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{
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"GnRH":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"gonadotropin-releasing hormone":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090623",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"Gnesio-Lutheran":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a Lutheran extremist opposed to the moderation of Melanchthon":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek gn\u0113sios genuine, born in wedlock + English lutheran ; akin to Greek genos race, kin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6n\u0113z\u0113(\u02cc)\u014d +"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132125",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gnash":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to strike or grind (the teeth) together":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Despite that increase, there\u2019s bad news for those poor souls who wring their hands and gnash their teeth over trade deficits. \u2014 Ken Roberts, Forbes , 4 May 2021",
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"The research, published in Communications Biology, notes that Ferromirum oukherbouchi, a bizarre-looking shark with large eyes and a short snout, had a jaw that actually rotated to allow for the shark's newer teeth to gnash at its prey's flesh. \u2014 Chris Ciaccia, Fox News , 26 Nov. 2020",
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"Parents, while gnashing their teeth trying to balance work and home schooling, have also remarked at the small joys that come with no commuting and a chance to knock off early. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
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"Austin, 51,now has become the sole hope for local Republicans who have gnashed their teeth for the past two years while Brehm has subjected the party to one embarrassment after another. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com , 11 Mar. 2020",
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"National television commentators gnashed their teeth in frustration, their digital maps unmoving. \u2014 The Economist , 4 Feb. 2020",
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"The week-to-week reactionary nature of the NFL will lend itself to some heavy teeth- gnashing if the Browns are, say, 3-4 heading to Denver. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland.com , 2 July 2019",
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"People gnashed their teeth and complained, but Valve\u2019s vision won in the end. \u2014 Hayden Dingman, PCWorld , 21 Nov. 2019",
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"So, what caused The Don to gnash his veneers this time? \u2014 Breanna Edwards, Essence , 16 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of Middle English gnasten":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8nash"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"crunch",
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"grate",
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"grind",
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"grit",
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"scrape",
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"scrunch"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125658",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gnash%20one%27s%20teeth":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to grind one's teeth together":[
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"He gnashed his teeth in his sleep."
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],
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": to show one is angry, upset, etc.":[
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"His opponents have been gnashing their teeth in/with frustration since he won the election.",
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"His election has caused some weeping and gnashing of teeth among his opponents."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194150",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"gnatling":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"gnat + -ling":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8natli\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224826",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gnatsnap":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small bird that feeds on insects":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234301",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gnatter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": nibble":[],
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": to be peevish : grumble":[],
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": to talk rapidly and idly":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably imitative":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8nat\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163452",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gnaw":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": erode , corrode":[],
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": to affect like gnawing":[
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"hunger gnawing her vitals"
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],
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": to be a source of vexation to : plague":[
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"anxiety always gnawing him"
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],
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": to bite or nibble persistently":[
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"gnawing at his underlip"
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],
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": to make by gnawing":[
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"rats gnawed a hole"
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],
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": to produce an effect of or as if of gnawing":[
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"waves gnawing away at the cliffs"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The dog was gnawing a bone.",
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"He nervously gnawed on his fingernails.",
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"Rabbits have gnawed at the hedge.",
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"Rabbits had gnawed a hole in the hedge.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Despite the agreement, analysts say the economic fallout from the war has begun to gnaw at European unity against Moscow. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
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"Those numbers gnaw at swimming instructor Beverly Iseghohi as summer approaches and people flock to pools, beaches and lakes to cool down and have fun. \u2014 Ernie Suggs, ajc , 25 May 2022",
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"Voles go for grass, but also gnaw on shrubs and stems nearest their holes and runways. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 May 2022",
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"As the creepy events around Harper grow more malevolent, easy explanations are scarce, but the film is littered with symbolism beyond its central casting, giving viewers plenty to gnaw on during repeat viewings. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
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"While Jack is supportive and excited, the question of paternity continues to gnaw at him. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 11 May 2022",
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"But some of the recent early round misses (Cyrus Jones 2016, Derek Rivers 2017, N\u2019Keal Harry 2019) gnaw at team owner Robert Kraft. \u2014 Kyle Hightower, Hartford Courant , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Occasionally, the animals will gnaw on old carcasses and bones to get calcium and to wear down their teeth. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Young as the pageant contestant gets to gnaw most of the scenery, and in the context of this farce some gnawing is permitted. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English gnawen , from Old English gnagan ; akin to Old High German gnagan to gnaw":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u022f"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bite (at)",
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"corrode",
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"eat",
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"erode",
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"fret",
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"nibble"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072737",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gnaw at":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to be a source of worry or concern to (someone)":[
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"This problem has been gnawing at me day and night.",
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"She says she's fine, but I can see that something is gnawing at her."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030349",
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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]
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},
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"gnawer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": erode , corrode":[],
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": to affect like gnawing":[
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"hunger gnawing her vitals"
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],
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": to be a source of vexation to : plague":[
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"anxiety always gnawing him"
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],
