to bring back tourists, Moche\u2019s mayor tapped the region\u2019s past with a bawdy idea: Put up a giant replica of an erotic ceramic from the pre-Incan Moche civilization that once flourished in the area. \u2014 Ryan Dube, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Many are bawdy , hilarious, the sort of stuff Lego would never touch. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Art, language, race and gender, folklore and politics are covered here, and Hurston is, by turn, provocative, funny, bawdy , informative and outrageous. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Everett was too rock and roll for Broadway, too bawdy for concert halls, and too musical for standup comedy. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But all the actors are adept at the musical\u2019s combination of dry, dark wit and bawdy humor. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Come for the bawdy humor, and stay for the roll call of icons who make cameos throughout: RuPaul, Quentin Crisp, Robin Williams, and of course, the titular Julie Newmar. \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 4 June 2022",
"Better known for her work with the likes of Robert Redford (Quiz Show) and Whit Stillman (Barcelona), Schiff's bawdy script didn't generate much enthusiasm within Sorvino's camp. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
"On this date in 1887 a reporter for The San Diego Union wrote an expose on San Diego\u2019s vice that catalogued some 50 licensed saloons, 35 bawdy houses, three opium joints and a mysterious fortuneteller called Madam Coara. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
"More than 3,000 visitors attended the first weekend of the bawdy gathering, indulging in two wild nights at one of Detroit\u2019s signature winter events. \u2014 Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Among Reitman's producing tasks on the project was trying to find a college prepared to host the bawdy film, which would eventually be shot at the University of Oregon. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"White remained youthful in part through her skill at playing bawdy or naughty while radiating niceness. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Despite its bawdy -satiric tone\u2014and an outrageous scene in which Tommy has a conversation with his love appendage\u2014the show is firmly on the lovers' side. \u2014 Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com , 1 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1656, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
},
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"bawd + -y entry 1":"Adjective",
"probably from bawdy entry 1":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u022f-d\u0113"
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"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091248",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"bawdy house":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": brothel":[]
},
"examples":[
"a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute. \u2014 Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 Oct. 2019",
"There was probably at least one bawdy house , but it isn\u2019t mentioned. \u2014 Arthur Hart, idahostatesman , 7 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1552, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bagnio",
"bordello",
"brothel",
"cathouse",
"disorderly house",
"sporting house",
"stew",
"whorehouse"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052737",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a loud prolonged cry : outcry":[
"\u2026 political bawls and bellows about cattle prices \u2026",
"\u2014 Time"
],
": to cry loudly : wail":[
"He lay on his bed, bawling uncontrollably."
],
": to cry out at the top of one's voice":[
"\"Get out of the car!\" she bawled ."
],
": to cry out loudly and unrestrainedly":[
"a sergeant bawling at his troops"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"\u201cGet in the car!\u201d he bawled .",
"he bawled for days after his dog died",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Owner Annie Blake put on waterproof mascara, the better to bawl her eyes out without looking a complete mess. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Deslyn remembers the day with perfect clarity, her teenage son, a senior in high school, bawling in the front seat of the family car, her not understanding what was wrong. \u2014 Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star , 1 Nov. 2019",
"My dad pulled over on the side of the road bawling in Edmonton. \u2014 Karen Bliss, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2019",
"Kanarowski-Peterson said another woman gave her a check for $500 and started bawling . \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Jan. 2020",
"In those opening exchanges, Virgil van Dijk was left bawling at his fellow defenders as Salzburg threatened to take the lead on several occasions. \u2014 John Sinnott, CNN , 10 Dec. 2019",
"Yet a version of them, bawling and pleading, will remain on the Internet, frozen in time. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 11 Sep. 2019",
"Ahmad goes to his mom\u2019s room and finds her on the edge of her bed, hunched over, bawling into hands that are balled into fists. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star , 3 Aug. 2019",
"Whilst the bawling politicians send Britain hurtling towards a no-deal crash-out from Europe at the end of March, the U.K. government is surreptitiously hiring crisis-emergency personnel to handle the unplanned-for chaos. \u2014 Sarah Mower, Vogue , 14 Feb. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As the weekend\u2019s big game approached, David Singleton could have staged his own super bawl . \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"That night, Faris saw a woman near her bawl and wide-eyed grown-ups run. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 July 2021",
"Distillers bury their faces in their hands and bawl after learning MLB\u2019s winter meetings will go virtual. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Oct. 2020",
"Wilkins communicates differently \u2014 at a higher rate of notes per minute \u2014 peppering you with action before letting his tone disintegrate into a dry bawl . \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"The new study is just one in a series of recent reports that reveal the centrality of crying to infant survival, and how a baby\u2019s bawl punches through a cluttered acoustic landscape to demand immediate adult attention. \u2014 Natalie Angier, New York Times , 4 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1566, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, to bark, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Icelandic baula to low":"Verb",
"noun derivative of bawl entry 1":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u022fl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blub",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101043",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to cry loudly especially for a long time.":[
"It's the saddest book I've ever read. I bawled my eyes out at the end."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184045",
"type":[
"idiom"
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},
"bawl out":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to reprimand loudly or severely":[
"Her boss bawled her out for forgetting the meeting."
]
},
"examples":[
"got loudly bawled out by the coach for making mistake after stupid mistake"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"baste",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at ",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094935",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"bawl",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hollo",
"halloo",
"hallo",
"roar",
"shout",
"sound off",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell"
],
"definitions":{
": a garland or crown especially of laurel given as a prize for victory or excellence":[
"had won the bays"
],
": a main division of a structure":[
"a barn with three bays"
],
": a principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building or of the whole building":[
"\u2026 the transverse arches and adjacent piers of the arcade divide the building into bays \u2026",
"\u2014 Helen Gardner"
],
": a reddish brown":[],
": a small body of water set off from the main body":[],
": a support or housing for electronic equipment":[],
": an inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf":[],
": an instance of a dog barking with prolonged tones : a baying (see bay entry 4 sense 1 ) of dogs":[
"followed the trail in full bay"
],
": any of several shrubs or trees (such as the red bay or sweet bay ) resembling the laurel \u2014 compare bay rum":[],
": any of various compartments or sections used for a special purpose (as in an airplane, spacecraft, or gas station)":[
"a bomb bay",
"a cargo bay"
],
": any of various terrestrial formations resembling a bay of the sea":[
"a bay of prairie"
],
": bay window sense 1":[],
": honor , fame":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural The patriot's honours and the poet's bays . \u2014 John Trumbull"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the shelf below the mirror are combs soaking in blue disinfectant and old-time tonics and elixirs, including Clubman Aftershave, bay rum and talc. \u2014 John Maccormack, ExpressNews.com , 16 Mar. 2020",
"Her kitchen always smelled like fried meat and caf\u00e9, her bedroom a blend of Maja soap, bay rum , and Bal \u00e0 Versailles perfume. \u2014 Longreads , 26 June 2018"
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"\u2014 Dick and Nina Bushnell , Sunset , November 1994",
"\u2014 often used before another noun Two major bayfront projects are moving forward in Chula Vista, covering nearly the entire developable waterfront for the city. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Jan. 2003"
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"a small creek that is the bayou of a larger stream",
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"Their bayou -saving chariot is a 30-foot barge mottled with rust. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"The Multiple Exposures Gallery show comprises 21 numbered views of trees in the Caddo Lake bayou on the Louisiana-Texas border. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"The 147-year-old Houston cemetery\u2019s situation on low-lying ground near a bayou has exposed its more than 4,000 graves to damage from flooding. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022",
"While work recently wrapped up along Sims Bayou, crews with the city of Houston will start building out another bike connection west of downtown in May\u2014though this one isn't as comfortable as a wide, separated bayou trail. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Almost 500,000 locations in southeastern Louisiana remained without electricity Thursday after the powerful Category 2 storm sprinted through the state\u2019s bayou region and New Orleans. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Departing three days a week, the iconic Sunset Limited train line takes passengers from New Orleans through Louisiana's bayou all the way to Western desert landscapes like Palm Springs, finally landing in Southern California. \u2014 Alexandra Talty, Travel + Leisure , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The 2012 film takes place at a Louisiana bayou on an island nicknamed the Bathtub, where 6-year-old Hushpuppy (Wallis) lives with her ailing father, Wink (Dwight Henry). \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
"To see creek and bayou levels near your home, visit the Harris County Flood Warning System website. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"we wandered around the bazaar looking to buy gifts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Varun Rana, who worked for Sabyasachi as an assistant designer in 2004, recalled walking with him through a local bazaar and stumbling on a diaphanous textile in crimson. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"And while big tech and consumer brands are already jockeying for market share, the metaverse won\u2019t be owned or serviced by any one company, creating a vast digital bazaar of disparate tools, platforms and products. \u2014 Venkat Viswanathan, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Ghousaddin is a farmer in western Afghanistan, in the same stretch of desert as the Bakwa bazaar . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"In addition to the annual book sale the library will also feature an accessories bazaar , open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. \u2014 courant.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In collaboration with the atelier\u2019s owner, Moex Ben Fradj, and Master Artisan, Mansour Hosni, Fourati and Carrica refocused Osay from a pop up bazaar into a shoe brand, launching with the classic Middle Eastern/North African slipper, La Babouche. \u2014 Jennifer Lee, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Osay launched in 2018, originally as a traveling pop up bazaar , selling a variety of luxury, socially minded Tunisian products to US consumers who had an eye for high end global products. \u2014 Jennifer Lee, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In an ordinary year, this might have been a raucous arena, a sprawling bazaar of outposts from every university press and every publisher that sells to universities. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Along with the bazaar , an ostrich egg pysanka will be raffled, with proceeds benefiting the Ukrainian Relief Fund. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The British Defence Ministry's Sunday update on the war in Ukraine indicated morale is waning on both sides of the battle line . \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
"The testimony moved to the other side of the battle line with the documentarian Nick Quested, who had been embedded with the Proud Boys before and during the attack. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Russian troops were taking position in a battle line outside the building. \u2014 Joe Parkinson And Drew Hinshaw, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Ahead of the settlement, the primary battle line in the case was a prenuptial agreement signed when the couple married in 1996. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Billboard , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The battle line formed over shifting views of Mason\u2019s role in American colonial history. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 22 Sep. 2021",
"This was a typical battle line for the housing debate more than a decade ago. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Children have become the new battle line in the Covid pandemic, with cases among children still low, but rising. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Vaccine mandates are about to replace mask mandates as a new battle line . \u2014 Gerald F. Seib, WSJ , 2 Aug. 2021"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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": floating freshwater ice of the antarctic barrier":[]
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"noun"
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": a popular dance in India and the Philippines that involves skillful hopping over and between bamboo poles as they are manipulated by two or four people":[]
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"\u2014 compare septicemia , viremia":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Adverse effects include bacteremia /sepsis, pneumonia, invasive fungal rhinosinusitis, and disseminated fungal infection. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 June 2022",
"One of the infections that spiked, rising by a third between the end of 2019 and the end of last year, was bacteremia \u2014dissemination of infectious bacteria throughout the bloodstream, which can lead to sepsis and septic shock\u2014caused by MRSA. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Wired , 10 Sep. 2021",
"These protect against pneumonia and other serious diseases, such as meningitis and bacteremia , from the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, also called pneumococcus. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 10 May 2021",
"The most common are a secondary bacterial pneumonia, or bacteremia (a rise of bacteria in the bloodstream), involving organisms such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae. \u2014 David Pride, Scientific American , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Twenty of the 34 patients did become infected, including 11 patients with Covid-19. Fourteen developed a form of pneumonia linked to the bacterial infection, four of whom also had bacteremia , a blood infection. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2020",
"The pneumococcal vaccine protects you from harmful bacteria that can cause serious infections throughout your body resulting in pneumonia (lung), meningitis (brain and spinal cord), or bacteremia (bloodstream). \u2014 Courtney Schmidt, Health.com , 14 Oct. 2020",
"Shortly after birth, the baby showed signs of respiratory distress, was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, and was found to have a life-threatening blood infection\u2014diagnosed as late-onset group B Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) bacteremia . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 30 June 2017"
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"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a person or boat employed in the cod fishery on the Newfoundland banks":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"1654, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144230"
},
"balance of terror":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a situation in which the threat of mutual annihilation by nations with the capability to wage nuclear war serves as a deterrent against military aggression and the use of nuclear weapons":[
"Change, unfamiliarity, and the disconcerting potentialities of technology make balance of terror constantly precarious.",
"\u2014 Henry T. Nash , Nuclear Weapons and International Behavior , 1975"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145412"
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"noun"
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"bay entry 9":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145816"
},
"barley-sugar column":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a twisted architectural column : salom\u00f3nica":[
"The fine 15th-century church has twisted barley-sugar columns and old tombs set in the floor.",
"\u2014 Paul Lewis , New York Times , 30 Nov. 1986",
"Within its high outer walls is a luscious Gothic cloister oozing with delicate tracery and twisted barley sugar columns .",
"\u2014 Catherine Slessor , Architectural Review , February 2010"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145905"
},
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"noun"
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": an obsolete wind instrument shaped like a bassoon but with a cup-shaped mouthpiece":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145921"
},
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"noun phrase"
],
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1679, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
],
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"b\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-t\u0259"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The legendary Hogan, who died nearly 20 years ago, won four U.S. Opens and two Masters tournaments using a wood driver and balata balls. \u2014 Charley Walters, Twin Cities , 3 June 2017"
],
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"Spanish, from Carib":""
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"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"noun"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152248"
},
"banks":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Sir Joseph 1743\u20131820 English naturalist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba\u014b(k)s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152631"
},
"Bartholin's gland":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": either of two oval racemose glands lying one to each side of the lower part of the vagina and secreting a lubricating mucus \u2014 compare cowper's gland":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-th\u0259-l\u0259nz-",
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-t\u1d4al-\u0259nz-",
"\u02ccb\u00e4rt-\u1d4al-\u0259nz-",
"\u02ccb\u00e4r-th\u0259-l\u0259nz-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Kaspar Bartholin \u20201738 Danish physician":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152930"
},
"balatong":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": mung bean":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4l\u0259\u02cct\u022f\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Tagalog":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153415"
}
}
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