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": to bite or nibble persistently":[
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"gnawing at his underlip"
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],
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": to make by gnawing":[
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"rats gnawed a hole"
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],
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": to produce an effect of or as if of gnawing":[
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"waves gnawing away at the cliffs"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The dog was gnawing a bone.",
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"He nervously gnawed on his fingernails.",
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"Rabbits have gnawed at the hedge.",
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"Rabbits had gnawed a hole in the hedge.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Despite the agreement, analysts say the economic fallout from the war has begun to gnaw at European unity against Moscow. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
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"Those numbers gnaw at swimming instructor Beverly Iseghohi as summer approaches and people flock to pools, beaches and lakes to cool down and have fun. \u2014 Ernie Suggs, ajc , 25 May 2022",
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"Voles go for grass, but also gnaw on shrubs and stems nearest their holes and runways. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 May 2022",
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"As the creepy events around Harper grow more malevolent, easy explanations are scarce, but the film is littered with symbolism beyond its central casting, giving viewers plenty to gnaw on during repeat viewings. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
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"While Jack is supportive and excited, the question of paternity continues to gnaw at him. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 11 May 2022",
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"But some of the recent early round misses (Cyrus Jones 2016, Derek Rivers 2017, N\u2019Keal Harry 2019) gnaw at team owner Robert Kraft. \u2014 Kyle Hightower, Hartford Courant , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Occasionally, the animals will gnaw on old carcasses and bones to get calcium and to wear down their teeth. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Young as the pageant contestant gets to gnaw most of the scenery, and in the context of this farce some gnawing is permitted. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English gnawen , from Old English gnagan ; akin to Old High German gnagan to gnaw":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u022f"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bite (at)",
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"corrode",
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"eat",
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"erode",
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"fret",
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"nibble"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005313",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gnawingly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in the manner of something that produces gnawing":[
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"a gnawingly persistent sensation in the stomach"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080212",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"gnd":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"ground":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090218",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"gneiss":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a foliated metamorphic rock corresponding in composition to a feldspathic plutonic rock (such as granite)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Black Canyon is a park of extremes, both fertile springtime folly and menacing gash of gneiss and schist. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2020",
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"The bones of this place\u2014Lewisian gneiss rock, the oldest in Europe\u2014protruded like ribs through a thin skin of heather and gorse. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2021",
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"In the fall, brothers Chris and Dominic Leong fashioned a trio of gneiss stone vessels \u2014 cubelike with curved edges and, crucially, airtight lids. \u2014 Kate Guadagnino, New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
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"Buried in the earth were remnants of fragments of the same type of rock that makes up the Callanish stones\u2014called Lewisian gneiss \u2014which, unlike the peat and clays that stud the island\u2019s dirt, are poor conductors of electricity. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Dec. 2019",
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"The near-seamless local bedrock, a type of rock called gneiss , is geologically stable and keeps water out. \u2014 Andrew Curry, The Atlantic , 11 Sep. 2017",
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"The gneiss was also used to create the low stone walls that bring definition to the estate\u2019s exterior walkways. \u2014 USA TODAY , 11 Aug. 2017",
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"The falls are a 62-foot-high double-plunge along a granitic gneiss ledge. \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 17 May 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1757, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German Gneis , alteration of Middle High German gneiste spark, from Old High German gneisto ; akin to Old English f\u0233r gn\u0101st spark":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u012bs"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202733",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gnome":{
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"definitions":{
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": an ageless and often deformed dwarf of folklore who lives in the earth and usually guards treasure":[],
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": an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits earth":[],
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": maxim , aphorism":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1563, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from New Latin gnomus":"Noun",
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"Greek gn\u014dm\u0113 , from gign\u014dskein to know \u2014 more at know":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u014dm"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"brownie",
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"dwarf",
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"elf",
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"faerie",
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"faery",
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"fairy",
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"fay",
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"goblin",
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"gremlin",
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"hobgoblin",
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"kobold",
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"leprechaun",
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"pixie",
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"pixy",
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"puck",
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"sprite",
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"troll"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112508",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gnr":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"gunner":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113417",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"gnu":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": wildebeest":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The protesters might instead have been using signs with a kangaroo or an elephant or a gnu . \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 6 Oct. 2021",
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"Then cruise the Rufiji River to watch for elephants, hippos, lions, leopards, and brindled gnu . \u2014 Kitson Jazynka, National Geographic , 14 June 2019",
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"In short, no gnus is bad news\u2014and gnu populations are on the decline. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 11 July 2018",
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"Finally, after nearly 80 years, the Detroit Zoo has gotten some gnu animals. \u2014 Bryce Airgood, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2018",
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"Last Tuesday, the 8-by-12-foot glass fronts came down from dioramas of lowland gorillas and takin (a gnu goat from mountainous western China), and the sweet smell of old preservative filled the air. \u2014 Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com , 19 Feb. 2018"
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"1777, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Khoikhoi t'gnu":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u00fc",
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"\u02c8ny\u00fc",
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"also \u02c8ny\u00fc"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163714",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gnu goat":{
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"definitions":{
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": takin":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001441",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |